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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-03-07
JANUARY SALES
BELOW 81 Mark

COLUMBUS, O.--For the first
month of the new year, total
Ohio retail sales were down 8
per cent from January, 1851 &C
cording to the February issue OF
the "Ohio Retail Annalist," pub
lished by the Bureau of Business
Research at Ohio State Universe
ty.
Only five of the 19 types OF
business in Ohio showed increases
in January over levels for the
same month of 1851. These were:
Heating, plumbing equipment
dealers Cup A per cent?; drug
stores (up per cent?; restau-
rants (up 7 per cent?; florists
(up II per cent?; and combina-
ton grocery-meat stores lup IL
per cent?. The largest decreases
were found in household appll-
ance and music stores, whose sales
fell SO per cent; motor vehicle
dealers, whose sales dropped ~
per cent, and jewelry stores,
whose sales declined 20 per cent.
Total Ohio retail sales de-
creased 25 per cent from Decem-
Der to January, not quite the ex-
pected seasonal decrease of 81 per
cent between these two months.
Only motor v:.l.cle dealers and
lumber-buildi.lg materials dealers
had increased sales between De-
cember and January. Motor We
hicle dealers sales rose II per
cent and lumber dealers sales
gained 9 per cent. These increases
were entirely contra-seasonal, the
"Annalist" reported.
Jewelry stores experienced tho
largest drop of II per cent, FOL
lowed closely by family clothing
stores, down Sc per cent; mems
wear stores, down 81 per cent
and department stores, down 81
per cent. Eating and drinking
places showed the smallest de.
cline, q per cent.
The seasonally adjusted inde,
of Ohio Retail Sales compiled BY
the Bureau of Business Researcf
stood at 306 per cent of the 1885
1899 average at the end of Janu
ary.
In all eight of the largest Ohio
cities, retail sales decreased II
January, 1852, from levels of the
same month of 1851. City by city
the percentage comparisons fol
January, 1852, against January
1851, were:
AKRON, down Ia per cent
CANTON, down Is per cent; GIN
CINNATI, down 16 per cent
CLEVELAND, down % per cent
COLUMBUS, down IA per cent
DAYTON, down per cent; To
LEDO, down 19 per cent; ant
YOUNGSTOWN, down 13 pc
cent.
The "Annalist," month";.
publication of the Universit!
Bureau, is prepared for Ohio re
tailers and others interested in tn
trends of the states retail trade.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-03-07

He said both sides "are fighting
only in Korea" and to avoid pos
sible misinterpretation an armis-
tice agreement should clearly
specify these limitations
Darrow said Red negotiators
had practically no arguments to
come back on that"
Another truce group negotiating
prisoner exchange met for almost
an hour. 1t made no headway
toward ending the stalemate over
voluntary repatriation.
Both the prisoner exchange
subcommittee and the staff of.
fieers debating truce supervision
agreed to meet at II A. M Sat.
urday GO P. NJ. EST Friday ir
Panmunjom.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-03-07
MADISON COUNTY COURTS
LICENSES ASKED

LICENSES ASKED
Chester Epperhart, farmer,
Morehead, KY, and Ruby Settle,
housewife, South Solon.
Vernon Lee Martin, filling sta
ton operator and Virginia L. Ven
rick, telephone operator, both OF
Plain City.
LICENSE GRANTED
Walter E. Smith and Lucy
Kuhn.
DIVORCE ASKED
Myrtle E. NOVEL; VS.. jacob
NOVEL;.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
The Gates Company to Sedalla
Farms, Inc, az East Gay Street,
Columbus, three tracts, 26783
acres in Range township.
David M. Yoder and Edna
Yoder to Arthur T. Heflin, lot 81
in Cappy Jackson addition to vii
lage of Plain City.
Margaret c. Bradford, Spring
field to William r. Evans and
Marion w. Harper, 30033 acres in
Summerford township.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-03-07
Drive Increases
On Tax Dodgers

WASHINGTON, Pl-Stung by
scandals within its own ranks, the
internal Revenue Bureau launched
a silent but sweeping drive dur
ing the last six months of 1851
against tax dodgers.
This became known with the is
suance of a report which showed:
l. ia tax fraud cases were
sent to the Justice Department for
prosecution in the last half OF
1951-almost three times as many
as in the same period the previous
year.
2. In 1850 for each 100 such
new cases, so were dropped with
out full court prosecution. But
last year, only 13 out of 100 were
dropped.
g.. With in the bureau itself
cases sent to the Penal Division
for prosecution increased 26 pei
cent. The number dropped by the
division without prosecution de.
clined 55 per cert
4. Outstanding warrants fol
collection of all types of delin,
quent taxes increased from 902,.
007 cases involving SAB million
dollars at the end of 1850, tc
955,841 cases involving Gal mil.
lion dollars by the end of 1851.
This breakdown on tax evaders
came during the height of last
years revenue scandals, wher
charges of laxity, corruption anG
inefficiency were making head
lines.
Officials said privately the
candal spotlight may have
spurred action in some cases, bu
there were other big factors. They
cited a special drive which ma.
netted so million dollars in assess
ments against racketeers, and ust
of "electronic brain" computing
machines to free more personne
for enforcement work.
Figures on the stepped-up en-
forcement campaign were dis
closed in a revenue activities re
port-the second such report eve
released to the public. The re
ports are compiled monthly bu
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-03-07
Tells How H
Feels TO Fall
Seven Stories

CLEVELAND, (AP) - How
does it feel to fall seven stories
and live to tell about it?
Windows flashing Ey. A help
less feeling of turning over and
over. A fear of sudden death.
And then a surprise and happy
feeling when the fall ends and
you are still alive.
These are the sensation burned
into the memory of Walter Gar
rity, 40-year-old construction
worker. He fell from wing of
ST. Vincent Charity Hospital
Tuesday and landed in a shallow
excavation after crashing through
planks covering the opening.
Despite the 97-foot drop,
amazed doctors found his most
serious injury was a fractured
ankle.
s- IL ildpJCilCo oO ldol, oioii
have time to pray or think about
my wife, Garrity said from his
bed at st. Vincent.
II was pretty well padded,
the 190-pounder grinned. Both
with flesh and clothes. / had
heavy trousers and overalls, a
heavy shirt, a jacket and special
safety shoes
THE most painful moment
came after the fall before my
buddies were able to move the
planks from my leg"
On the way down he grabbed
a plank and twice felt it scrape
the wall. He believes this broke
the fall somewhat and might have
saved his life.
The fall was the first in his 10
years of construction work. He
is anxious now to get out of the
hospital and return to work.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-03-07
Gro+to Elects

Emil E. Yerian was elected
president of the London Grotto
Club at a dinner meeting at the
Chooman Restaurant Wednesday
night. He succeeds Cletus Hay
man.
Other officers elected were,
Henry P. Beathard, vice presl-
dent; Ed Shaw, secretary-treasur-
er and M. A. Raub, trustee.
The club meetings the second
and fourth Wednesday of each
month, starting in April, will be
at the Clubs cottage at Madison
Lake.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-03-07
CIVIL DEFENSE MAPPED

SINGAPORE Up - Les ssons
learned during the Japanese at
tack on Singapore in 1941-42 are
to be incorporated in new civil
defense schemes being mapped out
here.
Evacuation of the civil popula-
ton from congested areas will be
one of the main features of the
scheme if war came. Training of
civil defense instructors is now
in full swing at Singapore's new
civil defense school.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-03-07
Daughter Willed
SNYDER Estate

The will of E. T. Snyder, Mt.
Sterling funeral director, who died
several months ago, admitted to
probate, left his entire estate to
his daughter, Mildred S. junk,
who was appointed Administrative
to serve without bond by provi-
sion of the will.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-03-07
INJURED IN FALL

Mrs. Robert Armstrong broke
her right arm Tuesday, in a fall
at her home on the Armstrong
Road, south of London.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-03-07
ANNOUNCE BIRTH

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Denyes,
2 Whitaker Drive, announce the
birth of a son, Saturday, March
l. The baby weighed seven pounds
and one ounce.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-03-07

the bureau in the past has classi-
fled them for administrative
use" only and has not made them
public.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-03-07

The common
cold links us all
in a fine mortali-
.ty, a brother
hood of suScep-
tibility. Lii k e
money it is a
medium of eX-
e h a n G e. The
.ColonePs ! a d y
can give it to
y u dy O'Grady,
and a peasant
can relay it to
his king. Even
Joe Stain can't
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-03-07
By Hal Boyle

NEW YORK-LPl-What keeps
the common man common is the
common cold.
Death is the final leveler, but
the common cold in life is the
greatest equalizer.
It is the most democratic OF
diseases, creeping with equal inn
partiality into the nostrils OF the
aristocratic and the bronchial
tubes of the most lowly.
rTl,c apy,oronp
Evening star., 1952-10-22

clans would probably say that's
where the trouble lies.
The figures show how much
the governorship race helped
President Truman and hurt
Gov. Dewey in 1948. Ste
venson won by 572, 900; Truman
by only 1852. They also show
how much stronger Dewey was
than the kind of reactionary
politicians Gen. Eisenhower
has been persuaded he must
help. 1t is true that the Repub-
licanS in Illinois were strongly
pro-Taft and must like Ike
better for making up with him.
This year neither candidate
for Governor is of much help
to his presidential colleague.
Stevenson insisted upon his
Lieutenant Governor, Sherwood
Dixon, as his successor. Dixon
is described by the Chicago
Daily News as "a slow-moving,
pipe-smoking country lawyer"
The Daily News also looked at
the Republican offering, Will
liam Stratton, and damned him
with the comment: HE has yet
to persuade a good many peo-
pie, including ourselves, that
he is worthy of a full measure
OF confidence either in his judg-
ment or his motives"
The Daily News concluded
not to take the responsibility
OF recommending either. r
Evening star., 1952-10-22

the country. widespread organi-
zation lassitude is reported. It
Is simply a fact that, in too
many places for party health,
the men who rose with Roose-
velt have got theirs in power,
money and influence and are
ceasing to lead with the old
vigor.
The Stevenson headquarters
privately admit they would give
a good deal for a few bosses
who could really deliver in the
old Ed Flynn or Frank Hague
style. They claim they are being
attacked anyway for the COR
rupt big-city machines" and
actually profit little from them.
There is certainly a dearth
OF bosses in the grand style all
over the country in either party.
1t is hard to think of any one
with whom either candidate
could make a deal in the old
sense, positive that he was
thereby making sure of a great
wad OF crucial votes on cleo
ton day.
1t may be that Chicago's
Democratic leader, Jake Arvey,
can and will produce in the
old way for the Governor he
sponsored in 1948. Arvey has
practically been lost sight of
in the men around Stevenson,
so predominantly intellectual
and professional. The politi-
Evening star., 1952-10-22

seemingly for the rest of the
campaign to get back to the
above-the-battle approach. He
is again taking higher ground
about Korea, and also is at some
pains to deny that he is the
Captive" of any element in the
Republican Party.
The Stevenson campaign is
beginning to reflect, as it moves
toward it's climax. the influence
of President Truman. How ef-
fective the Presidents cross
country "whistle-stop" tour
which the Stevenson managers
at first resisted-now is regarded
in the Stevenson camp is shown
by the leaves the Governor now
is borrowing from the Truman
campaign book.
This is noted in the attempt
to show Gen. Eisenhower's in
consistencies at the counsel of
his many managers and in the
reading. chapter and verse;. of
the Republican record in Con-
gress which President Truman
recited. day after day. as he
crossed the country.
The President really set the
pattern then of the campaign
now adopted for its final, crucial
stages which is. after all, the
best test; or, as is said, imitation
is the sincerest form of fiattery.
Evening star., 1952-10-22
British and French Cold to u. S.
People Believe Price America Asks for Military Effort
Too High for Risks Should There Be Shooting War
Constantine Brown:

PARIS (By MaiD In Is
days this reporter spent in
Britain and France he heard
nowhere - either in public
speeches or in the press
lavish expressions of enthusiasm
over the alliance with America
as are so frequently heard in
the United States in regard to
our alliance with Western Eu-
rope.
The American people are. told
emphatically that our position
would become precarious and
our security would be seriously
endangered without the present
system of alliances. Official per-
sonalities make occasional ref
erences to hands-acrosS the-sea
policy.
In recent months Americans
have been given to understand
that while France and Great
Britain are grateful for what
we have done to make their
economic recovery possible. the
price we now wish to exact
from them in military efforts
and calculated risks is just a
little bit higher than the peo-
Piles of these countries can af-
ford. And by this they do not
mean only in budgetary efforts
but in chances they may be
taking If Moscow should de-
eide to change the present cold
war into a shooting affair.
The attacks directed at the
United States at the recent big
Communist Party pow-wow in
Moscow have further convinced
many Frenchmen in political
life-men on whose vote the
ratification of the treaties with
West Germany depends-that
the conflict which keeps West
ern Europe on pins and needles
is only one between Russia and
the United States. Western Eu-
rope, they believe, need not be
drawn into a shooting match be-
tween the two giants. Uncle
joe" say some of our military
men, "is tickling Marianne
under the chin and she does not
seem to mind it,"
The recent frictions between
Washington and Paris over our
stand toward Tunisia and Mo-
rocco and the amount of money
"due" France for the offshore
supply procurement program
shows how keenly sensitive our
ally has become over our in
mixture in her affairs.
These incidents need not have
reached the proportions of a
serious conflict in France. But
for domestic political reasons,
the otherwise calm and far
sighted French Premier Antoine
Pinay decided to give them the
widest possible publicity. All the
Partisan newspapers, without ex-
Evening star., 1952-10-22

complex - a blind faith in a
military hero who is looked to.
somehow. to wave away, as with
a magic wand. all the frustra-
tions OF our people, end the
Korean war, reduce taxes, and
bring some sort of millennium.
This, it is held, has been
weakened, at least to an extent,
as Democratic campaigners have
hammered away at a now IA
miliar series of events, at least
throwing doubt. on "Ike's" in
violability-the surrender" to
Senator Taft, the embracing of
Senators William E. Jenner of
Indiana and Joe Mccarthy of
Wisconsin, the belittling of the
Korean war in phrases reminis-
cent of the Taft-Jenner- McCar-
thy element, the glib promises
OF a reduction of defense expen-
ditures and taxes which Gen.
Eisenhower knows is not pos
sible on the scale suggested in
view of the world situation of
which he is fully aware.
1t is the theory, at least, Of
the Stevenson strategists that
second sober thought among the
people about these manifesto
tions, which also have served to
identify the general with the
G. o. p. Old Guard, is respon-
sible for the obvious movement
away from the general. It Is a
wave of disillusion which, they
forecast, will gather more and
more momentum. ]
1t must be said, however, by
one who has been back and forth
across the country that the "Ike"
legend still appears a powerful
influence which will not easily
dissolve. and may yet be suffi-
cient to prevail in the end.
Republican managers, in the
face of the noticeable shift to-
ward Gov. Stevenson, have rec
ognized the legends potency by
changing the pattern of the gen.
erals campaign in the East and
Evening star., 1952-10-22
Thomas L. Stokes:
Ihon1os l. Stokes
Stevenson Reflects OPTIMISM
nose on ComPoen Trip Now Talk Of Comfortable Vctov'
onHt from Eisenhower Held Due Shotterino of Mvth

ABOARD GOV. STEVEN
SONS CAMPAIGN TRAIN, Oct.
22.-Some time back, on one of
his rare visits back home to see
his family, Wilson Wyatt was
talking with his 8-year-old
son about Gov. Adlai Steven
sons campaign for the presi-
dency of which he is personal
manager.
He must have been stressinp
the difficulties more than he re-
alized-and then, indeed, it did
seem really arduous. uphill Job
to tackle the glamorous war
hero-for. after he had finished.
his boy looked up at him with
that intuitive instinct of the
very young to ask:
Daddy, what will happen If
It's tie?"
The outlook definitely has
changed now. There is found
a confident, buoyant spirit of
optimism now among the cam
paign directors, including Mr..
Wyatt. and most Of all, in the
candidate, himself, as the Ste
venson caravan. now aboard an
orthodox railroad train with an
engine and long string of cars.
roves the Industrial midlands to-
ward the East for the wind-up
Of the campaign.
They forecast much better
than the "tie" suggested by
young Mr.. Wyatt. In fact, they
now talk Of a comfortable VIC
tory-not too much to spare in
the way Of popular votes, but an
electoral victory of commend
able proportions by virtue of q
fairly close popular vote in a
number Of States, including
some of the bigger ones.
The revivified atmosphere of
the Stevenson campaign Is re-
f1ected in the governor, himself,
who is notieeably fresh, cheer
full and buoyant despite such q
grinding physical ordeal as few
men running for the presidency
ever have undergone. At the
first stop on this trip, at Deca-
tur. in his own Illinois, he put
it this way:
Il think, my friends, the ma
tional campaign is going very
we'll" and then he added:
II had a further confirma ton
Of that because yesterday I had
Evening star., 1952-10-22
Campaign Issue Truth Ennerqes
Army Secretary PAGES Talk on Armed Forces Numbers
Raises Question u. S. Is Committed to Ten-Yeor War
Dovid Lowrence:

With all the charges and
countercharges, the truth fin
ally enlerges-that the Ameri-
can people are confronted with
a basic issue in this campaign.
1t comes from the lips of the
Secretary of the Army, Frank
Pace. jr.. who has just said in a
public speech:
"As much as we would like to
believe otherwise, we must as
sumo that world conditions will
require us to maintain a COM
paratively large military estab-
lishment for some time. Count
ing the SO million men and
women in the armed forces and
the normal yearly turnover, it
Is reasonable to expect some
10 million of the Nations young
people will experience military
duty in the foreseeable future.
Considering their influence on
their immediate families and
friends. probably upwards of
80 million Americans will be af-
fected directly or indirectly by
their military service"
No other single issue affects
so many voters.
More than two years have
gone by since the fighting
started in Korea. More than
10000 Americans have been
killed or wounded or are miss
ing. No declaration of a state
OF war has been made by the
Congress as provided in the
Constitution.
No effective program of psy-
Geological warfare designed to
weaken the hold of the Moscow
government on its satellites mas
been presented by the Demo-
cratic administration.
No program of relations with
our allies has been developed
whereby other nations will
share equitably the burden of
manpower needs in Korea and
elsewhere in the world. This
is failure of American leader
ship in the United Nations.
The Democratic presidential
nominee has offered no program
Evening star., 1952-10-22
Fletcher KnebeI::
Potomac Fever

Stevenson sets of his final 4200-mie train tour He
promises to discuss the issues time perm-sing eyery
minute that he can spare from his jokes.
Ike the Democrats have added their
scandal day. Republicans
this campaign-theyve already exceeded their quota
President Truman denies he using Na tactics
For the campaign will be extended
two weeks so that everybody take back sadand
still have time to say it again.
Newsmen travelling with predict an Ike victory
While those travelling with Stevenson think
that
they've learned fellow really needs outside to
election wrong.
The coal strike continues.
Lewis by fiat ndorsement-Adas been fiat on his
back since.
Ike transforms New England. blasting
going to nix these deplorabe high taxes
have to around writing books get out of them
Hog prices fall The White claims it's all the faut
OF the Republicans-Herbert Hoover made a speech.
Evening star., 1952-10-22

except that of continuous war
in Korea. A war of attrition
extending ten years or more is
what may lie ahead-that's the
schedule. to be sure, on which
military planning for man
power Is realistically based.
The South Korean armies
could be trained and equipped
to take over much of the bur-
den and the Chinese National
lists and other volunteer troops
could assist. but the Demo-
cratic administration refuses to
allow friendly Chinese to help,
even though China is q member
Of the u. N.
The great danger is that
drifting and vacillating pol
icies will produce conditions
such as caused Hitler to mis-
calculate American purpose
and intentions. Another World
War could ensue after appease-
ment tactics at Panmunjom.
just as 1t ensued after the
appeasement at Munich in 1888.
The Administration says the
Russians understand only
strength" but the mobilization
OF Asians to present a strong
opposition to Communism in
the Far East. as suggested by
Gen. Eisenhower. is derided and
denounced by both President
Truman and Gov. Stevenson.
The Republican campaign
managers will be badly fooled
II they allow themselves to be
duped by the Truman-Steven-
son strategy, which seems to
emphasize as important whether
the "Old Guard" will influence
Gen. Eisenhower on domestic
policies or whether the "isola-
tionists" in the Republican
Party will be dominant on
foreign policy.
These are mere devices to
draw attention away from the
basic issue, which is the "war
mess" Actually, Gen. Elsen-
hower's speeches when he was
president of Columbia are
exactly along the line of MS
Evening star., 1952-10-22

In this fear of the consequent
ces of a new war there seems to
be a unanimity of opinion from
the extreme right to the ex-
treme left in the National AS
sembly and among the rank and
file of all Frenchmen. And
herein lies the answer to why
France is dragging its feet on
the question of rearmament and
its officials are politely but per-
sistently staging what amounts
to sit-doWn strike in the mat
ter of military preparedness.
The French armed forces in
Europe have improved qualita-
lively; they are better trained
and better equipped than they
were year ago. But the num-
ber Of their divisions has not
increased and is not likely to
increase in the near future. And
when the British reduce their
forces in Germany next year by
one and possibly two divisions,
because the British budget will
not be able to stand the cost,
there are fears that this move
may be initiated by the French
National Assembly.
Our high ranking officials who
come here on inspection tours
are trying to minimize the mill
tary reticence of France in the
hope that it is only a passing
phase. This view is not fully
shared by the military men at
SHAPE who have been given the
job OF reorganizing the Western
defense system and have only
that objective in mind. The poll
tical aspects of the situation,
they say, are the business of the
diplomats and politicians; they
are going ahead earnestly and
despite the handicaps placed in
their way by the prevailing
psychological conditions" But
they are worried that these may
interfere, as they have so far.
with completion of the task
given them.