The Cedarville Herald, Volume 69, Numbers 27-52

. *'r. t , ie >y es $e re n, he nwYOU! HIIVUIHKB 0 I 1 DS American* For 'America— America For American* SIXTY-NINTH YEAR No. 33 CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY, JULY 19,1946 rnmmmi B u r M tjK t n m y iiN fj'■ PRICE, $1.50 A YEAR CONGRESSIONAL HAPPENINGS IN WASHINGTON By CLARENCE J, BROWN Member o f Congress The scandalous story o f alleged war profiteering which is being unfolded in connection with government con­ tracts held by the Erie Basin Corpoi’- ation and subsidiary organizations," in ■which the names o f high government officials are being bandied about, is but a beginning. If, and when, Con­ gressional investigating committees open* up numerous similar cases, many individuals o f high rank in the Roosevelt and Truman Administra­ tions will be involved, both in and out o f Congress, and both in and out of the War and Navy Departments, The death o f Sidney Hillman, labor leader and head o f the CIQ-FAG, has brought, and will continue to bring, many repercussions. While Senator and Chairman of the famous Truman Committee, which was investigating our national defense and war program President Truman was severely criti­ cal o f Hillman’s activities, but follow­ ing his death, the President, issued a statement highly praising Mr. Hill­ man as a/patriotic American. Hillman who will long be remembered because o f his close connection with the late President Roosevelt and the 1944 cam­ paign slogan of “ Clear it with Sidney” had allied the CIO-PAC with the Dem- cratic party and was opposed to any third party activity by his followers. His' death will be followed by a change in political policy by the CIO-PAC which will result in a third party movement, for a number o f his influ­ ential lieutenants in that organization have been favoring independent poli­ tical action by labor groups. As this column is being written in Washington the House is preparing to vote on the. British Loan Agreement, under which a direct loan of three billion seven hundred and fifty mil­ lion or a total of four billion four hun dred million dollars, would be extend­ ed to Great Britain to bo repaid over a fifty jiv e , year period, if favorable British foreign trade balances are maintained and other conditions per mit. The Loan, which bears two per cent interest after the first five years during which time no interest is paid, is claimed by the Truman Administra­ tion to be necessary for the mainte­ nance o f world peace and the benefit o f American foreign trade. Opponents o f the Agreement, which was the last handiwork o f ■the famous Lord Keynes of Great "'Britain, the real father of the New De^l and its huge spending program, point out the British failed to repay our loans made them fo r rehabilitation after the Fifst World War, received a net o f some twentyfive billion dollars in Lend- Lease contributions from the United States during World War II, and are in as good a financial position today- population considered—ns the United States. However, present indications are that the Loan Agreement will be approved in the House by a small ma­ jority, notwithstanding the almost solid opposition of Congressional dele­ gations from Midwestern States. ■ By the time this item appears in print Congress will probably have ap­ proved some sort o f a price control bill and sent it to the President fo r his consideration. As the measure left the Senate and reached the House early this week, most o f its provisions were the same as those contained in the original bill which was vetoed by Pres ident Truman, However, the so-called Taft Amendment, which made man­ datory that ceiling prices for manu. facturers and producers should be based on the October11941 prices, plus any increased costs incurred since that time, has been deleted and the Bark­ ley Amendment, changing the base price period to October 1940, and de­ legating discretionary power to the OPA Administrator to fix ceiling prices on manufactured products, has been substituted therefor. This sub­ stitution for the Taft Amendment has Administration approval, but the Sen­ ate action in writing into the bill pro­ visions for the lifting of all controls from meat, dairy products, grain, feed cotton Beed, soy beans, tobacco and petroleum products, is not at all pleas ing to tthe Administration. Whether the House will accept these amend­ ments, or they wijl be stricken out or changed in conference, is not known. However, it is believed that if the bill reaches the White House in the Sen­ ate form it will be vetoed, and in the end there will be no price control leg­ islation enacted, with the exception o f the renewal o f rent control. Walter Brennan Dies; Once Xeiiia Mayor Walter F. Brennan, 73, former mayor o f Xenia from 1905 to 1913 and former editor o f The Xenia Gazette, died Saturday morning at 6:30 a.m. at Good Samaritan hospital. He had liv­ ed in. Dayton .since his retirement from government service in 1933. He was a native of Dayton but mov­ ed with his family at an early age to Xenia. He attended Xenia schools and worked for the Gazette after gradua­ tion for a number of years. From 1913 to 1921, he was head of the lecture bureau of the National Cash Register Co, From 1921 to 1933, Brenpan was a member o f the Bureau o f Internal Revenue’ s law enforcement departments in Washington and Phil­ adelphia. *He was a member of the Holy Name Society in'Dayton, He served as Mayor o f Xenia back in the days when prohibition was. a real is­ sue. He,was a sworn foe of the li­ quor traffic and he had the support of all elements politically in Xenia that stood for law and order. Hjs views won him many friends over the state and he could have had most any gov­ ernmental position, state- or federal, tor the asking. • •. - Surviving are his wife, Nora; three sons, Fred o f San Diego, Calif., Char­ les o f Dayton .and Philip of Los An­ geles, Calif., a daughter, Mrs. Robt, Payne -of Dayton; a sister, Mrs. Wil­ liam Hayes o f Xenia, and two brothers George Brennan o f Xenia, and Thom­ as Brehnan o f Albany, N. Y. The funeral was held Thursday from the residence and later from Sacred Heart Church. Burial took place in Xenia at St. Brigid Cemetery. ALONG FARM FRONT E. A . Drake, Co. Agricultural Agent 65 County Men Eligible For Draft The wai|s on if the order of Presi­ dent Truman means anything. Not so long ago word was the war was over and. nothing more to do but mop up the New Deal war contract grafting. . This week we are to enter another stage of another war, getting, ready to fight Joe Stalin and his Russian horde if Communists while we feign win­ ning the peace. Mr. Truman and his brass hats want 25,000 of* our nineteen year olds or older, up to 29, for the next army. A number o f youths have already receiv­ ed their notifications in this county, .t is estimated 65 will have to go. A number o f those who have served and have been dismissed will • be in the succeeding calls. Mii«niiiinimiiiiniiiiuMi,Mniiiiiimnii,8m»i«»niniiimw* EXTENSION SPECIALIST TO DISCUSS NEW FARM MACHINERY AT FORUM v “ What's New in Farm Machinery” , will> be discussed by Sam Huber, ex­ tension agricultural engineer o f Ohio State University at the Farm Forum Monday evening, July 22 , at 7:30 p.ni. at Geyer’s. While there is still a serious labor shortage, manufacturers state that new and more improved machinery will be available in the future. Mr. Huber will discuss new types o f mach­ inery which do more o f the farm work do it better and more economically. The Miami Twp. Committee is ar­ ranging the program,; Committee members are Floyd Bailey, Cornelius; Grinnell, Mac Harris and W. A. Ham­ mond. Supper will be served at 7:30 and all farmers are invited., 100 MORE JAMAICANS ARRIVE* One hundred additional Jamaican- workers arrived at the farm labor camp at Yellow Springs over the week end to assist in detasseling com for farmers in Greene'and Clark counties. A total o f 154 Jamaicans are now housed at the former CCG barracks at Bryan State Park. These men are under contract by growers who will use them in corn and potato fields. The camp is operated by the farm labor committees of both Greene and Clark counties. The. men are housed and'fed at the camp with farmers returning them each night. TMUBMED ISDITCHER Two young veterans were badly in­ jured Saturday night when the car they were driving'left thq road near i the Rainbow Inh, two miles west .of town and landed in the ditch, Johnny McMillan, who was driving suffered a broken le ft atm and numer­ ous cuts>and bruises with internal in­ juries. Jack Andrew suffered cuts and bruises. Bdthwere taken to the Springfield City Hospital for treat­ ment. i Young Andrew isas able to be re­ turned home Wednesday, but is still confined to his bed. Reports ate that McMillan’s arm id badly crushed and he will, not retard home for several days. The coupe belonged to William Erwin and was badly-wrecked. Fairfield-Ofcborn In Hot Contest Two Bams Burn Loss Is $15,000 Two barns on ’ the George Fulton farm, Jackson road, north-Cast of Yel­ low Springs, burned Monday night, flic owner discovered the fire as he was returning from another part of the farm but could do nothing as one side of the building where the fire started was in blaze. The Yellow Springs fire department responded but could do nothing more ' ban save the residence a- sort distance away. The fire is said to have been caused by spontaneous combustion from new hay that had net been cured enough. The loss is, placed ht $15,000. The Congressional Food Study Com niittee, late last week, made a report, based on an analysis o f food prices during the first ten days without OPA price control, which gave the follow­ ing Information: Meat supplies will bo plentiful very soon, with prices gen- ■Orally averaging from five to ten cent Milk Trust Heads Fear Higher Price A hearing on a higher price for milk to the farmer was held in Springfield, Tuesday. A. A . Froning, office mana- ge -r of Borden’s, Dayton, stated that he feared higher prices would result In consumer reaction. The Miami Val­ ley Cooperative Milk Producer’s As­ sociation asked fo r the hearing to pro­ tect the income o f producers that face constant rising prices of feed. Froning asked for five additional price brackets while L. C. Mapp, Coop man­ ager suggested elimination of bracket system and substitution of a flat 80- cent differential over base schedules to determine the price o f Class J milk. CLUB MEMBERS ATTEND LEADERSHIP CAMP - Russell- McDonald o f Jefferson Twp. and Roberta Fudge, Silvercreek Twp. represented Greene County 4-H Club -members at the Ohio 4-H Junior Lead­ ership Camp at Camp Ohio, June 30 to July 5. The camp was under the direction of the state 4-H club department and financed by jhe Ohio Farmers Fire In­ surance Company. The camp theme was “ Citizenship through Leadership” and each, pamper received training in recreational and music leadership, campfire and vesper planning, crafts, nature, newswriting and vocational tests. 4-H LIVESTOCK JUDGING TOUR L.P. McCann o f the Department o f Animal Husbandry, Ohio' State Uni­ versity will conduct a district general livestock judging, tour for 4-H club members Monday, July 29. The tour will start at 10 A.M. at the Allen farms north o f South Vienna where two rings o f Angus cattle and two rings o f Duroc Jersey' hogs will be judged. ' The next stop will be at the Wm. N. Wilkerson farm in Bath Twp. where two rings o f Shropshire sheep will be judged. PROVIDE MINERALS FOR COWS Salt is ap essential feed for all dairy cows, so animal husbandry specialists recommend adding 1 percent o f - salt to the dairy ration and also making salt accessible to the cattle at all times iodized salt should be used because it provides needed iodine (at the same time. Cows which are fed good hay or which have good pasture will get all the calcium they need, but the, cowb will lack phosphorus unless cottonseed meal, linseed meal, bran, or other feed having a high phosphorus content 1 la provided. A simple mineral mixture which will correct mineral defeciencies in the feed consists o f a mixture of 16 pounds bonemeal and 5 pounds o f salt or an alternate mix made of 6 pounds ground limestone, 5 pounds salt and 5 pounds o f bonemeal. The mixture should be sheltered from rain. 877 i! (Continued , on page two) CIO lit Dayton Stages Rally For Lower Meat Prices One of the jokes o f the season was the rally in Dayton in front of the old Court House Tuesday afternoon when CIO leaders tried to interest a city o f more than 250,000 in joining in a meat strike and demanding a re­ turn of OPA . ' > Less than 300 people gathered to hear the CIO spell binders berate the farmers and all others that are through with the OPA, Even with the help of several hundred federal employees on the New Deal payroll in that city, the crowd was a “ frost1* when population was considered. Thy speakers were, critical o f Dayton eiti zens who did not turn put for the rally. Meantime several thousand housewives on a shopping tour passed the old courthouse and did not even stop to inquire what was going on, A proposal to annex Fairfield to Osborn, their boundries touching, has started an argument that promises to' be interesting. A meeting was held in; Fairfield recently that resulted in exchange o f statements that promi­ ses a royal battle before the problem is settled. . ' A Fairfield resident in town Thurs­ day morning said the whole plan has, been cooked up to make “ Fairfield.' help pay Osborn's'debt. The former,, the smaller o f the two adjoining vil­ lages has a bonded debt o f $15,000 ac­ cording to reports while Osborn has a debt o f $130,000. One side says the majprity of Fairfield citizens favor annexation while the other claims the majority opposes annexation. It is predicted the matter of annex­ ation, if attempted,'Will-finally land in the courts. County Veterans Infor­ mation Center Is Busy Consultations with 2,107 war veter­ ans were held by Harry S. Swigart, director o f the Greene county Veter ans Information center during the six month period, ending June 30. The office is located in the court house. In addition, 286 civilians were con­ sulted and 670 telephone calls were handled through the office. Swigart says his duties are changing from those of a dispenser o f information those o f a guidance counselor. Pickering Resigns; LimingSuperintendent Major Harry B. Pickering, former head of the Greene County Schools, offered his resignition to the Board o f Education which was accepted Mon­ day at a meeting o f the hoard .* He has not made known hi& future plays. Major Pickering has been in the U. S. Air force for more than four years. He has accepted not*made known his future plans. Mr. Pickering is a graduate o f C& darville College and taught two years in Ross township schools before be­ coming head of the county school sys­ tem. He was born in Painterville and. has taken graduate work in Wit­ tenberg and Ohio State. ' Acting County Superintendent S. O. Liming has-filled the vacancy during the absence o f Major Pickering with great credit and he was rewarded on Monday by being elected by the Coun­ ty Board as Superintendent, following the Pickering resignation. The term is for two years. Supfc. Liming is a graduate o f Ce­ darville College. He served as super­ intendent of Yellow Springs schools for eight years. He is a graduate of Bethel, O., high school and holds the degree o f Master o f Arts from Ohio State University. He has an exper­ ience of thirty years as teacher and school administrator. GREEN LIGHTS By MABY FAY BKYBON Heart Attack is Fatal To Xenia Florist Floyd Anderson, 73, well known Xenia florist, was found dead at 10 a. m. Sunday in his home in Dodds Apartments, W. Main, Xenia, by his son, Carlton, of Dayton. Mr, Anderson had died some time during the night of heart attack. He had been in the flower business 33 years in that city. The funeral was held from the Nagley Funeral Home, Tuesday, with burial in Miami Cemetery at Corwin. MISSIONARY MEETING The Women’s Missionary Society o f the local United Presbyterian Church will be hostess to the seven other Uni­ ted Presbyterian Churches of this section o f Xenia Presbytery Thurs­ day, July 25th at 2 P. M. These socie­ ties are from the 1st and 2nd Churches of Xenia, the 1 and 2nd Churches of Springfield, Sugar Creek, Clifton, and Jamestown. The* special purpose o f this meeting-is to hear reports from the National Convention held recently at Tnrkio, Mb. from delegates, Mrs* Herman Eavey and Mrs, Fred Dob­ bins. It is desired that all the wo­ men of the local church be present to assist as hostesses whether members of the Missonary society or not. Senator Taft Demands DAIRY DAY AUGUST 9 Ohio Dairy Day will be held at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station Wooster, August 9. A program for men, women and "youth has been ar­ ranged which will start at 9:30. - Re­ sults o f various feeding experiments will be shown, together with their work on grass silage, mow hay curing milk house construction and dairy buildings. 1945 WAS BUMPER YEAR Agricultural statistics for crop pro­ duction in Greene County for* the year 1945, and for livestock on farms Jan­ uary 1, 1946, have been released by the Ohio Crop Reporting Service, They show that last year 66,1(10 acres o f corn averaged 57-3 bushels per acre producing a crop o f 8,781,000 bushels. For wheat the yield was 23,8 bushels on 40,900 acres resulting in a crop o f 973,000 bushels, The 5,800 acres of soybeans produced 88,000 bushels for an average o f 18,7 bushels per acre, Oats which was formerly one of the county's major crops was down to 4J500 acres and produced 148,000 for an average o f 32,9 bushels per acre. The hay crop o f 27,700 tons was pro­ duced on 18,100, Livestock on farms the first o f the year ire re listed as follows: All cattle and calves, 24,800; Milk cows, 12,000; hogs 87,400 and according to the re. port 331,000 chickens wers raised last (C ontinued O n P ack T wo ) OPA; Truman Senator Robert A . Taft, Rep., Ohio, has waged a relentless fight to have farm products taken from under the Communistic price con­ trol which died June 30th, The; New Dealers are making every ef­ fort to restore control o f farm prices at the demand o f the CIO. For more than ten years farmers have been regimented under the OPA with 1914 panic frozen prices on farm products. As soon as controls were no longer possible all farm product prices have reached new high and for the first time under the New Deal the, farmer has a profit that will enable him to purchase the high priced farm ma­ chinery, build and repair farm buildings, purchase a-new automobile as well as the various household conveniences he needs for a better standard o f life: To encourage Senator Taft in his fight to aid the farmers and to eliminate them as slaves to feed the ten dollar a day CIO members we wired the following telegram, Wednesday: Senator Robert A. Taft, Senate Office Building, Washington, D, C. Stand firm for removal of price ceilings on •all farm products —.Stop—Greene county farmers will back you aB this county is not controlled by the CIO. THE CEDARVILLE HERALD In contrast to the stand Sen. Taft has taken, Senator James Huff­ man, Dem., Ohio, has .voted almost solidly with the administration and the CIO to put all farm prices back where they were on June 30th. Sen. Huffman has been nominated on the Democratic ticket but far­ mers will have an opportunity o f voting for their old tried and true friend, Hon. John W, Bricker for Senator next November. How many farmers waht to return to New Deal twelve and four­ teen centhogs? How many farmers want lower prices for their cattle and sheep? How many farmers want to continue to pay $109 a ton for protein feed as of today and return to 1914 prices on milk? How many housewives want to sell eggs and chickens at a lower price to plbase the CIO and yet pay one half to one third more for all chick feed? President Truman and the CIO are standing firm against your in­ terest to force you to accept lower prices and pay higher prices for all you have to purchase, Sen. Taft carried the fight in the Senate on two bills favorable to farm Interests and won. Bankrupt Harry ve­ toed one and threatens to veto the second, which was passed by" a Democratic Senate with Republican support. Democratic farmers should put the heat on Senator Huffman, who hOs aUigited himself with' the CIQ in preference to the farm vote. Write your protest to Senator James Huffman, Senate Office Build­ ing, Washington, D . C., immediately. Things are really talcing shape at the Greene County Fairgrounds, in Xenia. One o f the chief preparations fo r the annual fair has recently been completed at the race track, Of course soil can wear out any­ where and this is especially true o f a track. For this reason the old top soil was removed and new soil has been placed on this well known oval. 'The new soil, 800 loads of it, was purchased from the County Commis­ sioners. It came from the pit located on the Dayton Pike. Very carefully and evenly it,w a s distributed on the track and worked evenly to give it all possible stability. The next time the trotters and pac­ ers go so fast that they make a dust, it is assared'that it |s brand new-dust o f the 1946 variety. Judging from the racing program arranged fo r this season, there will be more flying thamdUBt, for it will mean that real' winners will be in competi­ tion for the prizes offered by the Fair Board and fo r the handsome trophies to he given by Ellis Motor-Sales, The Citizens National Bank, the Xenia National Bank and Rovkhold and Taylor Real Estate Brokers and Auc­ tion Sales. ISPUSHES It has been far more than a year since the Greene County Agricultural Society started a project which it is unable to complete or even to con­ tinue, until—no one knows when! ..The project is one which has been requested, even demanded by the pub­ lic for a long time, and quite justly so, too. It is none other than that the .Fair Board provide Sanitary sew­ age accomodations on the fairgrounds. Soon after the 1944 fair, the board met to consider what could be done to,meet this need. -The legal aspects were discussed with Attorney W. A. Miller, the County commj^ioners, the City Manager. The general plan for laying water mains and tiles was ten­ tatively made, the securing o f mater-, ials was investigated, even the pro­ curing o f labor was carefully probed. Larger water mains than those in use would be needed. Tfie right of way must be secured. Countless de­ tails delegated to committees and in­ dividuals. and later reported and it Ipoke as though tlte long desired im­ provement was on the .way to reality. It required quite a while to secure the necessary approval o f adjoining property owners but even that moved along comfortably. Later 1 West St; was declared open to the Fairgrounds Rd., (or about to be). By this timfe, the mate als which had previously been availm. ,e, simply could not be bought, and the labor situation .was too well known to re­ quire mentioning. The Board had agreed upon a plan and to a member each felt that the project must be carried through in the best manner possible .as to the plan, materials and workmanship, pro­ viding also for any future expansion o f the grounds. It is the kind of job that needs to be done so well origin­ ally that change and patching will not ie necessary. That is now the pet project for the fair as it now standsJust as soon as it s expedient to start this big task, the fair-going public may rest assured, that the Fair Board will proceed to start the work. For the past few years, the Board tias been saving instead o f investing its money in new building projects, so that part o f the matter is settled. Sometime, before "too long”, the Board hopes to complete the Sanitary project, that it may be proud to wel­ come visitors to the annual exhibition, instead of being constantly'embaras- sed by its 'present inability to provide such comfort and need for its guests. Preliminary plans fo r a gala Labor, Day celebration were formed at thei regular meeting o f the Progressive Club just held here. The Club wili join with Cedarville College in the event, the highlight, o f which will be a. commemoration exercise in honor o f the late Sena'tor James H. Kyle who is credited with being the one responsible fo r the national legislation which brought about .the national ob­ servance in honor o f the toilers. As a Senator from the state o f South Dakota he was chairman o f the im­ portant committee o f education and labor when the bill was enacted in 1894 authorizing a national observance Senator Kyle as born and reared in Cedarville. A commemoration exer­ cise the details to he announced later, will be held on the campUs at 11 a.m. Labor Day which will open the ob­ servance. Last Labor Day .Governor 1 Lausche planted a gingko tree on the campus honoring the late Cedarville celebrity. Coach Mendell Beattie announced that in the afternoon there will be staged an exhibition football game on the campus field which will mark the first local contest here in 14 years. Coach Beattie anticipates that at least 40 pigskin aspirants will be out fo r the team as fall practice opens August 19. The football squad will be divided into the reds and blues and will play on Labor Day afternoon from 1:30 to 3 pan. Marvin Agnor was appointed by President Harry Hammon to secure the'services o f a professional fish fryer pa feed the big crowd of that day. Local chef Ezra Neal will also take care o f other eating needs. A meeting o f the executive comnut- . tee has been called to meet." in the Mayor’s office next Monday night to formulate additional plans for red letter day observance.,. New All-Time Peak V ■ ■ ■ In Divorce Suits Greene county set a new high in divorce suits for the year ending June 30. • Clerk o f Courts' L. N. Shepherd re­ ported a total o f 389 suits were filed as compared with 304 last year and 232 two years ago. Wives brought 243 o f the suits'this year and husbands 146, When the last fiscal year began, 129 divorce cases were pending. In­ cluding this total and the new suits filed, 380 were either disifiissed or granted during the year, leaving 13S undecided on June 30. • ' Delmar Jobe Head o f State Fair Sheep Dept. D. C. Jobe of this place will be in charge o f all Sheep entries at, this year’s Ohio State Fair to- be held in Columbus, August 24 to 30. Mr. Jobe'has been named Superin­ tendent of the Sheep Department of the Fair by*C. L. Mitchell, member of the State Board o f Agriculture. Wheat Gar Shortage; * Grain Price Drops Wheat dropped from $1,96 Thursday to $1.84 following the demand by President Truman that all farm prod­ ucts, including wheat, be put back un­ der CIO. A farmer with 2,000 bushels o f wheat took a loss Thursday o f $240 by the drop in price. Millers and elevator buyers refused to buy fearing they would have to take a loss if OPA was revived. Packers would not hid up for hogs for the same reason and the price dropped $1.75 a hundred. LEONARD GARB CAPTURED HERE BY STATE POLICE Leonard Carr, colored, Clifton, was captured here Aundsy evening by the State Highway Police in a tace when the state authorities forced Cart to a halt on East st, Carr was wanted by the Clark Co. Sheriff who held a warrant fo r the taking o f an automobile belonging to his mother without permission. Car t figured in a cutting scrap here about two weeks ago. LACK OF BOX CARS HOLDS BACK SHIPMENT OF WHEAT The local elevators, as*well as else­ where, have been handicapped in the shipmnt o f wheat by not being given enough cars for^the immediate ship­ ment. Considerable wheat has been trucked to other markets. The price has ranged around $1.95, going up and down and depending on the grade. Elder Corry reports an unusual yield on 24 acres that averaged 46 bushels to the acre. For three years now his wheat has averaged 40 bushels or bet­ ter. „ Mrs. H. A. Reinhard fell on the street Monday, breaking her Wrist. Merchants Will Play Springfield At Legion Field Sunday Springfield will provide the oppo­ sition for the Cedarville Merchants Sunday, July 17, in their second home game on the American Legion i ’lcld. The starting time is 2:80. The Merchants hope to continue the good defensive form they showed in the WaynfertUl* game last week, os well as to develop a more potent hit­ ting attack. The visiting Spring- fielders have also been defeated by Wayneaviite previously by a Score o f 7 to 2 . The local Cedars now have a record o f one gains won and two lost in the Southwest Ohio League. On the basis o f last weeks performance Cedarville now has two topnotch bat­ teries to choose from in opposing the Springfield team — either Towns!*? and Corry can go, or Cooper and Brower. r"' r l