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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-06-02

Cleveland will be the target
for a paratroop invasion on July
3, and 5, James E. Odum, from
Montgomery, Alabama, national
president of the 82nd Airborne
Division Association announced
from the associations headquar-
tiers at 1873 West Randolph Street
in Chicago.
Veterans of the "most decorat-
ed American Division of World
War IT,, the 82nd Airborne, will
take over Cleveland for three
day convention and reunion
which will honor three famous
generals who have served the di-
vision. Gereral James M. Gavin,
who personally led the troupers
through their seven tough cam
paigns in Europe, General c. E.
Byers, present commander of the
82nd, General Jonothan Vain
wright, hero of Corregidor, in
World War II and a member of
the 82nd in World War /, will be
present at the convention.
Alvin York, Leonard Funk and
Melvin Biddle, winners of the
Congressional Medal Of Honor,
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-06-02
NEWS FOR WAR VETERANS .

are expected to attend. Also sew
eral movie and radio stars have
been invited to attend the reun-
ion.
A three day program of fast
moving events has been planned
for the men who spearheaded
every major invasion in Europe.
The world famed 82nd Division
Honor Guard" and band will
highlight the festivities with an
exhibition of sparkling maneuv-
ers at Cleveland's annual "FeSti-
val of Freedom" in the municipal
stadium.
This convention will be the
third annual reunion of the fam
ed airborne division since the
end of the war. According to Ex-
ecutive Secretary Silver it is ex-
pected that well over 1000 troop
ers and their wives will attend
the convention in Cleveland. Any
present or ex-airborne soldier is
entitled to attend the 82nd re-
unions. Reservations are being
made now and those interested
should contact the national head
quarters il Chicago. III.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-06-02
BRIEFS OF TEN YEARS AGO. ..

The Harry G. Clymer Co., of
Dexter City, has drilled in a gas
we'll on the Mary Ellen Bates
farm, north of Summerfield with
a daily yield of $4,000 cubic feet.
George w. Davis, 65, serving
his second term as treasurer of
Noble county, dropped dead in
his office at the court house, on
Wednesday afternoon at 400
o'clock, when he was stricken
with sudden heart attack.
Clyde King of Railroad street
left Thursday for London where
he assumed his new duties as a
guard at the London prison farm.
He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Allie King.
Marriages - Rosetta Sullivan
and George F. Gressel, Zanes-
vile; William Ode DeVoll, Jr.,
Caldwell and Martha Mae Iams,
Caldwell; James Tidd, Dexter
City, and Edna Rowlands, Dexter
City; James L. Reed, Lewisville,
and Lois Burbacher, Summer
field.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-06-02
WE'RE WELL REPRESENTED

yesterdays Listening Post joking reference made
suggestion that the 18th districts next congressman
should be from GAINESVILLE 1t observed that just about
the only way this could happen in the future would
be for Bob Secrest to here from Senecaville.
But let's look into the matter seriously for moment
Aside from the possible satisfaction of civic vanity
is difficult to see where GAINESVILLE would benefit if
of it's residents were to be elected to congress
In fact it's notion that any local congressman who
represented the city well Bob Secrest has would be
accused of parality toward his home town. And might
credit the congressman with bias dec-
for the fact that he eXpendS the kind
untirng effort behalf of every other community the
district.
When the GAINESVILLE Chamber of Commerce took the
leadership in flood control campaign during the early
93O Secest pushed the through congress
fully that the center Of of the greatest fed
orally flood prevention projects in the United
States.
zanesvle because it is the largest city in the Mus
kngum valley stood benefit most from this undertaking
1t will be recalled that Secrest next secured the adop
ton of national policy requiring the federal government
to the full cost of flood control work This logical
but revolutionary policy saved the taxpayers of the Mus
kngum valley many millions dollars because of the
high tax valuation of low lying land and property here,
GAINESVILLE again the principal beneficiary
The ensuing years GAINESVILLE become the center OF
soils conservation activity and experiments Secres
instrumental in securing the u S. soils conservation labora
tory for this city, also the federal nursery and many other
governmentaid projects.
1t also Secres who secured federal approval of
Zanesves fine new airport which gives air facilities
which the envy of many larger cities.
Today Secrest has spearheaded the fight which virtual
y the start of work the Dillon flood control
Zanesvlle this year, after prolonged delay.
Who said GAINESVILLE needs congressman? We have one
The GAINESVILLE Signal
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-06-02
Making Lenin A True Prophet
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Lobbying in this 8lst congress
has reached new high, or a
new low, depending upon your
viewpoint in numbers regist-
cred, amount spent and tactics
employed to influence legisla-
ton.
According to a compilation of
expenses or expenditures thus
far, lobbyists have spent or at
least reported expenditures of
$2,182,329 from 264 groups, ac-
cording to Congressional Quar-
terly, non-partisan and accur-
ate reporting service. This is an
all-time record.
AS a result, the house has pas
sed a bill calling for a joint
committee of congress to probe
the lobbyists. The measure is
pending in the senate and likely
will pass. Objective is tWp-fold, !,
according to observers hereto
obtain information on how to
strengthen the rather loosely
drawn lobbying law, passed in
l946, and to learn whether or
not the lobbyists are violating
the law.
Many new gimmicks are being
used to call the attention of con-
gress to the pet measures of the
lobbyists. For instance, the Ma
tional Tax Equality association
is circulating phony dollar bills
called a "taX-free buck" to call
attention of congress to the tax
exemption features of farm CO.
operatives. The Property Own
ers' association used cartoons to
fight the rent control law. Mer-
chant Marine veterans seeking
draft exemption for seamen sent
printed paper bags urging con-
gress not to leave them holding
the bag. Even the American Lii
brary association used a Graham
Hunter cartoon reprinted from
the Southern Agriculturist'
urging federal funds to buy more
bookmobiles.
There was a lobby investiga-
ton in 194l led by Sen. Joseph
c. O'Mahoney Of Wyoming
chairman of the temporary ma
tional economic committee which
drafted recommendations, some
of which were Incorporated in
the anti-lobby law. The last big
probe of lobbying was made by
Sen. Hugo Black of Alabama
now Supreme Court Justice, in
1885 to 1888. Senator Black
committee was appropriated
$62,500 for its probe during con-
sideration of the Public Utility
Holding Company act of 1885
The investigation revealed that
more than $1,500,000 was spent
on campaign to defeat the act
| According to information here
the department of commerce
under Secretary Charles Sawyer
is going to bat for the small bus.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-06-02
WISE or OTHERWISE %.
BY
E. o. BOND

If you find yourself travelling
in circles, maybe it's because you
are running around too much.
The measure of man is the
size of the thing it takes to get
his goat.
A man really isn't getting old
until he's anxious to get home
on time. ...
There is close relation be-
tween hard work, a light heart
and clear mind.
A hard fall should meet high
bounce if one is made of the
right material.
Women are wizards when it
comes to facts and figures, and
the better the figures, the quick
er the facts.
There's a big difference be-
tween forgetting what you ought
to know and moving what you
ought to forget.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-06-02

The reason a woman always
gets off a car backwards is so
she can have the last word with
the conductor.
There isn't much to see in a
small town, but what you hear
makes up for it.
If you have tried to do some
thing and failed, you are vastly
better off than if you tried to do
nothing and succeeded.
What you dislike in another,
take special care to correct In
yourself.
The man whose conscience
never troubles him must have it
pretty well trained
Life is grindstone, and
whether it grinds you down or
poiishes you up depends on the
stuff of which you are made.
Dull people attract dull COM
rapions,
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-06-02

mess man and will 60 to bat for
him before the senate committee
hearing on price spreads of farm
produce. The department is con-
Quoting a series of surveys, in
cluding freight shipments-one
involving shipments of paper to
small town newspapers. Accord
ing to results of some of these
surveys, the farmer and the
small town business man have
the same idea about what is in
store in the immediate future.
Both are cautious. The farmer is
buying only what he has to buy
and the businessman is stocking
only what he has to stock to keep
up with his trade, both expect
ing price drops. Where the farm
er gets squeezed, however, ac-
cording to the survey, is that
price of farm produce is drop
ping faster than the prices of
things he buys.
Probably the best indication of
the trend is that prices of farm
land are falling, there is little
land moving, but the general
concensus is that when the level
ing-off period comes, conditions
in the rural areas and home
towns will be generally healthier
economically,
AS this is written, the economy
drive started by Sen. Robert A.
Taft of Ohio with some Demo-
cratic support headed by Sen.
Harry Byrd of Virginia has been
stalled. After succeeding in re-
committing several appropria-
ton measures for a horizontal
five percent cut, the senate re-
versed itself and brought the
bills back by close vote. So to
date, there is an increase in ap-
preparation measures in the SEN
ate over the amounts which
came from the house. Some Dem
ocrats, according to observers
here, feel that too drastic econ
omy might cause more political
reverberations in 1850 than over
spending or the tight budget as
it is now set up. Rather than
slash domestic expenditures, the
cuts may come in the authorizer
expenditures for ECA and other
authorized appropriations for
foreign expenditures.
Then, these observers say, at
this time there is a psychological
aspect to the national economy
which must be seriously consid-
cred. They intend that any dras-
tic slash in governmental spend
irg on the domestic front at this
time might start cuts all along
the line and really tough off a
depression. For instance, the lop-
ping off of 5000 employees in
the Veterans administration
coming just when it did, observ-
ers say, had a bad psychological
effect upon unemployment gen.
! orally.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-06-02
Thursday, the House tabled

Thursday, the House tabled
Am. H. b. No. 256 sponsored by
Mr.. Hook Of Brown county and
Mr.. Hines of Monroe county,
which would have required all
persons engaged in pruning and
care of trees and shrubs, other
than his own, must submit to an
examination given under the di-
rection of new division chief in
the department of agriculture;
and pay fee of ten dollars be-
fore he can receive a license. 1t
did not exempt from the requir-
ed examinations persons who
have graduated from tree surg
cry schools or who have had
years of experience.
Sub. H. B. No. 558 requires the
inspection of bedding and up
holstered furniture for sale to
prevent fraud and the spread of
disease. 1t passed.
Sub. H. B. No. 483 was passed.
This bill would make all insur-
ance companies that are not
authorized by the state of Ohio
subject to jurisdiction of courts
of this state. Heretofore, some
out ut-of-date insurance companies
could not be sued in the courts
of Ohio and it was difficult for
the insured or beneficiaries to re-
cover in case of loss.
Another insurance bill passed
regulates stock ownership, inter
locking directors and common
management Of insurance COM
panies.
The House adopted a resolu-
ton l offered in memory of 'Pri-
vate" Dalzell, who originated the
Soldiers Reunions. The first re-
union was held in Caldwell on
Sept. l6 and II, 1887 The "Pri-
vate" was member of the 62nd
and 63rd General Assemblies of
Ohio 1876-1879.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-06-02
EMPTY HANDS


There two happenings here in the or past
There funeral and baby born.
or less population then had before
Wes that baby the day after he
the cutest thing you He looked
thought he give and sort of cooed like dove His little
fists tight monin glory before
They empty-he dident have thing in them.
all into this here life with empty
went to the funeral Don't like funerals but
naybor knowed all days. He just got
layed down the of life Well when my
seepin his coffin noticed his
peaceful like and they big caoused hands too and they
was empty that babys hands
that naybor Jim had gathered with them hands left
there Holer What with some
coudent held in his hands any
treasures the Holer besides his little things
better because Jim lived
long time workin with them big hands his.
Yours fer useful hands,
Uncle Sam" Stille
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-06-02
SCHEDULE MEETING .

The next regular meeting OF
the Rich Valley Busy Boys Club
will be held June 3 at the Calvin
Mendenhall home At their last
regular meeting held last Friday
evening the group selected pro-
iects for the coming year. Dale
Delaney is news reporter for the
group.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-06-02
Gaping
the CAPITAL
With BEN HAYES

COLUMBUS-A change has
occurred in the hotel business.
The great wartime rush for hotel
rooms has completely dwindled.
In New York and Chicago, hund-
reds Of rooms are vacant. The
managers are concocting all
kinds of schemes to attract the
people to- their hotels.
Columbus is different. Our
hotels are filled, and will remain
filled. It's the legislature now;
when the lawmakers adjourn and
60 home convention visitors will
take the rooms.
Conventions are the capital
city's plan for good consistent
business. This always has been a
convention city, central location
and good facilities have been the
main attractions. Also, we are
hospitable.
Within the past two years,
there has been an awakening to
the real value. New managers,
both young men with ideas, have
taken over oul leading hotels,
Harry Ludwig, formerly of the
Hilton chain, manages and owns
controlling interest in the Neil
House.
The Deshler Hotel is being
completely revamped and mod
ernized under the direction OF
Palmer Suddaby, who came here
from Cleveland.
Each has hired competent men
to get conventions. They travel
usually by plane, to all parts OF
the United States. They attend
convention, selling the officers on
Columbus for next years meet
! ing-or the meeting in 1851, 1852
1858 or even later The Neil
House has rooms reserved now
for conventions that will meet
here in 1855.
The hotel sales managers WORK
with the staff of the Columbus
, Convention Bureau. This summer
others are being drafted 10 help
in this work. l recently went tC
Dayton with Art Frank and Starr
Hull of the bureau to sell Co.
lumbus. Later this summer l will
go to st. Louis, Minneapolis and
perhaps Boston on similar mis-
sions.
The casual visitor to Columbus
| believes that we have a conVen-
ton here every day of the year
This has not been quite true. But
beginning this year, it will be
The Deshler and Neil House have
meetings scheduled for all days
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-06-02

blIllS-A daughter W MI. Cliu
Mrs. Carl Copeland, Urichsville.
Miss Jeanne Ferguson, who
graduates from Ohio State Uni
versity, Columbus, in June, has
been hired by the Sylvania high
school board of education as in
structor of French and Latin for
the ensuing year. -ss
Deaths-Mrs. Cora v. Bond,
54, Sarahsville; Mrs. Margaret
Danford, of Columbus; Emma
Grimes Vorheis, Sarahsville; Mrs.
Sara Surface, 80, Summerfield;
Mrs. Lily Allen, 70, Summerfield.
Judge Otto Polling has been
named chairman of the Caldwell
recreation committee for the pro-
motion of this program through
out the county and welfare of the
youth during the summer months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Schafer,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Tarleton
were among those from this COM
munity who attended the auto
classic at indianapolis, Ind. ~
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-06-02

Tuesday, opponents of the
Turnpike bill attempted to get a
reconsideration of the vote by
which the bill was passed. After
considerable debate, the motion
to reconsider failed by a vote of
46 to "a. Later in the session, the
House accepted the Senate
amendments and the Speaker
signed the bill. 1t will go to the
governor for his approval or dis
approval.
Amended House Joint Resolu-
ton No. II, by Mr.. Baker of
Crawford county, was, adopted
by the House. The resolution,
when adopted by the Senate, will
memorialize Congress to provide
the means for legalizing the
teaching of courses of study on
non-sectarial religion. 1t was
sponsored by Protestant, Catho-
lie and Jewish members. The
VOte was 30 10 IL.
Am. S. B. No. 80 repealed sew
eral sections of the General
Code relative to the organization
and regulation of corporations.
The bill that created the most
excitement was the bill to abol-
ish capital punishment Lectures
and sermons were delivered by
some members and the Bible was
quoted to sustain arguments by
both sides. The bifl finally pas
sed SO to 81. A term of SO years
was substituted for the death
penalty.
Two bills, Sub. H. B. No. Ala
and Sub. H. B. No. SAT, provided
pensions to be paid to widows,
surviving children, and depend
ent parents of deceased firemen
and policemen.
Sub. H. B. No. 3l3 passed by
the House Tuesday permits the
department of natural resources
to construct hotels and cabins in
state parks that may be rented
to the public. This will encour-
age people of Ohio and outside OF
Ohio to visit many of Ohio's
beautiful lakes and parks. This
tourist trade amounts to many
millions of dollars spent for
lodging, gasoline, food, etc.
Wednesday, the House passed
a resolution commencing the
board of education for requiring
an anti-communiSt oath from its
employees. This will not prevent
communists from taking the oath
and persons cannot be arrested
for being communists but the F
B. l. may arrest for perjury any
one who takes the oath while he
is a communist.
Am. S. B. No. % was passed
by the House. 1t relates to the
registration of marriages, di,
vorces and annulments with the
state board of health. The op-
ponents held it unnecessary be-
cause these facts could be obtain
ed at the county court house. II
places an added expense on the
individual and the state.
Am. H. B. No. 116 was defeat
ed. This bill would attempt to
set fair price for petroleum pro-
ducts and provide remedies, en-
dorcement and penalties. This
have been similar to the regula-
ton of business under the NRA,
There is no reason why the
butcher, the baker and the can
dlestick maker would not soon
demand a similar fair price for
their products.
H. B. No. 518 which provides
a salary raise for county ensi-
neers was made a special order
of business for June 8 at IL
o'clock.
Am. S. B. No. 222 which will
regulate the manufacture and
distribution of certain drugs,
passed.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-06-02
HIGHLIGHTING
NEW YORK go.
BY Glen Wilkinson

week is Streets of Laredo" star
ring William Holden, William
Bendix, Macdonald Carey and
Mona Freeman. Both Holden and
Carey give an excellent perform
ance. For a good Western see
Streets of Laredo" The song
Streets of Laredo" which is very
beautifully sung in the movie,
was written by Livingston and
Evans who wrote TO Each His
Own" Golden Earrings and the
recently popular Buttons and
Bows"
, The stage attraction is Victor
Lombardo and his orchestra,
Peter Lore, The Pied Pipers,
Frank Fontaine and the Evans
Family Dancers.
Lombardo's best numbers were
Riders in The Sky" and the
, novelty II Didn't Know the Gun
Was Loaded"
Lorre's Interpretation of Edgar
Allan Poe's The Telltale Heart
was excellent provided you
have good nerves.
The Pied Pipers are much bet
ter on records than they are in
person. Their best numbers were
"Shine" and Should II"
Fontaine was excellent in his
act. An impressionist, his version
Of Churchill, Crosby and Jolson
was outstanding.
The Evans family - father,
mother, brother and Sister-Were
excellent. Brother and Sister
did several modern dance num-
bers, then came the high spot of
the vening Father and
Mother" doing an old fashioned
dance to the tune of "Shine on
Harvest Moon"
Another interesting movie on
Broadway is Roberto Rossellini's S
"Paisan" which is an excellent
movie about the war in Italy
with various scenes in Naples
Rome, Florence and other Italian
cities, as the Allies advanced in
Italy. All characters in the film
speak their own language but the
Italian and German is translated
for you. For those who have been
in Italy it is an especially inter
esting movie.
Irwin Berlin's new musical
Miss Liberty" opens on Broad
way, July 4.
The smash hit South Pacific
is based on James G. Michener's
Pulitzer prize winning book
Tales of the South Pacific" 1t is
one of the best novels to come
out of the war.
One of the best books of 194S
is Thomas Merton's Seven
Storey Mountain" which is cur
rently near the top of the best
sellers.
Whether Forever and Ever" or
Riders in the Sky" is the top
tune of this week in New York
would be very hard to say.
Cruising Down the River" is
still holding its own with Some
Enchanted Evening"" Bali Hal"
and "A Wonderful Guy" coming
up.
Records worth hearing: Sam
my Hayes Careless Hands," Vic
Damone's Again." and -Four
Winds and the Seven Seas" Eddy
Howard's Candy Kisses"
LEASES FILED
Two farms in Jackson town
ship were leased this week to d.
7. Orndoff The farms Of 90 and
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-06-02

NOTES
BY GEORGE c. PHILPOT

Monday evening, the House
was the scene of a great deal of
activity long before the session
started. There was great interest
in the telephone bill that was up
at that session.
The first bill passed was H. B.
No. 1863, which amends section
4401 of the General Code rela-
tive to the sale of unclaimed
property by the chief of police
or marshal.
Also passed was Am. S. B. No.
81, which amends section 1903 OF
the General Code to raise the
fees of a township clerk. The
clerk may now receive $350.00
plus two percent of the budget
above $5,OO0.00.
Am. H. B. No. 500, which linn
its the period to four years ir
which refunds may be made for
taxes paid on any illegal or er,
TOneOuS assessment.
The next order of business was
the telephone bill, Sub. H. B. No
40. Originally, this bill required
that no line could have more
than eight subscribers. 1t was
amended to read ten subscribers
Furthermore, all companies ot
500 or less subscribers were ex.
empted from the provisions o1
the bill. These two compromises
were concessions to the compan.
les who were trying to give serv.
ice but had been hindered by
shortages of materials during the
war. 1t will probably stimulate
the companies that can to in.
crease their present facilities to.
ward bettering and extending
their services.
Am. H. B. No. 379, which re
quires justice of peace to be {
high school graduate and pro
vides a method of uniform pro
cedure, passed. l voted mo" be-
cause we have difficulty in Sc
curing men to act as justices o.
peace now and many individual!
have done a good job in the pas
without the benefit of high schoo
training. This appears to be one
more step toward the abolish
ment of justices of peace.