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Evening star., 1940-09-21
Tax Bill in Conference

AS passed by the Senate, the excess
profits and amortization bill differs
in several important particulars from
the measure approved by the House
last month. To make the bill
bigger revenue producer the upper
chamber added a fiat 81 per cent
to the normal corporation income
tax rate in each bracket of the exist
ing law. 1t raised the specific ex-
emption from $4,000, as provided by
the House, to $4,000; eliminated
the proposed penalty, in the form of
a Al per cent boost in their normal
tax, on corporations choosing the
average earnings method, instead. of
the invested capital formula, In
computing their excess profits, and
approved a more liberal treatment
of borrowed capital. Prior to pas
sage, the Senate added a rider which,
in the event of a declaration of war
by Congress, would automatically i'm
pose a steeply graduated scale of
taxes on corporations and indi-
viduals.
To encourage the investment of
private capital in defense enterprises
and speed rearmament, the Senate
has followed the House in approving
the lifting OF the profit limitations
imposed by the Vinson- -Trammel Act
on the builders of naval vessels and
airplane manufacturers and in au-
thorizing the amortization over
five-year period of the costs of de-
fensa nlant exnanSinn. II also elin1i.
Evening star., 1940-09-21
Believes Democracy
Is Tottering.

Is 1OtteF1ng.
To the Editor of The Star:
Every system of government contains
within itself the germ of its own down.
fall.
Democracy is no exception.
Where it is established the politician
(aptly described as "the enemy of man
kind') sets out to discover and sue
ceeds in discovering, its weaknesses and
tenn fails under his impact and another
IS set up.
The overeXtension of the electoral
franchise and the liberation on the vot-
ing rolls of voters beholden to the seat
of power can and will, destroy democ-
racy
In fact, democracy does not exist when
such voters are sufficient in number to
influence the result of elections
Britain properly excluded contractors
with the government from the voting
rolls, and Denmark had provision that
those receiving government relief not
only could not vote while so doing but
could not be restored to the electorate
until they had repaid all that they had
received. There is merit in these pro-
visions
Unless such provisions become the law
of the land in this country elections are
but gesture.
The results in Novenoher will djsp1ov
whether democracy is already on the
way out. 1t already totters under the
impact of Government funds.
HARRISON TILGHMAN.
SeDtenber II
Evening star., 1940-09-21
Another Kidnapping

The Nation is shocked by another
kidnapping, involving the three-year-
old son of a wealthy California
family. The crime is not only shock
ing but quite surprising, for kid
naping has become a relatively rare
offenSe, thanks to the effective work
in recent years of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation. There was a veri-
table wave of kidnapings in the early
thirtieS, among the more notorious
of which were the Lindbergh,
Urschel, Bremen, Stoll, Hamm, Nc
Elroy and Luer cases. Later came
the Weyerhaeuser, Mattson and Le-
vine kidnapings. Most of these out
RACES were committed by predatory
gangs of hardened criminals at
tracted by what they regarded as
the easy money" of the snatch
racket"
Aroused by the abduction and
Staying of the Lindbergh baby in
March, 1882, Congress enacted the
Federal "Lindbergh law" approved
June %, 1882, under which any kid
naping with an interstate angle
either as to transportation OF the
victim or use Of the mails or wires
to convey ransom messages-was de-
clared to be a Federal violation.
G-men were armed. clothed with
wider powers, given additional equip
ment and directed to launch a Ma
tion-wide fight against kidnapers. ex-
tortionists and other gangsterS. The
official records attest the success OF
the F. B. l. efforts Since passage
of the Federal Kidnapping Act. more
than 180 kidnapings have been re-
ported to the G-men and only two
remain unsolved, the fatal abductions
of the Mattson and Levine boys.
The bureau has not ceased work on
these two cases. A total of 367 per-
sons have been convicted in Federal
and State courts. Twelve kidnapers
have been sentenced to death, forty
two have been sent to prison for life
and other sentences aggregating
4,132 years have been imposed. A
majority of the offenders are in
Alcatraz Penitentiary.
This record should bring some
measure of comfort to the parents
and friends of the de Tristan boy.
The first and paramount considera-
ton in this and similar cases, of
course, is to insure the safe return
home of the little victim. The ap-
peal of the frantic parents for tenn
porary withdrawal of law enforce
nlent authorities and press until the
boy is released is understandable and,
no doubt, will be complied with by
all concerned. Since all known kid
naping gangs long ago were broken
up and imprisoned, the California
case can hardly be termed a pro
fessional job" If the perpetrator
is, as the ransom letter suggests,
an amateur with mental eccentric
tiles, the task of the investigators
will be especially difficult. Profess
sional kidnapings follow a general
pattern, but plots conceived by
maniacs present peculiar problems.
The whole Nation sympathizes with
the De Tristan family in its mis-
fortune and hopes for an early and
happy solution of the despicable
crime.
Evening star., 1940-09-21

We should have it so that every single
man or woman in the country can have
opportunity to Work-not for the pros
perity Of business, but to produce the
things which these men and women need,
for their use. If business cannot pro-
vide this opportunity, then the Govern
ment should provide it, just as it pro-
vides the things needed for use by SOL
diers. sailors and war workers.
If business cannot afford to meet this
public need. then we cannot blame busi-
ness for not doing it, but We can blame
the society and Government of the
United States for not doing it by some
other means. WILLIAM c. LEE.
September 19
Evening star., 1940-09-21
Hopes Defense Program
Will Use Junked Autos.
To the Editor of The Star:

Is the expansive defense program pro-
viding for the use of the many thousands
of the rusting wrecks of old autos piling
sky high in the graveyard" along the
various highways? Seems that in view
of the efforts of the many identifying
associations" SO ardent in their doings
for removing attractive advertising signs
along the motor ways, they should by all
means eliminate the unsightly piles of
these old auto frames, or compel the
operators of such junk spots to erect high
board fences around their priced relics.
September 18. G. M. BLOIDEN.
Evening star., 1940-09-21
Would Maintain
American Standards,
To the Editor of The Star:

At the motion picture THE Ramparts
We Watch" it was thrilling to see the
way production of commodities for push
ing the war was carried on. The thing
had to be done, and it was done. There
was then, and there seems to be now, no
hesitancy about incurring any expense
necessary to prepare for war of defense
against the German would-be tyrants.
That was as it should be-
If 1t was so easy to pay the cost then
because it was necessary for national
welfare, why not now? If people were
ready to pay then because national well
fare demanded it to be spent in war, why
not be ready to meet the expense when
national welfare demands it for the
maintenance of our own men and women,
to keep our free institutions from rot
ting?
If our economic system has got into
such shape that millions of American
citizens cannot live decently without
Government aid in enabling them to do
the work they must do to live, and yet
they cannot all get that opportunity. is
effect as being mastered by the Germans?
Two-thirds of our people live happily.
One-third are not much better off than
the ground down underlings Of Europe.
II is just as Senator Frazier said, we
need to win the war against poverty or
else we cannot be safe against foreign
conquest. The Senator did not use those
exact words. but what he said amounts
to that.
Bohemia (what we now call Czecho-
Slovakia) was attacked by the Germans
in 1920. and conquered, it is said, because
the common people would not fight
against the foreigners because they were
so oppressed by their own aristocrats.
That is not the disposition of American
workingmen Cor would-be workingmen). :.
We ought to encourage them In right
feeling by giving themItght treatment.
Evening star., 1940-09-21
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From The Stur

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many and Italy cannot buy at any

HldHy anu 1tdIy CdLIlOC Duy az any
price,"
They get free press, press un-
Sullied by Hitler'S lies, that still tells
the truth and fears no master; a
press that has not been asked to sur
render the right Of dissent or criti-
cism even in Englands darkest hour
and is bound by no interests save
those of the nation.
Hitlers bombs are making dusty
ruins of many proud monuments of
England's past. But here is some
thing beyond his reach and, God
willing, it will so remain. 1t is SYM
bolic of free people, who, knowing
the price of freedom, are paying it
proudly and unafraid.
Evening star., 1940-09-21
Elegy

Bring autumn roses to her bier
And then in silence go,
For she reposes gently here
While watching candles glow:
As when, at evening. stars beguile,
Their quiet vigil keeping.
A flower closes for awhile,
She is not dead, but sleeping.
One wreath Of bended blossoms bright,
One garland for her brow,
The flowers she tended with delight
Shall be her guardians now;
Tears will not waken her nor move;
Dear friends, forbear from weeping.
Though life is ended, one we love
Is never dead. but sleeping.
DAVID MOORE.
Evening star., 1940-09-21
Says Willkie viii Need
White House ''Misspokesman."

To the Editor Of The Star:
Candidate Willkie to date has mis-
spoken" so many things and has had
to back track On so many Of his state
ments that in the event Of his election
1t will be necessary to install still an
other Federal official, namely white
House Misspokesman."
President" Willkie will, of course, be
the white House Spokesman" at least
to the point of exhaustion but the duties
Of the white House Misspokesman'
will be each day to point out and cor
rect what President" Willkie has mis-
spoken" the day before, including "Presi-
dent" WILKES messages to Congress In
that way we'll be getting somewhere or
will we? r. H. ROWE.
September 18.
Evening star., 1940-09-21
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To Questions
By Frederic J. Husktn.

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u. hlndly inform me when the next
President OF the United States takes
off1ce-M. T.
A. The next President Of the United
States will be inaugurated on January
20, l941. Congress will have convened on
January 3. The Vice President is in
augurated on the same date as the Pres
ident.
Evening star., 1940-09-21

@. Please tell me when fundamental
ism originated-R. G. w.
A. The movement originated among a
number of Baptists, who in 1920, pro-
tested against the growing liberalism
which they declared was subverting the
faith of the fathers. The term funda-
mentalism was first used by DR.. C. L.
Laws, editor Of the Watchman-Exam-
iner, Baptist publication.
Evening star., 1940-09-21

September II.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-08-01
tion at home and throughout EN-

tion at home and throughout EN-
rope.
A crucial point in any negotiated
peace, of course, concerns the future
status of the Low Countries, which
must be Independent of the control
or domination of any great CONT
tental power, according to the car
dinal principle Of British foreign
policy established for over 200
years. Hitler's plans for Holland
and Belgium are something to find
out. Meantime, while their courage
is great, the British may reasonably
ask whether a peace proposal, how
ever indefinite, from a hated enemy
is but ruse, or whether moment
may have Unexpectedly come when
peace is to the interest of both bel
ligerents.- If the fury Of the threat
ened blitzkrieg holds off a little
while longer, there may still be seri-
Gus consideration of the issues that
have been pushed aside by the ex-
citement of battle and the feverisll
stress of organizing Britain's de-
fenses If they could get a hearing,
the Lord Landsdownes of today
might gain some public attention as
they did, though unsuccessfully, In
the winter of 1917-1918.-Spring-
field, Mass, Republican.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-08-01

StalagHaftes In these caves are
known as live formations bec0a SC
they are Still growing in sRe> The
Ohio Caverns formation are paFtis-
ularly pure and much winter than
those found I'm any other caves.
Live formations are distinguished
from the dead ones in that the lat
ter have a dull, chalky appearance.
Many interesting passages have
been opened throughout the Ohio
Caverns and the trip through them
requires a considerable length of
time.
Three-level caves are to be found
in Logan county, of which Belle
fontaine is the county seat. These
are known as the Zane Caverns.
The Wyandot Caverns, located
about four miles west OF Carey,
Wyandot county, are characterized
by markings of swirling water ac-
tion At the bottom Of these cav
erns is an underground river which
is thought to be the same one that
flows under the city of Bellevue and
breaks through the surface near
that place in what is known as the
''Blue Hole of Castalia."
Erie county boasts of the Cas-
cade Caverns which are about ten
miles south of Sandusky. At Put
in-Bay are several caves, outstand-
ing of which are Crystal Caves and
Perry's Cave, the latter named af-
ter Oliver Hazard Perry. Crystal
Caves are noted for their strontium
formations, every one of which is
developed at exactly the same angle.
Strontium is the material used in
fire works and pyrotechnic displays
to produce a red blaze.
Thus, there is scarcely section
of Ohio which is not represented by
some form of caves or caverns. at
tractive either because of their IN
teresting formation or the unique
scenic beauty surrounding them.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-08-01
Rowland

Miss LenOre Moore of GAINESVILLE
spent the week end at Raymond
Reeds.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herschel Henderson,
]. H. Downing and Hamer Richey
and family were Sunday guests of
Mr.. and Mrs j. c. Henderson, Cam
bridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Smith and son
Homer are visiting relatives in Hi
nois.
The ball game between Bristol
and Pennsville Friday evening, re-
suited in a score of 8-5 in favor Of
Bristol.
Mrs. Rachel Anderson who has
been suffering with a stomach all
ment for some time, entered a
GAINESVILLE hospital. Sunday, for OBJ
servation and treatment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Macklem
and son Ronald We're Sunday dinner
guests at the Wallace Gillogly home
in PennsVille.
John Lawrence and his assistant
driver, Delmar Wilson, left Monday
morning in the school bus with 20
f. F. A. boys and their instructor,
Frank Leeper, on a 1900 mile trip
through Michigan, Wisconsin and
Illinois. They plan to return Sun
day.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-08-01
Notice To Contractors
STATE OF OHIO
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Columbus, Ohio,

July 22, l94O.
Clerk of Sales Legal Copy No. 40-257
UNIT PRICE CONTRACT
Sealed proposals will be received at
the office of the State Highway Di-
rector of Ohio, at Columbus, Ohio, un-
til ten o'clock A. M, Eastern standard
Time, Friday, August 9, 1910, for i'm
proVementS in:
Morgan County, Ohio, on part Of
Section and Sections c and D of the
State Highway No. sos, State Route
No. 7S, in Homer, Union and Malta
Townships, by paving with bituml-
nous surface treated stabilized ma
terials.
Width: Pavement 1S feet and 20
Length: 7s,24s.s2 feet, or 14.44o
miles
Estimated cost. .$71, 300 90
Contract to be completed not later
than August 81, 1941.
The minimu wage to be paid to all
be in accordance with the Schedule
of Prevailing Hourly Wage Rates As
certained and Determined by The De-
partment of Industrial Relations ap-
plicable to State Highway Department
Imprrovemeents in aceordanee ass "a .na with i1
5a of the General Code of Ohio"
The bidder must submit with his
bid certified check in an amount
equal to five per cent Of the estimat-
ed cost, but in no event more than
ten thousand dollars.
Plans and specifications are on file
in the department Of highways and
the office of the resident district
deputy director.
The director reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
ROBT S. BEIGHTLER,
25jl2 State Highway Director.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-08-01
OHIO'S MILLION DOLLAR FURS

Ohio's fur yield last winter was
$1,315,00O on 1,437,617 pelts the
Ohio Wildlife Research Station re-
ported to Conservation Commission
er Don Waters today.
In the winter of 1939-40 reports
from fur dealers to the Division in
dicate that 957,617 pelts worth
$87S,000 were taken in Ohio. AS
these reports do not include furs
sold direct to Ohio manufacturers
or furs shipped by express or parcel
post to merchants outside Ohio, the
total take is about half larger.
AS usual muskrats led in total val
ue, followed by skunk, mink, opos-
sum, raccoon, red fox, weasel and
grey fox.
Ohio and Louisiana, according to
the u S. Department of the Inter-
ior, are the two high-ranking fur
producing states in the nation.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-08-01
TOdds

Duane, six year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lester Brown (Hazel Hen
ry) was taken to Bethesda hospital
Thursday, where he underwent aI
operation for appendicitis. 1t was
found that the appendix was rup.
tured and peritonitis had set in
Saturday night he was given blood
TRANSMISSION, but is not much i'm
proved at this time.
Friends at Todds were sorry tc
hear that Mrs. Edith Smith had re-
turned to the hospital for another
operation, but are glad to hear THAI
it was not serious.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Hart and
daughter Nancy 10 of Mansfield, Mr.
and Mrs. w. S. Thompson were
guests of Mrs. L. H. Geddes, Satur-
day.
Mrs. Faye Shook spent few days
last week with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs Earl Woodward.
The wind, rain and hail did quite
bit of damage to the corn, Thurs
day night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Startling and
daughter Mary Edith, and Elihu
OLdIlluS VI AmCSNlll6 were Icuuudy
guests of their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Startling.
The ice cream social at Todds
Friday evening was quite success
The children of Harvey Calendine
of Dayton are enjoying a two
weeks vacation with their grandpar-
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Clint Rardin, OF
Tabor, and Dan Calendine of TOdds.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Geddes and
sons Dewey and Dow, and Mrs.
Lura Wymer spent Sunday at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. H. Geddes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Gilpen were call
ers at the Geddes home, Saturday
afternoon.
Earl Woodward and family en-
joyed home made ice cream at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Palm
er, Thursday evening.
Mrs. Ida Greathouse is not much
improved.
John Pierpoint got too hot while
moving the lawn one day last week,
and has not been we'll since.
Mrs. Lin Pierpoint spent the day
Tuesday with his mother, Mrs.
Sadie Pierpoint, helping her with
some sewing.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-08-01
GRIMES SCHOOL REUNION
HELD JULY 10th

The first Grimes school reunion
was Saturday July 20, 1910, on
grounds not far from the old school
district. Through the efforts of
Barak Russell and David Van Fos-
sen, committeeman, the Grimes
school reunion was a success. Sew
enty-six persons registered. Had it
not been for the harvest, no doubt
the number would have been dou-
bled. Many sent regrets at being
unable to attend, as that was one
gathering they wanted to attend.
The forenoon was spent in visit
ing and greeting old-time school
mates. A huge table was none too
large to hold the contents of the
well-flled baskets. Chickens are
scarcer now than before the reun-
ion. 1t looked like every basket con-
tanned chicken, and there was all
kinds of other good things to eat.
After the table was cleared, the
meeting was called to order. Barak
Russell, the chairman, gave short
talk. He gave the names Of all the
teachers who taught during the
terms he attended school. His first
teacher was Matte Murdock, then
Herman Choguill, Clark Edgerton,
Emmor Bowman, James Lazarus,
John Choguill 1.-TWO terms), VIII T.
Morrey, Tom Black, Art Abbott
and Arthur Embree. This covered
the time from 1877 to the winter Of
1888 and 1889.
Mrs. Barak Russell read four let
ters from former teachers who sent
greetings, namely, VIII T. Morrey,
j. Thos. Black, Arthur Abbott and
Mrs. Gladys Golden Riley. They
all sent regrets that they could not
be with us, but hoped to be able to
attend another year. All the letters
were greatly appreciated, but the
one from Thomas Black who Is now
80 years of age, seemed to be the
one (if there was any difference)
that brought the most comments
He taught 81 years ago.
Mrs. Esther j. Calvert, who now
is nearing her seth birthday, and
the Oldest pupil at the reunion, told
some of the things she remembered
of her first term at school. Her
father, Ephram Ellis, was teacher
then, and one stormy morning
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-08-01
Sharp Ridge

Mr.. and Mrs Jack Riddle of To
ledo; Annie Nutter and John Strem-
mel of GAINESVILLE, visited Sunday
at the Chas. Snyder home. Mr.. and
Mrs. Riddle were accompanied home
by the latter's mother, Mrs. Callic
G0bel, who has been visiting rela-
tives in GAINESVILLE for the past five
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Souders
Nellie Souders, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo
Eye and son Leonard were dinner
guests at the Harvey Snyder home
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harlan Fisher and
children, Limert and Esther Swim
gle, Clayton and Chester Dean Sny-
der, Donald and Rosalie Ogg were
dinner guests at the Theron Stone
burner home, Sunday.
Jerusalem Sunday school is hold
ing their annual picnic in the
church grove, Aug 8. A program
by the Sunday school will be given
and York township school band will
be present with their usual good
entertainment, directed by Mr..
Stroup, music teacher in the school.
Rev. Chas. Bay of GAINESVILLE will
be the principal speaker.
Cora Wilson is visiting at the
Harvey Snyder home
Rose Cohagan who has been very
sick, dies not improve as fast as
her many friends would like.
Mrs. Martha Eppley of Dutch
Hill is resting better now
Rev. Schiff and wife are leaving
this week for a vacation trip
through the south and western
states to California. They are driv-
ing and will be accompanied by
Mrs Schiff'S sister.