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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-01-03
County Winner In
Contest Jan. 2

The District Prince of Peace
Defamation Contest in which
Virginia Anes of Mt. Sterling
winner in Madison county will
complete, will be Sunday s at the
South Congregational Church in
Columbus, Rev. B. F. Lamb, ex-
ecutive secretary of the Ohio
Council of Churches, Columbus
has announced.
Other counties to be represented
in the competition will be: Cham.
paign, Delaware, Marion, Union
Warren and Clark.
The winner will receive a golt
medal and will become eligible tc
enter the state contest in Colum.
bus, in which cash prizes and col.
lege scholarships will be awarded
This contest will DE one of 2.
district competitions to be held ir
the state this year in the annua
contest sponsored by the Ohio
Council of Churches. $50 boy,
and girls of high school age who
have won silver medals in THEN
respective counties will parti
cipate.
Those $50 are the survivors
among the more than 1900 who
entered the opening contests ir
their local churches Throughout
the state on Armistice Sunday.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-01-03
Monroe Township
Club Is Honored

The Handy Mandy All Club of
Monroe Township has been re-
cognized as having one of the out
standing health program in Ohio,
according TO the Madison County
Extension Office.
Awards of $1,000 each and GER
tificates of merit are presented an
nually to 10 Ohio clubs. The
health program of the Handy
Mandy Club included Physical and
dental examinations of all men,
bers, health demonstrations, and
programs presented in their own
local club, in their grange, and
other community organizations,
checking on Home sanitation,
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-01-03

a curse with 1t, but as you may have
noticed. Harry hasn't thrown 1t
away either.
AND so, five minutes before the
contest. Charlie Hersch, Whitey's
closest friend, dropped the Hope
Diamond shooter in front of the
contestants with the dire words,
"Wizcoczki says anybody wants it
kin have it. only he oughta make
sure his family kin afford the doc
tor bills"
Eleven OF the players regarded
it with awe and distrust. but the
twelfth--a dark horse from the
swanky Riverdale section--was not
impressed. He picked it up. tried
a test shot, and said. If nobody
wants the Diamond, I'll use it."
"Ya be lucky if va don't bust
a leg" said Hynie Michernick.
Well, for most of The contest
it Looked as If the rich kid sSas
cincb to ain. Not only did the
Diamond connect sVifb ererytbj8g
Is wenf after, bit it seemed TO
hex the other shooters tbst at
tempted to Bit Is. lDspired and
made confident by its perform
Aace. The kid from Ripeydale
sighted long and carefully. cor
sidersd The topography OF the
ground and, svben the situation
called for extreme neasares, even
shot from The stomach position.
However, as the match entered
the tenth and final round, a station
wagon pulled up and hefty Swede
of a .nursemaid got out.
"Ja.ackie," she shouted. "Din-
ner's almost ready and look at your
clothes. You're a sight"
"Wait a minute" said the kid,
squirting at a marble four feet
away.
ALBERT" yelled the nursemaid.
A chauffeur with big shoulders
got out and walked toward the cir
Gle. Jackie dropped the Hope Dia-
mond in disgust. said "Aw, nuts!'
and climbed into. the station wagon.
And, as it drove away. the blood
/ shot eye of the blue shooter seemed
to wink at the other players.
Hynie Michernick picked it up.
This is the last time it's going to
put the squitch on anybody ne
said. and threw it as far as ne
could.
Now, il the Hope Diamond had
been an ordinary shooter, the story
would end here. But, as / have gone
to some pains to make clear. it was
not. Propelled by the Michernick
muscles, the little ball OF fire sailed
through the air for so feet. bounced
off a tin can onto the sidewalk, and
was picked up an hour later by ar
intern on his way to the hospital.
"I know someone who'll get q
real kick out Of this" he said, hand
ing the Hope Diamond shooter te
one of the nurses. "Will you give
this marble to the patient in room
2lS. Whitley Wizcoczki-the little
boy who broke his ribs"
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-01-03

exists between it and the thumb
and forefinger OF its owner spirit
ual affinity which makes it more
precious to him than all the other
marbles he owns. When player
loses in 'tfor.keeps" game, he
pays off with common, earth-bound
miggels--he would no more think OF
/ parting with his shooter than good
/ family man would with his life in
| surance.
NOW, 1T FIGURES that by this
time you're Dustin to know some
thing sbout the owner of the Hope
/ Diamond shooter, and how the
tabled marble happened to wind up
at the feet of bunch Of kids on the
/ day of the big tournament. Well, for
/ you to get the complete picture, it
4 is necessary for me to sketch in
some of the background of the
shooter-a story which, I might
] add. in many respects. parallels
the history of its superb -jinxed
namesake.
!. As the fen-everything set recalls
Il, the Hope Diamond was first
/ brought to the Bronx by player
who originally hailed from Chepa-
chet, Rhode Island. After series
of backyard triumphs, he won the
right to participate in semi-final,
/ but the morning of the contest one
of the ball-bearings in his skates
got stuck and, in the header which
followed, his shooting finger was so
badly bruised that he had to with
draw.
Then, for sVbile, The maleDo-
lent marble 1gas oWned by IrD
4 Sondeygaard, bit shortly after be
acquired IL, The boy aevelobed
game leg and was foreUer barred
BY bis doctor from kneeljne on
the damp earth.
Finally, Whitley Wizcoczki, re.
puted to have the most sklllful
thumb north Of the Harlem river,
latched on to the shooter. but two
days before the big tournament. the
jinx caught up with him and he
broke couple Of ribs falling off the
back of an ice truck.
The easiest thing, of course,
would have been to throw away the
hex-heavy shooter but as you know
the ways of men and urchins under
I the spell of superstition are hard te
explain. Harry Winston's Hope
Diamond, too, is supposed to carry
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-01-03

which included water testing
garbage disposal, and other sani.
tation practices and Individual
health practices including good
nutrition and grooming.
Mrs. Richard Littler and Miss
Janet Littler are leaders of the
club. Awards are sponsored by
the Kellog Company in Battle
creek, Michigan. Selection of clubs
receiving this recognition is made
by the All Club personnel of the
Extension Office Ohio State I'M
iversity.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-01-03

Topics of special interest in
cfuded: Recent legislation affect
ing Brucellosis Control, Trends in
farm land values and in the or
garlization of the farm as a bus
mess concern. Farm home build
ings and remodeling, Farm mac
hinery as related to the farm pro-
gram and farm safety.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-01-03

District, subject to the May Re-
publican Primary.
The Republican, Committees of
all nine counties in the Seventh
District-Champaign, Clark, Clin-
ton, Fayette, Greene, Logan, Madi-
son, Union and Warren-adopted
resolutions last Autumn urging
Brown to be a candidate to M
coed himself and pledging ~
the Republican organization SUN!
port. The Seventh District Re-
publican Committee took similar
action at a. meeting in Springfield
several weeks ago.
In private life Congressman
Brown is a newspaper publisher
and farmer
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-01-03

request of students are advance
courses on recent history of the
United States and principals of
international law from the 18th
century to the present.
The new courses bring the
number of full credit university
courses available in evening and
Saturday morning classes to 100.
Education has the largest num-
ber with 18.
Winter quarter classes be-
gin Jan. 4. Final day for payment
of fee without penalty is Jana.
See your county agricultural
agent for !. a copy of the bulletin,
Farmers 1949 Income Tax"
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-01-03
ATTEND REFREsHER

Alvin w. Barr, County Super
visor and John p. Quail. Assist
ant Supervisor with the Farmers
Home Administration, recently at
tended a two day Refresher Meet
ing at Ohio State University for
all FHA supervisory personnel in
the State.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-01-03
New Courses In
Twilight School

Ohio State University's winter
quarter twilight school has sched-
uled % new courses ranging from
industrial and commercial traffic
management to special problems
in home economics.
The new offerings made at the
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-01-03
BROADWAY AND MAIN STREET
Hope Diumond-Not a Jinx Gem
But q Marble Corryinq oHex
By BILLY ROSE.
The members of the

gang squatted in small circle patch
green block subway station at 242nd street
eyes fixed focus shiny object at their feet
the Hope Diamond
here and by announcing that the gang
together decide the marble
shiny object at their feet
reading about for
small fry from the Thorosh
Bridge to Spuyten Duyvi the Hope Diamond shooter
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-01-03

Members Of the College of Agri-
culture Staff presented the various
topics and led the discussion bring
ing out the most recent inform
alton available on each topic on
the program.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-01-03
STRICTLY FRESH

-FOUR men armed with machine
guns held up a dice game in
Kentucky and took $500. That's
a pretty fair roll.
The cost Of getting a college
education keeps going up, edu-
Gators say. In other words, higher
education is getting higher and
higher.
Whether General Eisenhower IS
a candidate, it is obvious that he
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-01-03

an ordinary mar
bile. but any kid
who knows a heist-
shot from a knuck-
le-down c a n tell
you the difference.
The S h o 0 t er is
h e a v / e r, truer,
m o re cunningly
fashioned than the
ordinary i m m j e,
and. even more inn
. ortant t, there
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-01-03

Heaven is not a mythical place;
it can be found right down in the
heart of the man who has found
the work he loves and the woman
,he loves.-Helen Rowland, WO-
mans Home Companion.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-01-03
Brown Announces
His Candidacy

Congressman Clarence j. Brown
of Blanchester, has announced
that he will be a candidate for re-
election as Representative to Con-
gress from the Seventh Ohio
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-01-03

will have to run in 1952-either
with or from the politicians.
y
At a recent court case in Mary
land, lawyers claimed that the
Star-Spangled Banner was actual
ly made in brewery. Maybe
that's why SO many millions OF
Americans always get q "kick" out
of Old Glory.
FAITH
I hold the unconquerable belief
that silence and peace will tfl-
umph over ignorance and war, that
nations will come together not to
delay but to construct, and that
the future belongs to those who
accomplish most for humanity
Louis Pasteur, French chemist.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-01-03

NEW CONTACT IENSES-Dr William Fenbloom of New York
City about place contact lens weighing little than
the Adrienne Goldstone
demonstration at Northern Illinois College of Optomev Chi
Plastic and unbreaable the lens based newly
principle successfully moving control onto
the instead the white of the This DR. Fem
bloom, eliminates discomfort. -
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-01-03

Now, a shooter, or real" as the
afficionados call it. looks lot Like
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-09-11

ofthe public, there is no way for
me or any other attorney to give
such a promise. And for that rea-
son, l am refusing the offer of
the $4,000. This reporter is won
dering what is behind the move
to free Holiday with more than
$4,000 offered for his freedom.
Is it because Holiday is a "valu-
able object" to the syndicate in
Chicago, and they want him out
of Jail for "their own purpose
as is it something he "holds over"
Continued on page 81
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-09-11
Lena Horne
Captivates London

BY Rudolph Dunbar For AMP
LONDON CAMP Last week the
glorious Lena Horne captivated
London when she made her first
appearance at the Palladium thea
ire. Then entire London press la
Wished some %glittering adjectives
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-09-11
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lice to investigate the inside of
Hollis home at the time of Mar
bury's death, and only when he
was interrogated on his death bed
at. the hospital, was it revealed
Holt had been shot two hours pre-
vious and the finding Of his body
on the kitchen floor with an ak
being found at the fingertips at
right side of the body.
According to a ranking police
official, a cigar box containing
change was found by the police,
but according to the Investigation,
it was reported some other money
amounting to $4,000 or $1,000
was said to have been in the
house at the time of the killing,
However, this money has not been
recovered. At tn time of the kill
ing, there were no eye witnesses
on the scene. However, several
persons have come up with certain
bits of information concerning
"what went on" during the day
of the murder :. The loan Of 500
to Holiday by Booker Harris,
owner ofthe Harris Cocktail Bar,
1926 w. Fifth ST., was related
to this reporter, Holiday is a
killer, and | didn't have any
choice but to give him the money!
In accepting the case, Patricoff
plead self defence for Holiday,
contending, Holt had attacked
him with an ak, and that he shot
to defend himself. Despite the fact
that Holiday shot Holt with his
own pistol before Holt is said to
have picked up the axe in his own
defence. Patricoff in his story to
the Express, said "Idon't want any
part of the case now and will ask
the court to relieve me from it,.
"To guarantee complete exonera-
ton for Holiday is impossible"
Holiday is nearer the electric
chair than any other person i
know of, and knowing the feeling
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-09-11

ton B. Sands, agriculturist, Cut
tington college, care of poultry.
Also Samuel K. Plange, poultry
specialist, department of argicult-
ure and commerce, feeds and COM
mon poultry diseases and their
treatment; Patrick Foley poultry
man, Firestone Plantations COM
pay, breeds of poultry, and
Greene B. Palmer, agriculturist at
the institute, culling and selection.
Exhibits were sponsored by the
government experiment station,
the Gabriel L.. Dennis farm, Cut
tington college, and Firestone
Plantations company. Various
breeds of poultry, poultry equip
ment and feeds, and feeding meth
hods were exhibited throughout
the day.
Exhibitors also displayed i'm
ported and home made equipment
and fixtures, different types of
houses , poultry products and
birds in several stages of develop
ment.
Ernest C. B. Jones, secretary
of war, and Walter G. Wynn,
principal of the institute, review
ed the student CADET corps, and
Principal and Mrs. Wynn held a
tea for conference speakers during
the day.
Among the many guests partici-
pating in the activities were: Am
bassador C. D. S. King, Secretary
of State Gabriel l.. Dennis, H. B.
M. Minister Baillie, Associate Su-
preme Court Justices Himmi Shan
non and Matte B. Davis, Ex-Presi-
dent and Mrs. Edwin J. Barclay,
Firestone Plantations Manager
and Mrs. r. E. Wilson.
Also, DR.. Luther W. Silfer, Mr..
and Mrs. John A. Dunaway, Mr..
and Mrs. Walter F. Walker, Mrs.
Maude A. Morris, Rep. and Mrs.
Samuel George, Rep. and Mrs.
Willie Tolbert. The Rev. and Mrs.
John B. Falconer, Bishop and
Mrs. Bravid W. Harris, Bishop
and Mrs. Clifford Northcutt.
Mrs. Ellen Mills Scarborough,
assistant secretary Of public in
struction, led the tribute to the in
stitute's founder, DR.. James Long
street Sibley, by placing a wreath
over his grave. Bishop Willis J.
King gave the benediction.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-09-11
Liberian Farmers Exhibit
Improved Poultry Eggs In Show

KAKATA, Liberia (ANP) Lii
berian farmers exhibited improv-
ed stocks Of poultry and better
eggs here recently at the first
poultry and egg show sponsored
by the Booker T. Washington
Agricultural and Industrial in
stitute.
The program was held in CO.
operation with the department of
agriculture and commerce and the
u. S. economic mission in Liberia.
Devoting a whole day to poul-
try development and the insti-
tute's 22nd founders day celebra-
ton, the school offered exhibits,
group meetings., expert consult
ants, and speeches for Liberian
farmers.
Theme of the conference on
poultry enterprise was "More and
Better Poultry" Oscar w. Meir,
chief of the conference, summari-
zed the progress made in poultry
breeding in Liberia during the
past year.
The institutes principal, Walter
c.. Wynn, reported that starting
with the importation of 290-day-
old pedigreed chicks in August,
1949, under an American grant
of $4,000, the school has pro-
duced 1850 eggs for market and
1,19O baby chicks for the re-
placement and distribution.
He also noted that this was
only the beginning of a program
which would improve the native
Liberian stock which through in
breeding had refrigerated into
small scrawny varieties. The
school imported Rhode Island Reds
and Barred Rock chickens from
the United States to start its sue
cessful program.
The conference concluded that
the two basic needs of the Liberi-
an poultry industry are:
l.. A we'll balanced low cost To-
cal feed.
2. A reliable source or baby
and started chicks. The Booker T.
Washington institute and the Lii
berian government experiment
station at Suacocoa are working
to meet the second need by lay
ing plans for the establishment of
a feed producing center.
a cenn Goa
Speaker of the day was John
w. Cooper, secretary of the de-
partment of agriculture and com
merce. The following persons serv-
ed as consultants and led group
meetings:
Frank E. Pinder, head agricul-
tural production specialist, led
discussion on marketing poultry
products; Lamar E. Forte, pro-
duction specialist, adequate poul-
try housing and yarding; and Fen
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-09-11

Said the Daily Express: "The
fabulous Lena Horne, in a white
gown as tight as a sheath on q
knife, her voice as sweet and
soft as melting honey, making
her first Palladium appearance.
did something to the packed first
house. For a long moment after
her first song there was silence.
"Then like waves on a sea OF
sound, the applause broke trium-
phantly. Into her songs she pour.
ed her warm heart, singing to
every member in that hushe0
house Individually. 1t was a ire
mendous performance.
The Daily Telegraph stated
She dilated with great emotional
intensity on the miseries, the
fortunes and the cruelties with
which a lover is beset. She sings
with poise, passion and strength.
Her original interpretations of
Harlem laments have a consider
able emotional impact. AS an art
list she was a delight both to
watch and to hear"
j The Evening Star described at
length every detail of her ap-
pearance: "Her dress, which raised
sights of envy (feminine) and adj
miration (masculine) when sing
er Lena Horne blossomed out of
it like a dainty Tea Rose at the
Palladium, is white with a pale
blue bow at the shoulder and an
other on the hip. It fits Miss
Horne like a mould and where
many another singer would bulge
Miss Horne just rippled.
"How does she get into it?''
women asked. Chow does she
keep that figure?" Well, her
maid helps her into this $4,000
dress and there are three tips to
keep it taut. Does Miss Horne,
mother of a 12-year-old girl and
a 10-year-old boy, diet to keep
her 1.-the figure? Not strictly, but
she doesn't eat much during the
day.
breakfast is usually orange
juice and coffee. She skips lunch
but has a high-tea at three. And
when Miss Horne wears her
"smoochy" dress she does not
wear a corset, not even a girdle,
I am told. But she does wear a
bra"
A. E. Wilson, the famous the
atrical critic, writing under the
caption of "Blue Magic" declared:
LENA Horne, star of cabaret,
radio and screen, who heads the
Palladium bill, puts as much dra-
matte force and intensity into her
singing Of blues as ever a great
tragedy queen displayed in class
ic roles.
GA lovelier woman has rarely
graced variety than this dusky
artists, who, looks so cool, elegant
Evening star., 1950-03-23
Government Printinq
This Year Will Cost
Almost $50 Million

The Government will spend
close to $50 million having its
printing done this year.
On the receiving end will be
the 1000 employees of the worlds
largest organization of its kind,
the Government Printing Office,
which works around the clock on
such varied jobs as:
Turning out the 2,250.000
pounds of forms, workbooks. pam
phlets and reference manuals the
Census takers will carry on their
rounds after April /.
Producing book-thick reports
for the top executive departments
on notice of only a few days.
Printing and distributing about
10000 copies of the Congressional
Record in time to give every law
maker one to read at breakfast
the day after every session.
Publications Run in Thousands.
All this is in addition to turn
ing out bills, congressional COM
mittee testimony and reports, OFF,
cial documents and scores OF other
Federal publications by the thou
sands.
Public Printer John j. Deviny,
likes to tell what the plant can do
when it is really pressed as it was
on President Truman'S economic
report not long ago.
That ran 200 pages with a cover.
The material came in spasmodi-
cally from the White House over
a f1ve-day period. AS fast as pos
sible it was set in type and proofs
returned for correction.
Rough on Machinery.
The final White House OK came
at 3 a.m.-with a request for 1000
copies within "a hours and an
extra 5000 within 48.
At the time set GPOs trucks
were backed into the White House
receiving dock with the finished
material aboard.
Mr.. Deviny told Congress the
other day that all this is hard on
his machinery some Of which has
been running "a hours a day for
years and should have broken
down long ago.
Released by Chicago Daily News.)
Evening star., 1950-03-23
Jack Bennett Honored
For Service to Holland

Jack Bennett of 3726 Connecti-
cut avenue NV, now serving as
governor of the State Bank of
Ethiopia, has been decorated by
The Netherlands for great serv-
ices" to that country after the
war,
The Associated Press reported
from Adds Ababa that Mr..
Bennett was honored for his part
in the difficult negotiations be-
tween The Netherlands and the
Allied occupation zones of Ger
many.
Mr.. Bennett was made a grand
officer of the Order of Orange
Nassau at a ceremony in the res
idence of a Netherlands represen-
tative in Ethiopia.
Evening star., 1950-03-23
British Envoy to Speak
At Boot Race Dinner

British Ambassador Sir Oliver
Franks will speak at the fourth
annual Oxford Cambridge Boat
Race Dinner to be held at z pm
tomorrow at the Raleigh Hotel.
Raymond P. Brandt, chief of the
Washington Bureau of the st
Louis-Dispatch, will also speak al
the dinner to which morea thar
400 former oxford and Cambridge
students living in the Washington
area have been invited.
John Duncan Miller, Washing.
ton correspondent of the Londor
Times, will serve as toastmaster.
This year, for the first time
women who have attended eithel
of the universities have been in.
vited.
Evening star., 1950-03-23
Surgeon Generals Group
To Give Fort Myer Show

A vaudeville show, Varieties of
1880" will be presented by the
recreation association of the Sur
geon Generals Office at $50 pm.
Friday at Hop Hall, Fort Myer,
Va.
The show will consist of 18 acts,
including a Gay Nineties revue,
dance exhibits, magician act, i'm
presentations, and vocal and in
strument solos.
Evening star., 1950-03-23

WED so YEARS-Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas nj. Pierce, 1911 Twen-
ty-second street NE, recently
celebrated their Goth wedding
anniversary. They have two
sons, a daughter, 10 grand
children and three great
grandchildren. Mr.. Pierce,
now retired, was for II years
assistant to the directors of
Goodwill Industries, Pitts
burgh. He also was a minis
ter for >aany years in Penn
sylvania.
Harris & Ewing Photo.