The Cedarville Herald, Volume 72, Numbers 27-52

Friday, November 25, 1949 The Cedarville Herald A Republican Newspaper Published Every Friday by T h u r m a n m i l l e r , j r . Entered as second class matter October 31, 1887 at the Postofi lice at Cedarville, Ohio, under A ct o f Congress, o f March 1879. .Member—National Editorial As* sociation; Ohio Newspaper Asso­ ciation; Miami Valiev Press As­ sociation. . Editorial REFELCTIONS OSXJ’s prexy passed o ff a cam­ pus murder with tlig comment that it was regrettable . . . A youngster out in LA has had thousands turn to religion, in a circus-tent revival . . An ob­ server in the South Pacific re­ ported seeing a garter snake flying leisurely along *"250 feet in the air. Probably on its way home from a football game. . . In one evening the writer count­ ed, nine “ bests” in cigarettes on the radio, and as for soaps they are all the best. . . Most of the large donors to colleges never went to college, but by going to work early they made enough money to endow the schools . . • Excitement of the week: A Holly­ wood star walking her dog—both wearing identical sweaters. The world sure is going to the bow­ wows! . . . Edgar Bergen went o ff the air last spring, you re­ member,” to study radio and pre­ pare a different sort o f pro­ gram,” and returned in the fall with the same identical program, but as Mortimer Snerd says, “ That’s the way it goes.” . . . I f you are nursing the notion that you will buy cheaper cars quite soon we suggest you take a few minutes o ff and analyze the pen­ sion-plan payments recently put into effect by the industry. A CLOSE GUESS President Truman missed a guess on the government deficit by five and a half billion dollars, which is pretty close for a Wash­ ington budget-maker to come. Southern Democrat Senator Byrd insists that it will be nearer seven billion, but five or seven, the deficit runs into the billions and if you can explain a billion dollars in terms o f us home folk please write a letter to the editor, and we promise you national pub­ licity. MIRACLES Over in London where a lot o f miraculous things occurs some surgeons made a 12-year-old boy a plastic thigh bone, put in the channels for muscles and tendons, and were able to save his leg from the knee up. Shucks! Over here there are folks who can put us to sleep, take away all our money, present and future, wake us up and send us away smiiing. This is an age o f miracles. ® THE AMERICAN WAY “ Star Farmer o f the World” is the title given a lanky 19-year- old Arizona boy, Kenneth Eng­ land, “ He started with a single heifer,” the story about him says,” and built a herd o f 28 purebred cattle.” The “ single heifer” must have jgot married! The award was given at the FFA national convention at Kansas City, dm’ing the American Royal. “ Star Farmer of the World” is the highest FFA award, and is $1,000. The significant thing a- bout it his feat is that he did it himself, without government aid. - - a bit old-fashioned, but quite American, even is the lad’s name is England! NO OPPONENT YET Pressure brought to bear on Murray Lincoln to oppose Sena­ tor Robert A. Taft fo r re-election has not resulted in his consent to enter the race. C. I. O. officials who were turning the heat on the president o f the Farm Bu- reaun insurance companies have given him up as a candidate. Lincoln would like to add his name with the other Lincoln so closely linked to the hisitqry o f America, but he fears the sticks he would be tarred with in the race. So have others. ATTITUDES It’s all the way you feel about it.. A Philadelphian is offering high rewards” fo r the apprehen­ sion o f the abductors o f his wife. But the farmer who got a letter ordering him do leave $5,000 in a certain stump or his wife wauld be kidnaped wrote: “ I don’t have $5,000, but I’m in favor o f your proposition.” "WE’RE- DOING IT AGAIN v We are helping Tito. It is no secret. The ban on military aid by England and USA is being lift­ ed, and military advisers are slipping into counsel with Yugo­ slavia’s leader. A DISCOURTESY No peace-loving housewife (which means a, woman not play­ ing bridge at the time) who- lives in town is going to serve color­ ed oleo to her cousin from the country. It would he *safer to serve lard o f the lily-whitest sort. The Cedarville, O* Herald SocialSecurity CardsNeeded ForWorkers ■»f ' f *.T SCRIPTURE; Jeremiah 1: 14:7-22: 20; 22:1.23; 32:6-10: 37-38. DEVOTIONAX. HEADING; PhlUIp- plans 1:12-20. Spokesman of God Lesson for November 2T, 1949 G OD MAKES USE of strange characters. What shall yre think- of a preacher who tried to beg off from being a preacher? What can we -make of a man who actually reproached God f o r forcing him into the minis­ try? How shaU we 'rate a man who in time of war urged his own nation to surrender, who was believed by almost nobody, who was repudiated by his own class and even Dr. Foreman his own family? What can we say of a man who was often in hot water with the city authorities, who spent months of his time in jail, who was called subver­ sive, and who never got along with the established religion of his time? The prophet Jeremiah, was that man; yet posterity honored him. His own generation thought him a liar. But some then knew, as we know today, that he was a teller of God's truth, a spokesman of God. * • * 40 W as he a pessim ist? W E KNOW (Jer. 1) that Jeremiah did not wish; to be a prophet in the first place, though, unlike Isaiah he shrank back not from a sense o f sin but because he thought of himself as a mere child. We know (chap. 20) that at times he was thoroughly discouraged about himself, and even cursed the day he was bom. It is also true that in the last war waged by his little country of Judah before it was smashed, his: advice, from begin­ ning to end was “Surrender.” No wonder people thought him a pessimist, a calamity-howler. But before we' call him: such names we must remember two things. First is, that his unwillingness to be a prophet, and the fact that so to speak he hated the job, marks a vital fact: he, perhaps even more than other prophets, sensed the dif­ ference between his own ideas and what God was saying through him. Even when what the Lord said was not what they them­ selves wonld have wished to say, they spoke for the Lord nevertheless. The other thing to remember is that when everybody wants to believe a pleasant lie, and a man c*mes along telling the unpleasant truth, he Is not a pessimist, he Is simply stating facts. Jeremiah stood: by the facts as God gave him insight to see them. If they jailed him for it, he could not help that; but they could not shut his mouth nor close his eyes. •. * • W as lie a patriot? J EREMIAH was constantly ac­ cused of acts and attitudes which today might be called *‘subver­ sive,’ 1 though he dearly loved his country. This was because ha dared to rebuke the ambitions of ,his country’ s leaders. They said: Our country shall be free! But Jeremiah knew it would not be free. They said: Our king will conquer! Jeremiah knew he would end his days a prisoner. Jeremiah was unpopular, to put it " mildly, because be advised his country to take the only place among -the nations it could take— an humble one. a Then, as now, many persons i think that patriotism means be­ lieving yours; is the perfect country. If anyone points to In­ justice in our land, some one may yell, “ Deport him!” But' Jeremiah showed ‘ wbat is a true patriot. He is not necessar­ ily the man who approves all the foreign policies of bis na­ tion (Jeremiah approved not one), nor the mas who speaks * only good of bis country and his people. The best patriot Is the person who, seeing Ids country as God tees it, will dare to speak out against evil wherever he finds it. % * * A W ay to K now God J EREMIAH knew God well, and the trouble with his contemporar­ ies was that they-did not know God. But Jeremiah did not say: “Know God by becoming a prophet like me," for he knew that only a few are called to be prophets. Neither did he say, “ Go to church oftener,” for you can see in chap. 7 what he thought of the Temple of his time. He pointed to the good king jJosiah (chap. 23). That king had 'found God, not in a mystic vision like Jeremiah’s, not in burnt of­ ferings and sacrifices, but in the fining of justice, looking out for the exploited, caring for the helpless, seeing that justice was done. (Copyright by the International council o f Religious Education on behalf o f 40 Protestant denominations. Released by Before entering part time or seasonal employment, such as work during the “ holiday season” he sure you have a social secur­ ity account number card. Be sure that you show this card to your employer as soon as you start to work. Frank Good, field representa­ tive of the Dayton office of the social security administration, gave this warning while discuss­ ing the additional employees all stores will he needing during the next several months. Good, .who is at the Xenia postoffice every Monday at 12:30 p, ‘m., stated that many people who work only part time do not think it is nec­ essary fo r them to have social security account numbers. He pointed out, however, that the length of the employment is not a deciding factor; that those who work in industry or trade, the principal occupations covered by social security, must have an ac­ count number card, and pay the social security tax, even i f they work .as little as an hour or two. Persons who have lost then* social security account number cards should ask for a duplicate immediately. The duplicate card will have on it the same number which was assigned on the orig­ inal card. Women who have mar­ ried after receiving an account number card- should immediately secure a duplicate card which will show the same number, but will also show their new name You only use one social security number during your lifetime. Ap­ plications for an original or a duplicate card may be obtained at any office of the social secur­ ity administration. Hugh A. McNary Jr., manager o f the Dayton social security of­ fice cautions; “ It is the employ­ ee’s responsibility to have his soc­ ial security card and to . show it to his employer the first day on the job. By doing this he is in­ suring that all wages will be credited to his social security ac­ count. An employee’s name and number are both required in ord­ er to post wages to his account. The amount^ o f wages credited>to a social security number determ­ ines whether insm-ance payments may be made to the worker at age 65, or to the survivors of a worker who dies at any age. International ShowtoHave l XeniaEntrants John and Jean Bickett of Xe­ nia will have a Cheviot in the sheep classss of the forthcoming Live Stock Exposition. The show is set fo r November 26 through December 3 in the Chicago stock yards. An early tally of entries for the exposition indicates the show will be larger this year. W .-E . Ogilvie, secretary manr«»er, an­ ticipates the biggest cattle exhib­ ition ever staged in the United States. He states this Is largely due to increased premiums this year. * Other divisions are also ev- pected to be larger. In store for thousands o f farm folk who will flock to Chicago fo r the annual event will be the greatest display of America’s agricultural wealth ever housed under one roof. The annual International grain and hay show will have redecorat­ ed quarters in the grain hall of the amphitheatre’s third floor this year. The huge carlot show will bring the tons in loads of fa t market stock fo r exhibit in the yards. Farm Bureau to Hold Meeting Ohio farm bureau members are expected to swarm into Col­ umbus Nov. 28, 29 and 30 for the 31st annual meeting. Official delegates elected from each county will hold sessions to decide farm bureau nolicy for the coming year. The attendance is expected to exceed last year’s 4,000. Featured on the speaking pro­ gram at the three-day convention will be Allan Kline, president of the American farm bureau feders ation; Senator Douglas from Illinois, and Murray D. Lincoln, president of the farm bureau, in­ surance companies. Other speakers will be Presi­ dent Flemlig o f Ohio Weseleyan university: Congresswoman Fran­ ces Bolton and Dr. V. R. Wertz o f OSU. ' An advertiser wants to sell a smokeless heater that has never been used. It begins to look like a smokeless winter with no heat­ ers being used. I f yoq are a mile- away when an A-Bomb lights you won’t be hurt, a scientist says. Personally, if we knew one was going to light we’d mighty soon be a mile away. A. Postle had part in the home­ coming in a neighboring town. Probahly-his wife, E. Postle, help­ ed too. * PENNSY GETS D. T. & I. Authority to .take over* the D. T. & I, railroad uias given the Pennsylvania railroad by* the in­ terstate commerce commission last week. A subsidiary corpora­ tion, Pennroad, operated the D. T. & I. for some years. For se\> eral years the PRR*has been in control o f the road and its oper­ ation. Nothing is harder to determine than whether you ran aver the skunk in the road or the driver ahead o f you hit. it. Neal Conner of Jeffersonville was taken last week to Good Sa­ maritan hospital, Dayton, fo r ob­ servation and possible surgery. "PREDICTIONS OFTHINGS TOCOME" I have beard for many summers—and many winters too, The advice you get from elders on the things that you should do. They tell you of the early bird, who cops the worm so pat— But suppose the worm slept longer — did they ever think of that? Throw your bread upon the waters— yes, I’ve heard that one Did you ever try to work it as you added up the score? You will find this answer waiting , if you ever tried to do it — Throw your bread upon the waters, and a carp will beat you to it, * * m If Happens in Football ' P ITTSBURGH’S PANTHER had beaten Penn State in her final game last fall. Walter Milli­ gan’ s alert squad had beaten Wil­ liam a n d Mary, Northwestern, West Virginia and Miami this y e a r . Cap­ tain Tom Hamil- fg| -ton’ s o u t f i t was under way, f u l l steam. I n d i a n a had dropped II straight. Here were some Grantland Rice recent SJ 0V fe*: N o t r e Dame 49, Indiana 6; Ohio State 6, Indiana 7; Iowa 35, Indiana 9. Then Indiana' completely wrecked Pittsburgh, 48 to 14. SMU loses to Rice, 41 to 27. Rice loses to L.S.U. who had lost to Kentucky, 19 to 0. But SMU, minus Doak Walker, smashes Kentucky 20 to 7. Here was a variation of some 40 to 50 points, Minnesota was a far different team , against . Ohio State than it was against Michigan. And Michigan was a far different team against .Min­ nesota than the Wolverine was against Army. The trouble is that from Satur­ day to Saturday there is a big shift in the physical, mental and psychological set-ups. Let one t£am drop off and the other pick up and you get a shift of two, three or four touchdowns. Take two touch­ downs from one team and add two touchdowns in strength to a rival and you get a stew you never dreamed about. This is why the consistency of Notre Dame is so remark­ able. To move through 31 to 32 games, facing the best teams that will play you; not only week after week hut year after yeah requires not only fine ma­ terial, fine coaching, but a blaz- ■ ing spirit that keeps burning. : Considering the fine young ma­ terial Red Blaik has and the sched­ ule he faces through 1950 and 1951, imakes it rather unlikely ’ that his •’Army outfit will lose any partic­ ular game for another two years. Michigan may give him trouble next fall, but this will be a fine”” team for some time to come. Games against such opponents as Harvard and Columbia and V.M.I. do no good to anybody—especially to Harvard, Columbia and V.M.I. Don’ t forget V.M.I. was beaten 54 to 6 by William and Mary, * * * Unbreakable Barrier A well known eastern coach, with a football team that hasn’t been doing so well, was looking through indigo glasses recently. ■ . “We are down,” he said, “ and it will be quite a whiie before we ever \get ,up again. Maybe years. This •means even worse football and wider margins that? we’ve had so often this year.” “Why is this?” I asked him. “ Is there no way to crawl out from under?” “ Not a chance, for us,” he said, “ and several others I could name. The firsf reason is the scholarship situation,. Most of the men we want and need and would like to come to us, can't get in .our school. If they get in they can’ t stay in. The scholas­ tic going is just too tough. But I see these stars or potential stars scatter out to other places and often come back to beat out our brains. “ The second reason is that once you 'are down, the better football players are likely to pass you Up. They want to be on winners. I •guess you can’t blame them for that: “We can’t give an athletic schol- arshij> of any sort. It costs a lot of money to send a boy through our university now.” “ We have no soft courses, which are a big help* So we are stuck. We can’t get working jobs any more largely because boys who play^ootball and keep up in their studies can’t honest-' * ly handle a job that brings in the needed $100 a month. “ I understand that Herman Hick-, man, the Yale coach, named about a dozen young players he would like to have in as freshmen this fall. He only picked those with good scholastic records. Hickman is s popular coach. But he never got ■one of those he had named.” WASHINGTON REPORT BY SENATOR ROBERT A . TAFT A NYONE who reads President Truman’s speech in Minneapolis on November 3 must realize that he intends in 1950 to ask for a Congress which will adopt the entire Truman program, embracing all those price-fixing and other controls which he himself referred to in 1947 as police-state methods. His speech was devoted to- statements of many praiseworthy goals for improving*— -------------------------------- ------------ the condition, of every group of Americans. He promises a Utopia in which all the people will live in luxury. No one disagrees with those goals. The real question is j whether they can be achieved best by a con­ tinued develop­ ment of a free America or by government con­ trol —- imposing on. indu stry , agriculture, and labor the programs of our economic planners. Certainly we want better health and medical help for all; certainly we want equal rights and equal opportunities; certainly we want fair prices for farmers and con­ sumers alike; certainly we want to improve the conditions of all work­ ing men and women. As a matter of fact, the free system of America has brought ' the American people closer to these goals than any other nation in the history of the world. Our workmen receive $56 a week on the average while the British workmen receive $23 a week. Yet, in Great Britain they have had all the government controls which the President demands and all the wel­ fare measures administered by a labor government committed to socialism, fundamentally hostile to the idea of freedom in the develop­ ment of business. * >* * 1 DON’T think most people realize the revolutionary character of the program which Mr. Truman urges to achieve these goals. He has asked in the Spence bill for power to fix prices, to fix wages, to control distribution and the necessary rationing that goes with 'it, and to put the government into : any business it desires to enter. ■ In the Brannan plan he asks for f complete power to impose produc­ tion controls on farmers. The gov­ ernment would tell farmers how many acres o f wheat, corn, and soy beans they can raise; liow many hogs they can sell; how many beef they can feed, and dairy cattle they can handle; and how many chickens they can keep. He also proposes that the gov­ ernment guarantee every man a job, but it can only do that if it is given power to tell every man what job he shall take and at what wage. These three measures would give complete control of indus-* try, commerce, agriculture and labor. When you include repeal of the Taft-Hartley Law, the socialization o f . medicine, uni­ versal military training, and other “free” services to the people, we shall have almost a. duplicate of the labor-socialist regime in England today. Why should we abandon a sys­ tem which has put the" American people ahead of every other people and adopt one which the British themselves admit to be bankrupt ^economically, * * * I F we can maintain liberty in this country and the methods we have pursued, there is no limit which cannot be surpassed by the Ameri­ can workman in the improvement of his standard of living. » We face a deficit today of $5% billion. Yet the Truman program would add to that $6 ’billion for compulsory medicine, $6 billion for the Brannan plan, $4 billion for UMT, and other billions for “free” services of all kinds. How can we increase our federal taxes 50 per cent without choking the develop­ ment of all business expansion and creating vast unemployment? President. Truman argues that, because somebody in Jefferson’s day objected to paying $15 million for Louisiana, therefore anybody who objects to the expense of any of his plans is a reactionary. Those who oppose his plans are neither reactionaries nor do* they favor selfish interests. They are con­ vinced that only a continuation of our system? of liberty and parti­ cularly liberty from government controls can reach the goals of the Utopia which he describes. The Truman program based on dictation by government of the daily lives of the American people Oan only turn America back to stagnation and austerity. WATCHYOURSAVINGS GROW Individual Accounts Insured Up To $5,000 Current Dividend Rate 2% Cedarville Federal Savings &LoanAssn. Cedarville, Ohio LEG IS CRUSHED Ernest Chaney, 68, Fayette county farmer, suffered a crushed leg when a tractor ran over his left leg. Thinking the tractor was out o f gear he stepped o ff to open a gate. The tractor was still moving. H F L O A O M R A E M N S S S Claibourne-McDerxnott Co. i Phone 2238 38•/YN. South Wilmington StoredCorn InGreneBins. 109,00Bushels According to PMA chairman, Joseph Mason, Greene county farmers have stored over 100,000 bushels of corn in the bins on the New Jasper pike near Xenia since Sept. 30. Mason said the corn will re­ main in storage until such time as market demands and feed re­ quirements make it possible for it to he sold at parity prices either locally or to foreign markets. According to infqrmation re­ ceived by Mason from state PMA "headquarters, the 1949 corn crop promises to be the largest in the state’s agricultural history. With- diminishing demands for corn and greatly increased yields due to hybrids and better pro­ duction methods surpluses have grown rapidly. 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