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The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-12-22

Deal Santa,
want a hlgn cnalr ana big
doll, doll bed and some candy
and a bicycle and nuts.
10 Zahn
Dear Santa,
| want a typewriter, a doll
house, a big doll.
Sherry Orahood
Dear Santa,
/ want a tractor, plow, a
disk gun. Danny Phipps
Dear Santa,
want a doll house, doll, and
some candy and nuts.
Judy Anglebeck
- j
Dear Santa,
Please bring doll Bring
baby buggy. l want high chair
and candy and oranges and apples
and a walker and a doll house
and nuts. It's showing here now.
Sandra Ganson
Dear Santa,
want a filling station, a pair
Of cowboy boots, a cowboy suit,
some candy. I'm not in South
Carolina this year l live at Ray
mond. Bobby Barnes
Dear Santa,
| want a big doll, and a little
mixer and a high chair and some
candy. | am going to be good all
year. Wanda Ziegler
Dear Santa,
| want an electric train, a Roy
Rogers outfit You didn't come
to see last year. l live on the
other side of HudSon'S. Hudson's
moved and that house is empty.
Junior Ormeroid
Unionville Center
Dear Santa,
| want bicycle, bb, pop gun
chinese checkers, Roy Rogers
gloves, transport truck.
Bobby Lee Daniels
UnionVille Ohio
Dear Santa.
l Want table and chairs doll cow
girl suit. Nurses, set cowboy hot
sewing machine, candy.
Patricia Berry
Dear Santa,
Oranges candy. washington ma
| want train track tinker TOYS.
chine. Elmer Raacbv
Dear Santa,
want a ylaid sWeter and some
train signals bow and arrows I
want Indian suit doctors set roll
Ier skates cowboy suit fire en-
glne tinker toys. Your friend
Robert Johnson
Dear Santa,
l want gg gun bicycle filling
station Chinese checkers. Row
Rogers guns oranges candy. | am
good boy. Tommy Sawvor
II Il
Dear Santa,
/ want drink and wet doll
a BICYCLE, roller skates, \ iump-
ing rope, and cowboy boots.
Connie Ratliff
-
Dear Santa,
| want doll coil clothes doll
walker cash register roller skates
typewriter cowgirl hat washing
ton machoine oranges candy.
Meredith Taylor
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-12-22

Dear Santa,
l want a farm set filling sta
ton, candy. Harold Longbrake Jr.
q q
Dear Santa,
/ want little bicycle, a magic
skin doll and a set of dishes. l
want a box of candy.
Ellen Renner
ID u
Dear Santa,
Bring me tommy gun, bas-
ket ball. Delbert Payne
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-12-22

How did you choose the toys for
your youngsters this Christmas?
A New York toy manufacturer
declares that only a few parents
will select the proper playthings for
their children each Christmas.
Most, he said, buy toys that
please themselves, rather than the
children.
The man, who owns a company
that makes creative playthings,
warns that "gadgety" toys may be
harmful and frustrating. And, he
adds, children quickly tire of them.
The best toy a parent can buy"
he said, is a set of plain un-
painted, wooden unit blocks. Chill
dren will use and enjoy them from
age 10 months to nine years"
He said that girls between age
3 and should have a doll corner"
He said the corner should be sup
piled first with a large wooden
stove, bed and cupboard.
Inc dOll corner VIII become the
most treasured play place in the
little girls life," he said.
He contends boys from ages 2 to
2 mostly enjoy transportation"
play-trucks, cars and boats.
There was no statement about
what parents should choose at
Christmas for the young teen-age
boy or girl-in the 1916 year-old
group, whose interests already are
deeply grained in social activities,
and who prefer parties and dances
to play-at-home activities.
Perhaps by next year, this manu-
facturer, or some child psychologist
will have solved this problem.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-12-22
Me~ Dork claim,
Santa Oaas to Rs
N Rsi;vah Property

While the claim may cause the
rest of America to bristle, New
Workers insist that Santa Claus is
peculiarly New York's own. Not
only did he land in Manhattan with
the Dutch settlers, they point out,
but for almost two hundred years
he never took his activities or pres
ents out of New York state.
The New Workers advance some
interesting points to bolster their
contentious. They declare that in
the genial company of Washington
Irving, James Kirke Paulding and
Clement Clarke Moore, Santa Claus
gradually lost the grim, stern as
pect he wore when he arrived with
the Dutch settlers to the bulging,
benevolent mien he now offers.
II was in New York, too, they
assert, that Santa acquired his
reindeer sleigh and his habit of
arriving on Christmas instead
of on the Dutch st. Nicholas
eve December 81. And thus, in
his New York panOpIy, he fin
ally found his way to all parts
of the United States, England
and even Australia and India.
Indeed, as the New Workers will
tell you, New York, as New Ans
terdam in the beginning, was dedi-
Gated to Santa Claus, or st. Mich
olas, by its Dutch founders. For
Santa Claus-or Sinterllaas, as it
is sometimes written in Holland
IS of course only the centuries-old
pet name which Dutch children
gave to their patron and gift bring
er, the good Bishop st. Nicholas.
And it is said that the ship which
brought the first Dutch children to
Manhattan island bore his face as
figurehead.
From the first, too, his special
day of December 6, was set aside
with Christmas, New Years,
Easter and Whitsuntide, as one of
the five chief holidays of the new
colony, just as it had been in Hol-
land
So, year after year, as regularly
as ST. Nicholas eve came around in
New Amsterdam, in Breuckelen
(Brooklyn, in Fort Orange CAL
bany) and many other hamlets
above the icy Hudson, the children
in every good Dutch family gath
cred in expectant circle. For weeks
beforehand they had learned their
lessons and helped with the milking
and churning in an agony of good
behavior And now, all ready, they
sang their song to Santa Claus.
In the midst of the song would
come knocking at the door
and in would stride Santa Claus,
himself-nOt round and jolly,
but solemn and majestic in
trailing robes. In one hand he
might have a basket of presents
or purse, but in the other was
sure to be birch rOd-an awful
warning TO naughty boy.
Santa questioned each child in
turn about his behavior in the year
just past and gave him a pat of
approval or a warning shake of the
head, as the record indicated. Then,
bidding them all look for presents
in the morning, the good saint sud-
denly flung a handful of lollipops
into the room and, in the ensuing
scramble, vanished into the night.
Then the children set out their
sabots, or later the great blue yarn
stockings made for the purpose.
However he did it--and the tale
varies in many lands-Santa Claus
got about, for in the morning over
the hearth steaming with waffles
and sausages and other good Dutch
fare, were the blue stockings bulg-
ing with apples, balls, dolls and
tops.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-12-22
Letters To
Santa Claus
Dear Santa.

Dear Santa,
l want a cowboy outfit, truck.
Don't leave paper on ne dresser.
You can put tnem in the stove.
I'll put candy on the dresser for
you. Gordon Parthemore.
Evening star., 1949-04-28
'EIectron Machine Gun to Blast
Atoms Described to Physicists

millionth Of a second. They are
believed to hold part of the key
to the forces which hold the neu-
irons and protons of the nucleus
together.
1t has been found recently that
mesons can be created in the lab
oratory by the interaction of elec-
irons with extremely high en-
ergies and very high energy x
rays. The Cornell synchrotron
may be well adapted for produc-
ing them, DR.. Mcdaniel said.
The annual meeting Of the So
ciety at the Commerce, Interior
and Departmental auditoriums;
George Washington University
and the Bureau of Standards will
continue through Saturday. DR..
Edward u. Condor. director Of the
Bureau of Standards, will address
the annual banquet at the May
flower Hotel tonight.
Evening star., 1949-04-28

At Freetown. Sierra Leone. At
rica, cannonballs $50 years old
have been found recently.
Evening star., 1949-04-28
liHIeion Fights Claims
On Oak Hill Proceeds
D. ne Assexsess& Press

RICHMOND. Va. April Ia
Counsel for the former owner
OF historic Oak Hill estate IN
Loudoun County yesterday argued
objections In Federal court here
TO the plan for distributing pro-
ceeds Of the sale Of the home 20
pay claims against the property
The estate. once the home Of
President Monroe. was sold al
auction September Z for S22o 900
TO Thomas N. De Lashmutt.
Arlington contractor. 70 satisfy
first deed Of trust and other
claims amounting 70 nearly
$2eo. 600.
The former owner Is Frank
c. Littleton. The court was told
that the distribution plan showed
there would be $2i 900 left after
all claims are paid.
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Johnson Weighs Directive
Against Plane Junkets

Defense Secretary johnson Is
contemplating moving In on con-
gressional junkets In military
planes.
A military establishment spokes-
man said today that q directive
was under preparation that would
make it necessary for the Secre-
tary's Office, rather than the Navy
and Air Force. to approve or dis
approve flight requests.
At present flights sponsored by
any of the three military services
are approved by the individual
departments. Flights not spon-
sored are referred to the Military
Air Transport Board for the ap-
proval or disapproval of the Sec
retary of the Air Force.
Under the new plan unspon-
sored requests would 60 to, the
Air Force Secretary. to be sent
for final approval or disapproval,
Ito the Secretary Of Defense.
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Rites for Dr.. Dowd RozzeIIe,
Retired Dentist, Set Today

Funeral services for Or. Dowd
Rozzelle. 50. a Washington den
tist. who died Tuesday in his
home. 5l3 Schuyler road. Silver
Spring. were to be held at pm
today In Hysong's funeral home
1900 N street NV. Burial will be
in Rock Greek Cemetery.
DR.. Rozzelle practiced dentistry
here for about 80 years until his
retirement two years ago. He for
merly maintained Offices at l343
H street NV.
He was born in Denver. N. c..
and was a graduate of old Column.
bian College, now George WASH
ington University.
DR.. Rozzelle is survived by his
widow. Sarah B. Rozzelle: a son.
Evening star., 1949-04-28
kishmon LWinq
In Madrid Seeks
American Bride

A 35-year-old Irishman living
In Madrid. who can find no Span
ish women TO suit him, has writ
ten the District Commissioners for
help in his search for q wife.
The man is Charles B. c. Phil
lips Of Dublin, Ireland. now IN
business and practicing Law in
the Spanish capital.
Spanish women are no doubt
beautiful" Mr.. Phillips wrote the
city heads. but they have a child
ish mentality and lack that some
thing that American girls have.
I'm tired of looking after my
self and I should like to marry an
American girl"
Mr.. Phillips said he had heard
there are eight girls TO every man
in Washington. He described
himself as tall. slim. good ply
sique and appearance with blue
eyes and an irreproachable
character.
He asked the Commissioners,
please, TO help him find a girl not
over IS years. The Commission
ers. with slightly raised eyebrows,
filed the letter without comment
or reply.
Evening star., 1949-04-28
By Thomos R. Henry

An "electron machlne gun
which fires 60 bursts per second
of infinitesimally minute elemen-
tary particles Of matter into the
hearts of atoms with a force Of
300, 600. 900 volts was described be-
fore the American Physical Society
at the Department Of Commerce
auditorium here today.
It is a device known as the
synchrotron which now is In
operation at Cornell University.
Similar weapons to blast out the
secrets of the world Of atoms are
in construction or have recently
been put in operation at other
laboratories. The principles of the
Cornell apparatus were described
by DR.. Boyce D. Mcdaniel and his
associates of the university faculty.
Its major element is an 84-ton
magnet. Electrons, lightest and
softest of the elementary particles
which make up everything in the
universe, are fed into an evacuated
circular glass tube through which
they are kept In constant revolu-
tion, after the manner Of the bet
ter known cyclotron which is used
for accelerating heavier particles.
They enter the tube with a force
|of only $4,000 volts but additional
impetus is given as they are pulled
around the circles by the magnet.
Takes 240th of a Second.
In one step, DR.. Mcdaniel said,
the energy is raised from 200,-
600. 900 volts-approximately that
given out by the splitting of
uranium atomic 100000, 900
votes-nearly as high an energy
level as has been attained on
earth. The process by which the
energy is raised from 10000, 900
volts to 100000, 900 requires one
240th of a second during which
an electron makes 100000 COM
plete revolutions through the
evacuated tube and travels ap-
proximately 1000 miles. The
whole process is repeated go times
second.
Some of the soft electrons make
direct hits on the nuclei Of atoms.
From photographs of what hap
pens, it was explained, the Cornell
physicists hope to throw new light
on the still mysterious forces
which bind together the particles
composing such nucleus. 1t is
the greatest force in creation, cal
culated at many billions of times
that of the attraction Of gravity
between such masses at such dis
tanceS.
Another object is to generate
extremely high energy X-rays by
shooting the electron bursts
against targets of q heavy ele-
ment, preferably tungsten. The
electron streams leave the appa-
| ratus, DR.. Mcdaniel said. in sharp
cones which can be aimed pre-
ciSely.
Nelson's Created.
A third objective has greater
significance In any fundamental
understanding of the structure OF
matter. Newest of the elementary
particles are mesons. They range
from so to 200 times the mass Of
electrons. They are produced by
cosmic rays bombarding the atoms
of the outer atmosphere and re-
main In existence less than .
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Boy and Governess Pedestrians of Month

Three-year-old Anders Bohe-
man. son of the Swedish Ambassa-
dor here, and his attractive a.
year-old Swiss governess, Miss
Barbara Lusser. this morning were
chosen Pedestrians-of the Month
by the Commissioner Trafiie
Advisory Board and the Police
Department.
Miss Lusser. Anders. and the
Ambassador little brown Peking-
ese. Moyong, were waiting patient
ly for the light. to change at the
corner Of Eleventh and r streets
NV. Pvt. p. @. Mangum, traffic
officer at the corner who was
designated to pick the Pedestrian
of-the- Month, noticed how obedi-
ent they were to traffic and how
careful.
you are the pedestrian-of- the
month, q symbol Of safety con-
sciousness here" he told the sur
prised Miss Lusser, who was going
to buy Anders q new pair OF snoeS.
Miss Lusser, who said she is
always careful because there are
so many more cars here than In
Switzerland" has been in Wash
ington since fall to care for husky.
blond Anders, and said she speaks
French, Italian or German, but
English not very well" A native
of Berne, where her parents, four
brothers and two sisters live, shs
went to Sweden for q vacation,
Joined the Ambassadors family
and then came here with them.
She is hoping to 60 home for a
vacation soon.
Chairman Arthur j. Sundlun's
Traffic Advisory Board. which
promotes year round trafic
safety, founded the pedestrian
selection last year. For o time an
outstanding pedestrian was chosen
each week.
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Admiral Price Nominated
Vice Chief of Operations

President Truman has sent to
the Senate the nomination Of
Vice Admiral John Dale Price to
be vice chief of naval operations,
succeeding Vice Admiral Arthur
w. Radford. who will become Pa
cific Fleet commander Monday.
Admiral Price, who has been
deputy chief Of naval operations
for air. is q native Of Augusta
Ark. He is 81 years old and q
naval aviator.
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Ancient eeyptions Used
Anesthesio. Studies Show

Recent studies In Cairo have
demonstrated that ,he ancient
Egyptians USED aneSihesas and
some other modern medical
methods
To produce anestheSia. they
mixed with vinegar pcwce.
made by grinding up a certain
type Of marble. This. In deezor-
created 4 certain amount
Of carbolic acid.
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Smith Admits Refusal
To Take Lie Detector
Test in Gagging Case

Blackstone Smith, the expo
liceman found gagged and hand
cuffed in his Brentwood home,
says he first agreed and then re-
fused to take a lie-detector test.
Mr.. Smith disclosed the request
for him to take a lie-detector test
at a press conference late yester-
day in the Office Of Attorney
James J. Laughlin, who said he Is
not representing the ex-police-
man.
1t. Charles N. Thomson. chief
of detectives Of Prince Georges
County police, confirmed Mr..
Smiths story Of agreeing to take
the test. He said Mr.. Smith gave
no explanation for his subsequent
refusal. ~
Test an Imposition"
Mr.. Smith said he thought the
test was an imposition" since it
implied he was lying when he told
of being handcuffed, gagged and
trussed up by unknown assailants
who left four gas burners open
after the alleged attack last Sat-
urday morning.
The policeman, dropped from
the Brentwood force last week,
said he was willing to take the
test at once, but refused when he
was told later no technician was
Immediately available to give the
test.
MIR. Smith said that when he
appeared before the Prince
Georges County grand jury inves-
tigating gambling earlier last
week, States Attorney A. Gwynn
Bowie asked him if he was working
for Mr.. Laughlin. He said he
replied he did not know Mr..
Laughlin at the time.
Mr.. Bowie and Mr.. Laughlin
have been engaged IN a running
feud. An attachment has been
issued for Mr.. Laughlin to be
brought before the court to answer
contempt charges If he ventures
into Maryland. Mr.. Laughlin has
sued Mr.. Bowie for damages and
has been given court permission
to put q detective on Mr.. Bowie's
trail to serve him with papers In
the damage suit If he comes into
the District. Mr.. Laughlin also
has sued the grand jury foreman,
F.. Bowie Addison.
Mr.. Smith is under $500 bond
as q States witness. but SO far.
according to Mr.. Bowie, the pre-
mium on the bond has not been
paid and the bondsman is furnish
ing it ION credit"
Mr.. Bowie said he will ask the
county commissioners whether
there is any law under which the
county can pay the bond pre-
MUM. II he gets no authority from
the county and Mr.. Smith cannot
afford to pay the premium, Mr..
Bowie said, will pay it, If neces-
sary. out Of my own pocket TO
save any hardship on Mr.. Smith
and to see he gets decent and fair
play"
Says Bond Isn't Unusual.
The States attorney empha-
sized that Mr.. Smith could have
been held arbitrarily and put IN
jail If he was unable to furnish
bond. He said there was nothing
unusual about requiring important
witnesses In important cases to
furnish bond"
AS for the lie-detector test, Mr..
Bowie said that purely out OF
Difference to Mr.. Smith" he had
agreed not to discuss the proposal
for the test.
He said he suggested the test
because "if the machine indi-
Gated he was telling a straight
and truthful story it would have
cleared up doubts Of some OF the
men on the case and been helpful
tn Mr. Smith"
Evening star., 1949-04-28

Dowc Enrzelle. u. both G. iAs
Silver Spring address. two SISTERS.
Mrs r. n. Begssn Of R3chrrnoe
Va. and Mrs Elizabeth Pay Of
Worcester. MAss-. and two broth
ers. Harry T. EoEzeIie O. Alta
Vista. Nd. and Charles Z. EaErrlle
Of Los Angeles.
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Girl, Is, 'Sufest CycIist'

Joyce Lodge. 13. is called "the
safest girl cyclist in London" since
getting top marks In . test staged
by the Royal Society for the Pre-
vention Of Accidents and the
CvclistS' Union.
Evening star., 1949-04-28
tuberculosis to Be Topic

Tuberculosis of the Urogenital
Tract" will be discussed at the
Bethesda Naval Medical Center
staff conference at / pm. tomor-
row at the center. Aspects Of the
disease will be discussed by Its.
G.gD E. A. Thompson and p. l.
Bates and 1t. w. w. Miller, jr.
Evening star., 1949-10-23

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Evening star., 1949-10-23
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-08
LAST RITES FOR
 BEACH DELAYED

SEBRING, Fla, Dec. 8-tR-Fun- eral arrangements for author Rex Beach who died by his own hand were delayed today pending ar rival of relatives.
 The 72-year -old novelist, who decided on a writing career when friend sold a story for $lo, sent a bullet into his head yesterday morning in the second story bed room of his home here.
 Cancer of the throat had plagued him for two years and doctors said there was no chance of recovery.
 Beach, whose books sold into the millions, authored such popular novels as "rhe Spoilers" Flowing Gold" and "The Ne'er-Do-Well." :" His last published book, "The World In His Arms" came out in 1946.
 Late this afternoon it was an- nounced services will be held at 4 p.m., here, tomorrow for novelist Rex Beach.
 Episcopal Vicar Arthur J. Lively will officiate, assisted by other clergymen of Sebring.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-08
PAN AM BRING521,
 TAXES OUT 22

Pan American World Airways brought 21 passengers into Juneau yesterday, and took g out. They were:
 From Annette: B. H. Reiten, Alice Reiten.
 From Seattle: c. E. Albrecht Paul Anderson. Clara Bodyfelt John Brennan, Marlin Feero, Lorene Feero, Mrs. Franklin, E. Guerin O. Johnson, M. A. Kreidler, Rich ard Lukesick, Thelma Lukesick Talmadge Nelson, Beverly Oswald Alfred Owen, J. Stoneman, MT and Mrs. R. J. Vanderbeke.
 To Ketchikan: Roy Johnson.
 To Seattle: Mr. and Mrs. D. w. Heron, Joe Woodford, L. De Roux, Don Lillie, L. M. Brown, A. A. Lyon, T. Schulze, M. Roach, MT and Mrs. L. Babler, MT. and Mrs G. Rogers, MT. and Mrs. Young MT. and Mrs. Carl Heinmuller, MT. and Mrs. Parks, c. J. Smith, David Purdy, Steve Homer, Jewell Webb John Brennan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-08
BRIGHT CHRISTMAS SEEN FOR JUNEAU
 AS CONTEST SET

Juneaus Christmas will again he bright.
 Neighbor will vie with neighbor to set up the best outside lighted Christmas decorations. The city's commercial establishments will compete in making the most beau- tiful Christmas displays.
 For the Juneau Chamber of Com merce is sponsoring 1949's Christ mas contest with merchandise prizes for the most attractive home Christmas displays and cash prizes for the best Christmas displays by Juneau merchants.
 This was announced at the noon meeting of the Chamber in the Baranof Hotel today. Rules for the contests will be published early next week when they have been drawn up by contest committees.
 Long custom in Juneau,- the contests have always drawn in- terest from the people of the city, Chamher President Fred Eastaugh said today
 Assigned to serve on the com- mittee in charge of the outside home decorations were Joseph A. Mclean, O. F. Benecke and B. Olson.
 There will be six merchandise prizes given for the most attractive home decorations. Alaska Electric Light and Power Company will give a floor lamp; Parsons Elec- tric Company will give an electric heater; Juneau-Young Hardware Company, an automatic electric toaster; Thomas Hardware, drop leaf table; Home Beautiful, colored ped linen; and Electric Service Shop. a modern ceiling fixture.
 Three cash prizes will go to the three Juneau merchants whose Christmas displays are considered best. The cash prizes-$35, s20 and $1O-have been donated by the Chamber of Commerce.
 Committee in charge of the Mer- chants Christmas Display Contest are the Rev. Willis Booth, Dr. c. L. Policy and Dr. J. William Gibson.
 A panel of contest judges will be selected later, Chamber President Eastaugh said