The Cedarville Herald, Volume 67, Numbers 1-26

„ *,* / - ; tlie FifSt to SP. Sf* the college itt are the hair. Good TODAY '6 il It it a- 0. ) ■N, w - m - s - h - m - h * • :: *■ •• ■. ' :: <1■ I :: I u I’V r e x - v ■ : « « » -£9 - : , ■ ' . I t i a t •• : * isi • ............,33j. : | i 3 t o •« 4 • I ■! a s •« ♦ • fa 1 : V u y . P be low r 1 e it* i* • sto- : « j " ' 1 our • ,Sj not « • jKj > w [ full : : " ’1 you p - ! NG ; . ’ •- .-v; jays : • i •?) * V: e r i I V 30.1877 *ii „ ............... •► i 1 ■ V */ a t f . _ BACKweATTMK SIXTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 20 I0NGRESSI0NAL HAPPENINGS IN WASHINGTON By CLARENCE J. BROWN ’ Member of Congress,. 1-4 ** I »< Americans For America — America For Americans < 4 w ft CEDARVILLE, 0HIO, FRIDAY, APRIL 14,1944 A recent announcement by the A- merman Chemical Society, which is a conservative scientific organization, DIVORCE SUITS Melvin Borger seeks divorce from Mabel Borger, Wilmington, and asks that defendant beTmrred of interest in property be owns. They- were mar­ ried in Hattiesburg, Miss., in “March, 1941. Marjorie Thomas files action for divorce from James A. Thomas Xenia _ , „ , , and asks to be restored to her of the discovery of a method for pro-1 • . , J * , en name. They were married ary, 13, 1942. Gen. Hershey Drops Farm Points For Draft Deferment Selective Service Director Hershey announces.that he has .abolished re­ quirement o f “ points” before a farm boy could be defered from military service lias been abolished evidently, leaves the AAA* in a bad light. It. is s(nid the AAA Communists in the Ag department sold "the idea as a maid-, means of keeping alive a dying bu- Febru- j reaucratic aggregation t o . further j regiment the farmer. The OPA some Ada Bowen charges wilful absence, dayy ag 0 announced it had never au- in her divorce action against Oscar. thorized the AAA to deal out gasoline Bowen and asks custody of three m i-; for tractor-trucks in exchange for a nor children. The, couple .was married' membership in the AAA. What puz- |n Newport, Ky., December 1 ,. 1925.; zejs the.farmer today is that while Arthur Webb, Jr., asks divorce j this was charged against-AAA1mana- from Irene Webb,, Cedarville R 2, on ; gement the local boards never denied grounds bf neglect and cruelty. Shq; the Washington OPA statement, j wants custody of two of-the couple’s ' General Hershey was -forced to j three children.'They were married in . drop the AAA out of the deferment picture du'e to a mountain of .protests reaching Washington as to how the AAA was using the'draft. Fayorit-. ism was general in'all states and the Maysville, Ky. John Herman Jones charges neg­ lect in a divorce action against tyilla Dee Jones', Xenia, ground of neglect.. They have two children. George V, Holloman is plaintiff in., farmers were'producing a divorce action against. Dorothy D. j Holloman, Kenilworth, 111. Neglect is I alleged. They have one child. during coal and oil from plants and vegetation.in sufficient quantities to satisfy the world’s peace-time needs, cheaply and economically, is attract- and. oil, as now found, have been form- mittees now wrestling with the prob­ lem of assuring the nation of neces­ sary future oil supplies. Both coal and' oil, as now found, lias been form­ ed from plant, or animal life by old Mother, Nature through, chemical changes lasting into , the, millions of years.. Dr. Berl, of the famous'Car­ negie Institute of Technology, has seemingly developed tVmethod where­ by plant life can be converted into coal or oil in a fevy hours at low cost. He- claims that present, farm wastes will alone be more than sufficient to provide gasoline' for all the' nation’s automobiles. If the .process.is .prae- __ ticable and workable it is one of the ALLOW JUDGMENT most important development's in the Judgment for $175.26 ' on a note history of mankind. . '• . has'been awarded the Welfare Fi~. -. ■ . nance Coi-p. against John F. Gifford. The recent order o f Selective Ser-1 ■ , 1 ,1* & ’ '. / '' 1 f■ vice Director .Harshey abolishing ag-1 DISMISS SUITS ricultuial pioduction unit require- ) Cases of Bertha Mae Kruger a- ments,- formerly necessary' to obtain j gainst Roberj. Lee Krueger and Bes-' deferment for farm workers, has met j sje L. Richey against Clyde ,E. Richey with general, approval in Washington, j have been dismissed. It is believed by most students of the; , situation that local draft.boards in j . APPRAISALS • rural-areas can best judge the ne,ces4 The following estates ■were ap'- sity for. deferment of individual farm j praised in' probate court: .’ . 1 . workers; through .direct observation; Louisa'M. Mullen, gross, $3,850; and knowledge of local - conditions, j deductions, $1,538.17, net; $2,317.83. The production of food is just as im -: ■ Harry F. Sodders, gross, $500;' dc- portant to the: war effort as the pro- \ ductions, not listed. , duction of munitions and armament, j Harry C. Siefert, gross,. $9,438.18; It is as difficult to replace skilled |deductions'$3,507.15; net',' $5,871.03. farm workers ils it is skilled ' Indus-1 ■ ' - ■' '-■ ’ trial workers. A realistic view o f the,! APPOINTMENTS ' whole situation must be taken if-food I Appointments were made as ifol- production is to-be maintained. The; lows: Katie Russell, administratrix of new order should prove helpful. j estate of Charles H. Russell, under $2,000 bond; Martha . Av Payne, auiiiMwumitiiiiiiuiiuiiuiuiiiiMimiuiiiuiiuitmiiMiiiiima ALONG FARM FRONT E, A. Drake, Co. Agricultural Agent Itm tM tltm iM IM lim tlU IIM illlllH im ilU IM IU IIIM H W IIM IIlU fU * VICTORY GARDEN INSTITUTE APRIL 2 0 - All Greene County vegetable gard- ners are invited to attend the Victory Garden Institute at the court house essemhjy room Thursday evening'Apr 20th, at 8 o’clock. The' institute is planned by the county victory garden' committee, who has secured L. C. Chadwick of the Rorticulture Depart­ ment of Ohio State University as guest speaker.. Mr. Chadwick will discuss in detail the problems of gar­ den planting, planning, soils, fertili­ zers and other timely subjects, y Community victory garden leaders who comprise the county committe’e are as follows: C. S. Yike,'Bath Twp., John Scott and A. A. Neff, Beaver­ creek. Twp. Wiley Manker, Sugarcreek Twp., Max -Livingston, Miami Tjbrp.,' Chester Hinkle, P. D. Wickline 'and Prof. N. R. Shields, Xenia, Twp.; ‘J. W-i Whiteside and Rev, W,. A. Moore, Spring Valley Twp. J. F. Hilt, Cedar- . . . ville Twp. Russell Spahr, New Jas- worst charge was that many 75-acre , pe; Twp ( Harley .Hollingsworth, Cae- . more cor" ’ j sarcreek Twp., C. O. Boger, Ross wheat, hogs, sheep and dairy products ITwp.. Carl 'Pickering>. Silvercreek tlian farms of 150 and 200 acres . and j Twp > an(] Vaughn LewiSj Jefferson_ getting deferment for. boys that' had ; q^wp • been in industry only a .few months j ■' , previous to the call of induction. The point system was-a plain racket a- 4.-TI CLUBS REORGANIZE— dopted to bolster AAA support. May. 1 has been set as the deadline -The Selective Service Department ^'.reorganizing all 4-H dubs in the could do nothing else but abolish the point system or' face a, congressional investigation and the exposure of scores of AAA hoards. Dairymen Oppose » Change In Time county, and during the past week dub groups have been busy securing membership and electing,officers. The 1944, War Program is divided into foul-parts ( 1) feed a fighter through projects that procfuce and conserve; .(2 ) .produce more by farm and home labor; (3) keep fit|through .health ac­ tivities; (4) service on the "home front community war-time activities. Boys and girls interested in enroll­ ing in a 4-H club' ''ire asked to con­ tact tt|ir local” club advisor or the •The Office of Price Administration has announced that on and after April 20th it will'no longer be necessary'' for automobile owners ‘to. have their tires inspected and' to submit tire in-: spection records in ' order to obtain •gasoline rations; with the reason for : the order'being that “ motorists have been educated, to take care of their ■tires.” It is safe to 'say there wore ; but few American automobile' owners j who didinot already know enough .to j take care of their tires —especially j with it being almost' impossiblc’to gel i new ones—long before'OPA was ever ! . heard of. But it is refreshing and] encouraging to know that at least J this one bit of regimentation has been suspended. administratrix of estate- of E; C. Payne, Cedarville Twp., $3,000 bond; John iVT. and Clara L. MeOalmorit, co-' .executrix-.Of estate'of Maude-' Ami- dah Walker, late of Xenia, without bond; Margaret E.’ Prugh, executrix of estate of Maude H., Prugh,, without bond; .Blanch Miller, administratrix if estate of."Carrie- Bebb, Under $10,- JOO bond. •' ORDER APPRAISAL . The county auditor was directed to appraise the estate of Ella. Johnson. MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED Edgar Thomas Ballard, Jamestown j his labor setup.” retired, and Mrs. Lynn M. Krekler, Three thousand milk DAYTON—By unanimous approval, the advisory council o f * the Miami Valley. Cooperative Milk Producers’ Assoc., Saturday afternoon, went on 1county agent's office, record as being opposed to-t-he change ‘ Local leaders who are assisting in. time to become effective April 30 d u b groups are as follows: Hollis in Dayton. A copy1of the resolution! sheets of Wright View Heights; Sher- -adopted was ordered sent to the Day-1man Huffman, Beavercreek.. Twp,, ton City Commission “ and‘to other j Paul Thomas, Bellbrook; Paul- ^em- groups vitally affected by the change j ler, Yellow Springs;; Harlan Butts, in time.” ' Clifton; Raymond Carr, New Burling Local Man Protests |ton; Grover Dailey, Jr., Cedarville; Possibility of a shortage of milk. Russell Pickering and Wilfred Me shipped into Dayton was seen when : Donald. Caesarcreek; Carl Pickering,. Fred ToWnslcy, 'Cedarville,'reported .Jamestown:. Frank. Smith, Bowers; that if milk trucks came an hour car- ville and Bill Kyle, New Jasper. •1'ier than at present, “ a . number’ of - --------- my neighbors are- going to let. the trucks go by without taking up.their milk.” • The resolution adopted indicated, that, “ moving of the time ahead one ‘ hour will complicate'the milk indus.- try by- causing a greater disparity be­ tween the time the milk is produced EDIBLE SOYBEANS FOR FOR THE GARDEN— Victory Gardners are urged to give edible soybeans a trial. They are probably the-most important source of protein and' fats._ Desirable varie­ ties :are Anwei, Bensei and Fink’s Farmers Ray Back Over-Ceiling Cash The' OPA which bus been checking public sales in this part of the state where farm machinery and grain have been sold over ceiling prices have not only been putting the heat on auction­ eers, but the farmer making the: sale as Veil. - # • Two southern, Ohio farmers this week paid penalties into the United States Treasury amounting to $424.36 for selling trucks at public sale over ceiling price for used equipment, J. C. Fisher, farmer, R 1, Tippeca­ noe City, paid $265.40 and claimed he had been mislead by - the auctioneer, as to the ceiling price. The famier sold a 1935 Ford truck with grain and stock-body. Stanley Morrow, farmer, Leesburg, paid $158,96 as a penalty for selling a Chevrolet 1936. truck with' pickup body above ceiling price. Morrow put up the claim he did’ not know a ceil­ ing had been established. Reports are that a number of com­ plaints have been made on the sale of corn above ceiling prices and that the sellers will get to donate the ex­ cess to' the.Now Dealers. There is no question but there have been scores of illegal sales especially, corn in this and adjoining counties. The sooner the law is enforced to'the letter, and the guilty dragged before the public as arch criminal and unpatriotic to the core, the sooner the law -wilf be put back- . Whereby- a farmer-can be regarded as something more than a bootlegger. ... It would be more o f an object les­ son to have a score or : more of the perennial New Deal shouters on the carpet for such violations. Those who preach the New Deal doctrine ishould be-made examples first if they have broken any of the Roosevelt Commu­ nistic-directives. ' . There is another reason why the Republicans' should demand more stringent enforcement. The Novem­ ber campaign will be easier, shorter and far more productive. Do nothing to 'impede, the good work. Preach the doctrine of 1914 farm prices, for the products from every New Deal farm. It is an’ old rule that the “ sauce for the goose should be sauce for the gander,” Each New Deal ‘ farmer should be compelled .to take the 1914 prices, the AAA basis for computing prices to keep farmers patriotic in these days of New Deal $12 -organiz­ ed labor’ wages. Remember the day's back in the-.early. AAA history when Chairman Joseph Mason was singing the New Deal 1914 base price for all your farm crops ? LETTER.TO TftE EDITOR Delicious. Culture for soybeans in and collected on the- farm und the j p-lt|-<1Gtr js the same as for green beans time the processor 'must observe ■They, arc more resistant to attacks i for the’ Mexican Bean Beetle than .are and cream 'producers shipping into Dayton will other garden beans. Once - produced i they are used the slime as fresh gar- Conservation in Washington' the. past few days has been about equal­ ly divided between the war and the withdrawal of Wpndall Willkie as ia Presidential candidate, It was cer­ tain from the 'start that Willkie was never to get a second Presidential nomination by the Republican party. Evidently his overwhelming defeat In the Wisconsin primary, where lie re­ ceived only one-eighth o f the votes! cast despite the fact he was the only ] active candidate, convinced.Mr, Will-j kie that his cause was hopeless. There J is much conjecture here as to W ill-J kie's future political activities. lie might become President Roosevelt’s' running mate on the 'Democrat ticket and some predict he will support the Roosevelt fourth term bid. It cannot be overlooked Mr. Willkie was a Dem­ ocrat and a Roosevelt supporter up to a sliort time before lie was nominat­ ed on the Republican ticket in 1940, and ■ it has been said that lie as a young man was quite enamored of the Socialist cause, i Xenia. . James Homer Klontz, Xenia, R. 3 ,: he affected by the time change if i t . -|jcn beans. If allowed to grow to ma- soldior, and Lillian Marie Glass,’ R. 3 >becomes effective, the resolution Xenia, ■ v -{-pointed out. Charles Paul Burkhardt, Canton, 1 • -44----------;-----!------- . O., soldier, and Thelma Kathleen IIor--; ner; Fairfield. i Brown and Jeffrey i turjty, they can lie dried for use sim­ ilar-'to any other dried bean or for sprouting.' “ I AM AN AMERICAN DAY” IS MAY 21 1 Rack Eastern Time Governor John W. Bricker on Mon­ day'designated May 21 as “ I am an •Vmercian’’ day in celebration of the citizenship' status of young Americans who have become 21 years of age and of fpi-eigh birth who’ have become nat- of the clock nt the whim" of some nu- Congressmen Clarence Clarence J. Brown of the Seventh Ohio, District, ^ and Harry P. Jeffreys, Dayton Third; District, have announced they w ill) support the House Rosolution, 4489,1 which will stabilize time throughout' the nation to stop seasonal switches BOOST VEGETABLE YIELDS WITH'FERTILIZER— Application of large' amounts of fertilizer-is one of the surest ways to boost yields from Victory Gardens UsO about two and one half pounds of uralized,,” NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Many political observers* believe that the Willkie withdrawal as a can­ didate for the Presidential nomina­ tion, makes certain the naming of the Governor of New York, Thomas E. Dewey, as the Republican standard bearer. While-Dewey has., steadily in­ sisted he is not a candidate for Pres­ ident—and he certainly has not been seeking the 'nomination;—there is lib1 tie doubt that he holds front position in the Republican, race today. Gov- Igive away that kind of advertising to The management is forced to revive an old rule, not only for this office hut general in all newspaper offices, that where charges for admission are to be made, or profit for sales, such j matter must be regarded as adver­ tising and subject to regular advertis­ ing rates. News accounts of reasonable length will be given without charge, one in­ sertion for each event, providing the story does not border on advertising. We have bedji overly liberal irt the Ogst with news matter of local events without charge but last week We had an influx of what had to be regarded as .advertising from four different sources which if We had used would have totaled twenty-two inches..' To thority in Washington Labor organizations protest the time changes and m Dayton are up irt arms against fast time,,. Farmers I ai’c a unit in opposition. The main supports of fast time are Democratic und New Deal officeholders, and the city golfeys. Under the bill, Dnytnn and this ter­ ritory would lie on Enstern Standard or slow time the* year round. The Dayton city commission faces a large protest, against fust time and the city clerk took up the. question with both congressmen, » Wjjl j-fertilizer, the regulur 4-12-4 Victory Garden fertilizer, for each.100 square feet of garden. This will take about i l 5 pounds for a. garden measuring 50 by 100 feet, The band system of applying, fertil izers is recommended, Place three Says Drunks Tried To Ruin His Business The management of the Rainbow Inn west of town, says the recent dis- trderly conduct which resulted in ar­ rests, was not in the place of busi- ss but out side and that drunken Osborn men-were responsible. He says the #men " were ordered out- of .the louse. He claims there never has lleen any beer or liquor sold- there other than a fellow tried to sell bootleg stuff outside and was driven f^pm the premises. For some time the manage­ ment has had to put up with drunks out of Xenia and from Cedarville but they were hever allowed to stay on the premises. - There had been no .dancing there lately and no late hours but the house got a bad name due to out of town drunkards, The recent arrests were where* three Os •horn men were arrested by the Sher­ iff’s deputies but.no charge was made against thtf management, f Editor, of the Cedarville Herald, Cedarville, Ohio. , Dear Sir: James J. Ciirlett, .County Auditor o f Greene County, Ohio, mailed, us a .clipping o f an editorial with a nota­ tion that appeared in the Cedarville •Herald on March 31, 1944. In my opinion an editorial o f this type indicates that at least a part of the press is wide awake and alert to present day conditions. I am sure that if a larger number of the news­ papers throughout the state would take a courageous stand and explain tax problems to their readers that the general public would be in a position to form intelligent opinions in regard to our fiscal situation. For years I have been an advocate of direct tax­ ation vs. indirect taxation. The col­ lection of direct taxes - informs 'the taxpayer of, the cost of government; the collection o f indirect taxes, es­ pecially when they are added to the cost o f the product, is an insidious method of obtaining money for gov­ ernmental functions whereby the tax­ payer is pot aware o f the cost of the tax and therefore pays little or no attention to governmental expense. I am also o f the opinion that local government should be strengthened instead of weakened and in to far as practical and possible should be paid from taxes assessed and collected by officials of our local government a- gencies. For a number o f years the trend has been toward^ centralizing, government with the result .that the states and-’federal governmnt are not only exercising more and more power but are also pre-emptng the tax field of local government, I have argued that the most effec­ tive way to-destroy.local government is to curtail their ability to collect the necessary revenue therby forcing them to appeal to the state and feder­ al-government for financial aid. ’ • -Under Article 12, Section 2 of the Ohio Constitution, real property is tp be assessed for taxation according to value; Section 5548 G..C. also pro­ vides that .the county auditor is the assessor for all1real property except public .utility property in his county. This section also provides that, real estate'shall be assessed acmording true value, in money. Prior to the commencement o f the statewide-re-, appraisal r.quired in the year 1943, we held meetings throughout the state with the various county audi­ tors for the purpose of instructing epunty auditors in regard to their du­ ties relating- to the’ reassessment of all real' estate in the state, Many county auditors have made an honest attempt to comply with the statutory equirement, in other cases county luditors have either ignored the stat­ utory, provisions or through fear of political pressure have failed to per­ form their-sworn duties. We have attempted to sell the idea of a fair and impartial appraisal of all real estate property in the 88 counties. |We know that this instruc­ tion has hot been followed in some of the counties and we .are now attempt­ ing* to secure ' sufficient information on property values in thoBe particular counties to enable us to take the proper action to compel a compliance with constitutional and statutory re­ quirements. In conclusion I again wish to ex­ press to you my appreciation for your stand in this matter. ' Yours very truly, FEltD F. BECKER, Board of Tax Appeals,, Depart­ ment of Taxation, State of Ohio. P&ICE, $1.50 A YEAR PRICECONTROL 7 SQUEEZESLIVE STOCK PROFITS ernor Bricker is undoubtedly second in the race, and is the likely nominee sholild Dewey not lie c)iosen, or he j reason we should refuse the nomination. The Ohio Governor has made, a splendid impression at, the vnrious meetings where he has spoken, and is highly respected and-regarded by. the Repub­ lican lenders of the nation. one class and charge all others is not good ethics or fair policy . The last can offer Is that Under 1present costs of production and ma­ terial, “ free advertising is out,” Wc arc sure Herald patrons will under­ stand the purpose-of this announce­ ment,. i Clarence We are informed that Charles Gil- Booghior bort, .South Charleston, former resi- Progressives Campaign For Clean-Up May 1 The Progressive Club under the di­ rection’of -President H. ,H* Brown will stnge a elean-up campaign along with a paint.-up campaign, both of which will be from May 1 to May 15. * The proposal for a rat extermination carn- paign for town and township was al­ so endorsed and a committee consist­ ing of Fred Chase, Dan Bailey and Dr.. R. V. Kennon was named to head the movement, ■Luther Gorhardt of the Xenia Co­ operative Club, addressed the group at. the Monday evening meeting. He gave an interesting account of his a r f Innounring the"’ birth o f T r o n ,! dent of this place, 1ms been quite ill'travels in Europe while a student at 11 1-2 pounds, on Tuesday. |for some lime. , , ICapital University. (C ontinued O n P age F our ) Mrs. John A. Burns Died Tuesday A. M. Mrs. Martha A. Burns, 71, wife of John A, Burns, former ' /residents of this.community, died at the home of her daughter, Miss Donna H. Burns, 800 N, Detroit, St,, Xenia, Tuesday, at 4 a, m, She had been ill for five years suffering from arteriosclerosis. She was bom in Lexington, Ky,,- on March 30, 1873,'and ca'me to Ohio at the age of three, Following her mar­ riage to Mr. Burns, they came to Ce­ darville from Tranquility, 0., in 1893. The family moved to Xenia last fall. She was a member Of the United Presbyterian Church of this place. Surviving beside the husband are two daughters. Miss Donna, supervis or of English in the Montpelier, O., high school, and Mrs. Donald Wicker- ham, Xenia, investigator of the Di­ vision of nid for the aged; also a son, Cecil, Washington, t). C„ and a half- brother and half-sister in Cincinnati, ■ Servicees were held from the United Presbyterian Church here Thursday afternoon in charge of Dr. R.A.Jam- ieson. Burial took place in Massles Creek Cemetery. Clifton Residence j i Damaged By Fire The Yellow Springs fire department Was called to aid in fighting a fire at the residence of Clayton Mills in Clif­ ton, Monday. A summer kitchen .was burned but the remainder of the house was only slightly damaged, defective flue is thought to have been the origin of the fire. , XENIA RESIDENT IS ASPHYXIATED Coroner JI. C. Schick has rendered a verdict of asphyxiation in the. case of the death of Mrs. Ruth Swearingen 25. Springfield, found in a tourist cabin west of Xenia. She leaves her husband and two children, all of Xenia. • s* CHARLES II. SHEPHERD NAMED APPEAL AGENT Announcement of the appointment of Charles H. Shepherd, Upper Bell- brook' pike, west of Xenia, as appeal agerit for Draft Board No;’ 2, has been announced from the War Department. Mr. Shepherd formerly was a mem­ ber of the No. 2 Board but resigned The editorial refered to above was in connection with the re-appraisal of real estate in Greene county and al­ so in relation to a supposed reap­ praisal in Montgomery county, Thiis far the revaluation in this county will show an increase of ten or twelve percent in the face of the fact the U.S. Government, has taken over hun dreds of'acres o f real'estate for the Wright and Patterson Fields, which is nontaxable,: A report from Dayton and Montgomery county is ’ that the I “ revaluation" will show a drop over the last in 1937-38, regardless of the construction of several thousand new homes and several millions in factory and industrial expansion, It is n6t conceivable that Greene county should have a n ’increase and Montgomery county a decrease, In fairness to the real estate holders in this county we pointed out in the editorial the injus­ tice of the situation and thought the higher authorities should exercise le­ gal powers to put both counties on an equal basis in relation to percentage increase at least. - The city of Dayton has kept up a continued'demand for a division o£ state rfcvJnuc, a surplus that has been accumulated by the, Bricker adminis­ tration. Our intention was in point­ ing out injustice of Dayton asking1 for revenue it was no more entitled too than any other city or village and at the same time permitting millions in .new real estate investments to es< cape taxation, —The Editor Arnold Erickson, noted Chicago market reporter and analyist reports on the. squeeze of live stock to a nar­ row margin o f profit for feeders,says: Producers and processors of meat are being squeezed intp such narrow profit margin by tightened price con­ trols that meat production is endang­ ered. It is an attempt to force pro­ ducers to sell grain rather than con­ vert it into .meat without regard * for consequences. “ “ Almost since this country was Bet- tied by the white man farmers have sent the bulk o f their grain to mark­ et on four legs, and to interfere with such an economically sound practice even for one short season may set the country’s meat production back many years The farm production cycle in live stock, now on the down grade, cannot be reversed over night; , Lend-Lease Action Blamed “ Everytime stock yards salesmen manage to force the price of live stock to a level where farmers can get a • reasonable return for their labor and ' investment, some action is taken-by the government or bearish market news is. released which throws fear and uncertainty into the industry, and causes a price slump. When lend-lease authorities, reduced pork purchases after a- rise in market prices, came the slump and prices were driven back, to the minimum maintained by the. war food administration. “ In' the last five .months hog pro­ ducer? have taken the-floor price for about 75 per cent of the government weight hogs they marketed, a price that does not leave sufficient: profit, for the man in the country. Almost every other industry sells the bulk of its output at ceiling prices and most other industries are permitted af fair profit. I doubt if there is a retail store that does not get the ceiling price for everything sold. Not1a hog has sold ,' at the ceiling price in the last five and one-half months. Inflation Fight Is Burden The cost of the fight against infla­ tion is unfairly distributed and rests too heavily on the producers of .meat aniiiials. Prime cattle bring about $12 a -head less than, last year and are more than $50 a head cheapeV.than: last year and more than $23 less than 25 years ago. Production costs of live stock have been rising. Corn is higher than last year. The corn-hog price ratio, which was 15.6 at this time in 1943, drop­ ped to 12.1 last week, about as unsat­ isfactory as any since the war start­ ed. A new blow is planned for the farmers who feed hogs to heavy weights-when the WFA withdraws its floor price” April 15 from all stock over 270 pounds; support.which now extends up to 330 pounds. ■ “ Spokesmen for leading beef pack­ ing plants assert their industry is be­ ing. squeezed dry. of..profit, between the OPA beef ceilings and live cattle costs, indirectly supported -by 'mini- ‘ mum prices set by the government. Rationing Crates Surplus-. Pork packer representatives say that by restricting the sale of pork to civilians thru point, rationing the gov­ ernment has created a huge surplus on packer!?, hajids which enable fed- , eral buyers to demand and get sharp price concessions in many products for lend-lease. Packers have no oth­ er outlet for the excess product and must accept lower government bids o f continue to try to find, space in cold ' storage plants already overcrowded. "Farmers .cut their shipments last week's to the smallest in five months, excepting two holiday periods. How­ ever' prices continued to fall. Top grades finished at $13.85 only 10 cents above the floor price whid) bought the bulk of good 200 to 330 pounders. The six day average compared with $15.70 in 1943 and with $14.25 two . years ago. This is the first time this year that farm returns were under the same week, of 1942, “ Stebrs_ averaged $14,75, 10 cents under the preceding week and only 10 Cents above the lowest Weekly aver­ age since Soptembr, 1942. EASTERN STAR TO HOLD ANNUAL INSPECTION : , f - y . . The annual inspection o f Cedarville Chapter No,. 418, Ohio Enstern Star, will be held in Masonic Temple, Mon­ day, April 17 at 8 p, m. Deputy Grand Matron of the 18th District, Mrs, Jean Riddle, Mt. Sterling, will be the in­ specting officer. Officers and mem­ bers are invited to be preseaL -Also members of other chapters, A social hour will follow the meeting, J j Jane Mills, W. M. ! Amos Frame, W, P. | Ada Stormont, Set,