The Cedarville Herald, Volume 67, Numbers 1-26

I ’ l / 8AC/CmATTACK Americans For America erica For Americans SIXTY -SEVENTH YEAR No. 19. CEDARVILLE, OHIO ,/FRIDAY, APRIL 7,1944 CONGRESIONAL HAPENINGSIN WASHINGTON By CLARENCE J. BROWN Member of Congress, PRICE, $1.50 A YEAR GUEST SPEAKER With Congress in recess for Holy Week, attention is being focused on the legislative program scheduled to get under way next week. Included in the important measures to receive early consideration by “the1Congress will be legislation to continue the Price Control Act and the OPA, make changes in the Internal Revenue lriws to simplify income tax returns, in­ crease the national debt limitation from two hundred and ten billion dol- lion dollars to two hundred and sixty billion, make certain changes in the draft and manpower laws, and pro- Vide appropriations for the coming fiscal year. • -DIVORCE SUITS Pfc. William D. Stowers has filed suit for divorce from Elizabeth D. Stowers, Statin Island,-N. Y. They ! were manned March 7, J.DS9. j Clarence Green seeks divorce from Mary E, Green, charging cruelty. The , couple has been married more than 25 j tyears. I Lucile Reed in her suit for divorce (from John L. Reed, asks permanent custody of a minor child. She charges A number of Congressional inves­ tigations will also either get under way” or be contmued” t3iirihg~the“'riexT three months. The Trunian Commit­ tee is expected to broadeh its .inquiry into business and economic affairs or the home front affecting the war efr fort. The Postwar. Committees of both the, Senate and the House will continue their studies as to, propel methods to cancel war contracts:, re­ convert industry' to peace-time pro-r duction, and to distribute surplus'war commodities. Another House coni' mittee will prepare plans—for- rear­ ranging the postwar military struc . ture of the United States. Specia1 committees in both the House am Senate will dig deep into the oil situ­ ation as to American and foreign oi supplies, and will also- investigatr gasoline distribution and rationing or the home front. The House is als* ■expected to order a study and ■■inves­ tigation 'of the Office of War Info r . mation, and the .news and propaganda now being disseminated to the armed forces. The Dies' Committee will de­ vote considerable time to an investi­ gation of the alleged smear campaigr against the Congress, while the Ler Committee will, conclude its investi­ gation o f the Federal Communica­ tions: Commission. Officials of the Office of Price Ad­ ministration will be called upon ti explain many things before the. fina! draft of legislation to continue the life of the Price Control Act, Avhicl ■^will otherwise expire on June -30th is written into law. Undoubtedly r - number of the present practices o< OPA will be prohibited in the future, and citizens accused of violation of the law and of OPA regulations wil be given the right of appeal, to thr courts. An attempt will also likely bo made to' include a complete prohibi tion or provide tight restrictions, oh payment of subsidies. •neglect and cruelty household goods. and asks for the I i DR. HOMER HENDERSON A P P E A LC .S E Application to appeal a decision from the court of Justice of Peace, D. S. Lynn, Bath Twp„ in an action of •Oliver Myers, against Tandy Gay-1 Homer Henderson, pastor of heart, has been approved. j ^ le United Presbyterian Church, in A decision in favor of Jhe plaintiff i Grove City, Pa„ and moderator o f the- was granted in the lower court giving , General Assembly .ip 1940, is to be, him possession of- a house, barn' and iGiC speaker at the 50th anniversary 'Jther buildings on the-farm of- Katie J dinner to be tendered Dr. W. R. Mq b. .Herr‘in Bath Twp. under lease t o ! Chesney by the Xenia Kiwanis Club -‘ he--plaintiff and which the defendant had been Ordered to vacate. and Cedarville College, Tuesday even­ ing, 'April 18/ at Geyer’s in Xenia. Dr. Henderson.graduated from Ce- j darville College; in 1902 and from the |Old. Xenia Seminary in 1905 and Mon­ mouth College in 1924. He received AWARD JUDGMENTS —"tfuJgments for 8119.07 on a cogno. vit note have -been,, awarded George , H. Smith against J. H. Greene an, i ; tjm degree of Doctor .of Divinity from for $204.23 to the Spring Valley Na­ tional Bank against J. B. and Miriam C. Ruffrior. HONORED GUEST Cedarville in 1924. SUITS DISMISSED The following eases have been dis­ missed: Tilman Jones against Ruth Mae Jones; Lena Way Robinson a- gainst George Robinson and Mildred L Harverstick against Joseph Har- verstiek. Willkie Meets Defeat and Not A Candidate DIVORCES GRANTED Divorce decrees were awarded oia Jean Brough from Arnold Brough j Tuesday." with plaintiff restored .to her maiden name of Acton aiffl. Thelma Wendell Willkie, one-time Demo­ crat from Wall Street, -regarded by, many as a “ stooge” for Franklin D Roosevelt, trying to•capture the; Re­ publican nomination for president and party control for the New Deal Com- |munists, took a terrible beating in WiL i the Wisconsin Republican primary on j Willkie,,who secured Brown ] can-nomination four "rom Carl Brown. the Republi- years ago on a ESTATES APPRAISED The following estates were apprais­ ed in probate court: Joseph M: Fawcett,.gross. $1,663.- 75; deductions not listed; net same. Lydia A. Charlton, gross, $1,999.- 20; deductions, $915.73; net, $1,083.- ■17.- . ' Ada N. Acton, gross, $250; deduc­ tions', $219.72; net, $30.28. 'William E. Murphy, gross, $475; deductions, $342.14; net, $132.86. D. W. Brannum, gross, $3,250; de­ ductions not listed, , Harrison Johnson, gross, $1,166.31, deductions, $2,046.81. met, nothing, j fluke backed by Wall Street interests/ and the liquor people, ■ .attempted to “ come-back” but the Badgcrites evi­ dently had enough of hjs internation­ alism and turned him down, running last, in .a list of four candidates, not even getting one delegate to the Re­ publican convention from that state. ■Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, New York, who has refused to announce, will have-18 or more o f ’ the delegates. Willkie campaigned • in Wisconsin for two weeks and captured a-goose-egg, which was not encouraging news to the White House. Gov, Bricker of Ohio Was not entered in that state primary. ’ Willkie ,was campaigning in Ne­ braska at the time of receiving 're­ turns. from Wisconsin. Up. admitted in a public statement that it would be hopeless to try to continue his cam­ paign in the*face of the stand taken DR. W. R. McCHESNEY, By joint action o f the-Xenia Kiwa­ nis- Club and Cedarville College, a tes-1 timonial dinner will be tendered Dr.) W. R. McChesney, Tuesday evening, April, 18th at Geyer’s in Xenia. Dr, McChesney came to Cedarville College with the opening of the insti­ tution in 1894. ,Hc giaduated from Franklin College in; 1892, the institu­ tion later merging.with Muskingum; College in 1927. He became a mem­ ber of* the college faculty as instruc­ tor in Greek and Philosophy. At var­ ious times he has served as secretary of the College;-Vice President; Dean; and was, elected president •in 1915, serving until 1940'when he. resigned but retained his teaching connection. Dr. McChesney has served Greene; County in the Ohio General Assembly with honor and distinction. He is now a candidate at the coming primary to succeed himself. It is not out o f place to mention that honor is due Dr. F. A, Jurkat, a Franklin College graduate, who has been a member of the-College faculty since 1894, as professor o f. Modern languages and History. He. served as College treasurer for many years as well as treasurer of other college ac- i tivitics.' Egg Price Slump Alarms Poultrymen and Senators Alike Treedom From Food' '■-According to the latest report, the Office o f Price Administration has a total” of -55,342 "”pIMdEmployees, of Which 51,718 arc working under the direction o f the 5500 local price and rationing boards, the eight regional boards, tjie eight regional offices, or the 93 state and district offices .of OPA. The Washington OPA head­ quarters had approximately 3700 em­ ployees on the payroll, In.Jiddj.tion to the paid employees, more than 200,- 000 volunteer workers contribute their efforts to local OPA. offices, 6,000 ,of this number Aire members of local Price Panels to check prides posted in stores and to report alleged violationr by housewives -and merchants.. Inci- dentally, OPA still has 1360 attorneys and 2800 fulltime investigators on the job, while 385 OPA Advisory Com­ mittees, have been organized to rep­ resent various branches of private in­ dustry and trade. APPOINTMENTS Appointments were made as fol­ lows: Ruth A Lewis, administratrix of the .estate of Albert Lewjs. Bond, $1,000. Neal Hunter, executor of es-1 by the Badger voters who did not give tate of Martha E. Sanders, late of I hjn1, single delegate unless o‘ne can Jamestown, without bond; William |he found in the recount. The primary S. Rogers, administrator estate o f) returns were, as much -of a shock to Vesta Kirby, Xenia, $500 bond; Ithe Democratic press as to Willkie —Frank—D. Wagner,—undei--wilL of-prnd-htsrt>«H«»i's— N-ew-Dealm'S-were William Frederick Kagncr, bond, i the main supporters to get Willkie i WASHINGTON—A group of 15 mid-west senators called on War Food Administrator Marvin Jones for a so­ lution to the acute situation in the egg niarket resulting from a fall ill egg prices that has made farmers threaten to cancel their spring baby' chick orders. Jones called a meeting in the office of .Sen. Kenneth, S. Wherry, Rep., of Nebraska, • to hear complaints that dgg prices in the Omaha market - had, fallen to 20c a dozen,-12c below the government supposed support price. The conference was called after Wherry and other, senators received several petitions representing some 300 egg producors who said that un- $26,000. Appropriations for the Office of Price Administration for this fiscal year, (which ends' June 30 next) to­ tal $155,000,000.00, most of which is j Jamestown, TRANSFERS AUTHORIZED Albert R. Johnson, as administra­ tor of the estate of Ella Johnson, El­ la Brannum, as, widow of D. W. Bran­ num, and Mario Lawson, as adminis­ tratrix of the estate of Harrison Johnson, were .directed- to-, transfer real estate, j nominated as a. stooge for Roosevelt, j The primary returns .also leave Wal- j ter Winchcll out on the end of a line. . RELIEVE ESTATES Estates of Ada N, Acton .and Wil­ liam E. Mprphy were relieved from administration. • v APPRAISAL ORDERED ■ ‘ The county auditor was directed to appraise the estate o f Bridget Leahy. MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED Roscoe Ward Gcodale, Xenia, car­ penter, an(l Wattie Mae Barrett, Fair field. Roger Charles Ritenour, Janles,town, soldier, and Mary Frances Clemmer, -expended for salaries, Ration books, tokens and posters for the fiscal year are scheduled to cost $4,6o0,0Q0.0() while $^,260,000.00 is set aside to pay for “ publicity for the OPA .(presum- ably^to thaku you like price control and rationing)-. OPA officials spend a great deal o f time and money in travel, too fqr the travel allowance for the fiscal year was $6,750,000.00, or $122,000 for everyone of the OPA’s Employees, including the janitors, ty­ pists and office workers. OPA o ffi­ cials, however, insist that the'-present 55,000 employees, and the current ap­ propriation o f $ 155 , 000 , 000 . 00 , are in­ sufficient to permit them to do a good job of price control and rationing, and. ’ are asking for increased appropria­ tions so that more employees may he hired—especially o f the investigator type—ands to provide for more pub­ licity and travel, (C ontinued O n P ag * P our ) Arthur Milford Farmer, Latham) O, laborer, and Annabelle 'Hildebrand, Xenia, , • . Donald Lee McIntyre, Faiifiejd, de­ fense worker and Bessie Mae Stigah Fairfield, Four Children Dead; Oil Stove Explodes Two children suffocated and two others died from burns on the face, arms and legs suffered when flames damaged a three-family dwelling in Xenia, Monday afternoon. The dead are the children of Mr. and Mrs. William Terrell. The fire or­ iginated when a coal oil stove is said to have exploded. The children were: Helen, 8, Chaqma Jean, 3, James Ed­ win, 1 1-2 years, and Eldora, born last November. Mr. Terrell carried the baby out while the other three ran to a bedroom and crawled in bed, Mrs. Ankcney Burrell, mOt.he.r of 10 children, next door carried her ba­ by out and led three other youngsters to snfetiy. Mrs. Terrell is a sister of. Sylvester Ford Shanks, 17, killed March 16 at a mossing near Xenia when a train hit his automobile. ' less they got relief from the collapsed market they would cancel their cur­ rent chick orders and refuse to raise chickens next summer. Wherjy said the preseent egg situation was like the pork surplus of last December. “ This is the hog situation all over again.” Wherry said. “We had a pork glut arid OPA refused to "cancel point values, Now wo still have storage facilities loaded with pork' so that there is no place to store eggs. Con­ sequently the prices have dropped, so low that the farmers can’t live on the return,” ih o 14 other senators in the con­ ference were Sen. Gillett, D., Iowa; Sen, Bushfield, R., S, D., Sen. Wilson, R„ Iowa; Sen.. Brooks, R,, 111.; Sen. Reed, R., Kan,; Sen. Butler, R,, Neb,; SCn. Capper, R,, Kan, Sen. Gurney, R. S, D.’, Sen. Shipstead, R., Minn.; Sen. Milliken, R.. Colo.; Sen, Johnson, D., Colo.; Sen, LaFollett, Pro., Wis,; and Sen, Wiley) R.» Wis, Curtis Bradds Goes To W . A . Hamman Farms Darke County Farmers Raid and Burn A A A Gasoline Records Curtis Bradds, who has been farm­ ing the Neal .Hunter farm on the!. Darke county farmers raided, and Federal pike, has rented the W. A. |burned A A A gasoline records In three Hamman Innd on the Springfield and j townships Inst Saturday night, ac- Xcnia pike, formerly the Ed Hunt (-cording to reports. All scirt of charges farm of 700 acres. Mr. Bradds mov- (have been made ngnlnst the AAA and In an editorial entitled,/“ Freedom From Food,” editor John Ford of the Florida Farm Bureau Bulletin presents some startling facts that deserve the . thoughtful consideration o f city •folks as well as farmers. He points out that 125 dairies have gone out o f business and that the sale o f chick feed is off 80 pereent compared with last year. Far­ mers and vegetable growers are quitting the soil in droves. A Soutli Florida county agent asked his vegetable farmers what their labor needs would be. Here is a typical reply: “ I am so confused and discouraged I ani not sure I will need anything. Last year I produced over 3000 tons of “ A " crops and lost half ■ in the fields for Jack of labor, repairs and transportation. Price control also means that I must cut down or quit completely. I cannot pay prevailing wages for farm help, take OPA prices for my crops and stay in business. ‘ I know there, are hundreds o f farmers in this area in the' same fix. , Many have already quit the. business and gone to the shipyards." With experienced farm hands as scarce as hen’s teeth, materials of poor quality and difficult to get, packing houses undermanned and the whole agriculture picture a gr^nd and glorious mess, it is little wonder opr farmers are heart-sick and discouraged) Little relief is in sight, farmers continue to be drafted, conflicting rules, regulations and restrictions issued by impractical bureaucratic theorists impose greater handicaps and if the trend continues, editor ‘ Ford sees the possibility of city folks having^ to eat their food stamps and dollar bills when grocery stores find their shelves empty o f fresh vegetables, eggs, milk and poultry. . ■ , “ Maybe the OPA is not to blame, says Ford, “ Under the Presi­ dent’s ill-advised ‘Hold/ the line order,”- OPA price men. who know that perishables cannot be handled and treated like’ staples,-have no choice and little authqrity. ■ • . , •“ Maybe- even the President has little choice. Maybe some of the Labor leaders decided'he should hold the line—on everything but wages'. .Maybe we could get, the President to take over all . farms for a few days, authorize substantial price increases and1 then turn them back to private operation. “ But for fear this may not happen, and for fear vegetable grow­ ers, poultrymen and dairymen may not be able to continue operation at such losses, we give here a receipt which should help use up ration stamps and excess money after corner, grocery stores are empty ; / BROWN POINTS EN CASSEROLE Mince 3 fresh dollar bills. Shred 5. brown food stamps. Stir in slowly 10 each of blue and red ration points.—-Rub the * inside, of the bowl with promises that rolief will be granted. — Dice together 6 economic data with 4 ration tokens. Add • one L232, one MPR 292 and 3 priorities.— Stir together add- - irig banana oil.—Season with pepper, IF YOU LIKE PEP- . PER—Sprinkle freely' with words- about freedom from want.—Half-bake slowly over the cooling fire- of the New . Deal.—Garnish with crisjj $5.00 bills, and serve with expen- . sive.food subsidy Champaign (1943).—Enjoyment o f the dish will be heightened if it is served by the Fireside to the quiet­ ing strains of “Don’t Change. Horses’ “ If this dish is not to your liking Mr. City Man,” warned. Ford, “ you had better help farmers get rid ofrthe unworkable regula­ tions which are ham-stringing food production. Remember, farmers ■will continue to eat, they will simply reduce operations to one cow, a dozen chickens and a backyard and go fishing. You are the fellow who .will go hungry when the nation's producing aci-es return to weeds. , Whatever else the Stork- may do, he does not bring vege- , tables. They have to be- grown on farms by farmers who take long chances in producing them. Because of crop haz­ ards and market gluts, the vegetable grower has always ex­ pected to lose money two-thirds of the time, then hit ‘right’ • and get well an a temporarily good market. He has to come up some time for air. If we tell him he can’t come up, th.en we surely can’t blame him for not going down to start with. But he has to grow food before you can eat it, and' nearly; everybody needs .to eat. Freedom .from-, inflation, yes, but surely not Freedom from Food.” , And folks, John Ford is telling it to you straight, you don’t have —in take his word for it, just go out and ask the first ten farmers you meet and boy, if you don’t get an earful you never will, and most of ’em'will tell you ’ they’re planting pepper this spring, to be plowed under in the fall. —Russell Kay. Gov. Calls Legislature For Soldier Vote ed, Saturday. Mr. Hunter will make extensive improvements on the rosi- dendc as soon as possible and will move there later. The land will he farmed by William Fannon, who re­ sides on the Henry Smith farm, on nearby,, owned by Mr. Huntr, reports from Washington hendquar tors of both the AAA and OPA say no authority was ever granted A.AA to regiment gas users on the farm. An order issued March 15 forbid AAA front forcing farmers to join against ■their will, ' ■ ' COLUMBUS—Gov. John W. Brick­ er has called a special session of the legislature *to meet at 8i30 P. M«, EWT Wednesday, April 26, to con aider legislation to facilitate voting in the November election by Ohioans in the armed service.' . The Governor said the session'will he limited to consideration of a sol* dler vote bill, Various groups, in­ cluding state employee and school of­ ficials have asked that questions of additional school funds and greater pay increases for state employees be presented to the session. Bricker also states that he would ..not open the question of park pur­ chases, , • The editorial above was sent to this office by Mr. Wilfred Wei- mer, who is a resident of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., the article appearing in the editorial column of the daily paper in .that city. By way of ex­ plantation the editorial expresses the views of Northerners who have returned from the south. Farmers and 'gardners will lose hundreds of thousands of dollars on their spring crops'due to New Deal regi­ mentation, demanding increased crops and then not provide, crates •or labor, trucks or freight shipments. Mention of the vegetable "pep­ per” is'a slap at Sen, Pepper from that state who Seeks renomina- •' tion. He has been the mouth-piece for the New Deal and has backed Roosevelt on all-issues. Mr. Kay, who signed the editorial.is one of the outstanding members of the Florida newspaper fraternity and known to many Ohio publishers, The good news to Ohioans, and it should be to the nation, our northern friends bring back news frotp Florida that Senator Pepper, the New Deal internationalist, is on his way out at the coming primary election. He is one not deserving of a. second term for either dog-catcher or Senator. 4 ^ COUNCILWILL ADOPTNEW PENALTYPLAN At the regular* meeting o f village council Monday evemhg, Marcus Me Callister, o f the law firm of Smith, McCallister & Gibney, solicitors for the village, was instructed to prepare an ordinance to include both sewer and water regulations with penalties fo r nonpayment. Failure to pay the rental, o f one or the other would be for the village .to cut 'off the water. The ordinance would be inconformity with similar ordinances in force in cities. Utility companies have the same plan where both services are in one billing. There will be no purchase o f a si­ ren at this time due to refusal o f the War Production Board in ,Washington to issue a priority. In as much as the price of sirens is now about three times what they will be after the war.- the village will be the gainer by wait­ ing. Again there will be scores o f sirens for sale after* the war by cities that have already invested and will have no use for them after .the war The cities do not .use .them for-fire calls as a big crowd^around a fire is regarded as a hazard. . It was suggested that an air horn would do as good. It is not likely the village will experiment and con­ tinue to depend on the present fire bell. ' Chief Marshall requested council to pay for the use of an automobile he would purchase to be used, for special police duty. Council did not take to the idea but agreed to pay. for use of a car where such was necessary providing there had been conviction. It then would become part of the c^st assessed with the fine. New mat- resses for the beds in the jail were ordered. Village Clerk Nelson Creswell. re­ ported. he had a communication from a professional man in Pomona, Calif., who desired to purchase the old fire bell, if it was. to be discarded. ■The council had no idea of selling the bell at any time. It was purchased for use -when the first opera-house was con­ structed in 1886. Saturday,Night Fight; Sheriff-Arrests Three A Saturday night fracus at the Rainbow Inn, west of town, Columbus pike, resulted in Deputy Sheriffs C. K. O’Brien and E. C. Confer, making three, arrests. Three men were placed under ar­ rest, Jesse Earl Blankenship, 28, Os­ born R. 1, faced Judge Dan Aultman - in municipal court and was fined $100 'and costs, driving'rights revoked for one year and given sixty, days- in the county jail. ■William Blankenship 22, and Laverne Whitt, 24, both of Osborn, R. 1, were fined $25 and cost- each for intoxication and given sixty- day jail sentence. It is said the three engaged in a fight at the inn when William Scott, Cedarville, sustained a fractured nose. and Joseph Pemberton, this place, a broken jaw in two places. TJiere have been numerous com­ plaints about'the Inn being a ren­ dezvous for both boys and -girls until _ the early morning hours, most of them juveniles. Parents would, do well to check up on the whereabouts o f their young folks. Something is going to happe and very soon if either the o f ­ ficials or parents, or both, do not do something that will check the first step to jqyenile delinquency. And this includes a Xenia avenue resort also, Parents that take children into the beer parjors can and should be placed , under arrest cither in local court ,.or taken before the juvenile,, court., LT, JOHN H, BULL .WOUNDED IN ACTION ON ITALIAN FRONT BUY AND HOLD “E*’ BONDS Boards Fill Draft By Age-Group System Maj. Gen, Lewis B. Hershqy, head of selective service in a broadcast on Tuesday evening stated draft quotas will be filled by ages. The 18-26 class first to be followed by the 26-29 class and later by those over 30, Require- mentsi will also be lowered which will admit some who have been deferred for various rasons,. Hcrshey promised that 4-F’s who refuse to take war time jobs will be automatically placed in the draft. Hcrshey said local draft boards will be instructed to balance the need for food against the critical demand for militnry manpower in weighing farm deferments, ... . . . , , Miss Carrie Rife has purchased the . (residence property o f Dr, J. M, ATTEND GOOD FRIDAY service,, Rltcllie on North Main Miss Rlfe today from -Noon until three at the, resides at present on the Clifton pike Presbyterian Church, Union Meeting north o f town. Lt. John H. Bull, son of Mr, and Mrs. Glen C. Bull, Richmond, Ind., is reported confined in a hospital on the Italian front due to injury in action. .He is with an infantry unit and no definite word has been received as to the nature of his wounds, Nor is it know wheri he was wounded. His wife, the former Natalie Carr resides in Richmond. His father is a son of the late Howard L. Bull, who was known by many here, being a former Ccdarvillian. RESIDENCE PROPERTY SOLD . TO MISS CARRIE RIFE Spinal Meningitis AmongJLocal Mexicans A case of spinal meningitis has de­ veloped among forty Mexican labor­ ers imported, hm by the Pennsyl­ vania Railroad and quartered in the McMillan building, S. Main st, The victim is in the Springfield City Hos­ pital under prders from Dr. Gordon E. Snvage, county health commission- ' er, ■ . As a result the building has been placed under quarantine*yet the men are being transported in trucks to their work laying new rails for the Pennsylvania lines. They are nob-per­ mitted to come in contact with people about town. The local case Is-the fourth o f the four of the same disease in the county, two In Xenia rind one in Yel­ low Springs, , V V