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Laurel outlook., 1949-12-28
Brooklyn Hermit
Has Changed View;
Talks of Romance

NEW YORK.-The Brooklyn her
nit, Paul Makushak. who was dug
from a 10-year exile in a cramped.
filthy hole in the wall almost a
year ago, now has a new slant on
life.
He is living a normal life, he
says, and wants to forget" the
past. He is a husky, 33-year old
man who now works in his fathers
tailor shop.
His ill kempt beard is gone. His
tangled hair of the hermit days
has been cut and now is kept neat
ly combed. Neat clothes have re-
placed the rags he wore
II was contented in there" he
recalled of his strange exile. 81
did not want to come out. l was
tired. I was sick of the world. I
enjoyed the rest. / did not like the
way the world was going. I lever
had a desire to leave the place,
but I would not want to go back.
Now I have different ideas"
Makushak was sealed in his cubi-
Gle in 1889. 1t had no running water,
no toilet and only a dim light. His
mother lowered food to him
through a hole and guarded the
secret of his existence for years.
He finally was dug out by police
after his mother went to a hospital.
Makushak said he is interested
now in the outside. in radio, tele-
vision and store windows filled
with articles he had forgotten.
The future?
II hope to get married" said the
onetime hermit of Brooklyn. II
want my own home. I want to live
a normal life"
Laurel outlook., 1949-12-28
Pennsylvania Makes Claim
To Kentucky Rifle Title

LANCASTER, PA. - Pennsyl.
vania has claimed the so-called
Kentucky rifle as its own and
thereby precipitated a storm of
controversy in the Bluegrass State.
Pennsylvania hailed the guns
maker as one of the Keystone
States greatest pioneers. Kentuck-
ians scoffed. 'Tis true, they con-
coded, that it wasn't a Kentuckian
who made the rifle, but it built
its greatest claim to fame in the
hands of pioneer Kentuckians like
George Rogers Clark and Daniel
Boone.
The Ketuckians went on to point
out that if Pennsylvania wanted to
be that way about the matter, they
might as well call it the Swiss
rifle" inasmuch as a Swiss Men
MONTE immigrant, Martin Meylin,
made the first U. S. "long rifle"
in a tiny storage shed near Lam
caster in which he had set up a
gun shop.
1t all came about when Govern
or Duff, Of Pennsylvania, pro-
claimed October 16 as ''Pennsyl-
vania rifle day." declaring that the
states tremendous historical heri-
tage" had been neglected.
Maurice Rohrbach, Swiss consul,
in acknowledging Meylin's gun-
making genius said he was proud
that one Of my countrymen had
helped the Americans to gain their
independence"
Gen. Jacob l.. Devers, former
chief of the army ground forces,
praised the development of the
Pennsylvania rifle. He said the
principle of the soft leather patch"
used in the early guns is still uti-
lized In today's modern rapid-fire
rifles.
After the unwilling of the plaque,
q rifle made by Meylin-the only
known one in existence-was given
to the Lancaster county historical
society by Martin B. Meylin. sew
enth generation descendant Of the
maker.
And so the Pennsylvania rife came
home to rest.
Laurel outlook., 1949-12-28
Serve Foreign Foods
Garden Club Party

The Laurel Garden club Christ
mas party was held last Thursday
ir the gaily decorated living room
of Mrs. C. H. Barney. Mrs. G. N.
Virgins gave the Christmas story,
assisted by Mrs. William Gerke
and Mrs. Charles Gowen. Mrs.
o. C. Cooper read keeping Christ
mas" by Henry Van Dyke. Mrs.
Harold VanNice directed games.
Prizes went to Mrs. B. L. Price
and Mrs. R. o. Steele.
Twenty-Five members were pres
ent and exchanged gifts. They
We're served tea from a table cen
tered with a three TERED Lazy
Susan, and featured Christmas
dainties typical of other countries.
Laurel outlook., 1949-12-28
Girls Faith In Convict
Wins Him Freedom in Court

BALTIMORE. - Because of a
girls faith in a man, he got
out Of Jail, but he must make
restitution of money obtained by
forgery.
Criminal court judge Robert
France suspended a 10-year
prison sentence he had imposed
on william ]. Sansbury for forg-
cry, placing him on probation
for three years. The judge said
he was suspending the sentence
chiefly because of Peggy's faith
in Sansbury.
The two met while Sansbury
was an inmate of San Quentin
prison where Peggy was an en-
ploye. They fell in love. When
Sansbury was paroled he re-
turned to Maryland to face two
year old forgery charges. Peggy
took her life savings Of $500 and
followed him here from San
Francisco and pleaded for his
release.
Her plea was so eloquent, her
faith in Sansbury so vast that
the man she loved got his
freedom. But they must not mar
ry for a year and Sansbury must
pay back his forgery take. That
was the judges ruling.
Laurel outlook., 1949-12-28
Marines In World War ii

There were six marine combat
divisions of approximately 10000
men each; five marine air wings;
defense and anti-aircraft battalions.
service and depot supply units as
well as ships attachments in
World war II.
Laurel outlook., 1949-12-28
One-Teacher Schools

Illinois, n Of the more densely
populated states, of the US, has
the largest number of o~ne-teacher
schools-6,7 78. Iowa has 5,637, Mis-
s~ouri-5,272. Nebraska-4,5 SIG, Wis
consin ATS and Minnesota -
4,421.
Laurel outlook., 1949-12-28
Grapefruit Areas

There are four principal grape
fruit-producing req in the United
States. Florida, Texas, and the
California-Arizona desert area pro-
duce winter grapefruit. A small
area in Southern California pro-
duces summer grapefruit.
Laurel outlook., 1949-12-28
Color Blind

Some persons who are color
blind see all colors gray. A small
number Of these persons cannot
see blue or yellow. but most of
them fail to see only red and green.
1t has been estimated that about
four men out of every 100, and one
woman out of every 200. is partly
or completely color blind.
Laurel outlook., 1949-12-28
Many Berlins

America has more than a dozen
Berlins. In New England at least,
towns Of that name are locally
pronounced Berlin, accented like
Merlin.
Laurel outlook., 1949-12-28
Nickel-Plating

Nickel-plating was first devel-
oped on a commercial basis about
1870 in England.
Laurel outlook., 1949-12-28
When A Billion Was Big

The payroll for steel wage earn
ers in 1948 would have paid the fed
eral debt in 1916 nearly twice over.
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ATTENTION.
Members Branch and 4.
The plans for our annual
CHRISTMAS PARTY

are now getting under way. The
date is set for Friday evening, on
December 23rd. at the West Side
Nachsenhcim, 7OO1 Denison Ave.
We want to be sure that all our
children members will have a
good ting and that they all will
have chahcc to participate in
the program.
The first rehearsals will be on
Sunday, December llth. at 200
p. N. at the West Side Sachsen-
helm.
Please make note of this and if
YOU wish you: children to take
part in the Christmas Program in
any way you might suggest.
please bring or send them to the
coming rehcarsals. This i, very
important.
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Eastern Division
CLEVELAND OST
Branch 33.

The regular monthly meeting
Of Branch 80 will be held on Sun,
Dec. Filth, at , p. III. at the East
Side SachSenheim.
The annual election OF otliccr-
will be held at this meeting. MI
members are urged to attend this
very important meeting. Refresh
ments will be served alter the
meeting.
\ minute of silence was held
for one OF our beloved members
namely Mr.. Geo. Weber, who
passed away Oct. 10Th, The lodge
wishes to express its deepest sym
pathy to the family.
The following members are OIL
the sick list: Geo. Gocbcl, Michael
Mueller. Daniel Sonntag, Andr
Henning, Michael Schwartz. " {
wish all members a speedy recOV-
cry. Joe Wonncrth, Sec y.
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SAXON VETERANS!
By "Heinie'

The Third Anniversary cele-
bration of our Saxon Veterans is
now past history and can be re-
corded as one of our most sue
cessful and joyous affairs. The
dance held last Sat. at the West
Side Sachsenheim attracted one
of the largest crowds we have
ever had, and everyone enjoyed
the music of frankie Zeitz and
Lis POlkateers from Radio Sta
ton WSRS, and the fine singing
of the Kendall Sisters.
The members of the Saxon We
terans wish to thank all those who
helped to make this celebration
The success that it was. We hope
that our future affairs will be
as well attended at this one and
we assure you that you will have
just a good time.
All members are once again re-
minded of our next meeting which
will be Monday evening, at 800
p. m. Dec. 18th. Please be on
time so that the meeting can be
started and taken care of in good
time. We are asking the wives of
the members to come along with
their men this evening for little
entertainment following the
meeting. We will have for our
use this evening the movies Of
the Holland. Michigan, Tulip
Festival. Following the film there
will be refreshments served.
The members are also request
ed to bring their non-sold dance
tickets to this meeting so that
the committee can complete their
report.
The December meeting next
Monday evening will be our last
meeting for the current year of
l949 so let us have all the men,
bers present SO that we can adopt
New Years resolution to attend
all meetings, increase our mem.
bership and do things that can
be done with only little effort
on all of our parts.
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CHICAGO. ILLINOIS
Branch al.

On the 18th of Dec Santa
Claus is going to visit Branch AZ,
and we all are looking forward t.
Greeting Old St. Nick with open
arms. Santa is going to leave gifts
for all our children, so come on
Nom and Dad bring the kids to
see Santa at Ringbauers Hall,
$50 S. Ashland Ave. on Sat,
the 18th of Dec. A good time Is
also in store for Mommy and
Daddy for there will be Music
for Dancing and guess what
Sausage and Sauerkraut. mum il
is making me hungry just writ
ing about it. The ladies on the
commi1ee are really putting
theid all init making this suppe,
a wonderful treat: apa"..s,.. ~>.".
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CANTON ECHO
BY Marcy

Canton. O., Dec. S-I.ast week.
end the bows Travelled to Monaco
and chalked up another victory.
the score was not quite as high
a> last week but one score and
that is all the matter. In the first
quarter MonaCa was leading an
ton but the boys gained on them
and stayed ahead all through the
game. the ending score was 50
to 10 in favor of Canton. WORTH
man was high point man for Mo-
naca and Bob Hayes for Canton.
The girls also played Sat. night
and won. their score was 27-l0.
Monaco has very fast girl team
keep up the good playing.
We chartered a bus to 60 to
Monaco and we had as our guest
the stand in for Tommy Dorsey.
this was no one but Dut Brew
bomp. Ii YOU thought YOU heard
one OF Spike JoniS boys. that wa
Harold Ncel and his spouse when
we charter another bus YOU bet
ter buy ticket and hope on. be-
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1949-12-08
HOMESTEAD. PA.
NEWS
By Marie Sterner

Homestead. Pa, Dec. 81 wrote
Def ore of the responsibilities OF
the Senior Lodges, both men and
women toward the Junior Sax
Ons in Homestead. | still main
tain. that in order to have n
strong Senior organization, you
must have a strong Junior organ
ization This is true everywhere,
not in Homestead alone. How
ever, the Juniors have Just as
great responsibility toward the
Senior organization.
The greatest obsticlc in the way
of closer cooperation is the lack
of understanding in the past bet
ween the young people and the
older people. The continued pull
ing in different directions has
hoilS lilolS " NduSc dill dlIlOSt
complete breakup of the Juniors
in Homestead than anything else.
That and the fact that to few Of
the Young people do not belong
to the Senior Club. Yet at The
same time these Juniors under
tax to tell the Seniors how and
what to do to run the club. At
the same time the Seniors take
no real steps to stop the breakup
OF the Juniors. except to give
few orders. Oh. they come a.
round once in a while and tell Us
they are all for us. yet they do
nothing constructive. They do
not encourage their sons and
daughters to become members OF
the Junior club. The sad but all
to true fact is that. even if their
sons and daughters do belong to
the Senior clubs. they are also
indifferent members. Too many
NaNons feel that if they pay their
dues and insurance that is where
it ends.
Homestead is small town and
there are not too many people
who live here. It is time we stop
acting like children start to CO.
operate with one another.
20 the Young people-go to the
Senior meetings. If you do not be
long. try and see your way to be
come a member.
To the Senior organization
| encourage your sons and daugh-
ters to come to the uniors met
ings.
There will be Juniors meet
ing on Friday. Dec. 9th, at 800
p. NJ
There will be a Senior men ;
meeting Saturday night, Dec. 10
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ALLIANCE. OHIO
Branch 8,

Cur next meeting of the Alli
Hncc Saxon Lodge Branch No. 3
Will be held Sunday. Dec. 1lth. at
) p. III. This is one of the most
important meetings of the entire
year. Let's have a full house at
this meetings.. Election OF offic-
crs-you know.
Arrangements are being made
TO have a Christmas Entertain.
mcnt on Cl iistmas evening,
Dec. 24th for the members and
their children The committee
Will be picked for this occasion.
Practice for the entertainments
should be at least twice before
Christmas. Please bring the chill
drcn down and get them started.
Arrangements will be made for
a New. Years Eve Party to be
held for the regular members and
Their wives or their girl friends,
also the widows OF deceased mem
bers of the lodge.
More on this at a later date.
VIM. Schullcr. Sccv.
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The Senior men want the young
men to come to this meeting.
The Senior Ladies meeting is
Sunday afternoon, Dec. IL. These
are important meetings.
There will be election of ofhc-
ers. All three organizations need
younger people to work along
with the older officers. When we
work together, then and only
then will we, have stronger organ
izations.
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concession I n e
government has
m a d e t 0 t h e
realities Of the
existing situa-
ton.
T h e London
Times suggests
that this does
not necessarily
mean that the
general election
will come soon
after the first
of the year, but
rather that the
Parliament viii
be dissolved be-
fore the very
,,nna1 a Z n h | n
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1949-12-08
This and That from Washington
By Congressman Frances P. Bolton

ments. This grants:
Nine cents an hour for pensions,
the company paying the total pre-
MUM, and five cents an hour for
health and insurance benefits, the
employer and employee each pay
ing 212c of the premium.
Quite regardless of the benefits
that may be derived under the
Bethlehem formula, few small
companies are in fina. ,,ial conci-
tion that will permit such heavy
expenditures of this type. Possible
implications are difficult to antic:-
pate.
7 AN OFTEN asked what have
l the World Health Organization
(WHO), FAC, ECA and UNESCO
accomplished if anything. Here are
a few things we can be both proud
of and grateful for: about five mil
lion children in Europe, North
Africa and the Middle East have
been vaccinated against tubercu-
losis, and large scale campaigns
are taking shape in China, India,
Ceylon, Pakistan and other coun-
tries of the Far East. Not long
ago $50 of the population in some
parts of Greece had malaria.
Through the work of these organ
izations this has been reduced to
SO. That seems pretty worth
while to me.
DR.. Edgar Dale, of Ohio State
University, one of the best in
formed active people in the field
of Communications, returning from
the Paris meeting of the United
Nations Education Scientific and
Cultural Organization, reports on
some very interesting and exciting
work being done by and thru that
international organization.
A careful three year study of
UNESCO reveals the ,fact that
half the population of the world
can neither read nor write. "But
happily" says DR.. Dale, "for the
first time in the history of the
world we can bypass reading, and
communicate ideas by using films
and RADIO"
Under the direction of Irene
Wright, of the State Department,
UNESCO will soon have world
wide catalog of films and film
strips, dealing with fundamental
educational reconstruction and the
popularization of science. A list
of twenty five Of the best of these
will soon be published.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1949-12-08

IN ENGLAND the postponement
L of the Naturalization Of the
Iron and Steel Industry is being
received in some areas, as the first
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1949-12-08

budget is presented. This would
bring both the future Of the House
Of Lords and the Naturalization
of the Steel Industry into the
realm of politics at the general
election.
THE conference of the major
L Opium-producing countries is
meeting at Ankara, Turkey.
Turkey has always been one of
the medical opium-prodlc.ng coun-
tries of the world. She has been
elected to the ad hoe Committee
of the United Nations Commission
on narcotic drugs, which will draft
a provisional agreement to limit
the production Of opium and to
control its distribution.
There have been other interna-
tlonal narcotics agreements. The
League of Nations did some of it's
best work in this field. 1t is i'm
portant that the United Nations
work should be recognized and
given all possible assistance.
'Dope-running" has always been
serious problem. Were it not for
the eternal vigilance of our Fed
eral Bureau of Narcotics the il
legal market here would be an
ever-increasing menace.
CMALL BUSINESS has some
~ pretty tough problems ahead
Of it now that most of Big Steel
has accepted the Bethlehem formu-
la for pensions and insurance ben
Gits as a basis for strike settle
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1949-12-08

team and make this a successful
trip: !
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New Castle VS.. Monaco
New Castle

Totls .... y s 81
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Cleveland West VS.. Canton
Salem

Totals .... % IA 66
Evening star., 1949-11-20

The United States produces
more than one third Of the total
value of the worlds mineral prod
uctS.
Evening star., 1949-11-20
lLuborer Dies of Burns
After Clothing Iqnites

Lemuel Long. colored. "a, of 1881
Eleventh street NV, died yester-
day afternoon in Casualty Hospital
of burns received when his CLOTH
ing was ignited by a brush fire
near West Virginia and Florida
avenues NE.
The injured man told police be-
fore his death that he was warm
ing himself by the fire early yes
terday when a shift Of wind envel-
oped him in flames. Firemen who
were called to extinguish the fire
found him unconscious and took
him to the hospital. He was en-
ployed as a laborer at the Safe
way Stores warehouse.
Evening star., 1949-11-20

said the Pacific war hero had been
insubordinate, violated regulations
in giving out the letter and vio-
lated orders against taking part
in the inter-service feud.
The reprimand said Capt. Crom-
melin had brought into question
his fitness to exercise command
or to occupy a position of trust
and confidence" in the Navy.
Navy rules gave the captain the
right to reply.
. Admiral Sherman considered"
the reply-and made 1t part OF
the officers record along with the
reprimand. A spokesman said the
matter was thus "closed."
Evening star., 1949-11-20

good shape. Fotey says he's
either six feet one or six feet two
inches, but he isn't sure. He plays
end on the freshman team and
last year while at Central High
School was All-High tackle.
Miss Talbot had brought tape
measure but she just stuffed it
back in her pocketbook when she
spotted Fotey.
Fotey, who was sponsored by
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, the fratern-
ity to which he is pledged, in
formed the crowd I'm nervous,
honest" as the model. kissed his
perspiring face.
MY date?" Fotey said. II dom t
have one. The girl I called had
something else to do tonight"
'Mr. Apollo" is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Nick Karousatos, 2233
Eighteenth street NV. His father
is a chef at the Greenbriar Restau-
rant, 1705 K street NV.
Evening star., 1949-11-20

Matching II" Stoir and Hall Cor-
pet. Reg. Value $3.50.
Our Price S2.99 50. yd.
Evening star., 1949-11-20

Fotis Karousatos Is one man
who can really be called Greek
Apollo.
Last night he was chosen the
194e Apollo of George Washington
University at a dance in the
Washington Hotel. Miss Shirley
Talbot, 21-year-old Conover
model Of 115 Rittenhouse street,
NV, did the selecting for the
University.
It wasn't until after she'd picked
Fotis from 13 contestants spon-
sored by fraternities and sorori-
ties at the University. that she
found out his name and discovered
he was really a Greek.
"Fotey." as the 19-year old
freshman is known around the
campus. had a taped up ankle due
to an injury Friday in the George
Washington vs.. Georgetown fresh
man football game, but aside from
that his 200-pound frame was in
gates will have split into three
commissions for detail work on
numerous problems.
The group will be asked to take
some action on membership appli-
cations Of Spain, which has been
pending since 1916; Israel. which
failed to be admitted a year ago;
Korea and Indonesia.
Between IS and 100 non-Gov-
ernmental organizations are ex-
pected to participate in the con-
ference.
Some of the organizations send
ing observers to the meeting are
Associated Country Women of the
World, American Friends Service
Committee, International Cham
ber of Commerce, International
Council of Women, American
Farm Bureau Federation, mterna-
tional Federation Of Agricultural
Producers. International Land
workers Federation, international
Union for Child Welfare, and the
World Federation OF United Ma
tionS Associations.
Evening star., 1949-11-20
Coal

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