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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-06
Southside Baptist
Circles To Convene

The Woman's Missionary Society
OF Southside Baptist church will
meet Tuesday as follows:
1-Mrs. Naomi Dew, 6 Wrights-
vile Avenue, $3.50 o'clock.
2-Mrs. E. L. Avery, 500 South
Fifth street, $3.50 o'clock.
3-Mrs. J. H. Curtis, 300 South
Fifth street, $3.50 o'clock.
Airs. Newton Kelly, Castle
Haynes road, 8 o'clock.
Lake Forest circle, Mrs. Worth
Highsmith, lat Woodlawn avenue 8
O'Clock.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-06
Nurses Aides Meet
Slated For Monday

An important meeting of Red
Cross Nurses Aides will be held
on Monday evening, January Z, at
7:30 o'clock in the Sunday School
room of the First Presbyterian
church.
Mrs. Sandy Marks, chairman of
Nurses aides, urges all aides to
attend this meeting as matters of
great importance will be transact
ed at this time.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-06
DAWSON-PROCTOR

Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Dawson
of Clinton, announces the engage
ment Of their daughter, Thelma
Claire, to Sidney Kinion Proctor.
son of DIR. and Mrs. c. K. Proctor
of Oxford,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-06
BIRTH ANNOUNCED

Mr.. and Mrs. A. X. Cooper. Jr.,
announced the birth of daughter,
Nancy Ann, December 30, Marion
Sprunt annex. Mrs. Cooper is the
former Nancy Campbell, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. L. Paul Campbell
of Oleander.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-06

Every ship has painted mark
on its hull showing how low in
the water she can be ermitted to
sink safely when loaded.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-06

Erection of new churches and
refurbishing the battle SCARED
ones of Europe would cost an esti-
mated one and one half billion
dollars
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1946-01-17

only contact the hill towns had with
the outside world before highway
came.
The hills of great scenic beauty
that today attract motorists was
viewed by the old-timers from this
spectacular little railroad. There
was one curve, they said, so sharp
that a long armed conductor in the
caboose could, at the precise mo-
ment, bum chew of tobacco from
the engineer in the cab.
I Henry Howe, beared historian and
eXuberant sentimentalist, left
Woodsfield aboard her for Bellaire
on May morning of 1885.
Started Zig-zagging
"ln a few minutes we were zig
tagging, twisting down little run
into a winding chasm among hills
wooded to their SUBMITS, the scenery
very wild, every moment the cars
changing their direction shaking
US about with their constant jar and
grind, wobbling to one side and then
the other.
81 was peeping through charm
ing vistas into a wild valley
we paused beside Sunfish Station
. then out the chasm our train
went, again twisting, wobbling,
squeaking, screeching same
deafening, Internal grind, the engine
poking its nose this way then that
. . we were going up to the birth
place Of mountain rill
"A little later We were in the OPP
en-, elevated country of beautiful
Belmont County. 1t seemed as
though we were on the roof of the
world huge, round, grassy hills,
sheep grazing, vast, boundless
prospect stretching like a billowy
ocean Of green . . here and there
plowed fields white farmhouses
in the morning sun
"The valley of the Captina was
reached from the tablelands by a
rapid descent into a narrow
valley, passing by small, neat cot
tages suddenly burst into view
Of the broad valley of the Ohio Riv-
er and following the rivers
banks We were soon in Bellaire i
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1946-01-17

to the west of Woodsfield - got
anxious. The people of eastern No
bic County had a meeting to coax
the railroad to them. Then Caldwell
caught the fever. Caldwell held a
rally in December, 1880, to attract
the railroad. A deal was made -
/ the company furnish all iron, rolling
stock and run the trains, the people
between Woodsfield and Caldwell
would give right-of- donating
100000 for grading and ties.
The money was up, and the great
measuring worm rose up and lanced
out to reach westward toward Cald-
well. Trains ran into Summerf eld
by October, 1881. Still the ambitious
measuring worm intended to stretch
to Cincinnati.
At the same time, the people of
GAINESVILLE and southeastern Mus
kingum County was railroad-mind-
ed. They thought the Bellaire &
Southwestern would veer southwest
from Caldwell, so they planned a
line down the Muskingum to meet il
at either McConnelsVille or Beverly.
Two Got Together
The grade was to run west from
Caldwell through Sharon to the riv-
er. Then the two groups got togeth-
er, the GAINESVILLE pepole persuading
the others they should go to Cincin-
natl by way of GAINESVILLE. So from
Caldwell the road swung northwest
instead of southwest.
Muskingum County people sub
scribed 100000. The companies
were consolidated. The name was
changed to Bellaire, GAINESVILLE &
Cincinnati.
The first regular passenger train
ran from Caldwell to GAINESVILLE
Nov. 90, 1883. The road had reached
through the hills for 112 crooked
miles. The measuring worm was ex-
hausted. Never did it reach Cincin-
natl. But not until 1903 was the
Cincinnati dropped from the title in
favor of the vague Ohio River &
Western.
Not Easy to Build /
1t was not easy to build a rail-
road through the hills. The grade
was made by hand, wheelbarrows,
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1946-01-17
y so went Mr.. Howe's notes.
y Like Measuring Worm

When the builders of the Narrow
Gauge bgan in 1875 at Bellaire, it
was like a big measuring worm -
attached to the Ohio shore, reach
ing into the vast hill country no
railroad had invaded.
AS the Bellaire & Southwestern,
it was headed for Athens-to con-
meet there with the Hooking Valley.
The first train travelled from Bel
laire to Woodsfield on Thanksgiving
Nov. 20, 1879. There was much
celebration.
Col. Mooney had entered the COM
pany, became president. The plans
were changed. The great ambitious
measuring worm aimed far beyond
Athens to Cincinnati. The Mar
row Gauge would cross the entire
state!
COaxed 1t Further
The next summer Summerfield -
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1946-01-17

horses and crude scrapers. 1t rose
130 feet to the mile in some places.
Tunnels and cuts were blasted from
rock. Sometimes the great wooden
trestles supported reverse curves.
were so sharp their radii were but
400 feet. On some curves the outside
rail was three inches above the 9TH
err.
This made the wheels squeal.
The cost between Bellaire and
WoodsfieId was $11,50O per mile.
This was considered cheap.
There was little ballast in the be-
ginning. The new grade was spongy.
During the winter of 1883-84 few
trains ran between Summerfield and
Cumberland.
For so years the dinkey hauled
tons and tons of freight and thous-
ands of passengers on its two thin
rail but SO inches apart. Soon after
1900 there came a statement: "The
directors contemplate changing to
broad guage in the near future"
Never Lost Charm
But the Old Rusty & Wobb,y ESQ
called after 1909 never lost her
narrow rallied charm. After the
Pennsylvania took her over in 1912,
the track between Caldwell and
Belle Valley was abandoned. A third
rail was laid on the baralle'ing
standar6-gauge Cleveland & Mari.
eta, and the O. R. w. ran these
four miles on the big roadbed. This
same third rail was laid in Zanes.
vile so the o. R. & w could enter
the yards over the Baltimore & Ohio
right-of-way.
An inventory about 40 years ago
included 227 employees. These were
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1946-01-17
Qo11r and
WI uheaaern

Editors Note - Thousands
of residents throughout Noble
County and Caldwell will re-
member the famous "B. and 2"
railroad line, as it was so fond
ly called in the days gone by.
Ben Hayes, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Hayes, Dexter City,
and now with the Columbus Cit
izen, Columbus, did a featured
story for his paper last Sunday.
1t is being run in The Journal
for its reading power and gener-
al interest.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1946-01-17
upset in the coach's rocking as she
whipped around snaky curves.
ToSsad Ont Sfova

upset in the coach's rocking as she
whipped around snaky curves.
Tossed Out Stove
Red hot Goals pitching across the
floor of a wooden coach crossing
wooden trestles was the "hot-shot"
on the Old Rusty & Wobbly. Some
times they just opened the door and
ditched the tossing stove. Sometimes
she burned her way out.
The high wooden trestles often
caught fire. Raging creeks caused
serious wash-outs. The great 1918
flood caused damage amounting to
thousands of dollars.
The men who ran the trans be-
came favorites of the people. Bar
ney Pinnington's name was known
from valley to valley. Milton Nc
Comas was another passenger engi-
neer from Woodsfield. John Able,
GAINESVILLE, took the early run from
the western end.
Handled Throttle
Fred Cleveland of the Summer
field Clevelands used to handle the
steam throttle. A special engineer
on special trains that ran from
Woodsfield down to the Ohio was
E. f. Mooney, son of the railroads
builder, Col. Samuel L. Mooney.
Col. Mooney was Woodsfield's ia
nous man. Since the railroad owner
was the civic leader, big games in
the river towns. called for a special
train. The young Mooney handled
the throttle. Those were the days,
the people of Woodsf.eld still say.
Monroe County appreciated the
Narrow Gauge most She was the
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1946-01-17
By BEN HAYES

Joe Yeagle, Salt Run farmer, a
split-hickory basket containing five
dozen Barred Rock eggs on his arm,
was walking to Bill HilPs store in
Caldwell. When Joe reached Grant
Tarleton's flour mill at Olive, he had
just one-half mile to go.
No. 1 = Gin Of the Ohio River &
Western pulled into the Olive flag
stop to take aboard seven barrels
of Grants Bob White flour. Barney
Pennington, the engineer, hailed Joe,
"Hop on and Wen run you into
town." Barney said.
''No thanks, I'll walk. I'm in a
hurry" joe Tetorted.
Old Rusty Abused
This is the way the people of
Southeastern Ohio abused Old Rus
ty & Wobbly in her dying days.
A yard wide and 112 miles long
the O. r. & w. chugged from Bel
laire--on the Ohio River-up wind
ing valleys, up hills, over hills,
through hills, around hills, down
hills, over twisting trestles, across
creeks, through forests, farms and
villages of Belmont, Monroe, Noble,
Guernsey and Muskingum counties
to the Muskingum River at Zanes-
vile.
She was called "The Narrow
Gauge" also "The Poor Mans Rail
road" Before she became the o. R.
& W., she had such high-sounding
names as the Bellair & Southwest
ern, and Bellaire, GAINESVILLE & Gin
cinnati.
Built BY People
AS the B., z. & c., she ran many
years; but this was corrupted, too
into Bent, Zigzagged & Crook
ed"
The hill people built her, and it
took them to market. 1t brought in
their relatives for the holidays. 1t
hauled rigs and pipe into the Mon
roe County oil fields - Woodsfield,
Lewisville, Graysville and the Jack
son Ridge boom.
Old Rusty & Wobbly was the poor
mans railroad. 1t accommodated
the poor man and the poor mans
wife. There was a flag stop just a
bout every mile. But to board her,
you did not need go to stop.
Fred Gregory, who grew up be-
side her tracks, once said: "Let a
woman step out of a farmhouse,
wearing her sunbonnet and carrying
a basket. The engineer would toot
the whistle and ring the bell. If the
woman waved back, he would stop
the train and let her on"
Stops Anywhere
And the Narrow Gauge would let
you off at any fence post you chose.
There were still more services. One
autumn of long ago my father was
returning to our Duck Creek valley
from the Monroe County oilfields.
"The train stopped right out in
the open country" he said. eve
looked out to see who had tagged
her. There wasn't house or a per-
son in sight. We started wondering
"The fireman came running back.
"The engineer says to tell you
there's a mighty good tree of apples
up there on the bank the fireman
said, pointing up the hill to a Bell
flower apple tree.
"We all got and filled our pockets
and hats. The engineer went along,
and when he had picked up all he
wanted, We got on the train and
started on again. my father re-
counted.
But narrow-Gauge failroading
was not all apple picking. Some
times the pot-bellied stove that !
heated the passenger coach hitched |
to the rear of freight would get
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-13
Col. Patrick Ryan Named
Deputy Chief Of ChapIains

Col. Patrick J. Ryan, Catholic
chaplain, who landed with the in
vasion forces in North Africa, has
been designated deputy chief of
Army chaplains.
The War Department announced
last night that Col. Ryan, who has
been on duty at the Pentagon since
September as the plans and training
officer in the Office of the Chief of
Chaplains, will succeed Brig. Gen.
William D. Cleary, Brooklyn, who
goes on terminal leave April l.
A native of Litchfield, Mimi,
Chaplain Ryan is the son of Mrs.
Hannah Ryan. They make their
home here at 6517 Third street NV.
Chaplain Ryan has been on active
duty with the Chaplain Corps since
1928 and has been decorated by the
United States, Britain, Brazil and
Italy. He served as the chaplain at
Walter Reed Hospital from 1885
to 1899.
Chaplain Ryan is a graduate OF
st. Thomas College, st. Paul, MINI.
and Of st. Paul Seminary. In 1927
and 1928 he was a priest at st.
Helena's Parish In Minneapolis He
landed In Africa with the Sd Infan-
try Division and later became chap
lain OF the 5th Army in Italy. He
returned from overseas last July.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-13
Hearing Postponed
In Tax Evasion Case

Hearing for Samuel F. Cicero, So
OF 1916 Seventeenth street NV.
General Accounting Office employe
arrested yesterday and charged with
evading District income taxes for
1912, 1e43 and 1914, was postponed
to March 81 today in Municipal
Court.
Judge Thomas D. Quinn reduced
bond from $4,000 to $1,000. He con-
tinued the hearing at the request OF
Cicero's attorney, Bernard Margolius
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Robert D. Wise said Cicero, who
came here from Chicago, filed re-
turns for 1899, 1910 and 1941, and
later applied for refund on grounds
he was not a bona fide resident OF
the District.
Lawrence Koenigsberger, sole
member of the District tax appeals
board, ruled last July that Cicero
Is a resident here and therefore
must pay District taxes.
MIR. Wise said that under the
law, Cicero is liable to a $500 fine
Tor each day the alleged offense con-
tlnues on each charge. This means
that If the maximum fine should be
imposed upon conviction, the fine
would amount to $500 a day from
April 16, 1943, on the first charge;
from April is, 1914, on the second,
and from April 16, 1945, on the third,
Mr.. Wise said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-13
7 in Canada Spy Case
Hear New Charges
BY the Associated Press

OTTAWA, Mar. 13.-Two of the
four persons accused of participating
in the Russian-sponsored spy ring
in Canada were arraigned in court
again today to hear additional
charges against them.
The two were Mrs. Emma Woikin
cipher clerk in the Department OF
External Affairs, and Miss Kathleen
Mary Willsher, 40, assistant registrar
at the Office of the United Kingdom
High Commissioner to Canada.
The additional charges. under the
Official Secrets Acts were similar to
charges presented when the accused
first appeared in court two weeks
ago.
The new charges against Mrs
Woikin, bringing her total to six
are that she made confidential notes
useful to the Russians communicated
confidential documents to unauthor-
lied persons, used information for
benefit of the Russians and retained
confidential notes in her control.
The additional charges against
Miss Willsher were that she COM
municated unauthorized informa-
ton to unauthorized persons and
used information prejudicial to the
state.
The original charges against Mrs
Woikin and Miss Willsher charged
them with conspiring to make in
formation available to the Russians
and with having made the informa-
ton available.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-13
COP 10 Gain 40 House Seats
In November Danaher SAYS
BY the Asseeiated Press

A Republican party leader came
out of the West today with the po-
itical prophecy that his party will
pick up a minimum of 40 House seats
in the November elections.
The Republicans need a net gain
Of only n to win a bare majority OF
the House. But Democratic officials
have predicted their party will get
better than an even break.
The leader Just back from the
West Coast is John Danaher, for
mer Senator from Connecticut and
now $20,000-a-year congressional
aide to the Republican National
Committee.
Mr.. Danaher visited Idaho, Wash
ington, Oregon, California, Utah and
Arizona. His claim of 40 overturns
of Democratic seats applied to the
Nation, but he said party members
told him the COP would gain a
minimum of 10 seats in California
and 3 in Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-13
PathoIogist Probing
Auto Death Mystery
BY the Assoeioisd Press

BAKERSFIELD, Calf, Mar. 49,
The report Of a county pathologisi
was awaited today to help fathon
another Mojave Desert mystery
the identity of a skeleton founc
chained to the doorpost of a fire.
blackened automobile registered tt
Gerald D. Curtis, "a, of Arcadia
Calf, a stepson of Rear Admira
William r. Purnell of Washington.
Mr.. Curtis wife, Maxine, tolc
Deputy Coroner Hugh Gallon al
yesterdays inquest that a key chain
cigarette lighter and belt buckle
found in the auto belonged to he,
husband.
But, she testified, there was nc
reason to believe her husband
former reporter for the Washington
POSTPAID committed suicide. She
knew Of no enemies who might have
wanted to harm him.
He disappeared, she said, from
the service station in Arcadia, where
he was employed, on January S. He
was gone from $50 am. until 10
pm, but he telephoned her from
Lancaster, Calf, saying he had been
held up and forced to drive away
from the station. She. said that the
next day he returned. then disap-
peared and she has not seen him
since.
Mr.. Gallon said he was not pre-
pared to say whether the body found
in the automobile, discovered on q
lonely mining road, was that of Mr.
Curtis or whether Mr.. Curtis ended
his own life or was murdered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-13

mer, action will be taken to provide
for the transfer to other organiza-
tons Of those activities of UNRRA
which will inevitably be left un-
finished In a little more than a year
from now. 1t is probable, in my
opinion, that further assistance
particularly in providing food and
agricultural rehabilitation - will
have to be extended beyond this
year.
"It Is especially important that the
future Of the prosecuted and state
less peoples be dealt with, with
sympathy, foresight and courage, on
an international basis, and that
provision be made for their contin-
uing assistance and protection lest
they be left to shift for themselves,
helplessly, in countries which they
will always remember as the grave
yards of their nearest and dearest. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-13
Forest Service Training
Now Offered Veterans

Discharged veterans now may be
trained at Government expense in
a variety of jobs with the Forest
Service and Soil Conservation Serv-
ice at field stations throughout the
country, the Veterans Administra-
ton announced today.
The training, to be provided
either under Public Law Is for dis
abled veterans or the CT Bill OF
Rights for others, will equip men
to become forest wardens and rang
ers, lookout men, telephone line
men, seeders, planters in eroded
areas, timber statesmen, farm plan
ners, conservation aid men and re-
search technicians.
A total of 10 regional Offices and
II forest and range experiment sta
tions are being made ready by the
Forest Service for veterans train
ing, while the Soil Conservation
Service has submitted eight regional
office headquarters where training
may begin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-13
Lehman Quits as UNRRA Chief
Because of Poor Health
Physicion Orders
Former Governor
To Take Long Rest
By the Assoeiofed Press

Herbert H. Lehman is resigning
because of his health, from the
post of UNRRA director-general
which he has held since the relief
agency's birth.
II had hoped to remain with the
work throughout the life of UNRRA
and until the continuing part of
the program had been intrusted to
some other more permanent organ
ization," he said in a letter to the
UNRRA Central Commute.
UNFORTUNATELY, however, I feel I
must finally accept the advice of
my physician who, for many
months, has urged me to take a
much-needed rest"
Mr.. Lehman's letter, which he
made public last night, noted that
he resigned as Governor of New
York in 1912, three weeks before the
end of his term, to take the helm
of relief activities at the request of
President Roosevelt.
The resignation will be submitted
to the UNRRA Council meeting in
Atlantic City Friday. Mr.. Lehman
asked that it be presented to the
Council SO that it may choose a
successor.
In his letter, Mr.. Lehman said:
Much already has been accom-
plished to justify the hopes that
countless suffering human beings
had placed in this organization.
Much remains to be done. In sep
arating myself from the admins
tration do so with the firm convic-
ton that the structure has been well
built, that the organization is func-
tioning efficiently and in accordance
with the high principles and policies
of its charter, and that the staff will
give to my successor the same full
measure Of loyalty and support
which they always have given me.
ut is my earnest hope that at the
council meeting that is about to
convene and at the next meeting,
which will be held during the sum-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-13
Two Youths Fined $50
For MufiIation Of FIaq

From Yesterdays Last Edition.)
Judge Thomas D. Quinn of Mu-
nicipal Court today sentenced two
nearby Maryland youths to pay $50
fines or serve 60-day Jail terms on
charges of mutilating the national
flag in the breaking of 81 fagstaffs
around the Two lima statue on Con-
stitution avenue February 9.
One of the youths, Lemuel S.
Stevens, Is, of 2009 Somerset street,
Green Meadows, until recently a
merchant seaman, paid his fine.
The other man, William N. Ryan, 10,
Of 6310 Twentieth avenue, Green
Meadows, was committed to Jail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-13
Old and New Products
Contrasted 10 Show
Effects Of Ceilings

An exhibit with the tagline, 1.-THE
Consumer Suffers" opened yester.
day in the old House ONCE Build
ing, with the National Retail Dry
Goods Association presenting a wide
variety Of items ranging from fan
mel nightgowns to lawn mowers.
Object Of the exhibit, according
to an association statement, was ia
contrast "the low ceiling prices set
by OPA on first quality merchandise
made by old-line firms with the
higher prices OPA had established
on poor quality merchandise made
by firms which were newcomers in
the various fields"
Commenting on the display last
night, Price Administrator Paul
Porter said that if it demonstrated
mistakes in OPA operations we will
promptly do everything we reason
ably can to correct them"
Mr.. Porter added, however, that
Il hope that the new exhibit is more
accurately based on facts than the
original display some months ago.
Sterilization Director Bowles in 9
recent address denounced the asso.
citation along with the National AS
ISOLATION of Manufacturers. He re-
Gently told the House Banking Com
mittee that the Dry Goods Associa-
tons previous exhibit was founc
to contain number of inaccura-
|cies.
Typical of exhibits in the latest
display were two aprons with this
explanation:
"OPA expects established manu-
facturer A to sell a blue apron
made Of 80-by-80 cloth at Is cents
OPA refused a few cents increase
in this ceiling to meet today's labor
and material costs and thereby
forced Americas largest apron man
ufacturer out of the apron business.
But alongside is manufacturer BIS
red apron of 64-by-56 cotton print
priced by the OPA at 60 cents"