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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-12-23
MIDDLE BASS

"The Tree" a one-act comedy,
was the highlight of the evening
at the annual Sunday school pro-
gram in the Island Hall, Thursday.
Taking part were: Walter and
Richard Bretz, George Fisher,
Freddy Christensen, Mary Ann
Schneider, Mrs. Eisenbarth, Mrs.
Disrude and Mr.. and Mrs. d.
Cartledge. The supporting pro-
gram consisted of songs and
sketches by the school children,
directed by Mrs. E. Watson, with
Mr.. J. Bretz at the piano. Santa
Claus made his appearance later
in the evening laden with the
customary oranges and popcorn
balls and handed out presents to
active members of the Sunday
school. This is the fifty-third
Christmas for Middle Bass Sun
day school according to an ar
ticle written by Miss c. High in
the Christmas issue of the Erie
Island Mirror.
This will be a sad Christmas in
deed for Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman
Bretz if their kitty does not come
home. Bitten by the wander-bug
some two weeks ago, it left home
and has not been seen since. Any
one having details of the where
abouts of this feline please COM
municate with Mr.. Bretz immedi-
ateiy.
Mrs. Rudy Fisher looked as
young as ever Saturday night
even tho she recently became a
grandmother for the second time,
when Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Fisher
announced the birth of daugh-
ter, in Cleveland, on December Is.
Congratulations also to great
grandmother, Mrs. Barnet.
Newly erected pool tables in
Lonz Winery got good workout
after the picture show. Cue men
for the initial games were Paul
and Walter Swisher, Rudy Fisher
and Harry Keller on the pool
table; Mac Ashley and Doug
CartIedge on the billiard table.
We hear that number of these
enthusiasts were still playing at
four a. m. Sunday morning.
Mr.. j. Bretz, celebrating his
22rd birthday Saturday, played
host to the younger set. These
included: Mr.. and Mrs. w. Eisen-
barth, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul E. Sti-
yer, Mr.. H. Keller and Mr.. and
Mrs. d. Cartledge.
Mr. and Mrs. H. w. Kuemmel
were off the island last weekend.
Mr.. Kuemmel visited Vermilion
to inspect the steel trap net boat
which he is having built. Mr.. and
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-12-23

were the only pastors who had
served the local church at any
time who were able TO be present
other than DR.. Owen, who has
assisted on several occasions, and
who began his Sunday address
with the words he had used at his
first sermon in the Gypsum
church. Other pastors who have
served pastrates during the twen-
ty-fve years are scattered in pas
tral work throughout the United
States, and responsibilities in their
present work prevented their TAX
ing part in Sundays program.
Rev. Ralph Loomis who lives in
Columbia, Mo-, has recently re-
turned from a tour in Europe.
Rev. F. B. Cook is in religious
work at Milroy, Pa. Rev. J. H.
Elliott who served the church
while residing at Catawba is liv-
ing at Glendale, Calf, and al
though retired continues in VOL
untary church work. Rev. A. w.
Pringle is doing special work
among the people at Bellecitos,
New Mexico where he also has a
church. The Rev. Herbert Ortman
is located at Rochester, N. H.,
where he went to accept work iE
establishing a new congregation,
after resigning at the Gypsum
church. Rev. Ortman and family
visited Gypsum friends this sum-
mer and as a guest speaker at an
Auxiliary meeting at that time
told of their work in constructing
a new church and organizing a
congregation. Rev. H. Revere
Cook and family who follow the
Ortmans at Gypsum spent some
time with the Ortman family in
New Hampshire this summer as
sisting them with special church
work. Rev. Krebs has been pas
tor at the Gypsum church since
November 1948 and is also carry
ing on graduate work at Oberlin.
Letters of regrets and congratu-
lations We're read at the afternoon
services from Rev. Loomis, Rev.
f. B. Cook, Rev. j. H. Elliott,
and Rev. Herbert Ortman
A special number of the young
Couples Club and an anthem,
Onward Christian Soldiers" was
sung by the Church Choir. Clos
ing words by Rev. Krebs concluded
the services.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-12-23
EOD Welfare Fund
Group To Elect

Annual election of members to
the Post Civilian Welfare Co1un-
Gil of Erie Ordnance Depot has
been set for December Fl. There
are ID nominees for the seven
positions to be filled.
Nominees include: Ray Conley,
Austin Rogers, Hank Christensen,
Leroy Sherwood, Joe Crider,
Isadore Younker, Atwood Mannis-
to and Charles Schoch, Port Clin-
ton; Merlin Talkington and Cliff
ford Snider, Lacarne; Dudley
Sparks and Fred Wan, Oak Har-
Dor; Lennis Valance, the post and
Melvin Tack, Fremont.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-12-23

since the church had been opened
for services twenty-five years ago.
The church had been closed for
several years when a group of
community citizens began a move
ment to have it re-opened as a
community church and the fol-
lowing year purchased the church,
parsonage and property from the
Christy M. E. Church.
A special feature was at the
conclusion Of the morning service
when Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Gulau
were presented a gift to be used
in the church in recognition OF
their untiring work through the
years. The presentation was made
by Miss Dorothea Jensen, assist
ant superintendent of the Sunday
School and was gift of the Sun
dav School of which Mrs. Gulau
is the superintendent. Mrs. Gulau
accepted the gift in behalf of her
self and husband and presented
the gift to the church. 1t was ac~
cepted for the church by the Rev.
krebs.
A noon luncheon followed the
morning services and at two
o'clock members and friends gath
cred for the afternoon service at
which DR.. Owen was the principal
speaker.
Other speakers at this service
were Rev. Koepke of Oberlin who
had assisted at services at the
Gypsum church a number of times.
Rev. Koepke brought greetings
and best wishes from fellow stud
ents at Oberlin. Another speak
er was Rev. Lubold, Lakeside, a
retired Lutheran minister who
told Of his affiliations with the
church several years ago when he
led the adult class in worship
over a period of time and preach
ed on several occasions during the
regular pastors absence. Rev.
Lubold, too very able and force
ful speaker cautioned to always
make the church your concern,
your first concern in your daily
living with Others"
Rev. Lubold and Rev. Koepke
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-12-23
Danner Suffers
Broken Neck

Donald Danner, AZ, Three Riv-
ers, Wisconsin, formerly of this
city, is in a Madison, Wisconsin,
hospital being treated for a brok-
en- neck vertebrae suffered Decem-
Der 5 when he lost control of his
car while travelling to work.
Danner is former employee of
the Northern Ohio Telephone Co.,
having lived in Jefferson Street
until eight years ago when the
family moved to Cambridge, Ohio.
Last spring the banners moved
to Wisconsin.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-12-23

Mrs. C. H. Kuemmel are going to
spend Christmas at Bellevue and
will probably call in to see the
boat while away.
No, Rudy. 1t wasn't Uncle
Andy who went in the ditch this
time.
This Middle Bass column will
be regular feature in the Ot-
tawa County News, don't miss it.
Subscription rates are reasonable
and for your convenience your
subscription may be placed
through Doug. Cartledge.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-12-23

To keep small articles (tire
gauge, little wrenches, screw
driver, etc. at hand, and at the
same time prevent them from
rafting in the glove or luggage
compartment Of your car, tuck
them into the fingers of an old
discarded glove.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-12-23
Federal Funds
Received Here

Auditor f. A. Guth reports re-
ceipt IF four vouchers from Co.
lumbus last week, including $197.44
from federal funds for county
blind relief; $7Sl.21 from federal
funds for county aid to depend
ent children and $2,03735 from
state funds for county relief.
The $20,548.08 check from the
distribution Of motor license funds
will be divided as follows: Viii
lagos, $3,233.25, and the county
$17,3l4.S3; Clay Center, $250.O0;
Genoa, $6l3.5O; Marblehead,
$156.5O; Oak Harbor, $331.75;
Port Clinton, $1,SO3.25; Putin
Bay, $41.25; Rocky Ridge, $1,000.
Evening star., 1949-01-27
On the Record
Precise Thinking on Communism Seen
In Dismissal of Three Coast Professors

| Allen, president Of the university,
who said:
Academic freedom consists of
more than the absence Of restraints
placed upon the teacher by the in
stitution that employs him. 1t de-
mands an absence of restraints
placed upon him by his political az
filiations, by dogmas that may stand
in the way of a free search for
truth, or by rigid adherence to q
party line that sacrifices dignity,
honor, and integrity to the accom-
plishment of political ends"
Crux of the Matter.
That is the precise crux of the
matter. Communists claim the
rights of personal freedom, while
abandoning personal freedom to
totalitarian organization. They are
utterly illogical in appealing to
dictates of conscience" when they
agree to subjugate conscience to a
party line. They are incapable of
pursuing free search for truth, be-
cause they have agreed in advance
to accept as truth whatever the
party DEGREES. Yet the protection Of
objective search for truth Is the
whole reason for academic freedom.
If faculty member puts himself in
a position where he must abandon
objective truth, he cannot be its
protector, and is violator of aca-
demic freedom.
This should be obvious, yet many
people cannot see it, because their
intellects fail to see that freedom
can only be exercised within the as
sumptions of freedom. It is logically
impossible to claim the privileges of
freedom and accept even for ones
self the status of intellectual slavery.
The extent to which search for
truth Is perverted by Communists Is
pointedly illustrated by the party
line in the field of genetics. Follow
ing the dictates Of the Politburo,
Communists Of the entire world
have been forced to swallow whole
hog the theories of the Soviet scien-
tist, Lysenko, against the findings
Of practically the whole of genetic
science, including great contribu-
tions previously made by distin-
guished Soviet biologists. Should,
then, q Communist be permitted to
teach biology in the name of intel
lectual freedom?
For once some precise thinking
has been done on communism and
freedom, and the people of the
United States should be grateful.
tReleased by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
Evening star., 1949-01-27
Dunn Boom Passes Peak
Stassen, Taft Backing Fails to Assure
Minnesotan of G. O. p. Chairmanship

as a compromise because the origi-
nal old guard choices-former Gov
Ralph Gates Of Indiana and Carroll
Reece, the former Taft-picked party
chairman-could not muster enough
support.
Mr.. Dunn, who looks exactly like
what he is-an honest, sensible Re-
publican from typical prairie
State-said he opposed Mr. Scott
because Mr.. Scott completely ignored
Minnesota in the campaign.
HE spoke to me once" Mr.. Dunn
reported. He said good evening to
me at the Dewey meeting in Min
neapolis. The rest of our State Of
ficials had the same experience. Our
advice wasn't asked and when we
tried to warn them in Washington
about the necessity to defend the
80th Congress farm record, we
were ignored"
This is typical Of the chickens
coming home to roost from the
overconfident, self-centered Dewey
campaign. 1t may not be Mr.. SCOTS
fault, but he's a symbol and he's
here to be kicked around while Gov.
Dewey isn't.
No Good Words for Dewey.
It can be and is being argued that
the Republicans again are being run
by their hates. They have long had
a habit, in effect, Of disinterring
Franklin Roosevelt and abusing him.
They now say Gov. Dewey is dead
politically-but they aren't taking
any chances on 1t. Total eradica-
ton is their aim.
1t will be interesting to see be-
fore the gavel falls on this stormy
conclave whether good word will
be said for Gov. Dewey. To date,
there has been none. Even those
fighting Mr.. SCOTS battle say first
that Gov. Dewey is through.
One possible explanation of Mr..
Stassen's pro-Dunn position goes
back to the National Convention
Mr.. Scott is Joe Grundy-Sen
Martin protege and his appointment
represents Gov. Dewey's pay-of to
them for leading the break to his
nomination. It was unpopular then
naturally, with Mr.. Stassen. And II
may be that Mr.. Stassen, now presi-
dent of the University Of Pennsyl-
vania, Is not averse to cutting dowr
the Grundy factions power in an.
ticipation Of 1852, when Mr.. Stas.
sen will surely be q candidate again
This has been one of the most
open fights In political history. The
whole committee had the situation
virtually explained to them, when
Mr.. Scott suggested a recess today
The participants are all talking
their heads of.
The result Is an atmosphere
supercharged with emotion and no
body is betting on the final outcome
(Released by the Bell Syndicate, IncD
Evening star., 1949-01-27

y
ent whose offspring attend a uni
versity, for the issue boiled down to
the question of whether, all other
things being equal, a member of
the Communist Party is fit to in
struct American youth. The deci-
sion. not lightly reached, was that
he Is not.
T. v. Smith, well-known liberal
and professor of citizenship and
philosophy at Syracuse University
happily was selected by the New
York Herald Tribune to report the
hearings. He stressed the serious
attitude of mind in which the case
was considered, and the high re-
gard shown by the faculty COM
mittee and the board of regents
for due process of law"
Best Definition of Term.
There was no atmosphere of a
witch hunt" and we must thank
Prof. Smith for the best definition
VI VIC AVOSCAy uoCO tC4A1 VIC nave
read to date:
Witch hunts have a way of
perpetrating indiScriminate judg-
ment, resorting to impeachment
by assumption and to guilt by as
ISOLATION"
None of these Influenced this
trial, Two of the men under review
admitted they we're Communists,
claiming the right 50 to be while in
structing American youth, and ap-
pealing to academic freedom in pro-
lection of that right. which includes
private belief" and to follow the
dictates of conscience"
The issue boiled down to whether
membership In the Communist
Party is, private belief" or COM
patible with free dictates Of con-
science" and majority of the fac
ulty committee and board of re-
gents found it was not.
The most cogent diagnosis, as re-
ported by Prof. Smith, was made in
the hearings by DR.. Raymond B.
Evening star., 1949-01-27
On the Other Hand
Attorney General May Get His
Law Authorizing Wire Tapping

pears to have been made to provide
legal authority for wire tapping
not even during the war years. The
reason, 1t may be, was that Fedora,
agents were cheerfully tapping wires
when they considered it in the
public interest. There was no Law
to prevent this. although, following
a Supreme Court ruling, evidence
thus acquired could not be used in
court.
Opponents of wire tapping believe
they will find President Truman on
their side They doubt that he knew
what his Attorney General was ur
to when he prepared the present
bill. On the Presidents record as 9
Senator-as much of it as I've beer
able to f1nd-this is improbable
But one thing is certain, the Presi.
dent, when Senator, gave con-
siderable thought to the subject.
Following the japanese surprise
attack on Pearl Harbor, Burton K
Wheeler. then Senator from Mon.
tana and chairman of the Interstate
Commerce Committee, was accused
in some quarters Of having pre-
vented the enactment of legislation
authorizing wire tapping. 1t was
because the Army, Navy and other
intelligence units couldn't tap wires
so the accusation ran, that the
sneak attack was successful.
In Mr.. Wheeler's defense, Senator
Truman made an exhaustive state
ment covering all that had beer
done or attempted by the Senate
and House with regard to wire
tapping. His defense of Mr.
Wheeler was complete and obviously
satisfied the Senate. At least, II
was not challenged.
Assertion Unchallenged.
Nor did anybody challenge Mr..
Truman's assertion, supported by
evidence, that Federal agents ac-
tually had been engaged before
Pearl Harbor in tapping the wires
of suspected Japanese in Honolulu
Senator Truman recalled, how
ever, that he had served as chair
man of a subcommittee Of the In
terstate Commerce Committee which
took testimony and favorably re-
ported a resolution offered by Sen
ator Green of Rhode Island which
disapproved the use of wire tapping
"for political or other purposes and
criticized the abuses connected with
it when it is used in crime detec-
ton" The report, he said, "fol-
lowed the line taken by j. Edgar
Hoover, who a month earlier had
condemned wire tapping in the
broadest language"
He also cited a letter from Pres
ident Roosevelt to Representative
Tom Eliot in 1941 which, he said,
made clear his view that wire tap
ping for ordinary peacetime GRIM
inal detection purposes is undesir-
able"
But the Senator from Missouri
refrained from stating his own views
on wire tapping on the ground that
his subcommittee was at that time
engaged in studying the matter.
Evening star., 1949-01-27

House by his Pennsylvania con-
stituency. Mr.. Dunn belongs to the
diehard faction of Minnesota Re-
publicans Who steadily lost ground
to the farmer -laborites until Harold
Stassen rejuvenated the party il,
the late 'thirties.
But Mr.. Stassen, consulted by
telephone, said Mr.. Dunn would be
fine. More UNDERSTANDABLE. Senator
Taft said ditto. The Senate Young
Turks who have been clamoring fol
new management In the party are
conspicuously absent from this
clambake, but two Of them-Sen-
ators Lodge and Saltonstall of
Observation-Disclosures their long
distance assent to the choice of Mr..
Dunn as an sppropriate symbol.
Mr.. Scott is the target for TO-
night because he owes his job to
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey. Under the
guns here, Mr.. Scott has compound
ed the confusion by reading Gov
Dewey out Of the 1852 presidential
race every time he opens his mouth
in public. Mr.. Scott also disavows
all responsibility for Gov. Dewey's
campaign and says he wears nc
mans collar. -
Last night it appeared that the
Dunn boom, born IL hours earlier
in a smoke-filled room, mad passed
its peak.
Compromise Sought.
A committee of conciliators Is
seeking a compromise, perhaps in
the form of a new executive COM
mittee to replace one appointed by
MIR. Scott which was heavy with
Dewey friends. According to. Mr.
Scott. the Dunn people asked fol-
the conciliation, admitting they had
only Al votesabout a dozen less
than a majority of those voting.
Mr.. Dunn was taking the ebb and
flow Of his fortunes placidly. He
said he was not strictly a candidate
but had consented to be put forward
Evening star., 1949-01-27

other Western capitals have re.
garded the rift as phony and in
tended to muddy the internationa
waters. A number of political OBJ.
servers considered it Cominforn
maneuver to confuse Western dip.
lomats.
According to diplomatic reports
from Belgrade, however, the rift
now has become a definite break
and Tito and his henchmen are
fully aware that unless they re-
cant and retire to oblivion there
can be no reconciliation with Mos
COW and its satellites.
Bars Direct Connection,
Tito thus far has refused openly
any direct political connection from
the Western powers, which are
keenly interested-despite his past
hostility to them-in weaving him
away from the U. S. S. r. and thus
strengthening the security poten-
tial of the Eastern Mediterranean
and the Adriatic.
Y The State Department has been
particularly careful about dealing
with the new Yugoslav situation,
although it agrees that a measure
Of trade with Yugoslavia might be
desirable. Since the U. S. S. r. and
its satellites have placed a virtual
economic embargo on Yugoslavia,
some $4,000, 900 worth of American
such as crude oil and some
manufactured goods, have found
their way into that country. The
were not direct be-
tween the United States and the
Belgrade government, but through
the medium of British and Italian
export houses.
On the other hand, Yugoslavia
has vastly liberalized its exports to
this country and in the last two
has shipped as much non-
ferrous metals as it did during all
of 1947. Until the U. S. S. r. and
its satellites began their retaliatory
policy toward Tito the whole of
Yugoslavia's metal surplus went to
Russia and other countries behind
the Iron Curtain.
Evening star., 1949-01-27


alton of Congress. During the two
weeks since this was made known
his proposal has been attacked
violently by the labor press and il
Is expected that labor leaders will
oppose it in hearings soon to be
held by the House and Senate Judi
ciary Committees. But the history
of previous efforts of the Justice
Department to obtain such legisla.
ton, even though they failed, does
not offer too much encouragement
to its opponents.
No Serious Attempt Since.
Ten years ago a bill authorizing
wire tapping, under certain circum-
stances and with certain safeguards
was recommended by Attorney Gen
eral Cummings. It passed both the
House and Senate with very little
opposition and failed to become q
law apparently only because Of 8
lack of time. 1t was a Senate bill
The House amended 1t and passeo
it June Is, 1888. Congress adjourned
the next day. before the Senate
could repass it in the amended form
Since then no serious attempt ap-
Evening star., 1949-01-27
This Changing World
1taly.Yugoslavia Trade Negotiations
Could Put Tito in Touch With West

There is no question that Tito is
greatly worried over his future. A
tried member of the old Cominform,
and fully acquainted with the purge
methods which he himself has ap-
piled so literally in Yugoslavia since
he became its dictator, Tito Is still
capable Of warding of attacks
which his former masters may in
tend for him. But he knows that
he cannot last long and must choose
between making his peace with the
Kremlin-at heavy price-or turn
ing to the West, whence he can
obtain the means to continue his
dictatorial regime.
It is on this basis that the rep
of some Western Euro
pean powers are exercising their
diplomatic skill on Tito. The British
particularly now are trying their
hand. 1t was the British govern
ment, with Winston Churchill as
prime minister, that gave Tito its
drst chance when it persuaded the
American Government to abandon
Gen. Draja Mikhailovich In order
10 support Tito. Moscow's agent In
|Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia.
British Are Realists.
The British are great realists in
diplomacy. They accepted their de-
feat after Tito placed his country
behind the Iron Curtain, but now
they insist that the Western powers
have a good opportunity to bring
Tito back into the fold.
They maintain that Tito is rapidly
becoming a nationalistic dictator
on the pattern of Generalissimo
Franco in Spain, and that he now
realizes that his ties with the East
have been permanently severed. In
this situation, they maintain. he
can turn only to the West for sup
port.
Tito, who is q Croatian by birth,
now is wooing the Serbs, who have
remained strongly nationalistic, and
expects to gain their support. Since
he is thoroughly hated by the rank
and file of Serbians. he Is said to
hope that he can gain their friend
ship on "a nationalistic basis with
the assistance of the Western pow
ers.
The Rome government has been
given the task of trying out Tito.
The relations between the italian
and Yugoslav governments have
been far from cordial in the past.
Tito, who until a year ago was the
spearhead of Russia's expansionism,
had been designated to help the
Italian Communists establish them
selves in Northern Italy.
Economic and political negotia-
tions between the two governments
have been difficult, principally be-
cause of Tito's arrogance and ex-
pansionist demands. He has shown
himself so conciliatory in recent
weeks, however, that the prospects
of an Italian-Yugoslav economic
treaty are now bright and might
be followed by other more far
reaching agreements with the West