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The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-07-01
CHARGE TWO men
WITH ATTEMPTING
TO KILL WIVES
Bert Paver, Matthew Lyons
Both In Jail Under Bond
After Pleading Not Guilty

Two Allen township men were
being held under bond in Union
county Jail today after having al
legedly tried to kill their wives
within the past few days. They
are:
Bert Paver, about Is, held under
bond of $1,000 for shooting with in
tent to kill his wife and three small
children, Saturday evening.
Mathew Lyons, about 40, held
under bond Of $500 for assault with
threat to kill his wife, last We'd
Nnesday.
Both men pleaded not guilty
Rhen arraigned before Justice Will
! lam H. Snodgrass, Paver this
} llnorning and Lyons, last Saturday.
7 In addition to the assault charge,
Lyons also appeared before Judge
IR. L. Cameron on a charge of driv-
ing a motor vehicle while his driv-
Iing privileges were under suspen-
sion. He also pleaded not guilty
to this charge and was placed und-
er bond of $100 for trial July Is
before Judge Cameron.
Lyons driving rights were suS-
pended by Judge Cameron on May
%, when he was arraigned on a
charge of driving while intoxicated.
Shot at Wife, Children
PaVer is charged by his wife, ac-
cording to Prosecutor William L.
Coleman, with having come home
about 8 pm. Saturday, and, while
intoxicated, shot at them with a
% calibre rifle as she and the
children were hiding in a patch of
weeds.
Finally, Mrs. Paver said, her hus-
band finally ran out of ammuni-
ton. When he went to the house,
she and the children sneaked out
OF the weed patch to the highway,
where they tagged down a car
and came to Marysville. She i'm
mediately notified Sheriff H. S.
RooSa, who took Paver into GUS
tody.
PAYERS only comment was, "a
pan has a right to shoot black
birds, hasn't he?"
Tried To Run Wife Down
Lyons became angry at his wife
last Wednesday, she told the Pros
ecutor, and threatened to kill her
She managed to escape him, she
said, and ran out side door onto
the highway, headed for a neigh.
bor'S home.
Declaring, 'I'll run over you il
l can't get you any other way" Ly.
ons got into his truck and attempt.
ed to run over his wife as she was
fleeing along the road, Mrs. Ly,
ons said. She was able to get into
the neighbor'S yard before her hus,
band could hit her with the vehicle
she added, and called the Sheriff
from the neighbor's home.
Both Lyons and Paver are or
offenders, having been in Jail OF
numerous previous occasions or
petty charges, mostly arising out
of intoxication
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-07-01
PRESBYTERIANS GUESTS
OF CONGREGATIONALISTS

With the Rev. Rodger B. Sillars
in Wooster as a teacher at the an
nual Ohio Presbyterian Young
Peoples conference, members of
the First Presbyterian church will
be guests of the First Congrega-
tional church at the morning SER
vices this Sunday.
The Rev. Mr.. SillarS left for
Wooster Sunday afternoon, and
will be there all week. Supply pas
tor for the Congregational church
is Dr. Hasting Eells, of Ohio Wes-
leyan university, who was also
supply pastor for the local Presby-
terian church until the Rev. Mr..
SillarS came here.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-07-01
fOUTCASTS', VETERANS
TIED IN GOLF LEAGUE

The "OutcaStS" golf team turn
ed in a humping 6 to 2 win over
the Veterans in Friday evenings
League play at Marysville Country
Club and moved into a tie with the
Vets for the League. Other match
es Friday resulted as follows:
KiwaniS, AZ, M. & NJ, 31a; Plain
City, Az, SCOTS 312; and Carneys
=, Lions l.
Best round Of the evening was
turned in by Eugene Laird of the
Veterans team, who carded a Sc
and a net low of 3212.
Standings in the League, after
last weeks third round of play
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-07-01

The annual Ohio Shropshire
show and sale will be held at the
Sheep barn of the Union county
Fair grounds on Aug. 10. The spon-
sors, the Ohio Shropshire Breed
ers' association, have continued
their policy of using the same date
and same place, which are the sec
ond Saturday in the month of Aug
ust and Marysville.
There are few traditions that
have developed here as this event
has been repeatd during tn last
decade, according to L. K. Bear,
extension animal husbandman, Ohio
State university, who is secretary
and sale manager for the Associ-
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-07-01
ADVERTISERS TO-DAY HELP
BOOST CELEBRATION

B. B. Gaumer, publisher of The
Journal, wishes to thank the bus
mess men of Plain City and any
others whose cooperation made
possible the printing of the Plain
City Fourth of July edition to-
day. The advertisement in this
paper will result in carrying the
Plain City Fourth of July mes
sage to thousands of persons in
Union and adjoining counties
who otherwise might not have
realized the completeness and
magnitude which Plain City bus
ineSS and civic leaders have plan
ned.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-07-01

America June 7, arriving in New
er Cola Mink. They sailed for
ark last Friday night.
So far as DR.. George was able
to ascertain, food is badly needed
in Poland Women and children
fare worse, he said, while houses
in Danzig and other shelled cities
are one-room remnants into which
ten to a dozen persons are herded
as living quarters. Children beg
for candy. Cigarettes are the
equivalent to gold.
Russians Are Distributors
Based on his knowledge of the
5000 tons of food carried on his
ship, DR.. George states that otter
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-07-01
HERE'S ONE WAY TO
HELP PAY EXPENSES

Jack Lombard, Darby town
ship youth, reports a new way to
help defray travelling expenses.
While on his way home in his
automobile, Sunday evening, he
ran over and killed a large fox.
Eglis morning, he cut the paws
off, brought them to the office
of III. S. ROOsa, and collected the
So bounty.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-07-01

(The following article con-
corning the experiences of DIR.
f. III. George, Plain City veter-
marian, on a recent trip to Eur
ope for the UNRRA, is reprOduc-
ed from the London Madison
Press and DemOcrat.)
DR.. Frank H. George, of Plain
City, who has just returned from
trip to Poland on an United Ma
tions Relief and Rehabilitation Ad-
ministration ship carrying food
and horses is generous in his
praise of the principle of aiding
peoples of the war stricken coun-
tries of Europe. He was impress
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-07-01

ed by the efficiency of the UNRRA
organization in this country in Sc
curing the food and clothing and
materials but he is critical of the
fact that Americans have little or
no say in its distribution when it
reaches foreign shores.
DR.. George, well-known veterin-
arian, not only was urged by
UNRRA to go along with the ship
ment of horses but he was ap-
pointed an Employee Counsellor
which enabled him for 10 day while
in port to seem any things in Pol
and at first hand. He was accom-
panied on the trip by Wendell
Mink, son of County Commission
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-07-01
Plain City Veterinarian, Home From Europe,
Describes Black Market, Other Conditions There

it is unloaded, checked and care
lessly handled by native long
shoremen, many of them of Rus
sian Communistic leanings, it is
shipped to Warsaw or elsewhere,
where it usually, he was told, finds
its way into the hands of the Rus
slams for distribution. Much of it
he fears, goes into black market
channels. If it reaches the poorer
classes at all, they must pay heavy
prices.
II don't want to appear critical
of UNRRA", he said. I'm fact |
was given every freedom in max
CONTINUED on page 2. COZ 81
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-07-01
STORES TO BE OPEN
ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

Marysyille stores will be open
all day Wednesday, July 8, for
benefit of shoppers, william III.
SnOdgrass, secretary of the Bus
mess Mems association, remind
ed this morning.
This is in keeping with the
Associations policy of having all
stores remain open on the We'd
nesday afternoon of any week in
which there is a holiday. The
stores will be closed ali day
Thursday for the Fourth of July.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-07-01

Professor S. M. Salisbury, chair
man of the department of dairying,
Ohio State university, met with
the Board of Directors of the Un-
ion county Dairy Service unit in
the Agricultural Extension office,
Wednesday evening, explained the
rules and regulations governing the
official testing o fdairy cows. Dur
ing Mr.. Salisbury's remarks, he
kaid that Ohoi had 430 herds of
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-07-01
SOIOnS Discuss
improvements For
This Community
Traffic Control, Fire
Protection and Equipment,
Light, Water Rates Aired

Many important matters, the final solution of which would
be of much benefit the community discussed by Vii
age Council during regular meeting, Thursday night and
preliminary steps taken to bring about the
Up for discussion designation of certain stop streets
and other traffic problems fire protection for surrounding
townships and reciprocal fire protection agreements with
nehbong towns lights and water rates and abandonment
O an alleY.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-07-01

ances. Just recently Mr.. Norris
purchased a large neon sign for
the corner of his building, which
will be one of the. largest in Plain
City,
The Rowland co. store is shown
lin the above picture, with Mr.. Nor
ris and two of his employees, Ro-
man Miller and Esther Flower, in
front. In addition to these two, Mr..
Norris employees several other per-
sons.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-07-01
PLAIN CITY HOME SOLD

Mr.. and Mrs. V. Fisher of Col
umbus sold their home in Plain
City to Mr. and Mrs. Morgan who
recently returned fro moverseas.
Leroy E. Latham represented all
parties.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-07-01
FISHING WITHOUT LICENSE

Charles H. Evanshine, Columbus,
was fined SO and costs Sunday
when he pleaded guilty to a charge
of fishing without a license. He
was arrested by Conservation Of
ficer Eden Sturgeon. Mr.. Snod
grass suspended $5 of the fine, and
Evanshine paid the balance.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-07-01
ON FISHING TRIP

DR.. d. r. Griffith and son, Dick,
left Sunday morning on a fishing
trip to Ontario, Canada. They will
be gone two weeks.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-07-01

Sailors discharged at the Great
Lakes Naval Personnel Separation
center on June "a, included: Eldon
d. South, F 1/c, Marysville, r. 2.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-07-01

AS a complete store as one
could find in any community the
size Of Plain City is the Rowland
CO.. located on the southeast corn
er of the Public Square under the
clock.
Owned since November, 1914 by
M. D. Norris, the store carries a
complete line of farm and house.
hold hardware, and a very COM
plete line of furniture and appli-
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-07-01
. DEATHS
THOMAS r. ROBINSON

Funeral services were held at 2
pm. Saturday for Thomas R. Rob-
insOn, aged 80 lifelong resident of
Allen township, who died at 5:45
pm. Thursday in the Campbell
Rest home, near Peoria. He had
been there for about two weeks.
A native of Allen township, he
was born Nov. IS, 1853 and was a
son of William and Mary Ann Rob-
inson, He was married May 21,
1885 to Martha Cooksey, who died
July II, 1915.
He is survived by a foster
d aug h t e r, Mrs. Vera Cooksey
Kramer, and a brother, Samuel
Robinson, SO, both of Allen town.
ship. Three sisters and two broth
erS are deceased.
Services were held in the Darby
United Brethren church, conduct
ed by the Rev. Cloyce Copley, pas
tor of the Raymond Methodist
church. Interment was made in
East Liberty cemetery in charge
of Willard Winter funeral direct
or of Raymond.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-07-01
JOHN FREDERICK JOHNSON

JOHN FREDERICK JOHNSON
John Frederick Johnson, aged
81, well known farmer of near
Redwood, died suddenly from an
attack of heart disease, while on
a load of hay,Saturday at 5 p. m,
at his home.
He was born in Sweden May 18,
1865.
He was married Feb. &c, 1882 in
Marysville to Lydia J. Reid. She
died six years ago. A son and a
daughter survive, Francis C. John
son, who resided at the parental
home and Mrs. Fred S. Hill, of
Marysville. One daughter, Helen
Anna, and one son, Harry Reid ARE
deceased. There are three half
brothers and four haIf-SisterS.
Mr.. Johnson was a member of
the Pharisburg Methodist church.
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday at 2:30 p. m at the home
conducted by Rev. Hiram Hold
ridge. The interment will be in the
Claibourne cemetery. Funeral Di-
rector Marion G. Winter is in
charge of the arrangements.
Evening star., 1946-12-18
8-CIub New England
Pro Grid Loop SET Up
BY the Associated Press

BOSTON, Dec. Reformation of
an eight-club New England Pro-
fessional Football League, with plans
to extend the loop to 10 members,
was announced today.
Claude B. Davidson, elected pres
ident and secretary-treasurer for a
three-year term, was delegated to
confer with Commissioner Bert Bell
of the National Football League to
effect working agreement with
that organization.
Franchises are owned by the
Providence (R. - Steamrollers, Joe
MCGEE; Pawtucket R. - Warriors,
George Duffy; Quincy Manets, An
thony Casna; Hartford Conn.,
Blues, John Mahon; Portland (Me.)
Sagamores, Donald Vale; Holyoke
Golden Bears, Joseph Conway;
Fitchburg Pancos, Nelson Progin
and Bristol Comm Yankees, Frank
Longo.
A salary limit of $1,000 per game
was established, with player limit
of 80 men with the proviso that
each club must dress minimum OF
% men for each contest.
Guarantee for visiting club was
set at $1,000 and each club agreed
to post forfeit of $1,000 with the
league as assurance that it would
! live up to it's obligations.
Evening star., 1946-12-18
Rodenberg Expecting
To Seal Baltimore
Grid Deal Today

Washingtons Robert r. Roden-
berg has received the "go ahead"
signal from All-America Conference
Commissioner Jimmy Crowley and
fully expects to complete deal to
transfer the Miami professional
football franchise to Baltimore to-
day.
Crowley told Rodenberg to "go
ahead with the deal as If you owned
the team" as the Distric. sportsman
and his attorney. Joseph Finnerty,
former assistant States attorney,
prepared to meet with the Baltimore
Park Board regarding the use of
the stadium.
Rodenberg, former United States
Army captain who spent 81 months
with the OSS in India and China,
part of that time behind Jap lines,
was prepared to post any necessary
guarantee and said he expected ro
opposition from Baltimore interests.
c. Kirk Straub, president Of the
Park Board, said he could ''see
nothing In the way" of transferring
the franchise. Straub said I'VE can't
give things away, but I'm sure we
can arrive at a satisfactory figure"
Rodenberg is prepared to satisfy
Baltimore officials that his group
is financially sound and that there
will not be a repetition of the Miami
incident.
Evening star., 1946-12-18
ShipIey Bemouns Lack Of Height
As Terps Win Opener at Home
By MerrelI WhittIesey

Burt Shipley has been coaching
University of Maryland basket ball
teams for % years, which is plenty
long enough to learn you can't be a
great team without being big.
Ship was bemoaning a lack OF
height after the terpS trimmed
Western Maryland, 1899, in Ritchie
Coliseum last night in their open
ing home game.
WED be all right if we had. some
height" he said, but when We play
teams with more than one tall man
we're sunk. Well give Georgetown
a better game than we will some of
the big teams that are not as good
as Georgetown, because Ripley
Georgetown COACH has only one
big man"
Meet Hopkins Tonight.
The Maryland mentor will have
an opportunity to prove his case to-
night when Johns Hopkins invades
College Park for the Terps' second
straight against State opposition
Hopkins has a young team and the
boys had been practicing only IL
days when they played in Washing
ton last week, but they're big ball
club with a lot of potentialities.
A crowd of 5000, mostly students,
turned out last night, which should
relieve Maryland officials, whoNex-
pected a full house of $500 students
which would not leave any room for
the paying customers. Arrange
ments have been made to admit 500
outsiders for basket ball and 1000
for boxing.
Maryland will have to sharpen
Evening star., 1946-12-18
Kramer S Play Perks
u. 5. Davis Cuppers
By the Associated Press

MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 18.
Things perked up today for the
American Davis Cup Tennis team.
For the first time since he reached
Australia, Jack Kramer, U. S.
Champion, began to show flashes
of his great Forest Hills form as he
subdued Frankie Parker in two
quick sets during practice for the
Forthcoming cup matches with Aus
tralia.
The big fellow upon whom Ameri-
can hopes of lifting the Davis Cup
rest was grinning happily when he
finished and said: boy, it feels
good to start hitting them again"
| Meantime non-playing Captain
Walter Pate tried Kramer in a new
doubles combination, but with only
fair results
He paired Kramer with Garnar
Mulloy and although the two tall
sluggers beat Ted Schroeder and
Parker in two sets, GA, GA, they
were not too happy together. Both
customarily play the left court and
Mulloy, shifted to the right, ap-
peared uncertain of himself.
Evening star., 1946-12-18

Attorney General Tom Clark's
campaign to get children of street
corners and trouble spots
into wholesome sports and recrea-
tional atmospheres today had the
enthusiastic Endorsement Of Clark
Griffith and District playground
officials.
Griffith, in fact, made the first
concrete move by announcing that
all Saturday games of the Washing
ton baseball team will be free to
youngsters accompanied by an adult.
The latter requirement is for the
purpose of keeping order among the
children and to restrain them from
annoying other fans.
Milo F. Christensen, superin-
tendent of recreation for the city
called meeting of community lead
ers for pm. Friday at the Rec
reation Board headquarters, 314s
Sixteenth street NV, to pool ex-
periences and resources in the fight
Evening star., 1946-12-18
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 18.-The sea-
son Long race between Otto Graham
of Cleveland's Western Division
champions and Glenn Dobbs, jr.,
Brooklyn pace master, for. the all
American Football Conference pass
ing championship has ended in
a tie.
Final individual statistics an
nounced today show~that Dobbs led
in competitions with 135 and in
yards with 1886, but was fifth in
efficiency (per cent complete minus
per cent intercepted for a ranking
total OFT points.
Graham was first in efficiency
with 54.6 per cent complete and
80 per cent intercepted for net
figure of SIT. His 1884 yards were
second only to Dobbs' 1886, but
his >s5 competitions left him In a
Evening star., 1946-12-18
GriH Aids Delinquency Fight;
Saturday Games Free to Youths

on juvenile delinquency. Out of this
meeting may come workable plans
for putting the Attorney Generals
suggestions into action.
Meanwhile, at the Touchdown
Clubs weekly luncheon yesterday,
Ned Irish, New York basket ball
promoter, said sports fans them
selves must share the blame for
any betting scandals because OF
their eagerness to wager on contests
Irish said betting should be dis
couraged, but if the fans insisted on
it they should make only friendly
bets with friends.
A former sportswriter who put
college basket ball in the big time
in New York, Irish pointed out that
professional promoters go to great
pains to choose their associates, but
that when fan lost a bet he never
blamed his poor Judgment.
NO." he. says, "The game was
fixed"
Evening star., 1946-12-18
Grid Loop Ponders Methods to Fight Betting Evi
|G. u, Again Troubled
by Zone Defense,
Edges Spiders

Georgetown us basket ball team
is finding the zone defense some
thing of a nightmare.
Penn State tossed zone at the
Hilltoppers and beat them, and last
night the Spiders at Richmond Uni
versity proved much. more trouble
some than expected, also because OF
| the zone.
The Hoyas finally came out ahead,
1888, but only after battle all the
way. 1t was sGeorgetoWn's fourth
win against one defeat.
The going was particularly tight
in the first half, with Georgetown
taking a 1928 edge at intermission.
After that they managed to split
the zone bit, and stayed in front
the remainder of the way, but never
by a comfortable margin. Big
Andy Kcstecka, 6-foot-3 George
town center, provided much of the
margin by tossing in 16 points, and
Ray Corley's IL points also were a
help.
| Pacing the Spiders as they lost
their first game after three wins
was Buck Miller. with IA points.
Evening star., 1946-12-18
Wilson Looms as Big Contender
In Hot Scholastic Court Race

A hot scholastic basket ball race
can be safely predicted after yester-
days contests which saw three men,
ber teams of the interhigh league
come out on top and strong
Washington and Lee quint chalk up
its fifth straight victory.
Wilson High, by virtue of its A.
"a victory over George Washington
High at the Wilson gym, looms as a
top-ranking contender for cham
pionship honors this season.
The first half was nip and tuck
affair, but the Tigers turned on the
heat in the third period as Pat
O'Neill, former Gonzaga star, and Al
Monaco showed the way. O'Neill
took scoring honors with Is points
while Monaco followed with IL.
The Presidents were paced by
Billy Rorer with II points. 1t was
their first loss in two games.
Evening star., 1946-12-18
A. U. Ends Road Trip.
Losing 10 Virginia
As Late Rally Fails

American University's basket ball
team is back in town with only one
victory to show for a three-game in
vasion of the Southland. University
of Virginia's sharpsho ooting cagers
hung 50-35 sinner on the Eagles
last night at Charlottesville to drop
A. U. back to the 500 mark with five
losses against five triumphs.
Earlier on the trip the Eagle
courtmen had beaten Randolph
Macon and lost to William and
Mary. Last night the Eagles fol-
lowed the pattern of several earlier
losses this season. They fell so far
behind at the start that they couldn't
make it up with late rally.
The Cavaliers hit from all angles
at the start, and with Ward Speer,
center, setting the pace, romped to
| q 25-12 halftime margin. The
Eagles warmed up after that, and
at one point in the second half put
on a drive that pulled them te
within points of the leaders. Speel
was the games high man with Is
points, while Bill Tanney and Tex
Griffin each tossed in z for the
Evening star., 1946-12-18

up If it's going anywhere against
a tough postholiday schedule. The
Terps' shooting percentage was low
last night, with only is field goals
in SO shots, made up Of 80 sets
shots, IS layups and 8 taps. The
Terrors made Is of 10, with the
same number from midcourt, but
they didn't take as many from
close up as the Old Liners out
hustled them of the blackboard.
1t was a wild game all the way.
Edwards, Brown Set Pace.
Maryland's John Edwards and Bill
Brown, both from last years team,
topped the scorers with IL points
each. Western Maryland's outstand-
ing player was Al Jacobson, who
was taken out late in the game,
mighty tired little man.
Tonight's game against Hopkins
starts at BIS, following a fresh
man y,rpliynjpary at 6.45
Evening star., 1946-12-18
Army's Foldberg
No. 8 Skin Choice

Cadet Henry G. Hank) Fold
berg of West Point, today was
named as the Redskins third
selection in the National Foot
ball League player draft.
An end named on several all
American teams, the 6-foot, 1885,
pound Dallas, Tex, star, is be-
lieved to be one of several Army
stars who would welcome a
chance to play pro football. Like
the rest, notably Doc Blanchard
and Glenn Davis, Folberg, how
ever, may not be able to resign
his commission for several years
If he does decide to give up a
military career.