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Evening star., 1949-04-28
The Greet Soucer Hunt

The fact that the Air Force Is not
convinced that all flying saucers are jokes
serves to heighten the mystery OF these
strange sky-riding objects. The finding
also Is likely to revive interest-and per-
haps imaginations-in connection with
the things" Whether the saucers them
selves are practical jokes. the task Of
investigating them has proved to be
anything but joke. At least three flyers
have been killed trying to capture re-
ported discs. -~
That two flyers were killed while chasing
. saucer" which proved to be a hoax
suggests that some of the iesting has been
carried too far. third man. National
Guard pilot, was killed In flying to an
oxygen-rare altitude In quest Of tear
drop" object he had spotted. And the Air
Force has consumed q lot of money, time
and energy in tracking down reports of
flying saucers in many parts of the
country. Many of the missiles turned out
to be meteorological or carnival balloons,
meteors, birds or testing devices"-the
latter presumably OF military origin But
many other reports have never been
cleared UP.
The Air Force, with tongue-in-cheek
seriousness, discounts the possibility of
Martian invasions or sightseeing tours by
animal-like visitors from outer space. Yet
only 80 per cent of the dinguses reported
in 240 instances have proved to be CON
yentional objects" There Is no need to
become unduly alarmed, however For the
outstanding fact remains that no authen-
tic flying saucer" Of unexplained nature
has yet been discovered. Until one of the
what-is-its actually Is found and analyzed
there is no reason for hysteria on the part
of any one. Until then the average person
will continue to regard the saucerS as In
the same general category with the famed
Loeb Ness sea serpent.
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Free Peoples Are Fed Up

No people anywhere are more tolerant,
more even-tempered or more law-abidlng
than the hard-to-anger British. Yet, q
few days ago. in the seaport town OF
Plymouth, thousands of them staged q
near riot in which Harry Pollitt, the chief
of Britains Communist Party, conceivably
might have been lynched had the police
been less efficient in protecting him.
Why did this happen? Why did these
Britons suddenly act out Of character with
their countrys celebrated attachment to
tolerance and Law and order? Part Of the
answer is that they were infuriated when
PolAtt stood before them and said, in effect,
that the Chinese Reds were fine fellows
who did no wrong when they killed forty
one British sailors in the recent lombard
ment of the Royal Navyon the Yangtze.
But that is not the whole answer. In all
probability Pollitt's statement acted merely
as a spark infiaming. pent-up feelings
against what he and his kind have been
saying and doing ever since the end OF the
war-words and deeds indicating more
loyalty to.the Kremlin than to ones native
land, words and deeds calculated to libel
and weaken the free western world and
to promote, by hook and oy crook, the
liberty destroying aims Of the iron listed
Soviet dictatorship.
The truth is. actually, that Plymouth's
Britons have given vent TO temper that
has been growing STEADILY, for some time
past among free and informed peoples
everywhere The temper Is one Of being
fed up-fed up with Communist propa-
ganda line that is naked and unashamed
in its use of distortions and downright Hes
to defame the democratic West while heap
ing unstinted pratse on one Of the most
ruthless tyrannies IN history.
It is line, In short. that has Ill but
exhausted the tolersnce and patience OF
decent and honest citizens who know what
is happening IN the world and who have
had their I'LL Of Communist phoniness.
when Pollitt mouths II now. q whsn. .
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Australia Advances

The late war brought home 10 us
Americans the Importance of Australia to
ourselves as we'll as to Western civilization
of which it is the Pacific bastion. 1t is
therefore gratifying to scan a recent
survey of Australia by competent in
vestigator-Anthony Eden, former British
Foreign Secretary and now deputy leader
of the Conservative Party. His conclusions
are embodied in the first of series of
articles written for the North American
Newspaper Alliance.
Those conclusions are decidedly opti-
mistic He finds Australia truly a land
of opportunity, with wide variety OF
resources and possibilities for development.
Furthermore, the Australian people, IN
recent decades, have developed sense
OF national solidarity and faith in great
destiny somewhat akin to our own evolu-
tion q century earlier. From the six
separate colonies which federated as
Commonwealth on New Years Day, 1901,
Australia has attained true nationhood.
A few basic facts explain alike Aus
tralia's past, present, and potential future.
The Commonwealth is continent with an
area of just under 5000, 900 square miles
approximately the size of the continental
United States Yet its present population
is somewhat under 5000, ,000-almost the
same as that of New York City.
Australia's relatively slow growth in
population can be in part accounted Tor
by it's remoteness from the homeland and
the rest of Europe, which precluded mass
immigration. Yet more fundamental is
the fact that much of Australia is insult
able for close settlement. The best land
Is found on its Eastern shore, facing the
Pacific Ocean, Like our Pacific Coast, this
Is a relatively narrow littoral backed by
mountain ranges high enough to stop the
rain-bearing oceanic winds, which deposit
their moisture on the coast. Deficient
rainfall for the vast interior limits 1t to
grazing or dry farming, with large
stretches of desert Only in the extreme
north, which extends into the tropics. is
there another belt of heavy rainfall but
remotenesS and trying climate nave
hindered the development of that area.
Obviously, Australia offered fewer OPP
portunities for pioneering settlement than
did North America Nevertheless, modern
scientific methods of agriculture and
engineering can reclaim much OF the
interior through irrigation, thereby dimin-
ishing the recurrent menace Of prolonged
droughts Furthermore, Australia has In
recent decades built up healthy industry
which offers enhanced opportunities to
settlers, The late war certainly brought
home to Australians the latent peril OF
its empty quarters, and vigorous efforts
are being made to attract immigrants,
primarily from the British homeland but
likewise from Continental Europe and
even from the United States Limited
shipping accommodations and high trans
portation charges are the chief hindrances
to the volume of arrivals. Combined with
moderate yet steady increase Of its vig-
orous, healthy native Inhabitants. the
Commonwealth hopes to double its present
population within the next few decades
Such consumnation is surely TO Be
wished BY 8 Americans - well - b
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Letters to The Star
Argues fer Natisnai Scope
OF Group Health System

OF Group Health system
Ie sss Bitter sf Tas ssas
The reply Of Melvin l. Dollar executive
director Of the Group Health Association.
Inc. 70 the letter. Health Insurance Dis
elimination Against Those Who Are 60"
definitely helped 10 round out the reasons
the association feels unable 10 accept per
sons 90 years OF age or over as members
Do not these reasons. however derive
from one broad principle which IL might be
well to state-namely. that medical service
is made possible In such periods Of excessive
care as infancy. motherhood during child
bearing. and old age only by continuation
OF payments during the intervening periods
when little medical care is needed The
only special subsidy here would be for child
bearing
The basic implication OF such q principle
and OF such Q system Is that people con-
tinue TO live In one tthisi locality all their
lives Tor at least in some periods when they
need little medical care as well as in some
which need much medical care. ISny that
after all. the crux Of the matter? To bring
out that point. asked before. Does Group
Health assume an immobile population"
Similarly. I referred TO the person who
might have paid for some form of group
health during the previous 20 or 30 years
in some other part OF the country and then
arrive In Washington. D. c.. the day he or
she Is 90 years old. only to And himself
showed out Of the prepaid insurance system
Isn't 1t the obvious conclusion that no local
system can handle health insurance or pre-
paid group health in a civilization where
people move about? transfer OF credit
from one place to another would turn the
trick. Lacking that. a subsidy for the peri
DDS OF special need would seem imperative
Meanwhile does 1t not seem. as stated
before. that "f a nondiscrtminative health
and disqualification service is to be availsble
here. 1t would be through congressional ac-
ton or not at all"?
ONE CAUGHT IN THE PINCERS,
Evening star., 1949-04-28
By TINE HAsKIN SERVICE

ny NuE nANaAN AEANAAG%
q. What is meant by iow volatile and high
volatile coaiss--D. l.
A The Bureau OF Mines mays that love
volatile" and high volatile" Goals are terms
which classify coal9 ACCORDING to their rank
series from hxnittc To anthracite. Los
volatile Goals are q quite h!gh-rank coal
In. this series and are defined ~ those hay
ing from IL 10 n per cent Of volatile matter
on the dry, mineral matter free basis. Hagh-
volatile Goals are lower In the rank ei.satfea-
ton series than the Low volatile coais. ard
By definition contain more than u per cent
OF volatile matter on the dry. minfrai-ns.-
t<r-free basis Both iow and hiEh-sc!aiass
Goals are bituminous Goals.
O. What are the various claasafcstaofas
under SeiecsiYe servicsf-H Y. w.
A. Ciasslfcatsons Of the seieetise Service
Act are as follows. Class T--Asaiisess for
military service. Class u--D<fexred because
II occaspatsonAi status. Class uI--p<fsrFsd
because Of dependency. Class V--ueferrsd
suer4fcaily by lav or because nnd1 Tar
service. Cism Iv-c--Aiiens temporarily
in sssi, country for study. teaching. practical
training or reas<aycn. vino have ncs declared
their intention TO become e4ftzena Casss
v--Men who became % years osd and ss-
eiixibie for the draft before thsy s*ss
called UP.
q. Where 10 Hell Gate7~-S- q. O.
A. H. is the nArrow p&ssxxf n tf< k&sf
River between 1sseens Bosaugn and WARDS
Iaiand. 3 pmrt of Manhattan Besu1xn. Nsw
York CITY. n ID nox scanned ~ Ire hssJ
Gnse Railroad BYtdse and sass Trssofexs8n
Hisnwsy Brsdse. Tsse name Heb Gate pscns.
BY derived from the Dutch Heilexss seesn-
fafui passe xhaeh originally sAs sppaisd -
NJ vhois ~ Rsvs.
Evening star., 1949-04-28

Natures best invariably brings out the
worst In people, rs indicated in the ira
ditionally sad Monday tidings: Perfect
driving weather contributed to the week
end traf1ic toll" s.
Evening star., 1949-04-28

Australians themselves. A strong. pros
porous and influential Australia would be
a guarantee Of peace and stability for the
whole Pacific area.
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Axsistink Foreign Nations
Deplored ~ q Cause Of High Prices

Assisting k0feixn Nauons
Deplored ~ . Cause Of High Prices
To the Editor Of The Star:
1t should be fair to ask those oficials and
others who are forming our foreign policy
of saving Europe and wreeking America, II
they ever have heard Of two OF our most
famous founding fathers. George Washing
ton and Thomas JeiIersons Both these
Americans advised and declared against
America ever becoming involved In en-
tangiing alliances" with European nations.
Thomas jefferson said: i hope for cordial
determination among all American nations
and their uniting In an American sysfem Of
policy. totally independent Of. and unasso-
ciated with. that OF Europe. The day Ii not
far distant when We may require meridian
Of partition through the ocean which sepa-
rates the two hemispheres. on the hither
side Of which no European gun shan ever
be heard, nor American on the other side:
and when during the rage OF the eternal
wars Of Europe, the lion and the lamb with
in our regions shah lie down together IN
peace. The principles Of society. there and
here, are radically differents And ! hope no
American patriot win ever lose sight Of the
policy Of forbidding the seas and territories
OF both Americas. the ferocious contests Of
Europe"
Industrial plants In Eastern Germany.
valued at sii 900 900 900 have been taken
By Russia as war reparations. In Western
Germany. Britain and France are mcsing
plants to the latter two nations with con-
sent Of the United States). Then some
foreign influenced cfdciais hatched up the
Marshall Plan TO rebuild Germany and 10
Other nations with aid from America. That
Is un-AmeFican by Jef1erscn's standards Of
Amex3eAnim.
Foreign assistance given hy the United
States from July |. fs4o. 10 june J. 1s47,
Including Iease- -iend of $50 600. totaied
s73. .Oo0, ,ooo 900. About half cf that vast
sum went 70 Great Britain. with her tin-cup
stu extended. In addition. the MArsnAn
Plan viii take another ef7!000 0o0.0oo nf
supplies. steel. resources and cash from
American taxpayers.
Britain's important Industries are besnz
taken over hy the Labor Party. with nil-
lions and billions Of icAse-iend and frse
xranta ID aid for Britain. II should be easy
FOR her - Try socialism st our expense. ssen
II ii docs canae high prices tn America
making II hard for the aversse American -
= rs;sss. s oA,s. .A,ahI 1 az.wooo.
Evening star., 1949-04-28

Letters for rnha.esfsoz msss eeer
the rcra.grs Cn6 sce-eu of the
arttev, although II Is re~-assais To-
snrsfer s1oGn 70 Ths sts- 70 Gss
som dc piano Please hs arssf
Evening star., 1949-04-28

The Western editor with his sights set
high is brought to earth by old subscriber:
Before Strengthening out the world, why
not correct the many errors In your daily
crossword puzzle?"
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Sees Dictatorship Resulting from Ran
On Release Of Military Information


On Release Of Military Information
To the Editor Of m. Star
AS a mother OF two 0I sons one OF whom
served ~ months in the pacifc during
World War Il and the other one now is in
the Army stationed In Germany. am
shocked at the recent Pentagon curb on
information.
This edict not only violates the constitu-
tional rights OF free speech but, coming al
time when the American people are vitally
concerned with the military implications OF
the North Atlantic treaty now before the
Senate. its effect is sinister indeed. II vir-
tually establishes q military dictatorship
which will be able to parcel out only such
information as "the people need TO know 4"
rs the military spokesman for the Defense
Establishment implied In denying that any
limitation on access to information was
intended.
II our republic is to remain free. the people
and not the Pentagon and the State De-
partment. or foreigners. must decide the
issues now before US. Unless our reserve
ofhcers National Guard officers. retired mill
tary officers. enlisted men and others are
permitted to speak freely On. the military
implications Of this Atlantic treaty the
American people cannot possibly learn
enough OF the facts to make an intelligent
decision. With the Pentagon putting q curb
on the release, Of military information Of any
kind. unless approved by its Security Board.
the American people are denied information
to which We Of right are entitled.
We. the American people. are to be told
only what We need TO know" about the
military implications Of the treaty. which
was developed In secrecy over q period of
seven months and was submitted to the
Western European nations before II was
submitted to the American people But II
Is we. the American people. who must finance
these military alliances besides furnishing
our sons to tight wars.
The founders Of our Constitution warned
us that eternal vigilance Is the price of
freedom" Have We failed to guard our
heritage? This Pentagon edict is the first
step in q military dictatorship.
The insidious trend OF our Government to
adopt more and more OF the socialistic.
regimented forms OF foreign governments
can lead only to ultimate dictatorship II
these measures. so utterly alien to Our Con-
stitution and our American way OF life. are
to be enforced! Let Us demand the facts
let US not permit our leaders to use war ~
q political expediency. but only a. q last
resort TO preserve our freedom after all ef-
forts toward peace have failedl
MRS. ROBERT A. DUvALL.
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Questions About Football
Submitted by Mother Who's Worried


To the Editor Of The Star:
As the mother of q teen-aged boy who Is
about to enter high school. read with glad
ness the fact that the president of the
Board Of Education has appointed a COM
mittee to investigate high school athletics.
] have q deep problem and am wondering II
the committee will function soon enough to
help me solve it, My son already has asked
my permission to play football. and I have
held Of answering him. I am not worrying
about the physical aspect OF the game be-
cause I know, that all things being equal.
he will come out all right. am. however.
worrying about how the years OF football
playing will affect him mentally.
live near a high school that never has
won championship or even come close to
having q successful season. From my con-
tact with neighborhood boys who have
played on the team in past years. feel that
they have not carried away as much from
their school days as they were entitled to.
Their attitude toward winning was not
what 1t would have been had they enjoyed
any success in their attempts to play the
game. I have seen them take q back seat
at gatherings held In my house, when boys
from other schools recounted their deeds
on the athletic field. Could the boys from
our school perhaps feel that they are mot
as good" as the other boys? worry about
their future In our highly competitive world
today. Now that the problem Is about to
strike close to home. am very much con-
cerned ti9aaera -A S.ssnGnl4 #@
In conclusion. would like to know "a
Why do the major championships center in
q few schools? co On what basis are the
athletic coaches picked. and by whom? CD
Do the coaches presently employed have the
interest and desire to coach?
A WORRIED MOTHER.
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Questions and Answers

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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-11-10
Leland Laughlin

Services for Leland Benjamin
Laughlin, SO, of Chaseville, were
held this afternoon at 200 O.
clock from the home with Rev,
P. j. Stratton and Rev. Walter
Brown officiating. Burial was
made in the Senecaville ceme-
terry. Military rites were con-
Quoted at the grave by the Sen
ecaville American Legion Post.
Mr.. Laughlin died suddenly on
Sunday night at his home near
Senecaville following a heart at
tack.
The deceased was born July
81, 1890, near Sarahsville. the
son of John and Nita Lyons
Laughlin. He had been a resident
of the Chaseville community
practically all his life.
He entered World War l on
May %, 1918 and was honorably
discharged on April %, 1919 aft
er serving six months overseas.
In 1920 the deceased was mar
ried to Nellie Rossiter. He was
a member of the Pleasant Grove
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-11-10
Postmaster Urges
Early Xmas Mail

The postal department anticip-
ates the volume Of mail to be as
heavy, if not heavier, than in
previous years, according to
Postmaster Woodrow E. Cecil,
who is urging the local public to
shop early and mail early.
Postmaster Cecil said that un-
sealed greeting cards now re-
quire two cents postage and that
mailings for distant states should
be deposited well in advance of
December 10. All greeting cards
for local delivery should be
mailed not later than Dec. Is to
assure delivery before Christmas
day.
Parcels for foreign countries
should be mailed as early as pos
Sible this month.
Postmaster Cecil, as we'll as
other postal officials in this
county, are urging the cooper
alton of their patrons in early
Christmas mailing.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-11-10
New Directors
For Farm Bureau

Four new directors were NAM
ed Monday evening at the an
nual meeting Of the Noble coun-
ty Farm Bureau Federation held
at the American Legion hall in
Caldwell. They include Clifford
Parrish, David Beckett, L. E.
Hedge and Clem Dutton.
The remaining eight directors,
whose terms have not yet expir-
ed include: Clarence Crum. who
isserving as president; Norris H.
Bigley, Leila Stiers, Edna Bond,
Grace Radcliffe. George San
ford, Leota Robinson and VIII
liam Bond.
Approximately 200 guests
heard D. r. Stanfield, director
Of the legislative department of
the Ohio Farm Bureau, make
the principal address of the eve
ming .. -..
E. o. Bond was named voting
delegate from this county to at
tend the state meeting to be held
the latter part of the month.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-11-10
Dexter City Lad
Joins Task Fleet

Richard l.. Hutcnesoa, airTnan,
USN, son of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. M.
Hutcheson, of Dexter City, is
serving with Attack Squadron
ITS, which will participate in the
Second Task Force annual fall
maneuvers in northern Atlantic
waters.
Attack Squadron ITS is sched-
uled to embark aboard the air.
craft carrier USS Midway Oct.
% and return the latter part of
November.
The fast carrier task force
maneuvers, known as cold wealth
er operations, Utilize the type of
carrier task force which were SO
effective against the japanese.
All Of the latest equipment and
methods will be employed.
Hutcheson, who entered the
naval service June 27, 1948, re-
ceived his recruit training at the
Naval Training Center, Great
Lakes, III.
Before entering the Navy, he
attended Dexter City high school.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-11-10

will be featured during the en-
tertainment, followed by a Soc
ial of songs and folk dances.
Election of supervisors to fill
the expired terms of w. H. Cal
land and Brady Archer, of Sum-
merfield, and Lewis Davidson,
of Sarahsville, will be held dur
ing the business session.
Candidates selected for these
positions are Luther Schramm,
Richard Starr, ]. F. Cutler, Will
liam Grimes, Herzle A. Garrett
and Herbert r. Blackburn.
w. H. Calland is the retiring
chairman of the board of super
visors and Dale ]. Lothes is the
secretary.
James I Steiner is head of the
Soil Conservation district for
Noble county. He is now being
assisted by George Beatty of Mt.
Ephraim.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-11-10
Mrs. Annie BrOkaw

Friends here have received
word of the recent death of Mrs
Annie Brokaw, 20, a former res
ident of the Mt. Ephraim com
munity.
A daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Aaron Morris, she was preceded
in death by her husband Otha S
Brokaw, seven years ago.
Surviving are four children
Paul, of Columbus; Omar, OF
Zanesville; Mrs. Edna LeFever
of Columbus, and Mrs. Lillian
Hurlow, of Circleville, at whose
home she died. Also surviving
are five grandchildren, four
brothers and two sisters, John
Morris, of Belpre; Apollo Nor
ris, of Reinersville; Jake and
Samuel Morris, of Mt. Ephraim;
Mrs. Mary Henry, of Sarahsville;
and Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson, Mt.
Ephraim, and one great grand
child.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-11-10
Mrs. Jennie Barrett

Mrs. Rebecca (Jennie) Archer
Barrett, "A, formerly of the Car
Isle community, died at the
Clark rest home in Caldwell. Fri
day, following an illness of six
months.
A daughter of the late John
and Mary Archer, she was born
Feb. %, 1875, in the Carlisle COM
munity, where she spent the
greater part of her life. Her hus-
band, Frank Barrett, died several
years ago.
Surviving are several nieces
and nephews, including Mrs. Ger
trude Moore of Ava.
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at 200 o'clock
from the Carlisle Methodist
church with Rv. Glen Peoples Of
ficiating. Interment was made in
the Berne cemetery by the Bru-
bach funeral home, Summerfield