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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-03-29
THIS WEEK
WASHINGTON
LEP. JOHN f. HENDERSON
Military Dependents


The House of Representatives
has taken action on a program
strongly recommended by the
President to provide medical and
hospital care for wives and chill
dren of members of our Armed
Services.
Before World War II, service
mems dependents received this
care in military hospitals. How
ever, with the growth of our
Armed Forces, it has not been
possible to offer such benefits to
wives and children except in
areas where military hospitals
existed. It is estimated that today
40qo of these dependents do not
have access to care. Possibly, this
has been responsible for some of
the costly turnover of personnel
in our Army, Navy, and Air
Force. The bill enacted by the
House has been designed to re-
store the benefits to all wives and
children of men in uniform.
This legislation would continue
service to dependents at military
hospitals, but without an expan-
sion of Government-owned hos
pitals to support the program.
Contracts would be negotiated
competitively with private firms
offering disqualification insurance
SO that private hospitals in each
community may be used.
The bill, which is still subject
to certain changes in the details
| of the plan regarding the use OF
private hospitals, is now before
the Senate for action.
Subversive Activities
Control Board
Although southeastern Ohio
has never paid much attention to
May Day except as a children's
holiday, old files of the Com
munist Daily Worker report oc
casions on which some of the
larger Ohio cities celebrated this
as an international Communist
holiday back in the 1905. Last
week in a judgment here in
Washington, Ohio's Thomas j
Herbert, Chairman of the Federal
Subversive Activities Control
Board, disclosed the Soviet hand
behind these subversive carni.
Continued on Page 2-B)
I
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-03-29

we would face hard legislative battle with
most of the important committees controlled
by the coal operators friends on them, and
under the influence of their strong lobby.
The plan proposed by Fred Becker, of
the Department of Taxation, according to
his belief, could be put into effect under pre-
sent law. In reverse, it would bring into
the county treasury new revenue equal to
cents ton if collected through the separa-
ton tax method, instead of the valuation
based upon actual production the previous
year.
While we are searching for broader
tax base and raising rates and valuation on
homes and FARMS our mineral wealth, being
depleted for the profit of absentee owners,
has brought in grudgingly little in taxes.
Destruction of our land to strip mine COAL
and the future bleak prospect of sufficient
tax valuations to operate some counties, has
brought additional pressure on this issue.
Under present Ohio law, counties can
not invest tax receipts for rainy day. Under
the present circumstances and with long
optimistic look ahead, we feel the law should
be changed to permit such secure invest
ments of money collected on our depleted
resources, to help compensate for the losses
in revenue we face in the not too distant
future
With this new source of taxes and the
authority to salt them down, Noble county
could be more hopeful in its look ahead
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-03-29
From Journal Files
!. >. Ten Years AGO

Robert +. Secrest was the
principal speaker Saturday even
ing at the Jackson Day dinner
held in the Betsy Mills club,
Marietta, with representatives
from ten counties attending.
- - -
John Hayes, prominent buSi-
nessmar in Caldwell for a num-
ber of years, has purchased the
building where his present meat
market is located, from T. w.
Patterson, who, last week bought
the entire business block.
- - -
Andrew Stasko, of Florence
Addition, was injured Friday
when he fell from the tipple at
the Belle Valley mine, which is
being dismantled and shipped to
Adena.
- -
Birth Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Miller, of Dexter City route l.,
announce the birth of son,
March 4, named Lawrence.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-03-29
no-It- Yourself

Another amazing manifesto
ton of the resourcefulness of
the American people is the
"do-it-yourself' vem en- t
which since World War II has
swept the nation like
prairie fire. What at its incep-
ton had all the ear-marks of
being just another fad has be-
come a definite and important
part of the American economy.
In attempting to account for
the rapid expansion of this
"do-it-yourself" phenomenon,
the economists attribute it to
the 5-day work week, with its
shorter hours per day; more
paid holidays and vacations for
workers; and unemployment
compensation, These things
combined have provided extra
time for Joe Doakes to devote
TO home projects.
To give you some idea of just
how this "do-it-yourself" has
become big business, ore that
is not subject to investigation
and attack by the Justice De-
partment, the American people
are spending 81 billion year
for materials and equipment.
Amateur house painters burn
ing with the "do-it-yourself"
fever are buying about rs per-
cent of the nations production
of interior paint. They are pur-
chasing AZ percent of all ply
wood, so percent of all floor
tile and go percent of all wall
paper.
Needless to say there has
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-03-29
The American Way Y

been many bruised thumb as
a hammer failed to hit the nail
and literally oceans Of paint
have been daubed on objects
not intended by the amateur
painter on ''his own" Few
have attained professional skill
in this "do-it-yourself" pro-
cess, but the overall result
has definitely been on the
plus side. AS aforesaid in this
article, and a fact which is
we'll worth repeating in this
age of automation, it is giving
millions of Americans an op-
portunity to demonstrate their
resourcefulneSs.
One of the things that has
been of grave concern to in
duStrial management has been
the fear that with the greatly
shortened work week, workers
would find more time to get
into trouble-a throW-back to
the old adage that Satan
finds mischief for idle hands
to do" But the "do-it-your-
self" movement has helped ma
terially to solve this problem.
Men working on home pro-
jectS are far removed from
temptation-the worst that can
be said is that as they are
learning to do for themselves,
they may ruin a bit of material
or inflict some minor injuries
upon themselves. In the form
er case it makes for increased
sale of material, and in the
latter, increased sale of band
ages and healing ointments.
The "do-it-yOurself" move
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-03-29

ment has even been recognized
by the Internal Revenue Bur-
eau. Commissioner Russell G.
Harrington is urging income
taxpayers to fill out their own
returns without calling on the
revenue agents for help. He
maintains that the income tax
form is not complicated. To
quote him: "a high school kid
should be able to fill out the
Continued on Page 2-B)
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-03-29
BY L. L. Long

Charlotte Clark, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Clark, Belford
street, was admitted to the
Good Samaritan hospital, Zanes-
vile on Monday for an opera
ton. She was accompanied to
the hospital by First Lieutenant
Georgia Archer of the army
nurse corps, who is here on
terminal leave.
- -
Donald Reed, of Caldwell, has
accepted a position as principal
of the Rich Hill township school
of Charlottesville and assumed
his new duties on March 18. Reed
recently returned from 80
months in the service, 10 of
which were spent overseas in
the Pacific theater.
-
Death - William H. Franklin,
aged 95 years, died at the home
of his brother, r. D. Franklin
in the Whigville community, on
Tuesday afternoon
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-03-29
Ls A.: B.
I\OON ~ Koon oIrR s~SSS@=
~. S.A.
Dope PeddIers
Dope PeddIers

Dear Editor:
While in the other stand located
one OF the finest the
it cool inside.
Four clerks hand upon YOU there
thought would count the There
hundred of them of all
Out OF the three hundred found four good The
were gathered
with vulgaty and debauchery the most of them
were made of pictures nude women and
drunkenness
Across from the there drug If
hat place and bought drug tablets give sex
thrill wild mental pictures you police
prison.
In that stand done brightly
magazines the could
son. OF any age creed sect Sure they behind
principal of free However
tended to be for pedders deadly
what the
ers for a shot in the mind boast
OF our clvllazaon culture education
should not shout those words loudly until
thousands and thousands such cunning pedders
do think about
Yours for clean minds
Uncle
r. B The canker which the trunk conceals
leaves the fruit, or the flower-Metastasio.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-03-29
Worry Of
FALSE Teeth
Slipping or Irritating?

Don't be embarrassed by loose false
teeth slipping, dropping or wobbling
when you eat, talk or laugh. Just
sprinkle a little FASTEETH on your
plates. This pleasant powder gives
remarkable sense of added comfort
and security by holding plates more
firmly. No gummy, gooey, pasty taste
or feeling. It's alkaline (non-acidl,
Get FASTEETH at any drug counter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-09-13
THE AMERICAN WAY

AS a for-instance; take look
at TVA-foiSted on the taxpayers
as flood control proposition, with
electricity only as a bi-product, to-
day great percentage of the cleo
tric energy it produces is made
from coal 1t presently is trying to
bludgeon Congress into appropri-
ating more of the taxpayers money
for expanding further production
from coal.
AS another for-instance, just con-
slider the Niagara Falls fiasco. Here
there can be no question of flood
control or irrigation-it is simply
a straight, out-and-out power de-
velopment. But what do we see?
The public power zealots bitterly
opposing the development of furth-
err power at Niagara by five we'll
established investor-owned compa-
MES who can do the job at abso-
lutely no cost to the taxpayers.
Now to get back to my editor
friend Perhaps at this particular
time there is no threat of public
power in his bailiwick, but let me
say this to him with all the force
l can commando the public power
advocates are not fought vigorous
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-09-13
Listen Americans!
~ GEORGE 8. BENSON
RxssiAsn4 II Harding College

When try to do something contrary to natural laws
we ultimately fail When acknowledge the natural laws
and exercise brains to find better ways to them
then we're the right track Lamar Fleming Jr is chair
of the Board of directors of Anderson, Clayton Com
pany OF the nations largest dealing in cot
ton All his life he has been engaged in the cotton business
his What he has to say about American cotton pro-
ducOn and the Governments high price support and
control program carries great weight.
Let up the price the American cotton grower
paying for his high SUPPORTS Mr. Fleming said
speech before the American Cotton Congress- The supports
have accelerated the of cotton growing and
ducOn of alternative materials here and in other countries
and have contributed to the accumulation of crushing
plus.
ITO check this accumulation of surplus have resored
to restriction of cotton and American farmers have
been deprived of freedom plant cotton cotton lands
and compelled to reduce their cotton old cotton
Of coongrowng to lands within this country that pro-
duce cheaper than the less suitable of the old lands that
natural reductions in the production cost of T. s. cotton have
been impQled.
Moreover the reduction of acreage on every cotton
farm has increased the cost of production of all of Them
running factory shOrtterm basis increases its
costs And the object checking accumulation of surplus has
not been accomplished.
These Devices however we'll inenOned, said Mr.. Flenl-
ing have cost the farmer his freedom in of his land and
his possibility of achieving low prOductioncOst the land
that he still IS permitted to The further with
price supports and with the unnatural measures that become
the cotton farmer himself and to the rest of the American
people"
Mr. Femings ongrange remedy: 81 believe he said,
'he ultimate salvation be
have in reducing the cost of production such
land by better farming and by operating at the rates
most efficient for each unit and by meeting competition
pceyse both in the home market and the foreign market
The job ahead for all segment of agriculture would SEEM
TO gradually get back to healthy, natural situation
which all segments and all people stand their feet
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-09-13

Commissioners "give in" and pur-
chase the higher priced voting ma
chimes.
The whole trouble has stemmed
from this fact. He learned that he
couldn't brow-beat and coerce two
Of our county commissioners. SO
he wants to pin on them the re-
sponsibility for the conduct Of the
County Commissioners office ever
since Browning and Giessman were
there.
The present commissioners took
their oath of office in December,
1854, at which time they reviewed
the work Of the Roads Department.
By their own statements they said
they found some ways of doing
business which they did not APP
prove So they took steps in Febru-
airy of 1856 ca matter of record to
require three signatures of county
commissioners instead of two, on
all vouchers before checks were
paid.
On July 16, 1856, also according
to official records the County
Commissioners had a discussion re-
garding the racing and gasoline
funds received by the Commission
ers for use in the roads depart
ment, whether these funds could be
deposited with the county treasurer
and orders drawn in favor of the
Roads Department. The attorney to
the board at that time advised that
he did not think this could be done
legally without levying for this
amount first. 1t was decided that
a record of the checks received
would be made in the Commission
ers' office before the check was
turned over to the Roads depart
ment, and thus they would not go
through the treasurer's office.
In the search for truth we merely
ask that in that search the taXpay-
ers absorb the full treatment-not
just a small portion that is badly
warped and very inconsistent.
l emphasize again-take what the
Senator says with a grain of salt
and not as the gospel truth We
feel it is a smoke screen to cover
up his own shameful act in striking
Webb Dewitt and breaking his jaw
This act he will not be able to
cover up so easily. Let the pink
sheet" man get out a circular eX-
planning these few remarks.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-09-13
THE RECORD PLAYS ON

TIE NeCOKO PLATS ON
by George Peck. Chairman of
the Laymen's National Committee.
sponsor of National Sunday School
and Bible Weeks.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-09-13
The Senator's Failing

Senator Friends convenient little
failing-that of not telling the whole
story, continues to crop up. 1t crop
ped up this past week in an open
letter to the editor" made into
handbills and distributed far and
yon.
He fails to tell the people WHY
the editor Of this newspaper called
him liar The first paragraph OF
the letter he brought to this office
last week charged me with having
a local attorney assist me in writ
ing my editorials. Since | don't
need an attorney to help me, and
since l had not obtained such help
told the Senator so in no uncer-
tain terms-terms that he couldn't
mistake. SO he left with the open
letter of his own free will. The let
ter which subsequently appeared
under his signature IS NOT the
same letter he presented to me last
week, for he made no mention of
attorneys helping me. But you see
how he twists the truth
And his failure to tell why |
called him a liar misleads his read
ers into believing | called him that
merely because he presented me
with his letter. He is nothing short
of malicious.
Now, if his main object, as he
says, is to find out how they spent
almost two million dollars during
the two years, he has only to go 70
the records in the office of the
Roads Department where every
item of expenditure is on record
and over which competent auditors
have made an audit and have found
these records in good order
We asked the Senator last week
for something specific. We asked
him to name one "junket" trip that
the Commissioners took that wasn't
necessary and we said at that time
that instead of getting down to in
dividuals and specific cases he
would probably answer with tir-
AIDE about spending $4,000 for dyna-
mite = in 1854 - BEFORE THE
PRESENT COMMISSIONERS
TOOK OFFICE. The Senator moves
according to plan. He did just that
and added another word in his pink
sheet about money spent for steel
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-09-13

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1856
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-09-13

ly at every point in TINS nation
where they rear their ugly heads,
as surely as night follows the day
it is inevitable that one sad day his
area will be infested with public
power.
And once having completely cap
tured the power industry, the next
move of the socialists will be to
gun for the coal mines and the oil
wells, because they are vital to
electric power production, Then
having nationalized production of
coal and oil, an about onslaught
will be perpetrated against all pro-
duction in the U.S.A-and our eco
nomic system that has made us
the worlds outstanding nation, will
be history
The foregoing briefly is my rea-
son, not my excuse, for sounding
off so frequently on this power is
sue-and why | shall continue to
do so. The Wayne Morses are hell
bent to socialize electric energy
production-they will not rest I'M
til they have either succeeded or
been completely repudiated by the
American people. During the past
year the Federal Power Commits
sion granted the Idaho Power Co
the right to develop the Snake
River. Did that stop the. Wayne
Morses? Not by a jugful! They
fought like wildcats to upset the
award. But thank goodness, last
month the US. Senate confirmed
the Idaho Power award For that
confirmation, the Senate certainly
deserves the heartfelt thanks of
the American citizenry.
And So Just so long as the public
power pundits are abroad in the
land, | am not going TO turn that
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-09-13
Letter To The Editor
Accident, Md.
September 5, 1856

September 5, 1856
Editor. The Republican
Oakland, Md.
Dear Editor,
For some time | have observed
and read with interest the letters
to the Editor. OF course, | do not
wish to enter the present contrO-
versy but like SO many other
writer's | have an axe of my own to
grind
To begin, since our good Senator
is so interested in saving the tax
payers dollars, | am wondering if
he has given any thought to help
ing the physically handicapped in
Garrett County who are able to
do light work and thus help obtain
livelihood, but who, due to the
isolation of their homes are on the
relief rolls.
Due to an illness, l am one of
these unfortunate people with a
family to support. l am unable to
do heavy work, but the family
physician says that if l could find
light work l could carry on to sup
port my family. This would take
me off the relief rolls and be a
saving to the taxpayers of the
county and state.
| know that l am not the only
person in Garrett County that is
handicapped and on relief and still
able to do useful work Therefore,
l wish to ask the question: What
has the Senator done to alleviate
this condition in Garrett County?
In all my reading of the public
press and in coming in contact with
other people of the surrounding
section l am still in the dark on
this point.
If all the physically handicapped
people in Garrett County who are
able to do light work could be gain
fully employed, many thousand
dollars could be saved to be used
for other purposes.
Does he tthe SENATOR expect us
to depend on doles or public funds
to feed our families or would he
rather induce some private indus
try to come in and gainfulIy en-
ploy us?
would welcome his views on this
question.
Yours truly,
Jacob j. Oester
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-09-13

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Results of Sunday games tied
up both series at one win for each
team. The rubber game of each
series is set for next Sunday at
2,3O at Grantsville and Mt. Savage.
wilkinson who had a 60 record
during the regular season, made it
seven straight by mastering Zihl-
man which copied the series open
er to l.
Grantsville scored three runs in
the first inning on Fred Colaw's
walk, singles by Toby ColaW and
Wengerd and two-base hit.
Grantsville also tailed once in the
fifth and once in the 8th. JUNE
Perry spanked Grantsville's attack
with a double and two singles
while Wengerd hit safely twice
wilkinson struck out ten and issued
only one base on balls.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-09-13

anu lDlDlt w CChS.t
One of my editor friends has
raped me over the knuckles, be-
cause, in his estimation, | am de-
voting too many of my columns
to the battle between government
and the investor-owned companies
for control of electric power de-
velopment in the U.S.A. Says he
in telegram: Let's pull the plug
on electric power and turn the rec
ord over before it wears out"
Now, as this telegram comes from
an editor for whose judgment over
period of years, have developed
a great respect, it rather frightens
me. AS l know he is definitely
against government operating any
thing that can be operated better
by private enterprise, l can only
conclude that in his own particular
area there is no threat of govern
ment entering into the power bust
ness.
Quite frankly I admit that large
number of my articles have been
devoted to the electric power issue.
For that | make no apology, be-
cause, in my humble opinion, it is
the most important, the most vital
to the future welfare of this nation.
Let me state why l believe this to
be the case, not only for the bene-
fit of my editor friend, but for any
readers of this column who may
likewise feel the electric power is
sue has been bit overdone herein.
The investor-owned electric COM
panies are the sitting-ducks, the
entering wedge for the eventual
specialization of all industry in the
U.S.A. The government power adj
vocates inject flood control and ir-
rigation into the picture as the pre-
texts for by-paSsing private enter
prise development of electric ener-
gy. That is the entering wedge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-09-13

record over" Readers of this col
umn, herewith are given fair warn
ing that I'll continue to hammer
away against government owner
ship even at the calculated risk of
not only wearing out the record, :
but of wearing them out as well and
perhaps even George Peck, him
self.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-09-13
GrantSville Beats
Zihlnan 5 to 2

Donnie Wilkinson and Bobby
Dawson kept Grantsville and Mt.
Savage in the running for the play
off title in the Pen-Mar Baseball
league when they pitched Grants
Vile and Mt Savage to victories
over Zihlman and Barrelville Sun
day in games at Grantsville and
Mt Savage
Wilkinson turned back Zihlman
5 to while Dawson shut out Bar
relville's pennant winning club to
O.
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Rem!ttances may be made by
bank draft, money order or regis
tered letter, addressed to The Re-
publican, Oakland, Garrett County,
MARYLAND.
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| SEE BY THE DAlIES

Final rites were held for Frank
A. Nixon, father of the nations vice
president, who died September q.
Some 10000 photographs were
taken of Mars but it will take five
years to find out what they all
mean.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-09-13

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