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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-02
Seek the Truth

ME urge our readers to do their own
thinking and first of all get the facts
before forming opinions Some calamity
hoWlers are again abroad.
Only this week we heard that Grad
dock-Terry Shoe Company in FarmvlIc
was Working only four days The truth of
me matter IS that the shoe factory is work
ing ~ hours and business looks promising
ior the continuation of a regular work
week. A full force is employed except in
the case OF individual crafts in which lack
OF material at hand has reduced the num-
Der Ct hours. Craddock-Terry Shoe Com
panN IN FarmviIle expects fun employment
through the foreseeable future.
We heard this week that certain com
panN was questionable financially. The
truth of it is that the company is in \
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-02
Double Check

| still meet some people who
profess to think President Ike
is a Democrat However. l Will
never undertake to make the
gentleman out liar, having his
word for it that he is Republi-
can is sufficient for me. II is safe.
to say the line is growing thinner
as the days 60 by. and they are
not all farmers.
Regardless Of what we have
seen. we have not seen everything.
yet, not even in politics. Just why
50 many Of the great men. APP
pointeeS for their great skill, have
turned turtle and resigned after
only a short spell at the great
wheel of government, leaving in
some instances the administration
blank as to any or whom success
sor l cannot answer that one But
they all went home to mother.
leaving only a note on the break
fast table.
We have no Indispensable
these days. Seemingly we could
dump the whole outfit down the
drain and things would 20 on and
on
We arc a wondering Nation to-
day What will the PSYCHOLOGICAL
warfare amount to or end in? The
great What Of Korea Wait and
4 SEE
IN Farmville. I found the may
for out; MI Billie Carson on the
move, UP to the Planters Bank
Building, MI Willie Bailey able
to get about and getting his
hair cut short like nine Thirty
FIVE years ago MI Bailey was the
best man at my wedding MI Ed
Leu still cutting hair many
changes but still a great town
Farmville the only problem is
traffic
Thanks for reading read
the Farmville Herald
Yours. j. MARVIN BROWN
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-02
Flower Gardeners

Most folks Who work where flowers grow
Are friendly souls and wise;
And always spring is in their hearts
While foith shines in their eyes,
From natures tount they drink with Joy
A drought thot satisfies.
They know each tiny seed they plant
6och flower shrub ond tree,
They thrill to see each blossom come
When springs sun sets them free.
To clothe eorth's breast With Iovliness
And hide her nudity
Eorths first garden was in Eden,
And to US, from it came
All our lovely Towering plants
Thot blossom Just the same
As when God mode ond pIoced them there,
And TO each gave its name.
All these folks who work in gardens.
Do not their work in vain,
For they ore part Of mother earth,
Gods sky and sun and roin w
And for their toll they ore we'll pQid
When roses bloom again
l. D Whitaker
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-02
1t Should Be for the Best

Prayer for others should be for
the best and this in two senses.
1t should be in line with God best
purposes, and it should be for the
best things When Christ prayed in
Gethsemane that the cup might
pass from him, the prayer was not
granted, because what God Willed
would not be possible, or would not
have been possible. If Christ had
not been willing to drink that bitter
cup to the dregs God will not
grant requests that upset his plans,
mo matter how earnest and appar-
entity right the requests may be
But prayer for others ought to be
for the best things Not that we
should not pray for lesser things
1t surely Is not wrong to pray that
mother may find her wedding ring
that got lost in the laundry or
that Uncle Harry may get over his
cold But surely as We grow more
mature III the Christian life we
can begin to appreciate the kind
Of PRAYER that Christ offered for
his friends He did not pray there
at the Last Supper for their health
long life or prosperity" He
prayed for their inner spirits, he
PRAYED for their unity Of heart, for
their vision OF God How often We
pray for something TO happen to
our loved ones. how seldom do We
pray for them, When child lay
dying of rabies. hundreds Of pray
ers wentup for his recovery. These
were not granted But other pray
ers were offered for his parents
faith, ard these we're granted
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-02
SENATOR ROBERTSON
McCarthy's Actions Dim Real Issues
While U. S. Prestige Aboard Suffers

ately. this is the kind Of incident
which can be maghitied and ex-
plotted by those who are sympa-
thetic with Communism to dis
credit all our efforts to deal with
subverSiveS.
Leadership Involved
The present open row in which
army officials accused Senator Nc
Carthy and his committee staff
of using improper influence on
behalf Of an enlisted man and
pursuing investigations possibly
motivated by revenge because
they did not get the favors they
sought and the counter charge
that the Secretary OF the Army
and his legal advisor sought to
black mail" the committee IS
even worse II goes beyond the
question Of methods and personal
veracity. 1t involves who is to be
in charge of the Republican Par
ty-the President or Mccarthy
In the meantime, let US remem-
Der that our main fight against
Communism must be carried on in
the war zones of Korea and Indo-
China. in the streets of Berlin. in
the villages of India, Indonesia
and Burma. in Europe and Asia
or wherever people are called upon
to choose between the ideals of
totalitarianism and Of 'constitu-
tional liberty.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-02

ana IN the voice OF a ffOteSlant boy
singing: "A Mighty Fortress Is Our
God A Bulwark Never Failing
An American named Carl Sandburg wrote
these words:
Il know a Jew tishcrier down on Maxwell
Street with voice like north wind
blowing over corn stubbles in January.
He bangles herring before prospective Gus
toners evincing a JOY indentcal with that
of Pavlova dancing"
His face is that of a man TERRIBLY glad to
be selling fish, terribly glad that God
made fish, and customers to whom he
may call his wares from pushcart'
There is voice in the soul Of every human
being that cries out to be free America has
answered that voice
America has offered freedom and opportun-
ity such as no land before her has ever
known to a Jew fishcrier down on Maxwell
Street with the face of man terribly glad
to be selling fish. She has given him the
right to own his pushcart, to sell his her
ring on Maxwell Street,
She has given him an education for his
children, and tremendous faith in the
ndtlOn that has made these things life
Multiply that tishcrier by 100000, 600
l60,000000 mechanics and farmers and
housewives and coal miners and truck
drivers and chemists and lawyers and
plumbers and priests all glad, terribly
glad to be what they are, terribly glad to
be free to work and eat and sleep and speak
and love and pray and live as they desire,
as they believe.
And those $4,000 900 Americans -
those l60,000,000 free Americans IL have
more roast beef and mashed potatoes
the yield Of American labor and land:
more automobiles and telephones,
more safety raZOrs and bath tubs.
... more Orion sweaters and aureomvcin.
the fruits Of American initiative and
enterprise;
... more public schools and life insurance
policies
the symbols of American security and
faith in the future;
more laughter and song
than any other people on earth
ms is my answer, Fascist, Communist
SNOW me country greater than our coun-
'r|' show me people more energetic Gre
atlVc, progressive
Olgger-hearted and happier than our
people. not until then will | consider vour
way Of life For | am an American. and
speak for democracy.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-02
Pray for Others
Lesson for April 4. 1854

"HAT Christ prayed for. we
~ have right to pray for. This
is not to say that we can, so to
peak, simply quote his prayers az
ter him and sign our name in place
of his. He prayed for objects for
which we need not now pray, as
when he prayed for Simon Peter.
But the kind Of thing for which he
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-02

ton and through their support. both moral
and tiancial. colleges grow.
Longwood College is known for it's
1rlendliness. and democratic spirit among
'he students and the loyalty Of the alum
nae. Both were exhibited last Saturday on
Founders Day. It augurs well for contin-
yea growth and importance Of Longwood
College, Farmviles pride.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-02

prayed is the kind
Of thing for which
his followers can
boldly pray. For
no one has ever
known the mind Of
God so W ell as
J esus. To pray
against the mind
Of God is to pray
in vain; to pray
with Code mind ic
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-02


Listen to my words, Facists, Communists
Listen well, for my country is a strong
country, and my message is strong
message.
am an American, and | speak for dem
ocracy.
My ancestors have left their blood on the
green at Lexington and the snow at
Valley Forge
on the walls of Fort Sumter and the
fields.at Gettysburg
on the water of the River Marine and in
the shadows of the Argonne Forest
on the beachheads of Salerno and Nor
mandy and the sands of Okinawa
on the pare, bleak hills called Pork Chop
and Gid Badly and Heartbreak Ridge.
A million and more of my countrymen have
died FOR freedom.
My country is their eternal monument.
They live on in the laughter of small boy
as he watches a circus clowns antics
and il the sweet, delicious GOODNESS of
the fast bite of peppermint ice cream
OH the Fourth of July
in the tenseness of baseball crowd
as the umpire calls Batter up"
and il the high school bands rendition
Of STARS and Stripes Forever" in the
Memorial Day parade
in the clear, sharp ring of school bell
on a. fall morning
and in the triumph of a Six-year-old as
he reads aloud for the first time
They live on in the eyes of an Ohio farmer
surveying his acres of corn and pota-
toes and pasture
and IN the brilliant gold Of hundreds of
acres of wheat stretching across the
fiat miles of Kansas
). in the milling of cattle in the stock
yards Of Chicago
the precision Of am assembly line in an
automobile factory in Detroit
and the perpetual red glow of the noe
tufnal skylines of Pittsburgh and Bir-
miugham and Gary
They i>e on in the voice of Young Jewish
boy saving the sacred words from the
Torah: Hear 0 Israel: the Lord our
God. the Lord is One. Thou shalt love
the Lord thy God with all thy heart
and with all thy soul and with all thv
might
and in the voice of a Catholic girI
praying: Hail. Mary. fun Of grace,
the Lord is with thee
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-02
BIG BR0THLR LOOK

Man tailored clothes make
little boys happieSt. And although
they admire Dad. they prefer to
dress more in the fashion of their
casual, style-consc.ouS big broth
Ard.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-02

For you see, we eat, sleep. live
Communism, and we would glad
IL give our lives for our beliefs
We have no Injuries in our lives
But you Christians--why, you
give only left-overs!'
ONLY LEFT OVERS? TO me
the sign is a reminder, q yard
stick. 1t asks me, how do YOU
place your values what comes
first with YOU? 1t is painfully
specific question which is hard to
dodge And each time l see it,
l remember that someone once
SAID Seek first the Kingdom i"
Father. help up to give our best
to our Master. For We realize thai
anything less is a gift unworthy.
Take me and make me after thy
will. Use all of me in Thy work.
In Jesus name Amen.
From Power Daily Dev0tonSl
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-02

to pray with success One point is
clear from all Jesus prayers, but
especially from the great prayer
in John II; it is that the blessing
Of God rests on sincere prayer for
others.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-02

organized pressure groups may not
carA much about the views Of individual
members 5at ther secure politica! results.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-02

Top headlines in Washington
newspapers were given recently TO
developments in the dispute be-
tween the Army and Senator Nc
Carthys Investigating Subcommit
tee and little attention was paid
to the we'll documented speeches
made on the floor Of the Senate
by opponents of Statehood for
Hawaii.
This was understandable, from
a journalistic point of view and
l do not criticize the papers for
vi ng prominence to W ha
cause feel more attention should
be paid to the material threat of
Communism in Hawaii and second
because controversies over meth
they felt would appeal to the
largest number of readers But,
nevertheless, | feel the result was
regrettable from a national stand
point on two grounds: First. be-
cause Hawaii, and second be-
cause the conuoveryS over meth
DDS used by some Of those who
have been dealing with subversives
in this nation gives aid and com
fort to the Communists abroad
and discourages our democratic
allies
Voting Record
I believe we must be constant
~ on the alert to Identify and to
remove from government service
I'll Communists and prosecute I'M
der the Smith Act all who advo-
cate the overthrow of our Govern
ment by force or who would make
us subject to alien control I voted
for the appropriation for the ori-
gnal Dies Committee on I'm
American Activities and as a
member of the House and the
Senate | have voted for every sub
sequent appropriation for investi-
cation Of subversiyes on I'M
american dCllNlllcS.
l also believe however that in
conducting these investigations we
must adhere to American methods
which means not only respecting
Constitutional rights but also
proceeding in the spirit of that
great document which is based on
recognition Of the sacrednesS Of
/ the rights Of the individual
Even those who have generally
approved Of the activities Of SEN
ator Mccarthy and felt he was
doing a worthwhile Job in his
committee activities have not at
| tempted to defend the manner in
1 which he questioned an army Of
fIcer who was obeying orders Of
1 his superiors in refusing to answer
I certain questions and unfortun-
I For you see, we eat, sleep, live
Communism and we would glad
/ IL give our lives for our beliefs
We have no Injuries in our lives,
But you Christians--why. you
give only left-overs!'
ONLY LEFT OVERS? TO me
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-02
| Speak for Democracy

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The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-10-04
IN DISTRICT COURT

Charges against Paul Wilhite
and James Himmelright were dis
missed.
Gordon Dimmick was given
two-year sentence for burglary
with his sentence to run concur
rently with a previous sentence
of Is months which had been sus-
pended and was revoked.
Olga Barr was given a six
month sentence for adultery. Five
months of the sentence is to be
suspended after one month has
been served.
E. D. Wilson has brought suit
against Dallas Eberle and J.
jerks and the Town of Nome for
the sum of $1OO,OOO.OO, charging
that due to malicious and false
charges" he has been caused "em-
barrassment and humiliation" re-
sulting to insult and oppression"
Wilson's attorney is George Nc
Nabb Jr. of Fairbanks.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-10-04
CORRECTION

Last Thursdays flight of Pan
American was another record
breaker with the total time from
Nome to Seattle 7 hours So min
utes.
Flying time from Nome to Fair
banks was also a record breaker,
being only / hour AZ minutes.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-10-04
ALASKA AIRLINES

From Anchorage: Mr.. and Mrs.
Felt, Paul Octuck.
To Anchorage: MIR. and Mrs.
John Moore, Walter R. Nelson, C.
Marshall, James E. Pohl, Cpl.
Herbert Steder, S. E. Erickson,
Donald A. Lomadal, Lee Embley,
Joan Longley, DR.. Bach.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-10-04
Ed Delilak Dies While
At Work Saturday

Ed Delilak, aged Al, who has
been in the meat department of
the N. c. Store for the past sew
eral years passed away suddenly
Saturday afternoon while work.
ing at the meat counter.
Delilak, who was born at Coun-
Gil, Alaska, is survived by a
brother Alex, sisters Dorothy Ko-
mohuk, Ethel Komohuk, Klora
Adams, his father and stepmother,
Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Delilak, and
his grandfather, Ben Iyak.
Services will be Tuesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock from the Cove
nant Church.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-10-04
IN COMMISSIONERS COURT

James Moses was given a SEN
tence of ten days in Federal Jail
and fined $40 for being drunk and
disorderly.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-10-04
MINI HOSPITAL

Admitted: Clifford Oqui1lok.
Discharged: Martha Kaputah,
Myra Sun, Alfred Hanson, Edith
Vaudeville and son, Jonathon
Moto.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-10-04

Virgil Warneke and MargerY
Apok we're married yesterday by
the us. Commissioner.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-10-04

The $4,000 poliomyelitis cases in
the United States in 1852 set an
all-time high.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-10-04
N o T I c z

The Church Conference to have
been held this evening at the
Community Methodist Church has
been postponed until a later date.
The superintendent of The Alaska
Mission is not able to come at this
time.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-10-04

COMPLETELY furnished house
for rent. Call Main 1913.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-10-04

FOR SALE-'42 Dodge command
car. New rubber, just over
hauled. Contact Geo. Nelson at
Board of Trade Bar. 118
Homer news., 1954-12-16
PuPPEr SHOW PLANNED

The 5th grade of the Hom- CT school will give 2 perfor- aances Of a benefit puppet show tomorrow (Friday) to raise money for music and records to be used at the school. The show is an orig- inal pro ject ent tiled nHis- tory in Review" s'and the 5th grade students, under the supervi ion of their teacher, Mrs. Adams, made the puppe ts and wrote the script The play, taken from their his- tory lesson, starts with the sett lement at Jamest own and inc ludes the Revo lutionary War, Civil War and other his- borical high1 ightss Admis- sion for the show will be 5 cents for grade school child- Ren and 10 cents for high school students and adults.
Homer news., 1954-12-16
SCHOOL NEWS

The grade school boys who went to Nini1chik last Friday vi tn MT, Schroer won the 1T game by a score of 29 to .25. About 90 Homer tes went to Mini lchik to watch the game. lille Flyun Has high point nan for iome IT. Other players were robert Campbell, Robert Seitz, Chuck Gjosund, Billie Car lson, Dan Jones. Martin 0'Connor3 Pat Scott, Skip Hegdahl, Harry Grego ire and Nelson NOyer.
 The school recei we'd a P25 check this, week from the Sel- dov ia Bay Packing company to be used for Chris stmas treatss
 4 total of xi55. .68 has been received so far by the school from the red cap jar fund.-
 Dave Schroer is leaving Friday evening for Chicago
Homer news., 1954-12-16

and Pearl City, Illinois to spend Chri tmas with his par ents.- Mrs. Raver will sub stitut for him next week.
 At the teacherss meeting Tuesday the problem of traf- fic between the school and the Dari-Delite vas discussed as uas the problem .of saving on the school power bill,
 The 9th. 9th, 7th and 9th grades are making puppets for the Junior Red Cross as gifts for the Crippled Childrens' hospit tai in Anchorage.
Homer news., 1954-12-16
SANTA COMING

The Hone r Food Center has announced that Santa Claus will be a guest in the sto re on Dccember 22 from 2 unt il 5 p.m. Pictures of local kids taken on Santa s knee will be available this. year, acc ord- ing to Ethel Scott, at go cents per picture. Tie pic- lures will be taken with a polaroid camera that develops it's own negat ives.
Homer news., 1954-12-16

Tao peri ormances will be giv- en in the school cafeteria with the irst show in the afternoon for the sch oo1 and the second at 8 p.ri. on Fri day night. es
Homer news., 1954-12-16
HOUSE DECORATED

Marian Koeppel has 5om- pleted the -rede coration of her house. The paint ing was done by Nr. Jorn who is a professional painter and dec- orator,
Homer news., 1954-12-16
WIN AWARDS

Robert seitz and William Carlson received BIO prizes recent ly in the annual garden contes t, for All members he Id by the Scar s-Roe buck Founda- tion. They were among 28 Alaskan 4-h winners.
Evening star., 1954-02-17
New Wonderland of Beauty
Is Found by Cave Explorers

who now are. from three to five
miles under the earth. The at
mosphere, they report, is ex-
tremely heavy with humidity
running constantly over 70 per
cent.
The observations are being
made by Donald M. Conoyer,
Weather Bureau observer from
Washington. and his assistant,
Miss Margaret M. Klein. Chevy
Chase schoolteacher. both expe-
rienced cave explorers.
Quite contrary to expectation,
they reported yesterday, the
temperature under the earth is
far from constant. 1t varies as
much as 5 degrees for stations
within a mile of each other and
falls as much as S degrees be-
tween midnight and morning.
Humidity readings dropped from
81 to u during the same period.
Lacking adequate instruments,
Mrs. Conoyer and Miss Klein
have been unable to correlate
their findings and will continue
observations for the next few
days.
The low metabolism, or living
rate, of cave animals, has been
recognized for some years. They
developed slowly and move slug
Evening star., 1954-02-17
Amazed Explorers
Find Cave Mirage
Is Not q Mirage
BY the Associated Press

CRYSTAL CAVE, KY, Feb. II.
-Dirt-smeared spelunkers, nine
hours of climbing and crawling
from the outside world, looked
up yesterday and saw walking
out of the darkness a man in
clean dress suit.
He was carrying a pound
ham adorned with pineapple
and cherries.
The spelunkers (cave eXplor-
ers) first thought they were see
ing mirage until they recog-
nized William (BilD Austin,
manager of Crystal Cave. and
James Neidner, "a. a buddy from
JetferSontown, KY.
why are you all looking so
dirty?" Mr.. Austin asked the
amazed spelunkers. Then he
further astounded them by re-
lating that he and Mr.. Neidner
had made the trip from outside
the cave in a record 2 hours, 20
minutes.
1t took the spelunkers 8 hours
and more.
Mr.. Austin later admitted he
carried his dress-up clothes in
a bag and changed just before
he arrived on the scene.
Evening star., 1954-02-17
THE EVENING STAR AS
Washington. D. c. **
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1854

gishly. Males, it recently has
been observed, never fight. The
possibility that this is some way
associated with the grave-like
atmosphere may be verified by
the observations.
A chamber of white stone
flowers. a lilypad pool and an
avenue of waterfalls were among
the findings reported by explor-
ing parties who pushed out from
the base camp during the day
and night. The white flowers are
of gypsum. or calcium sulfate.
The gypsum is contained in the
surface water seeping from
above. Forced slowly through
pores Of the limestone roof, it
cryStalizes into the f1ower-like
forms. The process is similar to
the formation of fiower-like ice
crystals over wet soil in winter.
The trail of waterfalls was
found by explorers who crawled
for more than two hours beyong
the base camp. One was more
than 80 feet high. These water
falls are the result of small
streams pouring through bar
rel-like holes in the rock walls.
One fell into a large pool whose
surface was covered with water
lily pads of yellowish onyx, simi-
lar in appearance to the lily.
pad seas of the Arctic Ocean.