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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-04-09
ELK's WoMEN's LEAGUE

Dorothy Muggy's 1877 topped the
Elks bowlerette competition this
week but Bette Gaydos was close
behind with 185. Other leaders
were Gerry Riedmaier with 172,
Dorothy Fritz with 181 and 165,
Myrtle Bahnsen with 166 and Vida
Morgan with 165.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-04-09
Little League
Meeting Planned

All interested persons, including
managers, coaches, sponsors, play
ers and parents, are to attend a
meeting of The Little League
Baseball organization to be held
this Thursday evening at 8 in the
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-04-09
C. I. o. Hall, Maple Street.

Boys who have not as yet regis
tered should call any of the fol
lowing men, giving your complete
date of birth, full name and phone.
number: Donald Hoffman, 3454;
Virgil Fritz, 1924; William Robel,
4801; George Snider, 2-4412; Ed
ward Warner, 2-4825, or Alton
"Red" Nissen, 1921.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-04-09
Bowling
U. S. G. LEAGUE

Tony Arhutich's 585, including
games of 207, and 201, topped
this league. Ralph Fitzthum hit
2O4, Meacham, 201s while Stan
Kowalczk, Jr., had games of 213
and 215 in his 578 effort.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-04-09
From the "
worlds largest \
maker, a CoE11p1eteHN
new kind Of va

The V-8 engine has come long way since
Ford introduced its first VS. over % years ago.
During these years, preference for the V8 en-
gne has grown steadily and today there
are ttOice as many V-8's being built as there
toere right after World War II. This demon
stration of car buyers preference is proof that
the V-8 engine is best suited to modern needs
For 1854, Ford has stepped even farther out
front with the revolutionary new Ford Y-Block
VS.. the most modern eight" in any car at
any pricel This new deep-block, low-friction
engine brings you even smoother, quieter power
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-04-09
HOUSE LEAGUE
AT ATHLETIC MEET

Track Coach Joe Lukac repre-
sented Port Clinton High School
at the invitational meeting held
Wednesday evening at Mansfield
Madison High School when general
problems regarding high school
athletics were discussed.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-04-09
ELK,s LADIES LEAGUE
STANDARD WOMEN'S

Dolores 'fDee" Snyder set.a hot
pace last week as she led the
Standard Products bowlerettes.
Mrs. Snyder opened with 233, hit
180 and closed with 1873 for big
500 total. Other good scorers were
r. Guth, 1855; J. Miller, 1853; Mick
ey Cernek, 1863; and Lucille Fitz,
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-04-09

Tent stoves should be placed
on the bare floor or rocks SO that
the sides of the stove are at least
18 inches from the tent walls
Sports Afield
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-04-09

]. even longer engine life and less gas waste.
And this great, overhead-valve V8 costs less
than any other eight" =. less than practically
any other "six," too. Is
But the new Y-block V-8 engine is only one Of
the many Worth More" features you get in .
VS. Ford. You also get the smoother riding and
easier handling of Ford's new Ball-Joint Front
Suspension You get your pick of IA brilliant
new body styles-with trend-setting interiors.
And you can have power steering, power
brakes, power windows, power front seat, and
Fordomatic Drive as options.*
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-04-09

Careful tests show you can catch
the most fish on a plain undyed
leader-Sports Afield
Evening star., 1954-10-16
This and That

we walk over the slight green growth
on the edges Of bricks, and concrete
sidewalks.
The mamma which fed the children
of Israel in the wilderness was lichen,
which is something different than
moss.
Iceland moss, so called, is really a
Ichen. This is also used as food.
Moss Is cut higher. and adds some
green to the home garden.
Since green is the basic color of any
garden, large or small. anything that
is green may be thought good. with
some exceptions. Moss is hardly one
of them.
Moss does no particular harm to
anything, and softens, the general
scheme Of things. Harshness is dam
ger in any garden. especially the small
one, where everything is right under
the observing eye.
Since autumn is cleanup time, it
might be good thing to consider
what should not be cleaned up.
The universal mania Of leaf raking
and burning, for instance.
In nature, leaves blow as they list,
as the Bible word has 1t. /.
If houSeholders would leave their
leaves alone, they would blow around.
and finally come to rest against fences
and In corners In such places they
would provide shelter for insects, which
would In time be found by the birds.
Evening star., 1954-10-16
BY Charles E. TroceweN
Grace WoOding.

But the leaf-raking, mania being
what 1t is. the average homeowner
sees nothing to do but join the mass
attack. Yet leaves are valuable as
plant food. and no wonder, since they
contain all the chemical elements that
make plants in the first place.
So, with all the raking, try to think.
at least, about using leaves as compost.
And be not too. too tidy in the
yard.
Leave some of the leaves to form
natural mulch.
Be not too hasty to tear up the dead
annual stalks and leaves.
Usually there are some seeds left on
them, and these are good bird food.
Cleaning moss and lichens of stone
walls and walks is one sure way to
make any yard hard and angular
looking.
These small details, successfully ham
died. tend to soften the appearance Of
the whole place, although even an ex-
pert might not realize, at first glance,
just what makes the place so natural
looking.
Even the most trimmed yard. with
little leaving alone. here and there.
can take on this good appearance,
which is the best garden look, after all,
since any yard is just slice Of nature.
after all, and cannot be anything
better.
Evening star., 1954-10-16
Silver Lining?

The state of the Nations business two
weeks before congressional election can
prove to be an important factor in the
voting. In this years campaign it has been
an issue more on regional basis than on
nationwide one, since serious unemploy-
ment and soft spots In industrial activity
have been more localized than general In
the fortnight remaining before election day
there is unlikely to be major change in
the economic picture but real hope for a
greatly improved final quarter Of 1854 is
now offered through one of the most re-
liable indices Of business activity-the Fed
eral Reserve Board index of production.
The Board, measuring output Of the
Nations mines and factories against the
monthly averages of 1947 through 1949, finds
that September production this year hit 1876
as compared to 124 in August. The signif1-
canoe in these figures is In the fact the
trend was upward between the two months,
rather than downward as was the case in
1858. AS between the two years, the 1858
levels were higher-136 in August and 1875
in September.
It seems likely that one of the reasons
for the 1854 upward trend IN production
has been the depletion of inventories For
months past there has been steady effort
to reduce the quantity of goods on shelves
and in warehouses Their replacement with
new models-whether can openers or auto
mobiles-calls for new ordering at the pro-
duction level. A sampling by the Wall Street
Journal in such varied but important fields
as electrical appliances, textiles and build
ing materials showed that production de-
mand in all Of these has contributed heavily
to the FRB index story.
But attempting to project the August
September 1854 rise into the final quarter
of the year calls most of all for considera-
ton Of the automobile industry's part in the
picture. One Of the major segments Of the
Nations industry to suffer most during this
years recession, the automobile trade is
bringing its new models (1955) on the mar
kets several weeks earlier than usual AS
result, the plant showdown for retooling
and readjustment Of assembly lines likewise
came earlier and meant sharp drop in
production during September-not contrib
uting, in other words to the improvement
shown in the FRB index. Spokesman for the
industry are quoted now as saying the Oc-
tober production probably will be down also
but that the November December output
is expected to Jump sharply and to exceed
the 1858 figures. If this is the case, the FRB
index-and the Nations economy-will get
very helpful boost.
Evening star., 1954-10-16
Back From the Wars

All things considered, Defense Secretary
Wilson has come home from his political
wars with minimum of damage to his
command
Mr.. Wilson, one gathers, has said his
last word on the subject Of kennel-fed dogs.
He has acknowledged his mistake, and has
apologized for his unfortunate remarks. It
is not to be expected, Of course, that the
Democrats will be equally ready to forget
and forgive. But there is limit to the po-
litical capital they can make out Of this
incident, and already there are indications
that some Democratic leaders are beginning
to realize 1t.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Wilson says that he
is all through with campaigning. Like an
other celebrated and controversial CAM
paigner, he expects. or at least he hopes,
just to fade away from the political scene.
It will be a merciful thing II he Is permitted
to do so.
Evening star., 1954-10-16
Now We Know How 1t Feels

Unless one has experienced the fright
ening ferocity of a full-blown hurricane, it
is hard for inland residents to appreciate
the apprehension which such storm
can bring to Florida or, sometimes, to New
England Now we know how it feels to be
hit by real hurricane. Hazel was no run
of-the-mine blow, as the wreckage she
left behind her in the Washington area
atteStS She packed a 98-mile-an-hou
punch that set new record here for wind
power. That there were not more casual
ties and damage is amazing.
Hazel behaved like no other Caribbean
storm in Weather Bureau history. Hurri-
canes are supposed to lose force rapidly
once they strike overland. Hazel, on the
contrary, increased her forward movement
and had lost little of her original wind
velocity by the time she arrived in this
area. Fortunately, the hurricane trackers
at the Weather Bureau kept the community
constantly advised of the storms progress
and warned that preparations should be
made for a severe assault by wind and rain.
The advance warnings were needed wisely
by school, Federal and other authorities,
so that most children and workers were at
their homes when the worst of the blow
struck. This early movement homeward
helped to clear the streets of traffic and
thus reduce the number of accidents.
Police, fire, highway and other official
agencies were on the job throughout the
emergency and contributed greatly to the
restoration and maintenance of order.
Particular credit is due the power and
communications crews who worked through
the night and were still at it today, repair
ing electric, telephone and telegraph lines.
1t may be several days before normal serv-
ice is restored in some hard-hit sections
of the Metropolitan Area and beyond. All
In all, it was an unforgettable evening for
everybody
Evening star., 1954-10-16

Moss in a garden sometimes is
nuisance, and many home gardeners
never stop to think Of 1t as anything
but pest.
Yet moss is wonderful plant, show
ing in the smallest yard just how such
water plants as the algae have man
aged to come to land and live.
The moss structure is as delicate as
that Of any water alga, but with this
difference: It has managed to build up
a cuticle on the outside.
This is supposed to be sort of
hardening of the waxlike cells, some
what resembling the outer skin Of an
apple.
Every one knows how the skin Of an
apple protects its inner juiciness. With
out the skin. the apple dries up and
becomes shriveled in short time.
=
The moss cuticle, If so 1t may be
called, protects the plant against harsh
footsteps.
It also gives 1t protection from bac-
terra which might desire to live on it.
Moss has no root system, as such.
and so 1t is far In the scale below our
regular Towering plants.
Yet it is much more advanced In its
vegetative structure than the seaweeds.
Moss has rhizomes. and these some
times can take in water as well as an
chor the plant.
So it may be realized that we are
doing more than step on Q nuisance as
Evening star., 1954-10-16
Portents in Politics

AS election day draws closer, all polit-
ical developments are subjected to increas-
ingly concentrated study for portentS OF
things to come. So it is that the Alaska
voting this week, emerging as conclusive
Democratic victory, is being hailed by the
winning party as sure sign of an even
greater triumph on November 2. The Re-
publicans, quite understandably, but not
too convincingly, insist that the Alaska re-
turns have no significance in attempting to
foreSee nationwide results. With great con-
sistency over the past three decades, the
biennial October voting in Alaska has
amounted to an accurate preview of the
national trend in the following Novembers.
It proved to be so in 1852 when the normally
Democratic territory swung rather strongly
to the Republican ticket. E. L. Bartlett,
Alaska's Delegate to the House of Repre-
sentatives, was one of the few victorious
Democrats, but even his winning margin
was cut sharply from previous levels. He
had wide margin again this week.
Then, as now, the losing party scoffed
at Alaskas value as political weathervane
and claimed also that local issues were
responsible for the shift in the territorys
behavior at the polls. In this years cam
paign there has been one local issue on
which the Democrats may have gained
voteS-namely, the fiat unwillingness OF
the Republican leadership in Congress to
allow passage of statehood legislation. After
allowing for that, however, there appears
reason enough to consider the convincingly
Democratic trend in Alaska as meaningful
in national terms.
Some forecasts of Democratic victory
these days are briStlng with confidence. On
the frankly partisan front, for example,
Adlai Stevenson predicts that his party will
win the House by 80 or 40 seats and that 1t
will control the Senate by an unSpecified
number. Perhaps the most extreme forecast
from the Republican side, by contrast, Is
that of House Speaker Martin, who still says
the G. O.P. will pick up an additional 10
seats in that branch of Congress. From
more objective authority; political analyst
Louis H. Bean, has come a forecast even
more favorable to the Democrats than that
of Mr. Stevenson. Mr.. Bean expects the
Democrats to win margin of AZ seats in
the House and two in the Senate. He blames
'imidterm sag" primarily for what he ex-
poets will be Republican defeat.
Still, there are signs to be found point
ing in the opposite political direction. For
example, although the farm population Is
generally considered unhappy with Repub-
lican treatment one national poll found
that a typical rural county in Indiana is
still so fond Of President Eisenhower per-
sonally that it is inclined to give the Re-
publicans more of chance to show what
they can do" But this "fair play reaction
will have to be more widespread than Is
Evening star., 1954-10-16
Errunt Nature

Nature gets loose around some houses.
goes
climbing IN pines UP porches. like
small boys
having a high time. casting dotun bright
toys
OF bloom into strange places. Nature
throtps
itself Groxnd. revelinC, struggling free
OF rotcs In fotper beds, running dtDdy
dotDn paths to scatter as In some gay
game OF squat tag. Only the old settee
can tame It. In poppies. 1t comes creep
ing through
the rustic bench's arms to hang, be-
Oniled
by hope that some one soon ,oil come
child
or some one old, or eDen lovers iDho
;Diu notice 1t has really great good Dill
and ,0ants to charm and to make
lovely still.
Helen Harrington
Evening star., 1954-10-16
Sam Boards Latest 'Brush-in'

Sam Beard once told Senate investi-
eating committee that in thirty years of
operation as "race-track gambler" he had
had only one serious "bruSh-in" with local
police. It is not likely, however, that he
undereStimateS the seriousness of brush
inS with the Federal authorities. He has just
felt the effects of his second bruSh-in with
the income tax people, and he faces pos
Sible sentence of as much as five years in
Federal penitentiary and fine Of up to
$4,000 for evading $460,000 in income taxes.
One of the mysteries about Beard is
how he managed for so many years to stay
out of the District jail despite the fact that
he was well known to the Police Department
as professional "big shot" gambler. Sam
never was one to be shy about his race-track
activities. When questioned by the Senate
War Investigating Committee in 1946 as to
his occupation, he frankly stated: Gam
bler," and specified horses as his special
interest. He testified that the only time he
ever went to jail for gambling was in 1885.
That was following a raid on his place of
business in a downtown Office building.
There were some "brush-ins" before and
after, but always he managed to get off
without much trouble. Police files show that
ne mas given his OCCupaC1On VarlOuSly as
broker, laborer, merchant, tailor, proprietor
and pickle manufacturer.
The police raid which brought his one
conviction under District gambling laws
took place not long after Boards release
from prison upon completion of an 49,
month sentence for income tax evasion.
Beard previously had paid $12,500 fine
and 100000 in taxes and penalties. He
always dealt with large sums of money, even
in those early days. The evasion for which
he has just been convicted in Federal Court
at Baltimore occurred in 1914. Similar
charges for other years, involving an al
legged total of more than a million dollars
in taxes, were thrown out, either by the
court or the jury. Police recently have been
keeping Beard under observation more
closely than they seem to have done in
years past. They say they have found no
evidence of any violation of local gambling
laws. Beard himself has told reporters he
is in the pickle business" One thing may
be said: He is not apt to cause the police
any trouble for while, at least.
Evening star., 1954-10-16


"Said the Bird Dog to the Kennel Dog"
statement the latter made during the
1910 presidential campaign, predicting
the United States would be at war by
April. 1941. if President Roosevelt were
reelected.
Mr. Willkie confessed he had indeed
made that statement, but added
strongly that it "had been bit of
campaign oratory." The Democrats
wasted no time jumping on ''the bare
foot boy from Wall Street"
No one could ever accuse former
President Truman of being the epitome
of tact. The Nation roared with dis
approval one morning when the press
reported the President had snapped in
an off -the-cuff remark that the Ma
rines "have propaganda machine that
is almost equal to Stalin's." The Presi-
dent later swallowed hard and took
it back.
President Benjamin Harrison once
turned the other cheek on Matt Quay.
his campaign manager, veritable Jim
Farley of his day, by telling him. God
has put me here in the White House."
Quay quivered wrathfully. retorting,
"Then let God re-elect you'll" He did
not.
Evening star., 1954-10-16
-Haynie. Greensboro News.
Down Boy-Down!"

the forgotten men" redounded to his
favor in the 1882 election, but the
Democrats ran for cover after the late
Harry Hopkins allegedly told Max Cor
don, New York theatrical producer.
that the Democrats philosophy was to
"tax and tax. spend and spend, elect
and elect"
Charles Curtis, Vice President under
Calvin Coolidge, once lost his temper
at an Iowa fair when. during speech,
somebody asked him to explain GER
tain aspects of the Republican admin
istration's farm bill. 81 could explain
it," answered Vice President Curtis
airily, "but you're too damned dumb
to understand" How many farm votes
Mr.. Curtis sacrificed to candor has
never been ascertained.
Ex-President Herbert Hoovers clas-
sic prognostication about the grass
growing in the streets of Washington
if the Democrats were elected has not
ceased to haunt him to this day.
During a Senate Foreign Relations
Committee hearing in 1941, the late
Senator Nye, Republican, of North Da-
kota. asked Wendell Willkie about a
Evening star., 1954-10-16
A FLYERS Wife on Jet Crush

The recent tragic crash of a fighter
plane from Andrews Air Force Base
has moved me to sadness and indigna-
ton AS pilots wife am fully aware
of the hazards involved each time an
airplane leaves the ground. AS the wife
of a pilot, die thousand deaths
each time an airplane crashes-it could
easily have been my husband.
I'm afraid that too often we typify
our country's f1yers-and most particu-
larly the military pilots-as hard and
unfeeling, with devil-may-care atti-
tude towards Gods gift of life. That
isn't so. Many of them are family men.
cautious and warm hearted. and though
their hearts may be In the clouds. their
feet are firmly on the ground. II they
sometimes assume f1ippant air, believe
me, it is only coverup for deeper feel
ings. They fly because they love their
country more than life or limb-more,
I sometimes think. than the peace of
mind and security of their families
We too often forget that peacetime
training is just as important as combat
missions, If we want this old world OF
ours to hold together. v:.,
What makes all such crashes particu-
larly tragic. and the point which arouses
my crusading instincts. is that we allow
communities to mushroom so close to
active airfields. How many of the
houses at Clinton and Moruingside were
built after the airfleld? I've seen my
share of Air Force bases, and almost
always I've found settlements Of new
houses dangerously close to the run
ways. I, personally, would rather live in
a pup tent, than court trouble so openly.
Unless and until one of the controlling
authorities makes it rule that there
shall be an unsettled safety belt around
continue.
Lois C.. Hughes.
Evening star., 1954-10-16
Some Political Cracks Better eft Unsoid
. By DonoId MichoeI Rouh .

TT REMAINS to be seen whether po-
i litical heads roll as result OF De-
tense Secretary Charles Wilson'S Off
hand comparison Of dogs and working
men, but certainly there will be moth
ing like the carnage that came after
Marie Antoinette suggested flippantly
that bread-hungry French peasants
could get along on cake.
While Mr.. Wilson seems particularly
adept at coming clever asides that can
be heard with a dull thud above the
din Of the noisiest sort Of campaigning.
he is by no means alone in this field,
nor is his type Of political malaprop
restricted to the representatives Of the
Republican Party.
The best known blunder of this kind
is. of course. the statement some 10
years ago that the Democratic Party
and its presidential candidate. Grover
Cleveland, stood for Rum. Romanism
and Rebellion" Republican James q.
Blaine was generally blamed for it at
the time, though the slogan maker
really was the Rev. Samuel Burchard.
At any rate, Mr.. Blaine's hopes Of oc-
cupying the White House were dashed.
chiefly by a heavy anti-Republican
Irish vote in New York.
New York's Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
offended untold thousands of the Ma
tion's old timers still agile enough to
vote in the 1914 presidential cam
paign when he made snide reference
to the late President Roosevelt as "a
tired old man."
Gov Dewey also stirred up union
leaders during the 1948 compaign when
his train nearly backed into crowd
at Beaucoup, Ill. Mr.. Dewey spoke
without thinking when he said the
trains engineer twas a lunatic who
deserved shooting" This, naturally,
did not set well with other railroad
men.
President Roosevelt himself probably
alienated some of the electorate in
1887 when he labeled certain members
of the Supreme Court as the mine old
men," a statement that may have
helped ruin his court-packing plan. =.
President Roosevelt's bland appeal to
the depression-ridden unemployed as