The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-09-19

1CsSi, was lGiO up anu IODDtu
of $4,000 last Saturday evening
by two men who made their
escapes, but overlooked another
$4,000.
The reason for the falling of
leaves is at hand and with at
least light rainfalls, the highways
are due to become mighty slip
perry. Because of this, motorists
should be even more careful in
their driving. Injuries or even
the loss of life might be your
own.
Governor G. William O'Neill
was confined to his room in the
governors mansion at Columbus
with a severe cold all of last
week but was able to resume his
duties in his office on Monday
morning of this week.
Starting early on Monday
morning of this week, some
$4,000 employees of the Bell
Telephone Company went on
strike thruout the nation. The
strike had been threatened dur
ing several previous days. Forty
four states and the District of
Columbia are affected
Mrs. Jessie Edwards, aged
twenty-six years and the mother
of five small children, was in
stantly killed last Sunday at her
home near Byesville when an
aerial she was holding came In
contact with a high tension
electric wire. Her husband,
Quincy, was considerably burned
about his hands and feet in an
effort to rescue his wife.
AS a matter of protest and dis
approval of President EisenhoW-
er vetoing the recent bill passed
by congress raising the salaries
and wages of all postal en-
ployees in the United States, the
members Of the postal union at
Cincinnati last week wore a band
of black crepe wound around
their left arm. Senator Bricker
has said the bill will be re-
introduced next year.
The cause of the degree of in
flation with which the United
States is cursed at the present
time can justly be traced back
to our nation itself, the managers
Of which We're the first to raise
the cost of operation Then fol-
lowed the different states with
their multitude of districts, coun-
ties, townships and municipal
ties in rapid succession and fin
ally reaching into all branches
of business affairs and lastly into
labor conditions.
At least some parts of Cam
bridge and much of the territory
of the northern portion of Guern-
sey county and the eastern sec
ton of Muskingum county, in
cluding New Concord, were with
out Ohio Power electric service
for several hours early last Fri
day morning, due to some 10000
feet of copper wire, valued at
$4,000, having been removed
from the service company's lines
a mile north of the Guernsey
county capital. The sheriff's de-
partment has since been waging
an extensive investigation as to
the guilty parties removing the
wire.
To materially aid in guarding
the safety and possible life of
each motorist and passengers in
his car white lines are being
painted on the edge of many of
the paved highways in Ohio. This
is especially beneficial to those
motorists who drive their cars
during the night time in keep
ing their car at a safe distance
from the BERN. The highway thus
treated that is closest to Caldwell
is Route 176 between Cumber-
land and GAINESVILLE, and many
sections of U. S. Route 40 are
likewise being treated. All in all
it is a mighty good and bene-
ficial move on the part of the
state highway department.
Ralph w. Mccullough, a "A
year-old Pennsylvania railroad
conductor, after finishing his run
from Pittsburgh to Columbus last
Thursday, started in his auto
mobile for his home near Zanes-