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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-08-19
September School
Outlook DINNER

After almost a decade of strug-
gle. the warborn school problem is
still with us say the editors of
Changing Times, The Kiplinger
Magazine. In some areas there has
been improvement. In other areas
crises impend. Here is this years
outlook!
Faster than facilities can be
built or teachers trained, prospec-
tive pupils arrive--in fact new
baby is born every eight seconds.
That is the nub of the school prob
lem. This year the added load on
the elementary schools will be l.
100000 over last years enrolment.
In many parts OF the country in
struction will be on make-do bas-
is. Close to 100000 grade school,
ers will get only halliday educa-
tions. Most of the others will sit in
crowded schoolrooms-nearly two
out of three in classes larger than
the desirable size, which is 80 pu-
pills. About $4,000 school houses
are still antiquated, one-teacher
buildings.
New teachers going into grade
schools, while generally we'll train
ed, are hardly numerous enough to
replace those who quit teaching
last year. Only afew thousand ex-
tras are available to handle the
new pupils and to replace tempor-
ary teachers.
To get more teachers, more COL
lege graduates with teaching de-
grees must be induced into the
schools, Only 1870 of trained ele-
mentary teachers and 56% of
trained high school teachers now
actually take teaching jobs. An
other approach is to inveigle FORM
er teachers to come back to the
classrooms.
Although $4,000 new schoolrooms
have been added, the country needs
more than this number each year
for at least the next five years, or
the gain" will be quickly wiped
out.
High schools will feel the first
pressures of heavy enrollments this
year, when 250,oOo additional STU
dents register. Spectacular increas-
es in enrollments will come in an
other two or three years. But
teacher supply is way down. Train
ed high school teachers graduating
from college this year are 41%
fewer than in 1850.
The weak spot in instruction Ks
science. About half the high schools
provide little or no instruction in
chemistry, physics and advanced
mathematics. High schools badly
need 5000 additional science teach
ers right now but only 1000 new
ones are available for this year.
This bodies no good for the nations
future. Without high school prep
aration, students will not be able
to go on. to advanced training in
the fields of chemistry, electronics
and atomic energy.
Colleges have few years before
the rush hits. This falls enrolment
will be 1881, 900, or 10000 over
last years. About third will be
girls, bent on degree or husband.
The. main need for curing our
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-08-19

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appointed for . term Of IL years,
check all claims made against
the governments.
Yet this office lacks both power
and staff to carry on investiga-
ton work into government finan-
cial affairs In same manner
Federal Bureau Of Investigation
works In field Of security.
For example II has been
charged past few months on oc-
casions that Harold Stasscn. ~
head Of foreign aid operations,
diverted funds TO projects not
within intent Of Congress.
Neither Is il necessary at al
times to throw criminal charges
at someone when government
funds are misused. Ignorance
is as costly as criminal intent.
For example, when celebrated
hamburger story broke, scores
Of ranking brass were called up
before Congress. Yet IL is rather
specious to expect professional
men to be businessmen. And IL
Is questionable with the COM
plexity of modern warfare and.
defense whether nation has any
right to expect military men 10
acquire business knowledge.
In short. Hoover Commission
reports already indicate great
lack in American government
THERE'S the absence Of impartial.
non-partisan business-trained of
ficials, with authority to blow
the whistle on bureaucrats.
And now that foreign aid pre-
gram, under its new name. Mu-
tual Cooperation AdministsAtien
Is moving with Its billions Of dol
lars into the State Department..
need for such authority becomes
imperative. As shown by many
instances, striped pants career
boys running around wrinkling
brows over giobal problems arc
not inclined TO stoop to such
mundane matters as getting .
bucks worth for dollar.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-08-19
Buc Chief Lays
Down The Rules

COLUMBUS, OHIO Ernest
Cornell, Administrator of the Ohio
Bureau of Unemployment Compen-
sation, today flatly told BUG en-
ployees he would not tolerate i'm
morality during working hours. or
misfeasance or malfeasance in the
handling of claims"
The statement came on the heels
of a decision by the Ohio State
Civil Service Commission affirming
Cornells earlier action in remov-
ing the manager and two women
employees of the BUGS Toledo
office.
In letter addressed to all BUG
employees informing them of the
Commission action, Cornell said:
II regret this action had to be
taken; however, I want to make it
plain that / will not tolerate i'm
morality on the part of BUG en-
ployees during office hours. Neith-
er will I tolerate any misfeasance
or malfeasance with respect to the
handling of claims for unemploy-
ment compensation"
The BUG chief told his en-
ployees that he expected "only the
cfr;cfact odboropca fo dt,txD xxybiIa
they were employed by the Bureau.
Pending the outcome of a posi-
bic appeal before the Common
Pleas Court of Franklin County,
the Commissions decision makes
final the disciplinary action taken
by Cornell May 18th when all
three Toledo employees were sus-
pended.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-08-19
State distributes
sci Million To
Local Government

The biggest single distribution of
local government money that the
state makes during the year went
out in August from the office of
State Auditor James A. Rhodes as
S21, ,129, ,635.23 in taxes paid by fl
nancial institutions on deposits,
shares and capital is returned to
Ohio'S 8S county auditors.
The total is almost as much as
counties receive in IL months from
the other big source of local gov
ernment money, the sales tax.
This money goes into each coun-
tvs undivided local government
fund and is allocated by the coun-
ty budget commission among To-
cal taxing districts.
Today's distribution of this tax
on intangibles is $591, ,430O8 more
than the distribution in August last
year, and So, ,390,548 more than
was returned during the fiscal
year ended June 90 1854. This re-
fleets the growing deposits in Ohio
financial institutions.
Cuyahoga county, where much
of the states wealth is concentra-
ted, will receive Sc, 5,803, ,825.02, or
more than 27f6 of the total dis
tribution. Hamilton county will get
$2,685, ,354 50; Franklin, S1,311, ,277.-
%; Lucas, 1894, ,64029; Summit,
$960,43761; Montgomery, S913,-
543.56. Madison Co. will receive
$44, ,84619.
Teen-agers-People who express
a burning desire to be different by
dressing exactly alike.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-08-19
Accident Rate Is
Ste eady In Growth

CHICAGO-Nineteen times as
many persons were killed in motor
vehicle accidents in 1854 as in 1910
but there were 123 times as
many vehicles on the highways and
they travelled faster and farther.
In addition to $4,000 killed, l.
250,000 persons were. injured in
motor vehicle accidents last year
The 1855 edition of Accident
Facts" the National Safety Coun-
ciPs statistical yearbook, which is
just off the press, shows that
Americans drove $4,000, 1000, 900
miles,
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-08-19

A known axiom In restaurant
business is surest way to go
broke Is to leave back door un-
locked.
This Is basically lesson In re-
ports released so far by Conn
mission Of Organization of the
Executive Branch OF the Govern
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-08-19

school problem is money. For
every new pupil in public school.
taxpayers must shell out an aver
age of S250.62 for current expens-
es and S80.52 for buildings, books,
etc. AS more teachers are added
and more schools built, the figures
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-08-19

will keep rising. AS for colleges,
half now operate in the red. Tui-
ton fees at many schools are sky
high (as much as $1,000 a year,.
Corporations gave S70,000,0o0 last
year to help out, but high tuition
and donations aren't enough.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-08-19

ment. known
as H o o " G +
Commission.
. q .
Unfortunate-
iy, deep. sin
c e r e 1 a I
reaching work
of this commit.
tee is not get
ting publicity II
deserves. Rath.
hs-LltnLte q
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-08-19
Let's all 90 10 our own county

Each year. this exposition spreads before the results Of
the fine efforts of the farmers in community and inn
presses with the Importance of agriculture leading
industry in county Coupled with worthwhile exhibits
from manufacturers and others and with many sparkling
entertainment features this splendid "show window for
agriculture is both educational and enjoyable all 90
to the fair We take in congraulang the many who
have cooperated to make it success. --"T
Evening star., 1955-02-06

The forest ranger didn't have
helicopters and parachutes so
years ago. He did it the hard
way.
His equipment was a spade.
a strong back and, possibly, q
horse. When a forest fire start
ed he often battled 1t alone.
Sometimes ii was put out by
; the simple expedient of waiting
--at times for. weeks-for rain
or snow.
Now, after so years. fire con-
troll in the Government forests
is highly organized. Radio COM
munications, fast land and air
transportation and modern fire.
fighting equipment make it more
than a hit-or-miss job. In some
of the inaccessible forests in
Western mountains, smokejump-
erS parachute to fires.
AS the United States Forest
Service celebrates its golden an
niversary. there are reminders
that it is much more than a
re-f1ghting outfit.
Carries on Research.
1t is. for example, a SGT mil
lion business. That was the total
of the receipts from national
forests in 1854, compared with
Evening star., 1955-02-06

and movie. and each year the
Forest Service receives thou
sands of letters from young boys
who want to know how to be-
come a forest ranger.
The Forest Service sees itself
as a bulwark for better forestry
practices and better use Of for
est products. Even before 1905
its predecessor. the Bureau Of
Forestry, was publishing infor-
nation on good forestry prac-
tice and offering aid to private
timber owners on harvesting to
insure successive crops.
Research is a major activity.
The Forest Service has nine re-
gional forest and range expert
ment stations in the United
States and research units in
Puerto Rico and Alaska. It's
Forest Products Laboratory at
Madison, Wis, operating since
1910, is one Of the largest in
the world for research In the
use of wood.
To help the service celebrate
its golden anniversary the De-
partment of Agriculture has an
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Forest Service, at so,
Rates as Big Business

a paltry $4,000 in It's first year
IN 1905.
The service also carries on a
broad research program looking
toward better development Of
the forests, and co-operates with
State groups trying to develop
State forests.
The service supervises 152 ma
tional forests in 40 States. in
Alaska and in Puerto Rico. These
forests cover 1870 million acres.
There are 1000 miles of fishing
streams and more than 2 million
acres of lakes. They supply a
yearly cut of S billion board feet
of timber.
This big business had a mod
est beginning February l, 1905,
when Congress merged the Bu-
reau of Forestry and the Forestry
Division of the General Land
Office, called it the United States
Forest Service and put it under
the Department of Agriculture.
Clifford Pinchot became the first
chief forester.
The work appealed to rugged
young men with venturous spir-
it's. But it was not all rosy. The
Forest Service explains:
I'm the Western national for
ests many a forest officer in
those days had to face a hostile
local sentiment. He was pic
tured in newspaper cartoons as
an insolent dragon pitilessly
riding down women and chill
dren, or he was described as
wearing feather in his hat
after the supposed fashion of
the European foresters. or ridi-
Evening star., 1955-02-06
DR.. Mitchell 10 Address
Ad Club on His Tour

DR.. Howard Mitchell. conduc-
tor of the National Symphony
Orchestra, win speak to the Ad-
vertising Club of Washington at
12: 80 pm. Tuesday at the Stat
Hler Hotel.
The occasion will be DR.. Nit
chell's first public report on his
recent uest-conducting tour Of
European capitals. Among the
guests Tuesday will be the am
bassadors Of the countries he
; visited.
Music on the luncheon pro-
gram will be provided by Con-
certmaster Werner Lywen, first
cellist John Martin and Harpist
Sylvia Meyer.
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exhibit in the patio Of its Ad-
ministration Building. It Is on
display through Thursday.
The exhibits include a minia-
ture sawmill, potted hybrid pines
representing research in devel-
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oping st-growing and disease
resistant trees, tree-planting
tools. products of wood-using
industries and wall hangings
Of redwood bark interviewer with
1ichen.
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culed as an Eastern dude or a
bespectacled college professor
out of place"
Hero of Books and Movies.
But in time he became recog-
nized as a valuable agent for
preserving and strengthening the
forests.
He has been the hero of book
, 1955-04-15
Sturs Arrive in
ST. Thomds Is Film
AL Boots AwdY"

Several movie stars, includ-
ing the popular jeff Chandler,
Lex Barker and George Ma
der, arrived in st. Thomas for
the filming of Universal-Inter
nationals "All Boats Away
Jeff Chandler was a guest
of Lee Carl over Radio Sta
ton VISTA yesterday evening.
The picture will be about
the ships and men who parti-
cipated in the battle of the
Pacific. The filming will coin
eide with the maneuvers now
taking place in the Caribbean
involving 200 ships and ten
thousand men.
A group Of about fifteen
newsmen and magazine writ
ers are due to arrive in st.
Thomas some time next week
to visit the movie company.
, 1955-04-15
Virgin Islunds Govt
Gets First Internul
Revenue Checks

Two checks totalling So, &c.,
200 were received by the Vir-
gin Islands Government on
April 10, representing internal
revenues collections made avail
able under the new organic act.
This money will be match
ed with local revenues to fl
nance operations Of the govern
ment.
, 1955-04-15
Anthony Luusi. New
Director of Territories.
Due in v. |. This Week

Anthony T. Lausi, new Di-
rector Of the Office of Terri
tories is expected to arrive in
the Virgin Islands this week,
possibly to attend the dedica-
ton ceremonies of the two
schools. He will also make an
Inspection tour,
Mr.. Lausi succeeds Director
William G. Strand who is
now Director of Information.
, 1955-04-15
Senator RhYmer Says
Alexander is Worst
Apple" out Of Bdrrel

Senator Weymouth Rhymer,
speaking over VISTA on the
Unity Party series on Tuesday
night, said that out Of over
forty candidates for the Vir-
gin Islands governorship, lit
seems that the Republican
Party in Washington picked
the worst apple out of the bar
rel-Archie Alexander"
The people are asking you
Continued on page a
, 1955-04-15
Deputy Commissioner Of Education Outlines
Program; teachers, Supervisors Approve

DR.. G. Robert Cotton, Deputy Commissioner of Educa-
ton at a special meeting held in the auditorium Of the new
Christiansted High School, outlined a part of his program
in connection with the reorganization Of the Department. AT
, 1955-04-15
Car Crushes Into
Tree on Northside
Rood; Two Injured

A Plymouth sedan, No. 497,
owned and operated by Edgar
Van Brackle, raced along the
drain on the Northside Road
near the entrance to La
Grande Princesse, out of con-
rol for fifty feet, and came to
a stop only after it crashed &
troll for fifty feet, and came to
knocked out a Nance tree.
Both Mr.. Van Brackle & his
passenger, Mrs. Clotilda Viii
liams were severely injured &
taken to the hospital.
According to a Police re-
port, Mr.. Van Brackle stated
that his steering rod loosened
causing him to lose control of
the car; he applied his brakes
but the car failed to stop until
the crash. From the condition
of the car, however, it is be-
lieved that the driver stepped
the accelerator instead of
Continued on page A
, 1955-04-15
Muus Returns From
Trade Promotion Trip
to NY. Cleved. Miumi

David E. Mas, Acting Com
missioner Of the Department
Of Trade, has just returned
from a weeks trade develop
ment trip to New York, Cleve-
land and Miami. In New York,
Mr.. Mas met with Alex Moss
man Of the Wendell P. Cotton
Company, Advertising Agen-
cy, to arrange for revision Of
the summer advertising sche-
dule and to include special adj
vertisements in New York
newspapers emphasizing the
that the scene Of the East
man Colorama is Magens Bay.
The Colorama goes on display
May 9th, in Grand CENTRAL
Station.
In connection with the Ca
Tourist Association,
Mr.. Mas met with Mrs. Lee
Continued on page ~
, 1955-04-15

IN connection with the reOFgal
ter each subject, he invited
questions from the floor and
suggestions.
DR.. Cotton paid great tri-
butte to the members of the
members of the Legislature
and the Governor for the pas
sage of the best pay plan for
teachers which, he said, was
the one submitted by the Lee
gislators and which the Gov
ernor signed. This pay plan is
the best that could be had,
and compares favorably with
many states on the mainland.
The Commissioner made de-
tailed explanation and answer
ed questions, as to how the
Plan would affect everyone
connected with the Depart
ment.
During his Introductory re-
marks DR.. Cotton took time
to correct some statements
made, apparently in an at
tempt to create unfavorable
impression. He said that it
was rumored in st. Thomas
that he planned to dismiss 40
teachers; but when he arrived
in st. Croix that number was
increased to so.
He said that the record will
show that he had recommends
ed the retention Of every en-
ployee now in the Department.
He went into detailed explana
ton and later mentioned that
there were a few positions to
be filled, including industrial
arts, for which there are no
teachers available in the IS
lands. However, he pointed
continued on page a
, 1955-04-15
Personal Mention

Patrolman and Mrs. Eric v.
Kruger are the proud parents
of a bouncing nine and a half
pound baby boy. The little
fellow arrived in the Charles
HARDWOOD Hospital at / am.
on Holy Thursday.
Mother and baby are home
and doing nicely.
Miss Eugene Brady, native
of st. Croix, who has been a
resident Of New York for over
thirty years, arrived here two
weeks ago to see her home
land once more.
Miss Brady is a sister of DR..
Arthur Brady.
She is the house guest of
Mrs. Elena Christian, Dean of
Girls at the Christiansted
High School.
Evening star., 1955-01-06
Bureau Many Complaints,
Even Against Milk Pamphlet

one OF the complaints received
by the bureau. which has been
serving washington for more
than 80 years. He told members
OF the Washington Rotary Club.
at q luncheon yesterday. that
the ofiice handled more than Al
900 inquiries, including $500
signed complaints. in the past
year.
"One woman. Mr.. Mccarthy
said. called to tell US she had
paid Q lawyer . fee to secure q
divorce for her. She said her
husband died two days later and
could we help her get back her
money"
Chief among the complaints
last year were those dealing with
purchases OF women's apparel.
Next came television repair serv-
ices.
Another big problem Is In
used-car finance dealings. he
said. He told Of the case Of q
complainant who had signed q
blank contract for the purchase
Of a used car ct 3 cost Of $1.5T5,
only to be notified two days later
that finance costs for two years
Evening star., 1955-01-06
Policeman VIII Face
Trial Board tuesday

A No. 8 Precinct police private
will go before q trial board Tues
day to answer charges that he
feigned an injury to get out OF
reporting for duty and was un-
der the influence Of alcohol when
he reported for an examination.
Pvt. Harold e. Jones. 81, q
member OF the force since 1949.
is charged with calling his pre-
cinct on December 26 and
reporting he had injured his
knee. He also is charged with
being drunk when he went to
DR.. James A. O'Keefe Of the
Police Clinic for an examination
on December e29 and failing to
report his injuries In writing to
his superior officer.
Trial board charges also were
brought yesterday against Pvt.
Vernon M. Reynolds, 43, Of No.
Il precinct, a member Of the
department since 1942.
Reynolds is charged with fall
ing asleep In a police scout car
on December II in front of the
Shrimp Boat Garry Out Shop,
4510 East Capitol street. and
failing to answer q radio call.
Evening star., 1955-01-06

An anonymous letter writer
has complained that propaganda
is being distributed In the PEN
tagon in the form Of pamphlets
urging people to drink milk.
The pamphlet. distributed by
the Maryland Virginia Milk Pro-
ducers' Association, recommends
milk for building vitality and
insuring years Of healthful liv-
ing.
"This false and misleading
propaganda Is being circulated
in the Pentagon," an anonymous
letter informed Leland 8. Nc
Carthy, manager Of the Better
Business Bureau OF Washington.
The pamphlet was clipped to the
letter. I
Mr.. Mccarthy listed this as
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typographical Union
10 Mark 14Oih Year;
Oldest in Nation
sy Tom Burke

Washingto1's Columbia Typo
graphical Union, No. 10l. the
Nations Oldest continuous labor
organisation, win celebrate its
140th anniversary Saturday with
o dinner and dance in the May
flower Hotel.
Organized by 10 local printers
ON December 10, 1914, the union
now has q membership Of $500.
BY January z. 1915, the union
had q constitution and by-laws
and had adopted the slogan, MY
Brothers Keeper"
Jesse B. Manbeck, president Of
the local union, comedies that
labor unions. or similar orga1liza-
tions, put In an appearance on
the American scene earlier than
1914. But he said records show
that these earlier organizations
were short-lived.
Some labor "firstss were estab-
lished by the Washington union,
not the least imortant Of which
was the CLOSED shop" That was
In 1842. when the printers
adopted a resolution declaring
they would not work with nom
union men.
Another was the eight-hour
working day. which began in
1866 and was enforced through
q city-wide strike, which in
cluded the Government Printing
Once, Mr.. Manbeck said.
The first union wage scale
adopted by the printers was set
at SO q week for go hours work
In 1916. When Congress was in
session, the scale was $40 per
week.
( Today the wage scale ranges
from $2.83 to $3.15 an hour.
Mr.. Manbeck estimated the
total annual income Of the 10
charter Washington printers In
1915 did not exceed $4,000. He
estimates the current income Of
the union printers here now at
$40 million q year.
Evening star., 1955-01-06
Deaths Reported

(From b, G.. Health pepartment.)
Rose Hansberger, 81, S026 Wisconsir
Mary p Tinsley. 81, 54a5 western ave
lone !. Mooney. 10. $3.50 18th st. NV
Adelia =. Chiairol II. 2ez5 Norman
stone ar.
Henry L. Shreve, 81, Arlington, Va.
Sara j. Htearns. 81, 769 Quebec pl. NV.
Joseph Smithson, So, 41123 Congress St.
Sc.
John NJ. sparrow. 5s. 2i23 Eye st. nv
William j. Allen. 81, ia sth ct. ne.
! Evelyn B. Peterson, 81, $500 14th ct.
NV.
Samuel Roth. 40. Takoma Park, Nd.
Henry Andrey, 80, Milwaukee.
MARGARET NJ. Doweil, 80, $500 Penn
sylvania ave. sc.
william Woodard, 7s, Soldiers Home.
Frank Frank Alien. "a. 45se dsuit pl. II NE.
Eugene Paisley, 43. 437 N st. NV.
Alfred Carter, 81, 1889 Montelio ave.
Biriey Reynolds. is. ass 9th 81. ne.
Kenneth n. Fairfax, 5, II Bryant st.
Tanys ward. infant. 1909 You st. nv.
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ARLINcToN

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Father-Forming the habit Of
doing your school work as well
as you can win help you. later
on. do any job you have as wen
as you can.