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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-11
Warns Young Men
To Register Now

Ray j. Abbaticchio, Jr., special
agent in charge of the Cleveland
office of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, urges all eligible
men to comply fully with the pro-
visions of the Selective Service
Act of 1948.
A wilful violator of the act may
be subjected to stringent penal
ties including Imprisonment up to
five years, or fine as high as
$4,000 or both.
Abbaticchio suggests that eli
gible men register promptly with
their draft board, fill out and
return questionnaires promptly,
keep the draft board advised of
correct mailing addresses, report
for examination and induction
when SO ordered, report changes
in family status or occupation,
always carry registration certif-
cate and classification notice on
your person, and if you have made
an honest mistake, talk it over
with your local draft board.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-11
Court House News

list, Genoa and Miss Doris NJ.
Kramer, 20, billing clerk, Genoa.
Rev. Paul o. David to officiate.
John Edward Ingersoll, 21, STU
cent, Elyria and Miss Marilyn
Kathryn Redman, %, school teach
er, Elmore. DR.. A. L. Burman
to officiate.
Geza S. Nero, 26, chuteman,
Clay Center and Miss Veronica
Kozak, 18, Clay Center. FIR.
James O'Toole to officiate.
Steve T. Kozak, %, gas produc-
er, Clay Center, and Miss Flor
ence M. Murray, 18, Elmore. FIR,
James O'Toole to officiate.
Ralph 81. Hartman, 63, stock
man, Curtice RID and Mrs. Ruth
j. Hartman, SO, Curtice, RID.
Melvin L. Herod, 81, material
handler, Port Clinton and Miss
Betty ]. Swift, 10, Port Clinton
Justice E. C. Brough to officiate
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-11
Moeruder Hospital

Surgical
Mrs. Daniel Finken, Lakeside,
Aug. 8.
Guy Benedict, Aug. 3.
Mrs. Fred Allen, Aug. a.
Emery Cover, Aug. 5.
Mrs. Amanda Dunkelman, Oak
Harbor, Aug. 5.
Mrs. John Czerwienski, Gypsum,
Aug. 6.
Miss Genevieve Groves, Aug. 8.
Mrs. Leslie Bowyer, Aug. 9.
Mrs. Charles Degrisky, Oak Har-
Dor, Aug. 9.
Mrs. Alden Venard, Gypsum, Aug.
9th.
Medical
Mrs. Louise Larkiins, Aug. 8.
Mrs. Amelia Stoecker, Put-in-Bay,
Aug. 3.
Willis Howell, Rocky Ridge, Aug
ust a.
Henry Robron, Aug. 4.
Samuel Wright, Aug. 5.
Arthur Conn, Aug. 5.
Joseph Thompson, Wall, Pa, Aug
ust 5.
Gerald Nay, Detroit, Aug. Z.
Mrs. Theodore Popoff, Aug. Z.
Mrs. Gerald Hamman, Aug. Z.
Willard Shelkey, Aug. s.
John Kanipe, Toledo, Aug. 8.
Mrs. James Ashton, SIG Fultor
ST., boy, Aug. 9, lbs, 15& ozs
Mrs. John Stayancho, Lakeside
boy, Aug. Z, 6 lbs, 2& ozs.
Mrs. Richard Collins, 67 West
Loop, girl, Aug. 6, 6 lbs, Ia ozs
Mrs. Milton Thompson, Oak Har
Dor, boy, Aug. 5, 5 lbs. AN ozs
Mrs. James Spangler Oak Harbor
boy, Aug. 5, 6 lbs, ozs.
Mrs. Harry Heineman, Putin Bay
boy, Aug. 5, 7 lbs. 1872 ozs,
Mrs. Tom Stahl, Oak Harbor, boy
Aug. 4, 7 lbs, 912 ozs.
Mrs. Bernard O'Lynn, 725 State
street, girl, Aug. 5, lbs., 12E
oZs.
Mrs. Albert Laney, Oak Harbor
girl, Aug. 4, lbs, 5l4 ozs.
Mrs. Richard Whiting, 179 Eas
Loop, girl, Aug. 3, 5 lbs, 5$
ounces.
Mrs. Carlton Easton, boy, Aug. 8
6 lbs, 3 Ia OF.
Discharges
Mrs. Elsie Krupp, Daniel Carroll
Mrs. Julia Trnavsky, Hugl
White, Mrs. Mary Peto, Charlie
Ruddock, John Benko, Miss Jeal
Fillmore, Mrs. Carolyn Kuka,
and baby, John Czerwienski
Mrs. Evelyn Koepke and baby
Mrs. Eleanor Kapcar and baby
Mrs. Carol Woods and baby
Dewey Schlunz, Vincent Broo
key, Darrell Schiller, Mrs. An
gelita Ceuvas and baby, Mis-
Eleanor Johnson, Mrs. Franci
Wilkins and baby, Jean Often
burg, Gladys Payne, Mrs. Dixi
| Keaton and baby, Robert Mel
lon, Mrs. Betty Whiting an
baby, Mrs. Regina Finken, Gu
Benedict, Willis Howell, Mrs
Madeline Allen, Mrs. Marger
Heineman and baby, Arthu
Conn, Joseph Thompson.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-11
Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate
In The Court of Common Pleas
Of ottawa County, Ohio
Case No. 1260S.
II. l.. Cullenen, Treasurer OF
ottawa County, Plaintiff,
The Unknown Heirs OF Villa.

The Unknown Heirs OF William
Gordon, Et AL, defendant
BY virtue of an Order of Sale on
Petition for foreclosure of Unre-
deemed Delinquent Land Tax Ger
tificate. | will offer for sale at
public auction on
MONDAY. AUGUST 81, 1850,
at 100 o'clock F. NJ. of said day
at the east door of the Court
House in Port Clinton, Ohio, the
following described land and tene-
ments, to-wit:
Said Lot is situated on Maple
st. with 2nd st. Immediately
north and 3rd street south. Said
property is situated in the VIII
lage OF Port Clinton, County
of ottawa and State of Ohio
and is described on the said
Tax duplicate as follows:
To-Wit Lot No. 13. Block IA,
Iakeview Subdivision in the
Village Of Port Clinton, ottawa
County, Ohio.
Cannot be sold for less than
total findings and costs.
Terms of Sale-CASH.
MERRIAM BUDD,
asst Sheriff ottawa County.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-11
LIFE
at Its Best
By RAY BEALS
"SAY YES' TO LIFEw

There are many things which
this old world of ours needs, but
one of the things which it needs
most of all is people who will live
in a positive mood. Altogether
too many of us build our whole
lives in a negative fashion, en-
phasizing the things that we do
not believe rather than the things
that we do believe, the things that
we can not do as over against the
things that we can do. We deplore
what is ugly rather than appre-
ciating what is beautiful; we wor-
nv about the bad things that peo-
pie say about us instead of being
grateful for the good things other
people say about us; we pine ana
sigh because of sprained ankle
or Indigestion, when we should be
thankful that we have good sight
and hearing. And thus facing
life in negative frame of mind,
we bring untold misery to our
selves and to our friends.
1t would be well, then, if you
and | could learn to say Eyes" to
life and be guided by our faith
rather than our fears, our hopes
rather than our handicaps. There
is much in life that is good, and
there is much in life that is bad.
The important thing is that you
and | can choose which is to dom
mate in our own lives. Always
remember this: All of the water
i'm the ocean cannot sink a boat
until it gets on the inside of it.
Just so, not all the evil and ugl;-
ness in the world can make a
wreck of your life if you refuse
to let it get inside of your soul.
CAS- man thinketh in his heart,
so is he!"
For one thing, we need to af-
firm that life itself is fundamen-
tally good and filled with limitless
possibilities of growth and ad-
vancement. In some of the Ori-
entail religions they believe that
life moves in endless cycles, mean
ingless, so that a state of moth
ingness" becomes an ideal, and q
circle becomes the symbol of their
outlook on life. A buddhist and
Christian in India were taking
about their religious faith, and
the Buddhist explained to the
| Christian how the circle had come
to be a symbol of his faith. The
Christian replied, From your
point OF view, the circle of life is
like bubble which is bound to
burst sooner or later and leave
nothing behind; but to US Chris
tians, the circle of life resembles
an egg, filled with wonderful pos
sibilities of growth and develop
ment."
One of these men lived in a
negative mood. Life for him was
almost meaningless, and was sim
pIy W uO SllduI Gu uIlLll CIl0 LlillS
when there would be the relief
of utter annihilation. For the
ether, life was full of meaning.
He affirmed it's goodness and in-
sisted upon living it to the full.
Both men looked at the same
world, but they looked through
different eyes.
What is life like for you, a
bubble or an egg? Your answer
will be determined, not by what
your world is like outside, but
is worthwhile for you, it is not
so much because you found it that
way as because you have made it
that way.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-11

Fred S. Keys, "a, farmer, Port
Clinton and Miss Katherine M.
Riddle, %, nurses aide, Port Gin
ton. Fr. Karl Brand to officiate
Charles E. Wehner, 32, rnechan-
ic, Rocky Ridge and Mrs. Eliza
beth K. Walby, 80, Oak Harbor.
FIR. Urban Burkhart to officiate.
Donald F. Henson, q, brake
man, Port Clinton RID and Miss
Grace M. Reeves, 21, Port Clinton
RID.
Richard M. Kreager, "a, chem
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-11

Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned intends to make appli-
cation to the Probate Court of OF
tawa County, Ohio, for an order to
change my name to Ruth Mae
Schroeder.
Said application will be by petit
tion to be filed in said Probate
Court, on or after the 10th day of
September 1850.
Dated this 7th day of August,
1850.
RUTH MAE CLABAUGH.
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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-11
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned intends to make ap-
plication to the Probate Court of
Ottawa County, Ohio, for an order
to change my name to Faye Eta
Schroeder
Said application will be bv petit
tion to be filed in said Probate
Court, on or after the 10th day
OF September, 1850.
Dated this 7th day of August,
1850.
FAYE ETA CLABAUGH.
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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-11
N O TIC E S
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

Estate OF Lemuel II. Hyde, de-
ceased.
Lamar +. Hyde has been APP
pointed and qualified as Admins
traitor of the estate of Lemuel ID.
Hyde, late of ottawa County. Ohio,
deceased, Dated this 3lst day of
July, 1850.
Peter w Gulau. Probate Judge.
BY Lorna j. Gulau, Deputy Clerk.
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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-11
NOTICE OF ELECTION on TAN
LEVY IN ENCESS OF THE TEN
MILL LIMITATION

Notice is hereby given that in
pursuance of Resolution OF the
Board of Education of the Middle
Bass Special School District, OF
tawa County, Ohio, passed on the
Goth day of May, 1850. there will
be submitted to n vote of the peo-
pie of said School District at a
General Election to be held in the
County of ottawa, Ohio, at the
regular places of voting therein,
on Tuesday, the 9TH day of No
vember, 1850. the question of levy
ing, in excess of the ten mill linz
itation, a renewal of a tax for the
benefit of Middle Bass Special
School District for the purpose of
Current Expenses at a rate not eX-
ceeding two mills for each one dol
lar of valuation, which amounts to
Twenty Cents for each one hundred
dollars Of valuation, for three
years. 1950-1951-1952.
The Polls for said Election will
be open at $3.50 o'clock A. NJ. and
remain open until $3.50 o'clock T. NJ.
Ohio Time, eastern Standard
Timel, of said day.
BY order of the Board of Elec-
tions. of ottawa County, Ohio.
Il. H. MINDERMAN, Clerk.
Dated August |, 1850. 264t
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-11
r OU NJ D

GLASSES-Horn rim, in case.
Found in w. Second st, Loser
may claim same and pay for this
ad at Ottawa County News office.
26-1t
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-11
HOUSE TRAILERS

l946 Schultz HOUSE TRAIL.
ER-Electric refrigerator, bottled
gas, oil heat. Excellent condi-
ton. Phone 2-3379. 25-1tp.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-11
BABY CHICKS

BABY CHICKS-U. S. Approved
Pullorum Controlled Baby Chicks.
White Rock, White Leghorn, New
Hampshire, Barred Rock, Hylines
and others. Chicks now available.
Neuhauser Hatcheries, Inc, FREE
mont, Ohio. 44-tf
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-11
FOR RENT

APARTMENT-Smal, unfurnish-
ed. Will be vacant about Aug
ust IA. Phone 53S2. 26-1tp
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-11

Our Want Ads Get Results.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-11

FEDERAL LAND BANK Loans
at 496. Lawrence c. Rupp, S. t.
Ottawa CO., N.F.L.A., Port Clin-
ton, Ohio. 24-26t
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-11

NAFT'S AUTO WRECKING -
Will pay the highest prices for
junk cars and waste materials.
Phone 1881. Soft
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-11

Poultry, of course. Myers Mkt.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-11
NOTICE

This years fryers from Myers.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-11

GAS WATER HEATER-and 80
gal. tank. Augusta Beauty Shop,
208 Adams st. 26-1t
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-11

GAS STOVE - Good condition.
Phone 4072. 26-1t
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-11

CAR-1940 Packard convertible,
Al condition. New tires, radio,
heater. Very reasonable. Call at
21912 Lincoln DR.. after 6 p. m.
26-1t
Evening star., 1950-06-23
By Charles E. TroceweU

Mr.. and Mrs. Jones took him to the
farm.
It was sad parting.
Toto wagged what tail he had. and
looked dispirited, it seemed to Jones.
Mrs. Jones wept little.
When they got home, the house seemed
strangely deserted.
Toto's old bed was cleaned up.
There were some Of his hairs visible
on the davenport.
Mrs. Jones cried again.
It was the next evening, when the door
bell rang.
When Jones opened the door, In charged
an angry man and black French poodle.
You can have your dog" said the man.
II don't want him.. Toto gave happy
bark.
Trying not to register too much hap
piness bimself. Templeton Jones asked.
casually. why. what's the matter?"
Natter" said the man. why. this
beast of yours licked both Of my dogs,
and drove them away"
Where are they now?" asked Temple
ton Jones.
Il wish knew" replied the man. This
brute drove them clean away. and they
haven't come back yet"
He is, er. rather temperamental."
agreed Jones. looking down at Toto. He
knew In his heart his old pal had come
home TO stay.
Evening star., 1950-06-23
This and That

Somewhat shaken. himself, Templeton
Jones did not fear his pet.
But somehow. Toto did not seem his
pet anymore.
The family talked 1t over.
Old Toto, the perfect model Of home
dog. sat mournfully at one side.
Surely he had never attacked any one,
his whole attitude seemed to assert.
But he had, and the family decided to
get rid Of him.
It was sad decision to make. Friend
for seven years, Toto was now to be
banished.
A good home in the country
That seemed the best thing.
fWanted-Home In country for good
dog
They would advertise, and see what
happened
The very first call settled the matter.
A professional man and his wife lived in
the country, had nice place, and two
dogs
Two dogs?" asked Jones, doubtfully
"Yes, but they have been here q long
time. and won't worry him, am sure. !"
Maybe Toto would worry them
The man laughed. They are pretty
big" he said. II don't think Toto will
worry them"
Evening star., 1950-06-23
A Symbol of Conflict

Perhaps the Soviet engineers were correct in
their judgment that the tower of old st. Georges
Church in the Russian sector of Berlin was
public danger. Maybe it really was ready to
collapse.
But the people to whom st. Georges was
spiritual home did not think so. They insisted
that the tower was sound and that the church
at its foot could be rebuilt safely enough.
parallel case was that of st. Michael's at Coven-
try in England, destroyed by the Luftwaffe and
now to be restored in the style of its surviving
spire. The Protestant bishop primate of Ger
many appealed to the Russians to spare the tower
of st Georges until the projected work of recon-
struction could be organized. His petition was
refused, and the steeple was demolished
In that condition it becomes symbol of
the conflict between Russia and the democratic
countries of Europe and of the world beyond
Not one individual in 10000 cared anything about
the steeple of st. Georges in Berlin until it was
made an object of contention. Now the story
Of how it was wrecked by the ruthless Commu-
nists will be part of the lives of millions of
people. Thus item by item the contest between
the Soviet Union and the rest of civilization
piles up. One disagreement, one misunderstand-
ing leads to another. The sum total already is
incalculable. Truth is lost in the confusion
Nobody on one side believes anybody on the
other. What the end will be is an ybody's guess.
Evening star., 1950-06-23

the man who failed to produce would get
no price support, and there is no guar
antee" Of any farmers income.
L. X. LIS questions which deal with
production and marketing controls are
essentially those which have always been
raised with regard to price support and
do not apply in particular to my recon-
mendations. Since the Farm Board
failure, it has been generally recognized
that. in order to have effective price sup
port. farmers must have some means OF
keeping supplies in line with demand.
Farmers fought for and won the right to
use marketing quotas. No marketing
quota is ever put into effect until 1t has
been accepted by at least two-thirds
have not advocated any change in this
principle. and never expect to. 1t is a
sound democratic way of handling the
problem.
However. our recommendations should
ease the production control problem. BY
extending price support to the livestock
commodities and by using q method
which permits consumers to buy at regu-
lar supply and demand prices, We can
use grain which might otherwise be sur
plus. We can encourage the use Of land
for production Of commodities that peo-
pie want instead of commodities that will
be burden on our economy.
Charles F. Brannan.
Secretary.
Evening star., 1950-06-23
More Police Needed

Allow me to quote from Terror in
Washington" Golfers June "a article
During 1949 in Washington, D. c.,
ABA men. women and children were
criminally mauled or wounded with
brass knuckles. bricks. pistols, shotguns.
cleavers, hatchets. ice picks. knives
iron pipes and other deadly weapons.
For two years straight the Capital city
has run up the worst record in the Ma
tion for aggravated assault" What q
disgraceful situation!
According to Chief Barrett, one solu-
tion to this crime. problem is a larger
police force. He asked Congress for
546 more men, but he didn't get them
(cost money you know. Again quote:
''The basic principle of uniformed police
protection is to keep the cops out on
the street-seeing and being seen. The
very sight Of a patrolman is nine tenths
of the psychology Of crime prevention"
Why doesn't Congress appropriate the
money for this much needed larger
police force? The residents Of this city
are powerless to do anything. We must
sit back and wait for Congress to dole
out our meager allowance every year.
Policeman's Wife.
Evening star., 1950-06-23

Toto is big poodle.
Not lap dog but French poodle. one
of the smartest dogs in the world.
Toto had very good disposition. Until
one sad day recently, he had a perfect
record.
He had never bitten his master. Temple
ton Jones. in seven years.
Friends of Jones say this is record
indeed! For the good Of his soul. they
say, Jones should receive at least one
bite year.
The day Toto turned was warm.
Maybe that had something to do with
it.
Whatever the cause, the black dog sud-
denly growled.
1t was a deep-seated growl. coming not
from the throat. but from the diaphranl.
There was menace in it, and Templeton
Jones. reading. caught it at once.
Whats the matter. old boy?" he asked.
But he was too late.
Toto leaped.
He went straight for Jones throat, and
would have struck there had not a sud-
denly -thrown-al right arm caught
him.
Folds Of the coat held his teeth.
Swiftly shaken OF. Toto went back
ACROSS the room.
Evening star., 1950-06-23
Compromise Draft Bill

Last-minute compromises are never salts
factory substitutes for carefully considered
legislation, but the compromise draft bill rushed
through the Senate yesterday is probably the
best that could be expected under the circum-
stances. 1t is far better bill than the one
already voted by the House and is one on which
conference agreement should not be too difficult.
The Senate undoubtedly had an eye on the
House when it modified the bill recommended
by its Armed Services Committee to provide for
congressional induction authority while Congress
is in session. The House bill prohibits defense
authorities from inducing any one until Congress
has given the word-whether it happens to be
sitting or not. This is limitation which Penta-
gon officials have fought vigorously, on the
plausible ground that it might result in serious
delay in mobilizing to repe a sudden attack.
Under the Senate version, the President could
go ahead with inductions while Congress is in
recess-provided he proclaims that such action
is national necessity" This proviso would
prevent delays of the type feared by draft
authorities If the reconvening of Congress for
special approval of inductions to be required.
The Senate wisely eliminated from the bill
all references to racial segregaton-an issue
which threatened to tie the legislation up in
definitely And both Senate and House fore
stalled lapse Of the draft law, which would
have expired at midnight tonight by adopting
joint resolution extending the present law
until July o. Thus, the confereeS will have two
weeks in which to adjust their differences This
ought to be time enough to work out an agree
ment that will insure an adequate supply of
manpower In an emergency, without risky
restrictions on operation Of the draft machinery.
Evening star., 1950-06-23
Mr.. VogeIer and q Saints Crown

As in an old Spanish tale about f1amboyant
rogues and bandits, there is something distinctly
picturesque in the story OF how the United States
is dickering with the Kremlin's puppet Hun
garian regime for the release of Robert A.
Vogeler. The Budapest Communists, it seems,
have indicated their willingness to return him
to us for price "a ransom, to put 1t bluntly)
which Is said to involve nothing less than the
ancient crown Of st. Stefan.
The crown, q religious relic dating back
almost one thousand years to Hungary's sainted
King Stefan I, has been greatly venerated by
the country's Roman Catholics, many OF whom,
besides attributing miracles to it, believe that
no Budapest government can rule legitimately
without it. Taken over by Hitler's Nazis during
the war and recovered by our troops in Germany
it has since been In our safekeeping-reportedly
at Frankfurt-under the Western Allied occu-
patton setup. @
Ironically enough, however-despite being
mltantly anti-church and anti-religion in
keeping with the gospel according to Marx
Len1n and Stalin-BudapeSt'S Communists have
shown every evidence of being most anxious to
have us return this great religious treasure. But
our Government--apparently in accord with the
wishes of the Vatican and Cardinal Mindzenty,
Hungary's imprisoned Catholic primate-has
turned a deaf ear, thus far to the Red regimes
repeated demands that we hand over the relic
without further delay.
But now there is extra pressure behind those
demands. For what the Hungarian Communists
are saying to us, in effect, is this "Yes you have
st. Stefan's crown, but we have your Mr. Vogeler
and If you want him back-if you do not want
him to grow old and sick, and perhaps die in
one of our jails-then you will first have
to deliver the relic to u.s." Thus, not unlike
kidnaper asking his price, the Budapest puppets
seek to acquire the bejeweled headpiece of
king who brought to Hungary the Christianity
they are bent on wiping out.
OF course, for Mr.. Vogeler's sake and for the
sake OF his distraught wife and children, it must
be hoped that the premature revelation of these
ransom negotiations will not wreck the poSsi-
blty of working out an agreement for his release
After all, he faces the grim prospect of spending
the next fifteen years of his life in a Hun
garian cell-the punishment meted out to him
last February after a trial" based on what the
State Department has branded as 'phony and
trumped up" charges of espionage. Needless to
say therefore, everything within reason must
be done to save him from that fate.
AS for the idea of demanding a saints crown
in exchange for Mr.. Vogeler, the thing speaks
pretty much for ITSELF Wholly apart from the
irony implicit in 1.-THE irony of an irreligious
regime coveting religious relic-it serves as an
eloquent commentary on the thug-like nature of
communism and on the decline of all decent
international standards With ransom entering
1t, postwar diplomacy between the countries of
the free and the unfree has hit new low.