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The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-03-28
: VALLEY ROAD
BY MRS. EFFIE DAVIS

Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Davis and
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Homer and
Mr.. and Mrs. Adrian Potts and
others from this community at
tended the Barnett Davis sale
near Broadway, Tuesday.
Mr.and Mrs. Leo Davis and
children, Ada Leach, of New Dow
er; Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Matlack and
Harold Mcdonnell, and Christine
and Phyllis Clark, spent Wednes-
day evening at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Glenn Davis.
Lucille Mulvaine, who is en-
ployed at Marion, is spending some
time at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff Mulvane.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Matlack at
tended the Lions supper at Rich
Wood, Friday evening.
Nellie Sidle called on Mrs. Cliff
Mulvane recently.
Christine and Phyllis Clark and
Esther Wheeler and children and
Jenne and Valeta Grindle and
others attended the P. T. A. on
Thursday evening at the Redwood
high school.
Friends gathered at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Matlack on
Thursday evening to help celebrate
Mr.. Matlack's bir h d ay. Those
present were Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn
Davis, Mr. and Mrs. John Sidle
and son, Robert, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Webster, and Harold Nc
Donell.
Mr.and Mrs. John Sidle motored
to DeGraff Tuesday and attended
the funeral of a relative.
Lee Robinson, of near Powell,
called on Glen Davis, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Matlack at
tended d birthday dinner on Sun
day at the home of his mother,
Mrs. Margret MatIack and sister
Kathleen, in honor of her two sons,
Ray and Ralph MatlaCk.
Mr. and Mrs. John Sidlc enter
tanned the following guests Sun
day for dinner, Mr.. and Mrs. Les
ter James and children, Of near
Ada; and their son, Robert 1t was
farewell dinner for Robert as he
is leaving soon for Louisiana,
where he will meet his wife and
expect to make their future home,
Mr.and Mrs. Neible, of Findlay,
and others were Sunday guests of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
l. Elliott.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. S. Elliott call
ed on Mr.. and Mrs. Charles GrubbS
recently.
Several of the young people OF
this community attended a skat-
ing rink party at Marion, Monday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Thompson
called on her father, George Moore
of Claiborne, Saturday.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-03-28

Edgar Jackson and family, of
SomerSville, spent Friday evening
with Dwight jackson and family.
Ottie Gray has been having
bad cold the past few days.
Gwendolyen Gray called on Mrs.
Stearhoff one evening last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Shirk, Mr..
and Mrs. Kenneth Shirk and son,
Kenny Lee, spent Sunday evenig
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Heber Shirk, and ate ate ice cream
in honor of Kenneth'S birthday,
the first one he has spent at home
in the last four years, having been
with the navy overseas. All went
to Asbury church to hear Rev.
Lewis in his last sermon. Kenny
Lee spent the night with his
grandparents.
Mrs. Zelda SiderS, son, Charles,
and daughter Marie, of Kentucky,
are visiting at her brothers, Leo
nard Gains and family, and her
sister, Mrs. Erma Hallbrook, and
family, and other relatives and
friends.
Mrs. Hazel Gray has been on
the sick list few days. She had
several visitors over the weekend.
Barton Gray spent the past
week at the home of his brother
in-law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs.
Leonard Gains and family.
We were sorry to hear of Bill
ELITES death. The family and sis
ters and brother have our SYM
pathy.
Misses Norma and Ada Par
chett, of Columbus, were weekend
guests of their parents, MIR. and
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-03-28

THE DAYToM LIGHT COMPANY
SouthM Street Maysvn
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-03-28
0NE-A-DAY
lVitamin A and D Tablets

ZACH tablet contains $50 more
= than minimum daily require
ments of these two essential Vi
taminS. Insufficient Vitamin A may
cause night blindness, may lessen
resistance to infection of the nose,
throat, eyes, ears and sinuseS.
Vitamin D is necessary to enable
the body to make use of the calcium
and phosphorus in our food.
Insure your minimum requirements
of these two important Vitamins, by
taking a ONE-A-DAY Vitamin A
and D Tablet every day.
EcOnomieaI-50e or less per
month.
Convenient-you take only one
tablet a day.
PleaSant-children actually like
the taste - and so will you.
IMPORTANT when buying Vita
minis, compare potencies and prices.
Get them at your drug store.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-03-28
JERSEY SALE PRESENTS
OPPORTUNITY TO YOUTH

The Ohio Jersey Cattle club is
offering members of the Future
Farmers of America organization
and All clubs and excellent oppor-
tunity to purchase foundation
breeding stock in its annual sale
which Is scheduled for April 6
at the Delaware county fair
grounds. According to Leroy L.
Leach, of Marysville, Route 2, and
one of the directors of the Jersey
club, they have divided Ohio into
Is districts and will give special
prizes to the three districts in the
state purchasing the most animals
at this sale. Teh first prize dis
trict will receive $50 and the Sec
ond and third prize districts will
receive $50 and 500 each.
Anyone interested in knowing
details relative to the sale and
prizes should contact Mr.. Leach.
Animal Protein
Animal protein comes nearer I'LL
ing our needs for tissue building and
-eOair
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-03-28
'BOKEREEK
BY MRS. HALE GRAY

Mr.. and Mrs. Brown and three
children, of Dayton, spent Sunday
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Marysve Post Office, Mondays and Wednesdays p
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-02
The Armenions

Among the worlds peoples, none
has had more consistently tragic
history than the Armenians. The
Armenian homeland is the belt of
high plateau. ribbed by still loftier
mountains and cleft by valleys,
which extends from Eastern Asia
Minor to Western Persia and the
southern portion of what is now
termed Transcaucasia But the Ar
menian folk have spread broadly
from this central nucleus, especially
through Asia Minor. their chief off,
shoot being in the Taurus Noun
tains overlooking the Mediterranean,
where they long maintained a semi
independent state known as Lesser
Armenia.
The root of Armenias troubles lies
in the geographic fact that the long
valleys, running east and west, form
natural highways for invaders from
either direction. and that those
highways have for ages been main
roads for migrating peoples. Never
numerous or strong enough to de-
fend their country from invasion,
the Armenians possess true ma
tional consciousness and intense
racial solidarity which has enabled
them to retain their identity through
the most prolonged periods of sub
lection to alien rule.
Armenia was one of the first lands
to be Christianized, it's conversion
preceding by nearly a century that
of the Roman Empire. However, the
Armenian Church was doctrinally
distinct from that adopted by the
Roman world, and this has empha-
sized the distinctiveness of Armenia
and it's people. Regarded as schis-
MATES by Roman Catholics and
Greek Orthodox alike. the Arme-
mans have nevertheless been per-
secuted by the Moslems for their
Christianity. to which they remain
invincibly attached as part of their
national as we'll as their spiritual
heritage.
Down to World War One, the bulk
of the Armenian people were within
the political boundaries of Turkey,
though considerable sections dwelt
in Russian Transcaucasia and Per-
STA. The Turkish Armenians were,
however. almost destroyed by the
terrible massacres and deportations
during that war, while the survivors
either took refuge with their kindred
across the Russian border or scat
tered broadcast over the Near and
Middle East. where they formed
colonies in Egypt, Syria and other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-02

missions that may be appointed be able
to do so.
Secondly, what becomes of the rights
OF small nations, or even more impor-
family, the rights of human beings who
fau into any of these spheres? Must
not the policy cancel the preamble to
the San Francisco Charter reaffirming
faith in fundamental human rights. in
the dignity and worth of the human
person. in the equal rights of men and
women and of nations large and small2"
1t must. and slowly western public
opinion comes to realize this.
X
For the Big Three are not only three
nations. Each embodies a different So
cial order, or way of life. The spheres
OF influence set up, assign millions of
persons, entirely without consultation
or consent, not merely to defense
spheres, but to social systems. Recon-
stituted Poland, for instance. breaks
every Polish tradition and condemns
hundreds of thousands of Poles to per-
manent exile, deportation, or prison
camp. The new YugoSlavia demolishes
Serbia, and puts the people-20 million
OF them-under a police state incom-
patlble with centuries of struggle for
freedom.
At the same time, people see that
because OF other big power arrange
mentS, Hungary and Austria have, APP
parently, really free elections How is
this to be explained-to people? For
that is the difficulty with the arrange
mentS The earth is inhabited by per-
sons! They are not cattle who can be
herded into this stall or that. They are
those most difficult of animals-hu-
mans-possessed of brains, emotions,
prejudices and wills.
Wherever opinion and information are
free, all peoples win allies. Men and
women in America and England do not
accept all the arrangements made for
other human beings. Nor do they agree
that Mr.. Bevin or Secretary of State
Byrnes are Britain or America. No
policies made by agreements between
individuals become thereby binding on
free peoples
That thing, the human mind which
when free just doesn't stop at the bor-
ders of spheres" is what is the trouble,
and 1t is great trouble. In fact, to
make the policy really work, all Big
Three should be absolute dictatorships
and all the people absolutely obedient.
1t is odd that this was not considered
by representatives of free men when a
policy supposedly so realistic" was
being framed
The chief reality to be considered by
the statesmen of the west cherish the
belief, however, illusory, that they are
the ultimate judges and molders of
policies.
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devoted to the Emperor, whom they do
not consider responsible for the disas-
ter which has visited their country.
Gen. Macarthur also is punctilious about
keeping his word and the pledges OF
his Government. The japanese have
come to learn within less than six
months that the word given by the AL
lied supreme commander is worth much
more than the promises made to them
by their own previous governments. And
this accounts to great extent for Gen.
MacArthur's success In the pacification,
Standardization and characterization of
Japan.
He has repeatedly emphasized in his
reports to Washington that the main
tenance Of the Emperor on the throne is
essential to his work He is convinced
that any ill-advised movement as sug-
gested by some liberals" in the United
States to arrest and try Hirohito as a
war criminal would cause a widespread
rebellion in Japan. This would involve
substantial number of casualties
among the members of the American
forces of occupation.
President Truman, the Joint Chiefs
OF Stats and the State Department
know that Gen. Macarthur has done a
superlative job in Japan by being stern
and just by understanding the mental
ity of the tens of millions of orientals
who have been placed under his orders.
They also know that Gen. Macarthur
is convinced that without the unre-
stricted obedience of the Emperor he
might encounter the same troubles the
Allies have encountered in Germany,
Italy and other places where the end
of the war found us with only a hap
hazard policy.
Gen. Macarthur has been able to do
his good work in Japan because he has
had complete free hand to execute
the directives which came from only one
source-the Government of the United
States.
He is now faced with a situation
wherein any member of the Big Four
can block his actions by exercising the
veto power. He is reported to have
remained skeptical about the assurances
given by Secretary of State Byrnes in
his. Sunday broadcast that his authority
will not be obstructed by the inability
of the Far Eastern Commission to agree
on policies -
The handful of japanese Communists
in Japan who have hailed the Moscow
agreements as step whereby Japan
might rid herself of the imperial family
may receive in due course the support
OF the Russian delegates on the Far
Eastern Commission. In this event Gen.
Macarthur is said to fear that the
American Government will yield further
to the Russians and he might receive
directive to arrest Hirohito If this
comes about it is believed he might ask
to be allowed to return to America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-02
France DevalueS Franc
BY Rayn ond MoIey

pectations everywhere. In Holland the
restored government was in position
to use rigid means to ferret out the
guilders collected by traitors and cheats,
but some black money still remains at
large. Belgium Is fortunate in having
large funds abroad and therefore rela-
lively more commodities were secured
In France any effort to segregate
black money was futile The Germans
had so saturated French economic life
that the francs in circulation in july,
1874, were flve-and-a-half times as nu-
merous as in 1888. All the energy of
the De Gaulle government failed to re-
duce this situation appreciably after Is
months of labor
Every farmer and businessman had
plenty of notes in boarding. Prices on
the stock exchange rose almost exactly
in proportion to the amount of money
in circulation. Hence there was nothing
to do but adjust the value of money in
terms of goods. Wages will follow ir-
regularly, and the chief sufferers will
be those who live on interest or on pen
sions.
For the United States, this devalua-
ton means that French commodities,
such as liquors, wines and silks will be
very considerably cheaper. And travel
ing in France will be easier on the purse.
What will happen to the franc In the
future will depend on the skill and
resoluteness Of the government. The
new Minister of Finance and Gen. de
Gaulle will, it is presumed, strongly op-
pose imitation But there will be plenty
of trouble in keeping French finance in
order in the years to come.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-02

The devaluation of the French franc
on Christmas eve will reduce its pur-
chasing power in dollars by almost so
per cent. This would have been most
welcome to American soldiers and other
Americans over there year or so ago.
Now it will not help them much, because
the reduction is not valid to American
soldiers until the latter half of Janu-
airy, and by that time most of them will
be on their way home. The memory
will remain with them of their life in
country where an American dollar
bought less in goods and services than
anywhere else.
The French government might not
have made the correction now, but for
the fact that the ratification of the
Breton Woods agreement will fairly eff
fectively prevent further devaluation by
member countries. And it is exceeding
ly important to France to get whack,
as soon as possible, at the credits avail
able in that covenant
4 4 T.
The governments of France, Belgium,
Holland, Luxembourg and Norway while
in exile in London, set up a very laud-
able plan to stabilize their currencies
at their prewar ratios. This was done
to neutralize, as far as possible, the
imitation deliberately stimulated by the
German invaders. They further agreed
that when they returned from exile they
would block the quantities Of money
created by Germany and which had
been accumulated mostly by collabora-
tionists and black marketeers.
But when their countries were liberat-
ed and the official. exiles returned, this
plan did not work out according to ex-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-02
This Changing World
By Constantine BrOu.n

The latest dispatches from Tokyo in
dictate that Gen. Macarthur will do
his utmost to cooperate with the new
setup agreed on at the Moscow con-
ference. But, according to these re-
able to continue his present work until
its completion.
No fireworks are expected from Gen.
Macarthur so long as there is no real
interference with his plans to place
Japan on solid democratic basis.
But he has indicated clearly that he
would ask to be relieved Of his duties
If the Far Eastern Commission in
structed him to arrest and try Emperor
Hirohito as war criminal. Such step
would be breach of Americas pledge
to a vanquished enemy and would also
bring about chaotic condition in Japan.
Gen. Macarthur considers Hirohito
as a valuable instrument for the con-
troll and reorganization of Japan. The
Japanese people have accepted without
demur the stern orders issued by the
Allied supreme commander because
they were relayed to them through the
Emperor and his government hand
picked by the American authorities.
The next few months will be par
ticularly hard on the Japanese masses
because of the shortage of food, which
Will remain acute until July when the
new rice crops are harvested
Gen. Macarthur has had no real
trouble since the first small American
contingent landed in Japan, where more
than 2,500,0 900 japanese were still under
arms. There have been no uprisings
requiring the intervention of the Amer
lean occupation forces and today the
general Is able to control the rs 900 900
japanese with force not larger than
that used In the American zone in Ger
many, inhabited by only II ,OO0, 900 Ger
mans.
There Is hardship but no chaos or
confusion in Japan. The government,
is obeying the orders of the Emperor,
who in turn is scrupulously following
the instructions from the supreme COM
mander's headquarters. The members
OF the cabinet can be dismissed by the
supreme commander who also selects all
requirements" The Japanese war in
dustry is being thoroughly destroyed as
is the feudal land ownership which has
prevailed In Japan for centuries.
On Gen. MacArthur's instructions the
land is being divided among the tillers
who get as much as they can cultivate.
The sharecroppers are becoming land
owners. Labor unions are being organ
lied and there is complete freedom
OF speech. Those Japanese who want
to denounce the Emperor are free to do
SO. But with few exceptions, no such
attacks are forthcoming. The japanese
seem willing to enjoy this unexpected
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES has never
been within their reach, but are still
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Exit the League: Enter UNO

mere is an unusual hail and
farewell" timeliness in the simulta-
neous publication of two news items
on the last day of the old year. The
front pages of many papers carried
descriptions of the sailing of our
delegates to the first meeting of the
United Nations Organization, sched-
uled to convene in London on Jan
uary TO- Less widely carried and
less prominently featured was the
valedictory of the expiring League
OF Nations. This takes the form of
a final report to be presented by the
Secretary General at the Leagues
concluding meeting when it formally
transfers its functions. activities
and assets" to the UNO, as provided
under the Charter drawn up at San
Francisco
A nostalgia pathos surrounds the
demise of the first great expert
ment" in international cooperation
which began, so hopefully a quarter
century ago. World War II scattered
the services of the League to many
parts of the world, though the Exec
utive Secretariat remained in its i'm
pressive home at Geneva, an isolated
lslet of neutrality in swiriing ocean
of war. The implacable hostility of
the Soviet Union to both the League
and Switzerland rendered it certain
that a new international organiza-
ton would have to be formed under
other skies. Indeed, Moscow has
consistently objected to considering
the UNO continuation of the
League in a formal sense. Thus,
technically, UNO merely takes over
the assets OF defunct organization
for purposes of convenience.
Nevertheless, the Leagues Sec
rotary General, Sean Lester, has
couched his valedictory in challeng-
ing fashion, recalling its significance
and its valuable services even during
the late war period. He begins by
saying: "The peoples of the world,
searching for means to avoid the
inhumanity and folly of war con-
stantly becoming more terrible and
destructive, made a covenant and
league of peace. They did not
keep the covenant; they broke the
league, and new war smashed
across Europe and leaped the oceans"
He goes on to argue that it was not
the League that failed but the
statesmen and nations that failed to
use it and continues: "a start is
again made, with a new name,
new covenant. possibly a new seat;
but the problems remain the same,
the objects are unchanged and
methods cannot greatly differ"
Basically, there is much truth in
these assertions. The experience in
international CO operation gained
during quarter century of mani
fold Leaere activities should not be
wasted. Also, the lesson should be
taken to heart that the best ma
chinery and personnel, of them
selves, will avail little if the motive
power behind either neglects or
miSuSeS them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-02
Sliding on the Crust

Many a man behind a digniied
desk remembers the cold, crisp DAYS
OF January when he used to slide on
the crust. Of course, it was always
possible in winter to slide. on the
roads where the farm teams had
packed the tracks hard. The big
double runner with a half dozen
boys and girls would come shooting
down the hill at express train speed
and at the curve near the bottom
every one would have to lean far to
the inside to make the sled keep in
the smooth, crunchy path.
But sliding on the crust was diff
ferent. For one thing, it was neces-
sary to wait for just the right condi-
tons. After January rain or per-
haps thawing spell, sometimes the
weather would turn sharply colder.
Then the icy. slippery crust would
form. strong enough to hold people,
sometimes strong enough to hold a
team. On such cold, sunny day
ooys and girls would be out with
their sleds and sometimes slightly
heavyweight countryman and his
wife could be induced without too
much persuasion to try trip down
the sloping hillside.
A little variation was always in
order. The double runners and single
Lleds were the chief vehicles, but a
lad of dozen years or SO insisted on
a few trips sitting on the big steel
scoop shovel. On a steep hillside
there was something fascinating
about riding the shovel as it turned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-02
Surplus Tokens
From the fundamentals N,u-.

from the Indianapolis News.
With the end of rationing in connec.
tlon with foods where red tokens could
be used these little emblems of wartime
restrictions become surplus. No longer
is 1t necessary to conserve them carefully
IN change purse, handbag or reticule
Ihey will not be given, neither will thew
be received, yet Hoosier housewives in
the aggregate have millions of them
Hunters who load their own shotgun
smells will find the tokens too small
Streetcar motormen will not accent
them. An indianapolis woman who mis-
took one for a sleeping tablet in the
dark discovered that they are difficult to
swallow. But they had better not be
turned over to babies for playthings be-
cause infants will swallow them, whether
or no.
Strung on a chain the tokens might
make novel necklaces or bracelets. In a
pinch they can be used as emergency
poker chips or for parchesi. Presumably
most of the red tokens will be cast away
but few should be saved so that DOS.
terity may know what the home front
endured during hostilities.