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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-06-20
WAR DECLARED
ON DRUNK DRIVERS

Drinking drivers are a far grea-
ter menace to safety on streets
and highways than official records
disclose, the Association of Casual
ty and Surety Companies declared
this week in calling for concer
ted public demand that they be
put Gin the spotlight and on the
spot" as one of the major causes
of increased fatalities and injur-
les in traffic accidents in recent
years.
Uninhibited drinking drivers
were linked directly to the big
rise in deaths and injuries caused
by speeding in 1850 and 1851, by
Thomas N. Boate, public safety
director of the Association of Ca
sualty and Surety Companies. Mr..
Boate declared that nearly half
of the traffic fatalities and injur-
les at night and on week-ends were
caused by drinkers who insisted
on driving and stepped too heavily
on the accelerator.
A collision last November that
orphaned IL young children whose
parents were killed when their
car was struck by another auto
mobile occupied by teen-agers who
had been drinking, was cited Mr..
Boate as an example of the null
tiple-death accidents that are fire.
quently caused by drinking-and-
driving. In an accident on Long
Island few weeks earlier, he
said, five youths were instantly
killed while travelling 80 to 100
miles an hour after leaving
drinking party, according to po-
lice.
Public opinion must back up
enforcement of the law against
drinking drivers and keep them
off the roads to safeguard the
lives of others riding with them,
innocent people in other cars, and
pedestrians" said Mr. Boate. eft
must also make it questionable to
drive after drinking if there is to
be real reduction in the acci-
dent toll The dangerous custom of
taking one more drink for the
road must be forced out of the
drivers language It has become
the toast to death for thousands
of innocent victims every year, as
well as for many of those who
drink it so confidently.
"If every driver knew how much
even a few drinks blunt his driv-
ing ability and lessen his chances
acted on the logic of facts rather
of getting home safely, rather
than on his false feeling of sec
urity after imbibing, he would al
ways leave his car at home and
travel some other way, rather than
risk an accident aft" drinking.
That is the sure wav Oh avoiding
accidents if one drinks.
More than 5000 drivers invol-
we'd in fatal accidents in 1949
had been drinking, Mr.. Boate said.
In addition, 1000 pedestrians met
death in traffic while in an alco-
holic haze. However, these official
figures do not reflect fully the
growing menace of drinking-and-
driving accidents, he declared, for
in one state alone last year 40 per-
cent of fatal rural accidents invol
we'd drinking driver, and in 81
percent of accidents involving in
juries the drivers had been drink
ing.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-06-20
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Ohio has an amazing and
thrilling story.
To three races it has been a
garden spot whose fertility
and beauty attracted large
numbers of people.
Twice it has been the focal
point of extensive immigra-
ton.
We know by the remains
they left that Ohio was IA
vored by the Mound Builders.
It is estimated that there are
approximately $4,000 places
in which remains of their life
within the state unknown
years ago are to be found.
There were about $4,000
Fries in Ohio before that tribe
was annihilated by the savage
Iroquois in 1650-a dense In
dian population.
Within half a century after
the Eries vanished, thousands
of Indians of half a dozen
other tribes immigrated to
the rich lands between the
lake and the river.
Still another half century
later-1750-and the English
traders appeared--then the
soldiers and settlers.
w AS the Red man
~ was pushed back the
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-06-20
Coal Dealers Cited
For Over CHARGES

Two Ottawa county coal dealers
have been cited with two others in
Ohio as overcharging customers.
The overcharges were made or
sales of coal to more than 200 re-
tail customers over a years per-
iod, according to Robert R. Fos-
ter, OPS enforcement director at
Toledo.
The coal yeards in this county
which repaid the overcharges are
Genoa Farmers Exchange, 242, and
Ottawa County Cooperative Co.,
Oak Harbor, $40.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-06-20
HANDY OIL coMTAiNER

"Now you can take it with
you," points out r. G. Tracy, To-
ledo, division manager of The
Standard Oil Company (Ohio),
who today announced a new
handy-carry carton of six cans Of
Sohio HQD motor Oil for the con-
venience of vacationing motor
lists.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-06-20

them or their forefathers to
the Western Hemisphere.
The Ohio River formed a
broad highway on the south
and Lake Erie on the north.
Water highways always pre-
sented fewer difficulties than
forest trails.
Another of Ohio's advan-
tages lay in the states terrain.
Much of its area is level
country, well adapted to
farming.
Land had long since become
scarce along the seaboard.
This fact, added to a rapidly
increasing population, pushed
people, westward.
Ohio's story is great story
and one which cannot be told
too often.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-06-20

In 1868 while an exile in Can
ada, the "Copperhead," Clement l..
Vallandigham of Dayton, ran for
governor of Ohio on the Demo
cratic ticket.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-06-20

More than 245,00O Ohio men
served in World War / and nearly
1000 of these died in action.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-06-20

pioneers flooded into the state
in an endless stream.
On March 1st, 1888, there
was not a single permanent
white settlement in Ohio. Fif-
teen years later, on March LIST,
1903, Ohio had qualified for
statehood. The 10000 persons
necessary to change Ohio
from a territory to a state
under the terms of the Ordi-
nance Of 1887 were living
within its boundaries.
Within these fifteen years
the Indians had been driven
from all but a corner of the
state and settlements carved
from the wilderness in scores
of places
Along the Ohio River, On
the shores of Lake Erie and
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-06-20

IN the interior, marcy
pioneers and their
f a m lilies laid the
foundations of our
great cities of today.
These settlers came
from the states along
the eastern seaboard,
in search of cheap,
rich land or driven
w e S t w ard by the
same spirit of adven-
ture and love of free
dom that first brought
The Key West citizen., 1952-05-30
.NeWbOld Morris
Ship Deals To
Be Investigated

WASHINGTON tR - 4 Senate
committee reported that the jus
tice Department is looking into
possible criminal violations i.
as we'll as conspiracy to defraud
the government" in ship deals by
Newbold Morris, ousted govern
ment cleanup man, and Joseph E.
Casey.
Casey. a Washington lawyer, is
former Democratic congressman
from Massachusetts. A number Of
other big names were involved.
Charging that IFS own inquiries
into the deals had exposed profit
grabbing, tax avoidance and web
of international schemes TO place
U S, ships Illegally in alien hands,
the Senate Investigations subcom-
mittee demanded:
| /. That the government seize
4 and declare forfeit the tens Of mil
lions paid for--eight oil tankers
sold TO Casey and his associates
and 80 vessels sold TO others under
similar circumstances.
2. That the Internal Revenue
Bureau and Justice Department
take appropriate action" 10 col
lect huge sums in taxes the sub
committee alleged we're Illegally
a.oided in the deals. In the case
Of the Casey group, it said, the
recovery might be between $3.50. 900
and 81 400 900.
?. That Congress close what the
subcommittee termed q tax Law
lcOphole benefltting the China In
teraatlonal Foundation. Inc. which
Morris heads. II termed China In
ternailonal q charitable foundation
formed ostensihly to benefit Chi
nese Nationalists.
That the Justice Department
ioak into what the subcommittee
called evidence that the old Mari
time Commission, which sold the
ships Was guilty n confusion and
nllsm8n2 cement. II said thus was
aoaod 10 create the imuresSIon
that the back ooor' approach vas
the best approach 10 the com
n nlSs5an.
Chsuwaa Hoey fD..N. C. in a
speech prepared for Senate delsg-
cry, said 1t VAS a unanimous re.
l~oTt ot bls subcommittee. Other
members ara Sens. Mcclellan D e.
ARK =, Humphrey Cd Man }, In
s3crwoot % NY }. Mccarthy 5R 3
Nl&.}. Naa1s (R.-SD.1 and Nixon
. Il -Gal4f ,.
The repcwt spoke sharply Of the
fact that two SHIPS oxnea BY Casna
i1tsrcat40aa! haaAed OIL 10 Red
IstaA artil shortly before the NO
rtan var.
/ TIE report expire sse1 "ref1eettan
Ga tAs rs3sueai q The State De-
! lpartmeut tar aot toro4.s,.-2e ths
so9rneys.
The Key West citizen., 1952-05-30
Radio, TV
Programs To
Be PrObed

WASHINGTON R-A congress.
sional probe of radio and televi-
sion programs starts next week,
but it won't be broadcast or tele.
vised.
Rep. Harris ID. Ark, chairman
of a House interstate subcommit-
tee making the investigation, told
newsmen here he will not permit
telecasting or broadcasting Of com
mittee hearings because the
House rules don't allow it."
Speaker Sam Rayburn recently
interpreted the rules to bar televi.
sion and newsreel cameras and
broadcasting equipment, but moi
still, or newspaper cameras. The
ban applies to tape recordings
made for subsequent broadcast. II
doesn't prohibit radio reporters
from joining other newsmen in
covering House committee hear.
ings.
Harris said he has no intention
Of requesting Rayburn to modify
his ruling. Rayburn has indicated
any change would have to be voted
by the House itself.
The radio-Tv probe will start
Tuesday and will continue through
Thursday. Initial witnesses will be
members of Congress and inter-
ested civic groups and organiza-
tons.
Later, Harris said, representa-
tives of the radio and television
industry will be given a chance
to express their views.
Harris said the committee will
stCdy ''programming techniques,
including the question of RESPONSE
bIlity for and control over the con-
tent of radio and television pro-
grams on the part of broadcast
ing licensees.
The investigation was ordered
by the House several weeks ago
following complaints of some mem
bers that many programs stressed
sex and crime. The subcommittee
was told to determine the extent to
which programs contain Immoral
or otherwise offensive matter, or
place improper emphasis upon
crime, violence, and corruption. T"
Another morals" probe in the
offing is expected to get started
soon. 1t will inquire into comic
books. magazines and other "cur.
rent literature, newspapers ex.
Cepted. A special committee to
make this investigation will be
named by Speaker Rayburn and
IS expected to be headed by Rep.
Gathings (D,-Ark).
The Key West citizen., 1952-05-30

So far. science has developed 40 process 10 max
pupils like to study.
The Key West citizen., 1952-05-30
Reds Resisted

HONG KONG LP-Widespread
sabotage, arson and other resist
ance to the Communist Fourth
Field Army's rule in four prov
inees of South Central China was
reported by a Communist news
paper received here.
The Hankow Chang Chang paper
called or speedup in the Red
political indoctrination offensive
against the enemy"
The Key West citizen., 1952-05-30

An astute politician can see an opportunity foor
years ahead of time.
The Key West citizen., 1952-05-30
HOLLYWOOD
NOTES
BY BOB THOMAS

HOLLYWOOD Up - Everyone
has moment when the entire
course of his life is changed. With
Mae Clarke, il was when she al
lowed James Cagney to push a
grapefruit in her face.
That was for the unforgettable
scene in Public Enemy" in 1881.
Now that her film career is re-
ceivlng a new squirt of activity,
she has finally been able to es-
cape the results of that scene.
Producers have been casting her
in roles as respectable matrons
and nurses after years of typing
her as a gun mol.
I chatted with Miss Clarke while
she typed and answered the phone
at the Family Theater. She is a
regular employee at the theater,
! Catholic group which produces
devotional radio and television
programs. She is granted leave
of absence whenever a movie job
comes up.
She sounded as though she'd just
as soon never discuss or consume
grapefruit again, but | coaxed her
into telling me how the scene
came ABOUT.
II was getting started in pic
turcs," recalled Miss Clarke, now
an attractive IL. ''The part wasn't
big onc, because Jean Harlow
and Joan Blondell were the fe-
male stars. But it was an impor-
tant picture at a major studio, so
| took it.
lone day I was doing a scene
with Jimmy Cagney at the break
fast table. The prop man had put
some grapefruit on the table, and
l noticed the director, Bill Well
man, and Cagney were conferring
and looking at me- Then they came
over and told me what they want
ed to do.
1T was one of those Wellman
touches for which he was famous.
| didn't want to do it. but / also
didn't want to hold up production
and harm my career. | had no
one to talk to about it, since my
agent was off the set. So | agreed
to do it-but for one take only.
We shot the scene another way,
too, but the grapefruit scene re-
NAMED in the picture.
Would she do it again?
Absolutely not" she answered
with emphasis.
in the first place, the scene
couldn't be done on the screen to-
day. The scene showed Cagney
and me, obviously unmarried, hav-
ing breakfast together in pajamas.
The object of the scene was that
he was giving me the brush-off.
In the second place, " think
the scene had a very bad influ-
ence in this country and abroad,
too 1t contributed to the growing
tendency Of mans disrespect to-
ward woman. / think that is one
of the principal reasons that this
nation is in such poor shape NOR
ally
Also, the grapefruit scene had
bad effect on my career. From
then on. was cast principally as
a moll. | played other roles, but
that was the way producers
thought of me-"
Miss Clarke seoffed at reports
The Key West citizen., 1952-05-30

she was making comeback in
films.
How can I make a comeback
when I've never been away" she
asked. about 10 years ago, I an
nounced my retirement and went
to South America to live. But
came back after two and resumed
my career. I've been doing pic
lures, radio and television ever
since, picking up whatever work
I was offered and being grateful
and humble about it.
The Key West citizen., 1952-05-30
Today's
BusiEa 9 S.
Mirror
By SAM. DAWSON

NEW YORK Up - Changing pat
terms of American life are chal-
lenging old ideas about hours of
work-and days Of rest.
"open your store on Sunday aft
ernoons. if you want to sell big
ticket items like furniture and ap-
lianceS," one manufacturer urges
merchants today. "You can't sell
those things during workers lunch
hours" "
Keep stores open at night to
catch the growing number of huS-
band -and-wife customer teams, +"
many retailers around the country
advise.
Money is moving West" many
in the stock and bond brokerage
business say Keep the exchanges
! open later in the day to get in step
with the later time zones there. :"
AND the New York curb exchange.
and exchanges in Chicago and De-
troit are going to try it--starting
Monday.
Changing customs, as we'll as
population shifts, are behind these
moves. With more wives working
these days, the traditional store
hours are not as convenient for
families as they once were.
The marked shift to the suburbs,
with all the problems of commuter
travel, also changes the time sched-
ulc for many shoppers.
Incomes are shifting, too. The
younger age groups are showing
greater percentage gain in income
than are the older age groups.
Greater percentage gains also show
up in the lower income brackets
than in the higher.
1t is in these groups-the younger
and the lower income brackets
where both husbands and wives
are most likely to be working. And
these groups--With the most new
money in their pockets-are most
likely to patronize stores that stay
open nights.
The executive who predicts an
upswing in weekend and holiday
openings is William A. Blees, vice
president of Avco Manufacturing
Corp. Since his other job is general
sales manager of Crosley, he's in
terested in Turing more customers
for cars, radios, refrigerators and
television sets.
Keep stores open after supper
so people can drop in when they're
both comfortable and relaxed and
in a buying mood" Blees urges.
Husbands and wives like to shop
together for big tickst itemS-and
take their time about it"
For really ma jor purchases, the
average husband and wife evident
: ly prefer the weekend or Sunday
afternoon The store that sticks
rxidly to its nine-to-six schedule,
had better take another look at its
sales volume and cash receipts.
A lot of merchants apparently
agree with Blees. but not all.
One-Jer0me Il. Bernoudly, Of
Scruggs VandervoOrt Barney,
St. Louis-thinks it's the merchant
who is prodding the customer into
wanting night openings.
Were trying to force the public
to change its buying habits, or
buying psychology, in seeking to
spur slow retail business, " he says.
The added cost Of staying open
nights. and inferior and careless"
workers often hired for night work.
frequently more than cat up any
profit from added business, Ber.
n0dly feels.
But the move toward changing
store hours continues to grow, all
around the country.
The Key West citizen., 1952-05-30

So far have found no worker who believes
he In oyerpaid and underworked.
The Key West citizen., 1952-05-30
Nurse Gets
Award I'm Bed

CHARLOTTE OWN. P f. /.
LR Miss Marjorie MacDougan,
confined to hospital for three
months by rheumatic fever, top
ped her class of nurses at the
Prince Edward Island Hospital.
She received her uWard in bed.
The Key West citizen., 1952-05-30

When you set in hurry. that is good time 70
sure that you do not move too fast.
The Key West citizen., 1952-05-30

What too many people after Is job with good
pay, and not too much work.
The Key West citizen., 1952-05-30


keep in step with . modern world. city remains static
Il its residents adhere to that old saying What good
enough fer grandfather is good enough for me-
Advertising Is the good of those who really
know how to use it,
So far. science has developed no process 10 make
pupils like to study.
An astute politician opportunity foor
years ahead Of time.
What too many people after Is job. with good
pay, and not too much work
So far. have found no worker who believes that
he il oyerpaid and underworked.
When you set in hurry. that is coed time 20 be-
that you do not too fast
Democracy like religion suffers most frca lie eAre-
less advocates not from It's enemies.
The Key West citizen., 1952-05-30
HAL
BOYLE
SAYS
BY HAL BOYLE

NEW YORK R-Ever hear OF
a man being made a buck ser
geant In the American Army by
popular demand?
Father Frank Woods, an Irish
priest who spent II years as a
| missionary in Korea. holds that
unique honor. He also holds the
American Medal of Freedom,
awarded for his work with front.
line troops.
But every G.. I. in Korea
should have been given it before
me-" he said Wednesday before
boarding the liner Mauretania for
his native Ireland. He sailed with
five other Far East missionaries
to attend the election of a new
head of their order, the Columbian
Fathers.
Father Frank, ruddy-faced,
graying man of 4s, became the
best-known chaplain in Korea as
a result of his legendary battle
field exploits.
Shortly after the u. S. troops
landed in Korea, the stocky priest
volunteered his services. Because
he was a non-citizen, he was told
he couldn't be put on Uncle Sam S
payroll as a chaplain.
That made no difference to Fa-
ther Frank. For more than a year
he served without rank or pay
with the Second Battalion of the
u. S. End Infantry Division. an
outfit that saw some of the hard
est fighting of the Korean cam
paign.
Carrying a rifle himself for his
own protection. he went on danger
ous patrols to act as interpreter
He gave the last rites to hundreds
of American wounded men. Sleep
ing with the officers, eating with
the enlisted men, he became the
most popular man in the division.
Once, after fire fight, he called
on a wounded Korean in a rice
paddy to surrender. To his startled
surprise 10 fully-armed unwounded
Korean soldiers hiding in the pad
dy rose to their feet, their hands
| lifted.
Division officers finally began to
worry about Father Frank. They
didn't want to lose him.
They watched me like hawks, "
he said. 'They wouldn't allow me
TO go on patrols anymore, or even
to get up-front."
After a year of combat duty,
Father Frank returned to his Ko-
rean parish. Before he left the
division he happened to comment
that he thought being a sergeant
in the American Army was about
! the finest job in the world.
The next day an order was post
ed on the headquarters bulletin
board unofficially promoting him
to the rank of buck sergeant. "
Every soldier in the company i'm
mediately signed his name to the
order, and Father Frank at last
had rank-by popular demand.
The priest says he wants to re-
turn to Korea and would like to
reioin the American Army he
adopted nearly two years ago.
They are good fighters" he
said slowly. Il have no hesitation
in saying that. With them saw
mankind at its best. Charity pre-
dominates in the lives of men who
share the buddy system in war.
1T was rough, tough and danger
ous-but I'd go back tomorrow if
| could"
Father Frank feels that the ar
rival of American forces in Korea
saved Civilization and Christian
ity there from Communist de-
struction.
They are on the frontline of
Christianity today" he said. BE
yond their patrols there is no
Christianity except underground. ."
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The Key West citizen., 1952-05-30
General Killed

TOKYO lP-Brig Gen, Aaron W.
Tyer. vice commander Of the ia.
pan Air Defense Force and twice
wounded veteran of World War II,
was killed Wednesday in a je,
crash.
The Key West citizen., 1952-05-30

Y. S. west coast redwoods. =
tranSplanted TO Hawaii as seed
lings IS years ago. are now pro-
duclng lumber.