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Evening star., 1950-08-31
Natures S Children
By LiIIion Cox Athey

when the sea otter appeared marked
for extinction. complete protection
for him was assured.
Today we have more than 5000
sea otterS in the Aleutians-A Alaskan
areas. These are independent of
a small herd that has been pro-
tected by the State of California.
At one time, countless sea otters
were found along the Pacific Coast
Today the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service is working to create
new colonies through transplanting
small numbers to favorable areas.
During the war years, sea offers
began to increase in numbers be-
cause of their sense of security.
There are now about 1000 on Am
chltka and about the same number
scattered in small groups along
other islands.
Sea otters cannot live except
along certain shore lines where
there is an area of fairly shallow
water as off-shelving beaches
There must be sea urchins for food
and kelp beds in which to rest,
play, leave their babies and hide
from the killer whale.
Because the sea otter has so many
Iof mans mannerisms, he has been
called "the old man of the sea-"
He is SIS inches long with matted
gray hair on head, shoulders and
chest. He wears a bristly mustache
and stiff side whiskers, his eyes are
most human in their expression and
he has habit of using his paws
to shield his eyes from the sun.
His weight is about SIS pounds.
He loves to float on his back, using
one foot to propel himself along
while he folds his paws complacently
on his chest. Before enjoying his
floating exercise, he provides him
self with a few sea urchins. Using
his chest as a. table the "old man"
|nibbles his food. Gulls drop down
UNLIMITED for tea. After the feast.
the otter rolls over and over, using
his paws to scrub head and chest
Freshened up, he goes to the kelp
bed for a rest. The fabulous sea
otter cannot survive captivity. You
must be satisfied with photographs
and reports from their faithful pro-
tectors.
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axe Nv Word for 1t
By Fronk Colby

today's pronunciations, not the
relics found in obsolete dictionaries.
It would be ridiculous for me to
attempt to base my recommended
tions on Webster's 1928 dictionary,
a copy of which I have before me
as I write. Turning the pages at
random, I find these pronunciations
given as correct:
Banana: ba-NAH-na; beard:
baird; buoy: bwoy; drama: DRAY-
ma; yeast: vest; catholicism:
KATH- -luh-sizm; compensate:
kom- PEN -sate; confiscate: kon-
FISS-kate; cupboard: KUP- board;
junior: JOO-ni-ore; matron: MAT
ron; pageant: PAY-jent; petal:
PEE-tal; raspberry: RHASP-befry;
tiny: TIN-ee.
Some of our fairly modern die
tionaries have many pronunciations
listed that are as obsolete as Noah
Webster's. The recommendations of
this column are not based on un-
realistic or outmoded dictionaries,
but on current good usage. Other
Evening star., 1950-08-31
Paging Mr.. Webster.

Los Angeles: It burns me up the
way you accept the popular pro-
nunciations of certain words. Why
don't you be wise and stick to the
(pronunciations established by the
immortal Daniel Webster in his
dictionary?-W. T. M.
A. Aren't you little confused?
Daniel Webster d782-1852) was an
American statesman and orator. 1t
was Noah Webster 1758-1843) who
wrote the first American dictionary
in 1928.
The language of 1928 and the
language of 1850 are two quite diff
ferent things. PronunciationS are
not established" by dictionaries
usage is the only authority, and the
function of the dictionaries is to
report the usage that is considered
correct by the people at any given
time.
American English is very lively
language. You cannot embalm it
between the covers of books. The
pronupciations that I report are
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"OId Men of the Sea-"

oAA 4SACA Va AAC OCd.
The Russians Swarmed to Alaska
to obtain sea otter pelts because
some of them were worth their
weight in gold. So greedy in their
desire to get these furs, they al
most exterminated the child of
the sea-"
In the mad scramble for the fur
trade, early traders from Asia en-
slaved many of the natives, often
working them to death or killing
them before sailing away. Some
times whole settlements of native
AleutS were murdered.
Soon after the United States ac-
quired Alaska, the killing of others
was rigidly prohibited. In 1910,
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Goren on Bridge
East-West vulnerable. North
deals.
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The bidding:
club 1heart spade Pass
2spades Pass 3spades Pass
4 shades Pass Pass Pass
Opening lead: Nine of hearts.
When the elements of contract
bidding and play have been mas
tered, the fun really begins. 1t is
then that ones thoughts should
turn to the higher strategy of de-
ception. When it becomes appar-
ent that there are no more tricks
to be squeezed out of the cards in
hand, there frequently remains
the one hope that the opposition
may be deceived into taking a
step in the wrong direction and
perhaps a little push may well
serve your purpose. At such time,
if you cannot tell a plausible lie,
you might at least make an effort
to conceal the truth. Tipping
your hand is just as reprehensible
in bridge as it is in poker.
The East in today's hand gave
away the show in an extraordi-
narily simple manner. South be-
came declarer at a contract of
four spades on very commonplace
bidding West dutifully opened the
nine of hearts and all hands fol-
lowed to the first two tricks, after
which East continued with the
ace. Declarer naturally ruffed with
the 10 and held the trick. This was
very Illuminating. East was now
marked with the king of spades so
that the finesse could not win. The
only hope remaining, therefore, was
that the king was alone, and de-
clarer quite properly went up with
the ace and picked off juicy plum.
East might just as well have
shown declarer his hand as lead
third round of hearts. 1t should
have been evident that declarer
would probably ruff with some
trump high enough to shut out
West and reveal the situation, as
regards the king of spades. East'S
best play at trick three would have
been a diamond, which West would
win with the king. Declarer would
then be up against the proposition
of guessing the spade situation. If
he were able to divine East's scheme.
in refusing to continue hearts. he
might guess the spades, but if he
does, he's entitled to the chips.
Tomorrow's Problem.
AS South you hold:
AA105 0K72 1K9 Ak QJ64I
The bidding has proceeded:
North East South West
heart Pass 2clubs Pass
2hearts Pass ?
What do you bid now?
Copyright. 1850, by Charles H. Goren)
Evening star., 1950-08-31

Mary-If my friends ring three
short rings and the boys four short
ones for brother. we know which
one Of us should 60 to the door.
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wise this column woul

wise this column would not be
worth the space it consumes.
Language is no artificial product,
contained in books and dictionaries
and governed by the strict rules of
impersonal grammarians. It is the
living expression of the mind and
spirit of a people, ever changing
and shifting, whose sole standard
of correctness is custom and the
common usage of the community" !"
"A. H. Sayce, Introduction to the
Science of Lantuate, II, 1879.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-06-08
COAL AND OIL

A bill has been introduced in
both the house and senate to es-
tablish a nine-man commission
to study the coal industry and
the relations of coal to other
sources of energy. The inveStiga-
ton would cover coal reserves
and then effect on the future of
industry; present and future
chronological means of mining,
distributing and using coal; en-
ployment conditions; competition
in the industry; and the existing
and prospective market for coal.
There is one thing congress
could and should do that will,
above all other proposals, assist
the coal, oil and gas business of
the United States. Each day more
than eight hundred thousand
barrels of oil come in to the
United States from foreign coun-
tries. This oil is very cheap and
over one-half of it is fuel oil.
Already oil imports have thrown
more than thirty five thousand
coal miners permanently out of
employment. Imports are in
creasing every day and are three
times as much as we export. This
oil comes by tanker to the large
cities on our sea coasts and not
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-06-08
Bob Secresi
Continued from 1-B)

ments. The fields to be studied
would include jurisdiction of fis-
cal relations, tax competition, tax
immunity and the many grants
in aid now being given by the
federal government to the states
for highway construction and for
many other purposes. From such
study could come great benefit
both in efficiency and economy.
In the house only one member
can put his name on a bill. In
the senate as many senators as
care to may put their names on
"a bill as joint authors. 40 sena-
tors have introduced a bill almost
identical with the one | intro
duced in the house. This would
indicate a fair chance of getting
this legislation enacted. The cost
would be very small and the saw
ingS enormous.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-06-08
Whiuville

WHIGVILLE - Mr.. and Mrs.
Grover Fryeman and family, of
Ashland, spent Monday night
with Mr.. and Mrs. j. M Martin.
Mrs. j. c. Glasgow, of Antrim,
spent Wednesday and Thursday
with Mr.. and Mrs. William GU
lick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Cunning
ham and children, of NaShport,
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Shaffer,
Mrs. Vera Oakes, of East Liver
pool, Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman
Shaffer and Mrs. Orville Shat
fer, of Belle Valley, were call
ing on Mr.. and Mrs. H. d. Car
ter Tuesday.
Mrs. George Berry and son
spent Friday evening with Roy
and Nellie Graham.
Marilyn Wehr is spending a
few days with Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Wehr of Batesville.
Mrs. Pearl Keith, of Canton,
is spending few days with Mrs.
John Thomas.
The WSCS will meet in the
town hall Friday evening, June
9. Each one is asked to bring
sandwiches, cake and jell-o and
your own table service. Rena
Bates is in charge of the pro-
gram.
Several from here attended
church at Fredericksdale the past
week.
Emma West spent Sunday
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-06-08

leaders, knowingly or not, are
paving the way for a new order
under which the tyrant of Soc
ialism will rule the rooSt. 1t is
essential that every American
labor leader, true to his calling,
should be made to appreciate
the disastrous effect of the con-
tinuouS harassment of capital by
union word and deed. Before it
is too late workers must learn
that the capitalistic system is the
only system under which union
ism itself can remain free; and
that for their own good, if for
no other, this unfair punishment
of capital must cease.
The labor leader preaching
hatred against the employer,
promoting nation-wid strikes
and slow-downs chiefly to assert
his own leadership, is a menace
to the cause he espouseS and a
cruel traitor to his membership.
His actions, in effect, contribute
to social conditions that will
spell the end of free unionism.
Unreasonable demands, venge-
full strikes and slow-downs, mon
opolistic pressures in general add
up to mortal economic sin-and
here, as elsewhere, the wages of
sin is death. ~
In a socialism state, free un-
ionism soon perishes on the
scaffold of social planning. Thus,
also upon organized labor itself
the final effect of unfair punish
ment of capital is CAPITAL
PUNISHMENT.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-06-08
Renrock

RENROCK - Mr.. and Mrs
Stanley Nichols and son, Harold
Clarence Nichols, wife .anC
daughters, Nancy and Jean, Mrs
Edna Lowell, Miss Mary King
and James Reed and wife spent
Sunday at the home of Irwin
Nichols.
The next meeting of the Rem
rock Grange will be June IA in
stead of June 16. There will be
recreation. All grangerS are in
vited. Cumberland grange will
be present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Bickford
and daughter, Dianna, and Pearl
Reed visited the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Bickford Sunday.
Lloyd David Reed has the
measles.
Charles Reed is on the sick
list.
Charlie Robinson is recovering
from a heart attack.
Thursday, there will be a
meeting Of the WSCS at the
home of Mrs. Freda Ziler.
Eighteen women and ten chill
dren attended a better brush
meeting at the home of Mrs. Car
los Reed Wednesday. Refresh
ments of cake and fruit salad
and soft drinks were served by
the hostess. Mrs. Lora McNutt
received the door prize.
Miss Exile Reed is employed in
Canton.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-06-08
Mt. Ephrair,

MT. EPHRAIM - The alumni
banquet was well attended Sat
urday night. Dinner was served
by the WSCS to 76 members.
Dallas Bates and his scholars
spent Wednesday of last week
at the state forest park.
Mrs. T. R. Bates and Mrs
George Bates were visiting in
Canton last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Shafer
were callers in New Concord
last week.
Mildred Heron, of Cumber-
land, spent the weekend with
her parents here.
F. L. Catlett and wife, of Buff
falo, visited relatives Thursday.
Charles Snode and Carl Miley
of the Shenandoah Trail, were
business callers here last week.
Sumner Moore and family Wis
tied in GAINESVILLE Tuesday.
Norman Miley was a business
caller in New Concord recently.
The postoffiCe has been moved
from the store building to the
home of Dallas Bates.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. N. Secrest
were Caldwell shoppers Friday.
J. w. Caldwell and wife and
Mrs. Edison Shafer and daugh-
ter spent the weekend with rel
atives in West Virginia.
Howard Belts, Of Dayton, was
calling on friends here Monday.
Wilmer Watson and Erwin
Cowgirl attended the automobile
races in Indianapolis, Ind. Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Hack
ley, of NeWcomerstoWn, were
visiting here recently.
Mrs. Edna Ryan, of Pittsburgh,
Pa, visited her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Rossiter last week.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-06-08

Maurice r. Franks forts of his
union leaders. In fact, we should
be lacking in what now should
be common knowledge. The rec
ord is replete with the names of
businessmen and firms whose
contributions to the welfare of
the workingman have both pre-
ceeded and outrun all union de-
mandS.
The Endicott-J Johnson Shoe
Company didn't improve work
ing conditions and provide for
their workers security as re-
suit of union pressure. Nor did
James F. Lincoln, president of
Clevelands Lincoln Electric
company, develop his spectacu-
lar system of incentives because
some labor leader prodded him
into it. The Bettendorfs of Iowa
didn't open their Golfers to their
workers when times got tough
during the depression because
some union presented them with
an ultimatum. Nor did Kohler-
of Kohler, Wisconsin-build a
workers paradise in response to
union demand. Nor did Hershey,
the chocolate king, nor did Hor-
mel, the meat packer; nor did
any of the long list of progress
sive industrialists advance the
cause of their workers because
union leaders shook a stick at
them. In every one of these cases
the impulse sprang from the
heart; and in each instance, the
result was a we'll thought-out ex-
pertinent in industrial partner
ship.
Unions in this country have
grown strong, and this is as it
should be. But this fact gives
them no licerse to let their
strength go to their heads. Along
with numerical strength, they
must grow in moral and intel
lectual stature as well. They
must learn to give credit where
credit is due; that they them
selves are an expression of the
spirit of free enterprise and that
they can exist only in a climate
of free enterprise.
| doubt that even the meanest
union leader of non-Communist
stripe would wish upon his
membership the political condi-
tions which in socialist and
communist countries make a
farce of unionism. But, the
trouble is that all too many
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-06-08
KeiihtoWn

KEITHTOWN - w e k
guests recently at the home OF
Leo Burkhart were Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Burkhart and children,
Of Centerville, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Manford Young and son, Jackie,
of Canton.
Frank Dodds, of Columbus, is
on an extended visit with his
mother, Mrs. Ethel Dodds.
Joe Chandler is employed at
the Pure Oil station in Beverly.
Cora Rossiter has been visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Virgie Nc
Mannis and family the past few
days and at present is visiting
another daughter, Mrs. Mary
Wiley and family, in Beverly.
Roy Chandler is employed at
the Dean Reed garage in Cald-
we'll.
Fred Chandler is slightly i'm
proved after suffering a stroke
several weeks ago.
Ard Chandler and family had
as guests over the Memorial
weekend Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest O..
Farrell and daughter, Linda, Har-
ry Goodwin and daughter, Mary
Lou, all Of Columbus. Tuesday
afternoon callers were Mr.. and
Mrs. Bud Goodwin, also of Co
lumbus, and Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Taylor and sons, of Gratiot.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Rogers and
sons, Wayne and Fred, of Kent,
visited over the . weekend with
relatives in this vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnny Craig
visited over the weekend at the
home of her parents, Ard Chand-
Ter and family. Sunday evening
visitors at the Chandler home
were Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Teet-
ers and daughters, of Macksburg,
Mr.. and Mrs. Manford Chandler
and sons, Of Crooked Tree, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Teeters
and daughters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Manford Allen
were Sunday afternoon visitors
at the home of Fred Chandler.
Orval Haga was slightly in
jured Thursday evening when
the tractor he was driving over
turned, pinning him underneath
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-06-08
NEWS FOR
VETERANS

Unremarried widows of veter-
ans who died as the result OF
service in World War ii are made
eligible for CT home, farm and
business loans under the terms of
instructions issued by the veter-
ans administration to its field of
fices.
Such unremarried widows be-
came eligible for VA-guaranteed
loans as the result of one of sew
eral amendments to the CT loan
provisions contained in the re-
Gently enacted housing act of
1850.
Eli G b lity requirements for
such widows to receive CT loan
guarantees in general parallel
those governing death compensa-
ton payable to widows of World
War ii veterans.
The veterans must have served
in the armed forces at some per-
iod between Sept. 16, 1910, and
July rs, 1947, and his death must
have been a result of service
while on duty, or from service
connected causes following dis
charge under conditions other
than dishonorable. Another con-
dition is that the widow must
not have remarked following the
veterans death.
Widows who are eligible for CT
loan benefits because of their
own service in the armed forces
receive no additional benefits as
widows.
CT loans for home, farm or
business purposes are made by
private lending institutions, with
VA guaranteeing the lender
against loss on a portion of the
loan.
One of the recent amendments
authorizes VA to make direct
loans to eligibles for home pur-
chases after July 19, 1850, in To-
calities where mortgage financ-
ing at four percent interest is
not available.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-06-08
Shenandoah Trail

SHENANDOAH TRAIL =
Oracle Wheeler and Rowena
Cutler entertained the Ladies
Aid of the Mt. Zion church Fri
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Hayes
(nee Wilma Wheeler) are the
parents of baby boy born in a
Cambridge hospital last week
end.
w. E. Bond and family were
recent guests of Oscar Watson
in Somerset Sunday.
w. K. Wheeler and family and
Ladd Wheeler and family were
guests of Losia Mclaughlin and
family in Newcomerstown, Sun
day.
The Ohio Power Co. is erect
ing a booster station on the Rob
ert Crow farm near Glenwood.
Opal Renner, of Caldwell, was
guest at the w. E. Bond ranch
Sunday evening.
Hobart Bond, Jr., is spending
few days with his grandpar-
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Viii
liams at Glenwood.
Daryl Watson, of Somerset,
was the guest of his cousins,
Billy and Barbara Bond, last
week.
George Larrick and family, of
Washington, D. c., spent last
week at their farm here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Allen and
daughter, Dorothy, of Alliance,
were guests of her sister, Mrs.
w. o. Hopps and family last
week.
Olive Shriver and son, Larry,
were Sunday guests of w. K.
Wheeler.
Fulton Hughes, of Three Forks
was a Sunday visitor at A. E.
Secrest'S.
The Elliott Construction Co.
has begun work on the Watson
bridge on State Route 146 near
Sarahsville.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-06-08

only are miners and domestic oil
workers thrown out of work, but
many railroads and their workers
are deprived of business. Con-
gress must curb imports of oil,
glass, pottery and many other
products coming from abroad.
Wages in foreign countries are so
low that continued flow of i'm
ports are bound to lead to great
unemployment and total destruc-
ton of many American industries
unless congress wakes up to the
danger and takes positive action.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-06-08

with Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. West.
Ezra VanDyne spent Friday
afternoon with his sister, Mrs.
Lizzie Martin.
Several from here attended
Memorial services at Summer
field, Decoration Day.
The annual Franklin reunion
was held in the town hall Dec
Grafton Day with 25 present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Vanfos-
sen and daughters, of East I'm
ion, spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. George Berry.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-06-08
Fredericksdale

FREDERICKSDALE = Visit
ors at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Orion Shackles and family were
Mr.. and Mrs. Freyh and family,
of Columbus, Mr.. and Mrs. Billy
Clark and children, of Green
Valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Miller and
son and daughter, visited Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Miller
Sunday visitors at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Nowal were Mrs
Daisy Butler, of Caldwell route,
and Rev. Clyde Still, of Hoskins-
vile.
Rev. Thompson, of Pleasant
City, was a supper guest at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Went
worth Thursday evening.
Rev. Clyde Still, Rev. Bob
Zeinmaster, of GAINESVILLE, and
Rev. Tulga, of Belle Valley, Wis
tied in this community the past
week.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-06-08
By E. 0. BOND

God will not seek thy race no1
will he ask thy birth; alone He
will demand of thee what thou
hast done on earth.-Persiar
proverb
Three things to hold in mar
riage: tongue, temper, tears.
Deal with the faults of others
as gently as with your own.
When a sensible woman mar
rieS a sensible man that's the
last you hear or see of them.
Call on God, but row away
from the rocks.-Indian proverb
Pray as though no work could
help, and work as though no
prayer could help.-German pro-
verb
Be wiser than other people il
you can, but do not tell them
So.-Lord Chesterfield
no doubt deserved my en-
emies, but | don't believe I de-
served my friends.-Walt Whit
man.
A diamond gets to looking {
lot smaller after you've been
engaged a few months.
The man who gets to the top
is the same fellow who got tC
the bottom of a lot of things
first.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-06-08
THE AMERICAN way
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
BY MAURICE R. FRANKS

In previous article I pointed
out that organized labor is not
entitled to all the credit for the
better conditions under which
employees work today and the
high real wages they draw. We
should be taking a shallow view
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-06-08

of things il
we were to
a t tri b u t G
these gains OF
the A m err
lean work
ingnan sole
ly to the ef-
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-06-08
B REFS OF TEN
Y Z AR S AG o..

Mrs. Mariah Basford, Bates
vile, oldest resident of Noble
county at SO years, is also the
oldest person in the 18th con-
gressional district to be inter
viewed for the 1910 enumeration
it was learned today
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-06-08

Weapons, including three or
four rifles and approximately
10000 rounds of ammunition
were stolen early Sunday morn
ing from the Dwight Lingo store
in Quaker City.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-06-08

Sam DoWdel, Dexter City
route |, sustained forehead lac
erations Saturday evening when
the car in which he was riding,
driven by Morris Brown, Cald-
well route 6, struck a machine
operated by Charles Ramage, of
Cambridge, on U. S. Route 81,
north of Caldwell.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-06-08

The 37th Ohio National Guard
Division will conduct a command
post exercise in the vicinity of
New Albany, Ohio, June l and
2, according to an announcement
by Bilson D. Light, major gen.
eral, O. N. c..