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Evening star., 1947-10-21

the American Trucking Association
More and more production il
needed if this country is to accom-.
plish what Is apparently cut out
for it in the way of alleviating dis
tress conditions the world over" he
said. He left to Congress to specify
how much longer the work weel
should be.
Speaking for the American Insti-
tute of Accountants, Edward B
Wilcox, its president, asked for ar
amendment exempting trained &C.
countants stats from overtime pro
visions because of their professional
status and seasonal work.
Evening star., 1947-10-21
Accent Minimum Paw
Hit by Fleming in
Asking Broader Law

Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming,
former administrator of the Wage
Hour Act, today blamed Congress
for many past headaches over the
law and characterized the present
4o-cent-an-hour minimum as gro
tesque and obsolete"
A witness before the Mcconnell
Subcommittee of the House Labor
Committee, he agreed with critics
of the law that Qualification is
needed, but he recommended broad
ening rather than a narrowing of
it's scope. Industry witnesses calling
for better definition yesterday urged
exceptions for laundries, accountants
and trucking.
Defending the general effects of
the law, which he administered be-
tween late 1899 and 1912, Gen.
Fleming proposed a new floor of rs
cents an hour. To this he added
suggestions of higher wages in in
dustries that could stand them," to
be arrived at through the industry
committee method. The same
mechanism. he added, could be used
to lower a minimum, If necessary.
Amazed by Violations.
Speaking of the present minimum
level, Gen. Fleming said he was
amazed to read recently a newspaper
statement by the present wage hour
administrator that a large percent
age of inspections still are turning
up violations of this ridiculously
low minimum wage"
''If this is true in the present high
employment period" he continued
1T definitely points up the need fol
an increase in the minimum wage
and strengthened enforcement
program"
The subcommittee took testimony
last July on the minimum wage but
proposals for raising the wage fiool
from 40 to go cents an hour were
bottled up by a tie vote in the
subcommittee.
In the new hearings, which opened
yesterday and are scheduled to run
a month, Chairman Mcconnell sale
a wide range of problems would be
reviewed. He expected corrective
amendments would be considered by
the subcommittee at later hearings
on specific legislative proposals. He
would not predict what measures
might be taken before the House
House leaders are expected to be
consulted on this.
Sees Employers Protected.
Gen. Fleming contended that de.
spite all past difficulties over lega
interpretations and court decisions
there had been developed body
OF law" which by now had beer
fairly well settled and accepted.
The law, he asserted. has operated
to protect fair and honest employers
from chiseling competitors.
He attacked past Congresses prin.
cipally for evading decisions on def.
nitions and for alleged failure te
provide sufficient funds for inspec.
ton and enforcement.
Congress was more than a little
bit unfair" he told the subcommit.
tee, "in the manner in which Il
ducked some of its responsibilit,
and hampered the administrator.
found, with many resultant head.
aches, Congress had passed along tx
the administrator the job of gettins
a problem Congress itself had mo-
been able to resolve"
| Warns Of Trick Contracts"
| He asked that antiquities in tn,
present law be eliminated 50 con
gressional intent could not be cir
cumvented by trick contracts
worked out by clever lawyers.
A proposal that the minimum wag,
law be changed to apply to longe
than a 40-hour~ work week was mad,
yesterday by Peter T. Beardsley, TO-
Evening star., 1947-10-21
Anne Morgon's Illness
Is Reported Serious
BY the Assoeioied Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-Anne Nor
gan, IA, internationally known phil
anthropist and sister of the late j.
P. Morgan, is seriously i'll, her sec.
retary said last night.
Miss Morgan suffered a stroke two
weeks ago while at her Mount Kisgo
estate and was moved to her Man
haitian residence, the secretary said.
Evening star., 1947-10-21

Russia shipped 100000 goatskins
to Germany In 1946.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-07-17
Blossom Time" At
Toledo Zoo Opera

Schubert-Romberg music will be
heard in Blossom Time" tuneful
three act musical show as the second
of a series of three open air light
opera attractions at the Toledo Zoo
logical park amphitheatre opening
Thursday at 8:45 p. m. for a four
night run.
Performances are staged on Thurs
day through Sunday night and in
event of rain, an extra performance
will be given the following Monday
night for those holding tickets for
the rained-out performance.
Michael Bartlett lyric tenor, with
wide experience in grand and light
opera who sang the leading male
role in Victor Herbert's Naughty
Martha" last week will appear as
leading man in Blossom Time" and
also in Rudolph Friml's ''Vagabond
King" scheduled for presentation
next week in the closing attraction
of the season.
The operettas are sponsored by
the Toledo Civic Summer Opera
Guild and seats are on sale at Grin
nell's Music store, Toledo.
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In MemOriam

In memory of Mrs. Ruth Schaub-
lin, who passed away one year ago
July IT, 1916.
"She resteth now. No more her
breast
Heaves with its weary breath;
Pain sits no longer on the brow
Where lies the calm of death.
Sunk to her rest like tired child,
She lies in slumber deep,
Soft folded in the arms of Him
Who 'giveth His beloved Sleep
NAY, doth she rest? No: day nor
night
She resteth not from praise;
Her spirit wing'd with rapture,
knows
No more earth's weary ways;
But ever toward the Infinite
Her flight on, upward, does she
keep,
For He gives active tirelessness
Who 'giveth His beloved Sleep"
Sadly missed by
Elmer Schaublin and Family
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Birthday Party

In honor of the birthday ami
versary of Robert Kohl and other
July birthdays in the family a six
o'clock dinner was enjoyed at the
home of Mrs. Eva Kohl, North
Main street, Friday night. A cake
with 81 candles centered the table.
Other birthday anniversaries in
the family are those of Mrs. Ralph
Kohl, Junior and Maurice Kohl,
Mrs. Lewis Wyncoop, Gala Wynn
coop and Mrs. Thomas White. Also
two deceased, Lyle Kohl and Mrs,
Ruth Schaublin.
Present were: Mrs. Ola Heming-
way, Wauseon; Mrs. Hazel Harris
and daughter Fay, Miss Gertrude
Keifer, Findlay; Mr.. and Mrs. II. D.
Leigh, Belleville, Michigan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas White and
family, Elmer Schaublin, Francis
and Harold Kohl and the honored
guest and hostess.
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Funeral Rites For
Mrs. BOgdrt Monday

Mrs. Idella n. Bogart, 72, wife of
Ed Bogart whom she married Oct.
II, 1895, died at 3:15 p. m. last
Saturday at her home in Beaverdam.
Born March ID, 1875, in Allen
county, her parents were George and
Sarah Yoakam Bowers. She was a
member of the Beaverdam Methodist
of the church.
church and the Ladies Aid society
In addition to her husband she is
survived by a daughter, Mrs. John
Lenny Jr.; two grandchildren, Mrs.
Harold Crawfs, Bluffton, and Marion
]. Lenny, Beaverdam; three brothers,
Peter V. and John M. Bowers, both
of Beaverdam, and Forest D. Bow
ers, Lima; and sister, Mrs. John
Moser, Blufton.
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon in the Beaverdam
Methodist church with Rev. Don
Fauver officiating Burial was in
Woodland cemetery.
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f2yO3 1JI45
1zessiio;:jG1o)i'
sSssjssfA7S 49, ~
BY HARRY 1. HALn

EDITORS NoTE-This Is one
of q series of articles TO appear
in the Blufton Ne1Us dealing
Nth early Ohio history. Others
aUiH appear in forthcoming
issues.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-07-17
The Story of Pickaway
Plains

From the sky of inky black forked
lightning darted this way and that
Sudden rolls of thunder rocked the
ground and the deluge began. Only
a few moments ago there had beer
stars and the slit of a tilted moon
The naked white man who strain
ed at the deerhide thongs which
bound him to the stake, turned his
face to the sky and the rain. The
rush of water cooled his fevered
brow and washed some of the sting
from the great cuts and bruises on
his body.
Already the dry wood which had
been fired by a painted Indian who
still stood by with the torch, had
begun to -crackle and the victim
could feel the heat creeping towards
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the product of vegetable decomposi-
ton through countless ages. Under
the black ground was water-worn
gravel and small pebbles. When first
cultivated BY the whites it produced
100 bushels of corn or so bushels of
wheat to the acre.
Early Circleviile
The rapid early growth of Circle
vile, laid out in 1910 around the
prehistoric circle where the Indians
had their council-house for the entire
area, and before them the mound
builders had their own fortified
community ampitheater, was due
largely thru the fertility of Picka-
way Plains.
From there, in 1916, when the
town had 20 stores, a bank, two
schools, three printing offices, q
dozen churches and canal with nine
warehouses along it, the town ship
ped over the canal 10S,465 bushels
of corn; 24,918 bushels of wheat;
426,374 pounds of broom corn;
1,277,212 pounds of pork and bacon;
and 1,458,259 pounds of lard.
Circleville had only 5000 popula-
tion at that time. In 1880 it had
1,136; in 1910 there were 1880 and
in 1880, 6,046. Population at the
last census was 7,937-a gain of
1891 during the past 81 years.
Pickaway County's first court
house, built in the prehistoric circle,
was octagonal in shape. When it
burned in 1876 Circleville did the
mathmaticalIy impossible-squared
the circle.
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his legs.
Then the rain-and the fire was
out.
Indians Awed
The Indian slowly stalked back to
the circle Of surprised savages who
crowded closely around their intend
ed victim. Their shouts and yells
had ceased and now there only was
awed silence-and the thunder. Truly
the Great Spirit had wrathfuliy dis
approved of what they had been
about to do and had put out His
stars, took in the moon, started his
own lightning and put the big noise
in the sky to show his displeasure.
So the Indians cut their captive
loose, took him into a cabin and tied
the leather rope, one end of which
was noosed around his neck, to ene
end of a log rafter.
The captive, whose christian name
has been forgotten during the sub
sequent 165 years, was a soldier
named Slower, taken with Col. Will
liam Crawford near Carey, Wyan-
dotte County a few days before.
Crawford had been burned at the
stake on the spot but Stover was
taken to "the burning ground of
Ohio"-Pickaway Plains-for torture
and death.
Makes Escape
Saved temporarily by Providence
from actual death, Slower knew that
God helps those most who help
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women and children in Allen county
under the old age survivors insur-
ance provisions Of the Social Sc
curity administration.
On an annual basis the payments
aggregate 1862, ,280 for the county.
IN the last IL months there has
been an increase of 25 per cent in
the number of persons receiving
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themselves. The idea of slipping
the deerhide moose from his neck
by loosing the knot and pulling it
over his head was his own. So was
that of stealing an Indians horse
and getting away.
His Indian guards had slept sound
" while he worked at the knot and
the squaw, whom he stumbled over
as she slept with her papooses
under a tree, had merely grunted.
Slower made his getaway undetect-
ed.
The unexpected delivery of the
victim of their torture and the
evident displeasure of the Great
Spirit prompted the savages to make
the incident the last torture-death
by fire in the towns on Pickaway
Plains. Such burnings had been
many and frequent and the wraiths
of hundreds of white victims moan
ed unheard and fitted unseen over
the fertile prairie, according to
Indian legend.
1t was at Grenadier Squaw-town,
on the southeast bank of Scripps
creek, between and a little to the
north of Kingston and Yellow Bud,
that Slover's delivery took place.
The Indian town was named for the
sister of the Shawanese chief,
Keigh-tugh-qua, a woman "of great
muscular strength and superior in
tellect," who lived there.
Chief Cornstalk
Keigh-tugh-qua, whom the white
men called Chief Cornstalk because
of his great size and toughness
"like the Indian corn on the Plains,
which grew several feet higher than
mans head and was so tough the
fodder barely could be broken" lived
at Cornstalk-town, on the opposite
side, of the creek. The Indians liked
the nickname given their chief and
adopted it as one of honor.
On the west bank of the Scioto
river about four miles below Circle
vile, was Old Chillicothe-town.
There, at a place later called West
fall, was the cabin of Logan, chief
Of the Mingos. 1t was in the door
way Of that cabin that John Logan,
huddled in his blanket, and sullen
and drunk, spent his wrinkled, de-
cIining years after peace had follow
ed the many white murders he will
ingly admitted.
On the other side of the Scioto, on
Darby creek, was Darby-town, an
other Shawanese town. The high
land on that side of the river was
known as Darby Plains but was a
part of the seven-by-four-mile Pick
away Plains just south of it. There
were other Indian towns on either
side of Congo creek and in the
Congo valley, which extended up to-
wards Circleville.
Burning Ground At Each Villege
Like Grenadier Squaw-town, all
the Indian villages had their burning
grounds, stakes and gauntlet paths.
Everyone of them was located on
high ground, which with the short
distance between the towns, made it
possible for residents of one village
to see and enjoy the burnings in
another in case they, themselves,
had no tortue-execution scheduled
for that particular night.
Very near Grenadier Squaw-towr
was Black Mountain, shaped like al
upset boat and from 130 to $50 fee
higher than the river bed. From
there Indian sentinels could watch
the country for miles around in anti,
cipated approach of their enemies
The Hill, named by the Indians, still
is known among the whites by th'
same name.
Elliptical-shaped Pickaway Plain
comprised the most fertile and bes
black ground of Ohio. The bright
est of flowers covered its rich silt
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Timothy Shenk Weds
Vest Coast Teacher

Of interest to residents of Bluffton
and vicinity last week was announce
ment of the marriage of Miss Emma
Z. Balling to Timothy Henry Shenk,
of Elida, former well known Bluff
ton college student who graduated
in 1882.
The marriage occurred June IA in
the brides home in South Pasadena,
Calf, by DR.. James T. Mordy.
The bride is daughter of Mrs.
William Frank Balling, cousin OF
Gen. George c. Marshall. Shenk is
the son of Mrs. Sophia E. Shenk
Eida.
For the wedding the bride wore a
poudre blue suit with blouse of heir.
loom lace brought from France BY
her mother, and Juliet cap Of
gardenias..
The couple reside at Elida at the
farm home of the groom.
Mrs. Shenk is a graduate of the
University of California, Los
Angeles, where she received hel
bachelor of arts degree. She received
her NJ. A. degree later from the
University of Southern California
and was instructor of history il
Hollenbeck and Fremont High
schools in Los Angeles.
The groom, a graduate of Blufftor
college, taught until one year ago il
California, then returned to Ohio tc
become associated with the Balti.
more and Ohio railroad.
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benefit and the amount of payments
Of the 1,437 benefciaries in Allen
county, 20 are retired workers over
65 years of age. They receive an
aggregate of S17,745 per month.
Other payments include S2,255 a
month to 244 wives of retired work
ers; and $40 children are sharing
in S4,415.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-07-17

Reports from 100 Ohio farms
bought under the terms of the Ten
ant Purchase Act prove the new
owners are doing well. Farm records
summarized by the rural economics
department show these 100 farms
had average gross income of $4,000
for each of the past five years. Farm
expenses averaged $2,73S. Net in
come was highest in 1914, but ex-
penses have increased faster than
receipts since then.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-07-17

Doubling the speed of operation
for tractor increases by four times
the chance of its overturning. Speed
should be cut down on turns and in
working over rough or sloping fields.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-07-17
I,437 In Allen County
Receive S. s. Benefits

Payments totalling S30,190
month are being made to 1,437 men,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
False Registration
At Hotel Brings
Suspended Sentence

George R%ountree, Jr., Whining
ton attorney, was found not guilty
yesterday in Recorders court on
a charge of operating a motor
vehicle while intoxicated.
A state highway patrolman testi-
fled he arrested .Rountree a week
| ago Sunday on the Market street
read as he was driving toward
Wilmington at a lsow rate of speed
and hindering traffic.
Rountree admitted having had
a drink but denied he was in
toxicated. He commended that his
hearing is impaired which might
have led the officer to believe
he was intoxicated.
Vincnt Wojciec houiski, marine,
drew a four months suspended SEN
tence upon. his plea of guilty to
false registration FOR immoral pur-
poses. Emma Williams, married,
pleaded not guilty but was ordered
held for a madical examination.
Police testified the couple were
arrested at the Wilmington hotel
Saturday when they heard the wo
man screaming and found her sit
ting on the bed in her slip.
A $50 fine was handed N. r.
Lane on a charge of drunken driv-
ing after he admitted hitting an
other car on the Carolina Beach
road. Police said they found the
man slumped yer the wheel of his
car following the accident.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24

date, Chevrolet dealers will be ex.
hibiting the new trucks" Raney
said. 1--WE. r having a special
showing in Wilmington and cordial
ly invite truck owners, fleet operat.
ors and others interested in trucks
to visit our showroom"
Advance information on the
trucks, Raney said, indicates that
the line will be the most compre-
hensive in the history of Chevrolet
and will feature driver comforts
and conveniences not heretofore
available in motor trucks.
For the first time in the history
of the automobile industry, a truck
has been designed which has as a
basic concept the comfort and
safety of the driver" Raney said.
- The display at the Raney Chew.
rolet COMPANY will open at 7.3O a
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24

Veterans Homes Extends
Time Limit For Deposit
On Lake Forest Units

The board of directors of Vete-
rams Homes, Inc, operator Of the
Lake Forest housing project, has
extended to June 80 the final date
to make deposit of cat least $50
to apply on the down payment on
dwelling units purchased by ten
ants"
This was revealed in letters mail
ed to tenants a few days ago by
T. V. Hackney, project manager.
This extension, the communica-
ton stated, applies alike to those
members who have paid their
membership fee and to those who
have not yet applied for member
ship.
"On July l., the purchase con-
tracts Of all tenants, veterans and
non-veterans, who have not COM
piled will be considered as can
celled. They will be notified that
they must vacate not later than
Dec. 81, 1947, or earlier if approval
is obtained from the Federal Pub
lie Housing authority.
THE units they are occupying
will be offered to members on ouS'
waiting list, who will be permitted
to purchase and make a down
payment to apply on a specific unit
for their choice, occupancy to be
permitted when it is vacated.
Tenants who do not make their
payments before July l will not
forfeit their privilege Of purchas-
ing units other than the ones they
are occupying. They will, however,
be required to sign new purchase
contracts with higher numbers and
will be placed on our waiting list
along with non-tenants.
IF the units they are occupying
are sold to other purchasers, they
will be required to move to the
units that become vacant at the
time their names reach the top of
the waiting list" Hackney's letter
said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
POLICE OFFICER
GETS SUSPENSION
Cop Pleads Guilty In Court
To Disorderly Conduct
Charge AT Beach

City Policeman w. W. Lewis
pleaded guilty yesterday before
Decorder's court Judge Winfield
Smith to a charge of d%isorderly
conduct in a brief hearing.
Immediately following. Police
Chief Hubert Hayes suspended
the officer pending a complete in
vestigation Of the incident.
In Recorders court, Lewis was
ordered to pay the costs of the
action. The incident was the out
growth of what William Farrer
Variety store proprietor al
Wrightsville Beach, said was ar
affray at the resort. Farrer was
the complaining witness.
The suspension was recommend
ed by Lieut.. Thomas B. Hughes
commanding the II to 8 a. m. shift
on which Lewis served.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
PULLMAN COMPANY
SEEKING WORKERS
In THIS SECTION

w. H. Powell, manager Of the
Wilmington offices of the State EN-
ployment service, said yesterday
he had been contacted by the Pull
man Standard Company, makers
of the Pullman car, asking for in
formation regarding the avail
bility of workers in template max
ing, cabinet making, carmen ano
joiners in Wilmington and area.
Pullman, Powell said, will have
to import workers to Chicago, H.,
where the cars III made, unless
sufficient labor can be found in
the state.
Deadline for the applications is
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
RED CROSS PLANS
MEETING TONIGHT
FOR AID PROGRAM

Persons interested in the Red
Cross relief program, as accen-
tuated by the Texas City. Texas,
ship disaster, will gather at s
p. M, tonight at the Red Cross
quarters. All South Front street,
to hear details of that organizations
plan of assisting unfortunate per-
sons and communities in the
future.
The meeting will terminate a
two-day session of Red Cross Off
Gals and agencies.
Members of the city council.
county commissioners and other
governmental authorities as well
as relief agency representatives
will attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
A LITTLE LATE

ROBERSONVILLE, June %
-Eighty-five rural school chill
dren recently planned to at
tend the children's concert of
the North Carolina Symphony.
At the last minute they learn
ed that there was no bus avail
able. So had the officials of
the Orchestra - and a bus
used in transporting orches-
ira personnel was sent to the
rural area.
The children stampeded the
bus upon arrival and went to
the concert. But they were 30
minutes late. So Dr.. Benjamin
Swain, conductor of the Or
chestra, decided to make the
program 30 minutes longer,
just for them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
NOW IN JAPAN

WITH THE EIGHTH ARMY
IN KOIZUMI, japan, June %
- Pfc. John J. Flynn, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. George d. Flynn,
Atkinson, North Carolina, is
serving his country in the &C.
cupation Of Japan. Pfc. Flynn
is a truck driver in the 271st
Field Artillery battalion, LIST
Calvary division.
Overseas since January,
1947, Pfc. Flynn underwent
basic training at Fort Knox,
Kentucky. A student at Atkin-
son High school prior to en-
tering the service in Septem-
Der, 1916, Pfc. Flynn plans to
finish his education after his
discharge.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
PASTOR GETS CAR

NEW BERN, June % = A
new Chrysler Windsor auto
mobile, completely equipped
even to city license tags, has
been presented to the Rev:
Charlse E.. Williams, rector
Of Christ Episcopal church, by
members of his congregation.
1t was a surprise to the minis
ter, when the gift was present
ed by Charles K. McCotter and
W. E.. Turnbull on behalf of
the donors. He has been rector
here since 1884.