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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-11-05
FARM MACHINERY

The recent war production board
| order which froze all new farm ma
| chinery and equipment except re-
pair parts beginning November /
will remain in effect until a perma-
| nent rationing order is drawn up
it was announced by Frank L. Carr
| chairman OF the county farm ma.
| chinery rationing committee.
State and county machinery
quotas will be established by the U
S. Department of Agriculture and
the Ohio USDA war board in order
to obtain the most effective use OF
the limited amount of new farm
machinery and equipment allotted
to the nations farmers.
The war production board will
use the state and county quotas as
a basis for the permanent ma
chinery rationing order. In it's first
step toward the establishment OF
quotas, the department of agricul-
ture has asked dealers, distributors
and manufacturers to report inven-
la
chinery and equipment items on
hand October 81.
Mr.. Carr said that when the
quota system is established the
county farm machinery rationing
committee will issue rationing cer-
tificates. Until the permanent ra-
tioning program goes into effect,
meanwhile, emergency needs for
new machinery and equipment will
be handled by the county farm ma
chinery rationing committee, under
the state war board and Fred S.
Wallace, special war board assistant
to Secretary Wickard.
The freeze order issued by the
WPB covers two main types of
farm machinery: (a) Most of the
heavier labor-saving machines which
are important as the result of the
farm labor shortage. Dealers, dis
tributOrs, and manufacturers, un-
der the freeze order, may not sell
or transfer any OF the 144 items
listed in this schedule. (b) Mis-
cellaneous items of farm machinery
and equipment, generally requiring
less metal in manufacture. The or
der will stop transfer of these items
by distributors and manufacturers,
but dealers, other than distributors
and manufacturers, may sell for
farm use these items now in their
stock.
Some Pertinent Facts
The war production board has
ordered 1943 production Of new
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-11-05
Chesterhill

The Epworth League enjoyed a
Halloween party Thursday night
at the church basement.
The FLA group and an invited
guest held a Halloween party and
wiener roast at the school gym
nasium, Friday night.
Mrs. Lenore Gibbons gave a par
ty in honor of Mary Lois Whit
acres birthday, Friday night, en-
tertaining the eighth grade and
taking them to the picture show.
The Women's Society of Christian
Service met at the church basement
Tuesday night.
The Parents-Teachers meeting
will be held next Monday night,
Nov. 8. Devotionals, D. F. Stone;
music, Miss Moore; talk, why Ev-
cry Girl Should Take Home Eco
nomics." Miss Mellor; discussion,
"War and Discipline" led by Esther
Dunbar; members to assist Francis
Stone and Mary Stone; general dis
cussion to follow; games, Lenore
Gibbons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harlan Dillon and
son Roger spent from Friday until
Sunday with Mrs. Winland, of Lew
isville.
Dana Wallace and wife have NOV
ed into the rooms owned by Beulah
Fawcett on Main street.
A. r. Rowland's have moved into
their property on Main street, re-
Gently purchased from Mrs. Alice
Glassford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Wood Of
Pittsburgh, Pa, spent the week end
at j. A. Woods. Mrs. Wood re-
mained here until this coming Fri
lay. Mr.. and Mrs, Harold Wood
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-11-05
Notice To Contractors
STATE OF OHIO
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Columbus, Ohio,
October 81, 1912.
Engineer of Sales Legal Copy

Engineer of Sales Legal Copy
No. 42-457
UNIT PRICE CONTRACT
Sealed proposals will be received at
rector of Ohio, at Columbus, Ohio.
until ten o'clock A. M, Eastern War
Time, Tuesday, November "a, 1912,
for improvements in:
Section and Section c of the Flat
IRON Malta Road. State Highway No.
S22, State Route No 669, in York and
hauling and spreading aggregate,
Method 3D."
Width: Pavement IA feet.
Length: 1874 feet or 1929 miles.
Estimated cost. .$626O 90
Contract to be completed not later
than December 81, 1912.
The minimum wage to be paid to
shall be in accordance with the
Schedule of Prevailing Hourly Wage
Rates Ascertained and Determined by
The Department Of Industrial Rela-
tions applicable to State Highway
Department improvements in accord
ance with Sections 17-3, 17-4, 17-4a,
17-5 and 175a of the General Code of
Ohio"
The bidder must submit with his
bid a certified check in an amount
equal to five percent of the esti-
mated 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 dep
uty director.
The director reserves the right to.
reject any and all bids.
H. G. SOURS,
5n2 State Highway Director.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-11-05
The Morgan County Democrat Mcn.,i. Ohio Tud.,

| Raymond Durbin, editor, has been
good to us; has paid us more than
we have been worth. The trouble
now is with the increased cost Of
living we can earn more doing, 9TH
er work, and we are not worth
more as a scribbler. Remember
the cost of print paper is to be ra-
toned, SO pay your subscription and
be sure of getting your paper. We
will talk to you through our Sec
tion next week.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-11-05
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

Estate of Lilah Dover, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Fred
C. Barkhurst, of McConnelsville, O.,
has been duly appointed executor
of the estate of Lilah Dover, de-
ceased, late of McConnelsville, o.
Dated this 10th day of October,
1912.
ARTHUR TORBERT,
Probate Judge of Said County.
A. B. Mercer, Attorney. 22o3
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-11-05

If in need of gas range we can
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Supply Co. o22tf
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-11-05

Blanche Mccall, as Administrative of
the estate Of Ernest E. Mccall, de-
ceased, Plaintiff
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Evening star., 1942-04-21
THIS AND THAT
By Charles Z. Trdcepen.

equal to getting out in the open with
are interested in.
Unless. Of course. you happen 70 be
q person who prefers to stay at home.
The home naturalist has not been
given enough credit.
He or she is as truly interested as
any one who goes on hikes. but for q
variety Of reasons may not be able or
willing to get away.
II is still possible for such a person
to enjoy a great deal of nature. and
even nature in the raw.
A well-known scientist found hun
dreds OF insects in his back yard. ut
was 1000 or more. II 1t wasn't 1000 or
more, We forget which)
He put these small garden friends OF
his into book. and 1t would be good
one for any one to get, if for no other
reason than to prove just how much
fun one can have by staying at home.
Bird observers. in particular. can see q
great many songsters without stirring
from their back yards, especially if they
live in either nearby Maryland or
Virginia.
At present there Is friendly rivalry
going on between the residents Of these
two communities as to which has the
most birds.
Thirty or 40 years ago Chevy Chase.
Md, had the reputation for having, the
most birds of any area In the United
States.
In recent years, intense building activ-
tiles have cut down on the birds some
what, but there are still many of them.
Nearby Virginia, in recent years. has
drawn thousands of city people. Most
of these, coming from closely built-up
row houses or apartments, are delighted
with the great number Of birds they find.
They proceed to tell all their friends
that there are more birds in nearby
Virginia than could possibly be any
place else. even in Chevy Chase, Md.
And so 1t goes.
The truth is, that almost any one.
with a little patience. can identity
between % ana oO species IN q small
garden.
This will not be done in a day, or
even week or month, but in the course
Of year or two.
II all the members of the family are
interested in bird identification, it may
be done quicker. at the same time a
little competition adds to the interest.
Bird walks of mild nature may be
taken by any one in ones own neigh
borhood in the suburbs.
1t is true that some species OF birds
come to one block which do not, for
some reason or other. come to another.
In this way one will not have to go
far af1eld to see and hear new birds
which legitimately may be added 10 the
home list. since these very same birds
may drop in" Unexpectedly at almost
any time.
Evening star., 1942-04-21
Pass the Burk

One Of the most mournful COM
munications to come out of Memphis
since the Memphis Blues" is an an
nouncement by the American Chem
ical Society to the effect that 1t soon
may be possible to feed an army on
grass, wood, bark and leaves. This
seeming miracle Is accomplished by
first pre-conditioning the soldier for
month on a diet of sort Of bac-
terra soup. the bacteria chosen being
Of variety which will make itself
right at home and later consume
anything. Once safely entrenched
in the Army, 1t will multiply and re-
main for lifetime, patiently waiting
for wood, etc, ready to digest 1t in
the interests OF victory.
Obviously it is of great military
advantage to have commando army
able to live of the country by eating
hitherto tnedible parts of it, but
there are other considerations. Will
not the mess sergeant, already under
heavy fire, give up even trying to
appease the unappeaseable, If he
knows that his charges are practi-
cally indestructible? Why, for In
stance, should he attempt steak,
when they are equipped with bac-
terra able to work on such unprom-
iSing material as thistles and French
fried matchsticks, and turn them
into a nourishing meal?
Indeed. there is a chance that the
ng-suffering mess sergeant may
get real break at last. Who could
blame him If he announced to one
and all that the next time he received
any criticism, he would retaliate
with perfectly legal meal of saw
dust cereal, nutshell coffee. stewed
bark and toothpicks for desserts
Evening star., 1942-04-21
-NTNETEENTH STREET.

Dear Sir:
y am a stranger in Washington. and
would like to know II there are any
organized walks which 9 person inter-
ested In bird life could take.
Il have enjoyed reading your column
since have been here. It Is quite q
relief to find that the birds, at least, are
the same everywhere.
They do not operate on human sched-
ules. but have their own ways of doing
things. which seem the same today as
always. This is quite q contrast TO
human claims, one that the war will
last three years. the next that it will
last 10 years.
The birds last forever, am glad to
say.
Please let me know about any bird
walks that might take with congenial
people. Just because we have a war
we should 60 crazy.
Very truly yours.
&c. L. M"
The following schedule Of bird walks
has been arranged by the Audubon So
ciety Of the District of Columbia. and
Is undertaken with the cooperation Of
the National Capital Parks:
Sunday. April IS. 7 am. to IL m,
Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens. Meet at
Kenilworth avenue and Douglas street
NE.
Sunday, May 3, 8 am. to IL m, Chevy
Chase Lake, Md. Meet at end Of Chevy
Chase bus line.
Wednesday, May 6, 9 am to IL noon.
c. & o. Canal Parkway towpath near
Sycamore Island. Md.
Sunday. May 10, 7:f5 am. to IL m.
Rock Creek Park picnic area. No. II.
Meet at Sixteenth street and Sheriff.
drive NV.
Wednesday, May 13. 9 am. TO IL m,
Chevy Chase Circle. Md.
Sunday, May IT. am. to IL M.
c. & O. Canal Parkway towpath near
Sycamore Island. Nd
Sunday, May "a, 7:30 am. to IL m,
Letter Estate, Va. Meet at$p. c. end
OF Chain Bridge.
Detailed information on these walks
may be secured by calling Donald Ed
ward McHenry, park naturalist, at Re
public 1920 extension 2555 or 2557.
In addition to bird walks, there are
flower walks and hikes in Rock Creek
Park.
The summer schedule of National
Capital Parks outdoor activities will be
ready about May /, Mr.. McHenry an
nounces. and copy may be secured by
phoning him as above.
These are but some Of the many
activities which abound In the National
Capital. both in peacetime and wartime
Such activities not only add to the Joy
Of life, but they keep up morale, espe-
cially for war workers.
When you have been confined to
desk or bench all day, there is nothing
Evening star., 1942-04-21

meeting an enemy -. Just as the
vessels Of the squadron came 70
anchor. at ocock in the evening,
two signal guns were fred and q
rocket shot up high in air from a
neighboring fort Il was the signal
to the inhabitants Of the capital that
the expected and feared strangers
had arrived, OF whose coming they
had received an intimation through
the Dutch at Deshima .. The
popular commotion in Yeddo at the
news of foreign invasion" was be-
yond description. The whole city
was in an uproar .. Rumors of
an immediate action. exaggerated
each time they were communicated
from mouth TO mouth, added horror
TO the horror stricken. The tramp
OF war horses, the clatter Of armed
warriors. the noise OF carts, the
parade OF fremen. incessant tolling
Of bells. the shrieks Of women, the
cries Of children. dinning all the
streets OF city OF more than a
million souls, made confusion worse
confounded'
Something OF the same terror must
prevail In the cities Of Japan today
with infinitely greater excuse. con-
sidering the causes of the current
American visitations.
Evening star., 1942-04-21
Asks Questions for Patriots
To Answer-If They VIII.

To the Editor Of The Star:
went TO the ball game opening day
for the first time in a number of years
1t was beautiful day, with the stands
full of real Americans.
Two incidents impressed me very much.
First, the Army Band marched on
the field and played several martial airs
superbly. 1t may have been only my
Imagination, but 1t seemed the crowd
was unusually thrilled know I was.
Hence a humble query: Why do we
hear so few bands and see no parades?
Second, we watched Old Glory slowly
rising 10 the top Of the fagpole and
1t seemed to snap with unusual smart
ness. Again I felt q thrill Of pride
The crowd by its applause seemed TO
be similarly affected. Another question:
Why so few flags flying from private
homes and apartment house windows?
SIDNEY E KENT.
Evening star., 1942-04-21

determined action ts taken TO drain
away this surplus money.
Mr.. Morgenthau believes that this
can be done through the voluntary
purchase OF bonds, despite the fact
that the rate Of bond sales has
dropped from 81 .00o. 900 900 a month
in January 10 about $500 900 900. It
goes without saying that 1t will not
be possible to get back to the January
rate without the fullest public CO.
operation. IN this connection, how
ever, it may be pertinent to suggest
that II the voluntary cooperation Is
not forthcoming. some compulsory
method of absorbing the excess of
purchasing power almost certainly
will be instituted.
Evening star., 1942-04-21
Australia Drofts Lobor

In these hectic days when America
debates wage and price controls, and
when our man power up TO and In
Guiding the sixty-four-year -old group
will be fully registered a week
hence. 1t is both interesting and in
structive to see what our ally Down
Under" has been doing along the
same lines. Australia is a democracy
with labor government; so no
charges Of reaction" or Fascism can
be brought against It's present poll
cies. Indeed, nothing is more heart
ening than to observe the Spartan
discipline and wholehearted unity
which Australia has attained by the
voluntary decision Of a people con-
fronted with dire and imminent peril
to its national life.
Work, Fight, or Perish!" That is
the grim warning displayed on every
hand throughout the commonwealth.
Within a month after Pearl Harbor
the Australian government began
enacting a series Of war measures
which gave it the power to draft the
country's entire resources, human
and industrial alike AS Prime Min
lister John Curtin characterized this
national mobilization: 'It means that
every human being in Australia,
whether he or she likes it or not, is
at the service of the government for
the defense of Australia. It also
means that all machinery, money,
buildings and plants, when required,
may be diverted to war purposes" A
national registry of man power of all
age groups between sixteen and sixty
was swiftly organized, and it Is on the
basis of this registration and CLASH
fication that the Government has
begun the formation of labor bat
talions for compulsory service.
The powerful trade unions have
made no opposition to this and other
measures such as the freezing Of
wages and of jobs which cut across
treasured rights and privileges. On
the contrary, even the most radically
minded unions, such as the Miners
Federation, discipline their members
for conduct tending to reduce eff1-
cheney and production. The chief
amelioration of the governments
original program is that drafted
workers are to be paid approximate
peacetime wage scales, instead Of
soldiers pay, plus allowances, as was
first proposed. For the present, these
labor conScripts will have civilian
status, though they will be subject to
military law if this should prove
necessary.
Thus does Australia strip for all
out action in fight which every citi-
zen of the commonwealth realizes Is
literally one of life or death.
Evening star., 1942-04-21
After the War

The decision of the Republican Ma
tional Committee to recommend that
the United States should assist in
bringing about cooperation among
the countries of the world after the
war marks the end of the traditional
tsolationism Of the G. o. P, as well
as victory for Wendell Willkie, the
party's 1910 standard bearer.
The committees action, consider
ing the strength Of those who OPP
posed such a commitment, indicates
that significant lesson Is being
taken to heart by the American peo-
pie and by the rank and file of the
Republican party. That lesson, in
brief, Is that the future Of the United
States Is inextricably woven into the
future OF the rest of the world and
that-short of inviting ruin-we cam
not hope to escape the responsible
ties which that fact implies.
At this time we are beginning to
realize what this war is going to mean
to the United States. We know that
1t Is going to take all OF our wealth,
now and for years to come. We know
that 1t is going to bring internal dis
locations of which Americans have
hardly dreamed before. We know
that victory is going to cost an ap-
palling price in human life. And by
the time victory Is won we will know
that the United States can hardly
hope to survive another such ordeal.
As they begin to understand these
things, the people also sense that
the catastrophe. given proper inter-
national cooperation In years past,
could have been avoided. without
attempting to heap recriminations on
any one, for we are all more or less
guilty, the fact Is that the peoples
who should have stood together have
brought this disaster upon them
selves by their refusal to make COM
mon cause against the rising threat
to their security. Ten years ago this
most devastating of all wars might
have been prevented with relative
ease. But that opportunity was
missed, and now the war must be
fought to finish.
After the fighting is over the world,
or what is left of 1t, will be given
another chance. And If that chance
Is missed the great sacrifices of today
and tomorrow will indeed be in vain.
1t Is impossible, Of course, to fore
see precisely what our course should
be after the war, and the Republican
Committee has not attempted to for
mulate specific program. But
whatever is done must be based
souarely on the principle Of inter-
national cooperation. with the
United States shouldering its full
share OF whatever responsibilities
that may entail. 1t Is to this course
that the Republicans have committed
themselves after the war, and 1t Is
dificult TO see how they could have
done otherwise. Had they pledged
themselves to any other course they
certainly would have had nothing 10
offer the voters of the United States.
Evening star., 1942-04-21
The Lesson of Norwuy

Wnen Jne nnaI Verdlct OF history
Is passed upon Adolf Hitler, 1t almost
certainly will be for the crimes he
has committed against small, weak
and innocent countries that he most
drastically will be condemned. The
injury which he has inflicted upon
the first Of his conquests-the Ger
man Reich itself-represents one va
riety Of mischief, and his campaigns
Of destruction against relatively
strong nations-such as Great Britain
and Russia-another. But it is par
ticularly for the vicious cruelty of his
oppression Of the civilian communi-
ties Of little independent states that
he will be remembered with loathing.
Consider Norway. for example:
BY no conceivable stretch of the
imagination can the present Nazi
persecution of her people be justified.
Not even the excuse Of military ne
ceSSity can be offered In extenuation
of the behavior Of Major vidkun
less crusade against organized re-
ligion actually has resulted in a re-
vival OF faith among all classes of
the population. So, too, extreme
measures intended to force school
teachers into conformity will have
no effect except to strengthen the
srafriti1oI raSiS+oroa ~ 4be a-+;~~ 49,,
dent body as well as the whole COM
pany Of educators.
Religion and cultural integrity, as
it happens. are closely affiliated in
Norway. The average citizen Is an
earnest Lutheran who knows and
esteems the traditions Of his Viking
forebears. He generally Is well-read
and possesses a keen practical ca
pacity' for discrimination between
theoretical values. Like most other
mountain forest dwellers, he Is
strongly individualistic and self-re-
liant in the pattern of his thought.
To convince him that he must yield
himself to an alien paternalism would
be so nearly infeasible as to seem
useless to attempt.
Yet 1t Is to that prodigious task
that the Norwegian Benedict Arnold
applies himself at Der Fuehrer's
command. The response of cleri-
cal and lay instructors alike has
been a solemn defiance. 1t is re-
ported that 1000 persons have sub
mitted to Imprisonment rather than
consent to collaboration. Were the
number Of arrests multiplied ten or
hundred times, the futility of Nazi
coercion would be only the more
conspicuously demonstrated. A basic
principle Of human psychology is
involved In the contest. Men, women
and children who previously never
had paused to think of the meaning
OF freedom. now, in reaction to Hit
ler's provocative intolerance, prize 1t
above the privilege of living. Their
suffering may increase, many Of them
may perish before relief comes, but
the conscience of Norway will not
be enslaved. The lesson of the sane
tity and the preciousness of liberty
has been learned by the Norwegian
people, and 1t never will be forgotten
so long as blue waters run and pine
trees grow and the brave sun shines.