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Evening star., 1947-11-06
Election Blasts Ideas
l. That Democrats Are on Downgrade;
?. That G. O.P. Can Win Easily in 1948

and Gen. Eisenhower of the million
dollar personality will profit accord
ingly. Had the Republicans scored
outstandingly in all the elections
and especially in Kentucky, they
could have reasonably felt that
things were still coming their way
with Mr.. Taft safe bet.
But they want to feel very sure
of victory before they take the man
who makes their record In Congress
but collects plenty of enemies in
doing it. And in this instance Sen
ator Taft led with his chin again
in the manner which brings per-
spiration TO the foreheads OF all the
professionals.
Senator Taft is the favorite
phrasemaker of the Democrats and
they are happily calling attention
to his declaration of October IS that:
"The Kentucky election will reflect
to a large degree which party will
elect a President in 1948. AS Ken
lucky goes, so largely goes the Ma
ton" With any one else this would
be good for a laugh and forgotten;
Mr.. Taft, however, can hardly afford
these reminders to what Is essen
TALLY a timid trade that he IS al
ways speaking out of turn.
The Kentucky picture also sheds
some light on the election role OF
the Hartley bill. Mr.. Clements
voted against it in the House but
-pedaled it in his campaign.
Republicans tried. to make 1t the
main issue.
Conclusion on Labor Act.
The conclusion here Is that the
public now considers the question
more or less closed, while labor
makes Hartley the acid test
and will so vote regardless Of any
later emphasis. If this is correct,
Mr.. Truman would get the labor
vote but need not risk annoying the
forgetters by harping upon the
matter.
In Kentucky, at least where labor
is important, Mr.. Clements appar-
emily guessed right politically when
he voted no on Taft Hartley. And
Mr.. Truman,s chance of re-election
lies in the great pivotal States where
labor is also important.
Mr.. Clements plurality of 10000
plus is much greater than antic-
ipated for that colorless campaigner
against his fire-eating opponent. 1t
cuts down the average Republican
percentage of votes cast over the
past "a years from ATS per cent to
AZ per cent.
Had the Republicans elected a
Governor, which they do only oc-
casionally, they could have cried
COP landslide. Had they increased
their percentage of the total vote
they could have said bad news for
the Democrats. They must now
concede that the Democrats have
q right to rejoice.
Evening star., 1947-11-06

redQluS grasses.
1t takes a man who wears glasses
a year or two to thrust his vanity
behind him, come clean, and say he
wears the things because his eyes
are weak and he cannot see very
well without them.
I have needed glasses for six or
seven years, and was just on the
verge of getting myself some read
ing" glasses, when the Army gra-
ciously asked me to join the lodge
and come to Camp Blanding for
initiation ceremonies. I was fear
full lest my left eye would keep me
from passing my physical, but to
my surprise the medics said it was
one of the best little Oh left eyes
they had ever seen and gave it the
same score on my rep0t Card as
my right eye, making me 1920
fellow.
Box Car at 20 PAGES.
Later, I found out that any one
who could see box car at 20 PAGES
was most welcome to get khaki
suit free, with cap and overcoat to
match. So, bolstered no end by the
doctors findings, I served my hitch
as lodge member without my right
eye ever knowing what my left eye
was going to do or see.
Now, with the war over, and
enough leisure to read an occasional
book, I realize that it is glasses for
me. I was thumbing through Tom
Swift and His Electric Rifle" the
other evening when I realized that
I was not reading of the intrepid
adventures of Tom Swift at all, but
the whorls of my thumb. It was
right then that I decided to 60 in
for some you-know-w what-kind of
glasses. My thumb makes good read
ing, but it isn't the kind of book I
would take with me to desert
island, given the choice of one.
My wife Jean is strongly against
my getting glasses. She says that
her life is spent searching for the
things I lose and misplace, and that
she doesn't want to add pair of
glasses to her list. She assures me
that if I have to give up reading she
will be glad to tell me of anything
Of interest she reads about.
Just the Extra Touch.
I am going to have quite bit Of
trouble deciding on what type Of
frames to have on my glasses. Ac-
cording to opticians, man Is bound
to improve his looks If he chooses
the proper frames; that glasses add
Just the extra touch that makes q
homely man handsome. don't care
about being handsome. So many of
the handsome men I know are al
ways troubled by beautiful blonds
and striking brunets dropping hand
kerchiefs for them to pick up. and
that must be nuisance.
What I want is pair OF glasses
that can't be lost. I lean toward
the kind that has a long black rib
bon that loops around the neck.
Only I would prefer to have my
ribbon made of good top-grain
leather with a snap on 1t. making
it possible for me to fasten 1t to a
stout bulldog.type dog collar which
I will wear around my throat.
OF course, gross of monocles
might be the answer.
Still. I haven't the kind of kisser
that goes with a monocle. My
kisser is strictly South Georgia, and
for me to wear a monocle would be
as ridiculous as for Anthony Eden
to smoke rabbit tobacco.
distributed by McNaught Syndicate. Inc)
Evening star., 1947-11-06

of custom growing out of the dele
cation to the Senate of the power to
confirm or not as 1t pleases. Like
wise. 1t Is within the power OF Con-
press to say by law what officers OF
the Government shall require con-
firmation by the Senate before they
can hold office.
The demand for certain type OF
individual to administer the Mar
shall plan is understandable. The
executive branch of the Government
is in control OF the Democratic
Party and the legislative is con-
trolled by the Republicans. Natur-
ally bipartisan support for the Mar
shall plan is very much desired
But If the President appoints per.
sons who are of the type that Con-
gress does not want to see given the
right to disburse the billions to be
appropriated. it is likely to cause
friction and lose support for the
plan.
Some announcement from the
President that he expects to appoint
men satisfactory to the Senate and
that he proposes to consult with
Republican leaders would not i'm
pair the. prerogatives of the Presi'
dent and might overcome q hurdle
which could conceivably cause pro-
longed debate and lead to othel
specific restrictions. These NIGH
include a requirement that none o.
Evening star., 1947-11-06
On the Other Hand
If It's Macarthur VS.. Eisenhower
How Are Voters Going to Like 1t?

return, with Gen. Macarthur sweep
ing up Pennsylvania avenue, scat
tering the other candidates in the
same way he scattered the veterans
when he led his troops and tanks
up that avenue III the famous bonus
battle" of 1882. Oh! Oh! Not so
good. We'd forgotten about the
historic little incident that helped
to put a period to the Hoover
presidency.
Well, maybe everybody else has
forgotten it, too; everybody, at least,
except the veterans: forgotten even
the purple passages in Gen. Mac
Arthur's statement telling how he
had forestalled a revolution" that
day.
There is no reason to doubt that
if Gen. Macarthur makes a tour OF
the United States next spring it
will be a triumphal tour. An au-
thentic hero of the Second World
War, even as he was of the first,
he has seized the public imagination
to a degree exceeding that of any
other soldier. The people will want
to see him. In addition to every
thing else, he has the look of hero.
The people will turn out by the mil
lions to see him ride by.
Spectacle of Two Heroes.
Will that get him the nomination?
1t might if the delegates were all
named by popular primaries, but
that isn't the case. TWo-thirds OF
them are the creatures of state and
local party organizations. And even
in the popular primaries the situa-
ton won't be so simple if Gen. Eisen-
hover also chooses to run. The ma
tional state of mind is likely to be
affected by the spectacle of It's two
topmost war heroes running Tor
Office against each other.
If that should happen the two
heroes would have to get down to
cases. Neither could rest on his
war reputation. Each would be
forced to tell, or have his campaign
crews tell, how good he is. how much
better, indeed, than the other fellow.
Somehow I don't believe the Amerl-
can people would care much for
that spectacle. The people would
prefer to have their heroes remain
untarnished, even by themselves.
Come convention time the dele
gates could pass up both of the gen.
erals, secure in the conviction that
the country would not be offended.
Which are just a few OF the
thoughts aroused by the news that
Gen. Macarthur really has a presi-
dental bee buzzing in his five
starred bonnet.
Copyright 1947. Globe syndicate)
Evening star., 1947-11-06

Democratic National Chairman
McGrath,s task of putting some gin
ger into the Truman campaign ought
now to be easier. For that he owes
orchids-or perhaps 1t should be
bourbon-principally to Gov.-elect
Clements of Kentucky, who has sur
prised himself by the size Of his
majority.
Sackcloth for Taft.
On the Republican side, Senator
Taft must don sackcloth, while
Gov. Dewey, with New York's val
liable As electoral votes in his pocket,
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titudeS W h ! c n
were rapi d l y
hardening into
dangerous as
sumptions here
in the Capital.
One is that
the Democrats
are on he
downgrade and
nothing m u C h
ca n b e d o n e
about 1t. The
O t h er is that
the Republicans
can nominate
Henry Menck-
ems Chinaman
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the commission should hold office
for longer than one year, thus max
ing 1t necessary for the Senate each
year to exercise a check on reap
pointments through its use of the
constitutional power to grant or
refuse confirmation.
Reproduction Rights Reservedl
Evening star., 1947-11-06

W h e n getting
glasses for the
first time, never
get any other
kind. The fact
that they wear
these 6 S S e S
when driving a
car, playing golf
a n d t en- n / S,
crossing a street
in fact, at all
times save when
sleeping - does
n ot prev e n t
them from al
ways being re-
ferre d to a s
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and Taft gath
ering up the
delegates, In one
way or another,
preparatory to
another dogfall
in Philadelphia
next summer;
Mr.. Stassen skit-
tering arou n d
the coun t r y,
seeking to make
himself a firm
second choice, in
case the Phila-
delphia story OF
1910 should be
Evening star., 1947-11-06
Ru Doris EleeS0n

Tuesdays elections don't quite add
up to the trends claimed automatl-
cally by the managers of the two
parties; they do jolt two related at
Evening star., 1947-11-06
Bv LoyeH MeHeH

All of a sudden the contest for
the Republican nomination has be-
come interesting. On Monday 1t was
the same old story: Messrs. Dewey
Evening star., 1947-11-06
.kcLemore
Out to Get Glasses
Thot Cont Be Lost
By Henry McLemore

One of the things I must do when
I get to New York next week is get
fitted for some glasses. Reading
glasses, of course. Men of my age,
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-01-23
BROADWAY RAYMOND CLUBS
ARE HONORED AT MEETING

eanor Hamilton, Joan Herd, Lu-
ellie Huey and Luther Laughrey,
were members of the Union coun-
ty Junior Fair Board.
Outstanding All club campers
in this group included Joan Herd,
Carolyn Kelsey, Mary Alice Mul-
laney, Phillip Fogle, Hugh Snepp
and Alfred Laughrey.
Several members exhibited at
the Ohio State Fair lnez Jackson,
Phyllis Westlake and Mary Belle
Hamilton participated in the style
revue. Maxine Rogers and Ted
Hoover also made exhibits at the
Ohio State Fair. Several members
of these groups have already
made plans for this coming year.
Luther Laughrey, adviser of
Taylor Champion Stockmen club
was also adviser for a tractor
maintenance All club in which
IL members completed a course
of ten Lessons on tractor mainten-
ance. Due to his outstanding work
which he did in Union county, he
has been selected as member of
the committee to plan course at
Ohio State university for advisers
who intend to have tractor main
tenance All club in l947.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-01-23
Rev. SiIloxs
Awarded Medal
For ChapIaincy

The Rev Rodger B. Sillars, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian
church here, was one of two mini
sters in the Marion Presbytery to
receive a special medal awarded
by the Presbyterian church to its
ministers who were chaplins dur
ing the war.
The award was made at meet
ing of the Marion Presbytery in
Marion last Tuesday. The other
medal was presented to the Rev
Malcolm Hooker, of Urbana. Max
ing the presentations was the Rev
MIR. Loehr, of Bucyrus, acting mo-
derator of the Presbytery.
One side of the medal is the seal
of the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian church of the United
States of America. The other de-
picts church service.
The Rev. Mr.. Sillars was a Navy
chaplain during the war, serving
in the Pacific theater. He has been
minister of the Marysville church
for the past Is months, succeeding
the Rev. Dr. Creighton.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-01-23

The Broadway and Raymond
achievement meeting was held at
Broadway school Wednesday eve
ming Jan. Is. The program honor
ed the members of seven All
clubs as follows:
Liberty Feeders club, Paul Herd
and Ted Hoover as advisers; Peor-
ia Livestock club, Floyd Huey,
adviser; Taylor Champion Stock
men club, Sam Westlake and Lu-
ther Laughrey, advisers; Broad
way Busy Bees club, Mrs. Fern
Shirk and Mrs. Irene Ritchie, ad-
visers; Broadway V club, Mrs.
Sam Westlake and Mrs. Marval
Hamilton, advisers; Liberty
Cooks, Mrs. Paul Herd, adviser;
and Liberty Seamstresses, Mrs.
Floyd Argo, adviser.
Two of these clubs were 100
percent completion clubs, the
Broadway V club and the Broad
way Busy Bees.
Ted Hoover won first place in
sheep showmanShip at Ohio State
Fair. Inez Jackson represented
Union county as member of the
Club Congress. Jean Mullaney
represented Union county at the
All club conservation camp. FL
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-01-23
AGCOUNCIL
REORGANIZES
Rowland Bishop To Head
County Group This Year

Reorganization meeting of the
Agricultural Council was held
at 2 pm. Saturday in the Exten-
sion office.
The following officers were e.
lected for 1947: Rowland Bishop,
chairman; Meredith Hall, vice
chairman; Mrs. Mary Alice Diehl,
secretary. Township representa-
tives elected by the Council were:
Jess Roberts, Claiborne township;
Ralph Herd, Liberty township;
Mrs. Howard Mack, Millcreek
township; Fred Coleman, Paris
township; Carl Jacobs, York
township.
Four new groups asked for, and
were granted, representation on
the Agricultural Council They
are: Farm Safety Council, County
Home Demonstration Council,
Marysville Fair Board, and the
Garden Club Committee.
Each action group gave re-
port of its activities during 1916
and mentioned possible plans for
1947.
The Agricultural Council is an
overall representative group. It's
purpose is to serve as a counsel
ling body for all rural groups, and
bring about a better cooperating
relationship among rural people.
The representatives from the
action groups are appointed by
the organizations they represent
and the council itself elects the
members from the respective
townships.
The Council meets at the call
of the chairman.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-01-23
FIREMEN GET FIRST LESSON
WEDNESDAY. COURSE 20 WEEKS

others interested may attend.
Subjects for subsequent lessons
will be:
Indoor essonS--Community fire
defense, fire apparatus and water
supply; hose, nozzles, etc; rope
work, including knots and bitches
minor equipment, chemical ex-
tinguiShers and gas masks; lad
ders and their uses; inspections
fire prevention, public relations
actual inspections; attack, con-
troll and extinguishment 1.-TWO les
sons); salvage and ventilation; ex-
posures, overhauling and pickup
general review.
Outdoor lessonS-Hose, plain
evolutions; ladders, plain evolut-
ion; hose, ladders and rape, COM
bine evolutions; minor equipment
eyolutions; problem evolutionSi
general review; final examination
Objectives of the course are to
develop a consciousness of the
losses from fire; to increase eff
ficiency; systematic training; CO.
ordinate efforts; encourage CO.
operation; teach firemen to do the
best possible with material al
hand.
The entire course will take ap-
proximately 40 hours. Upon its
completion, those who have ar
attendance of 70 percent or bet
ter, and an average grade of &c
percent on the final examination
will receive an award card from
Kent State.
For subsequent lessons, Paris
Dover and Millcreek townships
who have fire protection contracts
with the Village, are asked to Sc
lect volunteers from their respec-
tive communities to take the
course. These men would be train
ed to help the Marysville Fire
Department in case of emergency
lat rural fires.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-01-23

Marysville high school will
meet Marion ST. Marys in Marys-
vile gymnasium, Friday night,
and five games involving county
team are also booked. They are:
New California at Darby.
New Dover at Watkins.
York at Raymond.
Byhalia at Broadway.
Mt. Gilead at Redwood.
Union at Mechanicsburg.
The Marysville-St. Marion af-
fair will be a Mid-State League
contest, in which the Monarchs
will be battling to maintain their
chances of finishing in a first
place tie at the end of the season.
Can Tie For First
Last Fridays defeat by Sun
bury dropped Marysville to third
rung with three wins and two de-
feats, while Sunbury is on top
with four and one. Should Marys-
vile win their remaining League
games and Sunbury lose once
more, the tie will result.
This weeks game with St.
Mary is the big if for Marysville.
S. Marys has classy club, and
Marysville was extended to the
limit to turn back the Irish earlier
in the season. But the Monarchs
did it once and can do it again.
That same Irish team may also be
Sunbury's undoing, since it was
St. Mary which has cost the Della
ware countians, their only League
loss.
Both Marysville and Sunbury
figure to win their remaining
League games, if they get by St.
Mary. But the Irish may have a
lot to say about that, for both
schools.
In the county play, the Cally-
Darby, Dover Watkins and York
Raymond games are League con-
tests, while the Redwood Mt
Gilead game is in the Mid-State
loop.
County Games
Cally, tied with Union for top
spot in the South League, is fav-
ored over Darby by a comfortable
margin. Watkins should have no
trouble with Dover, which has
yet to win its first game of the
season.
York and Raymond, both with
out win in League play, will
battle it out to see which team re-
! mains in the cellar, and it should
be an interesting contest. Both
schools have pretty fair clubs, but
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-01-23
M. H. S.LOSES
TO PLAI NCITY
TEAM AGAIN
Outcome Once More
Decided In Closing Seconds; !;
Score This Time 27-20

Marysville and Plain City
basketball teams staged another
nip-and-tuck contest Tuesday
night. with the Plain Citians
finally emerging on the long end
of a q to 20 count, at Plain City.
The Scotties' Reserves also won,
downing Monarchs' "B" team Is
ito IL.
1t was the second time this sea-
son that Marysville and Plain City
have put on a photo finish" con-
test, the Scotties nosing out the
Monarchs on the local hardwood
by just one point, earlier in the
season.
At Plain City, Tuesday, the
Monarchs staged great defen-
sive battle but only Dean Scheid-
erer could find the range for any
scoring. He hit for az points on
six field goals, the only boy on
the Marysville team to get more
than one basket.
. Larnbka Plain. CitY's Star
On the other hand, only Lamb
ka, the Scotties' elongated center,
got more than one basket for his
team. He matched Scheiderer'S six
baskets, and also dropped in five
, free throws for the evenings high
of II points.
That the Monarchs held Plain
: City to less than 80 points speaks
exceedingly well for the type of
defensive play they have shown
all season. Plain City is a high
scoring outfit, defeated only once
to date and that by one point at
Columbus Rosary. Against some
teams, the Scotties have rung up
well over 60 points and have sell
dom garnered less than 40 for an
evenings effort :
Close Most Of Way
Tuesdays battle was dog-eat-
dog affair all the way, with only
point or two separating the
teams until the last two minutes
Then Jordan and Larnbka each
sgot bucket and the latter, free
: throw, to put the game on ice,
Until that time the Monarchs
had never trailed more than two
to four points, and for time held
an l8 to II lead. The score at the
end of the first stanza was to
with Plain City on top; at half
time it was IL to for the Scot
ties; and at the third periods con-
clusion, Marysville trailed 2l to
18.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-01-23

First of a series of 20 lessons
for Marysville firemen and other
interested citizens was held in
the Council Chambers Wednes-
day night. The. entire course will
be conducted by Walter ]. Lau-
ter, of Kent State university.
Last nights meeting was at
tended by 13 men including all
of the Fire Department. Those
present were:
FIG. Bittikofer, chairman, and
w. r. Huffman, representing the
Councils fire, property and police
committee; Fire Chief George Sin
ger, Assistant Chief Harold Hy-
land, and Biremen Floyd Grubbs,
Conny Weidmari, Holly Brake,
Delrnar Smith, Calvin Payne, Ed
Jordan, Joe Kane. Henry Asman,
and Fred Mcbride. =
Subject of Lessons
Wednesday nights meeting con-
sisted of an outline of the course
to be followed. and distribution OF
material for the first lesson. All
Lessons will be held in the Council
room at II pm. Wendesday. At
tendance is compulsory for all
members of. the Department, and
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-01-23
BROADWAY LOSES FIRST
GAME ON WEDNESDAY

Broadway high school basket
ball team, regarded by many as
Union county's No. title conten-
der, suffered its first defeat of
the season, Wednesday night,
when Rosewood, of Champaign
county, took a 48 to AZ decision at
Rosewood.
The Conquerors of Broadway
displayed an offensive form which
some observers declared to be e.
ven faster than the high-geared
Broadway aggregation. Rosewood
led all the way IL to 3 at the end
of the first quarter, 20 to l6 at the
half, and 35 to 20 at the end of the
third period.
Bud Westlake was the only
Broadway lad who could score
heavily, accounting for Ii of his
teams points. Harmon was high
for Rosewood with l8. In the pre-
liminary, Broadway Reserves sta
we'd off a last-quarter Rosewood
rally to win, % to %.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-01-23
4 Union County
Students Attend
Miami College

Oxford, O., Jan. 15-Recently
published statistics show that
there are four students from I'm
ion county attending Miami uni
versity this year. These students
recently returned to the school
following a 16-day holiday vaca-
ton period. The next regularly
scheduled vacation is spring re-
cess, which will last from March
20 until April 8.
Publication of the university
directory was later than usual
this year due to the heavy enroll
ment at Miami, which hit an all
time high of 1859 students. Eigh-
ty-four Of Ohio's eighty eight
counties have students attending
Miami. Although the university's
student body is predominantly
from this state, there are 40 states
and 10 foreign countries represen-
ted on the Miami Campus.
Students from this county who
are attending Miami university
are;
Marysville--
Herbert Bendure, son of Del
bert Bendure, 302 East Fourth St; ;
! Charles r. Griffith, son of David
R. Griffith, 233 Locust St; Robert
o. Hamilton, son of George Ham
ilton, Boulevard;
Irwin
Anna Mae Daum, daughter of
Carl H. Daum.