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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-20
Attention
Merchants And
Businessmen!
Get Behind
Mechanicsburg Farmer Is
Killed In Route 29 Crash

A Mechanicsburg farmer was
killed early Wednesday when the
auto in which he was driving
home, left the road and plunged
into a ditch on Route %.
Victim of the accident was
William G. Mumma, %, of Me-
chanicsburg, Route 2, according
to the State Highway Patroln1en
who investigated. He was killed
Instantly, death resulting from a
skull fracture.
/. On leaving the road the car
overturned as it went into the
ditch and ploughed through
fence.
Near Home
The accident occurred about two
miles from Mumma's home around
$3.50 a. m.
Investigating officers said Mr..
Mumma had been hunting with
two neighbors. There was a pos
sibility that he might have fallen
asleep at the wheel. The Madison
County Coroner returned a ver-
dict of accidental death.
Mumma had tfnreshed soybeans
Tuesday afternoon until Z p. m.
and attended a CT agricultural
training program for veterans in
Mechanicsburg Tuesday evening.
After the class he and two other
ment went coon hunting, leaving
Mr.. Mumma's car in Mechanics
burg. His hunting partner re-
turned with him to Mechanics
burg after the hunt and he was
driving home when the accident
occurred.
War Veteran
Mr.. Mumma was a member of
Mutual Council No. 66, Junior
Order of United American Me-
chanics and veteran Of World
War II, during which he served
with the Navy 38 months.
Surviving Mr.. Mumma are his
wife, Dorothy; a three-year-old
son, William; his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. r. Mumma of Urbana,
Route 8; five sisters, Mrs. Carl
Miller of Richmond, Ind, Mrs.
Wayne Shonkwiler and Mrs. Har-
Ian Scott of Urbana, Mrs. Charles
Goodson of st. Paris, and Mrs.
William Meyers of Troy, and two
brothers, Edgar of fremont City
and Ronald of Urbana.
Funeral Saturday
Services at 1880 p. m. Saturday
in the Littleton Funeral home
in charge of the Rev. Samuel Fur
row, pastor of the First Baptist
Church, Urbana. Interment in
Glen Haven Memorial Gardens
west of Springfield.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-20
Mrs. Anna Peters
Dies In Michigan

Word has been received in Lon
don of the death of Mrs. Anna A.
Peters, IS, Wednesday. Oct. 18
at Grand Rapids, Michigan. She
is a former Madison county resi-
dent and leaves her daughter. Mrs.
F.. L. Matlock of Derby, Ohio.
Funeral services at the Snyder
Funeral Home, Mt. Sterling, Sat-
urday at Q p. m. Interment in
Pleasant Cemetery, Mt. Ster-
ling.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-20
II To Be Drafted
Here In November

Madison county draft board
Thursday received orders from
Selective Service Headquarters in
Columbus for the November quota
of men from this county.
The order called for % men to
report at Fort Hayes, Colum-
bus, on November 9 for physical
examinations.
The November induction order
is for Is men. from the county
to report on Nov. IA to be taken
into the armed services.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-20

Your Chamber
OF Commerce.
Help Build
Up Your Town!
OLD SCHOOL LEVY UP FOR RENEWAL
Hartley Terms
1t "bread And
Butter Money

"The three mill school levy to
be submitted to city voters No
vember z is not a new measure
but the renewal of a special levy
which has been in effect in Lon
don for the last 80 years. J. ].
Hartley, Superintendent of
Schools, stated in an interview
Wednesday.
1T will not increase taxes, nor
will it increase basic operating
funds of the London schools" he
added.
Superintendent Hartley further
said, This levy represents our
bread and butter money which
we have had all these years. It's
renewal is absolutely necessary
for continuation of the present
educational program of the city.
Without the funds it provides,
schools will be seriously handi-
capped"
Budget Estimate
The budget for the operation
of the London Public Schools for
1851, excluding voted bond issues,
has been estimated at S149, 1920.
OF this amount, the local school
system derives S72, Ia 13 from the
State School Foundation program.
To become eligible for state funds,
school district must levy locally
a tax of Az mills.
Since the regular tax levy with
in the 10 mill limitation, as grant
ed by the budget commission, is4
now A mills it is necessary to
have additional revenue by means
of special levy.
Therefore, the 3 mill levy
now up for renewal would
enable the London Public
Schools to remain eligible for
guaranteed school foundation
funds from the State, as we'll
as, additional aid amounting
to $ts,42o.4s.
The reason for receiving this
additional money is because the
local effort of AZ mills does not
produce enough money to meet
the established school foundation
standard.
Without the funds provided bv
this special levy, schools will be
seriously handicapped, Hartley
explained. Should the levy not be
approved. he said, necessary ad-
Justments would reduce the school
system to approximately three
1ourths of its present program.
Detailing these results. he show
ed the limitations which would be
necessary with a consequent loss
to London school students.
Less Comprehensive
Reduction of the school vear
to fewer months would mean a
less comprehensive program. Re-
duction of personnel would in
crease the pupil-teacher load. al
ready heavy because of increased
enrolment.
Reduction of salaries would
soon mean the loss of good teach
ers and the lowering of the quail
ity of instruction, and reductions
in books, supplies or maintenance
facilities would have obvious re-
suits.
The citizens of London have
given their continuous approval to
this special levy for the past 80
years, and on November 7th the
voters will be given the opportun-
ity to renew this 3 mill Levy Re-
member this is not new tax but
a renewal of a tax already on the
tax duplicate, Mr.. Hartley re-
minded.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-20
London Police
Get New Cruiser

A new cruiser recently nurehas-
ed by the city for the London DO
lice department was delivered
wednesday and will be placed
in operation at once, it was un-
derstood Two way radio equip
ment from the old cruiser op-
Grated by the police will be REIN
stalled in the now cruiser.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-20
Anthony Funeral
Quoted MONDAY

Funeral services for Mrs. Mar
vel Anthony, age 81, Yankeetown
Road, who died in Mt. Carmel
Hospital Saturday, following the
birth Of a son, Christopher Mi
chael, were at the Newport Meth
odist Church Monday afternoon.
Interment was in Oak Hill Gene
terry, London.
Surviving are the husband, three
daughters and three sons, one
of whom is the baby born Sat
urday; her mother, Mrs. Ressie
Cutlip, Yankeetown Road and a
sister, Mrs. Florence Anthony of
California. Her father, Isaac Cut
lip, died August II this year.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-20
SEVENTH MAN HELD IN STOCK
THErTS ADMITS 3 TO DEPUTY
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PLANS
1850 CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION

Chamber of Commerce president Conway
plans for meeting of the Chamber
to be
Mr. Conway all
Of interest 1850
biggest and best held
All members will be notified prior the meeting
that all local merchants
attend of directors
Oct. 20 it said.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-20
Temperature Up
To "a tuesday

Tuesday was the hottest
October II recorded in Lon
don in the last eight years,
Leonard McNeaI, weather OBJ
server reported. The mercury
hit "a degrees. At noon Wed
nesday the thermometer was
up to n degrees. Weather re-
cordinQs were started In Lon
don in 1912, McNeal said.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-20
SURGERY PATIENT

Mrs. Frank Heise, Norman Rd.,
who entered Mt. Carmel Hospital
last Thursday for observation, un-
derwent an operation Thursday
morning of this week.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-20
Sheep And Cattle
Thefts Admitted
Allison Declares

Deputy Sheriff Bob Allison an
nounced Thursday morning that
the seventh man arrested in the
round up of gang of alleged
livestock rustlers, had admitted
his part in three different live
stock thefts in this area
The seventh man, Deputy AL
lison said, is Glen Gilbert, Is, of
Urbana, arrested by Ashland
county authorities on request of
Madison county officers. He was
brought to the county Jail here
Wednesday night, and was to be
bound over to the grand jury
here Thursday.
Allison said he had signed a
statement admitting his part in
the theft of SO head of sheep at
the Charles Alderman farm just
off Route 1877 near the county
line; his part in the theft of 60
head of sheep from the Agricul-
tural Lands Inc, farm in Clark
He claimed to have operated
with other alleged members of
the gang only during the last two
months, Allison said.
County and 10 head of cattle in
Union County.
Arrest of sixth suspect in the
round up of a gang of alleged
livestock rustlers by the authorit-
les of siv counties, including Mad
ison was announced Wednesday.
The men are accused of raiding
farms of central Ohio during the
last two years.
The sixth suspect taken into
custody is Garfield Stewart, %,
of 1872 Sheridan Ave-, Spring
field. who has been charged in
Coshocton County with the theft
of IL sheep from the George Gra-
ham farm of near Frazeyburg last
July.
He had been held by the sher-
ifs of at least five counties in the
meanwhile and had once been re-
leased, it was reported at Spring
field.
Sheriff Charles H. Radcliffe of
Circleville said Stewart admitted
stealing the IL sheep from Coshoc-
ton County, but it was the only
theft in which he admitted parti-
cipation.
Monday nigh, Stewart was said
to have been at the Union County
Jail, later was taken to Clark
County, then, on Tuesday he was
removed to Madison County and
later to Pickaway county where he
awaited transfer to Coshocton
County.
Sheriff j. Arthur Shuman of
Clark County said that he be-
lieved charges would be filed by
George Agile, of near South Vi
emma, on the theft of 40 hogs.
and by Robert Hackett, operator
of an Agricultural Lands, Inc,
farm near Madison County, on
the theft of 68 sheep.
Since six-county team of sher-
ifs broke the case, charges have
been filed against six men in Co
shocton, Madison, Union, Cham
paign and Pickaway Counties.
The men charged are Stewart,
John Queen, Dale Follrod, Ernest
c. Gilbert of Urbana; James Gar
vey of Middleburg and John Gar
vey his brother of Urbana All
are repeatedly related by blood
marriage.
"a VAAa 1e NAs.s Qsp&hrsrShkl
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-20
GNROILS AT XAVIER

Charles F. Duffey, 25512 East
First Street, has enrolled AT
Xavier University for the fall
semester. More than 1.400 stu
dents have registered at the Gin
cinnati Jesuit university for the
current school year, 10th in
xavier's history.
Charles, son of Mrs. Mildred
Duffey, is a graduate of the st.
Charles High School. He is So
phomore majoring in Classical
Languages at Xavier
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-20
DAUGHTER BORN

Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Malatok,
East Center street. announce the
birth of a daughter at Grant Hos
pital, Saturday, October IA.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-20
i our
"a town
VIEWPOINT

One thing to be said in
favor of ignorance is that it
provides 99.449o of the con-
versation. Couple of nights
ago we watched an educated
ignoramus have field day
in a theatre. Seems his Pa
is a rather big industrialist.
CHANGING on a not too fa-
miliar acquaintance sitting
in the row behind, our Jug
headed friend saw his big
chance and spent the whole
intermission telling his family
history to some people he
knew neither wisely nor too
well. Of course everyone was
bored stiff but jug-head pat
tered coyly on about Dad"
and his plant in Scotland.
Our advice to Dad" is to
send sonny somewhere east
of Suez where the best is
like the worst. Oh, Brother!
MATRiMoNY
In defense of the girls let
me say that, in m o It in
stances, man will take gobs
of time and patience to ex-
plain football to his girl friend
but if his wife asks him a
question she only gets a
dirty look.
The greatest winning COM
bination in the world is mere
ly horsepower coupled with
horse sense!
DAFFYNITioN
Our dyspeptic little pal,
Haywood Snugg, says that a
Carnegie marriage is when
the wife is interested in
clothes and the husband in
money !. I. Hattie and An
drew!
HiRsuTE
The word, hirsute, always
looks like a city in Japan.
But word to the wise con-
corning badness don't
complain if your hair falls
out it could be worse :.
suppose you had to have your
hair pulled like teeth!
PREDEsTiNATtoN
We like the story about the
old Indian fighter wouldn't
fight anybody but old Indians!
Anyway, this old geezer be-
lieved that when his time
came it was all over no mat
ter what. A friend noting
that he was cleaning his rifle
said, John, since you believe
in predestination why do you
carry rifle? After all, If
your time has come the
Indians will kill you any
way" Said old John May
be it will be the Indians
time!"
LUCK
Old Lady Luck smiled on
one of our citizens q few
weeks ago in the person of
one Cleo Jones, horseman
extraordinary and all round
good fellow. Seems Cleo
chanced to pick up a daily
double ticket down at Lexing-
ton, Kentucky. The ticket was
torn, Cleo said, but he had
remembered that the win
ners were 5 and 9. Sure
enough the ticket was a good
one and Cleo came off 375
bucks on the Jersey side.
No wonder so many people
look at discarded tickets
around race tracks!
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-20
FRATERNITY PLEDGES

Madison County students at
Ohio State University who have
been pledged by fraternaties at
the Autumn Quarter include Ger
aid William Gill of 176 Fellows
Ave, West Jefferson, Chi Phi; and
William Earl Robinson 179 East
High ST., London, Sigma Phi Ep-
Silon.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-20
ANNOUNCE BIRTH

Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Miller
OF Columbus are the parents of
a son born October II. Mrs. Mil
ler was the former Marian Lilly of
Lilly Chapel.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-20
TWIN SONS BORN

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Napper.
London, announce the birth of
twin sons at White Cross Hos
pital. Sunday. October i.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-20

To Vote Is Your Birfhrisht!
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-20

u You Don't Vote Don't
Complain!
Evening star., 1950-05-26
Britain Ends Gasoline Rutioninq
In Deal With u. S. Oil Firms

companies here Immediately
charged the move was the thin
edge of a wedge to squeeze us
out of the sterling market"
Oil sources said it was not yet
clear whether the agreement also
would settle the global aspect of
competition between American
and British oil firms.
Minister of Fuel and Power
Philip Noel-Baker said both
Standard and Caltex proposed
spending their sterling income on
the building of tankers here or
on additional services in their
operations.
The present ration allows the
motorist to drive only 90 miles
a month. Recently the govern
ment ordered the ration doubled,
effective June /. Britain intro
duced gasoline rationing 10 years
ago-less than a month after the
outbreak of World War II.
Mr.. Noel-Baker said Britain's
present gasoline consumption has
been running to million tons an
nually. He said the price of gaso-
line would remain unchanged at
three shillings az cents) a gallon.
The price was increased in April
by q nine pence O gallon tax.
Evening star., 1950-05-26
By the Asseeietsd Press

LAKE SUCCESS. May 90
Secretary General Trygve Lie said
today he hopes for q definite
break by June or July in the
United Nations deadlock over
China.
He made his statement at his
first news conference since re-
turning from talks with Prime
Minister Stain, Prime Minister
Attlee, Premier Bidault and Presi-
dent Truman.
Mr.. Lie also declared Russia
still has full confidence in the
United Nations and wants it re-
stored to it's normal functioning.
This has been disrupted by the
Soviet Walkout strikes which
started January 10 over the China
representation question.
The secretary general said he
has not takenRny proposals from
President Truman to Stain or
brought any message back to Mr..
Truman. He expects to see the
President and Secretary of State
Acheson next week.
Mr.. Lie refused to give any de-
tails of his talks with the big
Evening star., 1950-05-26
Burglar Jettisons
Shoes and Loot
As He FIees Victim

What started out as a robbery
turned into a racing strip tease
early today when a man began
shedding. all burdensome acces-
sories as he fled from the apart
ment of his aroused victim.
Joseph Sewald of 1116 Twenty
first street NE. awakened about
2 am. to find the colored robber
ransacking bureau drawers. Mr..
Sewald leaped from his bed and
the robber dived for an open win
dow of the flrst-f1oor apartment.
Mr.. Sewald grabbed one Of the
intruder's heels as he went
through the window. but was un-
able to hold on. The man had
already removed his shoes and
left them behind.
AS he raced away. the robber
dropped a purse containing SAL
he had stolen from the apart
ment. his hat and a pair of eye
glasses.
Evening star., 1950-05-26
Boy, 73, Sells Pup
ToHeIp Raise Funds
Needed to Bury Pal
BY the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, May 26.-Holding
back the tears, 13-year-old Rudy
Loizzi sold his beloved pup
Brownie for 50 yesterday to help
raise funds to bury a 17-year- old
pal who drowned.
The pal, frankie Romanger,
lost his life 10 days ago while
playing with Rudy and other
friends on an East River dock.
Frankie's parents were short OF
cash, and his body has been at
Bellevue Hospital Morgue since il
was recovered two days ago.
Boys of the neighborhood
started collecting a funeral fund
yesterday. After Rudy sold his
pup. another lad sold some pei
pigeons and tossed So into the
kitty, made UP mostly of pennies
and nickels.
Some boys ran errands for tips
others collected rags and bottle.
to sell.
There was $35 in the pot thi.
morning.
The grownups who knew
frankie were expected to come
through with the rest Of thu
money needed.
Evening star., 1950-05-26
Three's No Crowd,
But Bride Calls
OChidren Fraud

DETROIT, May 26 (NANA) -
Widowed Mrs. Elinore Roster, 20,
mother of one small child, looked
fayorably on the proposal Of Peter
Lesniak. SO. widower who courted
her and said he had two small
children himself. Three children,
she thought. would make a nice
family.
But this week in q suit for either
annulment or divorce, she said
that two weeks after the wedding
ceremony two more of Mr.. Les
niak's children turned up. Three
weeks later three more children
appeared. she said. and still later
three more.
This. ! told him. is fraud" she
said.
Evening star., 1950-05-26
BY the Associoted Press

LONDON, May 26. Britain
wiped out gasoline rationing to-
day through a deal ending a long
boiling dispute between American
oil companies and the British
government.
Derationing, effective tomor-
row, was made possible because
the Standard Oil Co. of New Jer-
sey and California Texas Oil Co.
agreed to supply oil and take
British sterling instead of dollars
in payment. the government said.
The provision was that Britain
would abandon rationing.
The Labor government has been
under pressure from Winston
Churchill's Conservatives and mo-
toring groups to do away with ra-
tioning.
The battle between American
oil interests and Britain began
when Britain slashed its dollar
oil imports by one-third at the
start Of the year. The measure
cut deeply into American oil COM
pany business here. The purpose
was to save currency for dollar.
starved Britain.
Spokesmen for American oil
Evening star., 1950-05-26
CI0 Appears Victor
In GE BaI!oting Over
Union 0usfed as Red
Bargaining Rights for
Majority Of Workers in
81 Plants Go to TUE
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, May The
CLOS new International Union of
Electrical Workers appeared to-
day to have won a So victory
among General Electric workers in
its battle for power with the old
United Electrical Workers union.
Agents for the National Labor
Relations Board still are tabulat-
ing the results of a collective bar
gaining election yesterday among
81 900 workers at 81 General Elec-
trio plants.
Leaders of both unions issued
statements claiming victory. They
have been fighting for worker sup
port ever since the CIO kicked out
the UE last fall on charges it is
Communist-tainted and started up
the IUE to take its place.
An unofficial tabulation of the
popular vote" in yesterdays bal
loting showed 52,784 for IUE and
40,616 for UE.
Election on Unit Basis.
But the election was on a unit
basis. The NLRB set up 121 bar
gaining units in the 81 plants
There was as many as five or six
units in the larger plants.
Each unit is made up Of work.
ers with the same general type OF
job, and each unit selects its own
bargaining agent. In some plants
the UE won the right to repre-
Sent some of the workers, the Tue
the others.
An unofficial tabulation showed
TUE won SO of these units and will
become the bargaining agent for
50,755 GE workers. The UE won
(See SE Fl ,ECsTI0N Page A-3l
Evening star., 1950-05-26
Sunny Weather Predicted
For Holiday Week Enders

Good news for holiday week
enders came from the Weather
Bureau today with a forecast of
clearing skies Sunday and SUM-
shine on Monday and Tuesday.
Showers and thunderstorrns
are predicted for today and to-
morrow, but high pressure area
is moving this way from the Great
Lakes region to clear the skies for
the week end. There will be some
cloudiness Sunday. but no rain is
expected, the forecaster said.
The temperature is expected to
hover near 70 degrees today. It
will return to normal, 78 during
the day and SO at night. when
the skies clear.
Evening star., 1950-05-26
Lie Hopes for Break by July
In u. N. Deadlock Over China
Soviet Still Has Confidence in Organization,
Wants 1t to Function Normally, He Says

power leaders, but said he had left
with them some memoranda. He
would not disclose the contents.
He expressed hope a high-level
Security Council meeting would
be held this summer with foreign
ministers or heads Of governments
representing the Councils II
member nations.
This is the year Of decision for
the United Nations and the
world" he said.
Mr.. Lie reported he found a
profound desire for peace in all
the countries he visited.
He refused to say whether Rus
sia had offered any proposals or
had indicated any willingness to
make concessions.
Mr.. Lie has no plans for an
other round of visits with the
big power leaders but said he is
willing to go around again if he
feels it would be useful.
did you propose a meeting of
the Big Four without China) ?"
Il didn't propose anything" he
said. 1--WE did discuss many
things, including a periodic (high.
leveD meeting of the Security
Council"
Evening star., 1950-05-26
Fumigating Bomb
Routs Fraternity
By the Assoeiotsd Press

EVANSTON. Ill, May 2e.-A
lighted fumigating bomb was
placed in the lobby of the Sigma
Chi fraternity house on the North
western University campus early
today.
Twenty-four university students
and 10 Evanston firemen were
overcome by fumes and are hos
pitalized at Evanston Hospital.
Officials said none was In critical
condition.
Assistant. Fire Chief James
Geishecker said the bomb was q
full gallon size Of the type used In
fumigating large buildings.
He termed the placing Of the
bomb in the lobby part Of AN
inter fraternity war" He said
that while flremen were climbing
fire escapes attempting to rescue
coughing. choking students other
students milled about outside toss
ing heavily loaded firecrackers"
at the firemen.
Chief Geishecker said police are
analyzing the bomb In an attempt
to determine the type Of gas used.
1t was not an explosive device, he
stated.
Evening star., 1950-05-26
Jury Tampering Trial Set
June n for Club Owner

District Court Judge Jennings
Bailey today set June IA as the
trial date for Bennie C. Caldwell,
accused with jury tampering in
the gambling trial of William
(Snags) Lewis, Attilio Acalotti and
Frank Billeci.
Caldwell, who is colored, owns
the Club Bali, 1901 Fourteenth
street NV. He was indicted March
%.
All three gambling trial defend
ants were convicted.
Judge Bailey denied a motion
for dismissal of Caldwell's indict-
ment and one motion seeking re-
turn Of certain property.