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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-11
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IN TOWN

THE TOWN CLOCK Is ON THE FRITZ. 1t
stops at about twenty minutes after nine. Nothing
is 50 typical OF London as its town clock and
people here have great respect for it. Bells and
clocks have always had great facnation for
people all the world. We hope that old
town clock gets cured Of its ills Is as possible
just can't stand IT without hearing it toll the
hour.
GOOD SIGN THAT YOU'RE GETTING OLD
is when the questions that kids ask don't bother
you but the ANSWERS. do!
OLD HAYWOOD sNUGE. the man in the ex-
chequered suit. says that it takes lot of
cises to keep Uncle Sam fiscally fit!
NOW THEY'VE DONE IT. Invented heated
windshield wiper which will melt ice off! Thought
of this years ago but never did a thing about
manufacturing one. However, the article didn't say
where you can buy one.
WORST JOKE OF THE WEEK . Boss: Miss
Chance, when hired you thought you knew the
Kings English Miss Chance: Certainly, I thought
every knew thatl'
Psychologists state that the best way to quiet an
hysterical girl is by planting firm kiss on her
lips However, the wise boys don't say how to get
her hysterical in the first place.
AND REMEMBER GIRLS-dont feel too badly
that you caught him that way.
The House Appropriations Committee says that
the State Department has spent over S6,000,000 on
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-11

Driving horne on Three Ponds
Road YESTERDAYS. 4 was Jagged down
By Easy Roberts boy skeeter.
sTake Il slow" he advised. 4DaA's
crossing this road with our tractor,
jast beyond the bend
Around the curve / saw why
Skeeter stopped me. Easy had laid
two rows Of old truck tires across
the road, and was driving his new
Ca" tractor over themi
- More trouble this way Easy
explains, 'ibpt it does keep those
tank tracks from tearing up the
asphalt when | have 70 cross over
to our other fields. After al. the
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-11
CT or c PARTY TUESDAY

When the Catholic Ladies of
Columbia had its meeting last
Tuesday evening, two new men,
bers, Mrs. William Daily and Mrs.
William Sheehy, were welcomed
into the Council,
An evening at cards followed a
brief business meeting conducted
by Miss Margaret Cunimins, presi-
dent Prizes went to Mrs. John
Loney, Mrs. Mary Mooney. Mrs.
James Cummins, ST., Mrs. Robert
Lambert, Mrs. James McCauley
and Mrs. William Schuer.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-11
by Hal Boyle

TIT IUJfN
NEW YORK-Pp-A fashion
able clothes adviser said today
any American woman can be we'll
dressed for a minimum of $1,000
a year, not including furs.'
The author of this deflationary
estimate added the comforting
note that there are lot of nice,
goodslooking cloth coats on the
market this year.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-11

This newspaper Is dedeufed public service and public
wefcre and has fhe @ und responsibility Of providne ue
curose ifonen end guidance which essential 70 sound
udqen in Distinguishing truth from error which vital 70
q heulfhy and vigorous democracy.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-11
tcopY DEADLINE FRIDAY NooNl

Past Noble Grand meeting Mrs Rob Allison, 122
Lafayette Rd, Mon. Sept II. 8
Community Club potuck supper Thurs Sept 13
Lafayette School, $50 p
Fairfield Boosters Club meeting School building Wed Sept II
a p. m.
WSCS Newport Methodist Church. meeting Church. Thurs
Sept. 13 at 2 m.
Association Presbyterian Church. meeting Wed Sept
r. dinner, $50 by Guild g.
VIM Good So Madison Rd. Sat-, Sept 10
Willing Workers ST. Paul AME Church.
Baker reunion Sept TO- home Mr. and Mrs David Major,
miles north of West Jefferson.
sew-So meeting Thurs Sept - home Mrs Ross Turey
p.
Lafayette Wscs meeting Amanda Hanscel Thurs,
Sept. 13 at p m @5 .
Federation Womens Club meeting We'd Sept IL, q
Trustees 1:39 Worth While Club hostess, sf
Plain WCTU meeting home Of Mrs Fern Thomas Fri Sept
IA at 2 p. 5a2#s&}.#
Madsonia Rebekah Lodge meeting Thurs Sept p m
Hill Grange program meeting Fri Sept a. at
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-11
Calendar For The Week

NOTE feature ,Uiu regularly and svu be published
Monday Tuesday The service FREE Please send in
copy By Friday for taking place the fOOcing eek
Com must be submitted before Friday dendne Thank Po
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-11
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London. Ohio.
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER IS. 1851
AT O'CLOCK

AT O'CLOCK
Y piece living suites BIeached mahogany piece ped
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Roa way bed desks console radio; coffee table, book
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ABc cleo oner electric washer nearly cabinets;
2xl2 e 9x7 hall throw rugs eoneoeum rugs;
cooking utensils dishes heddn9 linens; cusins drapes porch
furniture; lawn hose; many other items.
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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-11

NOW HEAR THls
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and the real
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-11

llosi, United States Brewers Foundation
Evening star., 1951-12-06
This and That

How do you get cat down out of a
tree?
Well. generally speaking, you don't
You just do the best you can, with
the aid of neighbors. and with very
little help from the furred object of all
the excitement.
Only fire will call out more persons
than Tom or Tabby aloft.
The thing to do is to try the various
methods in order. but if you want to
succeed at a minimum of effort-and the
least fright to Tom or Tabby-try the
last of these four methods first:
l. Use ladder
2. Try basket or bucket on a long
pole.
3. Pleading and entreaty
4. A plate of salmon beneath the
tree.
It is the usual thing. of course. to
try the ladder first.
A ladder is such natural instrument!
You can paint the house with it, and
get leaves out of the cutters. and put
up the storm windows
When it comes to using ladder to
get pussy down out 1--WE insist on down
out') of tree, the thing just refuses
to work.
In the first place. though an ardent
climber (up), pussy refuses to climb
down.
Climbing up is her speciality.
Perhaps 1t Is not generally known
why some specimens come down as
Evening star., 1951-12-06
appear as the champion Of the downtrodden, the
denreSSed the unNantedn

appear as the champion of the downtrodden the
depressed, the unwanted."
But the international Communist movement
likewise has fumbled. The Soviet Union has
suffered and is suffering from it's own brands
of conformity, orthodoxy and playing it safe"
MarxiSm has challenged democracy, but not sue
cessfully. There still is poverty in the realm of
the Kremlin; there still is injustice there there
still are class distinctions there; there still is
racial and religious persecution there Stain has
not solved any social problem that the democ-
races have not solved Instead, all that the
Soviet Union really has accomplished has been
to increase the burdens of the poor, the down.
trodden the unwanted everywhere in the world
At this very moment the international Commu-
mist organization is engaged in an endeavor to
destroy the economies of the democratic coun-
trles-in order to hasten what the Communists
call "the Communist revolution"
Certainly the historic truth about the Marx
ist dogma and its effects and influences should be
accorded free study" Communism in practice
Is failure so far as democratic principles
individual integrity, for example-are concerned
and that fact also should be taught. Pupils should
be told that the Communist movement up to now
has fourished only when it could exploit the
values of democratic civilization. Nor should
the point be neglected that nothing In the line
of free study is permitted under the Hammer
and Sickle. Only on our side of the Iron Curtain
is anything like that allowed.
Evening star., 1951-12-06

nimbly as they go up, and vice versa.
This is because of education or the lack
of it, from the mother cat.
If the mother is wise in her genera
ton, she teaches her kittens many
things. and among them is how to come
down tree.
She places the animal on a trunk,
permits it to climb up a foot or So
then deliberately seizes it by the back
OF the neck, turns it around, so that the
points of its claws may contact the
bark, and urges it downward.
In this way the kitten early learns
to reverse itself. in going down. instead
OF foolishly trying to walk down head
first, as untaught cats do.
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1t seems. however that many mother
cats are lazy. or something.
They let their families run riot over
the ground without once trying to in
culcate them with the facts of life.
Tree climbing, both up and down, is
left to chance.
Now. a tree is great adventure to
a cat.
If the creature cannot find anything
higher, it will take to the dining room
table, or the bureau, or even shelf.
1t is leftover from jungle life.
Every kitten, going up tree. fancies
itself great big tiger.
1t looks around. glorying in life, but
the moment it looks down it becomes
afraid.
Pleading may be tried. but most often
1t fails. for this Is the most stubborn
Evening star., 1951-12-06
Mon Who Wasn't There

The article in December 2. This Week
Magazine. by Robert L. Mora, stirred
me somewhat. In the first place, I see
no connection between President Tru-
man and Pearl Harbor. He was nothing
at the time and besides. he wasn't there
You say he was trying to hitch hike
back to Washington by air. Well. what
Is so spectacular about that?
You asked under the heading of one
OF the paragraphs, What were Vol,
doing?' I'll tell you. was there that
day and remember every minute
OF It, and I still can't see any con-
nectlon with Harry S. Truman. We
mad three days before the attack to get
ready, but somehow those three days
were turned into holiday. We were
to go into the field Friday, the 5th of
December, for field training and it was
Cancelled. Why. I'll never know. but III
never forget.
so Will you please enlighten me and
tell me what the photograph of Pearl
Harbor and picture of Truman along
side 1t have in common?
Credit is due any one who has Quail
ned for 1t, but not in this case, believe
me. Freedom of speech is a privilege
we hold dear in America. and being an
American. I fear not any retaliation
from within.
Jesse L. Foster.
Editors Note: Mr.. Mooras article
made no effort to reflect credit or dis
credit on the then Senator Truman
for what he did on Pearl Harbor dav.
1t was merely chronological account
OF how the man who is now President
spent that fateful day.
Evening star., 1951-12-06
By Charles E. TroceweN

creature in the world, with one eycep-
ton.
Holding aloft bucket or basket on
a pole sometimes works, but more often
fails. for this animal is also the most
contrary.
Hosting a ladder. like a fireman. is
GOOD but one must be careful of pussy S
claws.
And then. she can keep on going
higher and higher, which she generally
does.
In some communities the last re-
source is the fire department, but surely
this should be last resort, because
those worthless have enough to do as
it is.
So try the salmon.
Open the can so the creature can see
and hear you.
Spead out good snack right IN the
middle of large dinner plate.
Put the plate down at the base of
the tree. about feet out, SO that the
kitten or cat, as the case may be, can
see it.
Then call, kitty. kitty, kitty" in the
traditional manner.
And then-and this is the crux of the
whole affair-go indoors and close the
door with bang.
When kitty discovers you don't give a
whoop whether she comes down or not,
she will succunb to the aroma arising
from the ground, and come down her
self.
It is as easy as that.
Evening star., 1951-12-06
Preserving Old Alexandria

Planners of the growing Alexandria of today
are showing commendable determination to pre-
serve the Alexandria of yesterday-the old vii
lage of Revolutionary and pre-Revolutionary
times The Alexandria Planning Commission,
with proper respect for the citys many historical
associations, has recommended that the master
zoning plan for the city provide safeguards for
the Colonial appearance of what Alexandrians
fondly call the "old town"
Much of the "old town" remains today re-
markably as it was in the days when George
Washington, George Mason and others enjoyed
its hospitality. Many of the venerable homes
have been restored by private owners, proud of
the antiquity which sets these quaint properties
apart from the homes and apartments in
Alexandrias more modern residential districts.
Others, like the famous Ramsay House, have been
saved by community action. Leading in the
movement to protect the Older sections of the
city from commercial encroachment have been
such organizations as the Old Town Civic Asso-
citation and the Alexandria Association for the
Preservation of the Citys Antiquities
The pressure to invade the halowed areas
has been strong and persistent however The
pressure has mounted as business activities have
increased In recent years. The city's boundaries
have been too small to contain the expanding
population-hence the resort to annexation pro-
ceedings Now that the courts have allowed the
city to spill over into part of Fairfax County,
some of the pressure on the old section may be
eased. Nevertheless, there is need for adequate
zonng restrictions to insure against further loss
of any of the citys important old houses The
Planning Commission would provide this in
surance through zoning ban on tourist homes,
public garages Offices and similar business estab-
lishments In the "old town."
Evening star., 1951-12-06
Letters to The Star

fable. unhecoming and viifying terms.
knowing. as he must that intelligent
readers are conscious of the antithesis of
his attack upon the Taft-Hartley Act
AS every well-informed person knows
which is borne out by the Presidents
reluctant enforcement of the Taft Hart
ley Act-such law was imperative to
cneck the malicious depredations being
enacted by labor to wrench from corpo-
rate interests unreasonable, unwarrantec
and unJustif1able increases in wages and
shorter work hours. Indeed, labor has
been so ruthless in its demands that it has
purged practically all members of Con-
gress who were not Of labor's way of
thinking, thus making our legislators
subservient to their wishes II they wished
To remain in Congress. Is such conduct
on the part of labor democratic in the
remotest degree? I think not. And
Mr.. Green. If he wishes to be sincere
and fortnight, will entertain a like
opinion. But like all dictators he feels
no doubt that he must take such an un-
fortnight position in order to preserve
his own high Office in labor circles and
the rich emoluments which go with it.
Assuming that he is the head Of a union
consisting of million members, does
that give him and his fellow union lead
ers any license to bring about a disrup-
ton of the economy of the country at
Will at the expense, discomfort and
misery of the other larger classes of
American citizens? This is precisely
what labor has done in our last three
wars. inclusive of the Korean war.
When white-collar workers are dissat-
1sfied with their employers. their wages.
or their conditions of employment, they
do not resort to strikes but seek employ
ment with others who will pay them
more literally for their services and af-
ford them better working hours Why
should labor organizations, then, de-
mand different treatment than the larger
unorganized classes? Mans just reward
Is equitably measured by his ability and
skill and this should be the yardstick ad-
mlnistered to labor.
Justice for All.
The Star Is to be commended for pub
fishing the letter of William Green,
1t proves that no constructive policy in
the held OF labor and management re-
latonShip can be achieved as long as
the leaders Of organized labor persist
in presenting distorted views of facts
that make good sense to the unbiased
observer.
am not among those filled with
resentment for the so-called reactionary
editorial policy of The Star. On the
contrary. sometimes I believe they are
less outspoken than they should be.
But to qualify your editorials as re-
dictionary shows a definite lack of re-
straint and a deplorable trend to
arbitrariness that will only bring less
support to whatever just demands labor
has from management.
NJ. Lucero.
Mr.. Green implies that unionism. as
it has been applied in the U. S. A. since
the beginning of the New Deal is a
panacea for all ills now affecting this
country.
The fact is, and Mr.. Green knows it,
that labor unions are the cause of the
high cost of living, the cause of the
enormous cost of the defense program,
and the cause of the increase in this
country Of Communism.
d. P. Park.
Evening star., 1951-12-06
An Essentially InsoIubIe' Problem

Virginias highest court has settled two an
nexation suits affecting Fairfax County, but
settlement of the legal issues will leave lot of
people dissatisfied. 1t has always been so with
annexation proceedings. A legislative commit
tee which has just completed study of the
problem failed to find way to reconcile the
inevitably divergent points of view of urban and
rural areas 1t has reported its belief that while
the points of conflict may be reduced, the gen.
eral problem is essentially nsolube."
The States Supreme Court of Appeals can
not be accused of bias in favor of either cities
counties. The lower court decisions which it
upheld at Richmond were anything but one
sided. In one case Alexandria was granted the
right to annex nearly eight square miles of Fair
fax County, while in the other Falls Church was
denied the right to acquire nearly eleven square
miles of the same county. In losing one suit and
winning another, Fairfax County has a pretty
fair score-for the history of annexation suits in
this area shows that cities usually get nearly
everything they want.
1t has been said that Virginia's annexation
laws are loaded" in favor of the cities. 1t is
fact that they are designed to enable congested
city to expand into neighborng territory-a
privilege deemed necessary if the natural growth
Of the States cities is not to be stified. 1t was
under this policy of encouraging the develop
vious annexation proceedings against Arlington
(then Alexandria County and Fairfax County
and that it has won its latest suit. Falls Church,
on the other hand, failed to convince three
judge lower court Of the necessity for annexing
thickly settled portion Of Fairfax County.
The legislative committee found that present
annexation laws could be improved materially.
1t recommended legislation to bar a city from
bringing annexation proceedings against the
same county more than once in five years, to
permit city to decline to accept an unfavorable
award-provided it paid all court costs; to keep
the three-judge annexation court in existence
for at least five years, so that it could make
minor adjustments in its decision: to require a
newly enlarged city TO have a population large
enough to support essential governmental func-
tions: and to permit a county as we'll as city to
initiate proceedings designed to transfer part of
It's area to city. These changes in the old law
would meet some of the criticisms directed at it
In the past. The right of expanding cities to
grab" county land under court sanction would
remain source of irritation between the city
dwellers and the country folks, however Neither
the courts nor the General Assembly are likely
to find an answer agreeable to everybody.
Evening star., 1951-12-06
Mr.. OIiphont Resigns

Charles A. Oliphant now resigned as chief
counsel of the Bureau of Internal Revenue has
enjoyed an excellent reputation in Washington.
Although his name has bobbed up from time to
time in the course of the King committees tax
investigation there has been nothing to involve
him IN any wrongdoing-least of all in the
"shakedown" complaint by Abraham Teitelbaum.
That testimony, so far as Mr.. Ophant is con-
eerned, is hearsay of the rankest sort.
There has been other testimony especially
that concerning the fishing trip to Florida and
the handling of certain tax cases, which raises
questions that must be finally answered And
1t is true, of course that the full Oliphant story
has not been told. and presumably will not be
told unless and until he takes the witness stand
before the committee. On the record to date
however, it is fair to say that Mr. oliphant's
integrity and loyalty to his trust remain
unimpeached
But it does not follow from this that he
could properly have continued as the bureaus
Chief counsel. In his letter of resignation he
says that, for him. the burden of a continued
public career has been made intolerable by base
less and scurriouS charges. That does not quite
hit the mark. 1t would be more accurate to say
that the chief counsel of the Bureau of Internal
Revenue must be wholly above suspicion. Once
doubts have been raised on that score the public
Interest is best served by stepping aside,
This may be harsh and unfair to Mr. Oil
phant, the individual. 1t certainly will be so if,
In the course of the investigation, he satisfac-
torily explains away the questionable incidents
that have been brought out, and if nothing that
Is new and discreditable develops. But in the
case of an agency such as the Internal Revenue
Bureau any doubt has to be resolved in favor
of the public interest and against the individual
If in this case that principle has worked an
injustice, the fact should stand as a warning
signal to all public officials against any act or
association which in any conceivable way could
be incompatible with the strictly impartial dis
charge of their official duties.
Evening star., 1951-12-06
Studying Communism

The National Council of Social Studies has
declared that "the free study of controversial
issues, including communism, is essential to
education in a democracy" That sentiment
should be welcomed, though there may be some
question as to what the phrase free study"
means If so, DR.. j. A. Burkhart of Stephens
College, Columbia, Missouri has provided an
explanation in these words Democracy cannot
be taught or practiced on the basis of conformity
orthodoxy or policy of playing it safe. Democ-
racv must continually raise new banners chart
new goals and solve old problems. 1t cannot
allow communism to champion causes which lie
in the rightful domain of democracy. We have
tumbled the ball in allowing communism to
Evening star., 1951-12-06

DRIME MINISTER CHURCHtLL's
Il visit to Washington next month is
sure to bring renewed pressure for a
Truman-Stalin- Churchill meeting to
solve major East-West problems.
The leaders of the United States, Brit
ain and the Soviet Union settled their
wartime differences in face-to-face
meetings. But on the record of our
relations with the Soviet Union since
1945. is it possible to negotiate with
the Russians at all?
Some clues to an answer are pro-
vided in this book by 10 distinguished
Americans who spent months arguing
with Soviet officials, and tell what it
was like.
Any negotiating with the Russians is
difficult at best. all agree. AS the
Foreign Minister of Soviet satellite
told one of them: "The Soviets do
not always make it easy for you even
in the matter of giving them gifts"
During the war there was discussion
that lead to agreement and action. But
Maj. Gen. John r. Deane, chief of
the American military mission in Mos
COW, believes that the flow of lend
lease supplies is the explanation. What
ever success was achieved in obtain
ing cooperation in the prosecution of
the war;" he says, was only because
of the necessity to keep us in Santa
Claus mood
When. as in preparation of the war
crimes trials. our ultimate ends and
those of the Soviet Union were the same
it was not difficult to negotiate detailed
agreements. And in Japan. where we
were in the drivers seat. the pattern
was reversed and the Russians were able
to get nowhere with their demands.
Some attempts at negotiation were
entirely unsuccessful from our point Of