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Evening star., 1946-04-14
The City Carries On

LONDON tP-The London Stock Ex-
change, surrounded as are others by
seas of man made confusion and high
tide of idle money, is picking up mo-
mentum in its second run in genera
ton toward peacetime operation.
Volume of trading on the exchange is
up from last year. but is still far short
of prewar levels
Still doing business in the same build
ing it has occupied for the past IA
years, its transactions go on with rela-
tive calm through periods of buzz bombs
or naturalization of industry.
Members had to duck as many as 10
times a day, interrupting trading, during
the flying bomb days. But even this
was done without fuss, and the exchange
itself escaped damage.
Likewise, opinion in the "City"-as
London's Wall Street is called-seems
pretty tepid in matters concerning the
Labor government Calmly, the experts
will tell you that the government is
copying" the New Deal" With equal
calm they explain that requirement
that all dealings be made in cash
eliminating the old 'fortnightly settle
ment"-merely has reduced trading.
Evening star., 1946-04-14
By William G.. Barnard

SAN ANTONIO, Tex.-Brooke Army
Medical Center has so many hundreds
of buildings that engineers have lost
count; it represents so much money
that no one will estimate the investment.
1t is, perhaps, the greatest center Of
its kind in the world and when it gets
into full swing month or so hence
it will utilize major portion of historic
Fort Sam Houston.
Never before has the Army brought
all manner of its medical training into
one area. Men who enter as raw re-
cruits will emerge as fully trained medi-
cal soldiers. Dentists, physicians and
veterinarians will get their complete
Army training here.
And Brooke General Hospital, which
had a more than 5,000-bed capacity
during the war, will continue its elab-
crate operations that provide free medi-
cal treatment and disqualification for
officers, enlisted men and their depend
ents.
Aside from operating personnel and
cal Corps members are being brought
to the center. Six thousand students,
transferred from Fort Lewis, Washing
ton and Camp Crowder, Mo-, will COM
plete their basic training courses here.
One thousand officer students are COM
ing from Carlisle Barracks, Pa. Car
Isle also is sending its 32d Medical
Battalion, crack demonstration unit.
San Antonio was chosen as the site
Evening star., 1946-04-14

the Greek left may have committed,
handed it over to its enemies and offered
it no future but that of civil war.
Fears New Spain"
If Bevin cannot get solid guarantees
of public character against the obvi-
Gus intentions of the new Greek gov
ernment, it looks as though Greece may
develop into new Spain. I am conf
dent that no member of the Labor gov
ernment desires this. I am confident
also that every member of Prime Min
lister Attlee's cabinet. and Mr.. Bevin
among the first, would do all in his
power to prevent it from happening.
Yet this danger is gravely there. For
myself, I would rather have weighted
the United Nations with the issue and
gotten the full backing of the Security
Council for the necessary guarantees of
decent government OF course, before
the report of the Foreign Observers
Commission on the election itself is
published, it may well be that they will
say it was more orderly and more fair
election than the Greeks have known
for many years.
(Copyrisht I946, Overseas News Agency. Inc)
Evening star., 1946-04-14
By Harold J. Laski,
Chairman of the British Labor Party

Chairman OF the British LABOR Party.
LONDON.-No one, think, can be
very happy about the outcome of the
election in Greece It's result is to es-
tabfsh what is effectively a Royalst
government in power. The resignation
of the regent, rendered at once to the
exiled King, is the sign of the anxiety
of the new government to revive the
monarchy.
The self-styled Popular" party did not
accept Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin's
view that the plebiscite on the mon
archy should be postponed until 194S
and he will, obviously, have no small
difficulties in persuading it not to hold
it as soon as it conveniently can.
If the plebiscite is held before British
troops withdraw from Greece, Mr..
Bevin and his colleagues will have diff
cult problems to solve. For If it an
swers in the affirmative, there will be
suspicious everywhere that the restora-
ton of King George was Bevin's object
as it was pretty clearly Winston Church.
Ills object. If the answer is negative,
any moral authority of the present
Greek government is shattered and
new election is called for.
Election Validity Denied.
If the same precautions are not taken
then as have been taken in the recent
election, there Is the gravest danger that
it will be the signal for civil war in
Greece. 1t is inevitable that the EAM
(National Liberation 'FRONT.' should deny
the validity of the present elections even
though the abstentions were on
smaller scale than they anticipated. But
do not see how Bevin could have post
poned them.
He had no sort of assurance that the
situation two months from now would
be any better than on the day of the
polling. He had to meet the Russian
charge that the presence of British
troops was a threat to peace and any
steps taken by him to prolong their stay
there would clearly have been strongly
criticized on that ground. He had also
to remember that the cost of British
troops there was q heavy charge on the
exchequer.
He was dealing with situation in
which almost any choice was bad
choice. I believe that he did sincerely
try to make the best of an impossible
job. But frankly think that the best
is not going to be good enough and I do
not think it is possible to put the major
responsibility on the EAM.
On the contrary, think the evidence
available makes it clear that from the
moment of the British landing, the
right-wing parties were under the pa
tronage of Prime Minister Churchill,
that they knew this was the case and
that these facts are mainly responsible
for the indignation and excesses Of the
Evening star., 1946-04-14
Beetle Smith Expert at Tough Jobs
New Called General
Ever Possessed Assumes Task With No Record of
BY md PBanh

Early in the war, Fleet Admiral Ernest
j. King, who weighs every word he
utters, advised a small group of Wash
ington correspondents, watch Beetle
Smith, he is the coming man of this
war"
1t. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, now
so years old, is our new Ambassador to
Soviet Russia. AS chief of staff to Gen.
Eisenhower for the African and Euro
pean campaigns, he justified Admiral
Kings forecast. Gen. Eisenhoster has
described him as "the best chief of staff
any general ever possessed"
= The assignment of top military Ran
to the Moscow Embassy does not set a
precedent. Admiral William Standley
was our Ambassador there in 1923.
Our four other Ambassadors since
recognition in 1888 were rich men:
William C. Bullitt, Joseph E. Davies,
Laurence A. Steinhardt and w. Averell
Hartman.
Why was a soldier of Smiths caliber
selected to represent this country at the
Kremlin in these troubled times, when
our relations with the Soviet govern
ment are almost as taut as during the
Soviet-German agreement period in
1899 -1941?
Can Handle Tough Jobs.
There are several logical answers.
The first is Smiths demonstrated ability
to handle tough jobs under tense cir
cumstances. AS the top chief of staff
in North Africa, England and Europe,
he proved himself military diplomat
in his dealings with the American,
British, French, Dutch. Belgium and
finally Russian generals. He belonged
to that small group of planners who had
clear picture of the broad strategies
His was the responsibility to see that
highest orders were fitted together and
carried out as planned.
1t is not surprising that Smith is an
excellent chess and bridge player. His
fypaper memory enabled him to handle
the myriad details of a campaign.
1t is surprising that he is neither
West Point nor college graduate. Born
in Indianapolis, on October S, 1895, he
went to work for the National Motor Car
Co. after his graduation from high
school. He joined the Indiana National
Guard at Is and had risen to first
sergeant when this country entered
World War I. Sent to an officers train
ing school in 1917, he was commissioned
a second lieutenant He went overseas
with the 4th Infantry, was wounded by
shrapnel, fought in the third Battle of
the Marne and at Chateau Thierry
His Ivy Division was cited en- masse for
gallantry.
Liked Army Life.
Finding Army life to his liking, he
remained in the service after World
War I. He was graduated from the
Infantry School in 1880 and attended
the Command and General STAFF School
in 1885 and the War College in 1887.
BY 1889 his permanent rank was that
of major and he was the assistant
secretary of the general staff, selec-
ton of Gen. George C. Marshall, an
other non-West Pointer. When the
Joint and Combined Chiefs of Stats
organizations were created he was
named American secretary of both
groups.
Before he left for Moscow. Congress
enacted a special law permitting him to
retain his military rank while serving
as an Ambassador. He is a permanent
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actly suspect" for failure to carry out
administration policies at least have
records that would handicap them in
dealing with the Kremlin. Smith will
be above the State Department cliques.
Other reasons advanced here for
Smiths appointment are that the pres
ent kremlin government is showing
notable preference for military men In
its own organization, that many of
these Russians are personally known
To Smith. and that many, perhaps most,
of our diplomatic problems with Russia
in Europe, the Middle East and the
Far East, are and will be for some time
predominantly military. An American
military man will be able to speak mill
tary language to the Russian officials.
II necessary Smith can be as blunt
as Admiral Standley, who announced
to the world in 1943 that the Russians
were not giving us public credit for
the supplies we were sending to that
country for the prosecution of the war
and the feeding of the Russian people.
In the Army he had the reputation for
speaking in no uncertain terms when
occasion demanded, and, according to
one war correspondent, he gave the i'm
preston of caring less for people than
for IDEAS
In addition to his ability to speak on
international military affairs Smith. a
Roman Catholic, will be in a position to
bring about better understanding be-
tween the Kremlin and the Vatican.
This is delicate subject, not usually
mentioned in public diplomatic state-
ments, but the Soviet and Marxist atti-
tude toward religion, particularly the
Catholic church, has been the cause of
some unfriendliness of many Americans
toward Russia.
Too Busy to Be Funny.
Anecdotes about "the Beetle" are few,
due perhaps to his busy life. His WAC
aide and secretary, Maj. Ruth Briggs,
says that he is so intent on his work that
nothing funny seems to happen to him.
Miss Briggs, now out of the Army, will
be on Smiths staff in Moscow.
While in the Army, he displayed only
one picture in his Office, that of Gen.
Marshall, which is inscribed: ITO BedelI
Smith, with af1ectionate regards and my
complete confidence" An inscription
like that means lot to an Army officer.
Smith married Miss Mary Eleanor
Cline in July, 1917, just before he started
for the officers training camp. A tall,
charming woman, she became an Army
wife" with a fondness for dogs and
horses. She lived in a modest but color
full home just inside the District of
Columbia line while her husband was of
to the wars. The home is furnished
with souvenirs of Smiths service in the
Philippines, North Africa and Europe
A prize possession is a branch of the
olive tree under which Smith signed the
Italian armistice in September, 1943.
Mrs. Smith accompanied her husband
to Moscow, where they probably will live
in the 18-room pre-Revolution Spasso
House, originally built by a sugar mer-
chant. The Russians assign two militia
men to guard this residence when it is
occupied by an American Ambassador.
This military touch will be a reminder,
If one is needed, that the American
Ambassador is in a country where war Is
on every ones mind.
printed by Special Advancement With the
Ct Louis Post -Dispatch)
Evening star., 1946-04-14

major general. He is one of the most
decorated men in our Army-he has
four American Distinguished Service
Medals. He was decorated in Berlin
by Marshal Zhukov with the Order of
Kutusov, one of the highest Russian
military honors. Great Britain made
him an honorary Knight Commander
of Bath.
Although essentially staff man, he
has the looks and manners of field
officer. Stockily built, of medium
height, with graying brown hair and
brown eyes, his sturdy physique en-
ables him to work long hours on COM
plicated problems. His speech is clip
ped and precise. He has the reputa-
ton for being a perfectionist and oc-
casionally flares up in a restrained way
The fareups are blamed on stomach
ulcers, an occupational disease of in
tellectuals.
No Record of Bias.
A second reason for his appointment
is that he is an assignment man" and
as such will carry out the policies of
President Truman and Secretary of
State Byrnes. He has no record of
being "pro" or anti" Soviet. 1t will
be recalled that Ambassador Bullitt
went to Moscow as an avowed 'lib-
eral" and that Ambassador Davies
prided himself on being capitalist" :"
The capitalist" made the better record
The liberal was disillusioned by his
experience.
Before taking off for Moscow, Smith
said:
II think the principal job of any
one who has official relations with Rus
sia is to make every possible effort to
arrive at basis of honest understand
ing and cooperation. The same should
be true of any Russian having rela-
tions with us in this country.
I'VE should make sure that the Rus
slams understand that we are doing
everything we can to make certain that
the United Nations organization will
be success-as they have pledged
themselves to do"
Ambassadors Hard to Get.
Truman has had difficulty in finding
competent Ambassadors. Rich men no
longer banker for these honors or care
for the hard work the job entails today.
The career" diplomats of the State
Department. while perhapS not ex-
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Ambassadors Hard to Get.

Truman has had difficulty in finding
competent Ambassadors. Rich men no
longer banker for these honors or care
for the hard work the job entails today.
The career" diplomats of the State
Department, while perhaps not eX-
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-10-24
AUTO RACES BOOKED
AT FAIR GROUNDS SUNDAY

Headlined by such stellar aces
as frankie Luptow of Detroit,
Mike Salay of South Bend, Ind.
Bob Simpson of Marion,O., and
Harry RObtoy of Detroit and a
score more stars, the seasons
grand final program of profession
al big car races at the Marysville
Playground raceway, will get under
way this Sunday afternoon, Oct
ober II.
With so many big name speed
stars already signed, the affair
should be battle of blistering
speed from start to finish. The
track is being groomed ito per-
feet condition, so the drivers may
let their cars out with full power,
on both turns and straightaWays,
Many of well known drivers,
who formerly operated exclusive
" III the East, are now in the mid
West, and will definitely be on
hand for the Marysville skirnlish.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-10-24
COUNTY SWINE SALE TUESDAY
AVERAGES $72.67 FOR SO HEAD

The Union county Swine I'M
provement committee sold 50 head
of registered boars and gifts at
the Union county Fairgrounds in
Marysville, on Tuesday The sale
average for the entire offering was
S72.67 per head with the u gifts
averaging $72.22 and the boars,
S73.15. Fifteen Union county breed
ers consigned the animals to this
sale and six breeds were repre-
scented, including Berkshires,
Durocs, Chester Whites, Hamp-
shires, Poland Chinas, and Spot
ted Polands.
The top gilt in the sale was a
Duroc consigned by d. K. Davis
and Sons, of Redwood, and was
sold to Broadway Farms, of Gala
way for $122.50. Mr.. Davis also
had the top boar, this animal go
ing to Glenn II. Blue, of Redwood,
tor S1S2.50 The top Berkshire
gilt, consigned by Richard Streng
of Marysville, was sold to James
B. Ryan, of Milford Center, for
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-10-24
ANNUAL FARM BUREAU MEET
TO BE HELD HERE NEXT TUES.

Bureau Board The retiring memb-
ers are Mrs. Chas. y. Green, in
District L.; Mr.. Elmer Rousch, in
District g.; Mr.. Jay N. Greer, in
District 3; and Mrs. Shade Wat
kins, in District 4. Mr.. Greer was
appointed to fill out an expired
term and is eligible to be reflect
ed The others have served for
three years and are not eligible 10
succeed themselves.
The resolutions committee will
report on a number of resolutions
for adoption which have to do with
improved conditions for rural life
and living. Ray Brake is chairman
of the legislative committee which
also acted as the resolutions
committee
Advisory Concil number Is, of
which Ira Kramer is president,
will serve the refreshments at the
close of the meeting, All Farm
Bureau members with voting
rights are entitled to two votes
per family, and are urged to attend
this annual meeting.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-10-24
JUNIOR HIGH
HONOR ROLL

Junior high school honor roll
for the first six weeks period was
announced today by G. l.. Kings
more, principal. Pupils who's G
names are followed by figures had
the highest grades in each home
room, and the figures represent
the point averages maintained by
those pupils. The honor roll follows: !:
Ninth girlS-Wilma Jewell, SIS,
Imogene Morey, SIS, Elizabeth
Weidman, SIS, Jean Conrad, Mary
+. Haggard, Janet Hardman, Nan
cy Hudson, Constance Wall, Mary
B. Hamilton, Joan Woerlein, Nan
cy Warrington, Harriet Kitchen,
Susan Scheiderer, Peggy Dow,
Betty Graves, Betty Lowder, Mary
Sawyer.
Ninth boys-William Boyd, ATS,
John Fox, ATS, Eugene Cook, Phil
ip Erich, Ned Rausch, Harold Hill,
William Worthington, Fred Arm
strong, Michael Fox.
Eighth girls-Laura Kimmins,
6, Nancy Kirby ,Joann Mccartney,
Mary B. Turner, Janice Emmert,
Shirley Sewell, Marilyn Thompson,
Nancy Mclaughlin.
Eighth boyS-Robert Marten, 5.5,
Edward Low, William Porter, Rob-
ert Carson, Ronald Goedeking.
Seventh girls-Betty 10 Crist,
5.5, N dia Shuran, Rebecca
Reams, Joyce Burson, Marilyn
Geer, Mary Printz, Margaret
Sharf, Joan Stricken, Gloria Burn
side, Ruth VanMeter, Phyllis l..
Cole, Mary f. Cotton, Jean Dutro,
Harriet Edwards.
Seventh boys-Don Carr, SIS,
James Dayton, SIS, Homer Jr.
GrubbS, Carl Handel, Richard Nc
Carly, Kenneth Rausch, Freder-
ick Dasher, Don Maxwell, David
Smith, Gary Blue, Hans Gebhardt,
John Linzenmeir.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-10-24

Plans for the new Union county
Memorial hospital, for which a
campaign is to be launched next
month have been announced by
! the hospital board. The building is
to have a capacity of 50 adult beds
and 10 infant basSinetS, it was an
nounced by Horace P. Martin, vice
chairman of the campaign.
"The Hospital is unquestionably
the greatest need of the county,"
Mr.. Martin declared Our cam
paign slogan is Help Build Our
Greatest Need
The objective of the campaign
is $4,000, and it will be con-
Quoted by around 400 volunteer
solicitors, both men and women, all
over Union county. Money raised
in the campaign, plus about $40,
900 raised last year by the Hospi-
tai association will be combined
with the money voted in a county
levy in November, 1914, about
$4,000. The combined total OF
| S300.000 will be augmented. 1t is
hoped with federal grant oi
$150,000, to complete the $450,00C
necessary to provide the building
complete with all necessary equip
ment.
! Site Already Acquired
The new hospital is to be located
on the 12-acre Charlotte Hender-
son property on the London road
which has been acquired for that
purpose by the Hospital 'aSsocia-
! ton. Very careful consideration
was given to the site, the services
of an impartial authority being Sc
cured for that purpose.
The three factors considered in
the survey were Q) distribution
of population; (2) east of access
from all parts of the county by the
state and county highways and
| NOJ DlCSCllIC VI SuSIl iiSNIoSclL y
public utilities as gas, water, sew
erS and telephone facilities.
Regarding population, the sur
vey showed that townships in the
south end of the county are little
more densely populated than those
in the north, and those in the east
than those in the west. The cen,
ter of population was found to be
just a little north and east of Mar.
ysville, very near the location Sc
lected.
In making plans for the hospi
tai, the board visited many hoSpi
tails in Ohio and other states. anc
received many valuable suggest
ions on what hospital of the size
considered should contain. Among
many other things, it was founc
that locating a hospital "out in the
lcountry" is not economical and is
costly in operation.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-10-24
"HOMEMAKERS DAY"
PLANNED HERE NOV. 1

An item of particular interest TO
Union county homemakers is the
announcement of a Union county
HomemakerS' day" to be held in
the MarysVille high school auditor
ium, beginning at 1870 a. m. This
meeting will be held under the
direction of Mary Alice Diehl,
home demonstration agent in I'M
ion county.
The morning session will be de-
voted to discussions on nutrition,
clothing, and child care, each dis
cuSSion group to be headed by a
specialist from the Ohio State un-
iverSity. AT the noon hour, there
will be two hours allowed for
lunch and those who care to bring
a box lunch will be provided tables
and chairs in the high school rec
reation room.
In the afternoon beginning at Z
p. m. there will be d cooking school
and the food which is prepared will
be given away. This meeting is the
opening of the women's home dem
onstration program in Union coun-
ty and during the winter, other
meetings will be held in the coun'
ty dealing with subject matter Oh
interest TO all homemakers.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-10-24
KIWANIS HEAR
STORY OF 'A.A.'
Alcoholics Anonymous
Member Speaks Monday

The story of Alcoholics Anony-
nous, nationwide organization
which helps victims of alcoholism
conquer their craving for the liq-
uor was related at the regular
meeting of the Marysville Kiwan-
is club, Monday evening, by Col
umbus member of the "A. A"
The meeting was pronounced by
KiWanianS to be one of the most
interesting ever held, and the
speaker, one of the finest ever tC
appear before the club here.
Started in New York city less than
10 years ago, the Alcoholics An
onymouS organization has spread
like wild-fire until it has chapters
in practically every town of any
size from coast to coast.
Its work starts on the aSSump-
ton that alcoholism is an allergy
and that most alcoholics cannot, by
themselves, overcome it. The al
coholic must, however, admit tC
himself that he is powerleSs tC
battle the disease alone, and must
voluntarily seek assistance from
the group
The alcohalic must also believe in
"a Supreme Being who will also
give him help. and Who guides his
destiny. Without this belief, Alco-
holics Anonymous can do nothing
for the drinker.
All members of the organization
are, as the name implies, anony-
nous to outsiders. The member
ship, however, includes business
and professional leaders in every
community-men who have beer
victims of alcoholism and have con-
quered it through and of the or
ganization.
During the business meeting, Joe
Myers was appointed a director tc
to fill out the uneXpired term ol
Joe Maxwell. The latter was re.
Gently elected vice president fol
tn coming year.