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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-10-28
Know Your Sociul Security

The new social security law
has a special provision for the
survivors of the deceased work
ers who were not eligible to col
lect benefits before because the
worker wasn't considered insur-
ed under the old law. If this was
the case of the deceased bread
winner in your family, you will
be interested in the story of the
young widow / am going to tell
today. She lost her husband be-
fore September 1850. And be-
cause she came to her social
security office, she will receive
the benefits to which she is en-
titled. You'll want to take def
mite action to get the survivors
benefits to which you may be en-
titled under the new law.
For a woman not yet thirty,
life had dealt some serious blows
to this young widow. One rainy
night in 1948, her husband was
on the way to the hospital where
the young woman had just given
birth to twins. His car Skidded
on the slippery street, and he
died several hours later in the
hospital where his wife was
awaiting his arrival.
A few months after the
tragedy, the young widow paid
her first visit to the social
security office. She held her
husbands social security card
in her hands while she
was telling me her story She
wasn't sure how long he had
worked in a job under social
security or if he would be insur-
ed. In few days / had his re-
cord checked in our Baltimore
office. | think one of the most
difficult things | have ever done
was tell the young woman that
because her husband hadn't
worked in his job under social
security long enough, neither she
nor her children were entitled
to benefit checks.
Not long ago when she came
into the office, she was surprised
that remembered her and the
twins, who were by this time in
their first year of school. / had
often wondered how the little
family who couldn't get social
security benefits was managing.
soon learned that they had got
ten along on some savings plus
contributions from the mothers
parents.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-10-28

Now the savings had been
depleted and the money from the
widows parents had stopped be-
cause of the illness of her faith
er. The widow and her children
had come once more to ask about
social security benefits on her
husbands record. Without the
social security survivors check,
the family would have to be
broken up the mother would
have to work fulltime and the
children would have to be placed
in foster homes. l was happy to
tell her that this would not
happen now.
For this young widow and for
thousands like her who lost their
loved ones before September
1850, the 1854 amendments will
make a big difference. Her hus-
band is considered fully insured
under the new law because he
had about a year and a half of
work under social security.
She has applied for survivors
benefits for herself and the chill
iren. And she will be getting
them from September of 1854
until her twins are l8 unless she
marries again. Under the pro-
vision, the eligible survivor Of
person who died before Sep
tember /, 1850, and who is now
considered fully insured by the
law may not collect benefits for
the months before September
1854. And no lump sum death
payments may be collected by
these survivors.
The new law applies only to
those survivors of workers who
died after 1899 and before Sep
tember /, 1850. Dependent wild
overs and divorced wives who
are caring for the deceased wage
earners children may not collect
survivors benefits under this
provision.
If you are the survivor OF a
worker who died before Septem-
ber /, 1850, and if you weren't
eligible for social security bene-
fits before, you may be now.
Maybe you didn't apply before
or waited too long to apply for
the benefits to which you were
entitled. Under the new law you
may apply for your survivors
benefits until September 1856.
If it's advertised In The journal
Say SO when you are buying.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-10-28
Working for ALL the People

for more federal grants-in-aid
for state school systems, at a
time when the Eisenhower ad-
ministration is seeking as a mat
ter of policy to eliminate the
grant system insofar as possible
Under the distribution for
state educational conference ex.
penses, as outlined by the Fed
eral Office of Education, the
grants range from a minimum of
$4,000 up to $61, ,908 for the State
of New York. Other states in the
first five brackets are California.
$40, 1855; Pennsylvania, $42,870:
Illinois, $685. and Ohio $33,747.
The states receiving the $4,000
minimum are Idaho, Montana,
Nevada, New Hampshire, North
Dakota, Rhode Island, Utah,
Vermont, Wyoming, District Of
Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii and
the Virgin Islands.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-10-28

heart, always ready and anxious
to be accommodating to visitors
at the cottage, which is modern
in all respects. Knowing o our
intended vacation trip the pub
fishers of the Journal and of the
Leader requested that upon our
return we give to them STORY"
of some of the highhghts of the
same, SO here goes:
Early on the morning of
Thursday, September Seth, we
started by motor on our trip to
the Southland, an hour later
crossing the Belpre-Parkers-
burg bridge spanning the Beauti-
ful Ohio river From there on to
Camden, South Carolina, our
journey was continued over wide
smooth as glass highways, in
cluding those of two mountain
ranges, where we remained
over night.
Leaving Camden early on Fri
day morning we soon entered
the state of Georgia, the popula-
ton of which is 1870 colored,
and from there on we continued
over first-class highways and
into Florida, arriving at the
Murphy cottage early Friday
evening. Here we found Henry
Brumbach, of Caldwell, and
Howard Frisbee, of Cumberland,
who had spent the previous
week there. Both left the next
morning for their homes.
The territory surrounding the
cottage is marsh land, punctured
by streams of water the size of
Duck Creek and larger also by
broad expanses of water from
the gulf. The land is covered by
tall grass and of course is use
less. The water is shallow, per-
fectly clear and underlaid with
grass and moss.
Early on each morning or the
seven days we were there Wal
ter would have breakfast and
his motor boat ready for the
fishing trip, returning about the
noon hour with another trip in
the later afternoon and early
evening. On one occasion our
guide-Walter-took us a mile
out on the Gulf of Mexico. We
returned from each trip laden
with fish weighing from three
to seven pounds, with many
smaller ones being thrown over
board. This continued day after
day-with fish and fish and
more fish.
With two exceptions the wea-
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-10-28
fContinued from t-B1

fCOntlnueo from t-6
are high and going up. The states
are really up against it to provide
the necessary funds for the
tremendous need for moderniZa-
ton of the school system. Only
petitions for help have come
from areas in which Federal in
stallations have unduly burdened
the school system of that area
and for these purposes congress
has doled out some $55 million,
$40 billion of which was allocat-
ed to 95 communities in 80 states.
But what the 83rd congress has
just done in providing funds for
holding state educational confer
ences sets precedent in the
educational field. The question is,
will the 34th Congress be asked
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-10-28

the English in battle. st. Angus
tine is the oldest city in the
United States and the mission
chapel and the city's first school
house are still in state of good
preservation. We also viewed
many other historic places in
that city.
From st. Augustine we con-
tinued our journey to the south
western corner of Virginia,
where we remained over night,
and early the next morning left
for home, arriving the middle
of Monday afternoon, tired and
weary but not hungry. The dis
tance from Caldwell to the cot
tage is 1850 miles.
Jess S. Harris
P.S. - During our long trip
through seven states and return
we observed only one place
where an automobile accident
had taken place, and that was
doubtless caused by a bus leav-
ing the highway and overturning
sometime previous to our arriv-
ing at the scene. Automobile
drivers in the Southland are ap-
parently very careful Ing their
driving - so much more so than
almost numberless of drivers in
the Northland are. Many high
ways in that section of the ma
ton, with surface far better
than are the best in Ohio, are
being discarded and new ones
being built alongside in their
stead - even county and town
shin roadways.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-10-28
The American Way
(Continue1 IRON 1-Hl

ABOUT udlI 1LS WGdltIIs
A third traditional use for
money is "as a medium of ex-
change" It is in this department
that We have really begun to
overwork the poor, shriveled-up
dollar. Let's take payroll dollars
as an example.
A mans job used to be prac-
tically his way of life" He was
more than likely born into his
job. It might even have been
handed down" from his father
and grandfather. And whatever a
mans job was, it had a lot of
meaning to him besides the pay
that went with it.
For one thing, he worked for
boss, possibly tough one, but
at least a man who was right
there to appreciate good job
or a poor one. If the job involved
making shoes or hats or the like,
the worker probably even knew
the customers who would wear
each days production.
Now those human relationships
of a man and his job are greatly
changed-swallowed up in the
bogness and complexity of mod
ern life. More than likely, the
main link of a man and his job
today is a dollar link-the pay
check. This raises very real and
serious question: How much OF
the vital meaning of a mans
job can be put in pay envelope
in dollars?
It is a common assumption
that people work mostly for
money. Yet, while most work is
now paid for in money, it may
we'll be that trying to translate
all of the rewards for work into
dollars of pay actually obscures
much of the real meaning ano
satisfaction of good work well
done.
Such questions may seem to be
of concern mainly to perSonne
directors, but are they? All of US
find more and more of our rela.
tionShipS with our fellows
squeezed increasingly into terms
Of dollar exchange" Even oul
celebrations of religious holiday:
have taken on overtones of the
dollar volume" of the gifts we
exchange.
And if, as parents, we find our.
selves in a rut Of ''just working
for money" what should We
teach our children? Should we
be sure first that they learn t.
earn a living, or should We make
sure they learn also to live i;
living beyond earning the dol
lars? There is surely a limit tt
how much you can measure with
a dollar-especially a shrinking
one. We must be nearing the limi
if we haven't already exceeded
it-DeWitt Emery.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-10-28

The vast increase in hospi-
talization insurance in recent
years has brought an added mea-
sure of health and security to
most families, but such insur-
ance is only useful when there
is a hospital To back II np.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-10-28

One of the most evident trends
of the National Hospital program
has been the development, slow
ly but surely, of hospital services
in needy areas, especially rural
areas.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-10-28
Retired Leader Publisher Writes
About His Trip 70 Sunny South

j. Harris and his son. Clyde spent recent fishing and
vacation the northern of Florida with headquar
Murphy cottage miles the Gulf Mex
owned Mr. Murphy the leading ad popular
Brooksvle miles distant and the caeake
colored gentleman with kindly Mhlte-
, 1954-12-01
Improvement in NY. Sir Winston Churchill
ST. Thomus Rudio-Tel. Gets Greatest Honor
Service Mode in British History

An additional circuit for the Gseat Britain declared yes
handling Of telephone calls. be terday ebay and devoted IT
tween St. Thomas and New 70 honoring it's Prime Minis
York was put il operation to fer Sir Winston churchill,
day. who was moved to say, during
Two calls under the new ar a worldwide broadcast, that
rangement, can be put through there has not been anything
direct to New York, simultan- like it in British history.
eous1y Whfchzfs expected to Sir Winston was Justify APP.
substantially improve service. plauded by the huge throng
Prior to this calls from st. that awaited his arrival at
Thomas to New York we're re- the Parliament. He was hailed
layed through San Juan, Puer as the outstanding man of his
to Rico, and frequently callers time and the one to whom
must wait for several hours Britain is most indebted for
before the calls 60 through. its survival.
, 1954-12-01
West Indies Bunk
E1Grks LIST BirthddY

The West Indies Bank and
Trust Company celebrated its
first Anniversary in the Vir-
pin Islands this evening with
a cocktail party at the vir-
Isle Hotel between s and z.
The party was for sharehol-
ders, depositors and friends.
, 1954-12-01
Tourist Advertising.
Fund Growing,
Chuir1nun Reports

At 4 meeting Of the Cover
nors Advertising Fund Rails
ing Committee held last Fri
day in the office Of the St,
Croix Chamber Of Commerce,
it was announced that the
amount collected was in ex-
cess Of 100000. 7. Holland
Hunter, Chairman of the Com
mittee explained that this was
not an accurate figure because
some money that had been
collected in st. Croix had been
credited to St. Thomas.
Thus far, ST. Thomas has
collected over $4,000 and it is
hoped that between the two
islands, the figure Of $4,000.
can be reached by December
Is. This money will be used
to match the funds to be CON
tributed BY the Insalar Gov
eminent and the Virgin Is
lands Corporation for a total
Of $4,000 to be Gsed for adj
vertising the Virgin Islands.
MI. Hunter stated that he was
quite pleased with the results
of the drive for funds and ex-
pressed his sincere apprecla-
ton to the hardworking mem-
bers Of the Committee who
had made the project a sue
cess. The Committee appoint
ed BY the Governor consists
Of Mr.. Hunter, r. p. Richards,
Joseph Alexander, Douglas
Armstrong.
This committee appointed q
subcommittee composed Of
Almeric Christian, Claude @.
Markoe, Mrs. Fran Shaw, Carl
Coff, Mrs. Ann Holland, Mrss.
Cyril Marshall, j. T. F. Craw-
ford and ira Ross.
IN closing the meeting Mr..
Hunter emphasized the fact
, 1954-12-01

NASHVILLE, TENN III
the postman can keep Christ in
Christmas, anyone cam. says ].
Manning Potts, editor Of The
Upper Room, the worlds most
widely used guide to personal
and family devotions. IN q spe-
cial pre-Christmas chapel serv.
ice Ia the Upper Room chapel
here which houses the great life
sized wood carving Of the Last
Supper, postal clerks and letter
carriers participated In a Christ
mas for Christ campaign which
they hope will spread over the
world.
, 1954-12-01
Wulter KIOSK. Tele.
fUndger Depurts
Suddenly for States

Walter Krask, who was
given q contract as general
manager of the st. Croix Tele
phone Service, left suddenly
yesterday for the mainland
without giving any word Of
explanation just bid goodbye
to the employees and said he
would be back next March.
Mr.. Krask, who was being
paid $500. per month and $12.
a day expenses to rehaibiltate
the Telephone system, was
constantly under fire. Recent
ny an editorial appeared in the
ST. Thomas press which caus-
ed Governor Alexander to ask
for a report on the condition
of the system. Il is not known
what the Governors reaction
to Mr.. Krask's report was.
however, the Home Journal
had the following to say in q
recent issuse:
Local legislators were sub
jected to considerable criti-
cism when they refused to APP
propriate funds to employ
lW. Krask to serve as telephone
technician here. He was sent
to st. Croix where the funds
were made available. Some
Crucian legislators now admit
that they made q mistake in
contracting for Krask's ser
vices. He is being paid q fabu-
lous salary, but they must still
import technicians for this
and that
, 1954-12-01

Lewis ]. Moore. Nashville
postmaster, pointed out how ap-
propriate Il Is for the letter carr
riers and The Upper Room to
Join IN this program. The postal
employees handle the almost
three million copies Of each is-
sue. This daily devotional guide
Is published IN 90 editions in.
GLIDING rs languages and braille.
The postal employees who at
tended this special pre-Christ.
mas service hope that Il will be.
come an annual affair In many
towns and cities over the world
, 1954-12-01

that the drive was not complet concentrate on contracting the
led yet and urged the mem balance Of their prospects as
beers Of the COMMITTEES to soon as possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-03
300 Officers EncircIe Pueblo
In Western Killer Mdnhunt

be with Snow. Bot hare charged
In the murder of Patrolman
Frank Sjolander and the wound
ing Of Patrolman Eugene Casey
Early Wednesday morning as the
two officers made q routine check.
A third California gunman,
James Leroy Spahr, died in the
gunhattle.
All Santa re trains. which
normally move at a snail's pace
through the pueblo area. were
ordered to maintain as high a
rate of speed as safety would al
low to prevent any freight hop
by the two wanted men.
The actual area being secured
Is miles south of Albuquerque is
four miles long and one and a
half miles wide. It is bounded
on the east by the almost dry
Rio Grande and State Police
Capt. Archie White said patrols
have constantly been rowing the
east bank on horseback and on
foot to halt any crossing and
possible escape into the deep
underbrush.
Indian crackers through the
night kept track of footprints be-
lieved to be those Of Snow and
listed. Indian police on horse
back joined the State and FEEDER
al officers,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-03
BY me Associated Press

ISLETA PUEBLO, N. Mex.
Dec. 3.Some 800 grim officers
early today began to tighten q
circle around this Indian pueblo
for two men wanted for the
Staying Of an albuquerque police
officer. They were believed
trapped here during the night. .
The Gordon was set up after
one Of the wanted men, Law
renee J. Snow. asked for food
at the Isleta tracing post. Mrs.
Lola Cherino Piegler. a widow
who operates the trading post
and refused to allow Snow in,
positively identified the Cali
fornia fugitive from group OF
pictures
The second fugitive. James
Church listed. az, is believed to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-03
Living Dangerously

PHOENIX, Ariz. (R.-Cattle-
men are still pretty independent
in Arizona-and apparently as
fearless as when they fought
Indians for their ranges It has
taken a court order to prevent
six Pima County cattlemen from
keeping their cattle on the Air
Forces 600. 000-acre bombing and
gunnery range west of Ajo. 30
miles southwest of here,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-03
Alabama Sheriff Moves
Prisoner for Protection
By fhe Associused pfess

FLORENCE. Ala, Dec. 3.-A
28-year-old Negro man charged
with numbering a white grocer
has been removed to an undis-
closed jail because Of threats Of
mob violence, Sheriff James j.
Rose said yesterday.
Sheriff Rose said Delano
Jones was moved from the
Lauderdale County jail after the
death of Lewis Wade Kilgore
40. Wednesday. Mr.. Kilgore was
shot last week. allegedly In a
dispute over an old debt.
Sheriff Rose said that there
had been quite a bit of talk
about a raid on the county Jail
here. He said he wasn't too fear
full the attempt would be made,
but wanted to take no chances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-03
Negro Doctor to Head
Hospital in Wisconsin
By ,he Associated Pres.

MILWAUKEE,, Dec. 3.-Dr
John v. Maxwell. ST., has been
chosen chief Of staff of st. An
thongs Hospital here. the first
Negro ever to be named to that
post In a Wisconsin hospital.
st. Anthony officials an
nounced yesterday that DR.. Max
well was elected unanimously by
other physicians at the hospital
He Is one of two Negroes on the
staff Of 40 physicians.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-26
| Naval Pilots Return
AS Squadron vF663
Drills in Michigan
By Cherries ]. Yorbroueh



CROSSE LIE, Mich, Aug.
26.-All but stripped Of pilots by
early Korean war calls. Wash
ington Naval Air Reserve Squad
ron VT 663 is back at war prac-
tice here with its best attend
ance in three years.
Commanded by 1t. Comdr.
Lawrence Koegel, 9402 Bulls Run
parkway, Bethesda, Md, the
fighter squadron ferried 10 air.
craft and 124 men to the Crosse
lie Naval Air Station 10 days
ago. They are to return to WASH
ington late this week.
Before they're through ham
mering land and water targets.
they viii have used 10000 rounds
OF .50-caliber ammunition, 1000
practice bombs and 1000 rock
cts.
OF the Is units commanded by
Capt. John p. Lunger at the An
acostia Naval Air Station, VT
663's personnel probably travels
more to get to monthly drills than
any. Four of the men come from
Harrisburg, Pa, 10 from Bal
timore. two from Staunton. Va,
one from Winchester and one
from Charleston, w. Va. g.
Commentator came to Squad
ron Ordnance Officer 1t. E. F.
Faulkner of Baltimore, q plant
quarantine inspector for the Port
of Baltimore, and to his chief
aide, Aviation Ordnanceman
Karl Greathouse, also of Balti-
more. The citation was based on
the squadron ordnance crews
procedures during the active
duty period here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-26
Posses Own Test

DIES MONIES up. - Don
Hughes let his drivers license
lapse and he had to take the
written examination again. But
he didn't find it very tough. The
test he was given was one he
had written when he was direc-
tor Of the State drivers license
division q few years ago.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-06-04
UN GROUP TO PROBE
MAU MAU ACTIVITY

Nairobi. Kenya --- tANPl --- A
uN visiting mission, including a
representative from the United
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-06-04

Oliver Lyttelton In Syasaland
The fact that Oliver Lyttelton,
British Colonial Secretary, is Wis
iting Nyassland calls attention 10
the deterioration Of racial rela-
tons in the Central African ter
ritory whose African chiefs urged
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-06-04

FALL GUY - First basemsn
Jim Aston, first Negro signed to
play for the St Louis Cardinals
team, gives q game try to stop a
throw in the second inning of a
recent game with the Dodgers q.
Ebbets field. and sprawls flat for
his efforts Gil Hodges kept on to
second base as the Buns won
lNewspress Photo).
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-06-04

Northern Rhodesia for pay in
creases and job advancement for
Africans. Some correspondents be-
heve that the Africans wage de-
mands are ''unrealistic" because
they would force Europeans to
lose an economic foothoId which is
becoming more and more insecure.
What is not stated, but under
stood. is that American interests
in the copper mines of Northern
Rhodesia, have been actively
pressing for African advancement
since in many copper mines Afri-
cans are performing the tasks Of
Europeans, but, ironically, are re-
ceiving pay on the basis of the
African pay-scale which is con-
siderably lower than that of
Europeans.
Some British investors resent
the American viewpoint, but re-
specting the American dollar. as
well as the fact that Northern
Rhodesian copper is of strategic
Importance TO the United States,
have kept their battle fairly much
the background.
However, if current reports are
accurate, this battle may well
erupt into the open. which to the
chagrin Of some diplomats who
are fearful that the political rights