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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-12-07
NOTICE OF APpoINTMEyT

Estate OF ]. Vernon Hildinger De-
ceased William. II. Hildinger, Lon
don, Ohio has been duly appointed
and qualified as Administrator of
the Estate of J. Vernon Hildinger
late of Madison County, Ohio, de-
ceased.
Dated this 26th day of November
AID. 1854. Number 12,2S7 Docket 6
Page 81. Maurice r. Beathard, Pro-
bate Judge OF said County.
Nov. 80. Dec z IA
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-12-07

Everything great is not always
good, but all good things are great.
Demosthenes
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-12-07
COMMON PLEAS COURT

COMMON PLEAS COURT
MADISON COUNTY, OHIO
Rosalind Lee Duty, a minor
is years of age by her next
friend, Martha e. Ripley
Plaintiff
Roosevelt Duty
Defendant
No. 1887
NOTICE
Roosevelt Duty, whose last known
address was Co. r. 18th Inf. Regt.,
APO. 162, % Pm. New York, New
York, is hereby notified that Rosa
lind Lee Duty has filed her petition
against him for divorce and other
relief in Case No. 1887 of the Com
mon Pleas Court of Madison County,
Ohio, and that said cause will be for
hearing on or after the 18th day of
January, 1855.
Harold H. Sparkling. Attorney
for Plaintiff
Nov. 80 Dec. Ii 81 % Jan.
Evening star., 1954-09-28
Entertainment Media
Can Do Much for
Youth, Murray Says

Police Chief Robert v. MUIR
ray believes publishers and pro-
ducers of entertainment could
do much more to mould the Ma
tion's youth into better future
citizens than law enforcement
officers can hope to accomplish.
Washington's police chief
made his plea for entertainment
media to exercise a constructive
influence over youth in a paper
prepared for delivery before the
international Association Of
Chiefs of Police in New Orleans.
Chief Murray's report was
made as chairman Of the asso-
cations Juvenile Delinquency
Committee and was compiled
from papers submitted by eight
other police chiefs on the COM
mittee.
Conclusions Presented.
He said the committee agreed
on these conclusions:
/. There is a definite question
as to how far police departments
should engage in crime-preven-
ton activities, which usurp the
functions of such other agencies
rs recreation, social and welfare.
2. While juvenile delinquency
is partially a police problem, it
is mainly problem for the en-
tire community.
8. The character and morals
Of youth are being "deteriorated
by the immoral and porno-
graphic literature being pub
lished for their consumption and
by violent crime being made a
commonplace through tele-
vision, radio, motion pictures.
novels. magazines and so-called
comic books"
4. The hardened habitual ju-
venile offender must be dealt
with in such a way that he
realizes his punishment will be
commensurate with the act he
commits.
Causes Listed.
Emphasizing that juvenile de-
linquency is a problem for the
entire community rather than
for any one group or agency,
the police chiefs through Chief
Murray listed these among the
factors causing juvenile delin-
quency:
Bad companionship, declin-
ing respect for all authority,
lack of home supervision, lack
of religious training and educa-
ton, lack of adequate punish
ment from official sources, en-
ployment of mother and father,
newspaper publicity of crime
news, crime comic books and
entertainment media educating
young minds in criminal tech
niques. court procedure, ques-
tionable hangouts patronized by
teen-agers, lack Of any real
duties or responsibilities for
youth usually associated with
family life. lack of recreational
facilities, problems in housing
projects.
Evening star., 1954-09-28
Tourists RivuI Suour

Cuba's tourist business-about
$50 million a year-now stands
next to sugar exports as a pro-
wider OF foreign exchange, Ha-
vana reports.
Evening star., 1954-01-05
Not to Be Postponed

General John e. Hull, chief of the United
Nations Command, has acted in keeping with
the letter and spirit Of the Korean armistice
agreement in serving formal notice that all
anti-Communist prisoners of war must be freed
"aS of 1901 am, January 49,"
This notice has been sent to Lieutenant
General K. S. Thimayya, the Indian chairman
of the five-power Neutral Nations Repatriation
Commission. In effect it demands that the
NNRC release from its custody-at the time
specified in General Hulls letter-the 10000
North Korean and Chinese POWs who have
steadfastly refused to go back to their Com
munist- dominated homelands.
General Thimayya,> though he himself ap-
parently believes that the demand is wholly
valid one, has indicated that the NNRC-whose
members include Red Poland and Red Czecho-
Slovakia-may have to debate the matter be-
fore arriving at any decision. The fact remains,
however, that the English text Of the truce
terms leaves no room for argument as to when
the prisoners are to be released to civilian
status For the text plainly declares that the
liberation is to take place within 80 days after
the close Of the 9O-day period set aside for
explanation" sessions designed to persuade
the POWs to accept repatriation. The 90-day
period ended on December %, and the addi-
Evening star., 1954-01-05
Old Potent Office for Porkino

The two bills introduced in Congress
and the proposal presented some> time
ago by the District Motor Vehicle
Parking Agency to turn over to private
enterprise the site of the old Patent
Office Building would be an important
improvement toward helping to hold
up the downtown business section.
Located at the crossroads of the
downtown retail area where F, G and
7th streets meet and where the retail
trade should reach its highest peak.
two OF the more highly appraised down.
town squares are lost to the city in
taxes and trade.
The two squares made trade-barren
by the old Patent Office Building have
extended tagging trade to numerous
adjacent blocks so that q wider area
has been affected with lull in trade
than the two squares occupied by the
building itself.
Also on account of this interrupted
break in the retail shopping streets
and the existing jag in F and G streets
between 7th and 9th streets, the down.
town shopping district has been divided
into more than one shopping unit with
many of the F and G streets shoppers
not in the mood to proceed east of
10th street and likewise much Of the
retail trade on 7th street are not in
clined to travel north of street on
7th street which has resulted in an
uneven distribution of retail trading
in the area.
The old Patent Office Building is
overage and houses but a small num-
ber of workers and its removal would
reclaim for business an important con-
Meeting link in the downtown retail
circuit that would integrate the shop
ping facilities, would infuse new life
into an uninteresting, slow-motion area
of the downtown retail district, would
increase trade volume and add luster
in the area to an immeasurable degree
Although Washington is a govern
ment city the location of this building
in the heart Of the retail district blots
out for commercial purposes two
squares that are an outstanding part
of the retail trading area and it's re-
moval would be a marked improve
ment.
Observer.
Evening star., 1954-01-05
By Charles E. TroceweN
Observer.

many who do not say anything are not
at heart Indifferent; from them will
come the merciful reservoirs of the,
future.
Against this good trend, unfortun-
ately. is the very spirit of this reckless
age, in which boys are told they have
an obligation Of so many years of
service.
The spirit Of warfare is becoming in
grained, and it fights not only against
kindness to mankind, but also kindness
to the animal creation.
How this see-saw of kindness against
cruelty will work out. nobody can say.
In the meantime, every suburban res
ident can take thought beforehand in
determining to be kind to stray opos-
sums and raccoons that may visit his
place. Even wandering gray fox
may appear The unfortunate tendency
of many persons just removed from the
city is to call the police. which usually
results in another shooting affair.
It is much better to watch the crea-
ture and proffer help in the way of
food. Not only does this lead to as
sistance when needed, always worthy
thing. but it helps build up the trait
Of admiration in the human. Today
the tendency is to escape by way of
on-admiration. This in turn leads to
many of the modern traits which play
straight into the hands Of coercion of
human beings. If we would help our
selves, we must help others, and this
includes the wild animals The as
saults Of indecency begin with animals,
then turn to human beings. If we pro-
tect the animals, we protect ourselves.
Evening star., 1954-01-05
Health and Wealth, if Any

That the love Of money is the root of all
evil Is a Biblical injunction which both profit
gates and misers have chosen to challenge over
the years. But the money changers in the
temple may be logged into more humble pos
ture by disquieting reports filtering out Of a
recent meeting Of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science.
It develops that DR.. William Kaufman is
OF the opinion that such random complaints
as stomach trouble back pain, headache or an
irregular heartbeat may be caused by what he
chooses to call money sickness" The doctor
claims this pecuniary malaise is the most
common psychosomatic illness Of the day fre-
quently attacking such disparate occupational
types as the miser, gambler and the chronic
bargain hunter. Especially vulnerable to the
virus he thinks, are salesmen and executives,
whom he contends are apt to be arch-conserva-
tives with their own dollars but most generous
with the expense account.
In this season of post Christmas bills and
tax payments just around the corner, there are
many who win agree that money or the lack
Of it is the cause Of many ailments, simple
or complex Unfortunately, DR.. Kaufman is
behaving like too many present-day diagnosti-
clans. After confirming the patients complaint
that he feels bad and offering a theory as to
what is causing 1t all. he simply drops the case
In this instance. however, the "money-sick"
patient at least does not have to look forward
to the Please remit notice.
Evening star., 1954-01-05

them pleasing to look at, and such
normally is the case, except when it is
regarded as useful, to be made into
coats or caps.
No more outrageous sight to many
spectators comes up in an average day
than that of small child nonchalantly
wearing the tail of a raccoon flowing
from hat of the same.
This beautiful animal ought to be
free from such usage, and perhaps it
will be, some day, when America be-
comes truly civilized. In saying this
we offer no criticism Of our native land.
One has but to read any good history
of England, for instance, such as that
by q. M. Trevelyan, to realize how
little genuine humanity there was in
the world until the last 400 years. Why,
they cut mans hand off then for al
most any offense, or killed him for the
same. If there was any dislike of such
proceedings on the part Of the general
public, they were afraid to utter
sound In protest.
Today, outright cruelty is generally
protested.
Still, there is much to be gained, par
ticularly as concerns the rights Of
animals.
The time will come. one has a right
to believe, when the natural resources
of America will be more vigorously pro-
tected. This cannot come about. how
ever, until many millions more of our
citizens have worked up in their own
minds and hearts dislike for cruelty
to- animals.
This cruelty is not always outright.
Indifference plays its terrible part. But
Evening star., 1954-01-05

tional SO-day period will end at midnight on
January 22 Accordingly, in a strictly legal
sense, as well as from the moral standpoint,
there can be no justification for detention be-
yond that date
With characteristic callousness and bad
faith, the Communists argue otherwise They
insist that all the prisoners involved must be
held in custody by the NNRC until their fate
Is decided at the political conference called for
in the armistice agreements conference that
may not be held for many months to come, il
ever. Needless to say, this Is q totally inde-
fensible view completely at variance with the
truce.
In the circumstances, as head Of the NNRC,
General Thimayya can hardly permit q post
ponement of the January 23 liberation date
TO do so would be to do violence to the truce's
clear provision against indefinite captivity. The
U. N. Command has taken an unassailable posi-
tion on this point, and General Hull has been
wise in emphasizing that there win be no retreat
from 1t.
Evening star., 1954-01-05
DR.. Byrd Steps Aside-Not Out

It is possible that the astonishing develop
ment of the University of Maryland in the past
IS years could have taken place under other
leadership. The fact is, however, that it did
take place under Dr. H. c. Byrd. and that he
steps down from the presidency Ito serve for
the time being as president emeritus) with no
other claimant to the honor Of master builder.
This enhances his chances to round out dis
tinguished career as Governor of Maryland For
the building Of the splendid physical plant that
houses the university at College Park was also
a feat that could be engineered only by one
who knew politics inside out and who had mas
tered the art Of making friends and influencing
people.
More about those chances will be known
after the Maryland primaries next June. This
undoubtedly influenced the arrangement by
the Board Of Regents and DR.. Byrd under which
DR.. Byrd, while retiring as president, keeps his
foot in the door. He will stay on as president
emeritus and adviser to the acting president,
DR.. Thomas B. Symonds, meantime writing
history of the university. He seems to be plan
ming a gubernatorial campaign based on the
theory that the Office is seeking the man
sound strategy provided the voters are willing to
cooperate. AS things are now, If DIR. Byrd is
elected, Maryland will have good Governor;
if defeated, the University of Maryland will
have good president to call back to active
duty
Evening star., 1954-01-05
This and That

"You cannot sympathize rightly with
man unless you also sympathize with
animals" said John RuSkin.
Any one who has watched the last
hours Of dear pet knows that at
this time it draws very close to us.
The ordinary dog or cat voice actu-
ally takes on human tones, as it cries
out for help.
It is another sign of the relationship
between all living things.
Among the wild animals that ought
to draw humanity closer are the opos-
that no creatures have been more
prosecuted.
The raccoon, is. especially. a humor-
GUS. clean animal
It makes an excellent pet. though a
time usually comes when 1t must be
returned to the woods.
Not so much can be said for the
opoSSum as pet: it lacks the adapta-
bility Of the other creature; It may be
that its sense Of humor is not so well
developed.
It is DANGEROUS, of course. to attrib-
ute hunor to living creatures other
than man, but every one knows what Is
meant.
+
The raccoon has a black mask across
his eyes, which helps give him slightly
waggish appearance.
This appeals to all persons who ad-
mire wild animals. The fact that many
persons do not admire them is the rea-
son, perhaps, why they are so ready
to kill them.
The fur Of the raccoon ought to make
Evening star., 1954-01-05
Jensen. Chicago Daily News.
''T0O Much Excitement All at Once" )"

Jensen. Chicago Daily News
''TOO Much Excitement All at Once"
are motivated by high ideals. This being
so, the question has arisen How far
are we going to permit such persons to
go?" We must remember that sitting
discussion and opinion does no one any
good. We must also remember that
those who would stif1e free opinion and
discussion are certainly no better Amer
leans (or better humans) than believers
in Socialism-and in some cases than
Communists.
OF course we should not tolerate
Communists in our Government if for
no other reason than because they, as
Communists, are obligated to help de-
stroy it. How far are we to go in that
direction as regards Socialists? Social
lists, as least Fabian Socialists. do not
want to destroy our type of government,
they say-they want to change it. But
what is the real difference between
change" and destroy? May the terms
not really be in this case synonymous?
Again. where must We draw the line?
Honesty. loyalty and ability should be
the only subjects pursued in investiga-
tionS and by investigators. Investigators
should be confined to these three ne
cessities. There are no others.
ClarksOn ]. Beall.
Evening star., 1954-01-05
Remembers When

Being a native born Washingtonian.
was very much interested in the letter
to The Star by l.. A. DeSsez in which he
wrote Of the Academy Of Music at 9th
and D streets NV. being razed almost
unnoticed.
The building known as the Academy
of Music had quite a history. The
building which preceded the Academy
Of Music. and which covered the entire
site of the razed theater. was built by
the Young Mems Christian Association
in 1868 and was known then as Lin
coin Hall. The YMCA formally
dedicated this building in 1869 and
made it its Washington Headquarters.
Here it maintained its parlors and lee
ture halls and it was here that such
celebrated lecturers as Henry Ward
Beecher, T. Dewitt Talmadge and Fred
erick Douglass spoke and such singers
as Christine Nilsson thrilled large audi
ences In 1880 the National Woman
Suffrage Convention was held in the
auditorium, and in 1881 at mass
meeting Garfield Hospital was project
ed, less than a month after the death
of President Garfield. Also in 1885 the
Fifth Annual Convention of Labor
Unions was held in this building.
The third floor was used as head
quarters Of the Grand Army Of the
Republic. Later the YMCA was
crowded out and the GAR also
moved to its new headquarters next
to Albaughs Opera House on Pennsyl-
vania avenue between Fourteenth and
Fifteenth streets NV. In 1881 Prof.
Henry c. Spencer rented the two upper
floors Of Lincoln Hall for his Spence
rian Business College.
In 1884 the main auditorium was
rented to Daniel Herzog of Baltimore
who opened that year as Herzog'S Ninth
Street Opera House. The attractions
included everything theatrical. drama.
tragedy. burlesque. comedy. melodrama.
musical comedy. operettas and extrav-
aganZaS.
On a Sunday morning. at $3.50 am.
December S, 1886. Lincoln Hall caught
flre and was completely destroyed. In
freezing weather with the ground COW
cred with snow. it was one of the most
spectacular fires in Washington history.
With the entire D. c. Fire Department
present, the f1remen found themselves
helpless to quench the blaze be-
cause OF their inability to get a stream
of water to the top Of the building
They had to let the top of the building
burn itself out. Old timers will remem-
ber that the National Theater burned
to the ground on February q, 1885 and
the Lincoln Hall burned on December
s, 1886.
Several years after this disastrous
fire. the building which has just been
razed was erected. It was named the
Academy Of Music and was used exclu-
sively for theatrical purposes. The
manager was w. H. Rapley. who also
held similar position at the National
Theater.
1t was in this building that the writer
enjoyed the following shows: Madame
K, Superba. MacFadden's Flats "a yearly
visitor), A Hot Time, Finnigan's Ball.
Evening star., 1954-01-05
Gift, Unexpected
BY Gould Lincoln

There is no Dind, the grasses do not
stir,
And peace lies in the uery lack OF
sound
The breath is held-and then a sudden
iDhir
Marks where bro,pn partridoes lift
from the ground.
Some OF them run and some rise up on
lDtngs
Earth and sky are stippled ,uith their
going
And then again the very silence sings.
Grasses do not stir, nor Is iDind
blotDing.
What makes them move? Perhaps a
meGdoto mouse
With small Doice my ears could
neper hear
SQuenkS at the doorway OF his hidden
house
And sends them out from stiffness
into fear.
MY heart should break to kno,D fear
makes them run
And get instead it bursts into song
At hGping seen brotDn Dings against
the sun
For my remembering whole life
long.
Anoble Armour
Evening star., 1954-01-05
Give the Public the Facts

The Eisenhower administrations efforts to
rid the Federal establishment of diSloyal en-
ployes are in danger Of being hurt by such
conflict and confusion as have developed over
announced security risk" figures. Nothing is
more apt to raise doubts In the public's mind
as to the effectiveness Of the housecleaning
operation than suspicion that the real facts
are being covered up-or exaggerated. Doubts
have been raised as to the reliability of the
Civil Service Commissions statistic of 1456
employees ousted as security risks. The COM
mission owes the public full explanation Of
how this total was arrived at and what it covers
That the announced total covers q wide
variety of security-risk cases other than those
involving Communists, spies or persons SuS-
pected of Red associations or leanings is evi-
dent from survey published in Sundays Star.
Also revealed in The Stars survey was the fact
that the total apparently included some en-
ployeS who were let out in reduction force
moves and even several who died-without any
notice to them that they were under cloud
Of any kind. It was learned that several agen-
cies are in disagreement with the csc over
the security dismissal figures used in compil-
ing the overall total.
It is well known, Of course, that the
"Security-riSk" term, under the Eisenhower
cleanup program, includes not only bona fde
loyalty cases OF the type aimed at unoer the olo
Truman program, but everything from sex
deviation and alcoholism to inability to keep
a secret. Yet statement issued by President
Eisenhower at press conference cited about
1900" security-risk removals in almost the
same breath with a reference to the roofing
out" of Communists In the Government. And
Senator Mccarthy recently told a radio audi
ence that practically all" Of the 1855 security
risks" were removed because Of Communist
connections or perversion."
This is serious matter and it should be
treated as such. If the ,456 figure has been
padded" for whatever reason, the correct total
should be ascertained and published. The mere
fact that such correction might be embarrass-
ing to the administration is not an excuse for
perpetuating an error Of this kind. Further
more, the correct figure, whatever it may be,
should be broken down so the public will know
how many have been ousted on grounds
bearing on their loyalty to this Government.
The advantages of putting these dismissals on
security-risk basis, as distinguished from dis
loyalty, are lost when the overall total is used
to confuse and mislead.
Evening star., 1954-01-05
Presidential Puff

The Presidents report to the people con-
tanned little that was either significant or
substantial
He did say that all legitimate Federal
power would be used to sustain the basic
prosperity" Of the country, and he included
this interesting paragraph:
This administration believes that we must
not and need not tolerate a boom -and-bust
America. We believe that Americas prosperity
does not and need not depend upon war or
the preparation for war; We know that this
great country can make the adjustments
necessary to meet changing circumstances
without encouraging disaster and without
bringing about the economic chaos for which
the Communists hope. Our system is the
greatest wealth producer in the world-in
terms Of the life and well-being Of every
citizen.
This is interesting because it Is suggestive
Of a new Republican doctrine-a political
philosophy which would seem to be much closer
to the New Deal than to the Old Guard. But
all Of the details remain to be filled in. Pre-
sumably this viii be done in Thursdays State
of-th Union message, for which last nights
talk was little more than promotional preview.