The Cedarville Herald, Volume 72, Numbers 1-26

•’ ~ •r-bjt gjy un-' ■" t r .'7 ■JSfia-.if.ii.T,. Friday, MarcK % W & — . f _L« TEe aeffarvilTe, O. S e r a l l TheCedarviile Herald A Republican Newspaper Published Every Friday by THURMAN MILLER. JR. Entered aa second class matter October 31, 1887 at the Postof­ fice at- Cedarviile, Ohio, under Act o f Congress o f March 1879. Member—National Editorial As­ sociation;-Ohio Newspaper Asso­ ciation; Miami Valle? Press As­ sociation. blings” column is his Leesburg Citizen Mack Sauer speaks o f an India snake in^bloom on Mrs. Ocie Clark’s lawn, and of two tadpoles with fins some lady brought to his office. What you been drinkin’, Mack? THE 'J Ir.J?rr.iLcr.al UnJom Sur.'fcy SrI-'-cl gy.MfKEHHETH l FOREMAN Editorial „ THE RED CROSS Again the annual Red Cross campaign is here. Nothing hut the love o f God is more ever­ present than this "greatest moth­ er of all.” For service in disaster, lending a helping hand t o the. needy and distressed, here, there, everywhere the Red Cross holds a claim on our support. Money is not given to the Red Cross, it is invested in good will and serv­ ice to .God and mankind. Our people do not need to be urged to give; they always do gener­ ously. WE NEED DOSING I f some pill peddler or gargle guzzler had been around last weed end he could have cashed m* We all needed remedies fo r throats and tonsils. Most o f us yelled ours into uselessness. No, we didn’t win the tournament, but we showed up pretty well, now, did’t we? And hollerin' doesn’t hurt, as Popeye says, “ pernament!” And we’ve still a lot of yelping to do before the whole basketball season is over. Pass the pills! GRAPE GROVE’S CHURCH Not only does the Grape Grove congregation have a new church building, but they have set Chris­ tian folk an example o f forti­ tude and zeal that misfortune can not stifle. The new church is a very modern one and the community, neighbor to ours by only a few miles, is made a much more desirable place to live by the new home fo r the honored institution. Congratulations, fine folk, on your stamina under stress and "also fo r your accom­ plishment. We are happy to have neighbors like you. NEW LICENSE PLATES Emblazoning front and rear of the cars o f the early-bird tag­ buying motorists are the 1949- model license plates, resplendant in black and yellow. This is the second year in the state’s scheme o f switching colors from back­ ground to numerals each year. Last year's tags, you can see by looking around you, were yellow with jjilack numerals. According to the plan that will be the style o f the tags in 1950, if there is any 1950 and there are any auto­ mobiles. We’re depending on both. THE LENTEN SEASON This week marks the beginning o f Lent, with its accompanying special services in our town’s churches. Self-sacrifice is the theme o f the period, as it was the keynote of the life of Him whose death and resurrection we commemorate. If the spirit we seek to put into our Easter and Lenten season could become world-wide, Joy to the World would become a fact. INITIALS ONLY Though Truman’s words lacked dignity And it is plain that he Was not the language gilding; In his defense it could be said S. 0 . B., in case you’ve read, Means “ Senate Office Building.” FIXING THE WHITE HOUSE The president’s estimate for remodeling the White House is considerably in excess! o f $5,000,- 000. It has been brought out that the contract will not be let on competitive bidding, but by the “ cost-plus” system, the most per­ nicious and inexcusably ineffi­ cient system ever devised. It looks like "fixing the White House” will turn out as disas­ trous as in 1814 when the Bri­ tish "fixed” it by setting fire to it. HOW ABOUT THIS? In Boston recently a patrio­ tic rally was held in the shrine o f American liberty to honor Washington, Lincoln and other heroes of Freedom. There were ■43 persons attended. About the same time there was a rally of Communists in New York; at­ tendance 1,500. Does 43-to-1500 represent the ratio of sentiment fo r Freedom and Communism in America? . NAMING NAMES Joe Martin, former speaker of the House, has received many proposals o f marriage to end his bachelorhood. He says it looks like folks have not heard how the election went. . . H. S. Truman says he has no more confidence in polls now than he had in No­ vember. . . Secretary Marshall is fully recovered from recent illness. The surgeon’s Marshall plan worked . . Joe PiMaggio has signed with the Yankees fo* §90,000 a year. Almost as good as editing a country newspaper. . . Christian Dior, Paris designer, plans to shorten women’s skirts. Where does he get that first name with what he does to us men! WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS Car builders have gone hog- vriid on wide seats, short hoods, big trunks and low-slung chasses. What everybody wants is a gad­ getless car, with essentials in the way o f wheels and lights and seats, and emphasis on gasoline mileage. We’re waiting. SOUNDS SUSPICIOUS In his, “RambKngs and Rum- SCH IPTU RE : M ark 4: Luke 15:11-24. DEVOTIONAL R E A D IN G : Matthew 13:10-17. WildOaisHarvest Lesson, for March 6, 1949 jv LL RELIGIOUS teachers of Je- * * sus’ time used parables. But the great difference between Jesus’ parables and those of his contempo­ raries, a s Rabbi Klausner says, is that his were re- m e m b e r e d and theirs w e r e not. People will remem- j ber a story who cannot take in a lec- i ture. Jesus almost' never told “wonder- ) tales.” His para­ bles are not in the Dr. Foreman least like Grimm’s fairy tales or Alice in Wonderland. Mostly they are about simple ordi­ nary happenings, and practically al­ ways about living people or things. If you said “Kingdom of God” to the average religious person of Je­ sus’ time, he would have replied, “ Oh, yes, that wonderful time! The time when these Roman soldiers will dfe blasted off the earth by the terrible breath of God, the time when every grape will yield barrels of wine and a single grain of wheat can be ground into bushels of flour —the Miracle Age!” The Kingdom of God as Jesus proclaimed it — God’s Ideal World — was some­ thing quite different from that. Je­ sus illustrated it not with fanciful wild pictures, but with stories from real life, from the field or the farm­ house. The Kingdom of God is a king­ dom of law, not of happen-so or of magic wands. Jesus was fond of comparing God’s King­ dom to growing plants. Every plant is a miracle, it is evidence of God’s creative power; but plants do not grow overnight, they grow by the lavw which the creator made in them. Wild Sowing A S WE SAW last week, the most important feature of the Ideal World, or of any world, is the qual­ ity of- the people in it. So most of Jesus’ parables v ere about people, one of the most famous being this one of the “ prodigal son.” (“ Prod­ igal” of course does not mean wick­ ed or repentant, but wasteful, reck­ less with; money or odier things.) You could find many faults in that young man. One of them — the fault that nearly killed him — was that if he had a calendar he never looked at it. If you take a good look at a calendar you will always notice that there is another day af­ ter this one—another month, anoth­ er year. But the prodigal never thinks about tomorrow, only about today. He sows his wild oats be­ cause he has fun doing it. He can say “ So what?” fast enough but he has never asked the question, “— and then what?” Childish, isn’ t it? Some people even argue that it is a good thing to sow wild oats, on the theory that the prodigal gets, it out of his sys- . tern and is afterwards a better man. Nonsense! Is it better for your education to spend several years learning things wrong? Is it bet­ ter for a garden to let it grow up in weeds for the first three weeks? Is it better for a man’ s health to spend his childhood years on a sick­ bed? That’s no more silly than to say that a man is morally better for having been immoral for a while first. * * * Prodigal Nation r r BAS EVEN been said that we have a prodigal-son civilization. Our generation is pretty busy sow­ ing wild oats. We waste the nat­ ural resources of the earth. Drink­ ing has become encouraged by law and made glamorous by the movies. We spend more on liquor than on schools. More money is spent on a single day’s horse-racing at a big track than a whole state or prov­ ince spends on education in a year. ,The ties of marriage have grown so Weak, especially outside the Christian church, that it has cot been long since one American city was boasting that its marriage rate had “ caught up with” its divorce rate! c » * Wild Harvest T HE PRODIGAL son in Jesus* story went home—but he had to reap his wild harvest first. The modern prodigal, whether individ­ ual or nation, seems to misunder­ stand Jesus’ meaning. If God is thought of at all, he is pictured as a benevolent Being who after all doesn’ t mind our enjoying our little fling. “ He will forgive,” said Vol­ taire, “ that’s his business.” That is a total misunderstanding of God. (Copyright by the IntematlonaUCoun- . ell of Religious Education on behalf of 40 Protestant denominations. Released by WNU Features.) CLARENCE J. BROWN Writes With a Buckeye In Congress Out side o f committee work there was little action in Con­ gress last week. Washington’s Birthday was observed according to custom in the House and Sen­ a te by the reading of his Fare­ well Address even tho those in control o f the Congress insist on ignoring or acting directly con­ trary to the advice given by the first President in his historic message. Only formal^ sessions were held the rest o f the week s o . Democratic legislative leaders could headline the speaking pro­ grams at the one hundred-dollars per-plate Jackson Day Dinners used as a means o f raising cam­ paign funds from office-holders and those doing business with the Federal Government. H. R. 2681, by Congressman Rankin o f Mississippi, chairman o f the Veterans Affairs Commit­ tee o f the House, to provide Pen­ sions for veterans o f World Wqrs One and Two who have reached the age o f 65, or are totally dis­ abled, has created heated con­ troversies both in the Committee and in the House. The bill is ex­ pected to be brought to the floor fo r a vote shortly, with a strong likelihood it will pass despite opposition of the Truman Ad­ ministration. In addition to the §90.00 per month pensions for all veterans of World Wars One and Two who are permanently dis­ abled or have reached the age of 65, provision is made for the payment o f §120,00 per month to any such veteran who because of age or physical disability must have the regular attendance of another person. The Committee estimates these pensions would cost approximately 62 million dol­ lars the first year, and as such as 6 billion dollars a year when the peak pension load is reached thirty-five years from now. Some national veterans’ organizations are opposing the passage o f this bill, while others are favoring it. The present average age for all World War Two veterans is less than thirty-years, so it would be thirty-five years before most o f such veterans would re­ ceive pensions. Shortages o f all kinds o f ma­ terials, commodities and services, which so plagued the nation throughout the war years and fo r some time following, have now virtually disappeared. With prices dropping rapidly, all types o f food, including meats, have be­ come plentiful. Textiles arid cloth­ ing can be obtained in abundance. The general housing situation has eased greatly, altho a shortage o f low-cost housing units still exists. The natural gas, oil and gasoline shortages o f recent win­ ters are gone, with stocks piling up and new customers being sought. Even steel and automo­ biles, the two commodities in shortest supply, are expected to catch up with demand within the 'n ex t few months, * The Commission on Organiza­ tion o f the Executive Branch of the Government, headed by for­ mer President Hoover—o f which your humble reporter is a mem- bqr—is expected to file it’s final report with the Congress by Mar. 13th. The last month the Com­ mission has been filing with the Congress from two to three re­ ports weekly on the different de­ partments, functions or activi­ ties o f the Government. In these reports possibilities for huge sav­ ings and for greater efficiency and better administration in gov­ ernment operations have been pointed out for the consideration o f the Congress and the Presi­ dent. The House has already pass­ ed a bill giving President Tru­ man authority to reorganize the Executive Branch o f the Govern­ ment, based upon the Hoover Commission report, and the Sen­ ate is expected to soon approve the measure. The bipartisan twelve-man Hoover Commission has been meeting regularly for eighteen months. It has had “ task forces,” made up of more than three hundred outstanding Amer­ ican citizens, making studies of various governmental matters and filing reports with the Com­ mission as a basis fo r final rec­ ommendations. It is estimated, if the Commission’s recommenda­ tions and findings are put into effect, that some three and one- half billion dollars can be saved yearly in the cost o f operating the government. The Administration-sponsored hill to put into effect the Presi­ dent’s urogram of Social Secur­ ity benefits was introduced in the House last week and referred to the Ways rind Means Commit­ tee, The bill would greatly ex­ pand present Social Security cov­ erage, so as to take in about 8 million citizens who do not now come under the law and would increase Social Security taxes or both employees and employers. In addition the bill would give direct relief to some 20 million Americans, at an added tax cost of course, and would provide health and disability benefits in addi­ tion to increased old age retire­ ment ^ benefits. Unemployment benefits would also be extended under- the bill. The total cost of the President’s Social Security program is estimated to be some- here around 12 to 18 billion dol­ lars a year, necessitating heavier payroll taxes on both employers and employees, averaging some­ where between twelve and eigh­ teen per cent. Within the next few weeks the Senate will be plunged into de­ bate on the question o f ratifying a treaty whereby the United States would join the North At­ lantic Defense Pact and pledge itself to go to war, if necessary, in defense o f the various Western European nations, also signator­ ies to the Pact. Difficulty is be­ ing encountered in drawing up a treaty which will guarantee the Western European nations the military forces o f the United States will come to their defense in case of attack without viola­ ting the Constitution, which pro­ vides only the Congress, and not the President, can comjnit this country to war or other military action outside the continental United States. Jim Davidson is to manage the musical bookings fo r Margaret Truman. SomeGuestsStayTooDerttLong G IMME > SOM fcM O R E ' OF THEM . V CHERRlfcV. Selection of Feeds 1 Vital in Stock Health *•* i RationMust Be Adequate In Minerals, Vitamins * What you feed your livestock to­ day will determine the profit you ■ make tomorrow, for experts are! agreed that keeping livestock healthy Is a profitable job—and to Jo that, care must be observed in choosing livestock feed. j Feeding livestock on a ration de-’ fleient in minerals, vitamins, pro­ teins and carbohydrates, as well as fats, often leads to nutritional dis­ eases. Lack of any of 'the common or trace minerals in home grown feeds may be and often is, respon­ sible for terrific livestock, feed, la­ bor and investment losses. | The problem of supplying miner­ als in their right proportions is only a part of the compounding of a product that will solve the livestock- man’ s problems. First, no matter how good the ingredients that ga into the making up of a feed,, a livestock refuse to eat it the feed is useless so far as benefiting the animal is concerned. i In recent years much has been discovered about livestock diseases due to dietary influences. In this connection, the U. S. department of agriculture says: “Whenever a vital function . . . is interrupted .owing to continued failure of the [diet to supply sufficient quantities Iof essential nutrients, or to the in­ ability of the body to utilize these ^nutrients, the so-called nutritional 'diseases develop." j Grand Champ w W-, Lowell Fress Writes from the Legislature Grand champion o f the 49th International L ive Stock exposi­ tion at Chicago was "O ld Gold,” a 1,209-pound B lack Angus- junior, shown with C. E . Yoder (left) of Muscatine, Iowa, the owner. In the center is Henry Marshall, president of the exposition, and at right is A . D. Weber o f Kansas state college,’ the judge who picked the winner. During the past' week there was not a great deal of activity on important legislation on the floor o f the House. We did pass the Highway emergency appro- priatidn bill, formerly mentioned in this column. The most important proposed pieces ~o f legislation before the House Committees this week were the attempt to repeal the act creating - the State Fair­ grounds Commission before the Agricultural* Committee; the fi­ nal arguments .before the Com­ mittee on Industry and labor on the oleomargarine bill, and the Fair Employment Practices Com­ mission hill; also, the hearing before the Ecjuqation Committee on a proposal carrying authoriza­ tion fo r school bond issues by a 65% majority vote at regular elections, and 60% majority vote at special elections. From the time I have repre­ sented Greene County in the leg1- islatvfre, with the exception o f & . very few special occasions where. I thought I should yield, I have stood for a 65% vote re­ quirement to pass bond issue, and I still fe.el this foundation is sound. Without encouragement to save, which is the only way a general duplicate for a county is built dp, and from which the ability to float bonds rests, I feel the social security we seek will he jeopardized. It is diffi­ cult to maintain this position this year when the Governor in his firBt address to us recommended passage of these issues by a ma­ jority vote. I would very much ■appreicate your comments. The very controversial subject o f slum clearance, rehabilitation of blighted- areas and methods of financing will be opened up for hearings in the Taxation Commit­ tee this coming Tuesday and Wednesday. Since the Fair Employment. Practices Commission bill was voted out of committee last night by a vote of 10 to 5, it is due for a House vote on next Tuesday or Wednesday; hence, anyone in­ terested in the*work of the Leg­ islature will have an opportunity a t that time to view the session in. action on a highly controver­ sial measure. The consensus of opinion seems to be that this will not he a short session. The present 'situation in the House does not indicate the speedy enactment of necessary legislation. Although a total of 651 bills have been introduced in the House alone, and included therein are matters of extreme ‘Love Apple' Popular The scarcity of tomatoes in the past year’s otherwise abundant- harvests recalls something of the history of this romantic fruit- vegetable. A sharp drop in production in some of the nation’ s principal to­ mato-growing areas means smaller domestic stocks of tomato soup, juices, stews, ketchup and chili sauce this winter. Unseasonable weather is given as the cause. One hundred years ago the to- —mato was just beginning an uphill fight for respectability as a food A NAME THAT STANDS FOR GOOD FURNITURE * BUDGET PLAN AVAILABLE ADAIR’S item, Indians of the Andes had cul­ tivated it since about 1000 A. D. The Aztecs of Mexico gave it the name that Cortez’ men altered into “ tomato” —and they probably said “ toh-mah-toe.” And the Spaniards took it back to Europe, but there it was recognized" as a member of the deadly night-shade family. It was wrinkled and small and was known as the “ love apple” in Europe and, later, in North Amer­ ica. And for centuries the supposed­ ly poisonous fruit was nothing more than a garden ornament. Paper Lining Doubles Effect of Light Shades Lights around the house often seem dim at the time of year when evenings are longer. But light from lamps often can be increased by arranging for simple and better reflection. Light "colors reflect light, dark colors absorb’ it. A white paper lin­ ing or a coat of white paint—or even white shoe polish- on the in­ side of a lamp shade may- double or triple the light given off. SEED OATS’* CERTIFIED C L I N TON Best for Ohio. Resists diseases that attack other varieties. Marvelous yields and rug­ ged straw that stands well for combining. Bow only Certified seed and be sure. We llso offer AJAX and COLUMBIA OATS. CERTIFIED LADINO CLOVER • • • CLOVER — - ALFALFA finly seed o f proper origin and high qual« ity assure heavy yields of hay. Our selec­ tions have consistently produced more. Legume seed is scarce. Play safe. We of­ fer BUFFALO, RANGER, GRIMM or common ALFALFA, Excellent strains Of RED CLOVER, including CUMBERLAND and MIDLAND, x CERTIFIED HYBRID SEED CORN DHIO HYBRIDS produce heaviest yields Plant varieties adapted to your farm. Our Eodem processing equipment assures you leed o f the highest possible Vitality. NEW HAWKEYE SOY BEANS • *■ • Write for free copy o f oar 1949 Catalog. 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The bulletin, “ Sedimentation of Reservoirs in Ohio,” was written by Earl Sanderson, a board engi­ neer, and deals with silting stud­ ies on 27 Ohio reservoirs. According to C. V. Youngquist, chief engineer of the Water Re­ sources Board,’ seme of the find­ ings “ are shocking.” As a result of accumulated silt the water storage space o f res­ ervoirs is decreasing. As an ex­ ample, Buckeye Lake which was built to feed the Ohio Canal is 20 per cent silt. Grand Reservoir is more than 18 per cent silt. Grigg Reservoir which was built to supply Columbus has lost 15 per cent o f its capacity to silt. During the past 10 years it has been shielded by O’Shaugnes- sy Reservoir, which, in turn, af­ ter 17 years of service has lost 13 per cent of its original stor­ age space. Smaller reservoirs according to the bulletin have filled up more quickly. Some at the rate of 25 to 50 per cent a year in the hilly areas of Ohio. The study of silt will be con­ tinued to include all of Ohio’s reservoirs. 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