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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-12-19
THIS WEEK
IN
WASHINGTON
REP. JOHN e. HENDERSON

The feeling of national peril
following Russia's latest scien-
tific challenges will undoubtedly
set the tone of much that IS.
said and done in Washington
when Congress assemblies early
next mon h. The environment
of crisis, SO common during the
past two decades, is taking on
its usual pattern of fever pitch
interest. This attitude is often
followed by an ebbing away of
national attention with the pas
sage of time.
The challenges to the nations
security are serious indeed.
However, it seems that what is
needed is less of the pessimism
and semi-hysteria of crisis think
ing and more of a practical
realism that recent events are
another part of a long struggle
with Communist imperialism
that can be expected to continue
for the foreseeable future. To
be sure, it is and has been a race
for our national survival, but
we will be in a far stronger
position if we do not become dis
couraged by temporary failures
and lend our full support to those
efforts which are intended to
advance our defensive strength.
Legislation and Defense Needs
1t is apparent even before
Congress reconvenes that Writ
ually all legislation next year
will be affected by defense
needs. This will be particularly
true in all programs calling for
the expenditure of Federal funds.
AS we consider the measures
which are likely to receive at
tention, we can review those por
tions of the Presidents program
which failed to be considered last
year. The six major proposals
made by the White House which
did not receive full consideration
are likely to be studied in the
light of events since last Septem-
Der even though many are
curely domestic proposals. The
first of these is the measure to
increase postal rates in an effort
to decrease the mounting deficit
of the Post Office Department .
The second is the release of ma
tural gas producers from some
of the Federal regulations now
in effect. The third involves
Continued on Page 3-Bs
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-12-19
The American Way Xxx

Government $435 million in
taxes and to state and local
governments $256 million,
making a grand total of $69l
million. A right tidy sum,
This represented 81 cents in
tax out of every dollar they
earned, is equivalent to 81 for
every man, woman and child
in the nation, or to $24 for
every gas company customer.
Looking at it from several
other angles, those taxes paid
by the investor-owned gas
companies, took care of paying
the average salaries of more
than 10000 school teachers,
or more than l75,000 police
men, or kept over half a mil
lion army privates in uniform
for a year. Quite a contribu-
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-12-19
GASONOMICS
BY George Peck

No, the title printed above is
not a mis-spelling of the word
"gastronomics," nor can it be
found in any dictionary as yet.
It's a new word coined as a
title for the economics of the
gas industry With that ex-
planation out Of the way let's
proceed to examine the econ
onics of the industry that
takes care OF Americas gas
needs.
We find that the tax-paying
gas companies are making a
great contribution to the treas
uries of Uncle Sam and to state
and local governments. In 1856,
the gas industry made new
record hight paid to Federal
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-12-19

The following Christmas editorial of
The Journal was written by Rev E. Parker
West, new pastor of the First Methodist
church
His thought provoking editorial of the
Christmas season as it is and as it should be,
expresses the thought of every Christian
the world over today. 1t is as follows:
Dear everychild,
Yes, there is a Christ Child He is the
reason for having Christmas. All the beauty
and decorations everywhere are because He
came. Every Christmas card is sent to tell
people to be happy because of Jesus. We
give gifts because God gave us His Son,
little baby, and then the wise men brought
gifts of gold, incense, and perfume to Him.
Christmas trees and holly berries and mistle-
toe are here to mark His birth. Lights and
candles show that He is the light of the
World
The first American Christmas tree came
into being at Wooster, Ohio over 108 years
ago; children there have manger scenes and
sing carols in church to the Christ Child.
In Ireland children place a lighted
candle in the window to give hospitality to
the mother and Babe who hunt room.
Belgian children march to church on
Christmas Day carrying colorful emblems
and streamers.
Silent Night, Holy Night" is sung in
the German churches where it was written
and "Tannenbaum" is sung around the
Christmas tree.
In Finland a star is hung in a paper
sky from the ceiling and straw is placed
upon the floor for the Christ Child, where
the children sleep that night.
The Polish people fast until the Christ
mas eve star appears; straw is placed under
the table, the tablecloth, and the dishes, and
one chair is left vacant for the Holy Child
first a Peace Wafer is eaten before the
larger feast is partaken.
An Austrian Christmas custom is the
family lighting of three large wax candles
to emphasize the eternal light in the Christ
Child. In Sicily midnight mass is held on
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-12-19
Political Matters and Otherwise
BY JESS s. HARRIS

plant the villages street lights
have not been turned on during
the situation until 1000 o'clock
each night and continued until
daybreak. There was no inter
ruption in the domestic lighting.
Monday night all the lights We're
on again as usual.
The old saying, "as the days
begin to lengthen the weather
begins to strengthen" always
proves to be true. Hence look
for cold weather through the
coming three or four months.
By far the best Christmas pre-
sent the highway motorist can
give to himself and to others is
safety. Try it this season. And
the cost will be far less, too.
On the first day of November,
this year, there were more than
three million unemployed per
sons in the United States, mostly
farmers; of course, the season
for that class of laborers was
long past. In the four state OF
Maine, Tennessee, Illinois anc
Continued on Page 3-B)
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-12-19

Oranges thruout Noble county
and the Noble county Farm Bur
eau, organizations have gone on
record opposing the plan of hir-
ing an outside company to make
the 1948 reappraisement of prop
erty in this county.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-12-19

Officials of the Senecaville
Coal Co. have announced today
that the Rigby mine at Seneca
vile was being abandoned. They
said the mine, which produced
between 600 and 800 tons of coal
a day and employed $50 men,
would be closed because of
irregular floodings of water
which could not be controlled.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-12-19

Ira Clark, Jr., Caldwell, had
all the fingers on his right hand
cut off Tuesday morning at $50
when he figured in an accident
near Porterfield.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-12-19

The fast approaching new
year, 1949, is almost at hand and
with it, many public officials in
Caldwell, villages of the county
and every township, will be TAX
ing over their new duties.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-12-19
KennOnSburg


Located in Wayne township in
the extreme northern section of
Noble county is the village of
Kennonsburg, always noted for
and widely known as one of the
business centers of this county.
While the population is not large
it has maintained one or more
places of business.
Many years ago two Caldwell
residents, Peter F. Yoho and
Abraham Young, at different
times were the proprietors of a
general merchandise store at
that place and enjoyed a profit
able business during their stay.
At other times the store has
been owned by various persons.
In its time the township of
Wayne has produced number
of natives who have attained
high stations in life, chief of
whom has been the Honorable
Robert T. Secrest, whose home
postoffice address is Senecaville,
Ohio, who was first elected for
two terms as representative from
Noble county to the Ohio general
assembly, then as representative
for eight times from the Fifteen
tn Ohio congressional district to
the national congress and finally
appointed by President Dwight
D. Eisenhower as a member of
the Federal Trade Commission
at Washington, D. c., which posi-
ton he now holds, but may seek
the Democratic nomination for
governor of Ohio at the May
primary election in 1858; "Chalk"
Williams, representative to the
Ohio general assembly; Isaac w.
Danford and A. A. (Vad) Day,
clerks of court (separate terms),
Nearby Buffalo township also
supplied the state and Noble
county with officials in the long
past as follows: Homer Williams,
president of the State College
at Bowling Green; Watson
Gregg, Guernsey county probate
| Judge; ]. Wilbur Drake, treas
urer; w. T. Grow and Jay Seins
commissioners; Howard G. Riggs
county superintendent of schools
also Paul M. Clark, the present
president of the Caldwell Build.
ing and Loan Company.
| Caldwell has been the recipi
ent of perfect explanation ths
past fortnight from a nunlbel
Of Ohio radio stations and nearby
daily newspapers because O
lack of sufficient electric powel
to supply the necessary light fol
the Christmas decorations tina
had already been placed in readi
ness. The streets surrounding tht
public square and the courthouse
park had been wired and the
light bulbs attached and tn,
large Christmas tree in the parl
properly decorated for the event
but due to the unfortunate situa
ton the board of public affair!
was forced to step in and declare
blackout for the time being
The latter included home decora
tions. Because of the weakened
| condition of the local electri
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-12-19
From Journal Files
Ten Years Ago

Larry Pitcher, seven-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Mack Pill
cher, east of Caldwell, was re-
moved to the St. Francis hospital
Sunday where he is suffering
from a conclusion of the brain,
sustained when he fell while
playing at the home of his aunt
and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
Davis. His condition is reported
as serious.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-12-19

William Wehr, one of Cald-
wells oldest businessmen, was
admitted to the Bethesda hospi
tai, GAINESVILLE, Saturday after
noon for observation and treat
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-12
Virginia Death Toll

Governor Stanley's threat to make
things tougher for Virginia's trafic vio-
lators certainly has plenty of justifica-
ton. More than 500 people have been
killed on the States highways this year.
The appeals, the pleas, the warnings
seem to have fallen on needless ears.
The slaughter goes on and it is time for
something more than talk.
Governor Stanley's suggestion is to
send State police out on the roads in
disguised cars which the lawbreakerS
will not be able to recognize. This might
do some good, and, If it will, the Gov
ernor should ignore the protests from
those who seem to think it is unsporting
to trap a potential killer If he happens
to be sitting behind the wheel of an
automobile.
We doubt, however, that expedients
such as disguised police cars really will
solve the problem. What is needed is a
determination to get tough, real tough.
with the Speeder, the reckless driver and
the drunk. The solution is to take them
of the highways by revoking their driv-
ing permits for periods of time that
are long enough to be effective. If this
Is done, If the dimwit behind the wheel
Eno10S he is going to lose his permit If
caught, he will be more careful. If 1t
Is not done, the slaughter is going to 90
merrily on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-12
To Spur Housing

The Federal Government has at
tackled one Of the major soft spots" in
the national economy in its series of
moves calculated to stimulate home
building. The principal actions taken
follow: The Federal Housing Admins
tration lowered minimum down pay
mentS required on homes financed with
Government backed mortgages and
raised from per cent to 5A per cent the
maximum interest rate that lenders NAV
charge on FHAinSured mortgages A
limit Tor diScountS-in effect an initial
Zee charged by lenders-was set at ~
per cent or less in varying parts of the
country for FILA mortgages. The Fed
eral National Mortgage Association an
nounced new schedule of prices it will
pay in purchasing FILA and Veterans Ad-
ministration mortgages.
The first two steps, particularly.
comply with increasingly urgent recon-
mendationS of the building industry for
Government action that would arrest
the downward trend of new housing
during the past two years. The new
schedule Of down payments Is designed
10 give greatest percentage help to lower
priced construction, the field that has
been hit hardest in the recent slump.
And while congressional criticism from
Democratic sources already has greeted
the move permitting higher interest
rates, the building industry itself has
argued its necessity on grounds that
FILA mortgage loans are competitive
with other financing demands in the
current tight money market.
Potentially. either or both of these
moves may add to current inflationary
pressure but there is difference of opin-
ion not only on partisan political lines
but among Government economists
themselves on this danger. In any case,
the administrations decision apparently
was made in the final analysis on the
basis that there would be greater bene-
mt than risk to the national economy in
giving the housing industry this limited
help. Since the new terms are effective
Immediately, there should be evidence
OF their impact within the remainder of
this calendar year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-12
Mastery Stroteoy

There are times when President Ell
senhowers political instincts are truly
admirable, and they served him well this
week when he was caught between the
lines in the age-old battle of the sexes.
Slipping up on the President at his
news conference, a woman reporter,
commented on his activity in trying to
wipe out discrimination based on race,
creed, color and religion. Why, she
added without intent to be innocent,
was he not as active against discrimina-
ton based on sex? Like any good military
strategiSt, the President first protected
his line Of retreat. 1t is hard, he an
swered, for "a mere man to believe that
woman does not have equal rights"
That, OF course, pleased all the mere
men and kept them on the Presidents
side. But then he acknowledged that in
some States women do not yet have what
they believe to be at least their full
rights sort of leaving the way open to
negotiate an armistice. Naturally, he is
in favor Of these full rights but probably
just hasn't done enough about the prob
lem. In some circumstances, a mere man
might have been in the clear at this
point but not a President with this par
ticular lady reporter bearing down on
him.
Will you do something about it, she
askedP Mr.. Eisenhower said he would
take look at it. This is quite a lot for
a President to do about anything, and it
also takes some time. He may be asked
again, too soon, what he saw when he
took the look. But it could still be under
study" then and not quite ready for
public announcement. A problem Of this
nature is not one to be solved hastily.
There are two sides TO the question-and
they have been chosen up for a long
time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-12
Try 1t, CONGRESS

Senator Morse's remarks
in the paper amuse me. If
President Eisenhower were
a low politician there would
not be any article in any
paper regarding his personal
life. But let any man be above
board and honest and try to
live a good clean life, bingo,
nothing he does is right. I
wonder If Senator Morse
would be doing as well were
he President and working
under the same circumstances
as Ike is working. He would
not. A President has a hard
enough time trying to live.
Let his personal life alone
and give him some help to run
the country in q decent man.
ner. What II he does get
gifts? He should. He has
earned them, and lots more.
The greatest gift we could
ever give him or any other
man is a kind word and a
helping hand. Try it.
Congress.
Blanche T. CawtOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-12
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

eide, may well be credited
with the deaths and there
fore disappearance of many.
Il regret I cannot recall
the name or position Of the
gentleman who stated that
after a widespread spraying
OF many acres of land near
him, he had found hundreds
of dead birds lying about.
He urged that the use of
such sprays be discontinued
until its effect on wildlife
can be determined. I could
be mistaken but 1 feel sure
! read it in The Star, since
it is the only newspaper we
receive.
Il thoroughly enjoy your
writings Of this and that:
They are very refreshing and
pleasant reading in addition
to being informative"
So birds are all around US.
especially in summer. meet
ing good and evil the best
they can. as we all must do.
One interesting way to at
tract them to a yard is to
establish a sort Of raisin
reserve.
The seedless sort in the red
boxes are the best.
Sprinkle them with a gen.
erous hand over a given
space, using the same place
every day. so that the flyers
will get used to it.
In times of dry lawns.
when worms are hard to find,
robins and many other will
bring their babies to this
feast.
Starlings will come, too.
and their babies will make
the most noise. and perhaps
eat the most.
Common sparrows will fly
in and out with their off,
spring.
Maybe a wood thrush or
two will arrive in time.
A good hour is about 7
o'clock, daylight saving time,
and from then on to dusk.
Birds as we'll as children
like the cleaning. as it is
called in songs.
Mockingbirds and blue jays
may join in. and there will
be others. as many species
like raisins. Even squirrels
will eat them, and we have
known some cats to consume
a few, but these fellows are
best not invited to the feast.
This is a happy bird time.
and must be kept that way.
The chorus that goes up is
unknown to people who do
not open their hearts and
purses to the feathered folk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-12

beautiful" Unfortunately, however, be-
cause the Kremlin continues to put
major emphasis on heavy industry
primarily for military output), civilian
scarcities still prevail, and the Russian
people can only take wry and bitter
view of all such talk as they keep on
scrounging around for every type of
consumer goods, even those items that
are completely unpretty in design. The
promise Of pie in the sky by-and-by
is not news to them. They have heard it
so often, and have seen it so long I'M
fulfilled, that sometimes the incessant
repetition Of it must make them gag.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-12
On Crime and Smut

The many gruesome MUIR
ders and sex crimes that
have brought disgrace and
worse to our country should
make us wonder II we are
not all involved, in some de-
gree. because Of indifference
toward demoralizing infiu-
ences,
There is no doubt that
such crimes are committed
by one easily inspired by
printed smut.
Someday the Supreme
Court may uphold a law that
will allow the police to clean
up magazine racks. In the
meantime. there is need for
some courageous person to
offer to organize a protest
march Of those determined
to withhold their business
from places where foul read
ing matter is for sale.
Joseph p. HigginbOtham.
Winthrop, Mass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-12
Not Yet the Pie

IzveStia, the Soviet governments
main mouthpiece, has just published a
long and impaSsioned plea for action to
prettify the looks of things that are
sold to the Russian people. Speaking,
for example, Of the Pobeda-the coun-
try's most popular automobile-the au-
thor of the article has noted that it has
undergone regular mechanical improve
mentS, but that otherwise, in lines and
outward appearance, 1t has remained so
unattractive that one must ask, WHO
invented this dull, inexpensive shape
heightened by dull coloring in all shades
of mousy hues?"
But that's not all. According to
the Izvestia plea, Soviet industry needs
to hire designers and artists to show
the unimaginative engineers, techni-
clans and factory managers how trolley
buses and glasses, telephones and per-
fume bottles, pots and shoes, furniture
and kitchen utensils" and thousands of
other items for everyday use can be
made much more beautiful, more noble
and varied" Certainly, If imitation is
really the SincereSt form of flattery,
then this sort of talk, besides sound
ing slightly non-Marxist, constitutes a
highly complimentary echo of what
American merchandising experts have
long been saying and doing in the same
field.
1t may be worth noting, too, that
the Izvestia piece follows Nikita Khru-
shchevs recent declaration in favor OF
filling Soviet shops with many mex
pensive and pretty fabrics and clothes
everything that mskes mans life more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-12

ton of being a strong seq
regationiSt. Coming from
the BLACK belt" area of Vir-
ginia and representing one
of its congressional districts
which has an overwhelming
majority Of Negroes, he has
espoused anti-Negro senti-
ment in Congress and in the
Old Dominion.
Virginia voters will watch
the campaign as it progresses.
They will watch it to deter
mine If Mr.. Abbitt will di-
rect it on the road of apar-
theid and 100 per cent
forced" segregation in the
Old Dominion.
Neal H. Jones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-12

HoIf-Hour Heart Stoppooe
By THOMAS r. HEINZ

Beating Of the human
heart can be suspended safe
ly for half an hour.
Life can be maintained for
at least this long with the
newest heart-lung machines
weighing from so to 600
pounds. and by by-passed
blood circulation largely out
side the body.
Ability to suspend the
heart makes possible delicate
and life-saving surgery which
would be impossible with
even a family moving organ.
These advances have Just
been reported to the Ameri-
can Medical Association by
DR.. Frank L. A. Gerbode of
Stanford University Medical
School. The heart can be
stopped, he explained, by in
Jecting into it either potas-
SUM or a substance known
as acetyl choline. Both pro-
duce chemical changes in
the heart muscle so that it
cannot contract. The heart
can be started Immediately,
however, by washing out the
injected substance. At the
same instant the heart stops
the lungs action also stops.
"Suicide Hearts"
Life, even for a brief in
slant, depends on two things,
DR.. Gerbode explained.
First. the heart must pump
blood through the system
Then the lungs must I'LL this
blood with oxygen. Both
actions must be accomplished
by the machine. The latter,
DR.. Gerbode says, is proving
the most difficult problem.
It is being overcome by two
methods-use of films which
give OF oxygen in the pres
ence of blood and bubbling
oxygen through flowing
blood.
There are suicide hearts, "
he told the physicians. They
get so strong that they in
variably kill themselves, and
apparently there is little to
do about it. The condition IN
the beginning is congenital.
Children are born with a
heart deformity which re-
quires that the heart beat a
little stronger than normally.
The heart is a muscle. Like
any other muscle, it grows
stronger and bigger with ex-
ercise.
In these cases it gets so
strong that 1t eventually
takes over the valve of the
heart completely and the vic
tim dies.
Much progress is being
made in the field Of plastic
blood vessels used for by