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The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-03-31

Mary Bosse and children, of
Marion.
Mrs. Madonna Spyre, Mrs. Jen-
ME Grindell and daughter, and
Mrs. Dorothy Rosette attended
the Grange banquet in Mack
Hall, O. S. IT,, Wednesday eve
ming
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Howald,
of Redwood, were dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Adrian Potts
Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Pierce, of
Mt. Gilead, were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. r. F. Bell.
Mrs. j. b. Morris, of Magnetic
Springs, was an afternoon caller
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Warner and
daughter, Patricia, were Sunday
dinner guests at the Warner
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-03-31
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BY MRS. ARTHUR POTTS

Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Terrell,
a recent bride and groom, have
taken up their residence in our
village We are glad to welcome
them as our neighbors, and wish
them a happy married life.
Mrs. Caroline Bell and Mrs.
Dorothy Rosette attended a home
demonstration meeting at the
Baptist church in Redwood Fri
day p, m.
Rev. Wilford Snyder, of Aurora,
H., was calling on friends in this
community Friday.
Mr.. Arthur Potts ate dinner
with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Howald
in Redwood, Thursday.
The Methodist church has
been redecorated, the floors
Sanded and vanished, and a
new carpet laid on the rostrum,
which presents a very pleasing
appearance.
Mrs. Junior Retterer and
daughter, of Bowling Green,
spent several days last week at
the Retterer and Myles home.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Morrison
and daughter, of Toledo, were
weekend guests of Mr.. Morrison's
brother and sister in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Leo Morrison. Sunday call
ers were Mr.. and Mrs. James
Hoffman and sons, and Mrs.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-03-31
BY MISS ANNA sTEARNs

Miss Blanche Pendleton, of
Washington c. H., is the guest of
Mrs. c. H. Bynner and Mrs. f. c.
Milburn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Willis
and son, Gregory, of Corsicana,
Texas, arrived Sunday evening at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. c.
Calhoun. Mr.. Willis left Monday
evening by plane for st. Louis
where he will attend a biologists
convention Mr.. Willis and son
will remain for visit with her
parents.
Mr. and Mrs Terry Bell had as
their guest at supper Saturday,
Rev. Irwin Lane, of Portsmouth,
and Rev. and Mrs. Delbert
Drumm, of Westerville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Augenstein,
of Columbus, spent Saturday
with their son and daughterin-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Augen-
stein.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest McPeak
OF Marion, were guests Sunday of
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleland TosSey and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Maugans
had as their guests at dinner Sum
day, Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth .Har-
din and children, Kenny and'Kay
Jean, and Mr. and Mrs. Hobart
Maugans.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Newhouse,
Mrs. Mildred Gorgas and son,
Charles Richard, and Mr.. Martin
Nunnemaker attended the bur-
ial of the latter's brother-in-law,
Mr.. E. M Mccullough, of Spring
field, at Plain City, Saturday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. c. E. Parrott and
son, Kenneth, were in Marion
Sunday afternoon attending a re-
ception in honor of the 18th we'd
ding anniversary of Mrs. Par
rott's cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
McCombs.
Robert Rider, of the Burnt
Pond rd., and Dick Rider, of
Delaware, were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Hickok and accompanied them
later to call at the home of their
grandfather, Mr. George Jolliff,
near Pharisburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Newhouse
had as a week -end guest Mrs
Newhouse's aunt, Mrs. ]. w. SEQ
field, of Akron. Sunday dinner
guests were Rev. and Mrs. G.. S.
Ager, of Columbus. Afternoon
callers were Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Earn, of Akron; Mrs. Leonard
Sanpii, of Painesville; Mrs. Mil
dred Gorgas and son, Charles
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PAGE SEVEN
FARM SAFETY

January is the month. Mobil-
ize for safety is the theme of all
farm organizations and agencies
in Ohio. Yes, January is the
month for planning an action pro-
gram in safety in your organi-
zation. Every year more than 400
people in Ohio are killed in ac-
cidents. The farm organizations
have done a lot but can do still
more to reduce this tragic loss.
Do your part by planning con
tinuous educational program in
farm and home safety.
Remember, safety has no quit
ting time" Union County Rural
Safety Committee.
Union County Rural
Safety Committee
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THE UNION COUNTY JOURNAL. MARYsvnLE. ONO

Rev and Mrs. M. K. Lasley, at
Sunbury, Sharon Lasley who had
been guest at the Fontanelle
home since Friday, returned to
her home with them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dillon Jr,,
were Sunday dinner guests of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. l..
Byers, north of town.
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McCafferty home.

McCafferty home.
The w. s. c. S. of the Metho-
dist church, wish to thank every
one who helped in any way with
the chicken supper Thursday
night.
A male quartet from Aurora
College, Ill, gave an entertain
ment in the A. c. church Friday
evening which was enjoyed by a
full house. Their singing was out
standing in many ways and those
not present missed a real treat.
They were accompanied by Rev.
Wilford Snyder and their pianist.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-03-31

In the United States, petroleum
was first produced Commercially
in 1856, according To the Ency-
ClOpaeda Britannica.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-03-31

Wishing to make a ''just
distribution of these bar
gains, we have placed a
limit" purchase to each
customer only where as
SOrtmentS are small.
, 1949-10-18
HASTE REJECTS
BILL TO INCREASE
COUNCILMEN'S PAY

Governor HASTE returned to.
the Municipal Council of Saint
Croix, without his approval, a
money bill appropriating
funds for additional compensa-
ton for the Chairman of the
Municipal Council and three
members of the Municipal
Committee.
The Governor approved the
provision for the additional
compensation but disapproved
the source from which the
funds were to be taken.
The Council is expected to
pass a new money bill for this
purpose.
, 1949-10-18
Councils Action Blow
10 Good Government,
HASTE Says

Having been advised by the
Chairman of tn Municipal
Council Of St. Croix that the
St, Croix Council had -rejected
his nomination of Ludwig E..
Harrigan for reappointment as.
a member of the Food Commits
sion of st. Croix, and Albert
0. Fabio, for reappointment as
a member of the Power Autho-
rity, Governor HASTE stated
that he feels this action of the
Municipal Council is uncalled
for and a hurtful blow at good
government. The Governor
then wonders show a member
of a Board must perform his
duties to win the approval of
the Municipal Council"
Governor HASTE said he re-
cognized the legal right of the
Council to reject any nomina-
ton but that in fairness to the
nominees and in the interest
of the public service he wished
to point out that these two gen
tlemen are we'll known and
highly respected members of
the community, who have Civ
en- and are giving competent,
effective and faithful service
as members of the oFood Com
mission and Power Authority,
respectively.
, 1949-10-18
InsulGr Advisory
Comm. Ndmed To
White House Cont.

The nine members of the
Insular Advisory Commission
on Children and Youth, name
ly, Cyprian Caroline, Mrs. sas-
ha A. Manson, Rev. David S.
Williams, Mrs. Reginald H.
Moore, Mrs. Lucinda Millin,
Mrs. Gloria Francois, Fred
erick A. Esannason, Mario A.
Warrington, Rev. c. E. Hardy,
supplemented by DR.. bohn S.
Moorhead, . Roy w. Bornn,
C. F. Dixon & Mrs. F. L. Byrd
Larsen, as the Virgin Islands
Committee for the Midcentury
White House Conference on
Children and Youth to be held
in 1850. f,
, 1949-10-18
Dominion Wdrships
To Visit Puerto Rico
October 20 : "a

Three Dominican warships
will visit Puerto Rico with a
special emmisary, to return
the recent visit of Admiral
Daniel Barley COMMANDMENT
Chief of the Caribbean Area
Sea Frontiers. The emmiSary
is an ex-Foreign Minister and
ex-ambassador to the United
States. A large group of Army
and Navy officers will accom-
pany3him.
The warships are a destroy
er and two frigates.
, 1949-10-18
Holidays Now Some
Throughout Virgin Is.

According to the new Holt
day Law, Tuesday, October Is,
local Thanksgiving Day, and
Tuesday, November |, Liberty
Day, will be public holidays
throughout the Virgin Islands
of the United States.
October Is is additionally
the end of the hurricane sea-
son and thanks is offered to
God for sparing the Islands
from disaster. On November l,
all workers on the Island, to-
gether with hundreds of other
persons, gather at Grove Place
Estate under the sponsorship
of the st. Croix Labor Union
to celebrate their freedom.
, 1949-10-18
DE CASTRO SIGNS
BILLS PASSED BY
OUNCIL

Acting Governor Morris F.
de Castro has approved a reso-
luton passed by the St. Croix
Municipal Council on October
II, 1949 providing for the Mu-
nicipal Councils approval of
a certain plot of municipal
land situated in Christiansted.
The following legislation
passed by the st. Thomas
Council received the Acting
Governors approval also: Or
oinance authorizing the Gov
ernor to borrow up ito $4,000
from Public Funds to liquidate
municipal obligations for the
fiscal year. ending June 80,
1949; Ordinance authorizing
the sale of a surveyed rock
crusher to the Government of
the British Virgin Islands, and
an ordinance repeating the tax
on gross receipts on nickel
odeons and increasing the an
nual license fee on such instru-
ments from $500 to $500 per
annum.
He also approved money
bills authorizing a grant to
$500 per annum.
He also approved money
bills authorizing a grant to
Joseph Robes for injury sus-
tanned by a fall from a public
bridge, $4,000 for the Depart
ment Of Welfare for relief pro-
jects and $4,000 for salary in
'creases which might occur if
the amendment to the Wage
and Hour Law is approved.
, 1949-10-18
Peters Rest Fan Mill
Closed Down For
Needed Repuirs

The windmill at Peters Rest
School in the Christiansted
District has been closed down
for repairs by the Public
Works Department.
The mill was damaged dur
ing recent high winds; how
ever, the necessary parts have
been ordered and will be in
stalled as soon as received,
Supt .Pa~raliticci said today. ;
, 1949-10-18
u. S. Supreme Court
Refuses To Review
Communist Case

The Supreme Court of the
United States has refused to
consiedr the cases Of three
communists jailed by Judge
Harold Medina for contempt,
, 1949-10-18
Condition Of Country
Roads On Eorhside
Poor In Sections

Country,rpads on the north
side of the Island are in very
bad condition in certain places
which makes it inadvisable
fol. taxicabs to take tourists on
tours in such areas during
these days, a survey conduct
ed by Taxi owners and drivers
made on Sunday, revealed.
Taxing tourists around the
northSide is very risky only
in certain areas where the wa
ter, due to recent heavy rains,
settle. Parasol Hill is partieu-
larly dangerous at the sharp
turn at the foot, where the
dirt is loose and there are
WaShouts in the roadway
which making driving uncom-
Portable for long distances. It
was necessary at times, for pas
sengers to leave the car and
help to push it out of the mud.
Drivers are fully aware that
the finances of the Municipal
ity will not premit repairs to
all roads; however, it was felt
that crews could be sent to
the dangerous spots to clear
the drainage, and in some in
stances a few loads of gravel
relieve the situation
and thus save drivers taking
tourist around the island en-
barrasment.
Until Such a step is taken
taxi drivers will accept no
that would take them
to some of the most pictu-
rescue sites on the north side
the island and also a few
places on the south and east;
they will, instead limit their
tours to the paved highways,
except on roads where wealth
er conditions bring about i'm
provement.
, 1949-10-18

during the trial of eleven of
their comrades in New York
recently,
Judge Medina had ordered
them jailed during the dura-
ton Of the trial except during
court sessions.
Evening star., 1949-03-23


During the Normandy invasion
Col. johnson led his troops in
the bloody battle of "Hell's Farm, -
near Carentan, and kept the Ger
mans from the La Barquette
locks. The colonel's decorations
included the Distinguished Service
Cross. Silver Star, Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with two stars and
the CroiX de Guerre with palm.
Col. Johnson was the son of
Mrs. Bertha johnson, 4437 South
Dakota avenue NE, and the late
Joseph E. johnson. He was four
letter athlete at Central High
School, where he also was prom
inent in the Cadet Corps and was
"a member of Sigma Delta frater-
nifty.
He entered the Naval Academy
in 1923, but left after three years
to join the Army, with the rank
of second lieutenant. He later
attended several Army schools.
In addition to his mother. Col.
Johnson is survived by his widow.
Mary Brothers johnson; a son,
Joseph Henry johnson, and a
daughter, Mary E. johnson, all of
1885 Avondale street, Bethesda,
Md. Also surviving is a brother,
Elliott G. johnson of Sewickly.
near Pittsburgh, Pa.
Evening star., 1949-03-23
1n Mrntnriaitt

LYLES, ALICE REBECCA. In loving
assbT LeE q Rq5 ssss nYL aho
departed this life thirteen years ago to-
day, March %, 1885.
Memories are treasures no one can steal,
Death leaves a wound no one can heal;
es' To ust te tods1 %h Us but tn aI%a9s Rs%eFs i'
YOUR DEVOTED DAUGHTER, son AND
MeDARIEs. MARIE LOUISE. In loving
Of 9gT Gear nee ane
today, March 20. 1914.
Until memory fades and life. departs,
You will live forever in our hearts
LOVING PARENTS AND SISTER.
memory Of our dear mother. SARAH
MISHAW (nee Carter, who departed this
life twenty years ago today, March 23,
1928
We stood beside her bedside
And saw her life depart,
But when we saw that she was gone,
1t almost broke our hearts.
God saw the road was getting rough,
The hills were hard to climb,
so And md ssfaiy shispered sleseo Peace Pes
HER DEVOTED CHILDREN, ETHEL, AD-
DIE AND ALFRED.
OLDFIELD, BENJAMIN w. In loving
memory Of my dear husband, BENJAMIN
ago, March 20, 1947.
Nothing but memories as We journey on,
Longing for s(smile from loved one gone;
None know the depths of our deep regret.
But we remember and will never forget.
HIS LOVING WIFE, MARGUERITE, AND
HER FAMILY
SMALLWOOD, FRANK. A tribute Of
love and devotion to the memory of my
husband. FRANK SMALLWOOD. who de-
parted this life three years ago today,
March %, 1916.
Three years have passed by, darling,
But sweet memories still remain.
WIFE, EMMA.
TERRELL. WILLIAM. AND ANNIE L. A
tribute to the memory of my devoted ia
away Ave years ago today, March c3,
1914. and my devoted mother, ANNIE L.
TERRELL, who passed away June 80,
1941.
Enter thou into the 10Y Of thy Lord.
DEVOTED SON, WALTER.
Evening star., 1949-03-23
Canal Dragged dAfterFinding
OF Coat, Wallet on Bank

Police were dragging the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Canal opposite
the 45O0 block of Canal road NV.
today on the possibility that q
man whose coat and billfold were
found yesterday on the bank may
have drowned.
Charles Thorne, 1920 Canal
road NV. told police about 6
pm. that he found the coat and
billfold near his boat dock. Po-
lice said the billfold contained an
Army Department pass bearing
the name of Memory jefferson
Irwin, so, of Herndon, Va.
Mr.. Thorne said he believed
the hat belonged to a man who
earlier had used Mr.. Thornc'S
boat to cross from the toWrath
side of the canal to Canal load.
Harbor police said they dragged
the canal until 10 pm. without
finding a body.
Meanwhile, they said. Fairfax
police went to the house listed on
Pentagon papers in the wallet, but
found no trace of the man. They
said he lived alone. The billfold
also contained an automobile reg
istration card, but no trace Of
the car has been found, they re-
ported.
Evening star., 1949-03-23
Or. Harvey Rentsch|er,
Noted Physicist, Dies
BY the Associoted Press

EAST ORANGE, N. j., Mar.
23.-Dr. Harvey c. Rentschler, 68,
one of Americas outstanding
physicists, died early today after
a three-month illness. He was a
retired director of the Westing-
house lamp division.
DR.. Rentschlers early work with
uranium is credited with supplying
the knowledge for his company's S
production of initial patches of
pure uranium. These were used
for experiments which led to de-
velopment of the atomic bomb.
Since his retirement July l,
1947, he has been visiting pro-
fessor at Princeton University.
DR.. Rentschler had more than 100
inventions patented.
He was the author of scores of
scientific papers on lamps and
electronics.
One Of DR.. Rentschler's out
standing inventions was the
sterilamp, described by his COM
pany as the first practical
bacteria killing lamp.
He was q native Of Hamburg,
Pa. Early in his career. DR..
Rentschler taught at the Univer-
Sity of Missouri.
DR.. Rentschler is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Mary Bender Rent
schler, and a son, Laurence, an
X-ray specialist in Brookline, Pa
Evening star., 1949-03-23
Wounded Train Bandits
|Arraiqnment DELAYED

The scheduled arraignment Of
the second Of two confessed train
bandits was postponed today
after doctors said he has not
recovered sufficiently from the
wound received during his capture
to appear in court.
The man, Luman Ramsdell, %,
is in the hospital at District Jail.
A policeman shot him when he
and his companion, George l..
Ashton. 20. were captured March
10. They had held up a B. & o.
train near Martinsburg, w. Va,
the night before.
Ashton appeared in District
Court yesterday before Judge
Richmond B. Keech to waive a
removal hearing. He was ordered
returned to West Virginia to face
q Federal indictment there and
is scheduled to appear before a
Federal district court at Fairmont,
w. Va, on March 20.
Ramsdell was scheduled to ap-
pear before United States Com
missioner Cyril S. Lawrence. The
Government also seeks his removal
to West Virginia. He is expected
to waive a removal hearing. He
probably will be arraigned next
week, it was indicated.
Evening star., 1949-03-23
$1,000 in Personal Items
Reported Stolen From Car

Clothing and other personal
belongings valued at $1,000 were
reported stolen last night from
the automobile Of Herbert r.
Leedy, 40, Of Cleveland, police
were told.
Mr.. Leedy, a chemical repre-
sentative of the Harris-Seybold
Co. of Cleveland, told police the
clothing belonging to him and his
wife. her jewerly. drawing in
struments and other personal
items, were taken from the car
parked in the 1900 block OF
Crescent place N. w.
Mr.. Leedy. a reasearch engineer,
and his wife are staying at the
Hotel Statler.
Evening star., 1949-03-23
S31 Taken in HoIdups
OF 7 Ice Cream Stores

Two Highs ice cream stores
were robbed of a total of $31 in
armed robberies near closing time
last night.
Arlington police said two white
men walked into the store at 1904
South Randolph street, Fairling-
ton, about 10 pm. A clerk, Miss
Ruth Pearl, Al, of Route 2, Alex
andria, was alone in the store.
She said one man, who carried
"a gun with long barrel, forced
her to hand him the bills in the
cash register. Then he scooped
the change out of the cash regis
ter. The money totaled SIS. She
said both men were hatless and
wore overcoats.
About As minutes later two men
of a similar description held up
the store at 5435 Macarthur bou-
levard NV.
The clerk, Mrs. Salome Slade,
81, colored, of 1927 Columbia road
NV, said she was held up by two
men about 20 years old who had
"a long black pistol and took SIG
from the cash register They fled
on foot.
A short time later two men an
swering the description in the sec
ond robbery were spotted by
police scout car at New Mexico
and Cathedral avenues NV. They
escaped as five more scout cars
rushed to the scene.
Evening star., 1949-03-23
Peace Par|eys Near,
Chinese Reds Assert
BY the Associated Press

NANKING, Mar. 23.-The Com
munist radio heard here tonight
said peace negotiations will take
place very soon."
It was the first Red public an
nouncement that they have de-
cided to talk peace. although other
broadcasts have limited at such a
move.
The statement was incorporated
in q scathing attack on Acting
President Ii Tsung- -jen and
Premier Ho Ying-chin and his new
cabinet. The radio asserted the
"Kuomintang government party)
leaders will now have an oppor-
tunity to prove their real desire
for peace"
Earlier an adviser to the presi-
dent had said the negotiations
would take place shortly after the
government names its peace dele
gates.
The selection of those delegates
is the first order of business before
the cabinet tomorrow.
Evening star., 1949-03-23

District Honor Guard Of the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars.
Pfc. Abel, who was 80 at the
time of his death. was born and
educated in Stafford, Va. He
entered the Army in December
1912, after IA years with the In
ternational Business Machines
Corp. here. He served with an
antitank company of the 355th
Infantry Regiment.
Surviving are his widow, Doro-
thea Abel, 1921 North Eighteenth
street, Arlington; a daughter and
a stepson. Joyce Ann Abel and
Thomas Griffith; brother, Clay
ton Abel, and a sister. Mrs. Ola
Payne, both Of Washington.
Evening star., 1949-03-23
Thomas F. Cairns, IA, Dies;
West Virginia Labor Chief
BY me Asseeiotsd Press

CHARLESTON. w. Va, Mar. %.
Thomas r. (Tom) Cairns, "a,
president Of the West Virginia
State Federation Of Labor from
1888 to 1945 and State repre-
sentative of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, died at his home
here yesterday.
He had been i'll for about a year
A native of the County of Dur
ham, England, Mr.. Cairns came
to America at the age of II and
had been a resident of Charleston
since 1906.
He was q veteran Of the labor
movement. AS early as 1907 he
was elected without opposition as
president of the Kanawha subdis-
trict of District II. United Mine
Workers. The subdistrict then
embraced all of West Virginia.
Evening star., 1949-03-23
Rites Set Tomorrow
For 5. 5. Mcclure, q,
Founder Of Syndicate
BY the Associotsd Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 23.-Funeral
services will be held tomorrow for
Samuel Sidney Mcclure, 90, who
fought his way up from youthful
poverty to international literary
power.
After services at st. Barnabas
Hospital in the Bronx-where the
aged editor and author died Mon
day night-the booy will be sent
to Galesburg, ILL.,, for burial.
Mr.. Mcclure, who retired some
years ago but continued writing
and travelling. had been a patient
at the hospital since last summer.
In 1884 he founded the Mcclure
Syndicate, the first of it's kind,
to provide fiction for newspapers.
In 1893 he established the pros
porous McClure's Magazine.
discovered" Kipling.
Mr.. Mcclure started some Of
this century's best-known writers
on the road to literary success.
He discovered" Rudyard Kip
ling and was a friend Of Robert
Louis Stevenson. He bought some
of Stevenson's writings and named
a son for him.
Mr.. Mcclure paid Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle $40 each for his first
dozen stories of Sherlock Holmes,
and the famous detective first be-
came known to millions through
McClure's syndicate.
o. Henry, Jack London, Booth
Harrington. Anthony Hope and
Ida M. Tarbell. biographer Of
Abraham Lincoln, were among
other writer's who were aided to
early fame by Mr.. Mcclure.
Born in North Ireland.
Born in Northern Ireland, Mr..
Mcclure was brought to this
conutry by his widowed mother.
They were very poor. and he
worked at odd jobs and in the
fields.
He entered Knox College in
Galesburg with only Is cents,
worked his way through, and was
graduated in 1882.
He lived for a time in Boston
and was employed by a bicycle
maker. He worked into his first
magazine editorship then-as
head of the Wheelman.
He later worked for the De
Vinne Press and Century Maga-
zine in New York and began to
prosper with the new idea of
syndicating fiction to newspapers.