The Cedarville Herald, Volume 72, Numbers 1-26

jalmOS* ^ f y , f e c E J F ' TSQS H e CecTarvilfe, tf. S e r s liJ The Cedarvile Herald A Republican Newspaper Published Every Friday by THURMAN MILLER. JR. Entered as second class matter October 31, 1887 a t the Postof­ fice a t Cedarville, Ohio, under Act of Congress of March. 1879. Member—National Editorial As­ sociation; Ohio Newspaper Asso­ ciation; Miami Valley Press As­ sociation. time. For that matter, the mod­ ern streamliners fall fa r below the established Pennsy^eeord of 128 miles per hour, set in 1904 between Bucyrus and Lima. LESS MILK IN ’48 _ . The production of milk in USA was down 3% from 1947. Editorial WE EXPECTED IT Nofc because of any idea that we have to “pay up” for nice Weather, which weather records show we don’t, but because March is March we haven’t been a bit surprised, at the weather we ve had. More snow than m any month of the year—well, that s not a record of any kind; very often March has brought more snow than any other month. Don t ever bet on March weather^ un­ less you* bet we*ll have all kinds., Then you’ll win. JOHN L. AGAIN Again John L. Lewis frowns through those shaggy eyebrows and defies not only the populace of America but the government. Simon Legree was a piker. He “owned Uncle Tom body and soul,” he declared, but discovered it was only the hero's body ie possessed. John L, Lewis controls his slaves with a power _that makes the slave-driver of fiction a mere whip-cracker. Is he great­ er than the 150,000,000 people of the United States of America and their government! PIONEER SPIRIT Wealth-rolling B r o m f i e l d , whose millions came from novel- writing, scolds American house­ wives for “lacking pioneer spirit” in refusing to color oleo in their kitchens. Take for instance, Louie’s: broad acres at Malabar— where all the work is done by double-shovel p 1o w s, cradles, w o o d e n washtubs, iron-bound buckets in windlass wells, ox- drawn carts, mule-powered dump- scraners, and the like o’ that. Yes,* sir, folks if you want to see the “pioneer spirit1' in action go to Louis Bromfield’s fine farm up by Mansfield, and you’ll see just why he scolds American housewives fox: not showing the “pioneer spirit” he shows. THIS WILL HELP Science has developed an elec­ tronic device that can do 109 prob­ lems a minute with absolute correctness. That means, that a fellow can put off his income . tax figuring until, say, 11 P. M., and still beat, th e deadline of midnight. And don’t think some of us wouldn’t like that! THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE- Many people have bowed to what we term “the will of the people” last November, and have even accepted the expression “a mandate of the people” as a re­ sult. Check these facts! No GOP candidate ever polled many votes as did Governor Dewey. Twice as many people didn’t bother to vote as voted for Truman, In percent­ ages the president was re-elected by a scant 26% of the elegible voters in the country. He ran a- round USA lambasting the 80th congress as the world’s worst. The 81st, Democratic as they come, is causing him more trouble than the 80th did. Just what do we mean by “t h e people’s choice?” D.Q IT WITH BEER " I t is proposed to increase rev­ enues to local taxing districts by an estimated 50% through in­ creased levies on beer sales. This is an idea of the governor and many legislators. I t forestalls additional taxes a t a time when money is tightening up. Liquor levies, ironically, pay for blind relief*, old age pensions, and now will kick in on city relief. Duz isn’t all tha t does everything! IT’S ALWAYS LOVE! “Axis Sally,” who traitorously betrayed the American cause by Berlin radio broadcasts during the war, wept a t her trial, insisting th a t she loved America! I t’s al­ ways the caught criminal who sobs out his love; even murder­ ers do it. HIGH FINANCE What keeps us hot beneath the collar And stirs our wrath and choler: The only thing that’s worth a dollar Is just another dollar. PLANNED FARMING Governmental experts are in a quandry about how to prevent an over supply of food and a re­ sultant drop in farm prices. De- batei‘%from two groups—one fav­ oring a return of pre-war crop control and the other preferring a parity schedule. It’s a ticklish matter. SO WE REEL We read and hear so much a- bout “leveling off” and “spirals” and “upswings,” and the like, no wonder we are reeling! NEIGHBORLY They say that GM has sold the righ t to Hydra Matic trans­ mission to Ford for use on his two top-bracket cars, the Mer­ cury and Lincoln. Just like lend­ ing a snow shovel, eh? SHE SLOWED! ’Way back in 1870, the good ship Robert E. Lee set a speed record on the Mississippi, run­ ning from New Orleans to St. Louis. Very recently the Harry Truman, a modem Diesel-power­ ed craft, despite a name that holds a running record, failed to match the old side-wheeler’s Dr. Foreman SCRIPTURE: Mark 7:24-37 Luke 7'DEVOTIONAL H E A D I N G : Acts 10:34-43. The Race Question Lesson for March 27, 1949. I ESUS DID NOT Know there was a race question. That is to say, there was no question for him, though he well know that his neigh­ bors found the race problem a hot one. All the germs of any race problem, even of race riots, were there in Palestine as in all of our world today. First there was the feeling of racial superiority. Few, if any, peoples think of themselves as an inferior race. Nobody would mind being kicked around if he thought he deserved nothing better. The Jews, to which race Jesus be­ longed, were no exception to the rule. They felt themselves the su­ perior of any race on earth. Two Sides of the Question t N JESUS’ time the Jew of Fales- * tine was in the middle. The Romans, having conquered the land, were top-dog in Palestine. With the Romans, the Jews saw the un­ der-side of the race question. But there were other races, much less pure than the Jews, races called “canaanite” for want of a better name. These people were kicked around by the Jews, just as the Jews in turn were kicked around by the Romans. Looking at the Cana- anites, the Jews saw the race ques­ tion from the top side. In Palestine the wounds of race quarrels were made 'worse by the vinegar of religious dif­ ferences. In those days it was taken for granted: Different race, different religion. Jesus’ neighbors and relatives in Nazareth, like most Jews, supposed that God would favor only the "chosen people,” 'namely, them­ selves. So the Jew’s resentnient to­ ward the Romans above him and his contempt of the Canaanites be­ neath him were made more bitter by his conviction that they would all end in hell except his own race. What Jesus Did About It r E TWO STORIES in our lesson (see the Scripture references) show the astonishingly simple way in which Jesus walked straight through those walls as if they did not exist. He passed no resolutions, denounced nobody; he s i m p l y treated all; races alike. He helped the Roman army officer and the Canaanite woman precisely as if they had been Jews. (By the way, his remarks to that woman should not be misunderstood as rude. She did not take them that way. He spoke to her, we may well believe, with a smile, and she took him with equal good humor.) Jesus appre­ ciated faith wherever he found it. He was the last person to fancy that all human beings are alike. But he was the first to give all an equal chance. He took people as human beings, not as "Romans” or Cana­ anites.” He neither cringed to the Romans nor bullied the Canaanites. He looked at all men and women with level eyes, seeing not their skins nor their clothes, but their hearts. What We Can Do O ^UR NORTH AMERICA is also criss-crossed by walls of preju­ dice-racial, political and religious. In Canada (for example) there is the friction between Canadians of French and those of English or Scotch descent; in the United States (not by any means confined to the South) between Negroes and white people, or, between Japanese and white people; between the "old stock” and recent immigrants; and so on. Those walls look pretty solid; but a Christian will find that if he follows Jesus’ example he can walk right through them. Last winter a national interdenominational or­ ganization challenged its 28 million members and through them the Christian world, with one of the most sweeping declarations of human rights ever drafted by an American church body. Hitting at every type of dis­ crimination—r a c i a I, political, social, economic, religious—the group has challenged the Church * to work for the creation of a non- segregated society "as proof of their sincerity.” Yet the real breakdown of human prejudices, hatreds and contempts, with the injustices growing out of these, does not come at one stroke by resolutions. It comes only by degrees, as Christ-inspired individu­ als. make their own bright doorways. {Copyright by the International Coun­ cil of Religious Education on behalf o f 40 P ro testan t denominations. ReltaaaA by WNU F eatures. CLARENCE J . BROWN Writes With a Buckeye In Congress The House last week voted to extend Federal rent* control for another 15'months; or until June 30, 1950, in' a modified form. As the measure passed the House, any State, county, or municipal­ ity can, by official resolution of its governing body, bring an end to local rent control unon 15 days notice. Another provision requires the Administrator to fix rents so as to give the property owner a fair return on his investment. The House rejected/ by a 4-yote margin, an amendment to limit rent control extension to 90 days. The Senate was scheduled to take up the rent control question the first of this week. The Senate, bill proposes extending rent con­ trol for 12 months, with tenants protected from eviction for an additional 3 months, final return of the rent control problem to the States, and rent increases aver­ aging approximately 10 percent. The Senate filibuster is over. The Southern bloc has won its fight for the right of unlimited debate on any motion to change the rules of the Senate. The agreement and new rule adopted to end the filibuster will make it more, rather than less, difficult for President Truman to got his proposed civil rights legislation through the Senate, for now a constitutional two-thirds—or 64 members—of the Senate will be required to vote cloture and to limit debate on any motion or measure except on motion to change the rules, where debate cannot be limited. Thus, any well- organized bloc of Senators—§ucli as those from the Southern States —will abyays have a veto power over any Senate action. President Truman suffered an­ other rebuff at the hands of his old colleagues in the Senate last week when Senator Byrd of Vir­ ginia joined with the Republican members of the Armed Services Committee in refusing to report favorably the nomination of President Truman’s close personal friend, the former Senator and former Governor of Washington, Mon C. Wallgren, as Chairman of the National Security Resour­ ces Board. So certain was the Ad­ ministration that Wallgren would be confirmed by the Senate th a t his name appears in the official directory of Federal officials which came off the press ten days ago. The Republicans made a determined fight against the Wallgren confirmation insisting he was unfitted for the vital and important post to which he had been appointed. The House has fixed the ceil­ ings on the strength of the Army at 870 thousand men, and on the Air Forces a t 502 thousand men. This new Air Force ceiling per­ mits a 70-group Air Force, pro­ viding funds therefore are ap­ propriated. The President, Irfms budget message, requested ap­ propriations of 14 billion 300 million dollars for national de­ fense purposes fo r the coming year, covering three branches— Army, Navy, and Air Forces. Under the President's budget funds would be provided to for a 48-group Air Force. The House Armed-Services Committee wants to transfer to the use of the Air Forces the 800 million dollars set aside in the President’s bud- IP«t fo r universal military train­ ing, inasmuch as Congress will not approve the UMT program. Figures have been made avail­ able showing that, if the pend­ ing Federal Aid to Education leg­ islation goes through, Ohio, share of Federal taxes for this purpose would be 17 million 370 thousand dollars per ’'ear, while the State would get back 7 million 90 thou- and dollars each year from the Federal government for the use of Ohio schools. The other 10 million 280 thousand dollars in Federal taxes paid annually by Ohioans to supoort the Federal Aid to Education program would go to the schools of other States. By a 12 to 11 vote the House Committee on Labor and Educa­ tion last week renorted out the Lesinski Bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act so as to fix minimum wages in all covered industries a t 75 cents an hour, with time and one-half fo r all hours worked over 40 in any week. The bill would also bring under the Wage-Hour Law many work­ ers not now covered by it, such as employees in,most retail stores many in the canning and food­ processing industries, and others in public utility or farm work. Now that the text of the North Atlantic Defense Pact, or Treaty has beeti .made public, world in­ terest will be centered on the signing of the Pact here in Wash­ ington early in April. While most observers believe th a t the Treaty will finally be ratified by the Senate, it now appears certain that the debate on the Senate Floor will be long and bitter. NEW RADIO STATIONS Dayton has two new radio sta­ tion;., V.'ONS and WTWO, the bitter an FM station. The owners claim a dear-channel of 980 on the dial. NEW WEATHER MAN Cincinnati has a new weather man, John Eberly. who succeeds Cecil Alter, who retires this month. V * * V *■ EDUCATOR RETIRES . t Superintendent! \C i!E i Oxley, who for several years has been the head of Logan county’s pub­ lic schools, retires a t the close of this school year. Of his 45 years in public education a part was spent as superintendent of* schools in Cedarville. COONDOG TRIALS . The date of the annual coondog trials has been se t by the High­ land county association for Sun­ day, May 15. NEW JUDGE IN. OFFICE Charles R. Kirkjrecently named to the office e f common pleas judge of Clinton? county by Gov­ ernor Lausche, took the oath one day last week. He-succeeds the* late Frank M. Clevenger who held, the office'for 33 years. . .. Some People Just Won't Stay on the Road Electricity Assures Water for Livestock Economical Installation For Winter Suggested Electricity, which has. eased the farmer’s chores, has-come to the aid of farm animals, too. Through the medium of electric­ ity, Dobbin *and Bo3sy no longer need fear that their drinking ’water supply will be shut *otf during the cold winter months. L . Tests by agricultural engineers have demonstrated that electricity Is economical to provide, warm wa­ ter for livestoclc during the winter." Watering devices were operated at a cost as low as 70 kilowatt hours per month, representing an outlay of $1.46 at two cents per kilowatt. Some farmers arfe finding that their installations ark expensive to operate, principally because of lack HEARINGS ON BILL Hearings are over on the bill in the legislature to appropriate $27,500,000 for additional teach­ ers' pay for 1949 and 1950. WRECKS AT BRIDGE Officials report four separate wrecks a t the bridge over Cae- S'ars creek on US168, south n f Xenia, ‘ within two days. The bridge is on a curve a t the bot­ tom of a sharp hill. DEMOCRATS NAMED In a shakeup of personnel in the highway department in Fay­ ette county six Republicans have been replaced by as many Demo­ crats. MORE CHICKENS Commercial hatcheries set a new record in the number of baby chicks in February. TEMPLE REDEDICATED The Sabina Masonic temple, re­ cently remodeled and redecorated, was formerly rededicated by spec­ ial ceremonies last week. WANT BIGGER P. O. The chamber of commerce of Washington G. H. is seeking to have the post office enlarged. MAY' CLOSE RIFT The recent ruction between Hillsboro and Washington C. H. high schools over athletic rela­ tions has been patched up by a “cooling-off” period of one year, arranged Jxy athletic directors of the district. This home can laugh at OldMan Winter aa a result of this, floating' - water heater, an electrical de-IcCr ' which assures farm, animals ,k drink despite the cold. " , jig: of insulation or because too' much water is heated. . The following suggestion will help a tank as possible. to make an ideal installation: 1* definitely -hoh 3 tKah-', gallons. 2 Install a float so the size of the • tank can b,e reduced. Commer­ cial units now on the market Use only a drinking cup. • 3 Use at least three or four inches • of commercial insulation and cover all sides, leaving room for only one or two animals to drink. 4 Install a baffle board to prevent • air movement over the water under the insulated top. . Use of electricity makes It safe To install the tank inside the bam pr in a shed, which will encourage livestock to drink more water and thus increase milk and meat pro­ duction. Farmer Falls Hardest Lowell Fress -Writes from .the Legislature Monday night’s session was of minor importance to Ohio’s citi­ zens. Tuesday, the House passed a bill which is thought to be so worded as to protect the safety of school children being transferred . by bus and also avoid some of the annoyances of the traveling pub- - lie caused by the law requiring non-passing of school busses when standing to discharge stu­ dents. This must now be acted upon by the Senate. Another hill which was passed on favorably, aimed to equalize vacations of county highway em­ ployes as compared with state employes retroactive to January 1, 1947, will now go to the Sen­ ate. Wednesday, .we passed four bills, one of whicli has far-i*each- ■ing possibilities. I refer to H. B. . 108, which reduces the 65% re- quiped to pass school bond issues "to 55% at general elections and to 60% at special or primary elec­ tions. While this .particular hill is .limited to schools, it was gen- erally recognized by the members that, since the Governor had rec- s-'ipmmende’d'the.phssing of all bond r ’ issues’ ~by: a'majority vote at a general election, the decision on this bill would have a great weight in deceiding future simi- ■lar legislaton. This being the case an amendment rasing the per­ centage to 60% at a general elec­ tion and holding the present 65% neceessary in primary and spec­ ial elections was introduced. Al­ though there seemed to be a lot of sentiment for majority deci­ sions, some of us made up our minds' to keep the issue squarely before the House; hence, the a- Jnenrment. The debate was spirit- ■/ ed, but those of us believing in protecting real property by at least the present percentage, were in the minority, since the roll call vote passed the 55% majority by a vote of 104 yeas and only 20 nays. Since we who believe in hold­ ing a brake on the possibility of the easy passing of bqnd issues ' are apparently in the minority, it is well to look a t some records. This morning from the Taxa­ tion Department, I secured the • following figures showing delin­ quent taxes on Ohio property: 1913 $2,302,379.00; 1920 5,253,- 556.00; 1925' 15,125,502.00; 1928 30,988,564.00; 1929 35,514,463.00; 1930 43,924,689.00; 1931 69,228,- 411.00; 1932 112,228,925.00; 1933 Idle on the farm is far more haz­ ardous for the farmer and his sons than it is for his wife and his daugh­ ters. In fact, a survey covering 15,000 farms the country over, made by the department of agriculture, re­ veals that about four times as many accidents happened to men and'boys between the ages of 14 tand 65 as were suffered by farm women and girls. Of the youngsters under 14 injured, nearly 65 per cent were boys. ' *V More farm people were 'injured by falls than any other type of ac­ cident, with the majority of mishaps involving falling on steps and stairs and from vehicles. Men and boys were victims of twice as many in­ juries from falls as were women and girls. Of the total number of farm ac­ cidents, 56 per cent were* connected with farm work and 8 per cent with housework. The age period from 25 to 45 was disclosed as the most dangerous. Horses Need: Attention During Stabled Period Disease and injury that some­ times prove crippling can be pre­ vented by giving special attention to horses’ feet during the stabled period- Brittle hoofs, spongy hoofs, thrush and foot canker are the four .diseases commonly caused.by bad stable conditions. ’ . • » . - * |- £•>' Clean,*dry floors are recommend­ ed as a precaution. The feet of ■tabled-animalsJ'also, should be trimmed at least once a month: A NAME THAT STANDS FOR GOOD FURNITURE BUDGET PLAN AVAILABLE 9 s HIGH YIELD Strong Vitality __ JRtffldidly proven best for NEW OUTSTANDING HYBRIDS Ohio 3262—Ohio 32M—Ohio 3147A CERTIFIEDTADWp^XOVER . _ ;aOVHI-«4-AiFA»fA Only 8 ^3 of trnal- ity assure heavy yteMa o f bay. Our sefec- isw ra sw aK ’HS'ftsa cm ^ BvrrAin. S anger , ghimm or KtrfiiflS o£ common ALT,. BSD CLOVERv- and MIDLAND . m 0 . MW HAWCTfg AOY BEANS. O irtyisld *hd «r» s» e e riy a» S5CHLAND, combining the good features of-nll out- standiniklnds wfcea-carapaxed*’to‘otbe» of maturity. # # ’^ & ' » $ S S £ K i S S f S £ * 164,172,949.00; 1934 175,442,460.- 00; 1947 72,567,379.00. You will readily analyze these figures. During the so-called “boom” years of the 20’s, we were putting heavy loads on the real estate duplicates and upon which the owners were unable to pay assessed taxes during the depres­ sion of .the 30’s. I am not pre­ dieting a depression, but history has a habit of repeating, and I feel, as your represeentative, that a brake on encouraging bond is­ sues by an-easing of requirements for passing them has great dan­ gers for the future and particu­ larly for those home owners who, in order to have a roof over their inflated value. heads, have invested on a highly Hearings were also held this week reducing the hours of duty for policemen from 48 to 40 and for firemen to 56. The repre­ sentatives of these groups were willing to accept a compromise for the policemen to 44 and fire­ men to 63. The hill to place quail on the game bird list will come up for a vote next Tuesday. As this bill now stands, there will he no open season on quail for a period of ten years, in order to see whether or not under a game management 'program .quail can he progated. The explosive issue of FEPG legislation will come before the House next Wednesday. I t is understood that certain amend­ ments" will ber offered from the floor1*to.*tone down this hill. The majoT* proposed changes in the bill include: FJJ taking out of the bill sections authorizing the pro­ posed FEPC "Commission to give broad powers to agents, agencies and organizations to investigate complaints and conduct hearings; (2) elimination of the pi*ovision exempting churches, religious or­ ganizations, fraternal and social organizations from the proposed law. 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