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Evening star., 1954-10-27
SnnoII Word IF Looms Lorqe in History

II France had not lost the war. her
position In Europe would be stronger:
Ii her position In Europe were strong
er. Mr.. Dulles would have no problems.
The s'ifs" fall thick and fast as the
leaves OF autumn. and yet "ifs" have
played an important role In world
history.
Imagine what might have happened
If George Washington had succeeded
in running Oh to sea as he planned.
Quite possibly he might have ended his
career at q tender age by falling over
board, or he might conceivably have
finished up as First Lord Of the British
Admiralty. If the latter had been the
case, the War for independence might
have been lost. On such slender threads
the destiny Of empires sometimes
depends.
II Car Nicholas the First had not
been timid man, California today
might be behind the Iron Curtain. For
no good reason the Gar declared, Holy
Russia must not touch it." and the
whole Russian interest on the West
Coast was sold to an ambitious Swiss
adventurer. John Sutter, for $50, 900.
Today the Russian River In California
is the sole reminder of one of the great
est "ifs" OF all history.
If James the First of England had got
out Of bed on the right side on certain
morning In 1911 he would never have
lost his temper and shouted, "I will
harry them out of the land!" And the
Pilgrims would have left the job of
settling the United States to some other
harried group.
Where would the world be If Napo-
Icons application to join the British
feet had been accepted? Nelson would
never have lost an eye fighting him.
Then Nelson would not have been able
to put his telescope to his blind eye
when given the signal to retreat and
would have been hanged for disobeying
Evening star., 1954-10-27
Victory for Merit System

BY the passive process of refusing to
review an appellate court decision in the
Roth civil service case, the Supreme Court
has reinforced patronage threatened Sec
ton of the Federal merit system. The action
adds authority to the 42-year-old Lloyd
Lafollette Act, the Government workers
bulwark against arbitrary, unjust dismiss
ais. The career service thus has won no
table victory.
The case at issue involved the summary
firing more than year ago of Leo A. Roth,
a Justice Department attorney with civil
service status, whose job had been placed in
classification making it subject to patron
age. The department contended that Mr..
Roth did not carry with him into the new
classification the job-protection rights ac-
corded him by civil service regulations. Mr..
Roth appealed to the District Court, which
sided with the Government on the basis of
an executive order creating the new CLASH
fication. The Court OF Appeals here, how
ever, reversed the lower court, citing the
1912 Lloyd-Lafollette Act as guaranteeing
job security to merit-system employees even
though they might be shifted to non-career
positions. Under that law Mr.. Roth could
not lawfully be discharged without "due
process, SUCH as the nl1ng or charges In
writing and the right to make answer within
a reasonable time.
The high courts support of the appel
late decision means the reinstatement of
Mr.. Roth and of any other civil service en-
ployes who were fired under similar circum-
stances. This is not to say, however, that a
career employe may not be discharged for
cause at any time, provided the regular civil
service processes are used. Even under the
Lloyd-Lafollette Act the agencies have full
authority to dismiss incompetent or other
wise unworthy employees, once the appeal
procedures have been complied with. But
the departments have been put on notice
that long established job-protection rights
Of civil servants must not be ignored or cir
cumvented. That is the real lesson of the
Roth case.
Evening star., 1954-10-27
Questions and Answers

., reader can t get The snswer S to any question
ton s. 9 Please tnclose three IS, cents for
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. Who was the first woman to fly
faster than the speed of sound?
ID. w. T.
A. Jacqueline Cochran (Mrs. Floyd B.
Odlum) of New York City. She broke
through the sound barrier on May Is,
1853. at Edwards Air Force Base, Calf,
flying at an average speed Of 652.337
m.p.h.
@. How do sports authorities explain
the recent rapid rise Of Russia in world
athletic contests?-W. H. j.
A. The president of the International
Olympic Committee accounts for Rus
sian successes by the fact that the peo-
pie of the U. S. s. r. have mo place to
go in their spare time" and have. there
fore, developed "a tremendous interest
in all sports
@. Please explain the word "ecumeni-
cal" as it is used by the World Council
of ChurcheS.-S. T.
A. "Ecumenical' comes from the
Greek "oikumene," which means "the
whole inhabited world" The council
uses it to signify "the whole household
Of faith, embracing all races, all ma
tions, all branches of the church itself"
@. What chemicals are used to en-
rich white bread? Is most of the bread
now sold treated in this way?-E. F. Y.
A. Since 1941. it has been the policy
to fortify bread with thiamine, ribofla-
vim, niacin and iron. The practice is
compulsory in some States, and, with or
without laws. over $50 Of all white
bread sold in the United States is now
enriched.
Evening star., 1954-10-27
Stout, StoIwort Advocate

One of the giants among the postwar
statesmen of the free world-and friend
of the West-begins an official visit in
Washington today. He is DR.. Konrad Ade-
nauer, Chancellor of the Federal Republic
of Germany, who has come over to discuss
with President Eisenhower and Secretary
Dulles the parliamentary prospects for i'm
fermentation of the historic agreements
reached at the London and Paris Confer
ences during the past four weeks.
If Western Europe is today facing a
new chance to set aside its ancient differ
ences and to build an enduring security,
much of the credit must go to the 78-year-
old chief of the West German government.
For he was one of that small group Of strong
and farsighted men-among the others
were Schuman and Monnet of France,
Sforza and De Gasperi Of Italy-who real
lied when World War II ended that basis
must be found for unity and cooperation
In Western Europe II another disaster was
to be averted. 1t may be said that the, goal
Is not yet fully achieved but impressive prog
ress has been made in these recent weeks,
and one of the towering figures in hammer
Ing out the newest accords was DR.. Ade-
1nauer.
It was not without reason that Sir Win
ston Churchill once described the Chancel-
lor from Bonn as "the greatest German
statesman since Bismarck" And it was more
than casual Interpolation when Secretary
Dulles, In his televised report to President
Eisenhower and the cabinet, expressed his
confidence that DR.. Adenauer, "a stout, stall
wart advocate of European unity, will re-
ceive here the welcome which the American
people ought to pay great statesman such
as he is" Certainly that welcome is assured.
Evening star., 1954-10-27
Mr.. Nixon's Left-Winqers

Vice President Nixon's Halloween
speech out in Pocatello, Idaho, was bit
on the vague side-perhaps Intentionally
so. The gist of it was, however, that the
left-wingers will be riding high in the saddle
if the Democrats win control of Congress.
Mr.. Nixon did not spell this out in detail,
but one need only glance at the Congress
sional Directory to see what he must have
in mind.
Lyndon Johnson and Sam Rayburn, a
Well-known pair of Texas radicals, would
take over as majority leader of the Senate
and Speaker of the House. Carl Hayden, a
man to be watched if there ever was one,
would become chairman of the Senate Ap-
preparations Committee. The vitally impor-
tant Armed Services Committee would fall
into the hands of that suspected stooge of
the Kremlin, Dick Russell of Georgia. The
situation with respect to the Foreign Re-
lations and Finance Committees is positively
frightening. For the ranking minority mem
ber Of each Of these Is another pinkish gen.
tleman from the Deep South-Senator Wal
ter F. George. And to make this picture even
darker, or redder, Senator George presum-
ably could move up as chairman of only one
of these committees If he should choose to
stay with Foreign Relations, that would
mean that the Finance Craftsmanship would
be taken over by that notorious left-winger
from Virginia, Senator Harry F. Byrd.
Mr.. Nixon presumably would say he
wasn't referring to any Of these Democrats,
and that it is nonsensical to attempt to put
such words in his mouth. It is not much
more nonsensical, however, than what he
actually did say.
Evening star., 1954-10-27

orders. In that case there would then
be no Trafalgar Square In London for
American tourists to feed the pigeons
In.
II BENJAMIN Franklin. who amazed
Europeans by swimming the River
Thames. had opened swimming pool
In London TO instruct in that noble art.
as he planned to do, hts services would
not have been available at the most
critical hour in our Nations history. and
America would probably not be the
world leader that she is today. Also
foreigners to Britain's shores would not
get all the glory for swimming the Eng
lish Channel.
# the recent New England hurricane,
Evening star., 1954-10-27
Election Rules for School Bourd

@sSSNsOu NusSS sVs SShVVa OV0s0
AS chairman of the now disbanded
Federation for Qualified School Board
Nominees, may ] be allowed a word
as to the character of the election for
the Board of Education of Montgomery
County?
The law requires that this election
shall be on non-partisan basis, speci-
flying, mo designation of party afili-
alton shall be placed on any petition
for nomination, nor upon any voting
machine or paper ballot used at any
said election"
Certain persons whose opinion I
greatly respect have during the present
campaign expressed the view that this
provision in the law Is unwise and
should be modified.
I have no desire to favor or to
oppose such view, though believe
that in many states the non-partisan
election of school boards has given
satisfaction for many years. But do
suggest that we have list of quite
satisfactory nominees in the field and
that discussion of any change in the
election law would better be deferred
till this election is over, and that in
this campaign every effort be made to
observe the spirit of the law.
No objection can be seen to two or
more candidates combining their efforts
so long as they avoid cooperation with
either political party, but do think
it Is unfortunate for the names of
school-board nominees to be publicly
listed along with those Of political
nominees in such manner as to in
dieate their adherence to one or the
other of the great political parties.
F. w. Browne.
Evening star., 1954-10-27
Friction Among the Americas


The prejudiced article In The Sun
day Star on Argentina's President
Peron, written by George Washington
University's Prof. William Columbus
Davis, is another of the reasons which
make difficult the highly essential in
tegration, economic and social, Of the
Americas. eas *%<&
The good professor of Latin Amer
ican history is evidently unaware that
President Peron did not invent the
term Yankee Imperialism" even IL he
ever uttered 1t. It has been popular
Latin American phrase ever since the
War with Mexico, and 1t has become
increasingly used with every fresh in
cursion of American troops below the
Rio Grande. It Is important to us, as
Americans. that these adventures oc-
CURED. for some Of them were most
necessary to the peace and security of
the Nation and its nationals, but to
the nationals of Latin America-who
have never quite been able to under
stand the glo-Saxon-the motives
behind our various military invasions
OF Latin American nations were based
upon imperialism, the extension OF
American authority over independent
nations to the south. It might be
added, parenthetically that the Anglo
Saxon is equally lacking in his COM
prehension of the Latin.
For the information of the profess
sor, it might be added that a good part
OF the Peron resentment towards the
United States took place after the
ill-advised appointment of Spruille
Braden to the post of Ambassador to
the Argentine. During Peron's cam
paign for reelection, Spruille Braden
so far transgressed the bounds of his
Job that he actively campaigned against
Peron, making speeches to the Argen-
tine people in which he exhorted them
to vote against their own leader
What would happen here if the
Argentine Ambassador we're to enter
the fight against an American Presi-
dent. attacking him in public? think
the answer is plain; the Ambassador
would be elected within "a fours.
President Peron was more tolerant,
but the newspapers in Argentina were
less kind Many of them Haunted ban
ner headlines: Whom do you want?
Peron or Braden?" President Peron's
Third Force ideas annoyed the New
Dealist administrations because he
would not commit Argentina. whose
Evening star., 1954-10-27
Bright Economic Horizon

It is bright and exciting prospect that
President Eisenhower has pictured to the
American people in his vision Of $500
billion national output annually within the
coming decade. For il the value of our goods
and services does climb to this record high
plateau-the comparable figure for this year
is about 1856 billion-it should mean abun-
dance and prosperity of broad and solid
nature.
To many thoughtful students of our
economy 1t is not, of course, either new
or an unrealistic projection of the capacity
of this country. The President pointed out,
for example, three basic factors which are
providing almost nonstop impetus to
this healthy expansion. They are: ~ Our
free way of life-a system of free enterprise
in which competition essential to growth is
regulated but not controlled by socialism or
bureaucracy; (2) rapidly growing popula-
ton; 90 an amazing variety Of new prod
ucts stemming from archaeological skills and
research. A fourth factor might well be
added to these, namely, the wealth of nat
ural resources available to our industries
and to our laboratories without which SO
much Of q country's potential energy either
would die Of malnutrition or be expended
in payment for the elements needed. The
complementary nature of these basic factors
is worth emphasis too, for it is their COM
bined force that is pushing our economy
toward new horizons Other countries on
the globe, by contrast, have rapidly growing
populations but their lack Of resources or
their chronological shortcomings make
what is an asset to us a liability to them.
Others are rich in resources but lacking in
skills or in people to develop them.
But the mere possession Of these ad-
vantages and assets is not enough to assure
the happy prospect foreseen by the Presi-
dent There must be, as he said, climate
of peace internationally and of confidence
domestically There must be responsibility
in government-in order that 1t can "en-
courage, guide, backstop, supplement-but
never dominate or attempt to regiment our
people," To bring these contributing factors
closer, the President listed in his Monday
night address seven-point program which
very likely will be reflected in his legislative
recommendations to the next Congress. His
proposals were stated broadly rather than
in detail, but in the context of his blueprint
of our expanding economy they possess
great attraction.
Evening star., 1954-10-27
Mistaken About Lawrence

admit that for some years have
been under the impression that David
Lawrence. was just a bit biased in
favor of the Republican Party, or at
least the Mccarthy pinfeathers Of its
Taft wing. find was wrong. In his
article of october 81 he states 1T is
true that there are 8 million un-
employed in America II assume he
means the United States) now, but
there were close to million in 1884
when the Roosevelt administration
succeeded in winning the biggest ma
jority in Congress that the Democratic
Party ever had"
Obiously, he feels that if the Re-
publicans can keep control of Congress
this year. they will be able to equal
the Hoover record. Only 6 million to
go.
rxy Nslrnr
Evening star., 1954-10-27

which toppled the famous Old North
Church steeple in Boston, had blown in
suit is almost too awful to contemplate.
Paul Revere would have had nowhere
to hang his lantern and the British
would have arrived unheralded.
So before he casts his vote, John
Citizen should ponder well the role of
the little word "if" in the course of
nations.
Evening star., 1954-10-27
BY Russell n. Argent

a s IN ALL election years, this Is
q y the season of the inevitable ''if..
the little word which is pulled like .
rabbit from every eager politicians hat
as he sturnps for votes. It is this
imponderable "if' which haunts the
voters mind as he strives to decide for
which side to cast his ballot and he pales
Evening star., 1954-10-27

as ne med1tateS upon the aW1ul
responsibilities of citizenship.
If Mr.. Republican had been in Office.
the voter is told, there would have
been no revolution in China; if there
had been no revolution In China, there
would have been no Korean war; If
there had been no Korean war, Gen.
Macarthur would not have been dis
missed. etc.
But Mr.. Democrat steps in to assure
the voter that If his hand had been
on the wheel of the ship of state,
Inde- China would have thought twice
before going Communist: If Indo-
China had not gone Communist.
France would not have lost the war:
Evening star., 1954-10-27
Letters to The Star.
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All letters are subject to condensation.

interests are in Europe, to program
tying Buenos Aires to Washington.
Lawrence Griswold.
Evening star., 1954-10-27

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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-02-04
PRnRATE NOTICE
Approval and settlement of Account

Approval and SeCtiement OF Accounts
Accounts and vouchers of the fol-
lowing named persons and estates
nave been filed in the Probate Court
OF Noble County, Ohio. for approval
and settlement.
First and final account of A. L.
Schafer,- executor. of the estate OF
Thomas +. Martin, deceased.
First and final account of Frances
Miller Matthews administrative of the
estate of Brady r. Miller. deceased.
First and final account of Dick
Leasure, guardian of Jesse Leland
Leasure.
Statement in lieu OF an account of
Glenn Dutton, guardian OF Lewis Neal
Dutton
Second and final account Of Lula
Mars. guardian Of John Collins.
Second and final account OF Elijah
Danford. guardian of James Weyfner
Danford.
First and final account of Edna
Snider. eXecutriX of the estate OF
Henry F. Warner, deceased.
Unless exceptions are filed thereto.
said accounts VIII be for hearing be-
fore said Court. on the 9th day OF
March, 1854, at which time said ac-
counts win be considered and con-
tinued from day to day until finally
disposed of.
Any person interested may file writ
ten exceptions to said accounts or TO
matters pertaining to the execution of
the trust, not less than five days prior
TO the date set for hearing.
w. V. ARCHER,
Acting Probate Judge
BY HELEN JOHNSON.
Deputy Clerk
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LEGAL NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that on
January IL, 1854, there was presented
TO the Board of Commissioners of the
County of Noble. State of Ohio. a
petition of the Village of Caldwell.
Ohio, praying that the following de-
TRACT A: Part of the southeast
quarter, Section 33. Township 7 OF
Range in Noble Township. Noble
County, Ohio, commencing st an iron
stake on Section Township line at S47
feet west of southeast corner of said
quarter section; thence north 35A
degrees west 1892 feet to an iron
concrete marker; thence north lSA
degrees east z04.6 feet to center of
Duck Greek; thence north 4634 degrees
west 1888 feet in center of Duck Greek !:
thence south 1874 degrees west 1865
feet to an iron concrete marker: thence
south 46l2 degrees west $50 feet To
said section township line; thence south
S5Ia degrees east 354 feet along said
line to commencing point, containing
Ill acres.
TRACT b: Part of the southeast
quarter of Section 3S, Township Z of
Range 9 in Noble Town ship, Noble
County. Ohio. commencing at the south
east corner of said quarter-section,
thence north degrees east 1876 feet
along section line; thence south 6712
degrees west 227 feet; thence south
1872 degrees west lO5 feet 10 south
line of said section: thence south S5ia
degrees east 800 feet TO commencing
point. containing 45Il00 of an acre.
TRACT C: Part of the southwest
quarter of Section 81. Township 2
Range 8 in ------ Township. Noble
County, Ohio, commencing at the
southwest corner of said section. thence
north degrees east $40 feet TO stake
at guard rail on south side of u. S.
Route Number 21; thence north 90
degrees east $40 feet to former corpor-
alton line of Caldwell, Ohio: thence
south 3634 degrees west $50 feet
along said corporation line TO COM
mencing point, containing 120 acres,
making total of 2.76 acres, more or
less.
be Incorporated into said Village of
Caldwell Ohio. which petition is now
on file in the office of the Auditor of
Noble County, Ohio. and designating
the undersigned to act as the agent OF
the petitioner as required by law.
Said Board of Commissioners has set
the 18th day of March. 1854. at 10 100
O'Clock q. m. as the time for hearing
said petition in the office of the Conn
missionera in the Court House. Noble
County. Ohio
81 L. C. YOUNG
Agent and Special Counsel
30 81 32 33 34 35 SO
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ORDTNANCE M. az

An Ordinance TO increase the
rates payable for natural gas
consumed within the corporate
limits OF Summerfield, Noble
County. Ohio; this increase TO
become effective for bills due
March !, 1854, and payable by
March Is, 1854.
Be it ordained by the Council of
the Village of Summerfield, as
follows:
Section /. That this ordinance can
GELS Ordinance No. 81, passed by the
Council of the Village of Summer
field. Ohio, on the 18Th day of Sep
tember. 1852.
Section 2. That this ordinance be
IN force for q period of two (2) years
Section 3. That this ordinance
specify that the rate payable 10 the
Noble Fuel Supply Company by the
gas consumers of the Corporation OF
Summerfield. Ohio. be and Is hereby
granted by Council as follows:
First one thousand (l000l cubic
feet of gas consumed per month.
Two Dollars 2.00);
For all gas consumed in any
month in excess OF one thousand
Q00o) cubic feet, the sum of eight
and one-half (.o8la) cents per one
hundred (i00) cubic feet.
Section q. A penalty of ten percent
(10%s) per one thousand (l080) cubic
feet shall be added TO the above
charge if not paid on or before the
18th day of the first succeeding month
after the gas is sold and delivered
Section S. This ordinance shall
take effect and be in force from and
after the required period designated
by law.
Passed the 26th day of January
1854.
WILBUR OLIVER,
President OF Council.
Attest: J. f. McGinnis. Clerk.
81 80 33 "a 35
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IN MEMORY

In remembrance of my mother,
Bernice G. Crum, who passed
away one year ago, Feb. 4, 1858.
l see a pretty flower
One I've never seen before
And / think I'll write and
tell Mommy
Then remember. "She's there
no more"
Kathye does such cute little
things
Walks, talks and plays on the
floor
And i think -- I'll write and
tell Mommy
Then remember, "She's there
no more"
Ny husband is very good to
me
Surely l couldn't ask for more
But still, something's gone
inside me
Since Mommy isn't there no
more.
I go up in planes, ride the
ferries
Do things I'd sure hate to miss
But always, I find myself
thinking
What will Nom say when
write about this?"
When I'm tired and ready for
bed at night
Without a worried thought or
care
My thoughts drift back to
home, Of course
And l remember, She's not
there"
Then I'm wide awake, not
sleepy
And l lay and think of her
smile
l remember, although l miss
her
"She's with me all the while"
Betty KOhut