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The Nome nugget., 1947-05-12

These classless and enlightened denizens under benevolent social IS. governments Chats the picture q lawn up for consumption of peo- olcs still ruled by despotic capital s) do not of course value the bower of the vote. They do not now what workable factor of emocracy the vote is. Not having permitted the will of the people . develop through free speech, a free press, and free elections, the 'otters of ruling classes are likely to remain.
 Example. Britain
 No nation can have free cleo ;ons. while at the same time 1t .ries to artificially discipline it's labor force and foster government engagement of industry. Recent events in Britain give point to this statement. It was evident to ne while in England last August that the nation was in for trouble. Absenteeism of workers in coal mines had risen to about 25 per | cent. and this was reduced to IS per cent only in January, when .ha coal famine was already a 'a2lity. Productivity remained in- cxplainably low.
 Because there was a lack of na- t.0nal discipline, that is, the nor nal self-discipline common in Americas industrial workers, coal was not coming from the mines. .. ilament was afraid to diSci- plne the miners to get coal. Par liament feared results at the next election. This explains why the la bor government calmly watched ne coal crisis develop, step by step, fully aware that it was com ing.
 No Ruling Classes
 No country can promote gov ernment management of industry, as England is trying to do, and maintain discipline of labor along with free elections. Stalin has the first two, in good measure, but he is not troubled with elections. Free elections under present con- ditions in Russia would have little meaning. They are a risk that the Soviet ruling class could never assume.
 We in America have found that the best type of discipline comes from incentives found in the ann -bition to get ahead. When man knows he can better his lot and is not afraid to try, the best kind of discipline is the result. The lowliest immigrant can become a great inventor. An assembly line worker can plan to own the fac .ory, and can do it honestly. Things like these have happened too often to go unnoticed.
 Keep On Electing
 We must have discipline in our economic life, but when a govern ment finds it necessary to disci- pline its labor force, just then il begins to curtail it's chances of free elections. Likewise, govern Gent management of industry flinders adequate and natural dis cipline of labor in the same way il prevents free elections. Nor is il ,nnccih1o fn,. aionr ornilnc nr indus
Evening star., 1947-03-08

report on Franz Hoess, who said
2,500, 900 persons were executed ui1-
der his direction in concentration
camps and 500,0 starved to death.
Hoess said he used crystalization
OF prussic acid called siklon B to
kill them. At other camps, Hoess
said, carbon monoxide gas was used.
He could kill 200 persons in from
3 to is minutes, he said, by drop
ping crystals into. their death cell
I'VE knew when they were dead
the screaming stopped" Hoess said
Had Super -Ege.
The psychologists report in the
trial record, DR.. Walsh said, showed
Hoess was man with no moral
standards. who lacked perspective
on the value OF human life. He
did not believe In hereafter. He
was not troubled by dreams. His
was a super-ego that was psyche
pathic.
That was the type Of man." DR.
Walsh said, whom Hitler used to
enact the atrocities Of the concen-
tration camps"
DR.. Walsh's next lecture will be
on Monday night.
Evening star., 1947-03-08

/ inclosed and the rear part Of the
first floor received light from only
one small window. s
In remodeling, an open stairway
was built and an old mahogany hand
rail and newell post were put in.
French doors were built to replace
the single window. The large doors
gave additional light, and led to a
brick dining terrace. A higher ter
race at the rear is surrounded by
q 3-foot garden space.
An automatic gas-fired iaot-water
heating unit was installed in the
kitchen, since the house has no cell
lar. Gas and electric meters were
tingeniously concealed on the first
floor.
Part OF the interior woodwork,
including the mahogany hand rail,
Evening star., 1947-03-08
Lewis
Continued From Page BID

modelling operations. She bought
the house in 1910 and went ahead
with remodeling Immediately. The
job took about three months.
All interior partitions were re-
moved and the contractor virtually
rebuilt the inside Of the house, pro-
viding one large living room an6
kitchen on the first floor and twc
bedrooms, rear balcony and bath
room on the second floor Before
remodeling the house had five sma.l
rooms.
The exterior face of the house
was vastly changed, as the before
and after" photographs show. But
this was accomplished mainly
through placing shutters on the win
dows, erecting an ornamental iron
fence and gate and replacing the
iron porch with brick porch hav-
ing an ornamental iron railing
At the time the house was pur-
chased, the stairway was completely
Evening star., 1947-03-08
Priests Used by Nazii,
I'm Sadistic Camps,
DR.. Walsh Relates

More data on German concen-
tration camp atrocities from the
record of the Nuremberg trial was
related last night by the Rev. DIR
Edmund A. Walsh, vice president OF
Georgetown University, in his third
lecture at the Mayfiower Hotel on
the story Of the trial. A paid audi
ence Of about 1000 attended.
Dr.. Walsh was a consultant on the
staff of Sdpreme Court Justice
Jackson who was chief Allied prose-
cutor at Nuremberg.
More than 10,0O0,0 900 persons
passed through the camps, said DR.
Walsh.
In one Of the sadistic medical ex-
periments. 100 priests were used, he
said.
All Limbs Ampntated.
"The explanation" DR.. Walsh
said, was tribute tony brethren
Of the priesthood. It was that SUBJ
jects with clean blood were needed
for the experiments. In some cases
all four limbs were amputated in
these experiments. 1t took some 90
days to die"
DR.. Walsh read the psychologists
Evening star., 1947-03-08

Irandom-width flooring and q nat.
lural-pine mantel over the fireplace.
came from . home In the vicinity
OF the Washington Navy Yard, built
about 1910, M. Curley Boswell, who
was In charge Of the remodeling, ex-
planned.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-09-18
C CuriOSa
Americana a

Anti Climax
IT'S a story that has been told about
L Judge Roy Bean OF Texas, famous
as the exponent Of the "Law West of
the Pecos." 1t has also been attributed
to other rough-and-ready upholders Of
justice. 1t may never really have hap
pened but 1t was typical of the grim,
yet gusty, humor of the frontier. Here's
the yarn:
A Mexican sheepherder was caught
red-handed in the assassination of
fellow-countryman and brought to trial
After an hours deliberatlon the jury
returned with verdict of guilty of muir
der in the first degree.
While it had been out, the Judge had
retired to his chambers to read up on
the law. He found 1t very dry so he
freshened his mind with frequent Iiba-
tions from a bottle. When he returned
to the courtroom, his voice was a bit
thick as he delivered this classic SEN
tence upon the prisoner:
Jose Manuel Miguel Xavier Gonzales,
in but a few months it will be spring.
The SHOWS of winter will fee away.
the ice will vanish and the air will
become soft and balmy. In short, Jose
Manuel Miguel Xavier Gonzales, the
annual miracle of the years re-awak-
ening will come to pass. The rivulet
will run its purling course to the sea.
The timid desert flowers will put forth
their tender shoots. The glorious val
Ieys OF this imperial domain will blos-
som as the rose. From every tree-top
some wildwoods songster will carol his
mating song. Butterflies will sport in
the sunshine, and the busy bee will
hum happily as Ii pursues its accus-
toned vocation. The gentle breezes will
tease the tassels OF the wild grasses.
And all nature, Jose Manuel Miguel
Xavier Gonzales, will be glad. But you,
you, - - Mexican sheepherder,
you won't be here to see it, because
you're going to get hung four weeks
from this coming Friday.
@ Western Newspaper Union.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-09-18

Pauline Zimmerman and daughters
were Saturday afternoon callers a,
the Edwin Niswander home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Huber, Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Crate, Mr.. and Mrs,
VIM. Amstutz, Mrs. Sibyl Reichen-
bach, Mr.. and Mrs. Avery Watt and
sons Ronald and Kenneth and Mr..
and Mrs. Winston Jennings and son
were past week callers of Mr.. and
Mrs. Willard Jennings and son.
The Victory class viii meet this
Friday evening with Mr.. and>~Mrs.
Paul Faze.
The Hauenstein family reunion was
held Sunday at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. K. K. Huber with an attendance
of 80.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis vandemark and
family of Lima were past week call
ers of Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Huber
and son.
Mrs. Pearl Huber, Idonna Huber,
Clara Murray and Treva Vandemark
called on Mr.. and Mrs. Orton STRAIT
ton, Sunday evening,
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Mi'sL
Oeb1atsoI

Equinox coming Saturday -. and
that cool snap Monday that was al
most as cold as last July and
Cotterman's Pirates prying off the
lid of the football season this Fri
DAY night under the Harmon field
lights and Seth Basinger turn
ing out cider at the Morning Star
all of which looks like fall not
to mention the green capped college
frosh who are looking the town over
wonder what they think of us :. . 4.
heard one little coiored coed from
Mississippi remark that things sho'
are high up heah'' and farmers
on the anxious seat with on eye on
the calendar and the other on the
thermometer hoping October gets
here before Jack Frost and some
disgruntled grid fans here suspect
all those fireworks at Kenton last
Friday night were part of deep plot
to celebrate victory over Bluffton
which went thru last season unde-
feated you may remember it was
a year, almost to the day, that Bluff
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Lafayette

The Aloha Club met Thursday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Lester
Bierly. Members present were Mrs.
Pete Binkley, Mrs. Irene Stump, Mrs.
RaycheI Rex, Mrs. Hilda Badertscher
and Mrs. Tia Hall. The next meeting
is to be with Mrs. Binkley.
The Lafayette Pinochle Club met
Thursday evening at the home of
Mrs. jeanette Aures of Lima. Mem
bers present were Mrs. Lois Hall
Mrs. Dorothy Bierly, Mrs. Dorothy
Hall, Mrs. Blanche Oberdier, Mrs
Jane Hall, Mrs. Raychel Rex, Mrs
Anne Lyles and the hostess. High
score for the evening was Mrs. Rex
with Mrs. Bierly second.
Burdette Hall, who has been a pa
tient at Memorial hospital is reported
improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Bierly enter
tanned the following Saturday
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and family, Sunday evening.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Hartman at
tended the wedding of their niece,
Miss Eileen Hartman of Mt. Cory.
Sunday p. m.
DR.. and Mrs. L. L. Huber of State
College, Pa, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Cloyee Ernest were Friday evening
supper guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Huber and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Phillips and
family of Lima were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman
Barnes and Ioanne. Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Phillips were Sunday p. m.
callers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Long, Beaver
dam, who have vacationed the past
three months in California, Arizona
and other western states, have re-
turned to their home. They were
callers of Mrs. Longs brother, Oscar
Zimmerman and family, Sunday
afternoon.
Billy visited with Danny Gleason
Sunday afternoon and evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Winegardner
and daughter Lucy were Sunday
evening callers at the Maurice Bell
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Huber and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Cloyce Err
nest were Sunday evening supper
guests of Prof. and Mrs. H. Z. Huber
of Ada.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Bell and
family called on Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Edwards of Col. Grove, Sunday
evening.
Mrs. Ruth Jennings called on Mrs.
Bertha Garau and son Sunday after
noon. Miss Martha Kolter of Dayton
is visitor for a few days.
Mr.. Howard Smith and his mother
called on Mrs. Lille Fett and Miss
Nellie Huber, Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Badertscher
and family and Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne
Zimmerman and family were Sun
day dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam Badertscher.
Mrs. Edith Badertscher and Mrs.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-09-18

so chance of getting aluminium autt
license plates next year instead oi
steel. Delays in delivery of steel tc
complete manufacture of some 21s
million sets of plates may make the
change necessary.
| N~
It's a good year for soybeans-and
you can take Carl Kimmel's word
for it. He counted I'll pods on one
stalk of Manchu beans in a field on
his farm on Bentley road. And just
to prove it, he brought it to the News
office and we put it in the window.
If you want to check the count, you
can stop in and count the pods your
self.
The "eat less" campaign which
now has the official blessing of top
brass of both parties in Washington
brought a sarcastic quip from a
Bluffton housewife in a local food
store Tuesday that her family had
been doing that all summer as her
husbands paycheek bought less and
less each week. "Looks as if the big
shots are just finding out what we
knew long time ago." she AIDED.
Asked about her politics, she replied
she was ready to vote for anyone
who would bring down the high cost
of living. Walking down the street
we thot about all those little pigs
which were murdered and crops
turned under not so many years ago
to avoid a surplus-weII anyway,
they got what they asked for-at
least there's no surplus.
-
Bob Hursey of Bluffton together
with Jim Scott of Orange township
and Jim Bishop of Benton Ridge back
from a 16 days flying motor trip to
Frisco and return with a tour of
the west thrown in for good measure.
They say the boys were in almost
every state out there except Wash
ington and Oregon.
| @#*
That article on Blennerhasset Is
land which appeared in the Bluffton
News last week in the series "True
Tales about Ohio" brought some in
quiries from readers interested in
early Ohio history. Blennerhasset Is
land in the Ohio river is no longer
a point of interest, being merely
farmland with only few foundation
stones and an old well-hole to mark
the days of its grandeur. 1t may be
reached by rowboat or motorboat
from nearby Belpre or Marietta.
Probably the best idea of the Blen-
nerhasset establishment in the days
of its prime may be had by visiting
the museum at Marietta which houses
collection of relics including house
hold furnishings together with some
of the dresses worn by his wife who
was described by contemporary
writers as unusually beautiful and
glamorous.
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PAGE NINE

evening: Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff Hall,
Lima; mr.. and hrs. Doyt Hall and
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Rex.
Jerry Downard, who was injured
last Monday evening at Harrod in
an auto and motor scooter accident,
is reported satisfactory at Memorial
hospital. He is suffering from a frac-
tured leg.
The District Garden club meeting
is being held September Is at the
Lafayette Park shelter house for an
all day meeting. Lunch viii be served
at 1900 on the grounds. They plan
an inspection tour of Lima gardens
at 1:45. Victor Vies of Ohio State
will speak in the morning session.
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ton trimmed Kenton by a one point
margin in last years season opener
at Harmon field with meat
prices where they are, Bluffton hunt
ers are shouldering arms and going
afield since the opening of the squir-
rel season last Saturday results
are good with the boys reported get
ting an average of three-fourths of
their bag limit the first day fact
is hunting is so good that some hunt
ers have been obliged to give away
part of their game in order to keep
within the regulation which provides
a limit of not more than four in pos
session.
Comes October l when Bluffton's
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new admission tax goes into effect
will find Sidney Stettler in one of
ficial position turning over tax col
lections to himself in another official
position. You see, it's this way: as
faculty manager of high school ath-
letics he will collect the tax on ad-
missions to athletic events and as
Bluffton's town treasurer he will re-
ceive the tax and add it to the
treasury balance. Reminds us of Poo
Bah in Gilbert g. Sullivan's comic
opera Mikado, who held most of the
high government offices and held
conferences with himself in all his
various official capacities.
Bluffton motorists will stand So
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-09-18

The most practical above ground
temporary silo is the one made from
snow fence which is lined with paper.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-09-18

Miss Kay Biery spent the week
end with Miss jeanne Barnes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Huber were
callers of Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Gleason
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ANCHOR, TO WZzNDHRD

IN THE DAYS or THE SAILING VESSEL
IF BAD WEATHER HIT, THE ANCHOR TO
WtNortARD HELPED THE SHIP SAFELY
TO RIDE OUT THE STORM.
Evening star., 1947-12-21

to put his arm around her to steady her.
He leads her out and helps her into cab,
and when he comes back the Inspector and
Lieutenant Hudson are looking at each other
glumly.
"A grand at time she's going to hand it
out!' sighs Hudson. She'll be mobbed
There'll be hell of nights work for the
Riot Squad!'
We'll have to keep it quiet" says the
Inspector. There's no law against her giving
away money, provided she realizes fully
what she's doing" He turns to Dan
''McGarry, check up with this Dr. McFin-
ney. Find out what you can about her."
Dan tracks Dr. Mckinney down in his
Office. He's fat and redfaced, and he sits be-
hind his desk bobbing his head all the time
Dan tells him how Mrs. Dusenberry wants
to be pint-sized Mrs. Santa and shower
thousand-dollar bills around and disturb the
peace generally on Christmas Eve.
Evening star., 1947-12-21

"A great old girl if ever there was one"
the Doc says when Dan finishes. What
kick she'll get out of it!'' And suddenly he
frowns. IF she can only make it." he adds.
"Is it - is it that bad?" Dan asks
HE Doc spreads his hands. There's moth
ing much can do, " he says "She won't even
try. She threw in the towel last July"
The Inspector sort of wants to be sure"
explains Dan, that the old lady's got all her
buttons"
DR.. Mckinney jumps in his chair. She's
as mentally competent as the Inspector he
barks. "And a lot more so, if he's crazy
enough to try to keep her from this final
satisfaction
Then he starts in telling Dan about the
old dame. 1t seems he knows her for years
and is very fond of her. Ten years back she
takes over her grandson Tommy when he's
left an orphan at the age of two. She brings
Evening star., 1947-12-21

him up, and skimps and saves to put enough
aside so Tommy can 60 to college when he's
older. But the kid is counted out when he
reaches the eighth grade, and the Doc tells
Dan how it happens. After this the Doc says,
Mrs. Dusenberry cracks and goes all to
pieces This coming Christmas will be her
first Christmas without Tommy, and if she
can get thrill out of spreading twenty grand
around to various characters, maybe Christ
mas will still mean something to her..
Dan tells all this to his mouse Kitty as they
sit in Wmtzenbnger's restaurant $50 go
back and give the Inspector the lowdown,"
he says, pushing away his second plate of
pie, land he agrees with the Doc that the
old girl should have her fun on Christmas
Eve if she wants it. Personally do not mind
either, except that she may slip grand to
some of the more obnoxious guys l know
around town. But the Inspector orders me
Continued on page 20
Evening star., 1947-12-21

away money. Once woman said she didn't
need it, and he said, Why that's wonderful!
Then You can have the fun of giving it to
someone else. That's the general idea, you
see, at Christmastime' And thought then"
sghs the old dame, that I'd like to do that
sometime before die
She pauses, a little out of breath, but her
eyes glowing. And now l can do it!' she
cries out softly. Il can stop people and say,
Merry Christmas, young man or young lady.
Here's a thousand-dollar bill -"
''Now wait a minute!" yels the Inspector.
"'-a and God bless your" goes on the
little old dame. Il never thought could do
it, and now, just in time - Oh, maybe just
in the nick of time! - the dreams come
true, and ="
She's so overcome with her idea that she
starts to cry, and pretty soon she's so happy
she is sobbing and shaking all over. Dan has
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-01

on their invested capital. The
Federal Reserve Board study
cited here points out: "Ratios
of profits to business invest
ment met WORTH in 1916 were
in general considerably higher
than in l945 and in the prewar
period"
The return on the net worth
capital stock plus surplus)s of
all corporations was $50 in
1945. 1t rose to 1879 in 1916.
During this year the return on
net worth for all corporations
has been running in the neigh
borhood of 1l%.
BY contrast, the return on
net worth was 5.29o back in
the prewar boom year of 1929.
1t averaged only 3.9@o in the
years just prior to the war,
1886 1889. Profiteering has al
most tripled the return on net
worth, compared with the nor
NAL return before the war.
ANOTHER measure Of prof
iteering shows up in a COM
parison of factory payrolls,
prices and profits. Comparing
the first half of 1945 with the
first half of 1947, we find:
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-01

line. Big business has made no
effort at all to use the efficien-
cies of capacity production TO
keep prices down by cutting
profit margins.
A study published by the
Federal Reserve Board reveals
that actually profit margins
have been increased. Accord
ing TO the study. profit mar
gins increased Significantly for
most corporations in 1916 and
were much larger than they
were before the war; This is
two-dollar way of saying that
the corporations w mt on a
profiteering spree.
Spelling this out, the Federal
Reserve Board study goes on
to say: During 1916 most bust
nesses experienced not only a
larger dollar volume of opera
tons but also a greater volume
of profits for each dollar of
business transacted. In other
words, the unit price increases
in the products of most manu-
featuring and trade concerns
were not matched by proper
tionate increases in their total
unit costs. The more intense
utilization of capacity that re-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-01

The Progressive campaign
for Superior Court judge was
being aided this week by copies
of The Chicago Stars Election
Special" four-page spread
which Star subscribers received
last week as part of this news
paper.
In addition to the regular
press run for Star subscribers.
$4,000 copies of the Election
Special" were bought by hun
dreds Of local unions. religious.
fzaternal veterans. civic and
.nafionalities organizations. and
election committees for mass
distribution. -.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-01
BY THE ECONOMIST
Federated Press
ID ACK OF the rampant in

ID ACK OF the rampant in
Id flation in the U. S. is a
simple economic fact. Big bust
ness is profiting from initiation
and will continue to raise prices
to make still more profits.
In fact, profits have reached
such astronomical levels that
the United States News recent
ly stated that profits at pres
ent levels are turning out to be
a source OF embarrassment to
many industries" To cover up
these unconscionable profits,
apologists for big business are
working overtime to develop
alibis.
A favorite alibi is that while
the volume of profits has gone
up, there has been no profiteer-
ing. The argument is used that
higher profits are the result of
expanded business operations
and not of gouging the consm-
ing public.
BUT this alibi won't hold up.
Higher prices have swollen
profit margins all along the