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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-06-19
REMOVED TO HOSPITAL

Mrs. Julia Carr, Brookfield town
ship, is a patient in Bethesda hosp
ital, GAINESVILLE, receiving treatment
for injuries sustained in a fall at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Howard Trott, GAINESVILLE. Mrs. Carr
is the grandmother of Mrs. Ruth
Woodford, Main street.
Mrs. John Dudley, we'll known in
Caldwell and now residing at Xenia,
has been called here by her illness.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-06-19

kelthtoWn, June l8 - Virginia
Miracle of GAINESVILLE visited recent
ly at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Vernon Hughes and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nola Porter and
children, Delmer, Jimmie, Janet,
Gladys, Carlos and Chauncey Til
ton spent Sunday at the home of
Elmer Groves and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Chandler vis-
tied Sunday at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. Jonas Stack and
family.
Frances and Louise Harper and
Reva Swank of Columbus visited
Sunday at the home of John Swank
and family.
Photo DeYeInninp-GiIIeS
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-06-19
Lowell Snaps Dexter
City'S Winning Streak

Dexter'S winning streak was
snapped on their fourth attempt by
a powerful Lowell nine. 1t was a
pitchers duel all through the game.
Moseley was relieved in the fifth
by Warren and Long of Lowell was
relieved by Sherbourne in the sew
enth. The final score was 6-5.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-06-19

Batteries-for Dexter, B. Moseley
Warren and r. Moseley; for Lowell
Lang, Sherbourne, and N. Schwend-
eman. Losing pitcher - Warren
Winning pitcher-Sherbourne.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-06-19
YOUTH FOR CHRIST

The first in a series of "out in the
county" Youth for Christ rallies will
be held at the Sharon Presbyterian
church, Friday evening, June 20
The meeting will begin promptly
800 o'clock and the public is in
Vited
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-06-19
RETURN FROM VACATION

Mr.. and Mrs. George Walker, MIR.
and Mrs. Harold Hume, returned to
their homes, Sunday, after enjoying
the past week with motor trip
through the South. They visited in
North Carolina and enjoyed the
scenic beauty of the Smokey Mts.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-06-19
RETURNS FROM VISIT

DR.. and Mrs. E. G. Ditch and chill
dren have returned to their home
in Caldwell after spending the past
five days with relatives in North
Carolina. They visited at the home
of Mrs. Ditch's sister.
Evening star., 1947-04-01

tional institutions and made them
available to greater number of people?
Hasn't our country strived to help avert
tries, as well as our own? Haven't we
manufactured modern equipment which
cuts down on drudgery, and even pro-
vides luxury for many of moderate in
come? Aren't we striving in the right
direction?
How can the average citizen feel such
lack of faith in his country and in
civilization, when all we thaye to do is
look for some Of these improvements.
even few of them? Can't we rejoice
in the fact that we have leaders who
are willing to devote a great part of
their lives toward working out a pat
tern for future peace? They do not
always agree with other nations or even
among themselves, but at least the
effort is being made, which, in, itself,
is a startling advancement.
I believe the vast majority of Ameri-
cans exercise their power of criticism
too freely. 1t becomes fixed habit. II
we would spend the same amount of
time and energy toward constructive
ideas we would fare better. In other
words, there are only two ways of
looking at things, optimistically and pes,
simistically, so, why not be happy while
we are about it, and seek out the good
things? have practiced this theory
for several years, after spending many
as pessinist, and it has surely made
for happier living for myself, and I
believe for those with whom I come
in contact. AN OPTIMIST,
Evening star., 1947-04-01
More Bubble Gum

For parents of youngsters ranging
upward from three or four years the
saddest news of 1947 deals not with
continued shortages but with a
promised increase in the production
of-heaven help us-bubble gum.
The herald of these dismal tydings
is one Louis Mendelson, president of
the New Jersey Wholesale Confec-
TONERS Association. According to
Mr.. Mendelson, the relaxed sugar
restrictions will result in a "deluge"
OF new supplies of bubble gum this
month. And again according to the
same authority, "the kids who'll pay
anything in their desperate desire
for something to bubble and pop"
will be able to buy the horrible stuff
for penny instead of the prevailing
five or six cents.
The prospect which this raises is
truly appalling. Parents who have
had to endure only an occasional
pop during the blessed period of
war-enforced bubble gum shortage
must now steel themselves for the
continuing ordeal of looking, not
upon the faces of their offspring,
but upon hideous, swelling, grayish
bubbles-bubbles which do not fade
and die away, but which expand
and pop, only to swell and pop again.
For those Of the older generation
it Is hard, cruelty hard, to think
that after long years of war and
turmoil they must now look forward
to future which inexorably will
infiict upon them not less, but more,
hubble pfffY, uss sas y aSFa -
Evening star., 1947-04-01
Democracy at Home

To the Editor of The Star:
During the past few days, President
Truman, Secretary Marshall, Senator
Connally and few others who generally
pay lip service to freedom, have been
shedding crocodile tears about the lack
of democracy in the Middle East. If they
are so interested in selling democracy
there and TO the rest of the world, then
3why don't they make the first sale at
home? s
1t is known fact that the United
States is not yet sold on democratic
form of government. If we were there
would be no poll tax, no white primary.
no Ku Kluxs, no Columbians, no lynch
ings, no Jim Grow schools, or other
forms of segregation based upon race,
creed, color or national origin. Our
Commander in Chief and former Chief
of the Army would make known their
willingness to do more than to foster
and uphold segregation in the armed
forces.
1t is my firm belief, and true convic-
ton, that if the light of real democracy
burned bright enough here, the whole
world would see it, and no longer have
reasons to stumble blindly toward any
other form of government anywhere on
earth. RICHARD TYNES.
Evening star., 1947-04-01
Why Not Izzot?

AT meeting OF The United Nations
4 ssTrusteeship Council the other day
Sir Carl Berendsen said he did not
want to burke" a Samoan petition
for self-government. Everybody's
ears spricked up at that. They
Apricked up, of course, because of the
word burke" A strange word. Yet
how fine! And how typical of ever
SO many other fine words that are
buried away in the dictionary-not
dead words, not obsolete or obsoles-
cent words, but real live ones wait
ing only to be used.
Consider the word burke" As
defined in Webster's unabridged, it
is a transitive verb with two mean
ingS: 81. To murder by suffocation.
or with few marks of violence, in
order to obtain body to be sold for
dissection. 2. To dispose of quietly
or directly; to suppress; to smother;
to shelve; as, to burke a parliament
tary question" Where does it de-
rive from? 1t derives from a man
named William Burke, who was
hanged in Edinburgh in 1929 after
having been found guilty of making
a lucrative business out of getting
people drunk, suffocating them and
selling the corpses (about fifteen in
alb to an experimenting surgeon.
But this splendid word. this beau-
tifully expressive word, is only one
of a great number languishing for
want of people to use them. The
unabridged dictionary must have
something like 100000 nouns, verbs,
ETC., and all that ever enter our
conversation are the few thousand
we employ over and over again un-
til they nearly bore us to death.
What about acedia? How musical
it is! Why do we let it go to waste?
What about alopecia? Proemial?
Concinnity? Sequacious? Younker?
Yurt? Izzat? Why not izzat, for
example? Why must we always
conform? Why must we always
say mans reputation" when we
could just as we'll call 1t his "izzat"?
In short, why not spice the Ian
guage a bit? Sir Carl Berendsen
does, and look how successful he is.
After all, why should we keep on
being creatures of habit, forever
using the same old words just be-
cause everybody else uses them?
The dictionary is fat. 1t is full of
hidden treasures. sleeping beauties,
lost chords. lights under bushel
baskets, roses wasting their sweet
ness on the desert air, gems begging
to be mined and made to shine
fresh verbs and nouns for every
occasion, and guaranteed to startle
and impress. Too many of them
have been burked for too long. A
shamel Let us recall them to life.
Evening star., 1947-04-01
Profits and Prices

President Truman and Treasury
Secretary Snyder are amply justified
in calling upon industry to cut prices
wherever it can. A large part Of the
imitation picture can be attributed
to the wage increases demanded last
year by labor, but this does not ac-
count for the continuing upward
trend. The evidence indicates that
great number of businesses are in
position to check that trend and turn
it downward.
When Secretary Snyder says that
prices are out of line at this time"
he has more than few figures to
support him. Thus, according to the
: Associated Press index of IS basic
commodities, there has been steady
increase since the end of OPA-an
increase of more than Is per cent.
Another study-by the National In
dustrial Conference Board-shows
overall cost of living at a 26-year
high as of last December, and since
then 1t has gone higher.
Both the President and Mr.. Snyder
are further supported by the profit
situation. The National City Bank
of New York reports sixteen banking
companies with a profit rate of 1919
per cent in 1916, as against 10 per
cent in 1945. Similarly, thirty-six
cottongoods businesses are shown to
have had profit rate of 238 per cent
in 1916, as against 8 per cent in 1915.
The same condition has marked
other fields. with indications that
1947 will prove even more profitable.
Although this condition is by no
means typical Of all industries, the
figures show that profits in. many
fields are very high. In turn this
shows that more businesses than the
Ford Motor Company and the Inter-
national Harvester Company-both
OF which have set an excellent ex-
ample-are In a position to- cut
prices. If they do not do it and the
trend continues going up, new wage
demands can be expected, and inf1a-
tionary pressures will grow. The
next step after that. as the head of
the National Retail Dry Goods Asso-
citation has just warned, could well
be buyer resistance on a scale great
enough to make everybody the loser
in deep and serious defiation.
On the other hand, given price
cuts wherever possible. labor would
in effect be receiving a wage in
crease and so have less reason for
pressing new demands. At the same
time, the buying public, which in
cludes all of us, would be encouraged
to buy. In the long run, what the
President and Secretary Snyder urge
thus would benefit our whole econ
omy. The businesses that can do
something about it ought certainly
to do it.
Evening star., 1947-04-01
HERE,
tents recent order is without founda-


ton eand slanderous.
Further, Mr.. Bragg thinks it "too bad"
to use such battle cry against every
thing liberal and humanitarian"
Liberal and humanitarian, indeed!
Apparently there are those who do little
reading and less thinking. For such
people I recommend that they take an
evening of and, in the April Readers
Digest, read 'The Truth About Soviet
Russia's 100000 Slaves" Then, If they
can spare more Of their valuable time,
they might gain further information
Alexander Chalice's article MY Life
With the Red Army" Saturday Evening
Post, March 30, 1e4T. Also j. Edgar
Hoover OF the FBI, In a recent magazine
article, has given us an enlightening
picture OF Communist aims and activi-
ties in this country.
With all that has been published on
the subject, it is about time that our
people should waken and realize what
the british Red meddlers are seeking to
bring about in the United States.
Being Of people long in this country
and active in her building and battling
from the Revolution to the present, 7
deplore and resent the presence in our
civil service of these Reds. Every effort
should be made to apprehend and expel
them therefrom. Moreover, cannot
close without speaking of the exceeding
pain that is mine by reason OF the
residence of Communists in the grand
old State of Virginia. Some have even
taken root in the fair county Of the
immortal Washington, but, and praise
be, they are not indigenous to that
sacred soil. FRANK S. MILLER.
Evening star., 1947-04-01
The End of IsoIutionism
By Dau;d Laurence
rom Le Canada, Montreal.

From e Canada, Montreal.
Some people are uneasy about the
exigencies or even what they call the
imperialism of the United States. How
ever, there is one thing that is more to
be feared; it would be that that great
power should retire into the isolation
in which 1t shut itself up after the
last war, refusing all international col
laboration to safeguard peace and al
lowing to arise throughout the world
those regimes of terror and aggression
which precipitated us into a second
universal conflict, That danger seems,
happily, not to be feared. Isolation
appears to be quite dead In America.
If there appear to be certain disciples
Of what overcame us in the past who
seek to revive isolationism on both sides
of the 45th parallel their efforts seem
indeed to be doomed TO failure. Like
Canada, which has remained faithful
to wise policy Of international collab-
grafton, the United States, which has
an even greater role to play because
Of Its power, seems fully decided not
to avoid its responsibilities.
Evening star., 1947-04-01

miss this necessity as unconcernedly as
did the late President Roosevelt, and
support their viewpoint with the same
kind of dizzy statistics and verbose
assurances.
But when the next depression closes
in, the first recourse will be to additional
borrowings. At the same time, un-
fortunately, industry and business will
be forced to lay off highly paid help.
The record-a sour one-will show
that when debt relief was urgently
needed Congress tossed the drowning
sailor an anchor and bucket of water.
WALTER BAHNSEN.
Evening star., 1947-04-01
New University Head

Friends of learning everywhere
will be glad to hear, of the election
Of Colgate w. Darden, junior, as
president of the University ofsVir-
ginia When student in the great
school he has been called to head
as we'll as when studying at Columbia
and at Oxford, he proved his right
to be considered a scholar of dis
tinction. In World War I he served
in the Army, the Navy and the
Marine Corps Subsequently he
practiced law with success. Then
he spent two terms in the State
Assembly and four terms in Con-
gress. Next he was one of the most
notably competent and efficient
Governors the Old Dominion has
had within the memory of living
citizens. The wealth of experience
which he brings to his new duties
is an invaluable asset
Also, it merits mention that Mr..
parden knows the tradition of the
university from the angle of a
native son of Virginia He ap-
prcaches the work he now is to do
as an 'insider." The advantage is
obvious when it is remembered, as
1t certainly should be, that Char
lottesville is unique and that its
character of being different is pre-
cious and deserves to be preserved.
Jefferson, its founder, still is living
force in the halls he pledged to 'the
illimitable freedom of the human
mind" The administrators who
followed him generally were men
of wide, liberal culture, who realized
fully the wonderful privilege of
enlightening not merely the aca-
demic community but the people at
large. A national impact was
developed. and the world was the
gamer.
Mr.. Darden is to carry the burden
OF an Office not easily borne. He
did not seek the place. 1t is
charge which be well might have
chosen to avoid. Yet he unques-
tionably will be happy in his task.
It's opportunities are as unbounded
Evening star., 1947-04-01
The Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

Ohio Republican leaders are prepar-
ing to launch drive for the nomina-
tion of Senator Robert A. Taft for
President next year. They have an
swered to their own satisfaction the
sixty-four dollar question-should they
back Mr.. Taft or his colleague, Senator
John w. Bricker, Governor Of Ohio
three times, candidate for the presi-
Dental nomination in 1914 and the
vice presidential nominee in that year?
1t has been generally understood ever
since last December that Mr. Bricker
would stand aside in 1948 and work for
the nomination of Mr.. Taft for the
first place on the partys national ticket.
Repeatedly there have been reports
since that time that a formal announce
ment of Tafts candidacy, with the
Bricker backing, would be made. But
that, apparently, did not suit the plans
or ideas of the senior Senator. Not SO
early in the game.
At dinner last week at the home of
Senator Taft, both the Ohio Senators,
the Republican State chairman, Fred
johnson, Gov Herbert, Representatives
Brown, jenkins and Bender were pres
ent, along with several other Ohio guests
and the situation was canvassed. BY
midsummer it is expected the Taft
for President campaign will be getting
into full swing, as a result Of these dis
cussions. When Mr.. Taft may be ex-
pected to make formal declaration of
his candidacy however, is not known.
His position ever since the last congress
sional elections in November has been
that he had job to do in the Senate,
and that Republicans should concen-
trate upon putting through a program
Of essential legislation-and let the
question of presidential candidates.
wait.
Obviously, however, it cannot be left
to wait too long. The Republican
presidential nomination at the present
writing appears to be Of real value.
There are other aspirants who win
fight hard for it and whose friends are
already moving. So the Ohio Republic
can leaders are quietly at work already
and preparing to be extremely active
little later in the year.
AS long as there was no definite de-
cision whether Taft or Bricker was to
be Ohio's first choice for the presidential
nomination however, the Buckeye State
Republican leaders were unable to 60
out and attempt to sell an Ohio candi-
date to the Republicans in other States.
Now that difficulty is in the past. The
Ohio Republicans, who know as much,
il not more, about the great game Of
politics and how it is played as Republi-
cans anywhere else, can move freely.
Evening star., 1947-04-01

Senator Taft,s leadership in the Sen
ate-he Is chairman of the Republican
Policy Committee and also chairman
of the Senate Committee on Labor
places him naturally in the spotlight
He Is regarded definitely as the party's
foremost spokesman on the domestic
issues in the Upper House. 1t is posi-
tion he has won by hard and brilliant
work. He is expected to play a very
definite part in the working out of tax
legislation as well as labor legislation
These are two of the great issues that
must be dealt with in the present
session of Congress. His record on these
issues will no doubt have considerable
influence on his chances for his party's
leadership in the presidential campaign
of 1948.
Mr.. Taft is no stranger to presidential
politics. He was Ohio's favorite son
candidate for the Republican presiden-
tial nomination in 1886, the first time.
He entered the States presidential
preferential primary that year when the
late Senator Borah of Idaho insisted on
making a bid for Ohio's delegation to
the Republican National Convention.
Senator Borah insisted at that time the
Republican party should go on record
for progressive presidential candidate
and he allowed his own name to be
entered in the Ohio primary-one Of
the early primaries-to give the voters
a chance, as he put it, to vote for q
progressive and against old guard con-
servatives. This was two years before
Mr.. Taft was elected to the Senate the
first time. His name was entered, and
he took the entire State delegation, ex-
cept four or five who were pledged to
Senator Borah.
His next foray into the field of presi-
dental politics was In 1910. He had won
his political spurs in the senatorial con-
test of 1888, unhorsing his Democratic
opponent. Tom Dewey of New York,
racket-busting district attorney, was
leading candidate and the late Wendell
WilIkie was making rapid strides for the
nomination Gov. Dewey entered the
convention with more pledged delegates
than any other. His following melted
away fast, however, and 1t was Mr.. Taft
who gave Mr. Willkie the final run.
Mr.. Bricker, then Governor. was
strong supporter Of Taft in the conven-
ton.
Four years later, Mr. Taft came out
for the nomination OF Mr.. Bricker and
worked for it. But Gov. Dewey was too
strong, and Mr.. Bricker agreed not to
60 through with a convention fight. and
took the floor in favor of Dewey finally.
This year it is Taft's turn again-and
again his chief opponent viii b Dewey.
Evening star., 1947-04-01
Military Retirement Preferred

To the Editor Of The Star:
Dissatisfaction with the present
United States employees retirement law
is evident from constant amendments
year after year.
We feel that the military retirement
law is good pattern to have in mind
in making needed corrections.
Military personnel may retire after
20 years service at half pay and after
30 years at rs per cent of their pay at
time of retirement Meanwhile, mill
tary personnel contribute nothing to
any retirement fund and we. civilian
employees contribute S per cent of our
gross salaries at the present time. to be
changed to per cent under the pending
bill (S-63T1.
Civilian employees may retire on a
maximum of SO per cent of their salaries
after IS years service based on the high
est average for five consecutive years
only after they are too old to get much
out Of life, while military personnel may
Evening star., 1947-04-01

reshufiiing Of the political deck, the
new hand being composed OF the
two largest groups in parliament
the Catholic Christian Social Party
and the Socialists, whereas the for
mer cabinet was a Left-Wing coali-
ton OF Socialists, Communists and
Liberals.
Between them. the Catholics and
Socialists control clear majorities In
both branches of parliament, thus
assuring parliamentary control and
respoy sibility, whereas the former
caoinet commanded only a narrow
plurality. Another favorable aspect
is fair balance between Flemings
and Walloons. This is an impor-
tant factor in Belgian politics, be-
cause the country is almost equally
divided between those two sharply
contrasted racial, linguistic and cul-
tural groups, both Of which are
highly self conscious and insistent
upon adequate representation in all
branches Of government.
The refusal of the Liberals to enter
the new cabinet is somewhat OF
surprise, since they tend to favor
much OF the economic social
financial" program to which it is
pledged. The uncertain factor in
the political situation is the Com
munists. Excluded as they now are
from the cabinet, they are hence
forth free to do as they please, and
it is anticipated that they may make
trouble, since in Belgium, as else
where, they have strong hold on
organized labor.