The Cedarville Herald, Volume 73, Numbers 27-50

■ *•«*»*•■ J?' Friday, July 28, 1950 He CedarriBe Herat! A -Republican Newspaper Publiafcfid Every Friday by THURMAN MILLER. JR. JSixtered as second class matter October 31, 1887 at the Postof- flee at Cedarville, Ohio, tinder A ct o f Congress o f March 1873. Member—National Editorial As­ sociation; Ohio Newspaper Asso­ ciation ; Miami Valiev Press As­ sociation. Editorial THE WEATHER “ Did you ever see such weath­ e r ? ” exclaims sone one— usual­ ly a person, who has not seen as many Greene county summers as some o f the rest o f us. Very fortunately we have a habit of forgetting about weather, unless some experience is connected with it. Let a farmer have a season when his potatoes rotted in the ground, the wheat spoiled in the shock and the corn turned yel­ low in the fields, and-he’ll keep xepeaing all his life “ 1 remem­ ber ’way back in ’86 when it rained every day all summer.” Oh, yes, older folks have seen plenty o f “ such weather” as is being exclaimed this summer . . plenty o f it. On the whole, it hasn’t been such a had season at that. Look at the corn—it's so greene around Greene that it’s nearly black; and the whole countryside is saying that it’s a wonderful year! MORE BILLIONS The president has asked for and will get a $10 billion war chest a3 a backlog fo r the Korean war and what may result from it. Billions, billions, billions! It takes billions to fight wars, and to buy dried eggs at the same time. We’ve got both—billions and dried eggs. We don’t like wars. None o f us like wars. Nobody, fo r that matter, likes dried eggs, or we can't see how anybody would! We talk about billions so glibly that millions seem like chicken feed, though, come to think of i» we have to have a certain a- mount o f chicken feed to provide the dried eggs. Korea is a long way from home—as far as one can go without starting back home—but it’s mighty close home to all those whose boys are in the thick o f the fight. A MAGIC NAME For close to a half century the Roosevelt has loomed large in "USA’ s overall picture. (Note— This is not the kind of overall we wear here in Greene county!) TR's star shone in the firmament like the noonday sun. Sneak oat s few copies o f home newspapers around 1912 and note the follow­ ing l ’R had on the ticket he lead to defeat. Now the Roosevelts are moving in on us from the east and the west. FDR, the two-th and James the one-th. Next t.o whether Taft will carry Ohio, the chief topic in political circles is how far will the Roosevelts get in their attempt to move into the picture. What do you think? STOLEN Out in Indiana the other day some ornery man stole a fellow’s bride—just lifted her in his car and took her with him. You’ ve seen bride’s that would tempt you to do &thing like that. Some­ body used to tell about a man who received a note saying fo r him to leave $1,000 in a certain hol­ lo-^ stump or his wife would be kidnaped. The man put a reply note in the stump: “ I don’t have $1,000, but I am in favor o f your proposition.” WHITEFACES The other day the Hereford folk o f Ohio held an all-day meet­ ing over in neighboring Fayette county. Proving that Herefords are all-around cattle, they roast­ ed one and passed it around, with gravy. I f the world could be filled with enterprises like that, instead of wars! An H-cow means a let more to the world than the H-bomb. NOT A SKIRMISH Dismiss any thought that this war in Korea is a mere Skirmish. It looks like a long, hard, costly war—costly in money and men and material. And we will have to pay for it. So hitch up your trousers, it’s going to take money and work and time. OUR FAIR Those of us who live in out­ lying sections o f the county should not forget that the Greene county fa ir is our fair. It's our UJth one. It looks like a big one and a good oRe. Mrs. Bryson in­ sists that it’s going to be both, and there's a lady we all believe. Move over, folks, make room fo r all o f us! ‘ ALWAYS WITH US Like rite poor, the cranks with their pranks are with us always. Just th e other day a nut tried to go over Niagara Falls in a barreL. Afitoss-eountry bicyclist pedaled across Greene county re­ cently, on his way to the west coast, which we hope turns out to be a good place do; park his bike. Flagpole sitters, marathon dancers and the rest o f the freak •performers may be expected in i£be headlines any time. m e £ b o M w a T n u s B : JDovid, a K h f WhmHmered God Lm-on fop Sidy 30: 11 Ssmud 7s 1-6, 17-22 MtmorpSdetlitmi USemsut 7: 22 XJOW* DAVID came to exchange “ * hie shepherd’s crook for the scepter of a king la * fascinating story. And he was th * greatest of all the kings o f Israel, who sub­ dued tit* petty kingdom* around his doimaia and brought it to its- widest extent—from the mau&Ula* of Lebanon to-toe borders o f Egypt and f » m the Mediterranean sea to the Euphrates.' river. When David’ s- dominion was firmly established, he proposed to build a temple unto God, ta-replace the worn tabernacle. But, through Nathan the prophet, the Lord for­ bade h b » to build- the- temple and Se had to be content in gathering materials and in leaving the task to ids son, Solomon, But God promised David an everlasting kingdom. Tba verification of his promise must, be found. That David was not embittered because he was denied the building of the temple is shown by his soliloquy (II Samuel 7:17-22), in which he reflectedupon God’s good­ ness to him and gave thanks. Notwithstanding. D a v i d had grievous faults, and sinned terribly with Bathsheba. and had her bus- band, Uriah, slain In battle, he re­ pented. In the most o f his life he honored God and was concerned for the religious life of his people. The Hebrew people have ever re­ membered him as their greatest king, and all alike find in his Psalms the fitting language of de­ votion. Let; us find in him an ex­ ample of faith in God that never vavered. THE KING! The Belgians have their king again. Leopold III is back bn the throne from which he tottered during the war. The poet once sighed, “ Would" I were a king!” The would-I-were-ing hasn’t been on such an enchanted evening ba­ sis in recent years. For that mat­ ter, anybody living in Greene county—especially in our part of it—is fa r and away a greater king than any of the would-I-were sort outside the USA. A window in the side of a cow has been perfected. The idea is >to study digestive operations. How about a screen fo r it? The idea o f a window in &cow’s side would b » a- lot o f help in the dark o f the moon, we can see that. By and lange it seems to us that the greatest business field of them all is fon the beauty openator. Scarce buying i3 like buying a lot of things you don’t need at a bargain sale. Where are the folks in these tiny houses with no basement or attic going to store hoarded tires and sugar? FOOT SOLDIERS We are in a shootin’ war. Who­ ever imagines that it is not an important war is too optimistic for safety. Any war is. a bad war., This one- iS bad not only beeahse it is a war, but because it may be the curtain-raiser for a real war—the most vital one USA ever took part in. Despite all the me­ chanics o f modern warfare the foot soldiers have to- bear the brunt of the hard fighting. This has always been true. It was sad­ ly true in both world wars as Greene county families know too well. You’ve noticed how the in­ fantry has to do the final and dirty work. In Congress > With a Buckeye CLARENCE J. BROWN Write* The president’s message to congress and address to the na­ tion last Wednesday did much to clarify the position of the United States on the Korean and ’World situations. He gave notice the policy o f appeasing the Commu­ nists had ended, that America stands ready to oppose aggression wherever it may occur, and •■'allell fo r a partial mobilization o f our military and industrial might. Hundreds of thousands of youth will be called to strengthen the nation’s armed forces. More men will be drafted; reserves are be­ ing ordered to active duty; and some National Guard.units will soon be in federal service. The president asked congress fo r $10 billion in additional military equipment, bringing total national defense expenditures for this fis­ cal year up to $25 billion. New funds for military aid to foreign nations, in addition to the $1.25 billion voted for that urn two last week, wall be requested soon. Mr. Truman pledged American troops would make an all-out fight in Korea. On the home front tine presi­ dent has ordered a slow-down on public construction and a tigh­ tening up on government loans for housing. He requested new restrictions on consumer and private construction credits; for priorities on strategic materials needed for military use, and stand by power to allocate and control use of scarce materials. He warn­ ed that if prices and wages rise unduly, he will ask for power to control both, and announced new The Cedarville, O. Herald •lutaEMBnv BYTHEOLDTIMERS -> ik From Mrs. R . 35. Volk of Omaha, Neb .: “ I ^remember when I was a kid back in the 1890’ s, my folks made a unique cereal for us. They ground the ’old maids' left from popped corn, put cream and sugar on them and served them for breakfast.” From S. J. Benton of DeKalb Tex.: “I remember when just a child, the cold winter nights by the big fireplace, with Father on one side, reading the Bible, Mother on the other, knitting, and us kids in be­ tween. At bedtime Mother would pull the little trundle bedstead ‘ «arsr "HOW TO WINMNENOS and , L t i H fm T h in k H e ’ s Boss INFLUENCE PEOPLE” - Carnegie the fina l push ? otren ( h o o d ucceddlu m ,v M- SATHE CONRADEDWARDS * Associate Editor# Parents*Magazine' from under the big bed. She would then tuck us kids away for the night. Some families had one- poster beds In the comer o f the bedroom, "with the other posts at­ tached to the walls.” From Lee Janes of Monongafc, W . V a .: “ I remember when women would shear sheep. I don’t know that the fair sex generally ever engaged In this occupation, but when I was a lad, I remember seeing: m y father tie the legs o f our sheep and Aunt Drue Tucker, who lived near us, would shear thorn.’ ’ From Mrs. Byron Thompson* of Granger, Wash.: ” 1 remember when I went to a one-room country school, the teacher would 'appoint two pupils to bring a pail of water from a nearby well and pass it with a dipper, so each pupil could have a. drink of fresh water. Each pupil usually took a dipper full and poured back into the pail what he did not drink.” £«EORGE APPLETON,, now of Chicago, formerly was the head of the shipping department in. a plant in an eastern sea­ port town. The loremaiivoLthe plant, to put it kindly, was not in the least popular. If anything was asked of him he ranted and raved, threw his arms about, and swore at the pitch of his voice. George says he knows now that was the way this foreman got his ffesfing of importance, and his antics revealed his spirit of frustration in not being looked up to. .One -day George received a call from a man in- the New York office saying that one • f their export customers had made a mis- . take on * delivery promise that had been - given hint. This, man had committed him- , sell for space on a steamer sailing the fol­ lowing day, whereas the promise of the plant called far delivery ten days later. George was asked to see what he could do about it. Naturally, George wanted, to moke good vidian, called upon for*help by the New York office,. O f such is the measure of a man! But there wasn’t anything, he could, do about it without the cooperation of the fofaaua. Something suddenly told George, that the* foreman acted as he did because he- wanted to show who was boss. Well, let him demonstrate his superiority; if he did what was necessary. So he decided to approach him with a view to helping him. If that didn’t work, there^d b* some other way. So he checked the order and found that ofNO.balaspromised, only 40 were ready for ship­ ment. He- went to- the foreman and said, “Bill I have the oppor­ tunity of shipping' some of those bales that are cluttering up your shipping; but under such difficult circumstance that I hesitate ta ask if even you can accomplish it.”-Then he'explained. “Hell, that's .aotUnf,” said the foreman, “I’ll have that illHpiumt: an fibr pier before noon tomorrow.” And that J s M mmm *waarU^gocKLas his,word. George wrote .the n letter thanking the gs-Bcoatthan the president or the eoznpaaffe m foreman never mentioned receiving the Igtofr butoftw thattimo•faJufcrwas most pleasant to George and for him. ~ and heavier federal taxes would be sought soon, probably this week or next. * The congress and the people will stand behind President Tru­ man in his determination to stop Communist aggression. T r u e Americans will give their all to support their sons on the battle- front. However, there is a re­ sponsibility upon congress to see to it the funds requested by the "president are necessary, as well as adequate, and are properly spent. The congress will give the chief executive the other powers and authorities he needs to meet the present crisis and emergency hut also must see to it no un­ necessary or unwise power is granted to regiment and control the lives of Americans beyond the degree required fo r national security. - x The house of representatives, however, took a long step last week toward cleansing our na­ tional bloodstream a bit when>i£ passed the Hobbs bill to permit jailing of aliens convicted of sub? versive activities or moral crimes and ordered deported, hut whose home country has refused to ac­ cept them. There are now several hundred such dangerous aliens at large in the United States. If the senate and president approve the Hobbs hill, these alien criminals will be locked up until deported, thus adding to the security of the nation. Edgar Hoover and his FBI rounded up another Russian spy last week—Julius Roseberg of New York Gr-y. Other membe's of the Klaus Fuchs spy ring .vho have been passing atomic and other military secrets to Russia, who have been, arrsted in the past two months, are Harry Gold of Philadelphia, Alfred Dean Sla-k o f Syracuse, and David Green- glass of New York. More traitors are^expected to be taken into cus­ tody within the near future, for, according to Hoover, many Rus­ sian espionage agents and spies are still at work in the United States. So a tightening of our national seeux-ity is vei'y much in ordei'. Last week the Lodge-Gossett resolution, to amend the constitu­ tion to change the method of counting votes in the electoral college, apd in electing a presi­ dent, which had previously re­ ceived the necessary 2-to-l vote o f approval in the senate, was overwhelmingly rejected by the house—210 -votes against to 134 in favor. The amendment pro­ posed the electoral vote of each state be divided and counted on a proportionate basis, according too the popular vote. Under such an arrangement states like Ohio, where the presidential contest is always fairly close, would have little influence in selecting a president, while “ solid vote” states, such as Mississippi, would have as much as 90 times great­ er voting strength in the electoral college as Ohio. If the president approves legis- > lation passed by the senate some­ time ago, and by the house late last week, individual bank - ac­ counts will be insured against* loss up to $10,000 in the future ' instead of $5,000 as during the past few years. All banks be­ longing to the Federal Deposit Insurance corpox*ation pay into a reserve fund to insure against losses to depositors. This reserve fund has grown so large in re­ cent years as to permit a slight decrease in the rates charged* banks, and to double the top a- mount at which deposits will he insured. It now appears certain that the congress will not adjourn a- round Aug. 1, as originally plan-‘ ned. It is said the president would like congress to vote him the funds and authorities requested and get’ out of Washington, hut many national legislators feel that so long as American boys * are fighting, congress should re­ main in session ready to meet any emergency. I f the interna­ tional situation does not clear up soon—and it is predicted we can- «T»HE FAM ILY will be starting “*■ any day now for a trip in the car and a few of the problems ,of travel with children will loom in the offing. One of tha most per­ sistent of these Is “ Buy m e !” It is natural fop an alert child to want everything he sees, so parents have to find a way of making It clear that he can’t have them all, and still keep peace In the family. One father accomplished this by attaching a basket purse to the. instrument board of the car. Into this went the money for gas, ell, ferries and toll bridges, plus a reasonable amount for roadside treats. This gave the children an idea o f. the basic cost- of running a car—because the car is yours and you don’t have, to buy a ticket they are apt to think yon travel free. And deciding ahead of time how much was to be spent, each day for ex­ tras made the children weigh the pleasure of buying a blown up balloon character at a stand, against waiting for a bottle ). drink at the next filling station. . This budgeting, for entertain- ; meat also, gave a legitimate rea-' : son for not stopping at ev e r ; two- , bytfour carnival the children : spotted. This same- father of four i wopld say, “ It will cost at least 40 j or S6Q cents for each of you to have j a aide on the merry-go-round—and i it looks pretty broken down to me. ! Why don’t we keep going until we | reach the next drive-in and all see j a movie?” j Another family on a journey | that was to require several days found that eating meals out of the piclno basket they used at home for trips to tho park made the days go faster, and the food budget go a lot9 farther. They began each day with a good, hot breakfast a t a restaurant—meat and eggs and milk so that everyone started out well fed. Then while Father serviced the car Mother stopped at a local grocery and filled the picnic basket with things they could eat without dishes. A lone knife will spread sandwiches for all, and there are plenty of good spreads — mixed cheesjj, peanut butter, cream cheese and jelly—to give variety. The children love to choose a new kind of cookie for dessert, fruit is always abundant and fresh milk can be purchased as meal time approaches. Stop by a grassy road­ side and get out of the car to eat this gives the children a chance to stretch their legs and they’ll be fresh and contented for the next 50 miles or so. The chief thing is to keep toe children well and this isn’t always easy with changes o f water, tem­ perature and different food. Pass up all cakes and pastries that have custard or cream fillings, because sometimes food tastes all right but is still close enough to spoil­ age to cause stomach upsets. Be­ ware of fish and dishes contain­ ing egg, milk, poultry, etc. Pick your restaurants for cleanliness rather than cuteness — Ye Olde Mill Food Shoppe may harbor gats, and fancy, caps and aprons on waitresses don’t guarantee clean hands. WASHINGTON REPORT BV 4 SENATOR ROBERT A. TAFT T HE Social Security bill, H. R. 6000, as approved by the Senate carries out the program of the Republican, party frequently declared ever since 1944. It deals primarily with the federal old age and survivors insurance program initiated in 1936# which undertakes to pay benefits to persons over 65 years o f age and their dependent survivors in supposed return for payroll taxes paid by the employer and the em ployee prior to retirement. The bill extends the coverage to 8-10 million more- people who will be required to pay taxes » and can look forward to benefits. It re­ duces eligibility requ irem en ts i c - c p e a s e s b e n e f i t s by about 90 per c e n t . T h e s e changes were completely jus­ tified on a so­ cial basis b e ­ cause the bene­ fit? have never been changed, although the cost of living has gone up about 80 per cent. It shpuld be understood, however, that these benefits are only being paid today to 2 million of the 11% million people over 65 years of age. This bill will not increase that member for a good many years to come. My only criticism of the bill is that it still pretends that this is an insurance scheme when in fact i t amounts to the taxing of the American people who are. workingto pay pensions to those over £5 who are not working. "■ It is certainly not insurance. The benefits have always had only a minor relation to the amount of taxes paid in. The fund has never been actuarially sound—in fact, it is impossible to create any real reserve requiring such huge pay­ ments. ■», * * .* YjjfrHAT we are really doing is ” accepting the principle that those .over 65 today shall be sup­ ported by the people . who- are working today, who, in turn,, look forward to similar support when they are old from the active work- erf; among, the people o f that time. This bill really abandons the prin­ ciple of- insurance by, doubling benefits without additional, pay­ ments and- permitting new work­ ers to qualify for full benefits although" paying almost no taxes. I believe that w c should move on to. a- universal pension for all persons over 65, and the Senate has set up a committee to con­ sider the different plans pro­ posed. yfe would have to decide wheth- erithe. pension should be (1) a flat suin as in England or under the Tqwnsend plan, or (2) a ‘flat mini­ mum to those who have paid no taxes,! ‘ graduated up to figures somewhat above the present bill giving consideration to taxes paid. We would also have to deter­ mine the kind of taxes necessary to support the system. Payroll taxes, income taxes, transaction taxes have all been suggested. Under the new bill, the federal, government will pay* out about $2.25 billion in 1952. In,addition, to that, they will pay another billion towards the old age assistance program for the needy. I doubt if a universal .pension system will cost a great deal more than the $3.25 billion now committed. * •* * GENERAL, welfare services not clean up Korea under 6 months—there will be additional work for congress to do. Under the circumstances congress should stay on the job. LOGIC IN' LOGIC They say that steel mills in­ crease the dirt in a town by 60 per cent.- But the bridge elubs pick it up quickly. Remember the old. rule: “ For every action there is an equal and opposite reac­ tion?” KILLED BY TRACTOR William Snyder, 50, who lived near Mt. Sterling, was killed when a tractor toppled over .p- on him. Harold G. Moulton, president of the Brookings Institute, a factfind organization, says in an next hundred years the country axialvsis o f American food-pro­ ducing capacities that in the can support twice as many peo­ ple eight times as well as they live now. A NAME THAT STANDS FOR GOOD FU R N ITU R E BUDGET p l a n AVAILABLE ADAIR’ S F . and benefits are clearly the ob­ ligation of the states and local communities. In this one field the American people have departed from that principle and decided that they would assume an old age pension on a national basis. I concur in that decision, but it is not insurance. It, imposes a tre­ mendous national tax burden. The Socialists want us to think of it as insurance which doesn’t cost the taxpayer anything, so that they can try to extend the same prim ciple as they have in England. There they have at least eight types of so-called national social insurance covering unemployment benefits, training and rehabilita­ tion, permanent disability, sick­ ness, medical "care, workmen’s compensation, old age pensions, maternity grants, marriage grants, funeral grants, allowances for de­ pendent children, free medical service. I believe it would destroy the very basis of a free system re­ sponsible for the incentive which has produced our high standard o f living. Also the total-,,co s t would rim the taxes in this country "iip about" 50 per cent, to the point where they are in England today. This is more, I believe, than free enterprise can stand; The effort to include disability insurance is ap­ pealing, but ison ly intended, as an opening wedge. The actual' cost of disability is, not great and is fully within the means of the various states~in ■*fact, there jare many private state and local- agencies today doing just this job. Let’s work out a really satis* factory old age pension system, before we consider a federal- system for-anyother"social-wel­ fare 'service which would: cer­ tainly cost: three or four times: the present; cost of,similar serv­ ices on a local basis; These,local services, in general, are satis­ factory. • i / HOME 1 ^ Check With A Specialized Financial Inhibition P E O P L E S BUILDING and SAVINGS CO. 11 Green St. Since 1885 Xenia, Ohio ■ l. Which o*a of toe fallowing flat regions Is associated with ibe Kremlin? (a) mesa, (b) steppe, (e) pnrtrifr/ <«) |U a a saddle usually would be used with- a fa) Haekaey, ffe) Minorca, (e) Brawn Swiss, (d) Hampohfce.* - < 3. How does the United States nempare with-othar aiiiiouaia «rapertUn>of debtors to.number of people*. <■). first; (b) ocaoud. (,) third, (d) fourth. * . . . "4. Erosion by the Columbia, (b) Hudson, *(ei'IfSlorado, M) Tennessee rivor produced the- Grand Canyon. 5. F^sats mean* to) inferior substitute, (b) sites, (c) (g) contaminated. - , M AJWWMM L w IM Ihm , S.—fa) Bktkaejr. ScaaaS, t* I m m ). OeMvMo. «*—<«> bMrtK wM lM a AT YOUR SERVICE This newspaper has but one purpose- to serve the community and its people m every way a good local newspaper enn in • . Advertising • Printing • Promotion of all Community In­ stitutions • News of the neighborhood, county and world ■■I”'., i ., ' ’ - ft We can not do this alone. Your ^ -opera­ tion and Good Will are our best help. W e are grateful for your splendid attitude in r v /•' " , •: helping us; serve you. 'S. .