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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-02-04
Shipmates Hold Card Party

The Shipmates, the woman's or
ganization of the Yacht club, en-
tertained with a card party at the
club house Saturday evening. More
than 80 persons were present, and
door prizes were presented to Mrs.
A. w. Kalb, Mrs. ID. d. Sims, Miss
Frances Mitchell, Mrs. Kenneth
Young, T. p. Finefrock and r. c..
Schaper.
Arrangements and refreshments
were under the direction of Mrs.
Gordon Ley, assisted by Mrs. Rob-
rt Brigleb, Mrs. Leslie Johnson,
Mrs. Sam Kuhnle, Mrs. George
Boon and Mrs. Cyrus Wood.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-02-04
Contract Club Meets

Mrs. Dan Griffin was hostess
Thursday night when she enter
tanned members of her contract
bridge club in her East Seventh
street home.
Mrs. Paul Schmitt and Mrs.
Fred Kohlman We're first prize
winners. Mrs. Kohlman will be
hostess at the next club meeting
in two weeks.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-02-04
Child Guidance Council

Mrs. Richard Cover, assisted by
Mrs. William Phipps, will be the
hostesses to the Child Guidance
Council members for the February
meeting, Thursday evening. Roll
call, "Your Child's Favorite
Lunch" The program, a review
of the book, "Stop Annoying Your
Children" by Mrs. Norman Will
bond.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-02-04

Didn't Get chance to hear the
Cub Scouts preview of their min
strel on the radio Wednesday af-
ternoon but from all reports the
youngsters put on an excellent
show. The big event is sched-
uled for this Friday night at the
high school Now that we're
allowed to use the term in print,
let us remind you that the Music
Mothers are staging a Bingo par
ty next Thursday evening, also at
the school. SO round up. your
neighbors and get thee hence.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-02-04
Entertains Club

Mrs. Vito Menier was hostess to
members of the Wednesday Night
Girls Contract Bridge club in her
West Fourth street home this
: week.
Mrs. George Sibrel, a substitute
player, won first prize and Mrs.
Albert Davids, Jr., was second
prize winner. Miss Dorothy Wen
ger will be hostess in two weeks.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-02-04
From All Indications, the pro

From All Indications, the pro-
ceeds from the March of Dimes
will exceed that of last year, ac-
cording to James Ellenberger,
county chairman, who for the next
week or so will be busily counting
the results. In spite of the fact
that some unknown person stole
the March of Dimes can from the
post office sometime during the
past week, too.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-02-04
Elmore B0wlers Entertained

The r. Hagel Company enter
tanned the Brandes and Trautman
bowlers of Elmore Sunday after
noon at the Gypsum bowling alley.
The afternoon was concluded with
muskrat and fish dinner in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Koc-
sis. Kathryn Kocsis played her
accordion.
The group from Elmore included
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Brandes, Mr..
and Mrs. Ray Petersen, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Damschroeder, John
Frania. Also present were, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Koerner and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur
Sessler, Port Clinton; Mr.. and Mrs.
j. H. Bahnsen, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Tyarek and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Boss, Steve and Susan
Sabo, Loretta Miller, John Chlys-
tum and Louis Kocsis, Gypsum.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-02-04
St. Charles Study Club

Mrs. Paul Riehl was hostess to
the ST. Charles Study club last
Wednesday evening. Mrs. Ray De-
bien, Jr. read a paper on, "The
Holy Family" and Mrs. Andrew
Lukac read an article from the
Catholic Digest. The club has
made plans to hold a bake sale on
February 10.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-02-04
Girls Contract Club

Mrs. Pete Wahlers was hostess
to her Girls Contract club Monday
evening. The tallying of scores
gave high to Mrs. Marjorie Soren-
sen, second to Mrs. Guy Benedict.
The husband of the hostess was
drafted to play as a substitute.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-02-04
Yacht Club Stag Nights

Wednesday evening the men of
the Yacht club held Their second
Stag Night" of 1949, when cards
were the diversion. Stag Nights"
are scheduled for every other We'd
nesday night.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-02-04
Monday Night Contract Club

After a dinner at the Island Ho-
tel the Monday Night Contract
club was entertained in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Beryl Welty. Mrs.
Welty won for the ladies and Har-
ry Belknap for the men.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-02-04
Sorority Valentine Ball

Beta Sigma Phi sorority will
hold a valentine ball in the armory
Saturday evening, February IL.
There will be dancing from 10 to
two to the music Of Bill Cham
pion's orchestra.
The committees and the chair
men are as follows: Dance, Jane
Miller; decoration, Ann Nelson;
tickets and reservations, Mrs.
Keith Montgomery; cloak room
and pages, Frances Cover; refrsh-
ments, Mrs. George Haines; publi-
city, Kate May; program, Frances
Mitchell and tables and chairs,
Mrs. Robert Klotz.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-02-04
EscaIatOr Class Meeting

The Escalator class meeting for
February will be held Monday eve
ming in the home of Mrs. Melvyn
Cooley, who will be assisted by
Miss Leone Smith. Mrs. Glenn
Chapman will lead the devotionals.
The valentine party committee,
Mrs. Bennett Wooley and Mrs.
Mary Weisend, will carry out the
program.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-02-04
General Business Meeting

The St. Thomas Guild of the
Episcopal church will hold a gen.
eral business meeting in the Guild
Hall at s o'clock Wednesday even
ing. Members of the altar group
VIII act as hostesses.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-02-04
POtluck Supper At Clubhouse

This Friday evening a potluck
supper will be held at the Yacht
club at 6:15, preceding the regular
meeting of the Yacht club and the
Shipmates, which will both meet at
8 o'clock. Mrs. Ruel Crawford and
Miss Jean Crawford are the COM
mittee in charge of the potluck.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-02-04
Mothers Plan Program

The East Building Mothers club
will meet at 2 o'clock Thursday
afternoon in the music room of the
high school building. A program
is being planned. A pie sale, which
was to have been held Saturday,
February II, has been postponed.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-02-04
Young Ronald Gall

Young Ronald Gall, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Andy Gall, informs us
that he and his mother have been
feeding a bluejay and two cardi-
nails all winter. That's fine, Ron
ME, we're sure your feathered
friends appreciate your thought
fulness, particularly now when
the ground is frozen and food is
hard to find.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-02-04

Wedding Anniversary Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. John Dubbert, Ca
tawba, observed their twenty-fifth
wedding anniversary, Sunday,
when they entertained small
group Of relatives at dinner.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-02-04


Last Saturday night during a
bridge game at the Dick VOLTS,
Dick was called away on business
and for the remainder of the eve
ming his partners had to play with
a dummy hand. When the final
scores were totaled and Dick ar
rived home, he learned that the
dummy had done all right by him,
having garnered the high score.
Now if that isn't winning at
bridge the easy way, We'll eat our
hat!
-lI--II-
Come Thursday Next, we'l
make our initial bow on the radio
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-02-04
Hold Regular Meeting

A regular meeting of the Far
mers Union will be held in the
Danbury community hall Tuesday
evening.
Evening star., 1949-02-10

activities. he disclosed the name
of Mrs. Kitabayashi Tomo as a
spy because he thought she had
turned away from communism.
never suspecting she was a Soviet
spy.
She was watched and. after be-
ing arrested, disclosed Miyagi's
name and a search OF his premises
revealed the leaders of the ring.
Arrest Shocked OFT.
Sorge's arrest came as "a great
shock to Ambassador OFT and
the Gestapo chief. Col. Joseph
Meisinger, later notorious as the
Beast of Warsaw"
The spies were tried in secret
and, the report says, they were
given the benefit of every protec-
ton offered by japanese law"
The report concludes with a
postscript telling what happened
to those released from prison by
American occupation forces. Some
remained in Japan the where-
abouts of others, including Klaus
en-. are unknown. AS for Ito Ritsu,
who was responsible for uncov-
ering the ring, the report asks:
Can it be that the Japanese
Communist Party and the Soviets
do not know who really betrayed
the ring and so killed Richard
Sorge and Osaki HoSumi?"
Evening star., 1949-02-10
Half Of Foreign Doctors
Reported 10 Fail U. ). Tests
BY the Associated Press

CHICAGO, Feb. 10. - Almost
half of all foreign medical school
graduates fail to pass American
medical examine tions, a medical
examining board member has re-
ported. He added this is the prin-
cipal reason for refusal to recog-
nize certificates of displaced per-
sons holding degrees from for
eign medical schools.
DR.. Creighton Barker OF the
Connecticut Medical Examining
Board, reported this to the 45th
annual Congress on Medical Lii
censure. The meeting was spon-
sored by the American Medical
Association.
State boards examined 1880
graduates of foreign schools be-
tween 1910 and 1947. Of this
number, 6,o73, or 48 per cent
failed to pass.
Many State examining boards
have recently been criticized for
not permitting displaced doctors
to practice where shortages exist.
Evening star., 1949-02-10
ave Aide Views Pensions
As Political Handout'
BY the Associated Press

An official of the American
Veterans Committee yesterday
opposed general pensions for
veterans of World Wars I and II
as "a political handout.'
This testimony, from Joseph A,
Clorety, AVG vice chairman,
nettled Chairman Rankin of the
House Veterans Committee which
is holding hearings on the sub
ject.
Mr.. Rankin snapped that Mr..
Cloretys statement was almost
an insult to the committee. which
is trying to work out legitimate
legislation for the veteran"
Mr.. Rankin introduced the bill
under consideration. 1t calls for
pensions of $50 a month at age
so and $50 at IS. regardless of
physical condition or physical
need. In addition. benefits rang
ing from $40 to $120 a month
would be provided for disability
at any age. whether incurred in
service or not.
Veterans Administrator Gray
previously had estimated the cost
of the pension provisions alone at
nearly S2.000,0O0.000 in the first
year of operation, increasing to
5000, 100000 by 1885. He also
said such pensions aren't in &C
cord with President Truman's S
program.
Yesterdays session ended the
public hearings. Mr.. Rankin said
Evening star., 1949-02-10
Master Red Spy Fooled TOTO,
Who 7 ried to- Prevent Hunqinq

They are Mitsusaburo Tama-
zawa, former Tokyo procurator
district attorney, who persuaded
Sorge to confess. and Taizo Ota,
former official in the ministry of
Justice, who handled documents
in the case.
The former officials said TOTO
was surprised when notified of
Sorge's arrest and sent word that
a good Nazi, as Sorge was, could
never be a Russian spy. He asked
that he be released.
The two informants said TOTO
quickly changed his mind when
he was given proof that Sorge had
been sending Japan's most closely
guarded secrets to the Kremlin.
Evening star., 1949-02-10
Jap Communists Deny
Involvement in Spy Ring

TOKYO. Feb. 10 (P'.-Japanese
Communists today said Ritsu Ito.
one of their leaders. was not in
volved in the Richard Sorge case.
The Communist Party in Japan
was not involved in the spy ring.
either, Yoshio Shiga, member
of the party's inner circle and edi-
tor of it's newspaper, Akahata,
said.
Sorge himself put no faith in
the japanese Communists ability
to spy on their own country and
excluded them from his ring, he
added.
At news conference at Com
munist Party headquarters today,
Shiga said the Reds had investi-
gated the Sorge case and con-
cluded that neither Ito nor Ko
Nakanishi was involved Nakan-
ishi was mentioned in the Army
report on the Sorge case as a
member of a Communist spy ring
in China before coming to Japan.
Neither Ito nor Nakanishi was
present for questioning.
Evening star., 1949-02-10
Gestqpo Butcher
Blamed Mutsuoko
In Attack 7ip-OH
BY the Associated Press

TOKYO. Feb. 10.-The Gestapo
colonel sent to plug pre-war leaks
from the German embassy insisted
in 1945 that Nazi plans to invade
Russia were spilled by japanese
Foreign Minister Yosuke Mat
suoka, not by the Communist
spy ring.
Col. Josef Albert Meisinger, the
Butcher of Warsaw" made that
statement in a rage while under
American custody at the outset of
the occupation. He later was re-
turned to Europe to stand trial.
There was no way of telling
whether Meisinger thought he was
telling the truth or was trying to
save the face of his Gestapo.
which had failed to unmask
Richard Sorge, master spy in the
Nazi embassy.
Meisinger insisted that Mat
suoka warned Stain Of the i'm
pending German attack on Russia
in April, 1941, two months before
it occurred. He said Matsuoka
learned of it from Hitler on trip
to Berlin, then used the infor-
nation to wiring a neutrality pact
from Russia in 1948. as prelude
to the attack on the United States.
Meisinger declared the Germans
themselves did not know-until
the Pearl Harbor assault
whether Japan would attack
Russia, as the Nazis wished. or
would purse its own ends.
Matsuoka died while on trial as
a major war criminal suspect.
Evening star., 1949-02-10
axes
CONTINUED From First Pa,

Continued From First Page.)
which I feel is necessary and
desirable"
Mr.. Snyder said the deficit
might turn out even greater than
the Presidents estimates.
Cost May Exceed Estimate.
On one hand. he said, it is pos
sible that spending might turn
out to be higher" than budget
estimates, partly because of the
possibility of expenditures for
the security of the North Atlantic
area
For another, he said. the Presi-
dents estimate Of tax revenues
might turn out to be too low.
Senator George. in making his
suggestion for S per cent cut in
outlays, proposed holding off ac-
ton on taxes until next January.
Senator George said this economy
would save about $l.500,000, 900
"and I don't think it would be
necessary to raise taxes" He al
ready had proposed that action on
any new tax bill be put off until
next January. >
Senator George said the tax in
creases proposed by the President
might be the contributing fac
tor to a business recession" He
added:
If so we might lose more
revenue than we could possibly
gain through tax increase. What
ever method is employed, the
weight of nearly $7,0O0,0O0. 600
additional taxes on the American
economy will itself be definitely
deflationary"
In telling of his S per cent re-
duction proposal. Senator George
estimated it could be applied to
about $4,000, 100000, or almost
three -fourths of President Tru-
mans budget for the year be-
ginning July /. The remainder,
Senator George said, represents
fixed charges and can not be re-
duced.
Evening star., 1949-02-10
BY II e Associated Press

BY tie Assoeioted Press
NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-Agnes
Smedley. author and lecturer, as
serted today Il am not and never
laave been a Soviet spy or an agent
for any country"
She denounced as "a deSpicable
lie a statement in the Army re-
port that she lis spy and agent
of the Soviet government
The report, sent from Japan by
Gen. Macarthur, tells of the oper-
ations of Russian spy ring in
Japan just before Pearl Harbor.
o. John Rogge, former Assistant
Attorney General and Miss Smed-
ley's lawyer, said the espionage
accusation against his client is an
outrageous libel
Miss Smedley told a news con-
ference: If there is any legal
ground on which Gen. Macarthur
can be held personally responsible
Cor this attempt at assassination
of my character, I should like
nothing better than to demand
satisfaction in the highest court
of my country"
Mr.. Rogge wrote Secretary Of
the Army Royal demanding "an
immediate retraction of the ir-
responsible and false charges"
against Miss Smedley and issu-
ance of an apology to her.
1T is a shocking thing" the
letter said, that high Army
officials. with all the power and
prestige of their Office behind
them, have seen fit irresponsibly
to attempt to destroy the reputa-
ton and livelihood of an Ameri-
can citizen"
Guenther Stein, German-born
writer mentioned in the Army re-
port as "top-level member" Of
the spy ring, said the story is
ridiculous" He refused other
comment.
Miss Smedley. who now lives in
Palisades, N. j., just north OF
New York City. has published
four books on China and is writ
ing a fifth. Stein, a resident
of New York City, has written
two books on China. Both were
newspaper correspondents in
China before the war.
Miss Smedley took particular
exception to statement in the
Army report that she still is "at
large"
Tibet suggestion is that I have
been in hiding or trying to evade
some kind of action" she said in a
statement released at the news
conference. The truth is that my
professional work has kept me in
continuous contact with both Of
fetal circles and the general pub
lie
The Missouri-bor writer said
she was repeatedly denounced by
japanese newspapers and officials
Evening star., 1949-02-10

any Government payroll dealing
with labor relations"
In his prepared statement to
the committee, Mr.. Denham de-
scribed the Taft-Hartley Act as
"basically sound" but added 1t
could be amended to the advan-
tage of every one.
Hymn of Hate Charged.
The statement filed earlier in
the day by the United Mine Work
ers was devoted in large part to a
bitter attack on Senator Taft.
I'VE will no longer stand idly by
and allow this "Lucifer OF labor
relations to make a Roman holi-
day of what should be the most
serious of legislative delib-
ations," the statement said at that
point. Further on the miners
statement continued:
Let light be once and for all
shed upon this devious and de-
signing man who epitomizes the
era of brute force, the use of
machine and mercenary
strike breakers in an industrial
jungle an era now so thoroughly
condemned and discredited by the
American people.
He would have this era re-
turned in the guise of so-called
remedial legislation. His is the
hairy hand of Esau but the voice
of Jacob. He seeks to proclaim
his virtues and love of the laborer
from the house tops. He deceives
no one but himself. We condemn
him for his hypocrisy and his
consistent hymn of hate"
Evening star., 1949-02-10
House Probers 10 Quiz
Army, Navy Officers
On Red Spies in Japan.
by the Assoeiotsd Press

The House Committee on Un-
American Activities plans to ask
Army and Navy intelligence chiefs
tomorrow whether a pre-Pearl
Harbor Red spy ring in Japan
had tentacles reaching to this
country.
Mai. Gen. s. Leroy Irwin of the
Army and Rear Admiral r. B.
Inslis of the Navy have been in
vited to a committee meeting. So
has Attorney General Clark.
The committee planned to have
them in with the idea of building
up greater cooperation with the
executive branch of the Govern
ment.
That was before the Army got
out report today about a Soviet
spy ring that obtained top secrets
from places as high as the Japa-
nese cabinet and the German
Embassy in Tokyo.
The report said remnants OF the
ring still may be at work in world
capitals.
The committee is sure to ask
for details on that. and on Sec
ton accusing the American author,
Agnes Smedley, of being Soviet
spy, a statement she vigorously
disputes.
So far, the committee has no
plans for any full-fedged investi-
cation along those or any other
lines. But it has 100000 to use
when it does work out program.
1t also has lop-sided vote of con-
fidence from the House. The com-
mittee received both yesterday
when the House gave it the ex-
pense fund by a 352-to-29 vote.
That was the heaviest margin in
all the II years the House has
been handing over money for the
committee operations.
Evening star., 1949-02-10

as a Soviet agent because she was
a correspondent with Chinese
armies resisting japanese aggres-
sion.
Recalls Death Lists.
Five or six different death lists
of American and other CORE
spondents and radio commen.
tators in China were also drawn
up by the japanese police" she
said.
MY name was on one of those
lists. I regarded that as a decora.
ton"
Miss Smedley said: 1T is almost
impossible to believe that Gen
Macarthur would, on the basis
of the files of the japanese secret
police, the most discredited agency
of that enemy government, dare
to call me a spy and agent Of the
Soviet government
Miss Smedley said she knew DR.
Richard Sorge and Ozaki Hozum!
who are described in the Army
report as top men in the spy ring
The report said she was the 60
between who first brought the two
men together.
Sources of Information.
She said both were excellent
sources of information" adding
Both of them were correspond
ents, and to the best of my knowl-
edge were honorable men"
Miss Smedley also was described
in the Army report as an early
perpetrator "of the hoax that the
Chinese Communists were really
not Communists at all. but only
local agrarian revolutionists in
nocent Of Soviet connections"
Asked about this. she asserted
II perpetrated no hoax at all. The
Chinese Communists are clearly
Communists"
But they are not carrying out
communism in China" she said.
They have made landowners of
the peasants by dividing the big
estates among them. Their lead
ers say it will be so years before
China even is ready for socialism
1--WE are making a terrible his
torical mistake not to recognize
this"
Spent IL Years in China.
Miss Smedley is the author OF
Daughter of Earth an autobi-
ography in addition to the books
on China. She said her new book
would contain considerable mate
rial about Gen. Chu-teh. a Com
munist army commander in China
She spent II years Us a news
paper and magazine writer ir
China, leaving there shortly before
Pearl Harbor.
Stein, who Is not an Ameri.
can citizen. was a correspondent
in the Far East in 1910 for the
London Daily News Chronicle ano
also wrote for the Christian
Science Monitor. He has lectured
extensively on China in thi.
country.
Evening star., 1949-02-10
Westinghouse Clerks
Ask 1919 Increase
BY the Assoeioted Press

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 10.-White
collar employees of Westinghouse
Electric Corp. today sought a SIT
monthly wage increase, or 10 per
cent, whichever is greater.
The request was made in for
NAL negotiations reopening notice
filed with the firm by the Fedora
ton of Westinghouse Salaried
Unions. The workers also ask a
pension plan, re-establishment OF
the adjusted compensation plan.
and revised holiday payment
plan.