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The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-01-26
Sales Tax Sales
Up 81 Percent
Here in Last Half
Total Take $4,000:
Most Counties Show
Decrease Same Time

Sales tax collections in Union
County for the last six months of
1949 we're 80 percent above the
total for the same period in 1948,
the report of Don Ebright, state
treasurer, revealed. Collections
in Union County from July / to
Dec. 81 were $116,791.82, more
than $4,000 over the preceding
year.
Collections for the week ending
Dec. 81 were S7597 IL as compared
with S7598.48 for the same week
of 1948.
On a statewide basis, sales tax
4 collections were 6.8 percent be-
low 1948's total. The automotive
industry was the only one that
did not show a drop in sales tax
collections last year. They were
up sc percent in that field. Foods,
apparel, building material, and
every thing else showed drops of
from two to Is percent
Collections for neighboring
counties for the week ending
Dec. 81 were: Champaign, $l2,-
456.98, up g percent; Delaware,
$14110.53 down 2 percent; Frank
lin, S452,31215, down rs percent;
AHardin, Sl2,145.77 down 90 per-
Tcent, Logan, S14,288.66, down 80
percent; Madison, $14,096.59, up
So percent; Marion, $25, ,470.21,
down 1913 percent.
The collections were down in
go of the 88 counties. Big
gest drop was in Mahoning
sCounty where the sales tax re-
SSeipts were off l4.6 percent in the
last six months.
Of the remaining % counties,
! Clermont showed the largest in
crease. Sales were up liz percent
there. Most of the counties show
ing increases had only slight per-
1 centage jumps. The average was
\ around three percent.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-01-26
Wednesdays IL
Sets New Record

Wednesdays high of 70 degrees
set a new record for January,
I Russell S. Banks, local observer
for the United States weather
Bureau, announced today.
Closest temperature to the re-
cord set this week was SO degrees
reached in January of 1882. We'd
nesday was more like a day in
late April or May with many per-
sons walking about town carry
ing their coats over their arms.
Although the temperature
dropped only five degrees Thurs
day the rain returned to make it
Just another day. On all 1885
inches of rain have fallen on
Marysville since Monday.
Lowest temperature of the
week was 40 degrees recorded on
4 Monday and Tuesday nights.
High and low temperatures and
rain for the week are given below.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-01-26
Jenny to Head
Safety Group

Carl Jenny, manager of the
Union Rural Electric Coopera-
tive was elected as chairman of
Union County Safety Committee,
which met in the Agricultural
Extension Office, Monday after
noon. Besides Mr.. Jenny, Ted
Tobbe, manager of Farm Bureau
Cooperative, was elected vice
chairman; Mrs. Mary Alice Diehl,
county home demonstration
agent, secretary; Amer Elliot,
veterans instructor at Milford
Center, treasurer, and F. R.
Greeneisen, county agent, pub
licity chairman.
Mrs. Harold Bishop, of Milford
Center, a member of the State
Safety Committee, discussed
with the committee some of the
activities the State Committee is
conducting this year to inform
people on ways to make homes
more safe.
Union County Safety Commit
tee selected the following activi-
ties to be conducted this year:
Public speaking contest by All
club members during August, a
slogan contest conducted by Ag-
riculture Veterans Glasses during
April, poster contest to be con-
Quoted through the schools dur
ing December, tractor rodeo to
be supervised through All Clubs
in August, and removal of acci-
dent hazards during July by Al
Clubs and other rural groups.
A district safety meeting, tC
be held for eight counties ir
Springfield on Feb. IA was dis.
cussed. Many of the members Of
the Farm Safety Committee ex.
pect to attend this meeting ano
learn of new ways that can be
used to educate people on ways
to prevent accidents.
Wilbur Stuckey, Extension
safety specialist, College of Ag,
riculture, Ohio State University
attended the meeting and dis.
cussed the many activities thai
are being conducted by county
/ groups all over the State.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-01-26
Boerger Agoin Hedds
Soil Conservation

Reorganization of officers was
conducted at the regular super
visors' meeting of the Union Soil
Conservation District Monday
night with Chris Boerger elected
as chairman, S. P. Watkins as
vice chairman, David Davis as
secretary, and Ralph Herd as
treasurer. Amer Elliott, new
ly-elected board member, took
up his responsibilities.
Present with the board were c.
G.. Phillips, Halsey Eleyet and
Ross Dodd of the Soil Conserva-
ton Service and Frank Green
eisen of the Agriculture Exten-
sion Service. The board approved
the applications of Walter Asman
and Leroy Ellis for assistance and
being added to the George Ell
lott neighborhood group that
already had been approved.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-01-26
Youth Center Group
Meets Wednesday,;
Elects, Hedrs Reports

Trustees and officers of the
Union County Memorial Youth
Center met in the Marysville
Senior High building Wednesday
evening to elect officers for the
coming year and make other
plans for the coming season.
Trustees present were Mrs,
Beriah Edwards, Joseph Grigsby
attorney, Cecil Riser, and Miss
Elizabeth Green. Mary Sewell,
Art O'Keeffe and William Asman
were not present.
Mrs. Edwards reported that
Youth Center attendance from
June / to Aug. 10 totaled 3416,
It was open total of 70 evenings
during the summer. Largest at
tendance, not counting the open
night crowd of over 200, was l07
on July 27 Smallest was 13 on
Aug. 18. Average attendance was
48.5 per evening.
Joseph Dutton was appointed
to replace Mr.. O'Keeffe as retir-
ing trustee and the following of
icers were elected for the coming
year:
Mrs. Beriah Edwards, presi-
dent; Joe Dutton, vice president;
Mrs. Mary Sewell, secretary; Ce-
ell Riser, treasurer; Joseph Grigs-
| by, attorney; Miss Elizabeth
Green and William Asman, trus-
tees.
The financial statement of the
Youth Center for 1949 will be
published at a later date.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-01-26

Eighty blood donors responded
to the Red Cross Bloodmobile's
visit here Tuesday but the num-
Der was still 20 pints below the
quota set up for this visit, Will
lam D. Lee, chairman Of the To-
cal program said today.
Volunteers workers for the
campaign were; Mrs. Blair Curry,
Mrs. Mavin DeGrave, Mrs. Lu-
ellie Forty, Miss Jeanne Hol-
combe, Mrs. Robert Graham,
Miss Elizabeth Green, and Mrs.
Marie Randall.
The volunteer nurses who as
sisted at the Blood Bank were;
Mrs. Larry Brubaker, Mrs.
Louise Dayton, Mrs. Robert
Crothers, Mrs. Floyd Hamilton
Mrs. William Lee, and Miss Ag-
nes Ryan.
Persons donating blood Tues
day included the following:
Randall Allemang, Ed Bishop
Lawrence Blumenschein, Roger
Brown, Ann Browning, Mildred
Bushong, Berdena Burroughs
Roger Butz, Bernard Casio, Dear
Carey, Lottie Cole, George Car
ney, H. w. Carr, Robert Drumm
Carl Drumm.
Herbert Fisher, William Faulk-
ner, Cleo Griffin, Vivien Groome
Elmer Hartsell, Don Harrington
Harry Handy. Marnell Hamilton
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-01-26
Plan Party Night

Union County Older Rural
Youth will sponsor a community
gathering in the Darby High
School Gym at 8 p. m. Feb. z.
Folk games, play parties and
square dancing will be the main
recreation. Margie Turner, of
Unionville Center, will conduct
several short plays. Group sing
ing in which everyone can par
ticipate will be conducted by
some very capable talent. Re-
freshments will be served.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-01-26
H3 $40 Adult Books, IO,OO4 Juveniles
Loaned from Library During 1919

Total of 355 new. books were
added to the Marysville Public
Gibrary during 1949 according to
the annual report of the librari-
an, Miss Florence Lentz. Most Of
these books, 227, were in the
Adult class, with 1913 classified as
children's books.
Al The breakdown shows lao of
The adult books to be fiction and
81 non-fiction, 108 of the child
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-01-26

ton was 141 on Nov. 28 and the
smallest, % on Dec. %. The num-
Der of adult circulations totaled
1860, while juvenile users ac-
counted for 10000 circulations.
Money turned in from fines
and lost books totaled $308J05
and 346 books were loaned to the
different county schools during
the last year.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-01-26
us Children Checked

DR.. William M. AmstutZ, of
Redwood was the examining
physician for the Is children who
were presented at the Well-Baby
Conference held Wednesday af-
ternoon in the Broadway school.
Miss Evelyn Braun and Mrs.
&Esther Gerlack were the nurses
in charge, and ladies of the COM
munity assisted. Feb. % will be
the date of the next conference.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-01-26

'ren's books fiction and 20 nom
fiction.
Registrations includ d ass
adults and 216 juveniles. Of the
adults, $50 were new and 228 re-
newals. Of the children's regis
trations, lis were new and 1O1
renewals.
The library was open a total
of 800 days. The largest circula-
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-01-26
Dover Baby Clinic

Well Baby Conference Of Dow
er Township will be held at 2 p.
m. Thursday Feb. 2, in the New
Dover school house. Any child
under school age is eligible to at
tend the conference.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-01-26
Building to Start
In April if Cost
Within Limit
Williams Reveals Plans
At Club Meeting "Wednesday
35-Bed Structure Seen

Bids for contraction of the Union County Memor-l
a Hospital are planned to be opened here March 80
This information was given by Paul c. Williams,
member of the Hospital Board, in talk before
bers OF the Mothers Study Club and their husbands in
the First Presbyterian Church. Wednesday evening.
Advertisements for bids will be printed "some{
where around the last of February, Mr. Williams add
ed
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-01-26

Everything is there will be minimum of time and
effort for the when the blood bank unit of the American
Red Cross 1t et shop here Tuesday the
basement of Trinity Lutheran Church when so s blood
Top left Men their blood
by Mrs Marie RandaH of the local Red
Gross chapter. who checks off their appointment
right: Red Nurse Nancy Columbus
the history Donor Phyllis Garrison will also
check temperature blood and other factors
make it blood
blood will be
Middle left Red Cross Uuse Mrs Herbert RAIDER Columbus
draw pint of blood from the of Bernard Caso
Middle right That wasn't bad" Mrs Mildred Predmore
tells doctors left right Mrs. l.
Galloway.
umbus, another In still giving blood
Jackson.
Bottom lef All donors nourishmen after they
contributed their blood left table
nard Casio Mrs Robert Graham Ped Mrs Elizabeth
Hamilton and Feasel
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-01-26
Chains Reduce Skids

When used on ice or snow, tire
chains reduce braking distances
as much as so to 70 percent.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-01-26
Stopping on Ice

Remember, it takes 3 to IL
times as long to stop on snow
and ice as on dry concrete.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-01-26

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-09
? pAClFIC
 pAC I IS
 pR0p0sED

CANBERRA. Australia, March 9 -R R- External Affairs Minister Percy c. Spender today urged for nation of Pacific Pact including the United States.
 He made his plea in report out lining to Parliament the foreign policy of Australia's newly-eiected moderate coalation government
 Such a pact, Spender said, should not only be a defensive one but should aim at promoting higher liy- ing standards and increased cul- tural and commercial ties of nations in the Pacific area.
 Spender declared that the center of gravity of world affairs now lies in the Pacific and Asiatic areas. The yer-increasing thrust of Com munism, he said, had posed new problems for Asia's newly indepen- dent states Pakistan, Ceylon, India, Indonesia, and Indoehina.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-09
SIX DONATIONS TO
 LIBRARY FUND ADD $4O0 TO AMOUNT

Six private individuals and busi- ness firms in Juneau have made donations to construction of the Juneau Memorial Library amount ing to S400 in the past few days, it was announced today by Dr. James O.. Ryan, acting director of the drive
 Following on the heels of pledge by the Filipino Community for $250 made the previous day. this sum brings the amount to be raised down to between $7,000 and $8,000, with the exact amount favoring the lower sum, Dr. Ryan estimated.
 Another sizable contribution would bring the remaining amount to 000-another milestone" in the fund raising project, he said.
 At the same time, Fred Soberg, agent for the Juneau branch of the United Trollers of Alaska, gave Dr. Ryan a pledge for $250, previously announced. The sum was raised by members attending the meeting in which the decision was made, and not by the entire membership, many of whom were busy trapping or out of town on other business.
 The six contributions received were from Hans Berg, of the Berg Construction Company of Juneau, $1O0; MT. and Mrs. Chris Wyller, $10O; Ray F. Taylor, S100; Dr. and Mrs. T. H. Stickler, S25; Ernie Whitehead, $25; and the Butler Mauro Drug Company. $25.
 Wyller is district engineer for the Bureau of Public Roads, Whitehead is station manager for the Northern Commercial Company. and Taylor is in charge of the Alaska Forest Re- search Center.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-09
.C0pL0N GETS
 15 YEARS; RED
 ORDERED OUT
Russian Says FBI Broke h. fernationdI Ldw-Says
 He Did Nothing

NEW YORK, March 9-tR-Judith Coplon was sentenced to 15 years in jail today for plotting to spy for Soviet Russia. Valentin A. Gubit- chev, her partner, received f5 year suspended sentence and was ordered deported to Russia within two weeks
 Miss Coplon was sentenced to five years on charge of espionage and 15 years on the count Of at tempted espionage. the sentences to run concurrently.
 Gubitchev received a suspended sentence and was ordered deported by Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan at the recommendation of the gov- ernment.
 Before the judge spoke Gubitchev declared in courtroom statement that the case had been "artificially manufactured" against him.
 The dour-faced ex-pal of Miss Coplon read his statement in fed eral court before he and she were sentenced by Judge Sylvester J. Ryan. The statement in English was issued to reporters by his attorney before delivery.
 AS he had at the beginning ot the trial, the diminutive Gubitchev de- clared:
 The mere fact of bringing me to trial constitutes an unprecedented violation of rules of international law and of the national law of the LISA. itself.
 T am a Soviet diplomat of the rank of Third Secretary of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the U.S.S.R.
 No proof of my guilt was offered despite the fact that the prosecu- tion worked hard to show my very ordinary actions-meeting with a girl, entering subway, walking into food store, etc.-as actions which constitute a threat to the security Of the U.S.A."
 Gubitchev went on to say that he was arrested without a warrant, and subjected to hours of grilling by F.B.I. agents. who he said, sought information about Russia from him. He asserted that his telephone con- versations were intercepted and that the F.B.I. deliberately de- stroyed the records because, he said, they would have shown that he did no wrong.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-09
VIOLENCE
 IN STRIKE,
 (HRYSLER

DETROIT, March 9-iR-The first violence in the 44-day Chrysler strike was reported today at the company's plant in Marysville. Mich.
 John R. Scribo, assistant account ant at the plant, was beaten as he drove into the parking lot.
 Chrysler. in a statement at it's main office here, said Scribe was dragged from his car twice by pie kets and beaten, then left on high way.
 There was no comment from off cials of the CIO United Auto Work CTS.
 Chrysler said pickets smashed the windows on Scribo's car and also those in an auto carrying girl employee to work.
 Meantime on it's 44th day the Chrysler strike gave no sign today of arriving at an early settlement.
 Only trifling progress was re- ported from continuing negotiations over stubborn pension dispute which has idled 10000 auto workers.
 The direct cost to the city of Detroit's treasury was rising.
 By official estimate emergency grocery orders and relief to strikers will have cost the city $37l ,0c0 by the end of this week
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-09
Lefier 10 Seward, Who Bought fine Place, Asks
 About "Staie of Juneau"

Secretary of Alaska Lew M. Will Hams scratched his head this fore noon, wondering if time machine has gotten things mixed up some where along the line.
 Cause of his wonderment was an- other one of those letters occasion ally arriving at his desk which ask what the exchange is between Alaskan and American money. or requesting an Alaska postage stamp to add to collection.
 This morning as Williams secre- tary, Mrs. Cecilia Theile, opened the mail, this one confronted her:
 William H. Seward,
 Secretary of State,
 Juneau, Alaska
 Seward was President Lincoln s state secretary, and purchased the place from Russia in 1867, but hasn't been around for some years.
 The letter was from a high school girl of Ann Arbor, Mich, seat Of the University of Michigan. Ana not only was the address on the wrong side, she referred to Juneau as a state" The address on the letter itself was turned around:
 William H. Seward,
 Secretary of State,
 Alaska, Juneau.
 Dear Sir: My basic living class in Ann Arbor High School is study ing the United States. Each person in the class has chosen one of the 48 states to become better ac- quainted with. I have chosen your state, Juneau, to write to and find out some information concerning industry and recreation. I would appreciate any information you could send me concerning your states, Juneau.
 Judy Benge. 1109 Woodlawn Ave, Ann Arbor, Mich"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-09
GUARDH0USE FIRE SWEpT;
 IA ARE DEAD
0iI-fed Flames Leap Like Lightning Through
 Military Prison

ALBUQUERQUE. NM, March 9 -lR-Oilfed flames, leaping light ming fast through Sandia base guardhouse, snuffed out the lives of IA military prisoners last night.
 Trapped with them in the finder dry wood structure, the prisons other two inmates were injured critically. It was the first major dis aster in the history of the war built installation-now a semi-sec- ret assembly point for the atomic bomb. None of the victims were from the Pacific Northwest.
 Two guards, alerted by prisoners cries, vainly tried to rescue them from behind bars and meshed wire windows. They were overcome along with six others fighting the blaze Twenty additional officers and men also were treated for smoke effects
 Investigators said there was nc doubt the fire started from one of two big oil stoves used to heat the guard house.
 Victims Die Quickly
 It was all over 25 minutes after the first alarm was sounded at 7:35 pm. (MST). Thirteen of the prison CTS apparently died in the first few seconds; the other succumbed two hours later at hospital.
 Most of the victims were believed to have inhaled the intense, almost instantaneous heat and suffocated, Sandia authorities said.
 Contrary to first reports, Mat Kenneth Holster. Sandals intelli- gence officer, said there was no evidence of an explosion.
 Examination of the charred, dank smelling structure afterward bore him out.
 The prisoners had finished their evening meal short time before. Some already were in bed, reading or sleeping.
 Personal effects filtered their quarters, some scarcely touched by the blaze.
 Major Holster described five of the prison inmates as bad cookies" jailed after conviction on serious charges by military court. The others he labelled minor offenders.
 Holster said the fire-swept guard house-a temporary type building is at least three-quarters of a mile from the nearest restricted area, in which activities are secret.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-09
JUNEAU CITY BAND
 PRACTICE MARCH 16; TO PLAY FOR CIRCUS

The Juneau City Band rehearsal as previously announced for Mon- day evening, March 13,. has been moved to Thursday evening March lG at 7:30 o'clock due to conflict with the high school Territorial basketball championship playoff be- tween Seward and the Juneau Crimson Bears.
 Director Joseph Shofner states the Juneau City Band will be pre- sent at the forthcoming Lions Rotary basketball circus maximus of March "A, to contribute it's musi- cal efforts thereto.
 The band is strictly non-partiSan and will not favor the alma mater or any special songs of either team
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-09
ALASKA TYPE SHIPS ASKED
 TO BE BUILT
Subsidy to Reduce Freight Needed with 5,000-T Ion
 Special Vessels for North

WASHINGTON, March 9-R- Rep Tollefson CR-Wash) suggested today the government could solve the Alaska shipping problem by building ships suitable for the Alaska trade and turning them over to shipping companies under some sort of a subsidy arrange ment.
 T have made that proposal to the Maritime Commission before intend to renew it shortly Tol- lefson told a reporter.
 "The Alaska shipping problem must be solved soon because the law under which the Maritime Commission charters vessels to the shipping companies expires June 3O"
 Tollefson said one of the reasons for the high cost of the present Alaskan service is that the vessels are too large.
 Ships serving Alaska must run in channels, around islands and to many small and n-profitable ports,' he continued.
 What is needed is for the Mari time Commission to construct 5000 ton ships, especially equipped for the service.
 This would include the most modern loading and unloading equipment to decrease the charges for that work. They would have to be equipped with modern refriger- ator facilities so they could carry frozen salmon and other fish to the states"
 Smaller ships, he said, would be able to make more trips and AL aska businessmen want that kind of service.
 Tollefson said some sort of sub sidy arrangement must be worked out, not to aid the shipping com panies but to keep freight rates at reasonable level.
 Tt would not be helping the shipping companies but would be helping Alaska" he said.
 Tollefson said that Gilbert Skin ner, president of the Alaska Steam ship Company, had opened nego- tiations to purchase some of the Maritime Commissions 5,00C- ton ships. But he said the company cannot buy these ships unles the government finds way of re- ducing the prices on them
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-09
LEWI5pACT
 IS REJECTED
 BY MURRAY

PITTSBURGH, March 9-4R-- President Philip Murray of the CIO United Stockholders today rejected John L. Lewis's proposal for "a mutual aid pact for common de- fense."
 The rejection was included in a letter to the United Mine Workers chieftain acknowledging Lewis re- turn of the $500,000 check which the steelworkers sent the UNIV for strike aid
 Murray, who also heads the CIO, said:
 Your proposal to negotiate a mutual aid pact for common de- fense' has been considered by the executive board of the United Steel workers of America. It is the unani- nous view of our board, in which join, that no useful purpose would be served by concluding any formal arrangement for such a pact"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-09
COAST GUARD AIRCRAFT
 BUSHES ANTI-TB SERUM

Coast Guard aircraft based at Kodiak yesterday rushed delivery of a shipment of tuberculosis serum to the motor vessel Health operated by the Alaska Department of Health. The ship was in AlitaS Bay at the south end of Kodiak Island.
 The serum will be used to help children in the area combat tub erculosis.
 With a useful life of only seven days, the serum was rushed by air from Chicago, H., where it is was manufactured, to Anchorage. It was taken to Kodiak by air, arriving there yesterday.
 It's useful life will end today Coast Guard officials were inform ed.