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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-03-27

l recently picked up newspaper
and read the editorial, and if l had
not first looked at the date on the
paper, it would have sounded just
like paper of today. 1t was an
editorial in the Morning Herald"
just shortly after the close of the
first World War, entitled practical
Idealism." would like to share at
least parts of it with you. The first
paragraph tips you off to the fact
that it was written close to the
League of Nations instead of the
United Nations, and here it is:
"A good deal has lately been said
about the Decay of Idealism' in
America because we refuse to be in
weighed into the League of Nations.
Many friends of that impractical
project have found it convenient to
charge us with having abandoned
our high mood of 1917 and 1918, sur
rendered our lofty purposes, and
shut our eyes to the possibilities of
international cooperation that were
opened up to us during the war
period. Is this true?"
The editor went on to say that
the best answer to such talk was to
be found in the limitation of arma-
ments. He lamented the failure of
the League of Nations that had be-
come so apparent in that day, and
went on with the following para
graph:
Faith without work is dead, and
so is idealism without results. Where
is the use of fine phrases if they lead
to nothing? The world was deluged
with eloquence in 1919 in behalf Of
the League of Nations, but what has
become of it? The League is mort
bund. 1t has no more influence than
high school debating society. We
can never be too grateful that this
country was not persuaded to join it.
The editor then proceeds to de-
scribe scenes in Washington which
reflect debates on the questions o.
taxes, as we'll as the extent of oul
responsibility to the needs and re.
quests of other nations. A later
paragraph reads:
"Since the close of the worlt
struggle we have not been wanting
as a people, in foreign benevolence
We have contributed millions to tht
relief of the suffering in Armenia
China and Russia. Gifts to domes
tic charities have not ceased. There
is no diminished sense of political
social or moral responsibility in thu
Republic. An unmistakable spirit
ual ASPIRATION is discernible in thu
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-03-27
Horse ana Buggy Days
By Ida 10 Martin

minds of American men and women.
And now, to confirm every optimist
in his outlook, comes the arms con-
ference with its, ardent ideality, its
lofty emotion, its firm reliance on
the good faith of all the participant
ing Misunderstanding the United
States of America, which so many of
our own League of Nations pessi-
mists have bitterly maligned"
And then the editor closes with
this burst of eloquence which might
well describe some aspiring poll
tician, or in a more serious vein, Re
ligious tenents:
practical Idealism is the best kind.
1t is nobility of vision embodied in
deeds. 1t is aspiration transmitted
into reality, generous purpose bear
ing fruit. Practical Idealism is the
keynote of the conference at Wash
ington, and the heartiness with which
the American people have responded
to that keynote, sharply rebukes
their petty detractors."
1t is to be noted that the editor
had been here talking of the Con
ference to reduce arms, and Of
course was high in praise of the
aims of it. 1t might do us all lot
of good to go back and re-read many
of the things that were said abou
human relations in connection with
that conference, and it certainly
would be a timely subject, if prac
teal working out of it could be haC
today.
Another little note of interes
found in another old paper, The Eve
ming Globe of December 10, 1907
throws highlight on some of thu
recent real estate transactions local
| ly / heard of a small farm, with
out modern conveniences, selling TO
$4,000 dollars. Contrast this, as ad
vertised in the 1907 Globe:
FOR SALE"
Ten acres of limestone land, with
in three miles of Hagerstown, alonI
the line of the Hagerstown and Will
Transport trolly.
Improvements consist of a new
seven room frame house, with bath
room, and a large new frame stable
Convenient to stores and school
house. Price, $4,000, if purchase
quickly. John w. Feldman, II Ham
ilton Row."
Another item of interest in the oil
. Morning Herald is a glowing a
describing a -Four Ninety" Sedan
: This was no other than the earl
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-03-27

Chevrolet, selling at $s75. 1t states
that the roomy sedan will comfort
ably accommodate five passengers,
and that there is an electric dome
light. They were offered to be seen
and bought in the show room of the
Hagerstown Storage and Transfer.
One little point of interest is the
fact that it is possible that some of
those same cars are still roaming our
highways and byways.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-03-27
Leitersburg News

Mrs. Raphael Tiffiny, who resides
with her husband and family in an
apartment in the stone house at the
bridge, became i'll on Sunday while
visiting Mr.. Tiffiny's parents in Balti-
more and has been unable to return
home as yet.
Seaman Edward Ford, who is sta
toned at Norfolk, Va, spent the
week end here with his wife and
two children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Bledsoe and
daughter, Miss Anne Bledsoe, visited
Mr.. Bledsoe's parents in Baltimore
on Thursday
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ross and
family spent st. Patrick's with rela-
tives in Baltimore.
Mr. George Minnich, his sister,
Mrs. May Painter and Miss Mary
Poe recently visited Mr.. Minnich's
wife, Mrs. Nellie Limbaugh Minnich,
who is a patient at the Newton d.
Baker Hospital and found her some
what improved.
Also visiting the Newton D. Baker
Hospital were Mrs. Hollis Barnes
and family who spent the day with
Mr.. Barnes who is a patient there
1t is expected that he will return
home shortly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Strife and
children, Elwood, David and Lor-
raine have moved from the farm
they occupied off the Ringgold-
Leitersburg Road to st. James. The
children will attend the Williamsport
school.
Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Tracy and
family are to move shortly from
their present residence near Ring
gold to farm on the Waynesboro-
Leitersburg Highway.
Mrs. Weldon Whetzel, wife of the
principal of the Leitersburg School
who has not been to her home in
Australia since coming to the United
. States five years ago, has booked {
: passage in October on a steamer
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-03-27

leaving from Vancouver, BIC. for a
visit with her parents. Mrs. Whetzel
had hoped to leave at an earlier date
but was unable to get steamer reser-
vations.
Mrs. Whetzel will be very happy to
spend Christmas with her parents
but points out that Christmas in
Australia is midsummer and of
course does not have the America
yuletide snow which seems so much
a part of our Christmas season.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-03-27
A. M.
MONDAY-FRIDAY

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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-03-27

Seaman Edward Ford, who is sta
toned at Norfolk, Va, spent the
week end here with his wife and
two children.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-03-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Blaine Tracy and
family are to move shortly from
their present residence near Ring
gold to farm on the Waynesboro-
Leitersburg Highway.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-03-27

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bledsoe and
daughter, Miss Anne Bledsoe, visited
Mr.. Bledsoe's parents in Baltimore
on Thursday.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-03-27

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ross and
family spent st. Patrick's with rela-
tives in Baltimore.
Evening star., 1952-11-05
BrookeviIIe Mon Killed
In 30-Foot Tree Fall

A Brookeville (Md.) man was
killed yesterday when he fell about
80 feet from tree.
The victim was Otto j. Spree
man. about go. a day laborer who
was trimming a tree on the
property Of Mrs. Tyson Downs In
Brookeville.
According to Chief Spencer
j. H. Brown Of the Sandy Spring
Rescue Squad, Mr.. Spreeman had
been saving tree limbs from a
ladder tied to the tree. One of
the limbs apparently struck him
or the ladder, causing Mr.. Spree
man to fall.
Mr.. Spreeman, who lived alone.
was pronounced dead on the
scene about 2 pm. by DR.. Frank
j. Broschart, Montgomery County
medical examiner.
Evening star., 1952-11-05
Action Taken 10 End
Wildcat Tire Strike
BY the Associated Press

CUMBERLAND, Md, Nov. ST.
Union leaders and management
planned a resumption Of produc-
ton at the Kelly-Springfield Tire
Co. plant here, tied up by a Wild
cat strike since Monday noon.
About 200 strikers, employed. in
the banding department, yesterday
were ordered back to work by OIL
GERS Of the CIO Rubber Workers
Union after a meeting Of the
Cumberland local.
The cause of the walkout was
not disclosed, but both union men
and management called it unau-
thorized.
Another 400 workers were idled
because the stoppage in the band
ing department blocked the flow
of materials to other divisions of
the tire-making plant.
About 200 workers in six other
departments stayed on the job.
Evening star., 1952-11-05
Girl at Pasadena
Killed by Automobile
BY the Assoeic,sd Pres.

PASADENA, Md. Nov. 5.-A H.
year-old girl was killed near here
yesterday when she was struck by
an automobile after she alighted
from bus on Ritchie highway.
Anne Arundel County police
identified the victim as Phyllis
Wagner Of Glen Burnie.
Police reported the youngster
got of the bus at q highway in
Evening star., 1952-11-05
Cities Bused on Mining S,
BY The Assoeic,ed Pres.

by The AssceIcfed Press
OTTAWA.-Cities Of 10000 To
10000 and maybe more will
spring up in Canada's forbidding
northland within this century
That's the prediction Of the De-
fense Departments senior au-
thority on the Arctic.
Mining, says English-born
Graham Rowley. is the factor
that will carry civilization into
the Arctic and sub-Arctic in the
next SO years, building cities
where now there are only iso-
lated airf1elds. mining camps and
tiny settlements.
Evening star., 1952-11-05
IVichy OfficiuI Surrender:
To Police in Puris
BY the Assoeiated Press

PARIS, Nov. 5.--Georges Hilaire,
secretary general of the Interior
Ministry in the Vichy cabinet of
Premier Pierre Laval during World
War II, surrendered to police in
Paris yesterday. He was later re-
leased on bail.
He had been sentenced in alb
sentia in March, 1947. to five
years imprisonment for collabo-
rating with the German occupa-
ton forces.
Evening star., 1952-11-05
Seen in North Conudu

Canada hasn't gone as far
as other countries-the United
States. Russia. Denmark-in de-
veloping her northland mainly
because her tiny population has
been too busy tanning the south
ern part of the country. Nor has
there been any pressure on Ca
nadians to 60 north to seek land
because there has been plenty
in less-bleak places.
Evening star., 1952-11-05
Rockville Buzuur Slotted

The women's auxiliary Of Christ
Episcopal Church. Rockville, will
hold its annual bazaar and turkey
dinner from 4 to 8 pm. tomorrow
in the parish hall. Dinner will be
served from 5 pm.
Evening star., 1952-11-05

tersection and crossed in front of
the vehicle. She was struck in
the fast lane. John R. Hoff, %,
OF Westminster, Md, driver of the
car. was charged with technical
manslaughter and reckless driv-
ing.
Evening star., 1952-11-05

Come get oil the special lectures we've make your
visit Sofewoy pleasant and profitable We've
dug ~ sowing especially srund opening
celebration you Well mighty Glad see
and you'll be mighty glad you
The Nome nugget., 1952-07-09

Complete line of oerieultvral wheeled troefors and troefor oeeessories-plows. tiIIers. hor. rows, drills, evltivotors hos. vesting eqvi pmenf.
Evening star., 1952-08-31

followed his own advice.
Determined to push through his cam
paign for transcontinental railroad, the
great. journalist set out by stageooach in.
1859 from Missouri, was deposited on the
rolling prairie when herd of buffalo stam-
peded and overturned the coach. and cap
sized again in the Sweetwater River where
he lost a trunkful of manuscripts He wound
up finally in a mad dash over precipice-
bordering Sierra roads to Flacerville. in the
center of the California gold-rush country.
Evening star., 1952-08-31

Greeley was bald, red faced, sported
unkempt white whiskers, a pronounced
middle-age spread and a whalebone um-
brella which he mislaid constantly. His
clothes were always rumpled, his desk a
chaotic mess, and his pockets stuffed with
notes he couldn't even read himself.
One editorial that he had dashed off just
before press-time for the Tribune" ended
in print as "'Tis five. It's fifty; fifty It's,
it's five"
''You internal ass" roared Greeley to
the baff1ed oompositor, Il was quoting
Hamlet: That he is mad, it's true; It's
true it's pity: And pity it's it's true"
The compositor is said to have re-
piled, 'sHmph! 1t makes more sense
the way I set it up.'' BENNETT CERF
Evening star., 1952-08-31

welcoming brass band and arrived at the
Carey House in Placerville at one minute
before seven. Greeley regained conscious
ness at one minute after nine.
BY 1861, when Mark Twain covered the
same territory, the story of Horace Gree
ley's wild ride had become so familiar that
Twain vowed he heardit "ninety-two times
in eight days, favored with every aroma
including whisky. brandy, beer. cologne,
tobacco, garlic. onions and grasshoppers."
One guide promised to withhold it,
but, says Twain. Gin trying to retain the
anecdote i'm his system he overstrained
himself and expired in my arms
HORACE GREELEY, who died exactly
80 years ago. was the founder of one of the
Evening star., 1952-08-31
WILD WEST HORACE

country's great newspapers - the "New
York Tribune" launched in 1841. No man
for mincing words. Greeley Illuminated
against slavery. high-handed business prac-
tees of the robber barons and exploitation
of labor.
When the Civil War ended, he was in the
vanguard for universal amnesty, declaring
the long imprisonment of Jeff Davis with
out trial was an affront to the honor of the
nation.
He riled the North to such degree with
his amply justified blasts that he was
showed under when he opposed General
Grant in the presidential election of 1872.
The disappointment hastened his death.
Greeley was also one of the original
organizers of the Republican Party.
And in a dusty newspaper office in
Albany, i'm 1888. he took on an appren-
Evening star., 1952-08-31

tiCe who was destined to give
him bitter competition i'm
later years - Henry ]. Ray
mond, first editor of s'The
New York Times.
THE LAST STRAW. Horace
Greeley was a caricaturist's de-
light. He spoke, in a high, squeaky
voice, at nearly every meeting in
behalf of any liberal cause. James
Gordon Bennett, his toughest
competitor, admitted grudg-
ingly, Horace chases rascals,
not dollars.
Evening star., 1952-08-31

ACCORDING to the legend,
Greeley was expected to speak in
Placerville at seven in the eve
ming. and the driver was in
,structed to get him there in time
or else. They set out at such
breakneckspeed that Greeley first
cried. Il don't care if we arrive a
bit late" then amended his state
ment to, Il don't care if we get
there at ALL" A final bump sent
his head clear through the roof.
The driver hollered, Hang on to
vo,lr seat. Horace. scattered a
Evening star., 1952-08-31

W7HEN Horace Gree
w ley made his fa-
NOUS prOnouncement.
s'GO West, young man,
and grow up with the
country" he was not
merely indulging in
campaign oratOry. He
Evening star., 1952-07-11
Man Without a Ticket Finds
He's Still d Part Of COP. Show

what unquestionably wins the
nomination as the most scrambled
metaphor Of the 1852 Republican
National Convention. It is official,
he said, because a Chicago news
paper quoted a delegate as saying
1t in an interview. It was:
I'VE better get OF Taft's band
wagon before it is submerged in q
traffic collision with Ike's jugger-
naut."
The visitor wandered of into
the far-from-stilly night. But he
and the thousands like him are
not aimlesS wanderers. They know
q good show when they see it.
even from the edges. Whether
they know it or not, this unparal-
leled type of show wouldn't be
quite the same without them.
Evening star., 1952-07-11
Truman, Too Busy
Scouting G. o. P.
Cuts Visitors List
sy the Assoeiuted Pres.

President Truman cut his en-
|gagement list to one caller today
in order to scout" the Republican
convention.
His only announced caller was
Thomas j. Cutie, commander of
the Catholic War Veterans.
Mr.. Truman kept his television
set tuned to the G. o. p. ballot
ing for presidential nominee al
though he thought he knew
already what the result would be.
He told reporters early in the
week he was afraid Senator Taft,
his "favorite candidate" among
the Republicans. would be beaten.
Mr.. Truman. who has indicated
his intention to seek q Demo
lcratic platform embracing his en-
tire Fair Deal program. gave
increasing personal attention to
plans for the party convention.
Evening star., 1952-07-11
Senor Romani Of ~ Fame
Doesn't Want 10 Star Aqain
BY The Assoeiatsd Pre.s

CHICAGO. July 11.-Senor Mar
celino Romani Of Puerto Rico. tele-
visions new star, says he doesn't
want to shine on Tv again.
It was the senior who brought
down the house at the Republican
National Convention by demand
ing a poll Of all three Of the Puerto
Rican delegation during a roll call
on the question of which Georgia
faction should be seated.
The next day, it brought him
about 100 telephone calls and tele-
grams-and an offer to appear on
a TV program.
Would the senior accept the Tv
offer?
mo. I am a lawyer" he told
newsmen.
Senor Romani, from Santurce
Puerto Rico. didn't want to dis
cuss who made the TV offer or
II 1T involved any money.
That is a personal matter, he
said. '
Evening star., 1952-07-11
Republicans Relieved
AT Barely Escaping
Civil. Rights Battle
By 9 siaff corr..pend.eni Of 1h. ste,

CHICAGO, July 11.-Repub-
llcans breathed a sigh of relief
today over the narrow escape they
had yesterday in avoiding a floor
hight over the civil rights plank
in their 1852 program.
Already torn asunder by the
Eisenhower Taft battle for the
presidential nomination, a public
airing of their differences ovel
civil rights would have been 9
serious blow to G. o. p. chances
lof leaving Chicago as one biz
happy family.
The plank on fair employment
practices was not entirely salts
factory to either side. It favored
Federal legislation on discrimina.
tion in employment, but failed tc
indicate whether it should bt
compulsory or voluntary. 1t statec
that Federal action should moi
duplicate State efforts.
Negro Delegates Hold Caucus.
The Negro delegates in the con.
vention held a caucus before yes.
Iterday's session and considered
offering a substitute plank for 6
stronger Federal law.
After the platform had beer
read, H. C. Burton Of New Yorl
told Of the caucus of the Negro
delegates. For a moment it looked
as though the floor fight was on
But Mr.. Burton explained that tht
lawyers in the caucus had founC
that only seven States have law.
on the subject. For that reason
he said, they decided the planl
recommended in the platform
could be construed as recommend.
ing a Federal FEPC. For tina
reason. he said, he would offer n,
further objection.
Platform Quickly Approved.
If Mr.. Burton had proceeded
with minority report to strength.
en- the plank. another delegate
Lester S. Parsons of Virginia, wa,
prepared to offer a minority re.
port in the other direction.
| If that had happened, the Re.
publicans. who usually sit bacl
and watch the Democrats squabbl'
over civil rights, would have beer
embarrassed this year in the bis
States Of the North, which have
large colored voting populations
With the civil rights battle
averted, the platform as a whole
was quickly approved.
Evening star., 1952-07-11

said the Republican Party has
in its ranks many men of char
acter and talent. able to lead the
hard fight that lies ahead.
But we must not underesti-
mate the magnitude of the task, /"
he said, in clear, resonant voice
that held the attention Of the
delegates and galleries.
When the Governor ended with
the punch line, ike is coming, "
his voice was drowned out by the
mighty roar that swept up from
the floor, as the Eisenhower forces
began their long awaited demon
stration at 1910 am.
Eisenhower Demonstration Longer
Senators Lodge and Saltonstall
of Massachusetts, were among the
first to fall into the marching
line, which appeared to outnun-
ber the crowd that had swarmed
through the aisleS in the Taft
demonstration.
Gov. Dewey Of New York Joined
in the chant. I'VE want Ike
that echoed against the rafters
and rebounded through the hall
In the galleries. however. Taft
supporters lifted their banners
again.
The marching throng on the
floor was so dense that at time.
| it had no room in which to move
1 The Eisenhower demonstration
LASTED nearly IS minutes. NOR
! than 10 minutes longer thai
\ Taft's.
It was nearly 1880 am. ,whel
Mr. Stassen was placed in nom
ination by Mrs. Howard. Most o
the delegates were still In the hal
but most spectators had tired Q
the demonstrating and left 70
home.
!. The last man to be placed 4
nomination was Gen. Macarthur
His sponsor. Fred L. Coogan G
: Oklahoma, called Gen. Macarthur
ct"one Of Americas greatest son
Y of this or any time"
: Marchers again filed the aisle
e carrying pictures Of Gen. Mac
e Arthur on large placards. Mos
). Of the marchers were not dele
tIgates, but some delegates joine
Q lin the parade. Many of the dem
i Ionstrators carried corn-cob pipe
nj like the general smokes.
ri Then every one went home.
eliiad been q strenuous night.