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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-11-21

to advertise its advantages as a trading
center, is many years behind the times and
one day wakes up enough to realize that it
has dropped so far behind that it is out of
the parade"
This is the problem facing every COM
munity newspaper, the community it serves,
and the merchants in that community. For,
while you may not live in a section as
heavily developed as the observation-disclosures
axis, most sections of the country have seen
the areas between town, areas where fields
used to be, become areas where people live.
Distances between shopping centers have
decreased. Better roads, faster automobiles,
more automobiles, and more people have
decreased the distances No longer can a
merchant or a community say it will get
support for its products or services because
geography makes it impossible to 90 else
where.
Mr.. Plourd tells what the situation is in
his hometown of Fullerton, Nebraska:
Most of the towns that are holding their
own or advancing are those that have active
chambers of commerce or similar organiza-
tions They are the towns that maintain
active newspapers in which merchandise and
services are advertised and community
activities are effectively publicized.
"Fullerton has an active chamber of
commerce. The folks at the Journal are doing
their best to produce useful newspaper.
The greatest asset that the town of Fuller
ton has is the friendship and support of the
folks in the surrounding area.
MAY we never start taking this for
granted. If we do, we can lose it."
We think Mr.. Plourd's comments are
pertinent to many community newspaper
situations.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-11-21
EDITORIAL PAGE
THE.=E0UERN7AE
1coNas- NosE CoUMTy Ike TIE SUMC4INE11- .
Face Competition

The Christian Science Monitor pointed
out recently that from Boston to Baltimore
extends an unbroken band of urban and
suburban areas comprising 30,000,000 people.
The Monitor goes on to point out that
to the people living in this area the problems
are no longer "town" or country" for the
living pattern in this section of the country
is such that it makes no difference what
town or village, or unincorporated area you
live in, there are mutual problems for all
All the people in such areas have mutual
transportation problems, school problems,
parking problems, and common denomina-
tor on all civic actions to bring solutions
to these manifestations that life today is
tense and perplexing.
1t poses an interesting situation for the
men and women who publish and edit COM
munity newspapers. What happens to the
small community in such an area? Does it
lose its identity as a community and shop
ping area?
Bill Plourd in the Nance County Jour
nal at Fullerton, Nebraska, touched on this
situation recently when he wrote:
Time was when people went to the
nearest town to trade because it was the
easiest place to drive a team of horses to.
So, the merchants didn't have any competi-
ton from the merchants in other towns and
they were assured Of the business from the
surrounding community.
THAT isn't so today. The rural customer
has a choice There is competition among
towns. The customer can travel conveniently
enough and fast enough today that he is
going to do most of his buying in the town
he likes best
"The town that thinks it doesn't need
to do anything to make itself attractive to
its customers, that thinks it doesn't need
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-11-21

What price car ownership in Noble
county? According to the American Auto
mobile Association, upkeep is bigger item
than initial cost in the long run.
For the average driver, running an
average-price car and travelling an average
amount 10000 miles a year, the cost of
operation and maintenance comes to $1,004
says the AAA. This covers everything in
cluding depreciation, insurance, repairs and
fuel
Applying these normal operating con-
ditions to Noble county, the annual outlay
for the passenger cars registered locally was
$3800,000 in the past year.
Of the fixed expenses, depreciation is
the heaviest The AAA sets it at 1914 year
per car. Next in line is insurance which costs
$l03 for property damage and liability COW
erage ($25000, $50000) together with fire
and theft protection. The remaining fixed
expenses are for license and registration
charges No allowance is made for collision
insurance, which may carry
It adds up to $685. a year, or STA day.
That is the amount an owner must pay
whether or not he uses his car.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-11-21

people Holer have expression known as
"Bc~g Struck have variety of meanings ooe
gets off the ordinary BEAM he sup
posed be Struck" Jim and Mary go for walk We "
full the night saturated with romance ana h
their wedding well, they got Moon Struck
If the of the potatoes the ground teao VI up
Planted in bad OF the moon
The tides the will of the moon olnges on
house should when the sign of the moon proper o
wise they will the ends like sled runner
Now the people Russia struck with ol-
striking They get there and just Wha
take and from then will have red moon But oher
people getting struck We here America are slowly
getting correct working on machine
that will take there by and by
The might be Siberia where the Russians could
their denoted instead of the Siberia and the firing
now
he likes fit for dogs life they might establish
their system of slavery there If England gets there first they
will make Colnoy of it. If Americans there first will
start oaning them might give it to the moons
they build institutions thus shut lnsltu
ion here the u S. A Again might all be surprised and dis
they would
kindergarten OF
the worlds much excited the business and de-
voting time efforts building little from
the highways where soul with God and life
One world time enough for
Uncle Sam Stile
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-11-21
The American Way

cry upon which its charters
are based must be fully pro-
tected by laW2and when
every union official must be
professionally qualified to
function in office.
Before any union is enabled,
by a collective-bargaining
agreement, to govern the
working conditions to ar
group of workers or inflNencn
the operations of any en-
ployer, surely that unions Of
ficials should be certified by
a duly authorized examining
board. If the operations of
labor organizations are to af-
feet the living conditions of
workers, their leaders must
be democratically elected by a
legally guaranteed secret bal
lot. And if the operations OF a
union are to affect in any way
the comfort, safety, happiness
and economic progress of the
general public, then that union
and its officers must first of
all demonstrate both willing
ness and fitness to function
without iniuring the public or
in any way prejudicing its in
tcreStS.
To these ends the labor laws
of this country must be shap-
ed. armed and strengthened,
Of this the American elector-
ate is daily becoming more and
more convinced. So put your
ears to the ground and listen
carefully, Congress! And gen
tlemen, do try to get straight
what you hear. For your job,
l need hardly remind you, is
to protect by law the best in
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-11-21

terests Of all our people and
20 see that no sacred cows
roam any Cf the Corridors of
our national lie.
In harder lar guage, this
coun ry e cur can tolerate no
form of tru-t--lai,h2r bust
ness, industrial, financial nor
laaCr. Your predecessors knew
this and bprred by law the
first three types. Today it is
your turn to complete the job
and incidentally to make
clear to the Supreme Court
that a labor trust is, in the
mind of Congress as it demon
strably is in fact, as bad as any
other kind of trust.
Americans everywhere were
shocked by what your McCel-
Ian Committee was able to eX-
pose as evidence of union
leader corruption, irreSponsi-
bility and arrogance. Doubt
less, most of you gentlemen
were likewise shocked-and
will receive an even greater
jolt by further evidence still
to be uncovered by your
rackets committee. All you
have to do is listen, not only
to what is said but also to
what this or that witness may
refuse to say under self-in-
eliminating oath, to appreciate
the need for legal correction
of the total situation.
You will know that, far
more important than catching
and furnishing a juvenile delin-
quent or a big-time rackeeter
as the case may be, is the
need to regulate out of the
labor movement the very con-
ditions that invite criminal
types to leadership and lay
temptation in the way Of
leaders who are basically hon
est. You will also know that
however much sense it may
make for editors, publishers,
3 CIer8Ymen ana Ollei puDllG
educators to avow that the
vicious, self-seeking labor
leader is very much in the
minority, this offers you as
lawmakers no excuse for as
suming that cleanliness in the
house of labor is SO widespread
that our society can well af-
ford to exempt it from SAINT
ary regulation.
Yes, the time has come to
put into the laws Of this
country pertaining to labor
unions, the kind of regulation
that will end all forms of eX-
ploitation.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-11-21
s3.BO(b.ebabdD For Cars

But as soon as he starts driving it he
has, in addition, variable costs represented
by gasoline and oil, tires and maintenance
For our typical driver it amounts to 1869
or 1863 cents a mile.
Adapting these AAA findings to 10000
mile operation in Noble county, the fixed
charges remain at 1914 but the variable
costs become $738. The total, $1,396, is
equivalent to nearly seven cents mile.
This compares with the less efficient
operation at 10000 miles year, which comes
to an even ten cents mile
More limited use of the car, on the other
hand, means still higher mileage costs. At
5000 miles a year under the burden of the
same fixed costs, it is 1914 cents mile.
No provision is made for the added
expense incurred where most of the driving
is in congested urban traffic. This, it has
been shown, can boost costs Is percent or
more.
In Noble county, the increase in car
usage in recent years has benefited the local
gas stations Their gross last year, according
to sales management, was $903,000
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-11-21

eral government, comes the in
formation that U. S. road engine
ers propose to build the 4l,000
miles Of authorized superhigh-
ways in 16 years. Quite a feat
when you consider that it took
the Romans 504 years to build
1858 miles of narrow roads.
About 200 miles of the new
highways are in place. Over
1000 additional miles are being
built or contracted for. Construc-
ton is in bits and pieces -- a
couple of miles here, a couple
there. Ultimately, these will be
joined to make endless ribbons
Continued on Page 3-B)
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-11-21

for defense items. The Sunday
papers and large circulation mag
azines are filled with the expen-
sive ads for engineers. Some of
the advertising is devoted to
building goodwill for the firm or
advertising its civilian product
while only a minute portion of
the ad seeks to recruit the scien-
lists and engineers. It is my un-
derstanding that Uncle Sam has
refused to foot the bill for such
Madison Avenue layouts.
Highways To Safety
On the heels of announcement
Of the approval of Route Il as an
interstate highway by the Fed
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-11-21
TIME FOR NEW LABOR
LAWS
BY Maurice K. Franks

A growing number of Amer
icans-perhaps already a stout
majority Of us in every walk
of life-haVe become con-
vinced that the labor laws of
this country need strengthen
ing.
To protect our workers from
all forms of exploitation, those
laws are presently inadequate
and need to be brought up to
date.
To protect the labor move
ment from all lis enemies
including its own worst olc-
ments-laWs presently on the
books lack both force and
dimension and require that
Congress get together and give
them considerably more Of
both.
To straighten out the think
ing of bo h men and courts,
some important differentia-
tions must be made in our
labor laws and certain vital
definitions Of responsibility
must be supplied.
The time has come when
the public character Of the
labor movement must be
legally recognized and its
functioning so regulated as to
bring both it and its leaders
in line with their public re-
sponsibilities. The time has
come when the labor move
ment can no longer remain a
private estate, operated main
ly by and for its leaders
when the democratic machin-
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-11-21
Help Wanted

Although | do not subscribe to
any theory that simply because
the Russians have succeeded in
launching a satellite, we have
suddenly become a second rate
nation, yet the incident makes us
take stock of our own situation
and wonder just what we were
doing about guided missiles in
the years following 1945. You
will remember that 1945 was the
year in which we captured the
launching sites of the German
vi and w bombs and was the
year when the Russians began
to develop their missile program
from the running start obtained
by appropriating German know
ledge and German scientists.
Only in the past four or five
years has our missile program
moved into high gear.
We face many grave problems
in the missile field. One of them
is our shortage of skilled engine
ers and scientists. A great num-
Der of our youngsters are starry
eyed dreamerS of test tubes and
space ships. Yet as they approach
high school and college their en-
thusiasm falters. Since we are in
desperate need of engineers and
scientists, the parents, teachers
and friends should encourage
these embryonic Einsteins, Edi-
sons, and Fermis to continue
their scientific leanings.
The Federal government as an
employer of scientists and en-
gineers experiences great diff
ficulty both in the matter of re-
cruitment and retention of quail
fled personnel. The shortage of
these key men is a serious fac
tor, but the salary schedule is the
stumbling block. Only loyalty
and love Of their work have
motiVated some of our top scien-
lists to remain with the govern
ment at comparatively low pay.
Keeping in mind that a top
flight engineer or scientist must
have many years of expensive
schooling, it is understandable
that he should demand a rather
substantial pay check. Yet | have
on my desk an announcement of
the Civil Service Commission for
engineers requiring the appli-
cants to have four or more years
of engineering schooling together
with professional and specialized
experience in the particular field,
and promising them beginning
salary of from four thousand dol
lars for the least qualified to
seven thousand for the really
high grade ones. There is an op-
portunity for ultimate promotion
to the nine to eleven thousand
dollars class. 1t is hopeless to
expect to recruit the very cream
of the crop because these same
men can obtain much greater
salary from private industry.
It is interesting to note that
one of the reasons why private
industry can pay salaries of two
or three times that of the govern
ment is that those firms having
contracts with Uncle Sam can
include these attractive salaries
as part Of their contract price. In
effect, the taxpayers are paying
the salary by the increased cost
of the planes, or ships, or mis-
SileS.
When l was a member of the
ManpoWer Subcommittee it was
disclosed that not only did this
competition exist between indus
try and government in the field
Of skilled personnel, but that
many firms recruiting scientists
and engineers were attempting tC
include the costs of recruitment
such as transportation, entertain
ment, meals and fancy advertis,
ing in the bill to the government
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-11-21
GlenWOOd

At the time in the early years
of the 1905 that the Marietta
and Cleveland (noW the Penn
sylvania) railroad was under
construction by Gen. A. j. War
ner, there was (and is now a
very high ridge a short distance
north of Ava. How to get the
track over the hill became a
puzzling matter. Finally it was
decided to build a "Y" over
which all trains could get over,
and this method was continued
year after year and until the
"GlenWood' tunnel could be
built, as it is at this time.
Beyond the site was 4 ''coun.
try store which later was pur-
chased by William r. (BilD
Crow, a promising young man
of the neighborhood, who con-
tinued the business the remand
ef of his life. So popular did this
young man become in Noble
county in the following years
that, while he was a Democrat,
he was elected to the member
ship of the Noble county board
of commissioners and reelected
thereto for the second term, dur
ing which time he continued the
business of his country" store
and was also postmaster SO long
as the government permitted the
office be continued. To the end
of his days on earth he was held
IN the highest esteem Of all who
knew him.
In the early days of the 1905
the coal territory in that area
began to be developed and was
continue until completely
worked OUT In the meantime
a number of residence properties
were built, which were later torn
down and removed, with the
exception of two or three, and
the prospective village dropped
back to the days of yore, as it
is at this day. GlenWood for
many years was really a one
mans hamlet-With Bill Crow
as the commander-in- chief.
In a nearby city a small negro
girl recently said to a friend
II wish | were a little white
girl" to which the friend re-
Piled: Little girl, you shoulc
not so wish; the human race is
much like unto a flower garden
God made little girls of various
colors-some white, some black
| some tinted. The friend was
| correct.
A former Civil War Confed-
crate veteran residing in Hous,
ton, Texas, has lived to the age
| of lis years and is reported as
being in very good health at this
time. He recently celebrated his
birthday. He is blind.
| Robert T. Secrest, Of Wayne
township, whose postoffice ad
dress is Senecaville, is still "or
the fence" relative to whether
or not he will seek the Demo
cratic nomination for governor
at the May, 1858, primary elec
| ton. He has thus far received
more than $50 letters from over
| Ohio, not one of which came
from Cincinnati or Cleveland
each urging him to seek tht
nomination. He is said to have
stated that he is quite certain
that if nominated he would bt
elected, hence he has not "closec
the door" on the subject. 1t may
| justly be said of Bob" that no
once has he failed of election t.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-11-21
News Of 10
Years AGO

Charles LorenZ and Maurice
Colley, Caldwell, and Frank
Powell, Newcomerstown, have
returned from their annual
hunting trip to Iron Bridge,
Ontario, each with a deer to his
credit.
Today, the people of the vii
lage of Caldwell are using four
times as much water per month
than was used when the present
filtration plant first started ser
vice to consumers back in April
of 1888. When the plant inaugu-
rated the service of pure water,
the consumption totalled l,800,-
900 gallons per month or ap-
proximately 20,600,000 gallons
for the year, April 1898 to
| March 1889. This amount is COM
| pared to 6,500,000 gallons per
month or 100000 gallons an
nually from April 1916 to March
l947,
A called meeting of the Noble
county election board was held
| Friday afternoon after an ap-
| plication had been received and
approved for holding a recount
in the race for trustee in Center
township.
All roads from Caldwell and
vicinity are leading to Toledo,
Lucas county, where the much
discussed post-season game be-
tween the Caldwell Redskins
and the Holland eleven will be
played at Devibiss stadium, be-
fore an estimated crowd of 1000
fans this Thursday evening at
$3.50 o'clock. The team will also
be accompanied by the Caldwell
high marching band.
| Births - Mr.. and Mrs. Amos
| Wickham, of Caldwell route, are
announcing the birth of a son,
Monday, at Thompson's hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Teeters,
of Caldwell, are the parents of
a seven pound, two ounce daugh-
ter, born Nov. IL.
| Playing at the Roxy theatre
over the weekend is "Bowery
Buckaroo", starring Leo Gorcey
and the BoWery boys.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-11-21
Political Matters and Otherwise
Ey JESS S. HARRIS

the office to which he aspired-
for state representative and for
congressman-and the same may
be said of Governor c. William
O'Neill, he having succeeded
each time he was a nominee.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-11-21

Ohio's largest deposit of un~
mined coal is found in Noble
county and adjacent area.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1957-11-21

It might be that the farmers
of America would fare much
better if the managers of our
government would adopt a
hands off" policy and let them
alone, at least for a time. There
has been entirely too much die
tation toward them in the past
and they have become sick and
tired of it.
Two Belmont county deaf
mute brothers, Joseph Buza, 20,
and his brother, Bert, 16, con-
victed in common pleas court at
st. Clairsville of first degree
murder in the Staying of Mrs.
Margaret Denham, IA, in her
gasoline station at Barton, when
Continued on Page 3-BE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-27
Higher Standards
For Filling Stations
Asked in Arlington

The Arlington County Plan
ming Commission has asked its
staff to propose a higher set
Of standards for filling station
construction and appearance.
Commission members said
they hoped ways could be
found to beautify gas stations
so they would At into residen-
tial areas without detracting
property values.
The commissions action
came during a consideration Of
a request by John E. Payne to
operate a station in the 1900
block of North Sycamore
street. The commission de-
clared its request for a study
Of possible new standards was
not motivated directly by this
request, but by all such requests
it has had before.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-27
Norfolk Priest Is Accused
OfAssuuItinq Fuirfux Officer

liam Durer, INTERVIEWED in be-
half of two boys who we're be-
ing questioned concerning
neighborhood thefts.
Detective Donald Hurst and
Juvenile Bureau Detective Jack
Nelson said they halted two
juveniles in an auto on Grove
avenue near Falls Church about
midnight Saturday. The de-
tectives said they were ques-
tioning the boys about thefts Of
gasoline, hub caps and auto
tools.
AS they talked to the youths.
they said, the parents of one Of
the boys, accompanied by Fa-
Their Connelley. who was wear
ing street clothes. came out Of
a nearby house and demanded
to know why the boys were be-
ing questioned. The officers
said the priest identified him.
self. returned to the nearby
house and changed into cas-
sock. The priest then came
back to the scene and told the
two boys to go into the house,
police said.
The detectives said Father
Connelley had placed both
hands on Detective Hurst dur.
ing the dispute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-27

basSies has requested any.
II think they all want to see
the fair on their own" Mr..
Wills said. This is an oppcr-
tunity for them to see a re-
gional or local sort of fair" A
flag decorated tent with a re-
ceptionist awaits the diplomats.
Lady Fairfax will be selected
from among six semifinalists at
8 o'clock tonight. Beef. swine,
sheep. goats and farm produce
will be judged through today
The commercial exhibits will BE-
open from pm. to ii pm.
Fair officials expected about
100000 visitors this year. more
than four times as many as at
the predecessor. the smaller
Fairfax County Fair last year
Proceeds will go toward buying
a permanent fair ground and
recreation center.
Sundays heavy rains delayed
the opening yesterday from
pm. until 6 pm, as trucks
were hauled and pushed by
dozers and tractors Through