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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-01-06

the CAPITAL
With BEN HAYES

investigator and reporter for The
Citizen and other Scripps-How-
ard newspapers, recently ran in
to U. S. Senator John w. Bricker
at a holiday open house here.
Jim used to be known as
Tom in Caldwell. His father
was editor of The Press, Senator
Bricker hailed Jim: Hello there,
Keener, (cq), what are you doing
now?'
(The senator does not come
from Noble county. If he did, he
would know that keenan, means
Democrat, and Keener means
bright, lively Pennsylvania grade
oil.)
Doing the same thing" Jim
said. What are you doing now?"
This upset the G. o. P. stall
Wart.
ooh, I'll soon be returning to
Washington" Senator Bricker
said.
keenan, persisted in playing
dumb.
washington, huh?" he said.
What kind of a job you got
there?'
This forced the senator to ex-
plain who he was and to what
office he had been elected.
Jim said later: "No Republican
can mispronounce my name and
get away with il"
So you see Jim Cor Tom) hasn't
changed any.
Gil Sonastine, born in Belle
Valley As years ago is one of
Ohio's most remarkable citizens
He is blind and paralyzed. He can
move but one finger. But the
short stories, poems and answers
to national contests that he die
tates are so good, he is becoming
wealthy and famous.
GiIs story has been featured
on the radio program THE Ohio
Story" World-famous philoso-
pliers and religious leaders visit
his home (532 Franklin Ave. tc
learn first-hand his philosophy OF
life. They go away marveling al
his courage and mental capacity
He has two famous sisters
They are Lynne Lyons( formerly
Joy Lynne) who is motion pic
ture star, and currently under
contract with Columbia. The
other is Neva Lynne Jaffe, OF
New York, a former Ziegfield
Follies beauty.
All three were born in Belle
Valley. There father was Grover
Sonastine, once Belle Valley
postmaster. Their mother was &
McLeary. Mr.. Sonastine was 6
travelling salesman, and met Gils
mother at Belle Valley hotel
conducted by her aunt.
The family left Belle Valley ir
1910, but Gil remembers the hills
and streams. He was christenec
"Worral Gilbert" being named
for Mr. Worral, the miller. Mr.
Worral was so pleased he gave
the Sonastines a barrel of flour
Gil likes visitors and his con
| VersatiOn is brilliant. He now ha!
a sound recorder. He writes" or
a regular schedule. Throughout
the night-until 400 a. m.-he
speaks into the machine. Mex
day, his secretary plays it back
and types the stories and poems
They sell we'll.
You can discover celebrities o1
Noble county origin just abou
anywhere. A few weeks ago,
read in The Journal of a 81
Bradford Hague" of New York
wanting a picture of the old mar.
row guage train. l sent him
copy of the history of the Ohio
River & Western 1 wrote a few
years ago.
Mr.. Hague replied with {
"thank you" package. He sent me
beautiful assortment of Christ
mas greeting, adorned with re-
productions of his paintings
Seems he is a artist (from the
Mt. Ephraim section) and
would say a good one. He is now
in the greeting card business ir
| New York.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-01-06
BRIEFS OF TEN YEARS AGO. =.

Sum m e r - Mrs. John
Moore of route two suffered a
bad fracture of the left leg near
the hip Saturday evening when
she slipped on the ice near her
home and fell, striking her leg on
a stone.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-01-06
THE POETS CORNER
''THE SALVATION ARMY"

(In honor of the Salvation Army
Just a group of Christian workers
Trying hard Gods will to do
Busy every precious minute
Never wishing work was through.
Cheering up the old and friendless
Who have wandered far away
To the life of sin and sorrow
They have led from day to day.
Teaching them to live for Jesus
Making hope revive again
Giving help in decent living
Helping them forget their pain.
Captain Langford is their leader
And he tries to understand
All their troubles that they tell him
Always lends helping hand.
When he meets boy in trouble
He will work both night and day
Till he finds way to help him
Walk the straight and narrow way.
Surely God will richly bless them
For the work of love they do
Not in hope of rank or riches
Wages would be something new.
So I send my small donation
Twill seem larger in Gods sight
Though to some large congregation
1t is just the widows mite.
They will use it to Gods glory
Maybe help some wandering boy
Who is weak and heavy laden
Tired of sin, bereft of joy.
Jesus had no wealth or riches
Oft no place to lay His head
Yet he healed the poor and loWly
I have often heard it said.
That this little Christian army
Follows in Christ's footsteps here
Helping all the poor and needy
To their aim from year to year. ~
So to all Salvation army workers
May God watch DER you with love
Till at last your task is finished
And you rest in Heaven above.
Minnie Ross Mackie
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-01-06

Deaths--Mrs. Mary L. Gray SO,
Caldwell; Mrs. Dordellia Warren,
81, Dexter City; Mrs. Elizabeth
P. Thompson, "a, Caldwell; Mrs.
J. Ernest Hutchins, "a, Crooked
Tree; Ollie Singer, Sc, Fulda, Isa-
bell Weisend, 81, GAINESVILLE;
Berea Sullivan Pitcher, 33, East
Union; Jane Turner, 79, Calais;
j. V. Dye, 90, GAINESVILLE; G. L.
Harris. "a. GAINESVILLE.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-01-06

Miss Opal Renner, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. L. D. Renner, is an
nouncing the opening of a new
beauty salon at her home on Gil
North street.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-01-06

Carl Lamley, deputy under
Auditor Gilbert B. Long for the
past four years, becomes the first
Republican in the county to
benefit by the change of state
executives and on Monday will
assume his duties with Don H.
Ebright, treasurer of state.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-01-06

George l.. Thompson of near
Caldwell, former county record
er, was named a member of the
Caldwell exempted village board
of education Monday evening.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-01-06

A check-up of the WPA labor
in this county is still going on
apace at the county relief office
with Certifying Officer Ila De-
Voll Clymer in charge.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-01-06

Doc Donaldson, former well
known coach at the Caldwell
high school, visited with friends
in Caldwell, Friday and renewed
many acquaintance.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-01-06

Births-A daughter to Mr.. and
Mrs. Alonzo Freese, Akron; son
to Mr.. and Mrs. Roger Fogle,
Caldwell; son to Mr.. and Mrs.
Hiram Henderson, WoodgroVe.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-01-06

'Marriages-Kenneth Gibson of
Summerfield and Maxine Oliver,
Summerfield.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-01-06

About 100000 new farm homes
were built during l947, IN the
United States.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-29

ed "that the Congress enact new tax legiS-
lation to bring in an additional $4 billion
dollars of Government revenue which should
come principally from additional corporate
taxes. In the long past farm prices have
been decided by the natural laws of supply
and demand. Now, the President recon-
mends controls and farm price supports to
prevent farm price declines" No wonder
Senator Harry F. Byrd, Number One Demo-
crat statesman from Virginia has branded
President Trrrlan's economic advisors as
strange groups of men whose fanciful ideas
should be Investigated by Congress-" Sena-
tor Byrd charges that "These men who seem
to be debating the Administrations economic
program are not elected officials, the public
knows little of them or their background and
beliefs. Yet they are apparently in positions
of great power in the Government" Sena-
tor Wherry of Nebraska, Republican leader
of the Senate said red-ink spending by the
Government is "a terrible blunder." And
Senator Taft says the program leads toward
TotalitarianiSm. Mr.. Truman cannot deny
the charge that he is urging Congress and
the American people to go deeper and deeper
into red-ink spending, and to borrow and
borrow and spend and spend in futile at
tempts at ump-priming. 1t is easy to agree
with Mr.. Wherry that the President is max
ing destructive demands that will launch the
Government into "Socialistic State"
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-29

Smart are those who first realize this Foolish are
those who are now unnecessarily accepting unem-
ployment insurance.
PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S THEORY
1t is unpopular amongst businessmen to say a
good word for Mr.. Truman but there may be some
sense in the theory of his leading Cabinet Member
Charles Brannan Secretary of Agriculture. His ad-
vce-as | understand it's to let prices and wages
find their natural levels and then have the govern
ment protect farmers with subsidies and protect
wageworkers with old age assistance, free medical
service, government housing and other welfare
benefits" This is contrary to good Republican doc
trine but fear it will be tried.
Certainly the system of price fixing a big
failure; and l believe that wage fixing, either by
legislation labor unions, is bound to create un-
employment and hence hold up costs. 1t seems fine
to have a minimum wage of seventy-hve cents per
hour if you get job at that wage; but if your
employer can't afford it and you lose your present
job at sixty cents per hour you are worse off
REDUCE COSTS AND LOWER PRICES
The above is my advice to farmers; but fight for
fair subsidies My advice to wageworkers is to cheer
fully accept the market wage whatever it may be-
but not be ashamed to take reasonable government
assistance AS manufacturers are protected by a
tariff, so farmers and wageworkers entitled to
some similar protection
Of course, the above means either higher taxes
more debt AS taxes are now higher than the
country long stand, the Brannan Policy may
force an increase in the Federal Debt a reduc.
ton in Federal expenses. 1t is a crime to waste the
peoples money. favor cut of 1919 for all Depart
ments. If the so-called deficit money is used fol
permanent improvements, the Federal Government
may be entitled to increase its debt some. years
the is the Telephone Company; but only
when used. Perhaps we must also recognize
If our capitalistic system lin order to exist de
pends on encouraging people to spend all they carr
during good times by instament buying, expensive
advertising and high pressure selling, then it per
haps must in some way take of these people il
lean years when their income is cut off,
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-29

Mr.. and Mrs. William G. Draper
left this week for an automobile
trip through the Adirondack Noun
tains. They expect to visit their
daughter, Ruth, who is spending
the summer at Silver Lake Camp in
the Adirondacks.
%
Miss Elizabeth Carlisle, DR.. and
Mrs. S. M. D. Marshall and DR.. Will
liam Marshall left yesterday for
Camp Dix, N. J., where the Drs.
Marshalls will receive their dis
charges from the military service.
They have only recently returned
home from France, and have been
in Milford on a furlough.
o
We have a hero in the person
of Engineman ]. F. Rock of Fort
Salisbury. A ten-foot shark came
up on our shore; our hero waded
in for him and was about to brain
him with a big engine poker when
his sharpship decided to change
his course-thus a great scene was
averted. Mr.. Rock had intended tC
have a photo of the shark and him.
self and send copies to his south.
ern friends. Now this is not a fisf
story.
o
DR.. Walter L. Grier, who prac
ticed dentistry in Milford severa
years ago, has reopened his Office
and will specialize in extraction
work only. DR.. Grier has a moderI
equipped Office and will be assisted
by graduate anaethetist ant
nurse. The Office, no doubt will b.
appreciated, as the people of low
er Delaware have had to go tt
Wilmington or Philadelphia TO
this class of work.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-29


week during the war; to work for $25 which is all
that many employers can now afford. AS my old
friends and their children here in Gloucester ask
my advice as to what to do, l say
take the $25 week job; be the first there
every morning; the last to leave every night; and
help your employer make some money. The impor-
tant thing is to get your foot in the door When
graduated from college. I tramped the streets six
weeks looking for job and finally took one at
$500 per week. Of course. $500 then bought more
than double what it does now;-but this is not the
fault of any employer"
A LESSON IN ECONOMICS
The cost of honest and sensible living is the
real thing in which we all should be interested. It's
but rather how much that pay envelope will buy in
food clothing and shelter. Well. to increase this
latter requires that more people shall work Short
hours and oafng send up costs whether this loafng
is on the job or off the job. Only as more goods
are produced, is there to divide This is an
other reason for taking $25 to $50 a week job.
It's crime for any of us to loaf.
The business honeymoon is over, but there is
no need of a depression now if everyone will keep
busy. The wages received are of secondary mpor-
tance Lower wages will cramp us for awhile and
force families to give up temporarily things
we now enjoy-perhaps beauty shops, dry cleaners
telephones and even automobies-but the family
income at one half wages will give nourishing
food, good-lookng clothes and a place to sleep
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-29

Governor Townsend has annOun-
ced the following appointments of
trustees of the Ferris Industrial
School for Boys: DR.. John Ball,
DR.. w. H. Kramer and Mrs. Otho
Nowland; w. d. Dennis, Dover.
and DR.. Frank L. Grier, Milford.
The Ella Call Farm at the north
east boundary of Milford, contain
ing about twenty acres, has been
sold by William Jones to Theo-
dore Hammond for the sum of
$4,000. He will occupy it as resi-
dence.
The Delaware Holstein-Friesian
Association, cooperating with the
county farm bureaus, will hold a
consignment sale of 25 head of pure
bred Holstein bull calves at Mid
dletown at 1880 o'clock. Tuesday,
July 20. This sale will be held in
conjunction with the project which
the State Breeders Associations
and county farm bureaus have
been promoting, the slogan Ol
which is "a pure bred bull on every
the farm" These bull calves are
being consigned by the best breed
ers in the state and it will be
unique opportunity for the farmers
of Delaware to secure herd sires.
o
Reports from the rural sections
are to the effect that the tomato
crop has been injured during tht
past ten days at least fifty per cent
In some sections the farmers are
said to be plowing their patches
up, rather than to bother with th'
crop which they would get. II
Prime Hook Neck this condition il
said to be exceedingly bad.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-29
Thirty Years Ago 81 81 4is Hsi4 o2a Hs9q dfone Rs ai:

Miss Laura Salevan spent the
weekend at Rehoboth.. the guest
of DR.. and Mrs. Frank L. Grier.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Sapp of HOus-
ton left last Monday for Michigan
where they will spend three weeks
with relatives.
DR.. ]. N. Rhoads and daughter,
Miss Alice, of Philadelphia, will
sail today for Miami, Fla, for a
short vacation.
Mrs. Harold 4 Sammons has
been seriously i'll for the past two
weeks, but at present her condi-
tion is more favorable to recov-
cry.
Misses Anna May Schulz and
Emma Weber have returned tC
Philadelphia after spending an en-
joyable week with Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Zachrewski.
Mrs. James Ball and little daugh.
ter Ida of Wilmington who ar'
spending the summer at Rehobotl
spent Thursday with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Herbert C. Jump.
.
Master Herbert Nichols of Fed
eralsburg, Md, has been spendin,
two weeks with his aunt, Mrs. Cool
Creadick of Harrington.
An appropriation is available ant
bids were opened several week
ago for the dredging of the Mispil
lion River and cutting off severa
bends in the stream. Since send
ing the bids to Washington for tn
departments approval, nOthinl
further has been known of thi
work.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-29
HOET1E Ni
TOlUn @ I!!:
nEp0p7ERA
WALES 5sIs.I
Communist FaIIacy
On WASHINGTON

T Asst WEEK your Home Town
- Reporter gave the results of
poll on the question of whether or
not we were moving toward a So
cialist government in this country.
and the answers received from the
home towns and rural areas of the
nation were overwhelmingly in the
negative.
And while this gives us feeling
Of satisfaction and security that
our farmers and the people in the
rural communities have their feet
firmly implanted on the solid rock
of democracy, individual freedom
and the dignity of man, there were
several answers upon which we
touched in last weeks column which
lead us to wonder just how far
reaching some of the fallacious
communistic propaganda ha s
spread. One such letter was from
the man in Oregon who said many
of his neighbors believed in Chris
tian communism. This man went
on to say that after much study
II have finally concluded the Bible
in spirit taught Christian commu-
nism. spiritual Interpretation
Of the Bible teaches peace and
Christian communism"
AS we pointed out last week
the word Christian and the
word Communism" are direct
OppOsites and there can be no
such thing as a Christian Com
communist. Communism is
anti-GOd and anti-Christ.
The martyrdom of Cardinal
Mindszenty and the 13 protestan
ministers in Hungary. Of Cardina
Stepinac in Yugoslavia and lately
the program against Archbishop
Beran and the church in Czechoslo
vakia and against all religion il
Russia and the iron curtain coun
tries is indicative of this anti
spiritual, anti-God stand of Marx
ian communism.
Everywhere behind the iron cur
tain communism has been openl.
at war not only with genuine politi
cal democracy, but also with re
ligion of every type that recognize
man as a child of God and not tn
creature of the state. This Codes
| tyranny, by its very nature, i
driven to do battle against Goo
fearing freedom because the tw
cannot exist side by side.
Communism judges man to
be nothing but an animal to be
regimented, so Red tOtalitarian-
ism must fight any political
philosophy which gives him
dignity and makes him free.
And it must fight any religion
4 which endows him with a soul,
teaches him standards of good
e ness and tells him that God
> alone is his true master, not the
e state. So we hope that the con-
: fused, falIaciOus thinking of this
man from Oregon as indicated
S by replies we received is even
less than the 1 per cent indica-
G ted by the responses to our
O query.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-29
PRESIDENTIAL IDEAS

The people of the United States, going
their own way confident in their own pow
ers, have achieved the greatest prosperity
the world has ever seen. Even President
Truman has admitted that this is a fact
1t is the duty of Congress to plan for steady,
vigorous xpansion-seeking always to in
crease the nations output, lower its prices,
and strengthen the powers of the people. 1t
is a mistake to suppose that the President
should rig the markets for farmers or any
other industrial group. The message of the
President to the 81st Congress practically
demanded the control of all American in
dustry. 1t is false theory to even think
that the Government can tax without limit,
and spend beyond all the laws of God, man
and the devil. The President has recommend
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-29
u. S. Bakery Figures

CHICAGO = (AP) - The Amer
lean Bakers Association figures
that every man, women and child
in the U. S. spends an average of
$26 a year for bakers products. 1t
estimates that $3,782,O0O,0 900 worth
of such goods are sold annually.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-29
WHO Team Fights
Thailand Malaria

BANGKOK - GAP - The World
Health Organization is sending
a team of seven malaria control ex-
perts to Thailand to conduct a one
TO two-year anti-malaria campaign
here. The team will come from In
C,ia,
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-29
5000
FALLIN' DOWN

Farm prices have fallen sharply since
last November and there is constant in
crease in the number of jobIess persons
throughout the Nation. The Republican
minority in Congress seeks to cut expendi-
lures, balance the budget, and maintain sta
bility in the Government. It would seem to a
layman and to newspaper correspondent
that when the Government is spending more
money than it can take in that we are head
ing toward serious troubles.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-29

GLOUCESTER, Mass, July 20
i am happy to be back again
on Cape Ann. I am sure there is
no better place for summer any
where in the whole U. S. Al
and this makes a pretty good
home for the entire year.
GETTING A JOB
Unfortunately, Gloucester -
like most of New England-has
some unemployment. That is,
there are many who cannot get
jobs which pay the wages these
unemployed want. 1t is very hard
g. ~:.1o ,,,bo ry0t Ox,or edE nor
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-29
New CoIumnist

And while we are on the subject
of Senator Taft, he has joined the
ranks of the columnists and is
writing a weekly column for news
papers in his home state. Some
Washington columnists were some
what worried lest the senator,
whose word is news, ''could score
"beats" over the regular column
lists from his inside knowledge of
events to come. In his first column
he wrote" shall try to report just
what goes on in Congress and to
clarity the issues. -"
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-29
MONEY! MONEY! MONEY!

The poor working man and the lone Wild
ow are short of money. The chart for the
financial world shows the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics to be as poor as church
mice. That's good Most of Africa seems to
be humping the bumps and the Scandinavian
countries are using 25 cent pieces when dol
lars are needed. Canada, United States, Mex
leo, Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, are
rolling along in good shape. The only thing
world from suffering, and starvation-but
we are trying to make the whole world COM
Portable, and to keep our wheels of industry
earning food. comfort and clothing for all.
The United States has held up we'll despite
the failure in behalf of permanent world
peace. How long we can afford to continue
such terrific spending policies is something
nobody knows.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-29
Taft Stock Scars

The stock of Sen. Robert A. Taft
of Ohio, who comes up for reelec-
tion to the senate next year, has
scared as result of his recent per-
Sonal victory over the administra-
ton forces on the Taft-Hartley law
in the senate.
An insight into Senator Taft's
characteristic aplomb is shown up
on his return to his office in the
senate office building following his
dramatic victory in the senate.
His office staff had congregated in
his private office to congratulate
him, and hear from his own lips
the story of the victory in round
table bull session. The tall Ohioan
strode into his office with a broad
grin and wearing a new synthetic
panama hat.
''HOw do you like my new
hat" he remarked and that Is
all the staff heard about the
Senator's personal victory after
days Of furious debate on the
floor.
Senator Taft, by the way, for all
his seniority in the Republican
party has a small staff and mod
est unpretentious office. compared
to some in the senate office build
ing. Chief decoration are scores o.
herds of elephants, in gold, il
bronze, in ivory, in every conceiva
BILE shape and color. Next are
many, many pictures Of the sena
tors father, the former Presiden
and chief justice of the supreme
court, William Howard Taft.