The Cedarville Herald, Volume 73, Numbers 27-50

' Friday, Sept 8,-1950 The Cedarvile Herald Republican Newspaper Published Every Friday by THURMAN MILLER* JR. Entered as second class matter October 31, 1887 at the Postof­ fice at Cedarville, Ohio, under Act o f Congress o f March 187S. Member—National Editorial A s­ sociation; Ohio Newspaper Asso­ ciation; Miami Valiev Press As­ sociation* Editorial POTATOES Though the financial and eco­ nomic folly o f price support on potatoes has been brought forci­ bly to the attention o f the people, the practice still continues* Mil­ lions o f dollars have gone down the “ tater hole.” The government buys them at a high price—-a very high price—and sells them f o r ' l cent a carload, or dumps them out to rot at no price at all . . . all to keep the price up. For whom? For both the producer and the consumers. But both the producer and consumer lose by the program. The “parity” rises, so that the farmer pays more for what he buys, and the potato Consumer has to pay a high price fo r a product that is being de­ stroyed by the millions of dol­ lars' worth- Do you understand it? Neither does anybody else. BILLIONS In the first place nobody has the mentality to grasp the idea o f a billion. Like snowflakes, grains o f sand and drops of water billions are inconceivable, That makes billions o f dollars impossible. What the individual creates has to be within the realm o f the human mind, as distinguished from the Almighty to whom belongs the sole power o f irt(ginite creation. There is no device or method by which the concept o f a billion can be made clear. Billions remain like astronomical figures — beyond our comprehension. But now we are talking about going in debt another $50 billions, on top of the billions we already owe. You take it from there! WE LOSE IF WE WIN We must win the war in Korea. That's our greatest present- minute demand. But winning the fighting war will by no means assure us we are through with Korea, any more than we are through with Germany or Japan. The immediate problem is mili­ tary victory. Later economical and political problems will arise mountain high- The fighting could he over before long, hut handling the post-war period will be the baby on our doorstep for a long, long time. We must keep that fact in our mind in all our calculating. TEE CALL TO WAR Fewer men and women are en­ listing fo r military service than in the last two world wars. It is predicted that most persons o f military age will “ Wait till they call me.” Already there is talk o f raising the draft age to 35, and already married men, many o f them with families, are being drafted. What a short re­ spite we had from that! It takes men and money to fight a war, and we are fighting a war—not a skirmish, not a little war, but a major war, or at least it has the potential o f one. WHY HATE BUSINESS? One of the most mysterious ■things about political bomblast 33 lambasting business. “ Big businSess” has been harpoonetl and lampooned ever since the country first became inflicted with the Roosevelts. Why? You know why: It is sop to the pub­ lic— ox" that portion o f the pub­ lic—that is incensed because other people make money! And those people vote, remember . . I f you don't remember, the pol­ iticians do. IRON CURTAIN It may not come in your time and mine, but it will corner—the day when the mailed fist that hammers folks behind the “ iron curtain” into a submission worse than the Czars ever dreamed of will lose its power. It is the way o f the world. Russians under the tyrants o f the centuries were better o ff than they are under- the regime of a self-styled popu­ lar government, which presents the opportunity for tyranny greater then the country and the world ever knew. WE MUST REGISTER Remember—to be eligible to vote in November you must reg­ ister. Opportunity will be given — several times—for you to reg­ ister* Keep it in mind. A de­ mocracy can continue only as people participate in it. Voting is more essential than any money or any possession we have. Reg­ ister! WE ARE GROWING Greane county led all t h e ,88 counties in Ohio in percentage growth, in the last decade—al­ most 58 percent. Neighboring Clinton county grew only 12.5 percent, Fayette but 4.9 per cent and Madison 1.9 percent in the period. Mere bigness is not our point o f xneri^—oar .greatness ■moat be in the kind o f folks we have—their intelligence, their ^ W ? R O B ^ ^ H A R P 3 s ) ^ EEV. ROBERT H. HARPER John Mark, Who Made Good, Lesson for September 10: Acts 12: 12, 25: 13: 4-5, 13; 15: 36-40. Memory Selections Philippians 4: 13* J OHN MARK was the son of Mary, owner o f the house in Jerusalem: where, it is believed, the Sacra­ ment was instituted, where the dis­ ciples often gathered after Pente­ cost and where they met to pray for Peter’s deliverance from prison. Thus, out of an atmosphere of Christian belief and the home of a godly mother, Mark was prepared for his first service as the com­ panions of two great missionaries. But "he failed. He left Paul and Barnabas at Perga and returned to. Jerusalem. When Barnabas pro­ posed taking Mark on a second mis­ sionary journey, Paul refused. The disagreement was sharp between them. Barnabas took Mark and de­ parted for Cyprus; Paul chose Silas and set forth on bis own course. The young Mark needed the dis­ approval of Paul; he, needed to see the gravity of turning back. But he also needed the second chance that Barnabas gave him. And he made good. Jn after years Paul evidently revised his estimate of Mark, for he is favorably mentioned in II Timothy and named in Philemon among the fellow workers of Paul The Second Gospel, the first to be written, bears the name of Mark. It is enduring evidence that Mark Indeed made good and gave great service to mankind. His life should be an inspiration to men to over­ come failure and attain unto suc­ cess in serving Jesus. And all can do this through. Him of whom Mark writes in his Gospel, citizenship, their standards o f living. Our growth is therefore as much of a challenge as it is a matter o f pride. A labor shortage is predicted; and women’s overalls will be scarce again. A war-essential meftalf, ger­ manium, has been discovered in the District of G o 1u m b i a. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to find something down there we could sell and bring in a little money! An upstate preacher was jailed because he wouldn’ t clean up some lots he owns. Perhaps he was busy with a lot of other cleaning up he had to do. Will the time ever come when Washington,, stops considering every country a chump only to discover they ai’e all champs. Headline: “ Training Eagle a Secret Trick.” Even getting a pigeon houssbroke is hard to do. Astronomers have found a star 10,000 times too dim to see with the naked eye. Hollywood has some like that. Washington abounds in pro­ found wisdom. The department of agriculture tips o ff farmers that it is more profitable to keep two cows than one. An Elyria man won the “ Chic­ ken of Tomorrow” contest, al­ though the hotels won the “ chic­ ken o f Yesterday” without a scratch. A college mathematician has retired, the papers say, reminding us of the one who retired and built his home and called to “ Aftermath.” With a Buckeye In Congress CLARENCE J. BROWN Write* The house will transact no business this (Labor Day) week, waiting fo r the senate to con­ clude legislative action on sev­ eral important tills. The present plans provide fo r the house to consider next week conference reports -on the tax bill "and other measures. Then, in al l ' probabil­ it y , both the House and Senate will begin a series of recesses until after the November elec­ tion, subject to prompt recall in an emergency. The senate committee on armed services last week shelved the compulsory _ universal military training program bill until at least January, following receipt o f a letter from President Tru­ man requesting the measure he held up. However, the chief exe­ cutive is expected to press for UMT legislation next year. President Truman sent a mes­ sage to congress late last week asking fo r an appropriation of $140 million for the construction of new government buildings within commuting distance olf Washington for alternate use o f government departments, a n d agencies in case the capital city is bombed. Rather peculiarly, however, the chief executive re­ quested no new housing for gov­ ernment workers who man these departments, on the basis they could continue to live in Wash­ ington. Of course, i f the nation’s Front Aunt Matilda of Chicago: “ I remember W h e n .advertisers would seek your permission to post a bill about a forth-coming attrac­ tion on the road-side* of your bam and in return for the privilege would give you a couple of tickets to the event.”- , From Minnie D. Cox of Ephrata, Fa. to Mrs. Mary SteWartl “ Speaking of old:time songs, I re­ member the words to ‘Shal£q&S to Me.’ Do you? They expressed the honest convictions •o f a. married man of 50 years ago**''- - From Mrs. N. L. Burkhart of Berryville, Ark.t . “ Speakhsg^pf old-time songs, here.arefsMjj<»j f re­ member: T il cBe, Alf£Sn|ij|g^To­ night,' ‘The Saucy. Little' Bwd on Nellie’ s Hat,' T m tKaBully.ef the Town,' ‘My Sweetheart’s ySr* Man in the Moon,’ “ ‘Daisies Won't Tell,’ ‘Rip "Van WinKle^Sweet Bunch of Daisies,’ ‘Sweet Cidpr*Tjme^'When the Sands of the Desert"Grow Cold,’ ‘Steamboat BUI’ and "The Gypsies’ -Warning’-.” From Helen Rodcmyer of Chicago: “ I remember the* gr&at big Christmas trees uf?yest3r-year, all lit up with real burning candles and the ineU folkjstanding around with big' spohges^tjn 'sticks to put out candles burning too low to pre­ vent a fire, HoWj Caxefree we chil­ dren were^thenl^Onejtoy, a bit 0f candy and an.'a'pple^and we thought we were-jrich—a£far4cry from the current cry for more, more from children of today.” -;/ „ ; Author of INFLUENCEP e 6P!T5? IJE R E ’i Live for theDay u S HOW one womaxxj^handled an emotional crisis and started herself and her fam ily on the road to a happy life. r. is Mrs- Flora Cummings and she lives in .San Diego Calif. Ten years ago she svas le ft a w idow with tw o children’ A lter a couple o f years, she met a man who, she believed , would be both a good husband and a good father to her children He , seemed to like her children and certainly they liked him and found him entertaining. A s fo r her, she saw in him i f not a perfect man, at least one with so many wonderfu lly good traits, that minor traits could readily be overlooked. But the trials that com e.from people liv ing together, did not escape their fam ily. Her hus­ band was jealous o f the great amount o f time it was*necessary fo r her to spend on the interests o f her young son and young daughter. This jealousy was intensified when times became hard and she had to go to w ork tq augment the fam ily income. This she felt called upon to do because her children made an extra burden fo r her husband to carry. Matters went from the proverbial bad to worse state. Her husband bickered and quarreled, found fau lt with the children; the children turned against him, seemed to prefer not doing the things h e wanted done. He even struck her little 10 -year-old daughter, wh ich she savs she can never forgive, but only overlook. On top o f all this her w idow ed father had to come and live w ith them. He was always on the side o f the children, so soon he and her husband were devout enemies. * 1 TtLe.ri on® day h e r chu r ch announced a course in human re - lationships. She went more to get-aw ay from h om e 'a fte r the children had gone to bed than because she felt any good would come o f it. She says in that course,.was advocated “ living for th& * making the most and the host o f what one had and other considerations. She .began practicing’ that W ithin a week heb fam ily -life was happier; within a month, both h er husband and her father caught her spirit and fervor, and became peaceabie; her children became more thoughtful. She says she had never before known what a human . being m trouble could do f o r herself b y just calmly liv in g fo r the .day and letting the future-^-andthe past— take care o f themselves. The Cedarville, O. Herald ucctedfui jf^arentlioodl: K ■ ■ by CATHERINE CONRADEDWARDS Editor, Parents*Magazine r capital city is A-bombed, the few Government workers still alive may find residing in Wash­ ington and commuting -elsewhere' a bit troublesome. A t least 25 thousand new civil­ ian government workers are to •be given jobs in Washington with­ in the next few weeks, according to administration plans. Nearly 300 thousand additional civilian workers have been requested by the various departments of gov­ ernment—with the largest num­ ber by the national defense es­ tablishment—because of the pres­ ent emergency. General Hershey, head of the national selective service sys­ tem, last week complained that nearly 3 out of every 5 young Americans called under the draft have been rejected for physical reasons. He insists army stan­ dards are too high. Hershey also warns the president must soon issue new regulations to per­ mit drafting of married men and perhaps those with children, between the ages o f 19 and 26. He also predicted conscription of at least another million Ameri­ can youths within a year, even though the world situation grows no worse. The senate and. house last week passed bills to authorize draft­ ing of doctors, dentists, veteri­ narians, and certain other medi­ cal technicians. Under the house bill medicos up to 50 years of age, and technical men up to 45, would he subject to the draft. The senate bill fixes top draft age fo r M. D.5s at 55, and others up to 45. While the president is given authority to use his own discretion, both bills make clear congressional intent that any medics who escaped military serv­ ice during World -War II, and were educated at the expense of the government, shall be the first to be drafted. By the time this column ap­ pears in print the war produc­ tion (also known as the econom­ ice controls) bill.will have reach­ ed the White House and pr.obahly he signed into law by the presi­ dent. The measure, which is a compromise of the differences between the house and senate versions, permits the president to control prices on a selective basis if and when he desires, providing he also at the same time controls wages of the'work- ers producing or handling fjie particular commodities on whiijh prices are controlled—such as steel, for instance. The measure also permits the president to order rationing of scarce commo­ dities,^ as well as -to allocate or requisition scarce materials, coa- itilol ‘^certain consumer ch-edifs and encourage production. The price, ^wage, and rationing au­ thorities granted the president will expire June 30 of next year, and allocation and credit powers June 30. 1952. It is being pre­ dicted here the president will not invoke price or wage con­ trols before the November elec­ tion. By a vote of 354 to 20 the house last week passed and sent to the senate where it appears ^e7rta| \ b e aproved, the Wood bill to require the regis­ tration of Communist party mem­ bers and Communists organiza- tions, $nd t o ' restrict their ac­ tivities. The measure is much stronger than the original Mundt Nixon hill passed by the-house two years ago, and upon which the Wood bill has been based. The new bill is also much strong­ er than the legislation recom­ mended by the president. The president's order to Gen­ eral. MaeArthur to withdraw his .statement sent the national on- vention o f Veterans o f Foreign Ware at Chicago on the defense o f Formosa a little over a weak ago, is stil} the topic of conver­ sation here in Washington, lb Communists. _The President’s budget presented in January contemplated a deficit of $5 billion for the year ending, July 1, 1951. " l had hoped that we might cut lthe expenses of the Government a s u f f i c i e n t amount so that there would be only a small deficit this year -I and a balanced budg e t next year. I felt con- / vinced that savings of. $5 billion could-be accomplished in our do­ mestic non-military and foreign aid programs. But today it is impossible to pay our expenses through savings in domestic expenditures. The Presi­ dent is asking $10 billion more for the Armed Forces; and, in view or the world situation,- it looks as if we would have to spend at the rate of at least $25 billion on our own forces for a namber of years. Military aid to foreign countries is now requested at the rate of $4 billion, and other expenses inci­ dental to preparedness certainly means a gross increase of $15 bil­ lion. Saving in domestic expenses is even more important now, but it is hard to see how such sav­ ings could exceed $5 billion a year. That means that we face a net increase of $10 biiiion in our government expense, giving us an annual expenditure, when we get going, of $50 billion in­ stead of $40 billion. * . <i * ¥ HAVE emphasized the vital ne- cessity of paying for this condi­ tion as we go. We already have a huge debt. If we ever get into an all-out war, we will have to add to it substantially. During the second World War many people thought we should pay for the war__out of current taxes. But we were'spend- ing about half the entire national production on war, and we could find no tax system to raise that amount without unbearable hard­ ship .and injustice to many. The reliance on borrowing, however, is directly responsible for the* 70 per cent .inflation in prices over pre­ war. No matter what controls are imposed, you can only delay in­ flation if the government borrows $50 billion a ye'ar. There is no reason at all why a tax system should not be de- WASHINGTON REPORT BY SENATOR RQBFflT Ar. TAFT D URING the past week I have been working as a member of the Senate Committee on the new -tax bill which aims to increase the Government income at the rate of $5 billion a' year. No one likes to increase taxes, but today there appears to be no alternative in view of the mess .in which we find our­ selves throughout the world and the strong position in'whicb our policy has placed the Russian*®------- ----------------------------1----------------- vised to meet our present ex- - penses as we sue them now. It will be unpleasant. It will delay the development pi civilian prog­ ress. It will postpone many im­ provements I should like to see made in welfare services. But that is the cost o f Russian ag­ gression and oiir foreign policy. In spite of a gradually increas­ ing production, we cannot pay the cost of war ahd|also enjoy every­ thing we would like to have at home. Increased taxes take away from the people the money they would like to spend on their own living and use it in support of our soldiers and our allies in foreign lands. The tax bill So be passed is re­ garded ag merely a stop gap. An increase of $5 billion will not ulti­ mately balance the budget, but the additional spending will get started .slowly, and with this bill there should not be aay very large defi­ cit during the first six months ot 1951. A thorough re-writing of the tax system will; have to be under­ taken during that period. The current, bill does only three things: - > • (1) It continues all the existing’ excise taxes which were about to be reduced. (2) It increrises c o r p o r a t i o n taxes about 20 per-cent, increas­ ing the rate on most corporations from 38 per cent to 45 Rer cent of net profits. The question of an ex­ cess profits tax on corporations will probably be postponed until next year, although there is much support for it today. I believe a general increase in rate is better on the whole, but in the end there will probably be some form of ex­ cess profits tax. (3) The individual income tax rate is increased but not the ex­ emptions, the total increase rang- . ing from 15 to 20 per cent o f what you pay today. This is accom­ plished by eliminating the per­ centage reduction granted in 1948. W A R is a* tragedy. It is highly ” destructive/ of freedom itself. Whether w e'cou ld go through a third world war and maintain the liberty of our people at home is certainly open to question. At best, we will have a highly regimented economy. But the mere frankly we face^ the facts, an# pay now the cost' o f what we tire doing now, the greater the hope of retaining in this country fithe liberty which we are trying to protect from, foreign’ attack, - . - .. 1 . The (a) owl, (b) hummingbird, .(e) bat,f (d) robin can fly backward, h T{ ' ' ' 2. Truman sent his apeelal assistant aafaratga affair# h confer with' General MaeArthur, He la (a) 3«hst Vetter Dalle*, ,(b) W.’ AverlU Harrlmsn, (e) Cart Slrnmoaa,• (&)■Herberi B**v*r0 3 . Mrs. John Bolfe was (a.) Bed WJnjr; <fe> Nokomls, Je| Pocahontas, (d)‘ Minute Ha-Hs. % 4. O. Henry- borrowed the title, “C&bbagenpti&JKlnart’* Irons (a) Alice In Wonderland, (b) Tbrosgh the looking Glass, (e) Gulliver's Travels, (d) Forever Amber. M 5. The first Englishman to eltoAnnTi|Btc|ttg globe.- John Cabot, (b) Sir Francis.Drake, .(c)' Bigbe Collins. _ J I N PROTECTING a child from ac­ cidents, no matter how carefully you watch over him, you can’t take file whole responsibility for his safety. The child .must be .taught 'respect for dangerous objects and pishes so he can exercise caution. Sharing this responsibility not only insures greater safety for him, but 1the child is less likely to grow up with unreasonable fears. He under­ stands the real dangers and has 'inore freedom of action within safe ’boundaries. One mother wrote xecenily that she had made the mistake of tou­ t in g her child repeatedly, “ You must never go across file street.” He be­ came so afraid of crossing streets that he refused lafer on to walk to school alone. With their second child these parents are following a different course. Instead of pre­ senting crossing a street as some thing fearful like entering a bear’ s den or a lion’s cage (something you don’ t do even whan you’re grown up) they explain, “ You are too little now to cress the street alone, but you may do so when you are five years old.” In the -meantime, there is plenty of drill in crossing streets safely—letting the child “ help” mother cross the street by looking out for cars and waiting for the green light. , Here are some, of the common dangers of childhood and sugges­ tions on how other parents have taught their children to look out for them: Turning on the gas jets is one of the first serious dangers a toddler runs into. Until he is old enough to understand what you tell him, you will simply have to keep him away from the stove, with a stem "No, no,” every time he tries to grab the knobs. When he can understand that the knobs are turned only when you put something on to cook, try giving him.a saucepan of water and then let him turn on the gas while you explain that the flame will be left on long enough to make the water hot. When the water boils, let the child turn off the gas. A few lessons such as this will con­ vince him that taming on the , gas is serious, practical busi­ ness and not play. A similar procedure usually suc­ ceeds in satisfying a child’s inter­ est in lighting matches, though there are some children so ob­ sessed with curiosity about lire that only constant vigilance and keeping matches out of their way will see them safely through this phase. Watching his father light his pipe and blowing out the match is enough for most children at first. Eater on, when striking the match himself is the big thrill, let him light the oven for you or the logs in the fireplace. But always point out the dan­ gers of fire—it is part of a child’s safety education to be well aware of risks and dan­ gers. In this day of houses all on the {ground floor, teaching a child to /stay away from open windows may not seem so important. But you never know when, he may visit someone who lives on a second or third floor. Living on the fifth floor as I do, I am frequently terrified when friends’ children seem totally un­ aware of the danger involved. In hanging over the window sill. So wherever you live, teach your ehiM caution in regard to open windows. is difficult fo r some to under­ stand why MaeArthur should he criticized for saying the same thing .the president said, in June —that Formosa must he defend­ ed. Others wonder how the presi- den can issue orders-to MacAr­ thur, who is now Commander-in- ‘Chief o f the United Nations Armed Forces and not on duty as a U. S. Genreal. President Truman’s statement to the press last Thursday that he will with­ draw the American fleet from the defense of Formosa once the Korean affair is over seems to give the answer. When is a dictator not a dic­ tator ? ’ This question is being asked here, where last week the administration firs}; protested congress approving' an Ameri­ can loan to General Franco, the Spanish dictator, only to an­ nounce a few days later the mak­ ing of a third American loan to “Marshal Tito 'o f Yugoslavia, an- . other dictator. ^ Chedt With A Specialized Financial Institution PEOPLES , BUILDING and SAVINGS CO. ^ 11, Green.Str. Since 1885 Xenia, Ohio AT YOU SERVICE This newspaper has but one purpose—“to serve the community and its people in every way a good local newspaper can iir 6 Advertising # Printing • Promotion of all Community In­ stitutions • • News of the neighborhood, county and world , We caii'not do this alone. Your uo-opera- -tion-and .GoodWill are our best help. 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