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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-07-03
DeadIine On GI
Insurance Due

Important deadlines are coming
up for all World War Two vet
Grams who still carry CT insurance
on the original term basis.
This means all veterans who
took out CT insurance while in the
service and who have neither re-
newed it for another term period
nor converted it to a permanent
plan.
Failure to act before the dead
line may mean permanent loss of
government insurance eligibility.
The deadline is not the same
for all veterans but you can easily
figure your own date Term poll
cieS first taken out before jan
uary !, 1916 are good for exact
ly eight years. Policies taken out
after January /, 1916 are good
for five years.
This simply means that you
have three choices when your
eight or five year term period is
up. You may convert to a perm
anent plan, renew for another five
years, or drop your insurance en-
tirely Unless you renew or con-
vert before the deadline, you are
not eligible for further govern
ment insurance unless you re-en-
ter active military service.
Take Veteran John Doe, for ex-
ample. He joined the Army on
August 10, 1943. A few weeks lat
er he signed up for CT insurance
policy and has kept the same
policy in force ever since. The
effective date of his policy was
October /, 1943 and it was good
for eight years from that date
Between now and the last day of
September, this year, Veteran
Doe must either renew or con-
vert his insurance or he will wake
up on the morning of October l
with no insurance and no entitle-
ment to apply for new policy.
Veterans who are even one day
CT insurance to lapse but who are
still within the five or eight year
term periods may still apply I or
reinstatement of tn cir policies.
Once the five or eight year term
period is past, however, it is too
late to reinstate.
Veterans wha are even one day
late in applying for renewal or
conversion cannot now be issued
new insurance. VA officials stress
ed this point in urging all vet
Grams nearing the end of their CT
insurance term periods to make
sure they act in time and that
the proper premium amounts are
paid. Full information may be OBJ
tanned at any VA office.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-07-03
Fire Aftermath
To lineer Yea ars

COLUMBUS, OPP = The
aftermath of a fire that struck
the Ohio State Museum will ling
er for several years, museum of
ficials say.
The blaze destroyed or damaged
$500 volumes of newspapers,
most of them less than SO years
old, and 1900 of the librarys
printed volumes.
None of the museums rare and
valuable documents was seriously
damaged, as they were stored in
locked vaults some distance from
the fire.
Museum officials said it will
take several years to repair the
salvaged manuscripts. It took
more than one week to salvage
the damaged items.
Many wooden racks were built
to help the books and newspapers
dry as rapidly as possible. Cir
culating heaters and de-humidi-
flying machines were set up to
combat the formation of mold
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-07-03
WE MAY SAY,

WE MAY SAY, perhaps that the first flag was the multi
hued rainbow which Jehovah unfured the skies after
the Deuge signal his with man. promising that
again would He send the the face of
the earth and destroy all flesh.
Whether flags of this divine origin, they
and have served visible bulwark of idealism
through the ages and that service there is surely touch
of divinity Certainly American flagthe child of In
dependence Dayhas always foated from the pinnacle of
high resolve and lofty dealism.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-07-03
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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-07-03

The Union Flag For real beginning,
60 far back 1920 when the Pilgrims strobe ashore
Plymouth become Americas first coonsts They had
carried the flag of England the manmast of their
ship, and they flew it over their settlement.
The union flag the first American flag, but it
the first flag America And sense, it contained
within its colors the dawn of American independence
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-07-03

The story of the Stars
and Stripes is the story of
the nation itself; the evolu-
ton of the flag is symbolic
Of the evolution of our free
institutions. It's development
epitomizes the amazing ex-
pansion of our boundaries
and the development of our
natural resources. 1t says, in
a single, brilliant flash of
color, all there is TO say about
the United States.
f. .o~1 Lar.~x-s. ~x,x
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-07-03

This flag flew from the southeast baston of Fort Moul
tre in Charleston habor during the famous Revolutionary
battle of June 2S 1776 Early in the attack the emblem
fell outside the parapet Sergeant William Jasper cyiag
Don't let fight without flag, leaped the wall
in rain of bullets and replaced it in position
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-07-03

The work that we do is the making of the
flag.
am not the flag; NOT at all. | am but its
shadow.
am what you make me; nothing more.
swing before your eyes as bright gleam OF
color symbol of yourself, the pictured sugges- |
tion of that big thing which makes this nation.
My stars and my stripes are your dream and
your labors. They are bright with cheer, bril-
liant with courage, firm with faith, because you
have made them so out of your hearts; for you
are the makers of the flag, and il is well that
you glory in the making.
FRANKLIN 4. LANE
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-07-03

At the battle Of Lake Erie September TO- 1873 Oliver
Hazard Perry who was in command of fleet which he
had been forced in feyerSh haste from virgin
timber unured from his masthead this challenge sturdy
Amercanism-the dying words of brave Captain Lawrence
AS result Perry able send his message I'VE have
met the enemy and they are ours"
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-07-03

AT the battle of Bennington,Vt, August 16 1777, D,
600 Green Mountain Boys under Gen. John Stark practically
annhilated the forces under General Baum, capture
stores and to oyerawe the country.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-07-03

This is one of the several famous pine tree flags of
American history II said have been carried the
battle of Bunker HILL Design of the flag probably
evolved from the English ensign, which in prior
1705 by omittng the ST. Georges and substituting
the pine tree.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-07-03
Our First
Navy Jack

AS the first jack of the infant American navy, this
standard hoisted December 3, IT'S That the
day that John Paul Jones first hoisted the navy ensign
of the 13 colonies when Commodore Esek Hopkins as
sumed command of the navy built by congress This flag
represents of the raesnake device which
again and again in early American flags.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-07-03

Here is another variation of the pine tree theme;
and this flag too carried by Colonial soldiers Bunker
Hill. Also an adaptation of English emblem, it
made simply by inserting pine the upper left quarter
of the old blue ensgn which indicated the rank of
vce-admiral in the English navy.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-07-03

Probably the interesting flag of all the colonial
period this standard of the Bedford Minute Men, carried
by them in the Battle of Concord small only about
and a-haIf feet square, but carries woven among
faded threads the love and yeneraon of grateful America
Evening star., 1951-11-10

If queer animal. all fiuttery and
strange, gets into your house this fall,
do not be too afraid.
It may be flying squirrel and there
really is nothing at all fearful about
this pleasant animal
He is one of natures freaks.
1t comes in, some cool day, when the
door is open, and secretes itself beneath
sofa
When evening comes. out comes the
flyer.
That he is a flyer no one can doubt.
after that first swoop.
Up the curtain he goes and from
there launches himself into space.
If your first sight of him is then, you
think he is bat
Now, most persons are more afraid
of bats than they are Of the devil.
Especially women,
Women think bats spread bedbugs,
carrying them around with them just
for that purpose.
The bat is another story but a flying
squirrel may be mistaken for it.
To treat one of these odd things as
If it were something to be afraid of is
to make d big mistake.
There are enough things in the world
to be afraid Of without inventing them.
Evening star., 1951-11-10
How'd She Get in the Act?

The import of a dispatch you recent
ly carried relative to Princess Elizabeth
seems to have escaped your editorial
staff. Credited to the Chicago Daily
News, this bit of acute reporting reveals
the secret of Britains prestige in recent
centuries
After discussing the household of the
likely heir to the throne of England,
the article states: For the most part,
the jobs in the royal household go to
deserving nobility. A few of the house
hold jobs, particularly those which in
volve spending money, such as cham
bermaid and treasurer, are given to
members of the House of Commons,
where control of the royal purse strings
rest. (The use of the plural form of the
verb, Ito rest" with the singular noun,
control was no doubt an error on the
part of the Chicago Daily News re-
porter. It should not be allowed to de-
tract from the body of truth contained
in the paragraph itselfD
Spending the coin of the realm" in
England has been, in other words, the
key to empire. Would that the Fair
Dealers had learned this fact! When
the English crowned heads want royal
chambermaid to dispense their money
where do they go? Do they go down
Evening star., 1951-11-10
Britain and the Yankee Dollar

Constantine Browns column November
2 hardly presents fair picture of the
background to Englands present eco
nomic difficulties.
1t Is unnecessary, suppose, to explain
the underlying reasons why England
found herself impoverished in 1916,
though certainly any Briton who saw
his country's assets wasted away during
six long years of war will not feel that
her postwar debts and difficulties were
incurred in any dishonorable fashion.
The immediate shortage of dollars
arises from the fact that by January,
1851. Britain felt able to dispense with
further installments of Marshall aid. At
that time, American and British flnan-
cial experts agreed that England's eco
nomic recovery under Mr.. Attlee's gov
ernment-whether because of or in spite
OF the specialization" policy-had
reached point where she could resume
her economic independence and look
forward to an improving standard of
living for her people.
The rising cost of British imports and
the realistic attitude of the British gov
ernment in accepting the burden of a
heavy new ornaments program make it
seem possible that this decision was
premature; but at least it should be
borne in MIND that England is the only
major European power to have even
approached a solution of her dollar
difficulties.
Mr.. Brown seems unaware of these
facts when he writes that England may
need additional assistance outside the
appropriations under the Foreign Aid
Act" He is certainly very unjust in
charging that any English government
has been guilty of waste of the Amer
lean taxpayers money" England, more
than any other country, has used the
generous assistance of the American
people for the precise purposes that Con-
gress intended-to build up her defenses
against communism and to strive to-
ward economic independence.
.. Brian Tierney.
Mr.. Brown makes the statement that
Britain would have done better to use
the $4 million from the United States
to improve living conditions of the peo-
pie, rather than to bring about social
ism. What does Mr. Brown think that
socialism is but improving living condi-
tions? And he must know. unless he
is very obtuse. that the ordinary Brit
isher is living better today than he ever
lived.
The ration system prevents monopoly
of foodstuffs, rents have not been per-
mitted to get out of hand and clothing
is not too expensive. Besides the guar
anty that keeps these three essentials
food, clothing and shelter-in line there
are the social security and health meas
ures that serve the people from "the
cradle to the grave" After six weeks
intensive study of conditions from
Southampton to Braemar in Northern
Scotland. I am certain that a people
never looked healthier nor acted more
vigorously.
E. Dudley Parsons.
Evening star., 1951-11-10

From then on all fear ought to vanish.
Just how to round him up and get
him out, of course, may be a small
problem.
If the door can be left open after
dark, the small intruder probably will
leave by himself.
After all, he is a wild animal.
If he does not leave in daylight, he
offers no harm, but will lie curled up
some place under sofa or chair.
His silky tail covers him like blanket.
When night. comes. he will say
"Goodby," and run to the door.
He prefers to sail; if he climbs
curtain, he may leave your old house
in one graceful sweep and good-by to
you.
1t is said that flying squirrel can go
across country in the air faster than
regular species can make it on the
ground
Several years ago this column told of
family of these happy rodents that
was taken out of an attic and carried
more than a mile to forest.
When the householder arrived back
home in his car, he saw the first of the
squirrels going into the attic and before
he could get out all six of them were
back in againl
Evening star., 1951-11-10
This and That
BY Charles E. TroceweH

The flying squirrel really is sort of
living kite.
The spread of the membranes makes
him plane expert rather than a
flyer, but the name has stuck and will
always be so.
It is fine gray in color, with large
eyes and small ears.
Nests are made in holes in trees,
where from four to six young live with
their parents.
Food consists of nuts, fruits, leaves,
bark and insects.
To kill flying squirrel in fright, or
just because it comes indoors when one
wishes it hadn't, is to make a mistake.
for this animal helps man fight the
insect hosts.
They love trees, as all squirrels do, and
are held to be the only true nocturnal
squirrels. Our common gray squirrels
do not stir around much after dark.
Shelter against the cold is the desire
of the flyer which comes indoors.
The householder ought to keep that
in mind.
Let him not run for broom.
He is easy enough to kill. There is no
skill required or bravery.
Rest time and watch the animal.
Just one OF those prodigiouS leaps
will reveal it's nature. :
Evening star., 1951-11-10

his General Eisenhower's) political intentions
and future" Warming to his subject, as he gazed
into his crystal ball. he predicted that Some
people who talked with people who talked with
Eisenhower will slyly convey that they know
what he is going to do about his presidential
boom and when and how he is going to do it"
And looking into the future with a clearer vision
than most of us have of the present. Mr. Krock
wound up his forecast with the fiat statement:
Nor will there be lacking the inside story with
details and quotes to force the conclusion that
the narrator was under the bed all the time"
There was only one minor inaccuracy The
narrator it seems, was not under the bed lie
was under the luncheon table.
Evening star., 1951-11-10
Mr.. Krock Was 1920 Accurate

There are some people-the President of the
United States, for example-who seem to question
the veracity of Washington Correspondent
Arthur Krock's story in the New York Times
about what the President said to General Eisen-
hover and what General Eisenhower said to the
President.
But if Mr. Krock is as accurate recorder Of
past events as he has shown himself to pe in
predicting the nature of things to come, the
doubts expressed as to the authenticity of his
latest scoop are without substance
Writing in the Times last week, before General
Eisenhower reached Washington, Mr.. Krock
thoughtfully warned in advance that THE
American people may as well brace themselves
for the heaviest deluge yet of dope stories about
Evening star., 1951-11-10
Letters to The Star .

the sale of present property and the
taxes that could be gotten every year
would do much toward building new
institutions. To maintain the his An
mex and the National Training School
for Girls in few antiquated buildings
on several acres of high-priced property.
and run the NTS for Girls (delinquent)
SO that it costs more for one girl an
nually than it does to send girl to an
expensive finishing school, as The Star
pointed out several years ago. is ex-
tremely wasteful.
And as long as the his for dependent
children is kept there. the NTS for
Girls will be used as convenient dump
ing ground for delinquent girls badly
in need of intelligent rehabilitation,
through modern institutional care. In
the meantime their presence there at
tracts their undesirable companions as
visitors, who are a potential hazard to
the neighborhood.
Evening star., 1951-11-10
Worthy Project, but

Obtaining funds from private ndl-
viduals and organizations to furnish
recreational equipment for children at
the Industrial Home School Annex, at
Macarthur boulevard and Nebraska ave-
nue. NV, is most worthy project that
every one would be glad to assist. But
although it may help the children in
the near future, it will hurt them in
the long run. The reason some OF our
charitable institutions are not as good
as they should be is because those in
charge of appropriations think the citi-
zens of the District have to- accept any
slipshod, makeshift arrangements that
are handed them. because they can't do
anything about it. not having any con-
troll over appropriating their own money.
Officials feel that all they have to do
is sit tight and when the situation gets
bad enough the citizens of the District
will, in desperation, dig up private funds.
This leaves more money for the Ma
tional Government to chisel out of the
District.
This is one of those places where
some hard-boiled practical sense should
be used, instead of Sentimentalism. The
old. old excuse there are no funds avail
able is an insult to the intelligence of
the people of the District Congress has
no trouble finding sufficient District
funds to pay for things the District has
no financial responsibility for whatso-
ever, such as the entertaining of visit
ing foreign firemen, 100000 for water
used by the Government political plums
for deserving political hacks, assistance
for people all over the world, substantial
and scientifically controlled buildings for
the utmost welfare of animals at the
National Zoo. ETC.. while many children
right under their eyes don't have the
bare essentials of life!
The best thing citizens could do for
these children is insist that modern,
properly equipped buildings be erected
out in the country where land is cheap.
The money that could be obtained from
Evening star., 1951-11-10
Glory to 'Spoce Codet'

For long time now I have been
thoroughly disguised with those un-
patriotic citizens who persist in sponsor
ing comic strips, movies, radio and
television programs. ETC.. which glorify
the gangster, murderer and the igno-
rant cowboy!
Hence, was pleasantly surprised re-
Gently to pick up my Star and find
new comic strip without cowboys-and
so far without guns-which at the same
time glorified a scientific profession
which should attract many youngsters
I refer to space Cadet"
Being scientist myself. I was fur
ther surprised. upon scrutiny, to find
that the teachings in space Cadet" are
actually plausible and interesting.
Please. let's have more glorification of
such useful things as aviation, seaman
ship, forestry, etc.
Moron Halter.
Evening star., 1951-11-10

Republican wants Gen. Eisenhower to
defend himself against the smears and
innuendoes of every anonymous peddler
of hearsay.
If Senator Taft wishes to become
President he will have to win on his own
record. An intelligent electorate will
hardly elect Taft on the ground Gen.
Eisenhower did not duplicate Mr.. Re-
publican's political orthodoxy. The Taft
record cannot be defended by any al
legged Eisenhower default in his voting
in the privileged secrecy of the voting
booth. To say the least, the Taft record
is not phantom: pre-Pearl Harbor he
was against lend-lease. against repeals
of the arms embargo, against adoption
of the Selective Service Act and extern
sion of the period of training.
And what is the Taft record now in
face of all-out atheist aggression? He
Is against universal military prepared
ness and he voted against NATO. Mr..
Republican has only changed the cut
and style of his cloth. The shop-worn
fabric of reaction and isolationism is
just the same.
Let us assume Gen. Eisenhower voted
not to oust Roosevelt as his Commander
in Chief in 1914. At least it is an under
staridable decision. He may have placed
the compulsions of theological war above
his dissent on purely domestic issues.
And if 1852 presents a frustrated elec-
torate with choice of Taft or Truman,
the same dilemma may obtain. If the
ruthless atheist conspiracy still aggres-
sively is on the march, millions will split
their ticket. If the political machines
refuse to give the electorate a healthy,
healing choice. our desperation may re-
gard Truman with all his liabilities as
the lesser evil.
Thomas E. Mattingly, MD.
Evening star., 1951-11-10

the British 7th Armored Division,
most of the 4th Indian Division, a
portion OF New Zealand division, IA
British battalions and two Royal Ar
tlllery regiments. The whole approx
mated $4,000 men who formed the hard
core of the Army of the Nile which was
strengthened under Wavell at serious
cost to Britain's home defenses. AS it
seemed Hitler would spring upon the
British Isles at any moment, willingness
or competence by the Egyptians to de-
fend their own soil would have been ap-
preciated just then.
Wavell's army hurled the Italians out
of Egypt and destroyed nine enemy di-
visions in the process.
Egypt's king and country were next
jeopardiZed in 1912 when Rommel drove
to within 40 miles of Alexandria and
Mussolini polished his boots for a tri-
umphal march into the city The Brit
ish-now under Montgomery-had other
ideas. The Germans were eliminated
from Egypt by U. K, Australian, Indian
and New Zealand troops-partly Cbut
by no means wholly equipped by Amer
lea. In the IL days following Ell Ale
mein, the British lost 10000 men.
During these two crises in Egyptian
history, demands to expel the British
were noticeably few.
Ekram, the British defended Egypt
and Suez in World War IT, according to
Rommel (who should have knownD and
impartial history If further proof is
needed, study the graves from Cairo to
Sidi Barani.
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