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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-04-17
Atkinson Claims
Communists In
Unions, Menace

COLUMBUS, o. Up Com
munist-dominated labor unions
are a very definite menace" to
Ohio plants in war work, says an
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
spokesman.
Herschel c. Atkinson, executive
vice president of the chamber,
made the statement at the second
public hearing of the senate-house
committee investigating subver-
SiVeS.
The committee is trying to find
the best way to protect the state
from subersive activities. Com
mittee counsel Sidney Isaacs of
Cincinnati, a former FBI agent,
asked Atkinson about the men,
ace.
The c. of c. official said plant
operators feared sabotage but
that sloW-downs among workers
would be more effective He said
the best solution lies in educating
people about communism so they
won't be duped.
Donald D. Cook, Columbus SAT-
ETY. Director, said that IF COM
munists move in this country, it'll
be wave of sabotage first" He
added:
When the time comes to pick
them up, the main burden will
be on the local police. The local
police will have to guard pubic
utilities. dams and the like from
sabotage"
Cook explained that the FBI
is an investigative, not a policing
agency. He said the FBI has
secret lists of all communists, but
he felt the chief law enforcement
officer of each city should have
the list for his area.
Sometimes / shudder to think
of what might happen If we got
caught in situation where we'd
have to rely entirely on the FBI
in event Of sabitage, said Cook,
a veteran of eight years in the
FBL
A few witnesses said they
thought it would be a good idea
to create permanent committee
to investigate subversives. The
present committee Is scheduled to
submit its recommendations to the
legislature BY May 10.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-04-17
Deferment For
College Men
Faces Attack

COLUMBUS, o. Up Draft
deferment for highly-rated col
lege students was attacked in the
Ohio legislature as discrimination
against the principle of equality
of men" and against those who
can not afford a college education.
A resolution offered in the
house by Reprs Harry D. Bells
tR-Van WerD and Walter T.
Gardner (R-Williams) calls on
Selective Service Director Lewis
B. Hershey to repeal regulations
setting up such deferments.
If Hershey doesn't act quickly.
the resolution provides, the appeal
shall 60 to President Truman.
Failing that, the Congress should
pass a law to accomplish the
revocation, the two legislators
urge.
If both House and Senate APP
prove the resolution, it would
place the Ohio legislature on re-
cord as disappearing granting
deferment to college students who
satisfy certain minimum schol-
astic requisites or who successful
ly pass a proposed aptitude exam
ination."
Such deferments, the resolu-
ton charges, "perpetrate a gross
injustice upon the overwhelming
majority of the American people
and are flagrantly disruptive of
basic American concepts of equal
ity among men Xxx (and) it is
grossly unfair to discriminate
against potential draftees on the
basis of either individual economic
inability to defray expenses x x X
college tor) their desire to pursue
a trade Xxx not requiring a col
lege education Xxx"
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-04-17
First Hours
Continued frc71 page one

gushing with a full measure of
the traditional island friendship,
was shorn of partisanship.
Macarthur smiled and waved
in response to the shouts of the
crowds. He shook child's hand.
He chatted with an ex-soldier
who had fought with him on Ba-
taan.
He chuckled as fat, barefoot
ed woman danced a hula when his
green sedan rolled by.
He received an honorary degree
of Doctor of Laws from the Uni
versity of Hawaii in an amphi-
theater jammed with 5000 people.
He heard the university president
acclaim him 'one of the greatest
Americans of all times"
He stopped at punchbowi, a
national cemetery in the extinct
crater of a volcano overlooking
Honolulu and Pearl Harbor. He
placed wreath of orchids at the
base of a flagpole in honor of
1900 World War II dead buried
there.
Some of the neat white rows
of crosses marked the last rest
ing place of men who perished in
the Japanese sneak attack on
Pearl Harbor Dec. z 1941.
After standing rigidly at salute
for a minute, Macarthur turned
to correspondents, pointed at row
on row of the crosses and said
Il know the glory of their death"
1t was the simple praise of a
man who had lived through the
bitter campaigns of the Pacific
War and had watched men die
from Bataan to Okinawa on the
long. hard way to Japans sur
render.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-04-17
F>.rmer Senator
ecaIled BY u. S.

James NJ. Matthews, Jr., former
state senator now a practicing
attorney i'm Enon, has been order
ed to active duty with the Air
Force in the rank of lieutenant
colonel.
Mr.. Matthews was the only
Democrat ever to be elected state
senator from the 18th and 18th
districts. He served three terms
in the upper house.
During World War II, Mr..
Matthews served with the Air
Corps both in Europe and the Far
East, first as an intelligence Of
ficer and then as an executive
officer.
Mr.. Matthews said he will re-
port to the Detroit district office
of the Air Force Procurement Di-
vision He was a member Of the
Organized Reserves at the time of
his recall by the Air Materiel
Command, with headquarters at
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-04-17
Madison County
Men Take Exams

Madison County men reporting
Tuesday for pre-induction physi-
cal examinations at Fort Hayes
were: Leo Dixie Nibert, r. r. No.
/, West jefferson; Cecil Kenneth
Dawes, Mt. Sterling; Paul Keith
Burkitt, Mt. Sterling; Carl Max
well Cummins, r. r. No. 4, Lon
don; Ray Lawrence Vaughn, r. r..
No. /, South Solon. Fred Arch
Frazell, r. R. No. 2, Plain City;
James Earl Thompson, r. r. No.
2, Plain City; Ronald Lewis
Young, West jefferson; William
Alfred McMillin, r. r. No. l,
South Vienna; Harvey Leonard
Hollar, r. r. No. l, Mt. Sterling.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-04-17
Vital Statistics

Births and deaths reported to
the Madison County Health De-
partment during March follow:
births, Parents names first,
child's, date and address,
Birchfield, John & Catherine,
John Daniel, March a, 1851, Lon
don; Carpenter, William and Lu-
cile, Sandra Kathleen, March IA,
1851, <. First Street, London, o.;
Culwell, l.. T. and Mary NJ, Paul
Edward, Feb. z, 1851. Plain City,
Ohio; Edwards, Edwin and Mar
jorie, Susan Kathleen, Dec 20,
1850, $50 Central Ave, Plain City,
Ohio; Ellers, Forrest and Mar
garet, Robert Gregory, Oct. 18,
1850, 196 S. Oak Street, London,
Ohio; Friley, Cecil and Edna,
Lois, Jan. q, 1851, Mechanics
burg, Ohio. r. R.; Gingerich,
John ]. and Fannie, Feb. A, 1851,
Plain City, Ohio, No. 2; Holbrook,
Lewis and Nola, Wayne Eugene,
Feb. %, 1851, West Jefferson, o.,
No. / Morris, Orville and Alberta,
Rogers Jay, Jan. 6, 1851, Plain
City, Ohio; Phillips, Russell and
Leora, Carl Russell, Jan. 9, 1851,
Plain City, Ohio; Radabaugh,
Roger and Betty, Regina Mae,
Feb. %, 1851, Mt. Sterling, Ohio,
No. 2; Wright, Virgil and Molly,
Barbara Alice, Dec. II, 1850, Plain
City, Ohio.
Deaths
Campbell, Herschel, SIS, March
30, 1851, Acute Myocarditis; Crag-
er, Ruben, 78, March 6, 1851, Car
cinoma Lungs; Deyo, Leo H. go
March 13, 1851, Coronary Throm-
bosis; Hatfield, Smiley T. IA
March Is. 1851, Cerebral Apop-
lexy; Herriott, Augusta. 81, March
8. 1851, HemorrhageS; Tiff, Harry
Small, II, March II, 1851, Stokes
Adams Syndrome; Temple, Anna
M, II, March 16, 1851, Cerebral
Hemorrhage; Youngs, Jay, So
March n, 1851, Coronary Occlu-
sion.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-04-17

evening will be a short skit on
health and safety conducted by
Mrs. Converse and the installation
of the officers.
The evening will be concluded
with short period of group sing
ing and recreation.
The facilities for Saturday
nights leaders and officers con-
ference are being furnished by
the Deercreek Township School
Board. A large and enthusiastic
crowd is expected.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-04-17

The Madison County Farm
Bureau Spring Celebration will be
held on Friday evening April 20,
$3.50 pm. at the Lafayette, School.
The program for the evening will
include the following: Production
and recording or Junior Fair. =
This is a popular half hour
radio show heard on Sundays
over radio station WRFD from
1890 to 100 pm. Bob Miller, pro-
gram director from WRFD, will
be on hand to direct production
under actual broadcast conditions.
The rebroadcast Of this recorded
program will be heard on Sunday,
April %.
The Junior Fair" show will
include musical selections; inter-
views with representatives from
county youth organizations such
as Future Farmers of America,
All Clubs, Grange, Future Home
makers OF America, and a m
Bureau; interview with a repre-
sentative from County Extension
Service and ON Urban represen-
tative from London.
Following the Junior Fair show,
Farm Bureau Membership pins
will be presented to 10, Is, 20,
and 30 year members.
Refreshments will be followed
by a $3.50 dance with music furn-
ished by the Paul-Eddy Orchestra.
Everyone is welcome to attend
the meeting and see how re-
corded Radio Program is pro-
duced.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-04-17
Man Held Here
For w. Virginia

Kelly Meadows, 81, whose last
known address was Green Springs
r. D. /, near Fostoria, is being
held in Madison County Jail for
authorities at Point Pleasant, w
Virginia. M a d ison county
authorities had had warrant
since he skipped bond after ar.
rest the latter part of 194S.
Meadows was picked up Sunday
afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Ken
meth johnson when he came tC
claim a car which he left at Fet-
trows two weeks ago.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-04-17
New Rome Man
Named Engineer

COLUMBUS, O., R-Earle
L. Shelley of nearby New Rome
today was appointed division en-
gineer of the State Highway De-
partment's Division 6.
Shelley replaces Octave An1non
who resigned to enter private
business.
Division includes Pickaway,
Franklin, Delaware, Morrow,
Marion, Union, Madison, and Fay
ette counties.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-04-17
TO PLAN PROGRAM

Plans for the 1851 Four-H pro-
gram will be worked on by the
Madison County All Club Council
Monday evening, April 16, at 800
pm, in the Extension Office, ac-
cording to Paul Engle, Associate
Agricultural Agent.
The Council made up of 10
Club advisors will consider the
awards to be given to the All
club members this year. They will
also work on the history of 4-H
club work in the County The
success of All club work is de-
pendent upon the planning and
work of the Council.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-04-17
Smith New Head
of School Club

w. c. Smith, county superin-
tendent of schools. London, was
elected president of the Central
Ohio Schoolmasters Club during
the weekend meeting at the Vir-
ginia Hotel, Columbus. He sue
ceeds Stanley L. Gingery, assist
ant superintendent of Columbus
schools.
DIR. Earl d. Jarvis, Bexley sup
erintendent of schools, was cleo
ted vice president, and Herman
Martin, superintendent OF Grove
port schools, secretary-treasurer.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-04-17
Mrs. Minnie KuIp
Rites Wednesday

Mrs. Minnie NJ Kulp, formerly
of London, died Saturday in Col
orado Springs, Colo, where she
had lived. for about 20 years. She
was the widow of Harry Kulp who
died in 1920.
She was the sister-in-law of
Webb Kulp and Mrs. Robert Min
shall of London, and is survived
by niece and nephew of Colo
rado Springs.
Brief graveside services at /
pm, Wednesday with the Rev A.
NJ Shenefelt officiating at Kirk
wood Cemetery.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-04-17
London Girl Is
Honored At OSU

Gretchen Won Kanel, daughter
of Principal and Mrs. Jacob Von
Kanel, East First Street, received
the black band indicating that she
is now a senior in the School of
Nursing, Ohio State University,
at Gaping ceremony Sunday at
King Avenue Methodist Church,
Columbus.
Miss Won Kanel was recently
elected president of the senior
class in nursing at the University.
Mr.. and Mrs. von Kanel and
Miss Laura Moore, London and
John Sniff, Columbus, attending
the ceremony Sunday afternoon.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-04-17
usoA OPEN SATURDAYS

The office Of Farmers Home
Administration, USDA at 50 S.
Main Street will remain open on
Saturdays in the future from 800
am. TO 1900 noon. This change is
due TO the State Of Emergency Of
our Nation and to enable person
nell to be Of the most service pos
sible to the farmers of the eoun-
ty The revision in the work
week is similar 10 that Of the
other agricultural agencies in the
county.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-04-17
Win Talent Show

Leslie Lowe and The Pea
Patch Ramblers of South Char
lesion were winners in the Star
Search talent at the State Theat-
er Friday night, Manager Robert
Rowland announced.
Earlier winners in the show
were James Rinehart and Eddie i
Play Boys. 4 local string band
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-04-17
Today In
Washington
BY The Associated Press
Senate

SENATE
Takes up resolution inviting
Cen Douglas Macarthur to ad-
dress joint meeting of Congress
(noon).
Banking Committee meets In
closed session to discuss RFC
legislation and congressional let
ters to RFC 10 AM.
Foreign Relations Committee
holds closed meeting State De-
parument witnesses on wheat-for-
India bill 10 AMI.
House
Starts debate on bill providing
funds to operate the Labor De
partment and the Federal Secur-
ity Agency during the year start
ing July l (noonl.
,UN-American activities commit
tee hears from additional witness
es in its inquiry into entertain
ment world (10:3o AMI.
Rules Committee considers var
iety of bills, including administra-
tion proposal to give wheat to
India (10;30 AM.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-04-17
Farmers Club To Be
At Madison Rural

Madison County Farmers Club
will be addressed by Bill Zipf
farm columnist, at the meeting
at Madison Rural School Thurs
day, April 19
The program will also include
music by June Sifrit and Doris
Jones accompanied by Margaret
Ann Brown and numbers by FLA
and FILA students. The basket
dinner will be at II o'clock.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-04-17
CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS

Mary Renick reported the re-
cent election Of officers of the
Busy Bee Sr., All Club. They
are: President Mary Lee Brown,
Vice President Margaret Ann
Brown, Treasurer Janet Bruce,
Secretary Sue Gordon, Reporter
Mary Renick, Recreation leaders,
Ann Moody and Barbara Geesling,
Health officers Carolyn Cox.
Leaders are Mrs. Max Dunkle and
Mrs. Lester Gordon.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-04-17
LEAVES HOSPITAL

David Laird returned Thursday
to his home on East First street
from Doctors Hospital, Columbus.
He is recovering after a nose and
throat operation.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-04-17
AUTO DAMAGED

Slight damage was reported to
an automobile that caught fire
where it was parked at the Red
Brick Tavern, Sunday afternoon.
The car was owned by Lloyd
Brewster of Columbus, according
to Fireman Charles Mercer who
stated that the blaze in the cush-
ions on the front seat had been
extinguished when he arrived
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-04-17

All sources of will be held confidential and she right
Of any publisher editor newPopemcn refuse 70 reveal
such in court other iudieio proceedings win be
defended.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-04-17
COMPLETES RECORD

LOWFLE 20 HENOHU
BRATTLEBORO, W. With
GOA pounds of butterfat and 49,
294 pounds Of milk to her credit,
London Sylvia Pontiac, registered
Holstein-Friesian COW owned by
London Prison Farm, London, o.,
has completed a 365-day product
ion test in official Herd I'M
provement Registry.
The Arizona post., 1951-03-02
.DisagreeOver
Mayors Visit

DETROIT, (JTA)-The Great
er Detroit Bnai Birth Council
lodged a protest with the Jewish
Community Council against the
action taken by the Council with
drawing from co-sponsorship of
the visit to Detroit of Mayor Ernst
Reuter- of West Berlin.
DR.. Reuter- is now en- route to
the United States as a guest of
the State Dept. The Community
Council had originally accepted
co-sponsorship of his Detroit visit
but subsequently withdrew. 1t
pointed out that DR.. Reuter-, as an
anti-Nazi and anti-Communist,
represented one of the strong
hopes for a democratic Germany
1t asked for reconsideration of
the Councils decision.
The Arizona post., 1951-03-02
Ben Gurion To Appear As A
Witness in Newspaper Trial

TEL AVN, (JTA) = Premier
and Defense Minister David Ben
Gurion will appear in District
Court, summoned as witness for
the defense by the Communist
newspaper Kol Ham, which is
standing trial for libeling the Pre-
mier. The court granted the de-
fense motion that the Premier be
summoned but rejected its re-
quest that Foreign Minister Moshe
Sharett be put in the witness
box.
The libel action was brought by
the public prosecutor after the
Communist newspaper, on Oct.
"a. called Ben Gurion a traitor.
Defense counsel told the court
that the charge of treason was
based on Ben Gurion's personal
order. as Defense Minister, to the
Israel Army to withdraw from
the Suez Canal area in 1948 dur
ing the war for liberation of the
country.
Yitbhak Sadeh, former Army
officer and one of the founders of
the Palmach - the underground
striking force of the Jewish pre-
state defense movement-told the
court that the Israel Army has
not intended to invade Egypt but
for obvious strategic reasons had
occupied all of southern Palestine
and was advancing close to the
Suez Canal Ben Gurion's order
to withdraw Immediately, pre-
vented, he said, the infliction of a
crushing defeat on the Egyptian
Army Defense counsel told the
court that Ben Gurion's order
was prompted by a Western Pow
er and constituted an act of trea-
son.
The Arizona post., 1951-03-02
Mosley Exploits
Ration Reduction

LONDON, (JTA)-Sir Oswald
Mosley's fascist British Union is
exploiting the recent reduction in
Britain's meat rations for anti
Jewish propaganda.
The Mosleyite argument, which,
according to reports, is making a
deep impression, is that Britain is
short of foreign exchange with
which to purchase additional
meat supplies because under the
Anglo-Israel financial agreement
recently concluded, it has to
give" Israel 100000 pounds.
The truth is the agreement pro-
vided for the release to Israel over
a two-year period, of blocked
sterling held here in Israel ac-
counts and owned by Israel.
The Arizona post., 1951-03-02
Work Of Noted
Yiddish Artist
To Be ShOlUn

A picturesque product of the
Near East, who encountered num-
erous obstacles on the road to sue
cess, and then found his medium
-art-will have a special exhibi-
ton of his works at the Kathal
Wales Gallery, Tanque Verde
Road, March 3 thru II. (The ex-
hibit is purposely timed to be held
during the period when the Is
rael Philharmonic orchestra plays
here.)
He is Rubin, who fell in love at
an early age with the biblical
area around the Mediterranean,
and for more than two decades
devoted himself to painting the
places enshrined in ancient liter
ature and religion.
Rubin had his first one-man
show in 1921. The following year,
he became enanmoured of the
Palestinian region, and built a
studio in Tel Aviv, which has
been visited by world-famous per-
sonalities ever since.
His paintings hang in many i'm
portant collections in America
and Europe. They are described
as having poetic quality and in
ner strength and a fascinating
color" After four-year stay in
America, he returned to Jeru-
salem in 1946, where he is work
ing on new paintings for exhibi-
ton in Paris and America.
The Arizona post., 1951-03-02
Israel Population
Almost ~ Million

JERUSALEM, (JTA)-Israel's
population has increased in the 33
months of the states existence by
565, 900 or 86 percent. The coun-
try's population was given as l.
100000 including 10000 Moslems,
$4,000 Christians and $4,000 Druze.
Evening star., 1951-11-29
Navy Emp|oye Is Charged
With Shakedown Of Hacker

A Navy Yard employe was
charged yesterday with extorting
money from taxicab drivers while
posing as hack inspector.
Marvin w. Thomas, "a, of 211
Fourth street Sc, was arraigned
in Municipal Court on a charge
Iof extortion. Judge Frank H.
Myers set bond at ST 900 and con-
tinued the case until December S.
Police said Thomas got in the
cab of John D. Goodlow, "a, of
546 Oakwood street Sc. at Sixth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
Sc. early yesterday and asked the
driver to take him where he could
buy some whisky. At Seventh and
p streets Sc, Thomas told Mr..
Goodlow that he was a hack in
spector and demanded SIS under
threat of booking him for taking
him where he could buy whisky.
Mr.. Goodlow gave him So and a
short time later, police said,
Thomas tried the same trick on
Edward A. Ginelsperger, SO, of
IKensington. Md.
The two drivers reported the
incidents to police and ROBBERY
Detectives j. T. Bailey and G. L.
Keyser arrested Thomas at his
home.
Evening star., 1951-11-29
Planes, Boats Still Hunting
Missing Maryland Sailor
BY the Associated Press

PATUXENT, Md, Nov. ga
20-year-old sailor, missing since
he padded out in Chesapeake Bay
last Monday to check on a plane
crash report. was still beine
hunted today by search planes
and boats.
The sailor, Nicholas, A. Cap.
piello, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Emanuel Cappiello, Ozone Park
N. Y, was off duty at his home
near Point Lookout when a neigh
Dor ran in with word she had
seen what appeared to be an air.
plane wing sticking up out of the
bay.
Mr.. Cappiello borrowed a canoe
and set out, despite pleas of his
wife and mother-in-law not to 60
A local storm hit the area a.few
minutes later, and winds rose to
~ miles an hour.
A Navy plane in the area was
ordered to investigate the report
and sent back word the object was
a crane barge. But he couldn' I
find any trace of the sailor. Other
planes and Coast Guard boats
joined in the search until strong
winds during the night drove
them to shelter.
Evening star., 1951-11-29
ReburiaI in Arlington Set
For Ii. Robert B. Ritchie

First 1t. Robert B. Ritchie,
U. S. A.. "a, who died in Korea last
April 3 of combat wounds, will be
reburied in Arlington Cemetery to-
morrow. Services will be at pm.
in Fort Myer Chapel.
A graduate of Western High
School and a former student at
George Washington University, 1t.
IRitchie was graduated from West
Point in 1949. He was a native
Iof Lancaster, Pa. and the son of
Col. and Mrs. Lloyd C. Ritchie of
that city.
Twice wounded before his fatal
Injuries on March "a. 1t. Ritchie
was holder of the Bronze Star
Medal. He was with the 5th Regi-
mental Combat Team.
1t. Ritchie was a member of
the Sons of the Revolution.
Besides his parents, he is sur
vived by his widow. Mrs. Carolyne
Allen Ritchie, of Manchester, Ga.
Evening star., 1951-11-29
Elmer zerk|e, Retired
Coast Guard EmpIoye

Elmer Zerkle. IS, a retired Coast
Guard employe. died yesterday al
ISibley Hospital after a brief ILL
ness. He lived at 1894 E street NE
Mr.. Zerkle was employed by the
Coast Guard for 33 years, retiring
as a principal clerk in 1885. He
formerly was with the Patent Of
flee for seven years.
Born in Clark County, Ohio, he
had lived here since 1895. He was
graduated from National Univer.
Isity Law School in 1902 and ad.
mitted to the District Bar the next
year.
Mr.. Zerkle was not married. A
niece. Mrs. Grace G. Ross, lives al
I3005 Fifteenth street NE.
He was a member of the Grace
Evangelical Reformed Church. Ma.
tional Masonic Lodge No. IL anc
Knights of Pythias.
Funeral services will be held al
4 pm. tomorrow at the Lee funera.
home, Fourth street and Massa-
lchusetts avenue NE. Burial viii
be in Terre Haute, Ohio.