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Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-12-09

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Robert |. BOstWlCk

His birthday was this week. He has
Prime Minister Winston Churchill beaten by
a couple of years. Mr.. Robert L. Bostwick
was born in Thompson on December 8, 1872:
Because he has lived in Geauga all his
life his knowledge of Geauga county people,
resources and possibilities is an extremely val,
liable asset to the bank he has long served as
a member of the board of directors
Mr.. Bostwick attended District Schools
and then completed his education at Chardon
High School Upon graduating he began by
clerking in a store for II years. Later in Sep
tember of 1909, he married the late Frances
BoStwick and together they raised three boys
and one girl, Lewis, Thomas, George, and
Barbara. He now has eight grandchildren,
Still in the dry goods career, he bought
the Bostwick Dry Goods in 1918 and operated
it until 1910. He also was in the Hardware
business for 13 years, but is now retired.
He is a KIP and belongs to the Chardon
Chapter of the Masons, and was member of
several other different clubs which have long
since gone out of existence.
When the Chardon Rubber Co. was first
organized, Mr. Bostwick was made president
then became secretary, job which he held
for many years.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-12-09
List Circle
Meetings. OF
Methodlsts

Miriam circle, Mrs. Paul
Bidgood, leader, dessert lunch
con with Mrs. Arthur Muehlei-
sen, 100 pm.
Sarah Circle, Mrs. Don Van
Meter, Leader, Dessert Lunch
con with Mrs. Robert Thrash
er, 1870 pm.
Debroah CIRCLE, Mrs. E. L.
Lee, Leader, with Mrs. May
Grau, 8 pm.
Esther circle, Mrs. v. R.
Brediger, Leader, with Mrs
Give Finegan, 8 pm.
Rebecca circle, Mrs. Homer
Barham, Leader, with Mrs.
Paul Richards, 8 pm. on Rt.
6, Chardon.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-12-09
Group Attends
Church Meeting

Several Chardon Methodist
church members attended an
all day conference on Mission
ary Education at the North
Hill church in Akron Sunday
Dec. 5.
Harry A. Carney drove the
group which included Mrs. A
r. MuehleiSen, Mrs. Rex
Thornburgh, Mrs. Edwin Hof
Stetter, Mrs. Miller, Clarice Ma,
gill and Helen Gore.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-12-09
Bank Is
Host to
Association

Tuesday evening a meeting
of the Geauga County Bankers
Association was held at tn e
Chardon Savings Bank Co. in
Chardon, following dinner serv-
ed to twenty five members of
the association at the Sugar
Bush restaurant.
Ward Mcdonald, vice-presi =
dent of Chardon Savings Bank
Co. who served the association
as president for 1854, presided
at the meeting.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-12-09

Election of officers for 1855
took place with the following
results: Earl v. Mizer, vice
president of the First National
Bank of Mantua was elected
president. Mr.. Mizer was vice.
president in 1854.
Louis L. Bruce, president of
the First National Bank Of
Garrettsville is the new vice
president and r. M. Prince,
assistant cashier of Chardon
Savings Bank Co., secretary and
treasurer.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-12-09

Dane Burr, Chardon ar :
tiSt, is exhibiting ceramic
sculpture at Cleveland'S Art
Colony throughout the month
of December.
Mr.. Burr, recent M ay
Show prize winner, shows a
series of small animal soul
ptures and birds, including
his record breaking Rae :
coonS" and Daisy Eyes" a
starry eyed baby owl, as
we'll as a group of colorful
tile paintings.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-12-09
COMING EVENTS
THURSDAY nFC O

The regular business meeting
OF the CreScendo club of Char
don schools will be at 500 o.
clock in the school cafeteria
Evening star., 1954-10-10

9Th district race in the Roanoke
Lynchburg area where Representa-
tive Poff, Republican, is opposed by
Delegate Ernest Robertson, Demo-
crat, Of Roanoke County.
1000 Majority
Mr.. Poff rode in on 2.000-vote
majority in the Eisenhower sweep
and, according to the Congressional
Quarterly. can be defeated If the
two principal factions of the Demo-
cratic Party get behind his opponent.
Mr.. Poff is q law partner of State
Senator Ted Dalton, G. o. p. ma
tional committeeman who came
close to being elected Governor last
year after polling Is per cent Of
the vote. Mr.. Robertson has not
been identified with the Byrd or
ganization. Widespread unemploy-
ment in the 9Th district may work
to the benefit Of the Democrats.
In the 9Th district Of Virginia
Representative Wampler. Repub-
lican, faces stiff opposition from a
popular Smyth County sheriff, Pat
w. Jennings. Mr.. Wampler, %, is
the youngest member Of the House.
Unemployment in the Southwest
Virginia coal fields and industrial
centers also is the major issue there.
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Maryland Candidates Agree on Integrotion Methods

Candidates in Maryland's forth
coming gubernatorial election may
have their differences, but on the
subject of integration they seem to
speak with a single voice.
This was made clear last week
when II. c. (Curly) Byrd, Demo-
cratic standard bearer. called for
home rule" in desegregating the
schools Of Maryland. His view is
similar to that Of the administra-
tion Of Republican Gov. Theodore
r. McKeldin, which already has
revealed the stand 1t will take in
arguments before the Supreme
Court on December 8.
Maryland's legal officers are pre-
pared to tell the court that de-
segregation should be left up to
county school boards, and should
be placed in effect gradually.
DR.. Byrd's statement on the SUBJ
ject last week included these words:
''It is apparent -. that con-
ditions not only differ in the various
communities, but the thinking OF
our people on this subject likewise
differs In various communities. !.
II would rely on the school boards
Of each county TO operate such
programs In their counties that will
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7 Reasons Why 6. O. P. Is Running Scared

deaths occurred between the election
and convening Of Congress. Loss
of the House by the Republicans in
the special elections was credited to
high prices and unemployment.
Today, postwar prices have leveled
off somewhat and an increase in the
Nations unemployment figure failed
to reach the alarming proportions
predicted. A number Of areas, how
ever, still are carrying long unem-
ployment rosters which could cost
the Republicans dearly.
J. The electorate reacts unpredietobly to
wortims policies.
The Democrats lost control Of the
House in 1918 when their 1915 slo-
gan, "He president WILSON, will
keep us out Of war;" had failed to
hold true. They lost q majority In
both Houses in 1946 when unpopular
World War II controls and scarities
were not quickly removed. 4s
Today, on the other hand. war
plays different role. Republicans
are laying claim to having ended
"Truman's war" in Korea. And,
wartime controls and scarcities are
gone. War scares around Formosa
could change the picture before
November. however.
Perhaps there is one note Of cheer
for this years majority party.
The single goth Century ex-
ception to the midterm-elec-
tions rule occurred in 1884 when the
Democrats-the party In power
upped their House majority Of 191
to 209 and their Senate lead by
10 new seats.
With a depression on his hands.
President Roosevelt-only two years
in office-had called on the public
to give his recovery program q
chance. Similarly. President Eisen-
hover a few days ago made per-
sonal plea. He called for support
of Republican candidates so he can
keep up steam behind the "EiSen-
hower-Middle of the Road-Cru-
sade."
Nevertheless. Republican success
in bucking the seven factors no
doubt will play a large part in de-
termining the outcome Of next
months balloting.
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sentatives facing opposition In vir-
ginia, Mr.. Broyhill is generally con-
ceded to be the one most difficult
to beat.
Yet. two years ago. he nosed out
Democrat Edmund D. Campbell by
q mere 322 votes. And he drew some
$4,000 votes less than Gen. Eisen-
hover polled in the 10th district.
Last July, Mr.. Webb emerged
from q four-way Democratic pri-
mary race after having avoided
charges directly at his opponents,
thus hoping-and now claiming
united support from all factions
within the party. Mr.. Broyhill had
no G. O. P. opposition for renomi-
nation.
A little known candidate. w. Huiet
Phillips. Independent, also is In the
10th district race.
Mr.. Ryan won . surprise victory
In Maryland's primary last June
over Charles M. Irelan Of Silver
Spring, former United States dis
trict attorney for the District Of
Columbia and one-time legal ad-
wiser to former President Truman.
The Western Marylander polled
about a 5,000-vote lead in his home
county of Allegany to beat Mr..
Irelan and his other opponent. F..
Evening star., 1954-10-10

Byrne Austin Of Takoma Park. The
two defeated candidates split the
heavy Montgomery County vote.
Democrats are hoping that the
gubernatorial race between DR.. II. C..
Byrd and Republican Gov. McKeldin
will help Mr.. Ryan win in the 9Th
district. Democrats anticipate q
big vote for DR.. Byrd in Montgomery
and believe Mr.. Ryan should be
carried along with the tide, Off
setting Republican majorities in
Western Maryland.
The gubernatorial campaign also
could have q bearing on the 5th
district race. which sees Mr.. Lank-
ford running against Mr.. Small for
Aa second time. Mr.. Lankford,
member Of the Maryland House Of
Delegates from Anne Arundel
County. lost the 1852 election to
MIR. Small by slightly more than
1000 votes.
Republicans are hoping for split
in the opposite party to help Mr..
Small return to the House. Some
Democrats who supported George
P. Mahoney against DR.. Byrd In the
primary ,may go over to the G. o. p.
or stay away from the polls en-
tirely.
In Virginia, doubt centers on the
Evening star., 1954-10-10

There is one overriding reason
why the Republicans are running
scared" in the current congressional
campaign. The reason is prime
lesson Of political history: The
"ins" usually suffer in midterm
election contests.
You can trace this trend far back.
But experience at the polls in off,
year races since 1914 is particularly
significant, since that was the first
, midterm election in which mem
bership of the two Houses Of Con-
gress was stabilized at its present
level Of 435 Representatives and 96
Senators.
And here u what the record
shows about those 10 of1-year cam
paigns:
Q The party In control Of the House
lost strength nine ttmes-an average
Of 40 seats lost in each midterm
election-and lost control three
times, In 1918, 1880 and 1946.
. The party In control Of the Sem
ate lost strength eight times for an
average Of about four and one-half
seats, and lost control twice-in
1918 and 1946.
Q Average loss in the House has
been about 10 per cent, and in the
Senate approximately 5 per cent.
But because only about one-third Of
the Senate Is up for election each
time. the proportionate shift is
greater in the upper house than in
the lower.
Today's Republicans are much
concerned over the traditional off,
year trend. Even slight losses on
November are apt to mean the
loss of control. The Democrats need
only six seats to gain a majority in
the House. three in the Senate Cor
two if Independent Wayne Morse
votes with them.
Invariably, the issues involved in
the loss control campaigns were
economic or were closely connected
with wartime problems.
Following are seven explanations
which usually are given to account
for the midterm "rule" that the
party in power will lose strength.
]. A porty often promises more than IT con
Evening star., 1954-10-10

Vladimir Mikhailovitch Petrov. the
MVD agent who masqueraded as
minor diplomat in Canbefra from
early 1851 to early 1854, and Evdokia,
his wife, whose dramatic decision to
remain with her husband, after two
Russian couriers had frog-marched
her aboard a Moscow bound aircraft,
became one of the top human-in-
terest stories Of the year.
Since the inquiry opened May 18
the Petrovs have, testified many
times. They have been well guarded
by the ASIO (Australian Security
Intelligence Organization, counter
part Of the FBD. but unlike
Canada's Igor Gouzenko they have
worn no disguise.
At first the Petrovs enjoyed an
almost normal life ct their various
hideouts. attending movies and ball
games But when she took the stand
last month, Mrs. Petrov was showing
signs Of strain. ASIO agents said
the Petrovs were In constant fear Of
assassination.
Hostile Questioning
Normally composed, and "a good
witness" Mrs. Petrov broke down
only once, when questions were
asked about $4,000 paid to Petrov
just before he deserted. On this
subject. an ASIO witness termed the
payment "the best 10000 invest
ment the government ever made"
Mrs. Petrov's distress continued as
counsel set out to prove (l) that
Petrov (who admitted having once
written suicide note") was mem
tally unstable and had been drink
Ing heavily: (2) that both Petrovs,
under the guise Of giving facts about
espionage. had lent themselves, as
"main conspirators." to fabrication
of documents so as to harm the
Labor Party and its national leader.
DR.. Herbert Evatt.
After six weeks Of this line with
various witnesses. the judges finally
cracked down on what they de-
scribed a. IAN attempt to bog us
down In . political naorass. on FAM
tastie suggestions which have
Evening star., 1954-10-10
Australian Red Probe Embonusses Labor Party Leader

Petrovs right from their arrival In
1851. All this time he was a sort Of
Australian Herbert Philbrick.
With all local Communists and
Soviet-sympathizing Russians be-
lieving him to be a fanatical Red.
he was throughout a paid agent Of
the Australian secret service. Petrov
himself did not know till late March
of this year of Bialoguski's true role.
Bialoguski several times entertained
Petrov in his fiat, and once went
through his pockets, reporting to
ASIO on what he found there.
Even after she rejoined Petrov on
escaping from the couriers, Mrs.
Petrov was not told by her husband
that it was only In the final weeks
that he. an MVD big shot. had
learned the real job Of his buddy
Bialoguski-who became the GO
between in the negotiations for his
surrender to ASIO.
The Bialoguski case Mortified
counsel opposing ASIO. including
DIR. Evatt. Earlier they had smiled
with tolerant amusement when
counsel for the government indi-
Gated they would be calling DR..
Bialoguski as a public witness.
They had good reason to smile,
because q Communist-front group.
confident Of Bialoguski's dedication
to the cause. ordered the double-
agent to volunteer as q witness and
swear that Petrov was known to
him as habitual drunk. This
testimony from Q doctor Of medi-
cine, 1t was felt, would destroy
Petrov's credibility.
Thus, 1t was hoped. the whole
case would be wrecked. But as .
public witness, Bialoguski was quite
the opposite.
one result Of the Petrov evidence
is that Mime. Ollier, woman
diplomat, has been returned to
France In custody. She viii face
charges arising from the testimony
Of both Petrovs. and from certain
Moscow communications which give
her the code name "Olga," that
Soviet diplomats regarded her as
q contact when she was working as
D second secretary ut the French
Embassy In Canberra.
Evening star., 1954-10-10
BY Massey Stanley

SYDNEY, Australia.-The spy
investigation which grew out of q
Russian MVD agents desertion from
the Soviet Embassy last April has
reached the end of It's first phase.
Still unrevealed are the major
facts. But the three judges COM
prising q royal commission looking
into the case have Indicated on two
occasions that, in the information
available to them (and them only.
matters have emerged of the grav-
est importance to allied countries"
Unfortunately, the commissions
terms Of reference limit the probe
strictly to espionage within Aus
tralia. Even within that limit the
veil has parted only slishtly on
efforts to create o spy network here
which. in the words Of the relevant
Moscow letter, could uninterrupt-
edly and effectively operate under
any conditions"
Of three different States, the three
judges have sat for almost so days
hearing preliminary evidence on the
nature Of those efforts.
Intrusion Of extraneous material
By persons interested in impeding
tlos inquiry have made the going
slow and heavy.
Woomsro Plot
What has pet TO be told includes
TIE fa0ts of Q spectacular (but
unguccesRu) plan to uncover the
secrets Of the Woomera rocket range
which happen, incidentally, to be
the secrets Of Britain's atomic
weapons and long-rangs guided
missiles.
Had the Soviet spymasters brought
that OF, all q Britain's defense
strategy in the event Of war in
Europe would have been an open
book to the Kremlin.
How and why they failed is the
one revelation which viii perma-
nently distinguish the Petrov story
from the eight-year-old Gouzenko
story. to which 1t has 30 many other
resembiances.
The chief narrators win continue
70 be;
Evening star., 1954-10-10

nothing to do with our one job
Of investigating espionage"
There also has been public anger
over an ironic result Of this in
quiry. Much of what the Russians
failed to find out sub rosa has been
handed to them on a plate in
evidence. Because of the fake CON
spiracy" charge made by counsel
representing Communist. the secret
service. in its own defense. exposed
two of its undercover agents,
rendering them useless FOR further
work.
DR.. Eyatt associated himself with
these Charges" and was the main
target Of the judicial breakdown.
As Q result Of the hearings, DR..
Evatt got involved in q serious dis
pute with his followers in the Labor
party. some Of whom accuse him Of
having "stooged" for the Communists
at the inquiry. He also got In trouble
with the commission. which re-
garded some Of Evatt's actions as
contempt Of court"
The judges peremptorily withdrew
his leave to appear. and then ad-
journed q week ago to bring In an
interim finding, before Gas they have
put 1t quite candidly1 getting on
with the real job.
So the investigation won't get into
It's stride until the judges get out OF
this political morass. Up to now the
inquiry has done as much harm as
good, In the opinion Of many who
sec 1t as Q situation In which ele-
ments hostile TO the security system
have been able to extract evidence
about Australian counterspy activi-
ties.
Undercoyer Mons Loss
Thrown to the wolves, so far as
his usefulness as an llndercover man
Is concerned, was Michael Bialogu-
ski. q Pole who is real E. Phillips
Oppenheimer character. Certainly
an astoundingly valuable agent, he
was the main influence in persuade
ing Petrov to cross over.
Coming to Australia In 1941. he
graduated at Sydney Medical School.
and had chummed UP with the
Evening star., 1954-10-10
BY John IA. Rosson

deIiver. then Two years later must expIoin
the discrepancies.
Republicans this year face that
difficulty. Democrats claim, for in
stance. a balanced budget and SUBJ
stantial income tax relief for lower
income groups - big Republican
planks in 1952-are nowhere in
sight.
Z Many voters expect new administration
to accomplish more thon it possibly eon
in Two short ysors.
The Republican promise in 80 to
improve the economic status Of the
Nations farmers Is necessarily q long
time in the making, since q long
term plan is involved. And peace
and security in the world-an Ell
senhower goals even more diff
cult to attain.
3. Any administration is bound to bruiss q
few toes somewhere along the line.
The Republicans have done ex-
actly that, with their actions which
led to the off-shore oil controversy
and the bitter dispute now raging
over private-verSus-F'ederal control
Of the Nations power facilities.
T. After two yson mony voters tend to
forgive and forget what they did not like
about the party they voted out Of power.
Many November voters are expect
ed to forget the Truman mess in
Washington" in the wake Of the cur
rent housing scandals. despite the
fact that their roots 60 back num-
ber Of years.
S. Presidential eoottoiIs. ore NOT es costly
ridden in off,yeor eompoisns, though
they sometimes help.
The present Republican scare. be-
cause the Presidents name isn't on
the ballot. was brought into focus
last week when administration big
wigs urged the Chief Executive to
step up his personal campaign.
s. The public becomes frightened at signs
Of economic upheovoI.
In 1880. the Republicans under
President Hoover ran head-on into
the depression. They maintained
control in the Senate and House but
the Democrats finally snagged q
House majority when Republican
Evening star., 1954-10-10
RcfNEzGE or MoN-wRi7T POPULATION

best meet the needs Of all their
citizens
The accompanying map illustrates
point often made by advocates Of
local and gradual adjustment In
Maryland. It shows the distribution
Of non-white population in the
State. The largest proportion Of
Negroes is In Calvert County. where
All per cent Of the population IL
Evening star., 1954-10-10

only form Of surface transportation
between them were by ship from
Baltimore to Galveston.
Even Pakistan's name is inac-
curate. When it was invented in
the 1920s 1t was supposed to repre-
sent the Moslem state composed OF
the Punjab east and West).
Afghanistan, Kashmir and Balu-
chistan. Today only the Western
part of the Punjab and Baluchistan
are represented in the name.
Afghanistan is q separate country
and Kashmir is bone Of conten-
ton with India. Mr.. Ais brother
Moslems from East Bengal, who
number AZ million of the IS million
Pakistanis, are unrepresented in the
name.
Today, seven years after Pakistan
and India set up their separate
nations out of what had formerly
been British India, Moslem refugees
still stream into Pakistan at the
rate of 5000 to 1000 month.
They are a heavy burden on un-
developed Pakistan. How to care
for them and at the same time build
an industrial base in his country
will be two Of the problems Prime
Minister Ali is expected to take UP
with President Eisenhower in his
forthcoming visit.
Gndnef oveP
No matter how swiftly Pakistan
industrializes, however, it Is unlikely
she will move fast enough to satisfy
her present Prime Minister'S highly
developed tastes out of her own
production. His principal hobbies
are cars Qong, gadget-filled con-
vertibles) and cameras (still, movie
and 3-D).
While in Washington he drove
around (chauffeurs were for formal
occasions only in q PakiStan-green
Cadillac with white sidewall tires.
He and his family toured the coun-
try by auto. All Of them, the Am
bassador, the Begun and the two
boys, had candid cameras hanging
from their necks. They photo
graphed the Grand Canyon, the
Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City,
San Francisco's hilly streets (Which
struck them funny and Los Angeles,
q city whose climate reminded theme
of home.
All four of the Ais, including
Hamde who was nine, were forever
swapping pictures, even while they
were in Washington. Among them
they sent out three OF four rolls a
day to be developed.
The Prime Minister-elect traded
in his green Cadillac for new ma
room convertible, same make, when
he left Washington. He had all the
latest gadgetS put on-puSh button
windows, power steering, automatic
transmission, automatic headlight
DINNERS and the rest. Now he drives
around Karachi chauffeurless, an
almost unheard-of thing in the East.
$3.50 q Month
Even an ambassadors salary of
$2,500 a month couldn't stand that
pace, of course, so it was fortunate
that Mr.. Ali had a fortune of his
own to fall back on. When he went
back to Pakistan to become prime
minister he accepted a 81 per cent
cut in pay, down to $3.50 month,
in keeping with Pakistan's austere
budget. That is less than some Sec
retaries and judges in his admins
tration are paid. Their contracts
date back to British days, and have
been honored even after ipdepend-
ence was achieved.
In keeping with his upbringing.
Mr.. Ali has keen interest in sports.
He plays cricket. Of course, and
used to enjoy the Commonwealth