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The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-02-19

Tuesday nights consolation
games will have Darby versus
the loser of the Broadway
BYhalia game. The other game
will pit the winner of the I'm
Magnetic game against
Raymond. Bob Strimer, Ohio
Wesleyan coach and official,
work with Robert Lewis Tues
day night in place of Warren
Widner who is forced TO be
away for the postponed Ma
rYsville-W 0 h in g ton game
Tuesday night.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1951-02-19

to win to remain in the tourney.
Winner of the Broadway-Byhalia
game will play Redwood Thurs
day night for the championship.
The whole story in the Rich
wood-Raymond game was that
the Tigers had too much heighth
, 1951-05-26

Tank Battalion and the 317th En-
gineer Combat Battalion, both at
Fort Campbell, KY, SEM checks
for 100000 and $273.0O, 1e-
spectively.
The United Negro College Fund
supports the educational budgets
of 80 private, accredited Negro
colleges and universities located
in IL states. The goal Of the 49,
81 nationwide campaign is ST.
100000.
, 1951-05-26

of Staff General J. Lawton Col
Inns will tell Senate Investigators
today his part in the dismissal Of
General Macarthur.
WASHINGTON The Wage
Sterilization Board is expected to
approve a four cent hourly pay
raise for one million CIO Auto
Workers.
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA
, 1951-05-26

The gift was made, according
to battalion commander Major
Gorge r. Roth, because the men
realized "the necessity Of support
ing private educational institut-
tons" The collection was made
through the efforts of 1t. Lloyd
j. Stark, of $50 Clark Avenue,
Morrestown, N. j.
Trent also announced the re-
cept of similar contributions from
other units of the Armed Forces
Army of Occupation troops in
Wurzburg, Frankfort, Heidelberg,
Munich and Nurnberg, Germany
and in Austria sent a "first in
stallment" of $1,000 to the
Fund. Captain Cecil w. White,
president of the European Tuske-
gee Club, promised that further
contributions would be forthcom-
ing at an early date.
A previously announced gift
from the men of the Gath In
fantry Regiment in Korea was
augmented by an additional con-
tribution which brought the total
forthat group to $6,545.00 The
officers and men of the 71Oth
, 1951-05-26
Students Take
Draft Deferment
Tests IN Ohio

Thousands Of Ohio College stu
tdents ere among the approx
mately one million throughout the
country who took draft defer
ment tests today.
Students eligible 70 take the
test must be registered under
Selective Service, must intend to
request occupational deferment,
, 1951-05-26

Extra deputies have been assigned
to protect a suspect from lynching
in child sex murder.
FLUSHING MEADOWS, N. Y.
United States and Russia are ex-
pected to sound each other out
for the first time in more than a
year today on the deadlocked is
sue of international atomic con-
troll and disarmament.
, 1951-05-26
I1Aay5s fashion Flash
Bv PHYLLIS

International News Service Woman's Editor
NEW YORK, May Is GNS)- Ladies will have to keep
their chins up and their eyes down in next Fa's fashionable hats!
Lilly Dache-Americas mater of millinery made that pre-
diction today when she returned to her New York salon after a
visit with her Paris competitors.
Said Miss Dache:
"Women will have to keep their chns up to see out from
under the brims of their Autumn Hats. The brims will jut forward
like kingsize visors."
Miss Dache also predicted that trimming will "creep back
timidly" into the hat picture. There will be "exquisit little touches
of feathers, beading and embroidery" which will make the spectator
look twice to be sure he saw what he thought he saw.
, 1951-05-26
95th Infantry Donates
1884 To College Fund

NEW YORK, May &c Especially The officers
and men of the 95th Infantry Battalion, stationed at Fort
Campbell KY, have given a sum of 1884 to the 1851
campaign of the United Negro College Fund, it was an
nounced here today by William J. Trent, Jr, executive
director.
, 1951-05-26
Our MorMzoddy

BY International News Service
TOKYO Tank-led American
troops have broken through re-
treating Communist forces and
speared across the strategic So
yang River inside North Korea.
They cut off the escape route of
large enemy units below Parallel
SO.
WASHINGTON Army Chief
, 1951-05-26
Employment Offices
Closed On May 80

The Ohio State Employment
Service Offices at so S. Jeffer-
son and 115 S. jefferson st. will
close their doors May 80 in OBJ
servance of Memorial Day. Claim
ans who usually report on Wed
nesday have been e-scheduled to
report Tuesday, May 20.
, 1951-05-26

must be under &c and must be
pursuing courses leading to a de-
gree
Tests, being conducted at "A
colleges throughout the state, will
also he beld on June Is and
June 80. Deferment will be based
onover-all scholastic performance,
and not on the test grades alone.
, 1951-05-26

A SAD FACT of u age is
that the closest many folks ever
get to praying is when they bend
their knees to tie their shoelaces.
, 1951-05-26
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-WELCOME WHITE AND LORED
, 1951-12-04
The Corruption Story.

Charges of corruption in government, highlighted by recent ex-
poses of influence peddling and deals for personal profit, date
back to the fall of 1947. At that time the public learned that
government employees had been specializing in the commodity
markets though there was a grain shortage. The story
of this speculation, and some of the persons involved, as we'll as
the eve more dramatic five percenters" investigation r dis,
cussed in the following article by Charles B. Seib. 1t is the second
article of a series of seven by the veteran newsman who covered
practically all the congressional hearings which have brought out
the details of such deals,
, 1951-12-04
Govt. Contracts
Left In Dayton

The following list Of govern
ment contracts includes those let
during the two-week period end
ing Nov. 7, 1851.
The list supplies the name of the
firm, the government agency which
ret the contract, the item, and, in
most instances, the amount of the
contract in round figures. For
security reasons the amount Of all
, 1951-12-04

OF attacking republicans, led by
Harold E. Stassen, Ex-Governor of
Minnesota. The charges were that
he had made virtually millions in
the commodity market but he said
that while his holdings were adj
mittedly Large, his profits were
overstated. He denied possession
or use of "inside" information. An
other high official involved in the
speculation expose was senate
agriculture committee chairman
Elmer Thomas (D)Utah. He admit
ted that while he held his strategic
senate post he and his wife were
active in the cotton market.
Thomas was later defeated in his
attempt to return to the senate:
The speculation inquiry made
black headlines at the time, but it
was merely setting the stage for
the acts to come.
The big show began in 1949 with
the exposure of Washington's in
fluence-peddling "five-percenters"
and their operations in high Of
ficialdom.
A Washington show has seldom
had as colorful a cast as had the
"five percenter" hearings. It was
headed by portly, be-medalled Maj.
Gen. Harry Vaughan, President
military aide, and hand
shaking, fast-talking John Marag-
on, the ex-bootblack from Kansas
City who knew everybody" and
had easy access to the White
House.
Even the props were colorful-
halfdozen food freezers, some
struggled perfume, molasses and
to build one race track.
But entertainment was not the
only thing the "five-percenter" in
vestigation provided. It put flesh
on the skeleton of corruption in
government" charges that were al
ready beginning to take shape.
, 1951-12-04

AAANAAo wv Ny WIN AAN-
in the commodity markets!
The expose was of scandal pro-
portions because it occurred dur
ing a grain shortage. War-ravaged
Europe was hungry and specula-
tors were being denounced as
heartless profiteers.
In fact, the disclosures came
within days after President Tru-
man declared that grain prices
should not be boosted by "the
greed of speculators who gamble
on what may lie ahead in our COM
modify markets."
The speculation charges forced
the release Of list upon list Of
commodity spectators, which car
ried the names Of many in the
government service. 1t was assert
ed in some quarters that "inside
information" was used for private
profit by some of the spectators,
but that charge was never proved.
One of the early lists contained
a name well-known in Washington
Brig. Gen. Wallace Graham,
President Truman's White House
physician.
The record showed that Graham
made more than $4,000 in the
market, more than doubling his or
iginal investment.
The young physician made a
general plea of ignorance, explain
ing that his account was handled
by his broker and that he became
"scared" and withdrew from the
commodity market soon after the
Presidents attack on spectators.
He escaped with what he has been
quoted as a "pretty rough" con
ference with the President.
Another name on the speculator
list was Ed Pauley, a democratic
party contributor and at the time
an assistant to the secretary Of the
army.
Pauley was the principle target
, 1951-12-04
easssiksfsd By ssseggssa@ae
Me@e Service

Add SMILES as happy as a
mink salesman in Washington.
By golly, we've gone a long way
since Lincoln wore a coon skin
cap.
Today a woman who doesn't
have a mink just doesn't have a
friend in government service . or
anything.
Of course as Mr.. Truman says,
95 percent ofthe government pay
rollers are honest that leaves
us with the same five per centers
we started his term with.
But by campaign time next
year you won't know the old place
for its sparkling cleanliness
in the manner Of the small boy
who washes behind his ears ihst
before Christmas.
He could have washed earlier
, 1951-12-04
By B. SEIB
News Service Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 QNS)-Present corruption
in government charges had their beginning in the fall of
1947 when the nation was shocked to learn that govern
ment employees by the hundreds had been specializing
, 1951-12-04

contracts over $250,o0o are not
given.
DAYTON
B. F. Goodrich (Air Force),
wheel assembly, in excess $780,
600
B. f. Goodrich (Air Force),
wheel assembly, in excess $780,
600
Howard Paper Mills Govt Print.
office, bond paper, $4,000
Mead Sales Co. (GPO), writing
paper, $4,000
Mead Sales Co. (GPo), writing
paper, $141,0O0
Delco Products Div, Gen. Motors
(Navy), electric motor parts, $780,
600
Westinghouse EIec. (Air Force,
switchboard, $4,000
Mead Sales (GPO), writing paper,
$4,000
mead Sales (GPo), writing paper,
$4,000
, 1951-12-04

solution Of the number three item
on the truce conference agenda-
policing Of the armistice.
, 1951-12-04

Standard Electric Products (Air
Force), relays, $4,000
Remington-Rand (Air Force) photo
paper, $4,000
Remington-Rand Cain Force),
photo paper, $4,000.
Dayton Rubber Co. ARMY, tires
$4,000
PHONE YOUR NEWS TIPS TO
The Dayton Daily Express by dial
ing Ml-7G34.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-05-18
LATE NEWS BRIEFS
BY Associated Press

By Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA disappearing fire ripped
Philadelphia today AS
flames police official
WAsHNGToNMAY Army today
reported through April 3o
WASHINGTON, bomber today
type 26oo nonstop
Patterson Field, Dayton, Ohio.
WASHINGTON U. Appeals today
litigation control of American President Lines Ltd.
MAWR, a
collision this Philadelphia line
the debris but not yet removed
TOKYO Army today of Dsin
extraordinary
1t Courtney c. Davis I'LL oakwood Dayton
killed in action Sept 49,
COLUMBUS, MAY ts-Majorty (R-champ
agn predicted today during House
will veto schoo bill that the state Saxbe
tiated by the Ohio Education Association.
COLUMBUS o. MAY reiterated today that
had officially contacted him. directly indirectly
baseball commissionership
WASHINGTON MAY A. Rumely today was fined
$1,000 and given sixmonh
congress.
NEW YORK NAY fs-Numhers today
given the maximum five
for lying to the Senate Crime investigating
fskenuckys Court of Appeals today turn
Earl o. Birchams
Friday 4s-ycar-od outlaw
in the electric chair at Lddysyile pententars.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-05-18
BaccaIaureate
Service Sunday

The program for the London
High School baccalaureate SER
vices 500 o'clock Sunday even
ing in the Presbyterian Church
follows:
Prelude Serenade, Schubert;
Professional, Pomp and Circum-
stance, Elgar; Mrs. William En-
sley organist.
Choral Selection-We thank Thee
Lord, Bortniansky: Arr. Peter
D. Tkach, Mixed Chorus; Kather-
inc Hern, Accompanist; Ray
Creighton. Director; Scripture
Reading and Prayer, Rev. Arthur
Shenefelt; Hymn, Faith of Our
Fathers; Glass Sermon. THE Be
ginning of Wisdom" Pastor Law
renee Rugh, Choral Selection,
Lamb of God, Chorale Arr f.
Melius Christensen, Mixed Choir
us; Benediction, Rev. Greer I'M
brie; Response, The Lord Bless
You and Keep You, Peter c. Lut-
kin; Mixed Chorus; Recessional,
Coronation March. Meyerbeer;
Postludc, Grand Chorus, Mrs,
William Ensley.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-05-18
Kills Snake AT
London Store

London police added new
task to their duties Thursday :
killing snakes.
About the time the skies dark
ened and the thunder began to
roll Thursday afternoon, a phone
call came from the Davis Seed
Store, South Main Street, to come
quick, a large snake had been dis
covered in some flowers at the
store.
Miss Mary Davis, owner of
the store, had sent Richard Sollars
who works for her, to bring in a
flat of cannas. She saw him stoop
to lift the plants. suddenly stiff
fen, jump back and come flying
into the store calling, There's a
big snake out there"
The only thing l could think
of was to call the police for help"
Miss Davis said.
Officer Bill Manning rushed to
the store and killed the snake.
Where the snake came from is
more or less of a mystery II
is presumed to have arrived in a
shipment of flowers or plants.
Those who know the habits OF
reptiles say that when it thunders
they started moving around. SC
again it is presumed that il
came out of hiding when the
storm broke Thursday.
The identity of the snake. more
than three feet in length, is un.
known. 1t was taken to the po-
lice station and many passersby
questioned, but none identified it
Evidently we have no snake
specialists in London" the po-
lice said.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-05-18
WILLIS r. JUNK
hit BY AUTO

Willis r. Junk, age u, was SER
iously injured and taken to
Springfield City Hospital about
2 pm. Friday when struck by an
auto near his home on the South
Charleston Pike.
Mr.. Junk was crossing the high
way, leaving the mail box to go
to his home when the accident
occurred Deputy Bob Allison of
the Madison County Sheriff's Of
flee reported that the car was
driven by Jack Reichenbach, 1896
Oak Grove Drive, Los Angeles,
who in attempting to avoid strik-
ing Mr.. Junk applied the brakes.
The car, it was understood, skid
ded and struck Mr.. Junk broad
side. His injuries, regarded ser
ious, included a broken leg.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-05-18
GUARDS PLAN OPEN HOUSE on
ARMED FORCES DAY SATURDAY

London organizations will join
in the observance of Armed
Forces Day, Saturday May 19.
The day will be recognized by
all military personnel in the
United States at all military in
stallations.
Capt. Robert r. O'Brien, COM
mander of London's Ohio National
Guard unit, the 166th ret Heavy
Mortar Company. has planned an
open house at the State Armory
from 800 to TOO pm. Captain
O'Brien has extended an invita-
ton to the public to attend.
Equipment of the company will
be on exhibition and technical
color film, Operations Cross
roads," will be presented at TOO
pm. The film is in detail of the
Navy tests of the Atomic Bomb
in Bikini Lagoon.
The colors of the VIEW, the
AMVETS, and both local Ameri-
can Legion Posts will join with
the Mortar Company for the in
formal retreat on the courthouse
lawn at $50 pm.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-05-18
Mrs. Ha+rie Ladd
Rites Wednesday

Mrs. Hattie Ladd, IS, died
Monday in the Leeth Rest Home,
Washington c. H., following a
lengthy illness. A native of Book
walter Community. Fayette Coun-
ty, Mrs. Ladd was born Sept 10,
1875, in Madison County. She was
preceded in death by her hus-
band, w. W. Ladd, who died in
1896.
Survivors include one daughter
Mrs. Marie Thompson of Emer-
sonville; one son, Roy Ladd oil
ST. Petersburg, Fla, three broth.
ers, Oscar Smith of near James.
town, Frank Smith of Plain City
and Levi of South Solon; twt
grandchildren and one great
grandson.
The body was removed to All
vim Z. Little funeral home, JET
fersonville, for services at 3:3t
pm. Wednesday. Burial in JEFF
fersonville Cemetery.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-05-18

Election of Wilbur H. Hume,
London, as district chairman of
Boy Scout work at a meeting in
Trinity Episcopal Church Parish
Room Monday evening was the
start of complete reorganization
of Scouting in Madison county.
To create more active interest
in the work, two area workers
from Columbus, Paul Handel,
Scout executive and Gene Hog
wood, Field representative ad-
dressed the group of local men
interested in the program.
Under the direction of the ex-
ecutives, plans were started which
will bring about a new district
committee to be appointed by
Mr.. Hume after meetings in West
Jefferson, South Solon, Mt. Stcr-
ling and Sedalia
AS the first OF his movement
to organize new troops and re
vive interest in troops that have
become more or less inactive
plans were discussed for a trooT
in Plumwood.
Attending Monday nights meet
ing were Arnold -. Fetter, r. N
Ardrey, John w. Stroupe, HarolC
Sparling, Paul Bangham, Russell
Lightle, James Littler, Kenneth r
Fichner, Ernest G. Lowery, Levi
Whitelow, Wilbur III. Hume, Supt
]. ]. Hartley, III. H. Hume, Will
lam Holton and ] Z. Allensworth
all of London.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-05-18
Attorney Grove
Jailed Briefly

MARYSVILLE. o., May 1S-tPD
Harvey Grove, 81, of st. Paris,
an attorney for four men charged
with stealing livestock, was Jail
ed temporarily yesterday
He was charged with harboring
felon. The specific accusation
was that John Garvey was seen
in an automobile with Grove
April Ia while Garvey was being
sought on grand larceny charge.
Attorney Grove was released
on $500 bond.
Grove and Sheriff Walter T.
Galloway tusseled when the two
appeared in court after Groves
clients accused the sheriff Of fail
ure to provide proper food and
medical and dental care. A hear
ing on the charge against the
sheriff was postponed.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-05-18
$4,000 Suit Is
Filed In Death
OF London Man

Charles A. Hunter, administra-
tor of the estate of Clarence Leo
Weese, late of London, has filed
suit in common pleas court against
Wendell Mckinney of London
asking judgement of $25,Oo0.00.
The petition states that on
June 10, 1949, plaintiffs decedent
was instantly killed when auto
mobile driven by the defendant
collided with semi-truck on the
S-curye on State Route 142, east
of London and as a result of the
wilful misconduct of the de-
fendant, the plaintiffs decedent
was thrown out of the automobile
and killed instanteously, to the
plaintiffs damage in the sum of
S25. 900.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-05-18
Former Resident
Of London Dies

Mrs. Fannie Burnley Chance
formerly of London, died Wednes-
day morning at he home of her
son and daughter-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. William B. Chance, St.
Clairsville, Ohio, with whom she
had been living for the past sew
eral years. She was the youngest
daughter of Seth and Harriet
(Baker1 Burnley and was born
at London, Ohio, March d, 1862.
She was married to DR.. John
S. c hance, December 81, 1885. at
the old Presbyterian church, in
the presence of a large concourse
of relatives and friends, the cere-
mony being performed by the
Rev. DR.. John A. Ewalt, pastor
of the church.
Their children were: Geneva
who died July Is, 1881; Gertrude
who died in 1871; Harriet who
died in infancy; and William. DR..
Chance died May IL, 1911.
Surviving are four grand-chil-
dren, Mrs. jeanne Craft of Co
lumbus; Mrs. William Slagle of
London; Edward E. Killeen of
Lilly Chapel; and John Kennedy
Chance now in the military SER
vice stationed at Fort Knox, Ky.
There are also four great-grand-
children.
Mrs. Chance, a lifelong mem
Der of the London Presbyterian
Church, was also member of the
Wimodaughsis Society, the Wom-
ans Club and of other organiza-
tions of the community in which
she took an active part.
Funeral service at the Schle.
chty-Fichner Funeral Home, Sat.
urday at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Greer
S. Inbrie of the Presbyterian
Church officiating, with intermenI
In Kirkwood cemetery.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-05-18
10 IN CAST OF
LHS CLASS PLAY

The 1851 senior class play, Sky
Road written by Henry Nusbaum
and directed by Miss Margaret
Long. that you've heard SO much
about is coming next Tuesday and
Wednesday, the twenty-second
and twenty-third. Here are a
few of the high lights:
The entire play takes place in
the stewardesses' lounge of the
TranS-American Airlines, Cleve-
land Airport, in the year 1882.
This was the beginning of air
transportation and centers around
Lucky Parker, and energetic, lik-
able stewardess, who is used to
having her own way. However,
there are some changes made
when she meets Bill Jones, a
pilot who oppears out Of no
where. A suicide attempt, plane
wreck, and a hysterical pilot real
ly liven things up, and then :
well, you see the play for your
self.
The nineteen members of the
cast are, Rlcharu Dorn, Joan
Hern, Elizabeth Beach, Sue Schle-
chty, Maxine Manos, Jeanne Sui
livan, Karolyn Rowand, Helen
Edwards, Bruce Roudebush, Mar
ilyn Martin, Robert Kennedy
Constance Cutlip, Anna Mae Sher.
man, Robert Hume, Harold Fell
Thomas Bopeley. Helina Byerly
James Herman, and Dale Mitchell
The committees, Makeup, Mar,
garet Long, Doris Chesser, Bev.
erly Bierbaugh, Margaret Cook
Programs, Beverly Ashmore. Eli,
cen Overturf; Stage managers
Leroy Roudebush, Joe Ernst, Ken
meth Miller, Carl Ladley; Promp
ters, Maxine McSavancy, JacE
Decker; Stage Furnishings, Kath
crime Mcclure, Carl Morrison
Bernard Hughes; Properties, Nor
ma Tooker, Phyllis Sweet, Vir
ginia Thompson; Costumes, Doro
thy Hooking. Mary Lou Dhume
Electricians and Sountd effects
Jack Decker. Ted Graves; Intro
duction to the play and the role
of Mrs. McGherity and Pat Sher
man were written by Mary Con
stance Cutlip; backdrop seen,
painted by Beth Hartley; Publ
city, Virginia Freid; Music, Higl
School Orchestra (Ray Creighton
DIRECTORY.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-05-18
In State Vocal
Solo Contest

Miss Gloria Hume, daughter of
MIR. and Mrs. Wilbur Hume, re-
ceived a II (Excellent) rating
when she sang soprano solo in
the State Vocal Solos and En-
sembles Contests held at Otterbein
College in Westerville last Sat-
urday. Miss Helen Edwards was
her piano accompanist.
Miss Hume is studying voice
with Samuel T. Burkhard at
Capital University in Columbus.
She is a member of the London
High School mixed chorus, girls
glee club, and band. Ray Creigh-
ION, director of music. accompan-
led the girls to Westerville.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-05-18
Continue Quiz
Of Salesman

COLUMBUS, O..-P,- Police
today resumed questioning of a
23-year-old insurance salesman in
the Staying of Mrs. Ruth Alter, a
Columbus housewife. Police de-
scribed the man as a CLOSE
friend" of the Alters and said his
automobile matches the descrip-
tion of one seen in the neighbor-
hood when Mrs. Alter was slain.
She was beaten to death April 25.
No charges haze Teen filed