The Cedarville Herald, Volume 67, Numbers 27-52

*&edofT&k Jfe ra iiL jbw iem * ' For *«*America For AiMficMUi t o r m f t m ' sms* 80CTY-6EVBNTH YEAR No.4*. C E D A R V IU L E , O H IO , F H ID A Y , S E P T E M B E R 2 9 , IM 4 PRICE, 4U0 A YEAS HUSK l M By CLARENCE J . MOWN , S i r t ) i r of Ceagrre* fodj o«MT>od JaS^TburS- tag uatil Tuesday, November emergency require* kto be called hack Into .Motion sariier, either by th e Pres­ ide** e r by the joint Action of either 'AM Democra tic or Republican House’ a»d iSM ta leaders on « fores Any n» Use. lloM ii»a»M ra«<tha 35o«a«awJ . g i a t e le ft fo r their home* over the 'wa*k ana to do a bit o f visiting and campaigning before November 7th. Refer* adjourning the Confree* gassed and »ent to the Preridenfc two important bills. The first mas the muss M hw creating « three-man Board end An Administrator to supervise the disposal of some one hundred billion dollars Worth o f surplus government property." Tha-second enactment ■was the Reconversion bill, to set Up AWar Demobilization end Reconstruction Administration, to provide fo r unem­ ployment compensation for discharged mar mothers during the reconversion period, and to otherwise aid in the .change' over*from foe .production o f war goods to normal peacetime activ- ' ities. 'Two other important measures enacted during the pastfemweehs in anticipation o f th e coming peace,,were (1) the new lam for'term inating mar contracts, and (2) the “G. I . Bill lot Rights’' •providing benefits fo r wa* . veterans and'their dependents. The War Department has announ­ ced th a t fo r each memb/r o f oar arm­ ed forces who dies in service the gttV- *erument provides an American flag, Where a service-man or woman lias died in th is country, end the- body're­ turned home for burial... the flag ac­ companies. the body and is retained by *the fomily. For those who died and a re buried overseas, a fla g ia made;a* callable to the family' "upon appliea-J tte n to th e ' Quartermaster GcOeiml, War Department, Washington, D.' C,, accompanied by proof.of deatH, The Usual death notice sent to the parents I tries, sspecieliy wRWn ilmsmmW^ *«**«■ZrZL'VZ'OZ ’£ ALONGFARM FRONT 5 ^ . ! * k * • t wf a - < * U r n t nod she#BA , have bsea isaatog Wats-1 meats preparing thesray for sndh ac- tien. U s t wash Philip Murray, Of th e CIO, epenly •w orefito* 4* Ms msmhswMp fo a eadsr yeew ittlng a g e n ia l wage increase wmddMinmM before the elaetien. So f t losb* as if industrial mags* >m 8» ***» While a t the same time farm prices are rapidly declining. d ivorce s u r r a Alma Themes, Xenia hasebnJught » divorce suit against Clarence J . Thomas, alleging neglect and cruslty. Freeman L*f asks divorc® ,against Frances Conway Lee ch»rgjng«eg- ]eet.Her wherenMuta are nnknewn. ' Chargingher husband h»a been eb- eent more tban fifteen years, Cottres Booker ashs divorce from Leroy Book­ er, Cleveland, They were married in. ‘Dayton in in ly , 1828* and 'have <one child. Leroy Miller in an'action again st "Virginia-M iller, charges wilful ab- >ance fo r more than tbree yearsi Tbey were married in Covlngton, l£y., Apr. d, 1882. . ■ .Dorothy Ablirtg, seeks a divorce *'rom Clarence Abling on grounds of neglect and.asks restoration o f'h e r maiden-name .of Coates. They were' married July 26,1941. . Helen L. Goodin,-asks ditorce'from Jesse P. Goodin, Dayton, on grounds neglect. They were married in South Mills, N, C., Feb. 2 , 1842. Custody of a minor child is sought b y the-plaintiff m a n octionbMUght by Emma Lucile Sutter against Char- ire Anthony Sutter, SoufoVienha, O. They were m arried' in CSttiesburg, Ky. June 21, -1229. - LUXEMBOURG DESCRIBED AT POEUM DfNNXJt— A-vivid word picture n f psnsd to the eenntry ofLuxembiurg wader N asi,Invasion m l .-eesupatm 'S M k a Ji a t la k iu s laA a T u m , flRaaMaeMaiaat~i.aBM*tMmlv rWmm" 0JT Adwanl ‘J^IUlP0ll'ilpnWJ*| o f Dayton, a t th Farm Foram Mom. day evening. This nation, which is the fourth seMdiest in Europe with an area of to» spear# miles hasrheen a betUs ground fo r centuries. The spank­ er, n former banker in Luxembourg to ld in -detail of the invasion, the treatment o f his people, and of the Right of -he and his femily across France ahead o f-the onrushing Ger- maw -ariries. , , . • ‘More toeu M formera attonded Ahe meeting which was arranged by th e Bath" Ywp Forum oommftto* headed b y Ralph-Kyle end. W n. N.-Wilker- son. The October meeting of the Forum Will he held the 88rd with the New JaaperTwp, in charge. A rthur Bahns and Russel Fudge -are ebair- man-ahd co-chairman o f thiscomraifc- tee.- , - - AWARDTSmiB JMVOIKRB Divtorce-deCTeeawere •.awtorded- the following: .Susie Jones from Chris- topher C.-Jcmes^ith.cuatodyof a fo s- te r ehild given the p lain tiff who.»1 jk > Urea nWA^edlXeuia ;MMdi eatatelds ali- mwieyj LiHian ■ •Lee Wiliism Thomas Leew^ft custody of a Minor child given the mother; Clara ■*Am hy .tha Wa^DejMrtment is considered ’from Phillip A re with the ,father a ample proof. Application- blanks, s Form 100S-—can be obtained,from Any Wetorarift Aministration office, from .any local post office; o r by. writing to your Represent*tive'in Congress. The flag,,Which .measures five feet by nine and one half ft., is being given free of any chorgAunder the provisions, of a law recently enacted by Congress. warded custody o f am iao r .child. ' CONFIRM RAliE * ■ " - Rale of CkdarviUe real estate to William.Marsball in tb - partition su it of Elmer S a ft against .Dorothea. S alt and others was approved. Ifornudfon later given to the Rspuh-tow [lican Executive Committee for Actio* | ItfA tnaVa wurentMAiulntiiin 4 a KH 4tini top! f H « t e O f f k U s B e t B l e e H o i t .B M r d O l l k B jfo «toke recommendation to « « the | vacancy. The committee was in sea. \ T n H f t l l l i r O r d e r !*»®U discussing plans for the coining 1 . . . „ , „ / j election campaign in November. Miss Dorjs Hariman, Who was th e I t took official Action on the part of voted to empower the two chairmen, Neal W. Hunter of FLV FREE DATE . ” OCTOBER 1, » The Hessian fly-free, seeding date, for Greene County is October 1. Hs- sian fly 4atoage was Tight la st year, a Burvey made last-summer by state, entomologists revealing only- one,per­ cent of the straws being infected. The, state average was three percent, the lowest since-1918. FLY-FREE DATE Heseiaii fly rarely iRfests rye>' which can bc-aewed in any year. Winter barley is Afeualiy not serioaslydama- ged, and e)nce there ia ao tittle fly in­ festation this ye§r, agronomists re- cemmended earlier plknting. Oats is E srl Browder, leader' o f the Com- mttmst movement in the United States . .twice the Communist candidate fo r President, and noW head of the Cem- : Mtmist Political Association, was a witnessbefore the Special House Com tnittee to Investigate Campaign Ex- .vpendituxes, of Which your Represen­ tative ia a member, early lest week. Browder, ifl answer to duestions by - the Committee, stated his Association Is “supporting” President ‘Roosevelt ‘Tor reeketion, end candidates fo r.the ‘House and Senate rseommended by the "Labor Movement"— obviously moaning the CIO-PAC, for the fcliv- ftisa o f which he announced approval, Brdwder, i t will be recalled, served1a ■•'■prissn -usntence At tegreiiw erth dur­ ing ths first World War for obetruct- ASgthe d raft and was sentenced to.At- font* in 1M1 for passport irregulari- tis a vrkkh sentence, after fourteen months, wss commuted by President Roosevelt, Another Mganixatlon under investiga* tion tost W«ek was the Union for .Democratic Action, made up of wall known liberals. Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife o f the President, is listed as one of the sponsors of the organisa­ tion, Whkh hss recently sent out let- tors and othsr material urging the re- rieetion o f “liberal” nr “ radical” C-on- ... gosaemsti, and d rie st of the more con­ servative members of the House and )SeMtef Many of ths officers and the . sponsors o f this organization are also eenaostod with the CIO-PAC or the Cttinsne National PAD, both of which a te handed by SidneyHillman, c a s e d ism is se d Action' brought by *the -American, Loan end Realty Co. against’Psul Me Coritel end others hes beep diamisaed, ' tORDKk FtMitiKRiOMJRE Foreclosure- of reel -citato by the pleintiff was ordered in the suit o f the Peoples' Building and Soring* Co. a - geinst Grace E , and Vernoa Coes. AITRAISALB. : * Three estates were eppraissd es fol. lows in probate cdurt: Kate I -Sanxi gross, de­ du c tion s,^ , 422.83* iwVWiMfcM* Darid W; M estersygwwaUfidW lJ deductions,-none* net, eam«. Bridget LeAhey, gross, |8^Mfi; de­ ductions, f l,<531*88; net,fo«8r.l2. NAMED ABMlNlMRATBE WiHiam S/ Regcrs w*» jappeinted administrator Of the estate of Robert Wright, late of Xenia, under # 1,000 bond.. A im iO RH E TRANSFER Lily Selby, as executrix o f the es­ tate of Emily gelby Fisk, was author­ ized to transfer real estate. -ORDER MALE John I„ LeAhey, srim lniitrstor of the estate of Bridget Leahey, was di­ rected to sell rea l estate a t private sale, ' t\ • * RELIEVE E&TATIN Estates of John W. Ray and JsCdb Harness were relieved from adminis­ tration. v* POTATOPRICE".CEILING-? ‘ ' The ceiling price-on potatoes-chang- 4ri-IMbwMh-to-|#fiO <per cwti-for U, S. No. la t-th e farm. The ceiling price for the remeiwder Of th e year are as follows: October 88.46/ November #2.- 5&imAReesmber;W.«6._ , ' .* Farm prices fo r the remsinder o f ikptomM ^for''D /-& emnmetoiali arir 82.80 and fo r UHgredcd-82.70 par hun­ dred. * Twenty vents “additional may be addwl .if sold in peck-paper sacks; F ifty pound paper sacks have a ceil­ ing o f five,, cents over 100 <pound sacks.' • ' POULTRY CEILING PRICES— iMaxiaium prke* which farmers may eharge on-retail sale of poultry to ul­ timate coiisriiuers un til -November 1, have^iMen-VelseeAd'-by OPA a s fot- kw srb ro ilera end-fryer* live w ei^tt until Novsmbsr 1; have bsen trisased by OPA « s fotiewt: broilers and fry ­ e rs live weight Mk4« p e r pound, table dressed 67c; roasters live weight 86.4, table dressed 54.<Jc; hens live Weight; 3 lfo , table 'dressed 49fo» roasters: livc weight B«fo, Uvs weight, 42« HOG MARKETINGS DOWN t - Mog. stonghte r during August tote sled ,4,14^212 bead, a reduction of percent from August 1848, -and th e . _ _______ _ — —.. second consecutive - month in which {trolling Republican’ Committee mem- Beuato r Ony M, Gillette, of Tow*, Democratic candidate fo r rseketion th is year, rsme out last week with an attack against the War Food Admin­ istration and other government, agen* rise fo r their handUag of hog and p ath prices and marketing. Senator G ttktte charges the failure r i the •muwwamm t to »*cptriy awpport and re fu k to hog prices ha* coat the fa r­ mers r i the United States millions of ^dctiafo, mid may seriously endengtr .the mdhm’s fo tare meat supply, * ORDER APPRAISAL The e^m ty -auditor ‘Was directed to appraise the estate of Emm* A, Me Galmont, ‘ Meet Washington nbeercer* expeet the aim lulitoriton to soon amtounee :the shaadsam sat e f the stecallsd ”Wt* Ms Stool Vhcmuia” fo r «xteg wages* thus perm itting and nUtimrifttttg gen- IP y MARRIAGE LMUNSiS (forecdl *Charles Eugene B aliard/ WIming- ton, and Mrs, Miidrsd-Msdsta Balhird, Jamestown, B S< Dontol W, SANiey, iUrtmna, U, Army, statiotted a t Lakeland, ,Fla.,; and PeuriM ileen Nottiwep, Dayton. Ernest Rtogman ‘Smith, Osdarvliie, tl. 8. Army, and,Afina U try Little, Gedaevllle, John Leland Schafer, Lima, 0 ,, me ehank, and Rarah iMieabrih Butler, Fairfield. Wilfred Denton Jmsm, Benia* U. I Army riffcsr, *«d Louhm Faya-Item d ig .X to ie, state authorities to ck a r the muddle in the ofHee o f the Greene County Board of MUctkns fallowing a recent sxposure and totor an application of “white-wash" front sources 5 to s t did methave th* Ipforeiation even fo r half Af wtort.totor lew ispsd. When there to sffertemade to fo tiriy a claim for “riffckney in official eesduct” it only took a few minutes to- see through the “white-wash" fo r there urns in public view in th e office a box of unopened mail, some postmarked as late,as July 28, covered with dost and cobwsbs, most of this-mail being requests fo r ballots by msA overseas. The whole story of the-Board of Election situation was firs t mad* pub­ lic by the Herald'folkw ing’an inves­ tigation on complaint o f‘citizens,-Re- pfiblicans and'Democrats, servicemen, court hoi*e offkisls and ' Xpnia a t­ torneys, when the officewas nobbring conducted a*' it should-have been and was not open during the-month of Au­ gust, but being operated from Demo- cratic beadquarters in a distant bus-, inms black;. Attention was called to the installation o t \ telephone by the election board, three members voting tor 1 t,th r foujrtb p ro testing the pay­ ment air illegal. The payment-was in, time stopped by -the S tate Bureau o f Accounting. I t was also discovered that"the election board office in the' court housCwss the only place fo r the transaction of~business. To add-to the adsurdity Of - the situation the board ordered a. bill fo r'#42 for ser­ vice paid-when the'office .bad been closed during" the- month of August. By keeping the office in the court house,closed many citizens from all .parts of the county, Democrats and Republicans, and service men as well, ware not even aware o f a second or branch office And complaints began to pile up from all sections o f the coun­ ty . Even Democrats th at had notbeen posted were unable to get applications fo r ballots fo r their sons in the ser­ vice.' ' ’ , ‘ ” 1 ‘* A 'le tte r from the1Chairman of the Republican Executive ' Committe Chairman was addressed to the Chair- msn o f'th e Boatd of Elections, calling attention to the yituation -and insist­ ing on tiie Office being kept open for any and all.persons who had kisiness there- * I t ‘Was th is letter that created a sto rtow ith on* metnber of the board *nd other niemfaenrwho had taken the position th e ir' .word was-law'and one and all would do a s they were told in S Sort of New Deal manner. Even il­ legal- acts on the p a rt of board em­ ployees were called to the Attention of the board b u t only one -member was responsive to -the demand of the pub­ lic. Having adopted the idea th at'th e Election Beard majority was law and tbreats to Ignore even the intent and purpose o f the. Ohio election-laws; there was nothing else left, to do but appeal to the Secretary of State, who is the head of sll election machinery in Ohio. This-was done by-end with th* consent of members of the con- the Central Committee and Karlh Bull of the Executive Committee to secure and endorse a clerk to the Board of Elections to fill the vacancy. Saturday both chairman mat with W. H. McGsrvey, prominent Xsntan, who consented to take tbs position and he was Jater duly elected by th* Board of Elections. Tbe clerk of the board must be and Is A Republican, as re quired by the Ohio law when tbs Be-' retary of State is of th a t potitical party. \ The deputy must under tbe law be a Democrat, Lois jPprdom holding that position. Under the prsesfit'Ar­ rangement the board will not need the second deputy as' suggested a t a for-: mer meeting, saying a salary of #160. a month. . Mr. McGervey expects to keep” the’ office open for the benefit of all who have business there. He"will g e t his: instructions from those 'in authority' in Columbus. He Alone-wili be respon­ sible fo r the Office; ' . ' Mr*. Rockhold in her- resignation to the board Atated’th a t she was- unJ Able to give the necessary time to the; office ' due to ‘ “domestic *duties at? home-” - “ > The meeting of the-' Etection Boardf and the two state officials'was “be hindfdosed’doors’ toberegretted by the past bsen the official-White-wash-f ers” in the face of a situation that d e | mended- immediitesctlon; : To’the “credit o f tho EIection Boar4 the last of the delayed-ballots to ser­ vice men were ntailed by the.board on Friday evehing, bringing everything up todate, ’Those" who knew the actual condi­ tions as did -court house officials, a t ­ torneys and Scores >of citizens that tailed to get baliots fo r their sons, are the-ones’who welcomed the investiga^- tion * The ‘‘white-washers" -were’not even given coiisideriition by the state officials. ’ : gusst spsaker a t Y, W. C. A. m sitiag Thursday of last writ is spswdiagtM last days of her vacation wtib bar brothers, Rev. Justin Hartmaa, near New London, Gonn., and Nett in Fhil- adeiphia. In his canvacation senaon la st Sab­ bath, evening a t the Presbyterian Church, President Vayjrtnjgtr stressed the great teak before criiatM to pro- vide lssifore for past war days. Tbs musk for tbe oeeasion was farsMted by the Presbyterian church choir, f t. retted by’Mrs, Paul Elliott with Mr«, Rakln MsMittwi a t timeoasiria of toe organ, Dame Rmnor reports that Profs. Elmer and Kathryn-Jurket-are honey- mooning akmg the “Sidewalks of New York/^.-this-wesk. The -samp source says-that when they reach terra firm* again to a t she will resume henkinder­ garten work in Dayton apd th a t lie will enter O. S. U. to completebis work toward a -master’s degree. i ’ -f B”;Whichnodoubt Is > those who “have in[ RaynumdB. Haward Named Assistant D irectorofPublicity there wae a-.dure ssi from the corres­ ponding month Of 1848. Th* nuasber of hogs kUleddn the "firsteight month* of this year -was 27 percent, greater than for the lame months in 1848 and wss 88 percent g reater than th# 1938- 43 average fo r "these months. Good choice hogs Weighing 168: to 800 pounds have been selling a t ceil­ ing prices fo r several w eeks.. Hogs approaching weights of 240 pounds should be sold. Market receipts have recently increased, however less con­ gestion than last-year is expected dur- ng the peak sales period a 1a better general outlook prevails* ORDER FOREST TREES NO* Forest tree application blanks have teen received from the Ohio Division of'Forestry and copies Will he futnish ed on- request. The following varie­ tiesAre available;* tuliptree, black le oust, red eak, white oak, cottonwsod, eeageotangs, hemlock and red„ white ahortleaf and pitch pines Applications sbstod be made a t once. " Th* recomwinded plantiwg space is seven by seven fee t which wilt require 888 trees per acre. -Lari; year 1#,780 trerirw ere secured from toe sta te **reery planted by Greene County farmer* Store e a r native woodlands have been heavily cut for, wartime purposes, tree planting will aid greatly, in helping to rebuild oar timber reserves. mmmz* fo r gh icexn fox — -On-tanas where outbreak*of shkk- on pox have secured in prerioue years ponhrymen are advised to vaosiuste the pnlleta which have not already been vaectouted Wltii pigeon strain vaccine. An epidemic of this disease M ' -V*.. AB a,.,. .a I.JAM >mm IM f will 19n« l[ '*■* PP wWm* tion ao much throughout the season gtJt -*A^aa^^|gadit swslRi^P fy v V il AaVRI M V IM PM t bers fam iliar with the situation. In response to an Appeal from the RepwbUsan Executive Committee; Le- Und S. Dougan, assistant secretary « ! state,sand: Fred Snyder, executive retary of Secretary o f State Edward Hummel,-‘•ailed » .special meeting o f the Greene County Board o f Elections for. U st Wednesday, when the o ffk i- ciais took -up tire complaints w ith tire members of the boards and clerks and “Uid down thslaw ”, as has-been done, in other counties where member* sub­ stitute their views fo r intent o f the election laws, and so f a r there has been no report of “loud and boisterous talk” -or threats a# to where the Col­ umbus visitors Oouid.go.” As in sUch esses hath board members'and clerks, face the cold facts of observing the law “or rise?” I t is a ease Where suggestions become- orders under th* law. The Herald is informed by a Xenian there was much haste until the early morning hours Wednesday, getting thing* in half shape before the arrival of the Columbus visitors* Following the visit of the state o f firUU comes the report the o ffice of the board of elections must he kept open fo r the benefit o f the pUhlk. The majority of the board has a t one time ;tiored keeping the office open * t least p a rt time on Saturday until elec tion for the benefit of tho#e who a r t employed out o f the county. Inm o st of the rural adjoining counties R ha* been toe role th at w ith soldier voting sand no many ‘employtd away from, home during the week, i t was * patri otic duty to ktep the office open even on fi*torday as is dene In the cities as * patriotic duty. S tate official* even approve of tide pten. No one ha* a* yet heard- freat to e “wtote*w**h' crew on th is suggestion. A direct result o f toe invest igation was te* tselgnatio* of the clerk, Jane leckhoid. la st Friday evening, prhfcfc ■ W9m ffw pMKitfll w/9 'MPWnt# iih m* -Raymond -B.- Howard, -London, 0 ., publisher, -Seventh Ohio- D istrict Cen- tra l Committeeman^Whowent to Na­ tional- -Republican 'Headquarters in New- York City, -.representing Got. John W.-Brkker. -as, a eanftdat* for Vive President on the-Republican ttek- e t, has beeiv made Assistant- Director of-Publicity of -the Republican Nation­ al Committee,^according to an. am nounrement by Godfrey Hammond D irectorof Publicity. . |- Mr. Howard's work in behalf of Gov. Bricker, in the primary cam­ paign bus attracted national attentiati psign has attracted nation attention and his promotion is ons that he has Well earned. ■■- .■:.* Mr. Howard- is a former, president of-the-National Editorial Association, And is -now president of the Ohio Newspaper Associetin. He baa alto served a* Public- Relation* Director And «l*e<as Ditectov-of the Ohio Di­ vision of Conservation-and .late r as­ sistant Conservation Gemmissionstr, he being.granted * leave pf ahesnee in-March to join Gov.-Brkker’s pub­ licity s ta f f .. Mr. Howard-is said to be the'first-w eekly newspaper pub- Uskerevsr teh r id th a ytolikm imha* juat-been named to -in the National Repubiican headquarters. Last.Lord’s-D»y Prea, Vayhiuger preached fo r Rev,.David Deen, Xenia, Presbyterian minister, who was in to* ' grip pf a .sciatic rheumatic attack^ Saturday,’ 2 P . M. he will-preach a t preparatory service of the>Second United Presbyterian congregation, Xenia, D r. Braden McElree, pastor, Farm electrification has -finally reached the Colkge farm and adjoin­ ing farms to. the Joy of all concerned. Gordon R. Taylor .who has been preaching in KAnass rriumed to his seminary studies a t the College, Tues­ day.-M e report* a successful summer in the.aervice bf.theM aster of Life. Howard Foster-Lowry will be inau­ gurated as president of Wooster Col­ lege, Oct, 21 -next., Rev. Wilson E. Spencer,^36, Presbyterian pastor a t Shreve, Ohio, w iltrepresent CedarviUe College on th is occasion.. .. ^ H.*«?«*,* * (Jipgp . “ ,, '-rt Mr.; George'Bartinan, college treas­ urer, is reported a* making fine, pro­ gress toward recovery from a'recen t operation in a'Xenia hospital. -I t is expected he will bp'returned to Ida G m m C m m t y g < pw h H g m i J o l i i C k i A I I I Dinner A large dslopstion of Rtpuhttsaua foMN th k «Mtety a tt sadsd to* Clark C oum I y mftflai* a t IfsaiorisT Tffslf t s Thursday, worning, afternoon and wooing. The two day sessions were fo r tit* different Republican Woman's organ­ isation* from th* nine counties in tb s district. M iss' Margaret Baker,.-Bev- . *atk D istrict Republican Central Com­ mittee woman, wss host**# to tits la . dies a ta lu a rits o o a t to* noon hour-A .. - ptogram -of"interest, to .RspuMkan ' workm-s was well eorrisd out and th* d istrk t was well represented. The evening mseting in Memorial Hail was an overflow, delegations; from each county being present. Th* dinner meeting wait presided over by Congressman Clarence J. Brown a* toastmaster. .-Mrs. Robert T*ft, Cincinnati, Wife of Senator Robert Taft, with Mayor James Garfield Stewart, candidste for governor, were the speakers. 'The Republican candidate Was' a t- home in b is old home town,, -having been born in Clark county. He-ttert-. fcd his-practice of law in Springfield, going f torn there to Cincinnati. -'-Mayor Stewart, brought down'the house-when he referred to the*Demo- ' critic platform in reference to pledg- J ing payment of the school debt.,’Whlch *1 was paid in full two year* ago-by the • Bricker -administration. -.Gov." Davejr ; le ft a ’school debt-o f 4Qmillion dollars which has been paid-in’full. The Dem-, ocra$ platform makers evidently were . asleep-and copied from an old plat­ form without even knowledge th a t the debt had been paid. I t has ncyeb -been the-policy of'fhe Democratsfto p»y,. public debtj their special mission be- ; ing to create'debt and leave payment to posterity in both-state and nation. MONT SMALLWOOD DIED ~ m CHICAGO; SATURDAY Mont Smallwood, formerly o f th is placFdied Saturday At 10 P.M . in th e ' 1 Providence’Hospital in Chicago. The ‘ body was broUghtt o ' Springfield ‘fo r burial. He was 59 years of age,; ! _ ;. Surviving are: five daUghtere^lEula T 'McNeil of London; Befoice Jeffries o f Cincinnati; Mrs.Neva Gilmore;.'Xenia; Mrs. Mary Lou'Smith, Chicago; and Janet fiiilt, Cleveland; one non'Walter of the,Merchant Marine ih*England; <" two brother*,'Walter #rtd LLoyd o f. this community; and sight-grand chil­ dren. CEDARVILLB BOY CITED FOR MILITARY PERFORMANCE Mrs., A. J . Hostetler is visiting her daughter and family, Mrs. Paul Mil­ ler; in Columbus, th is week. The monarch 'of the campus near the gym Went'the way of all the earth this summer due to drouth, aid ago, or some other cause. Timbermen felted it the other day, ’ I t Was fe a r feet in diameter ehe fo o tfo em th e gretmd, j F riv a te Oliver S, Baker, 18, o f tola thirty inches,.2B feet .up; andlnode a | piaWr has been rited for outotending saw tog.30 fe»t bmg, The tim bsr wM j performance "of duty ln combat HUI be utod to make hobby horses rockers W Bougainville dsland, according to and in other fcqfe .AmArbOr^rirefriae h he y,M department! The btekpAny next spring to replace f t and the elms Un which P rirete Baker served dio- will-bs-in eraer. - l paced o f314 sOWiers o f the Sixth Jap . . « ..ftaperial Division,p a rt of the 17 army Be*. andM rcX tobert C. Bawlge, ti<at had blasted th rir way intoAmer- moyed this month ' foom Chintoots,} io(in p^n iens. Th* enemy, tosteUa- Columbia,to Quito, Ecuador. Their \^nH were 'destreyed. The citation new work is brsodemsting from »ta-}.ws» by Major Geiierel ^Robert a . tion H. C. J . B .' (short wave), Mrs. Btightier, 87th Division 'Commander Savage is featured in ‘Piano Melodies' 0f Columkus, 0 . PvtoBMceris a son df each eventeg except Monday At ,#:00 Mr, and Mrs. -Shernian Baksr, th is o'clock and the two of them s t BriS P . And mis been overseas nearly a M, Mrs. Savage Is foe granddaughter year> ^ {n New’Cal- of Prof, and Mr*. 0 . W, Steel*. edonia and Guadalcanal. WAYNE HANSON SPEAKER HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT GIVES ‘ STREPS COAT OF DUST-DOWN Xenia avenue resident# were about to secede from -the county until the iState Highway Deportment gave Xenia avenue a treatment o f’Chemi­ cal to hold down the dust following resurfacing. Tim dust got into more than one lady's hair so to speak and the. appeal for aid was granted when the Department learned of ju st how had th* dust Was. Wayne Hanson, New York City, for forty years a worker with ,ytwth a t home and abroad'in the Y.~ M'. C, A.j | WAS VETERAN OF FIRST WORLD WAK-IRMRRY ILIFF F ew resalled the fact th at th* late Emery XiifiEwas a veteran of the F irst and now ofdhwWar Prisoner Divisioal.World w ar, which was overlooked in FROST NIPS SOME FLOWERS AND CORN IN LOW GROUND The second fro st of the season h it this section Sunday sigh t hut. did not do much damage. Flower* were nip pad and a* was the eortt hut no dam ag e to erep*. ■ ' ’ A few frente m mstetoity now to head off foe “fly” in Whtot. Little of this crop has hum sown a* yet due to the dry rendition of foe noil. A good rain ia ■iseedtd^'hndsee tendiltf. all aecounts-of his rerehtduath. He Was Sereetary to Ool. -Robert McCor­ mick, now publisher of the ’ Chicago Tribune. of.the National War Fund, is to be foe main speaker a t foe kkfe s ffd ito ner fo r the Greene County Campaign, dhtebur 11 a t «:88 P, M. in fo* Ceu tra l High School in Xenia, President Ira D. Vayhinger, Greene County Chairman, announce* the e vent today. N r. Huwsmr wan cited hy thefoswne Rovecnnmnheit’the cteee of tite first world w a r with the Order of foe Re­ deemer, and then weeked ae Chief*,of foe Ameriean jitMT with foe French Foyers for three yeere. He .has re­ sided in Hutope.for five genre and irav ried inhT seuntie** Sines MSinkh hetow devotedhis a t­ tention to South America and ha* been IN teren l oe-1 tossleas. } The John Harvey form a t fits juisc- efiWria ls frie a s f tee'F iidtia t’yGis antW lliuiug«, and workers from over the county had ton roafo, ha* here w a te i to ,D*«a)d Xenia, are enpeetod to attend foe Haglar, who gate pessseioa to r M i-omplimentary dinner foreegh foe Jreeding* NEAL RESTAURANT CHANGES OWNERSHIP SATURDAY NIGHT Rev. R. C. Frederick :<*ke* aver the Neal Reetamrant, “EtmaBird” > follow­ ing the close of hasinese fiatim ky night. The piece will n e t he <open on Sunday Until after invoking. DONALD HAGLAR RENTS ! JOHN HARVEY FARM .Mrs, Edwin Westorfiteld «f Cideia- nati, and Mr*. Robert Bardea and Mr*. Harry Williamson of Ashvttte, North Carolina, spent l*»t weak end visiting wHh their aunt, lire* Gore countien. Th« goal of#flE88 fine h reu l AUTO DRIVER set for Greene county* Headqpsnrtere | w r r i i are the City Rstidkig la X*iia, ‘ IpT ftv m TO at CLGGRlt WILL GO RAGE OMR Mayer AM* had tofo te Mia foie ■HOUR ON HUNGRY tMHMflNG IIrewPKWreWEIfl* i l l IS Z m W mWIVEEo>'vq#s| Clocks in Ohte gft hash e a eh e u r.e a 1Aaether unm WlRlre* finuday mereteg to Geatrel Rteiwtori ibrem , drehk aad iriv iag. JWHWlEw fi|re IreRRnWI ^HIWu red. ■ eRre ^ 7