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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
WaIdschmidt House
Dedicated By OAR
Mrs. Whitaker Gives
Principal Address

The Ohio Society of Daughters
of the American Revolution, of
which Mrs. Ralph o. Whitaker,
North Main Street, is state regent,
had dedicatory ceremonies Thurs
day, October %, for Christian
Waldschmidt House, its shrine and
museum at Camp Dennison near
Cincinnati. The ceremony followed
a State Board meeting and lunc
con at the Mariemont Inn, Cincin-
natl, with Mrs. Whitaker presiding.
In purple suit and hat and pur-
pie throated orchid corsage, Mrs.
Whitaker introduced the many dis
tinguished guests, gave the speech
of dedication and graciously Off
cially opened Waldschmidt House
to the public. Over 124 chapters of
the Ohio Society were represented
at the ceremonies.
The Reverend Harry K. Ever
sull pastor of Walnut Hills First
Presbyterian Church, who gave an
address, spoke on the three crises
through which America has passed
in its fight for mans freedom; the
American Revolution, the Civil
War and the present conflict
against creeping socialism and
communism. He expressed a belief
that the country can come through
this last world and national crisis
with Gods help and the American
peoples grim determination for
freedom.
Waldschmidt House and its
grounds, were presented to the
OAR in 1941 by Mr.. and Mrs.
Chester Kroger of Cincinnati. The
house. built in 1904 of fieldStone,
is typical of Pennsylvania Dutch
architecture and has been restored
by the OAR at cost of $28, 900
and the work is not yet completed.
Mrs. P. F. Mooney of Mt. Sterling,
at one time served as State Chair
man of the OAR committee for the
restoration of the old house.
Christian Waldschmidt served in
the Revolutionary War. He moved
from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
where he was born in 1855 to Ohio
and in 1896 founded New Germany
which is now Camp Dennison. He
built the first paper mill in the
Northwest Territory, which made
paper, then very scarce for the
first school books that were used
and printed in Ohio.
The old house which has been
the center of historic happenings
in the area, for almost century
and a half, served as officers head
quarters during the Civil War.
Robert A. Kennedy architect in
charge of the restoration, spoke OF
his task at the dedication
Hardware and furnishings of the
1900 period have been obtained,
many of the furnishings contribut-
ed by members of the family.
Taking part in the ceremonies
with Mrs. Whitaker were, Mrs. W..
c. Over. state chaplain of the
OAR; Mrs. G. r. Grimsley state
Flag chairman; Mrs. J. Keith
Browning, chairman of the COM
mittee for the restoration; Mrs.
George Emrick national vice chair
man of the Flag.
Mrs. Russell McShane, regent of
London Chapter OAR, attended
the dedication.
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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

Estate Of Elmer c. OVerturt De-
ceased dinner c. Overturf, Plain
City, Ohio, r r. l has been duly ap-
pointed and qualified rs Administra-
tor of the Estate of Elmer c. over
turf late of Madison County Ohio,
deceased,
Dated this 2Oth day of October
AID. 1852 Number 11,769 Docket .
Page 451. Maurice T.. Beathard, Pro-
bate Judge of said County.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
SOCIETY," SOCIAL EVENTS AND NEWS OF THE CLUBS

Bell, Columbus; Mr.. and Mrs. Rus
sell Ridenour and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Ridenour and fam
lily MIR and Mrs. Cecil Ridenour
an family and MIR. and Mrs. Paul
Ridenour and family, all of Lon
don.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
j. r. DONAHUES
ENTERTAIN AT DINNER

Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Donahue Sc
dailia, entertained at dinner Friday
evening, Mr.. and Mrs. Thane Nc
Coy of Bloomingburg, who left
Sunday for their winter home in
Orlando, Florida, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Mart Morris of Washington C. II.
Sunday evening the Donahues
entertained at dinner, Mr.. and
Mrs. Leonard Rihl of Plain City
and Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Dorm of
Sedalia.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31

Attending were, Mr.. and Mrs.
Otmer Ridenour, Detroit; Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Yoder and family, Lam
caster; Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
Montgomery and family, Gran
vile; Mrs. Esta HerrenxohI of
Huntington, w. Va; Frank Grass
of Griffith, w. Va; Mrs. David
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
LONDON GRADUATES
ENTER GMI SCHOOL

Donald Kennedy, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Elwood Kennedy, Arbuckle
Road and Herman Jenkins, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Jenkins, South
Oak Street, left Sunday for Flint,
Michigan. The boys, both gradu-
ates of London High School class
of 1852, will enter G.M.I. Tech.
School of Engineering.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
FAMILY PARTY
AT YAUGER HOME

Mr.. and Mrs. II. T. Yauger of
Thompson, Georgia were guests
over the weekend of Mr.. Yauger's
brother, Paul M. Yauger, North
Main Street. Relatives from Co.
lumbus came Sunday for the after
noon with Mr.. Yauger and his
guests.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
HERE FOR HOMECOMING

Joan Shively of Newark, former
ly of Lonon, spent the weekend
with Barbara Ferguson, North
Walnut Street, and attended the
London High School Home coming
festivities.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
SHOAF PROMOTED
TO PETTY OFFICER

Bill Shoaf, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Ben Shoaf, South Union Street,
who has been in the u. S. Navy
since May 1850, has been promoted
to Petty Officer, Second Class.
Stationed at Quonset Point,
Rhode Island, he is an aviation
structural mechanic.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
LAYBouRNES RETURN
FROM VISIT IN KANSAS

DR.. and Mrs. r. F. Laybomne,
East High Street, have returned
from a weeks visit with Col. and
Mrs. c. A. Tinsman in Kansas City,
Missouri.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
FAMILY DINNER AT
RIDENOuR HOME

A family dinner at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. L. M. Ridenour, S.
Main Street, Sunday, celebrated
the birthday of Mr. Ridenour
which occurred Saturday.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-10-31
VISIT MOTHER

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Shots and
their daughter, Mrs. John Tako, of
Pittsburgh spent the weekend with
Mr.. Shots mother, Mrs. Edward
Shots of Sedalia.
Evening star., 1952-05-13
Doris FIeeson:

Senator Estes Kefauver, too
liberal for the States Fighters
of his native South, is too much
the reformer for the cities
Fighters Of his party.
When the Senator paraded
the sins Of the big city machines
in front Of the TV cameras, he
violated a kind Of gentlemen'S
agreement long existing between
them and Washington.
A paradox Of politics is that
the New Deal social revolution
and internationalist foreign pol
icy were largely made possible
by votes these same machines
sent to House and Senate. The
machines helped carry the piv-.
otal States and sent liberal in
ternationalistS to House and
Senate. In return, the boys
were let alone in the places
where they ate and slept.
The New Dealers were free
to remake the world so long as
they did not disturb the pre-
cincts. New Deal Attorneys
General could hound the trusts,
extend minority rights and
fight for the national interest
generally but gambling was q
local matter.
Until Kefauver, that is. When
he paraded local situations be-.
fore the cameras, people nat
Evening star., 1952-05-13
Fletcher KnebeI:
Potomac Fever

Gen. Ike captures Republican delegation
Ike is close prize gttering
through the dust from Tafts
Gen. Mark Clark the backmaied release
OF Gen. Dodd Who bipartisan foreign policy
workng We're taking insults from O. us
from friends
John w. Davis 1924 Democratic presidential argues
the steel companies before the
executives feel that Davis really qualities Republican
ne hasn't been elected to anything in 80 years.
The Senate congraulates Senator Wiley
marriage One thing. girls about marrying potician-you
know he's in promising business
Senate committee hearings Republican
Joe McCahys receipt Of $4,000 from the
Corp Democrats have been long they're growing
some of the taxpayers finding way Republican
pockets
investigators Vanech
passed the bar in Tennessee after failing five times
and c. Now there's fellow who'd make good circuit judge
knows every courthouse between Richmond and Nashville
Democratic leaders they plan to adjourn before
the Republican convention. They
the country it listen
Republicans.
Evening star., 1952-05-13
Cold War to Move to Berlin
Russians to Renew orossng Tactics Based the Strategy
That Western Countries Will Not Go to LorqeScoIe War

have it in their power to impose
a squeeze on vital materials and
products, but this will mean
sacrifices and a high cost. For
where trade is embargoed, A.
nancial losses to somebody are
involved. and the way that this
is usually done in wartime is
to buy up the supply for stock
pile purposes. Still, this is less
costly in the long run than a
20-year cold war" with heavy
armament expenditures every
year for an indefinite period.
The second and perhaps the
more important method of vex-
ing the enemy is to send arms
and ammunition to those people
behind the Iron Curtain"
especially in Hungary. Czecho-
slovakia, Poland. Bulgaria and
Romania. who are really bold
enough to organize resistance
movements such as were car
ried on during the last war in
areas occupied by the German
armies. This will lead to
"purges" and. while some lives
will be sacrificed by men willing
to be martyrs to freedom. it will
then intensity the resistance
operations and give the Com
muniSt government in Moscow
some real trouble in its own
back yard.
A "cold war" can be carried
on which will bring Moscow to
terms, but it requires boldness
and imagination and persist
ence. Too much Of the thinking
in Western countries has been
devoted to the idea that the only
thing that can persuade the
Communists to refrain from
their aggressive activities is to
threaten military action. which
inevitably leads to a third
world war.
What Russia has been carry
ing on for five years now is a
new type of warfare. and the
Allies have been slow to realize
that q limited war" In Korea
Evening star., 1952-05-13

urally began to ask. "How long
has this been going on?" The
obvious answer-practically for
ever-has not done the ma
chimes and their candidates any
good.
The fear that the Senator
from Tennessee may have the
reforming habit is the basic
cause Of the hostility big city
leaders generally oppose to his
candidacy. Their States are
vital. they are powerful and
shrewd, they are extremely CO.
operative on the Federal front.
With so much to offer a Presi-
dent. their voice must and will
be needed. - . -..-.....
Many practical politicians
President Truman is probably
among them-think Senator
Kefauver was foolish to incur
the enmity of so important a
faction OF his party. They can
not believe it was necessary. Mr..
Truman can recall, for example,
that he ran famous reforming
committee during the war that
advertised him. accomplished
much good and never laid a
glove on an important Demo-
cratic politico.
The New Deal intellectuals
who are a final important factor
In the Democratic Party have
never had much trouble recon-
Evening star., 1952-05-13
Failed to Let Political Boys Alone
Kefove Too Liberal for States Fighters of His Native South
Is Too Much the Reformer for City Leaders in Party

cling themselves to cooperation
with the city machines. They
could always argue that so much
good came Of it for the policies
they think vital. It is also q
weakness Of intellectuals to
worship power which they can
get only in this democracy by
being the moon to the sun Of
men Of action.
They, too, are dissatisfied with
Senator Kefauver who did not
court their permission to aspire
to the presidency. His folksy
quality seems to them insincere;
they have always felt the same
way incidentally about Mr.. Tru-
mans same characteristic and
he returns their distrust.
The favorite candidate of the
city machines and the intellec-
tuals remains the able Governor
OF Illinois, Adlai Stevenson. They
were all so happy under Frank
lin Roosevelt; they believe that
Gov. Stevenson under the tute-
lage of Mr.. Arvey Of Chicago
will concentrate on national
policy, cleaning the Federal
house with a minimum of local
interference.
Gov. Stevenson in fact Is ac-
ceptable to all factions. They
still say bravely that at Chi
cago he will 60.
Evening star., 1952-05-13
Lowell MeHett:

Comes a letter from an angry
friend in which he deposes:
Some Of you tired old liberals
here in Washington give me q
pain. I've been observing you
ever since you came to town
back in the early thirties, your
starry eyes agleam, your neckS
red and furrowed by the sun
and wind. I see you now, your
necks smooth and white, your
eyes filled with doubt. You've
become sophisticated. And you
tell me Estes Kefauver is corny.
Never told him any such thing.
but let it pass0
whats wrong with being
corny. The word. I'm told, is
O musical term, borrowed from
the early hepcat or bebop
tongues, and refers to the sweet
old songs we loved when you
and I and Maggie were young. I
would like to say a word for
corn, which is, not without
cause, the most important
American crop.
"As you should know, even
II the others don't, in politics the
beginning of wisdom is to wet
your finger and feel the air to
determine whether it is a year
OF the politicians or a year of
the people. If the former, you
know what not to do. Don't stick
out your neck. Don't offend
any leader you can't lick. Don't
step on the tail of any fat-cat.
And never bite the hand that
feeds the party's purse. That's
good enough while the people
sleep, as e.g. 1916, but not good
enough when the people wake
up, as they did in 1948.
The same people who have
doubts about Estes had doubts
about Harry in '48. But while
the ADA dreamed of Eisenhower
and the Republicans imagined
a vain thing, what did we have
really? We had the Boy on the
Burning Deck, whence all but
he and Oscar Chapman had fed.
To the men he was the Private
Life of Walter NIFTY. a ro-
mantle dream coming true; to
the women he was Poor Mr..
Truman. being abused by the
big boys. To you sophisticates
he was Just ham actor.
But when the people are in
that mood. ham is what they
want. And what makes ham?
Good old cornI If you would
bring home the bacon-pardon
Evening star., 1952-05-13
Malayans Adopt New
Get Tough" Policy
Against Reds

Under the leadership Of the new High
Commissioner, Sir Gerald Templer, the
Malayans are Tightening up their de-
fenses and adopting sterner measures
to rid their strategic country of Red
terrorists.
Reorganization Of the Army and
Police, with intensive retaining of
thousands of men, is under way. A new
Federation Army made up of all
Malayan races, and led by crack British
units, is being created to supplement
the famous Malay Regiment. Security
precautions in all areas have become
more strict, and new efforts are being
made to encourage the'people to turn
over to the authorities any information
they may have about the Reds activities.
Evening star., 1952-05-13

the rubber-producing nations Of the
world, and especially the rubber-gow.
ing countries Of Southeast Asia, which
have managed to keep up production
in spite of many difficulties.
War Now in Fourth Year
Malaga, supplier Of about one-third
Of the worlds natural rubber, has been
fighting its own war against Commu.
nism for four years.
Since l94S, jungle-based Red ban
dts" have harassed the country, hit.
ting where it hurts most-on the rubbes
plantations. Malaya's economy de.
pends on rubber. If the Communists
could-by sabotage, intimidation Of
planters and workers, or other means
disrupt the natural rubber industry.
they would soon gain the upper hand
in Malaga, and all Southeast Asia
might be swallowed up behind the
Iron Curtain.
Malaya's future and, to a large de-
gree, the future Of the entire free world,
now hang in the balance. The world
needs Malayan rubber. and Malaga
needs the friendship and moral support
Of the rest Of the free world to sustain
her in the bitter fight for freedom. If
the Reds can be driven out and if the
Malayans can produce and sell tiar
vitally-needed rubber unmolested, il
will be long step toward peace in
Asia, and in the whole world.
Evening star., 1952-05-13
David Lowrence:

The world is about to witness
an intensification of what has
been called the cold war" but
is in realty the use by the Com
munists Of harassing and vex-
ing tactics designed to obtain
concessions that could not be
obtained by large-scale war.
Haggling over armistice terms
In Korea has about ended, but
the next step isn't enlargement
OF the war. 1t will. of course,
bring a resumption of the desul-
tory fighting that went on be-
fore the peace parleys began.
There is no present plan on the
part Of the U. N. to bomb Man
churian bases or to impose a
naval blockade on Red China.
Haggling will start soon in
another theater-in and around
Berlin. where Allied patrols
have been turned back recently
and where an unarmed French
passenger plane has been fired
on by the Russian air force.
The Russian strategy is based
on the conviction that the
Western countries will not 20
to large-Scale war and that in
cidents can be piled up which
viii not provoke the Allies to
declare war, no matter how ir-
ritating they may become.
The Allied powers. on the
other hand. have imagined that
the more they build up arma-
ment the more frightened the
Communists will become. The
armament is necessary as an in
surance. but it is questionable
whether it will deter the Com
muniSts from moving up to
crisis after crisis, knowing the
armament will never be used,
especially in the face Of a pos
Sible retreat which Moscow can
always maneuver II the going
gets too hot.
What can the West do? What
are its alternatives? Two can
play the same game as we'll as
one. The Western countries
Evening star., 1952-05-13

has the approval Of Moscow as
well as the West. The Commu-
nists have feared that a Mac
Arthur policy would lead to an
enlarged war. and that's ex-
actly the feeling Of the admins
tration here and Of the govern
ments allied with us. When
Gen. Macarthur was dismissed,
1t was tantamount to assuring
the Communists that there
would be no follow-up by mill
tary methods and that the
cold war" with its hit-and-
run tactics, could be resumed.
For nearly q year the Com
nunists have played their
talking game at the armistice
table, but now the Allies have
decided to quit talking and let
mature take its course. No
threat has been made. The Ko-
rean war is to drag on as before,
and it never will be settled un-
til some countermoves in the
"cold war" are made in the
European theater, where the
Communists are still counting
on a divided alliance and po-
litical infiltration to keep the
Western countries at bay. AS
the argument over giving their
sovereignty back to the Ger
man people grows more and
more spirited, the Communists
may be expected to start an
other Berlin blockade and ap-
ply similar harassing tactics in
other parts of the world. The
real question Is whether the
Western countries are going to
become reconciled to the neces-
Sity Of fighting a "cold war" as
the Russians are doing-giving
them some Of their own medi-
cine-or whether the situation
is to be allowed to drift aim
lessly. with tremendous expend-
itures for more and more ar
mament thatJwill become obso-
lete as the years go on.
Reproduction Rigifts Reserved.)
Evening star., 1952-05-13
Constantine Brown:

In his eagerness to rescue
Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd
from his captors, Brig. Gen.
Charles Colson, the new COM
mandant of the prisoner of war
camp at Koje Island, made
statement which is bound to
complicate further the Panmun-
JON negotiations and give the
Reds the most powerful propa-
ganda ammunition they have
had so far.
Gen. Colson stated to his
wards: II can assure you that
in the future the prisoners of
war can expect humane treat
ment in this camp in accord
ance with international law.
There will be no more bloodshed.
II such incidents occur in the
future. I will be responsible"
This astounding statement Is
tantamount to an admission
that in the past the United
Nations officials did not live up
to the Geneva international
convention regarding treatment
Of prisoners Of war. There have
been two incidents resulting in
bloodshed in the Koje camp but
they were caused by uprisings
staged by the POWs themselves.
The statement of Gen. Colson
is, to say the least, surprising
since the commandant and the
personnel which guards the
prisoners of war have erred
more by their leniency toward
the Chinese and North Korean
Communists than by toughness.
Belated efforts of the Defense
Department to correct erroneous
impressions conveyed by the
Colson statement are not likely
to undo all the damage.
It is well known in Washing
ton that in the hope of making
the life Of the Allied prisoners
in North Korea and Manchuria
less difficult the U. N. military
authorities were most careful to
treat their Red captives with
more consideration than was
accorded to German and Italian
prisoners during the last war.
The fact that more than two
thirds Of the Reds in our hands
refused to return to their home
land has irked the Chinese and
North Korean negotiations at
Panmunjom. This attitude Of
their fellow countrymen was the
first serious blow to their pres
tige in the eyes of the Asiatics.
Evening star., 1952-05-13
Reds Propaganda Ammunition
Gen. Cosons Statement in His Eoeernes to Rescue Gen. Doe
Is Bound to ConpIicote Talks at Ponmunom Further

plants 1t was escorted to the
commandant. The ofiicer in
command never went into the
stockade to listen to prisoners.
This method obviously was not
followed by Gen. Dodd. al
though the insubordinate and
rebellious attitude Of the pris-
oners in Compound rs who cap
tured him was well known.
The Reds were 50 certain
that they would succeed in this
kidnapping that they had pre-
pared beforehand a tent with
flowers and other Western
comforts" for their prisoner
to-be.
Our loss Of face throughout
Asia. at a time when we had
succeeded in turning the table
on the enemy. is serious. Also
this painful incident is bound
to make the Panmunjom neso-
tiations even more difficult
than they have been hereto
fore.
Evening star., 1952-05-13
Rubber Use Doubles Every 10 Years
Bright Future in Prospect as Free Nations
Keep Reds Out of Southeast Asia

World consumption Of rubber has
increased an average Of more than
1909 every decade since 1900. From
beginning of about so, 900 tons per year
at the start of the century, world rubber
usage advanced to a tremendous
2,320,000 tons in 1851.
According to present estimates. this
figure might we'll reach 100000 tons
by 1860. The factors which have con-
tributed to this steady rise during the
past fifty years can be expected to work
in the same way during the present
decade. Growing world population,
greater mechanization, new uses for
rubber, and, above all, the vast increase
in the number Of cars, trucks, tractors
and other rubber-tired equipment have
boosted the demand for rubber and will
continue to do so in the near future.
u. S. is Worlds Big User
In the United States, rubber con-
sumption has increased faster than in
any other part Of the world. In 1900,
100000 Americans used new rubber
at the rate Of one pound per person; in
1851, $50, 600, 900 Americans were using
new rubber at the rate of lS pounds per
person. New applications for rubber
developed during the past few years,
such as rubber roads, promise even
greater use in the future.
That production has kept pace with
this soaring demand is a tribute to all