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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-03-06

ficials, educators, students,
journalists and others con-
cerned with current economic
problems.
This Economic Almanac"
brings to mind the famous
letter sent several decades ago
by Virginia to the editor of
the New York Sun, in which
she asked if there really is a
Santa Claus. Readers will re-
call this little lady having
stated at the outset of her
letter that my Daddy tells me
if you read it in the New York
Sun, it's true" Well, because
of the great care exercised by
the Conference Board in pre-
pairing and compiling the data
for this handbook "if you read
it in the Economic Almanac
it's true"
AS for instance of what is
to be found in this valuable
book, it contains statistics on
home ownership in the U.S.A.
A good indication of the well
fare of a nation is the per-
centage Of its families that own
their own homes. Statistics
published in the Economic
Almanac" prove that the well
fare of the United States of
America is moving in the right
dlrectlon-upWard.
They reveal that today, 81
percent of Americas non-farm
families own homes, compared
with only A percent in 1949.
Broken down into income
groups; 80 percent of families
with annual incomes between
$4,000 and $2,999 own homes;
"a percent of families earning
from $4,000 to $7,499 are home
owners; and 83 percent of fam
lilies in the $l0,000-and-up
bracket own their own homes.
Space limitations prevent re-
counting here any more of the
thousands of other facts con-
tained in this latest edition of
the Conference Boards Busi-
ness Fact Book, but you should
be able to obtain a copy of it
at your favorite book store. In
the event he doesn't have it, a
copy of this 673 page Econ
omic Almanac For 1858" can
be obtained from the publish
er, Thomas Y. CroWell Com
pany, 432 Fourth Avenue, New
York. Price: $500.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-03-06
HOBOS AND TRAMPS

Hobos and tramps, harmless
vagrants for the most part,
travelled On the B. Z. & c. (Bent-
Zig-Zag & CrookedD narrow
gauge railroad tracks which
passed through Olive.
At the edge of the Village,
near stone quarry from which
came the foundation stones for
the first Court House in Cald-
well, there was an abandoned
oil we'll which was said to be
the deepest ever drilled in Noble
county.
This open we'll had a constant
flow of gas that made a flame
some two or three feet high.
Over the top of the well was a
pile of stone which held the heat
from the gas. Hobos and tramps
built a shelter wall of stones
around this outdoor furnace.
This provided a warm place for
their sojourn in this community
in the coldest weather and a
place in which to boil coffee and
cook their food. There were
always telltale chicken feathers
scattered around. No one knew
where the chickens came! This
stone quarry and gas well were
owned for several years by H.
M. (Mel) Wells, retired Vice
President of the Permian Oil &
Gas Company of Marietta and
Caldwell.
One of the hobos melted sold
er and poured it in a fine stream
on the railroad track to cool;
then cut it in 6-inch sticks and
sold it with a lump of rosin and
soldering iron, with complete
instructions to housewives fol-
mending pots, pans and anything
made of tin. This is how your
scribe, when a boy, became an
expert in soldering and a do-it-
yourself fixer of tinware!
There was an old covered
bridge not far from this gas
well. Near it was the railroad
track on which was found the
body of an itinerant umbrella
mender. Near the body was {
bundle of old umbrellas, ar
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-03-06

nation be today? Many years ago
a southerner, Hoke Smith, then
commissioner of pensions under
the Grover Cleveland admins
tration, entirely removed the
pensioners of the remaining
Civil War veterans and that act
alone ended the Cleveland
regime. A change of that politi-
cal administration later restored
the pensions, although meagre in
size all through, for many, many
years following.
Senator Harry Byrd, of Vir-
ginia, who some time ago de-
clared that he would not seek
reelection this year, has changed
his mind. Acceding to the wishes
of his legions of friends in both
dominant political parties, and
accepting Mrs. Byrd's release
from the promise he made to
her, he will run again this year
and will be elected. Senator Byrd
has long been regarded by
members of both political par
ties as the watchdog of the
federal treasury.
1t is well and generally known
that Caldwell is not college
town" yet the education acquired
here sufficies in most instances.
So why contend for a change?
Report now has it that work
on rebuilding US. Route q
from Canton to Marietta, through
Caldwell, will be commenced
next year. No report has as yet
been made on the project down
into the southland.
The state of Ohio will be called
upon during the coming year to
contribute more than a million
dollars to the foreign aid fund
and this in the face of several
hundreds of thousands of unem-
| ployed persons here at home.
Shouldn't our needy ones be
cared for first?
The worst school bus disaster
in the history of the nation hap
pened in Kentucky last Friday
morning when the vehicle
plunged over a fifty-foot en-
bankment and into a swollen
stream. The driver and twenty
seven of the forty-one children
were either killed or drowned
The bus was swept some distance
down stream. Search through the
muddy waters of the Big Sandy
river was commenced almost
Immediately following the ter.
rible accident and was continued
until after Saturday midnight
before the submerged schoo
bus was located, which was 30(
feet down stream from the poin'
of accident. During Sunday fore
noon the drowned bodies of the
driver and a sixteen-year-o ole
boy were found floating on the
rivers water and later the bu!
was raised to the surface. There
were forty-one school children
in the bus at the time of the
accident, their ages ranging from
six to eighteen years, thirteen o
whom escaped from the bus be
fore it plunged into the mudd,
stream. The accident was caused
by the bus striking a truck on i;
sharp mountain road curve. A
. latest report sixteen bodies hat
, been recovered, with clever
II Continued on Page 3-BI
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-03-06
A HANDBOOK OF FACTS
By George Peck

In this weeks column I'd
like to write about one of my
faVorite organization - one
that has been most helpful to
me over the years that | have
been inflicting my column on
a host of patient and long-suf-
fering readers. That organiza-
tion is the National Industrial
Conference Board, Inc.
Organized in 1916, its sole
purpose is to promote the pros
perity and security of the
American people by assisting
in the effective operation and
sound development of volun-
tary productive enterprises in
the United States and Canada.
In folder recently issued, the
NICB described itself as "one
of the great fact-finding lab
oratories of the world" 1t was
being oVerly-modest because in
fact, it is the greatest"
For the past AZ years the
NICB has conducted unbiased
research in the fields Of eco
nomics, business management
and human relations. Facts,
experiences and opinions relat-
ing to these fields have been
collected and appraised. None
of this has ever been used by
the NICB in an attempt to
influence legislation-its char
ter prohibits any such action
on its part.
Also, the Conference Board
is not an employers associa-
tion--it is equally concerned
with the problems of both
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-03-06
The American WAY X

management and labor in the
maintenance of effective buSi-
ness administration. Labor
unions are numbered among
its supporters.
In addition to labor unions,
this non-prOfit institution
draws its support by voluntary
a n nual subscriptions from
manufacturing com panies
Qarge, medium-sized and
smalD; non-industrial concerns
such as railroads, utilities,
banks, investment houses,
department stores, business
and civic organizations; uni
versities, federal agencies, and
individuals.
Throughout the year the
Conference Board publishes
weekly, monthly and periodic
reports of its research find
ings. These are not only sent
to its supporting members,
but as press releases to news
paper editors throughout the
U.S.A. and Canada; to radio
and Video commentators; and
columnists such as your hum
BILE servant.
What has led me to write
about the Conference Board at
this present time is that it has
just published the 1858 edition
of its Economic Almanac"
This is the l4th edition of what
l consider to be the most
valuable document it pub
fishes. This Economic AL
manac" is a compact, con-
venient handbook Of the latest,
most significant and trust
worthy statistical and other
data useful to business execu-
tives, labor leaders, public of
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-03-06
Folk Lore TaIes Of Olive, Ohio
BY A WADE WELLS

empty can for making coffee,
some coffee and a pint bottle
partly filled with whiskey. The
train had run over him, crush
ing his head.
The body was laid out on a
plank inside the bridge. Doctor
o. o. Mckee performed an
autopsy, while your scribe, a
boy of about II years, and some
of his companions the same age,
secreted themselves overhead on
the beams of the bridge, looking
down at the grueSome proceed
ings. The boys all decided, right
then and there, never to drink
Whiskey or become umbrella
menderSi
In the pocket of this lowly
stranger was a large copper
penny bearing a Masonic en-
blem. Whom he was or from
whence he came, no one knew.
There was nothing else to
identify him.
In some mysterious way he
was provided with a coffin, a
decent funeral services and a
burial place in the Olive ceme-
terry. He may or may not have
been the owner of the coin found
in his possession. In after years,
your scribe became the owner
of a similar coin with his own
mark" engraved on it.
This same covered bridge had
posted on it a large printed sign
which said: NOTICE. Niger,
don't let the sun go down on
you" This was posted there as
the result of a young white girl
being attacked and raped by a
fleeing negro from the South
land to Canada during the Civil
War. Consequently, there never
has been a negro resident in
Olive. No Little Rock segrega-
ton problem here!
In early days a travelling circus
put on a show near Olive. An
angry elephant suddenly killed
man who had mistreated it.
The management of the circus
claimed the victim was no part
| Continued on Page 3-B)
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-03-06
Political Matters and Otherwise
BY JESS S. HARRIS

Secretary of Agriculture Ben
son says he will not resign his
position and President Eisen-
hover says he will not ask for
it; so there you have it. This is
pleasing to thousands of the ma
tons farmers and displeasing to
thousands of others. The result
will probably be determined at
the election next November. The
situation places the candidates
for congressman up for re-elec-
tiCn "on the spot"
In the event of President
Eisenhower suddenly becoming
incompetent or disqualified, due
to health conditions, to dis
charge the duties of his position,
Vice President Nixon is to take
over during the continuance of
such condition, a written perfect
agreement with full agreement
and instructionS) existing be-
tween the two men. Such is in
accordance with the law applic
able to the same.
Government statistics show
that the average producing
farmer in the United States for
the year 1857 had an earning of
$947 per family member and at
the same time non-producing
agriculturalists received as high
as $4,000 for non-production,
In accordance with the report
Of a state investigator the audi
tor of states office has called
upon Pickaway countys secre-
tary of agriculture to account for
$4,000 placed in his possession.
President Eisenhower has
signed the five billion-dOllar
bill, recently passed by congress,
adding that amount to the ma
tional Indebtedness, which is
now $50 billions, the greatest in
the history of the nation.
Twelve persons were killed
and seventy others seriously in
jured by a tornado that visited
Mississippi on Wednesday night
of last week and great damage
was done to properties. Other
storms prevailed during the fol
lowing day from the southland
up into the Dakotas with great
damage.
Fires resulting from cigarette
| smokers going to sleep while
engaged at smoking in bed seen
to be daily increasing through,
out the country. Many of the
fires are attended by loss of life
This fact should suffice as {
warning to local smokers.
The loss of the winter frui
and vegetable crops in deeI
Florida, due to the recent freez
ing weather, is being keenly fel
in all northern markets and viii
continue to rise The high cos
of living in all parts of tht
country advanced sharply dur
ing the month of last January
A movement is on foot in some
sections of the nation to reduc,
the pensions of eX-War veterans
To do so would mean the poll
tical death of each member o
congress who favors it. Had i
not been for the heroic servic'
of these gallant boys" in tn
hour of need where would thi
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-03-06

refreshments will be served and
an orchestra has been engaged
to furnish music for dancing.
In special announcement
made today, Fund Chairman Mrs.
Lois Jennings said that the Red
Cross drive would officially open
Monday, March 8, rather than
March IS, as previously planned.
Noble county still retained
her new look" this week as U. S.
highway 81, a short distance
north of Macksburg, is showing
more damage in the tWo-week-
old landslide covering a l2-acre
tract continues to move under
the roadway and into Duck
creek. 1t has been estimated that
the roadway is moving about
three inches in IL hours.
The Belle Valley high school
was broken into and $500 in
class money stolen late Tuesday
night, according to Sheriff Clay
ton Mckee, who is now investi-
eating. The robbery was dis
covered Wednesday morning by
Richard Wells, ianitor,
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-03-06
From journal Files
Ten Years AGO

Eight hundred New Hampshire
chicks were burned to death Fri
day night at approximately $50
o'clock when a large brooder
house, owned and operated by
Noble Hatchery burned to the
ground.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-03-06

refreshments will be served and
an orchestra has been engaged
to furnish music for dancing.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-03-06

A movement is on foot in some
sections of the nation to reduce
the pensions of ex-War veterans.
To do so would mean the poll
tical death of each member of
congress who favors it. Had it
not been for the heroic service
of these gallant boys" in the
hour of need where would this
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-03-06

The annual Masonic and East
ern Star festival will be held at
the nigh school auditorium in
Caldwell, Friday evening, March
IL. A program has been planned,
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-03-06

L. E. Potts, owner and man
ager of the Quimby Bakery
agency in Caldwell, was named
president of the Noble County
Chamber of Commerce at a
meeting CT the directors, Mon
day evening.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-03-06

The loss of the winter fruit
and vegetable crops in deep
Florida, due to the recent freez-
ing weather, is being keenly felt
in all northern markets and will
continue to rise. The high cost
of living in all parts of the
country advanced sharply dur
ing the month of last January.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-03-06

The Permian Oil and Gas Co.
serving Noble county, but with
main office in Marietta, has
filed its application and petition
with the Public Utilities COM
mission of Ohio for a modifica-
ton and increase of the present
existing rates, which have been
in effect since Sept. l, 1888.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-03-06

Fires resulting from cigarette
smokers going to sleep while
engaged at smoking in bed seem
to be daily increasing through
out the country. Many of the
fires are attended by loss of life.
This fact should suffice as a
warning to local smokers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08
King Of NepoI
To Visit Soviet

MOSCOW; April 8 (R.-The
Soviet government, which has
been giving the red carpet
treatment to Belgium's Queen
Mother Elisabeth. will play host
this summer to King Mahendra
I of Nepal and his consort.
Komsomol Pravda announced
today that King Mahendra had
accepted an invitation from
President Klen1enti Y. Voro-
shilov. ver-
The dowager Belgian Queen,
one of Europe's leading music
patrons. is attending the Tchai-
kowsky international piano and
violin competition.
The Communist youth paper
also announced that Marshal
Voroshilov would visit Poland
in the latter part of April as
guest of the Warsaw govern
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08

would authorize the District
Teachers College to confer a
master Of arts degree in edu-
cation.
Teachers College officials
said three persons have COM
pleted all requirements for the
masters degree as of the last
school year. There are "a
other candidates currently en-
rolled in the graduate program
who have met all requirements
except the completion of their
thesis.
There also are 1T students
working for the degree. AL
together, there are 1888 en-
rolled in the graduate division
Of the college.
In 1855. the Board of Educa.
ton approved launching of the
graduate program. with the ex-
pectation that Congress would
authorize graduate degrees.
The Board Of Trade objects to
legislation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08
Negro's.Death
Penalty Void

| JACKSON, Miss, April 8 up.
The Mississippi Supreme
Court has thrown out the con-
viction and death sentence Of
a Negro because his nine court
appointed attorneys did not
seek to confer with him until
/ the day of the trial.
| A new trial was ordered yes
terday for Tolbert Buddy
Mckenzie, 81, Alderman, Miss.
who was convicted in the 1856
Christmas eve Staying of j. z.
Jones. 81. outside the latter's
cafe at Newton.
Already executed in the slay-
ing was Joe Louis Thompson.
| 20. Sturgis, Miss. Negro accused
of joining Mckenzie in the
holdup-slaying.
I The court also affirmed the
suspended five-year prison term
given a prominent Pascagouls
white attorney. Bernard Gau-
tier, IS. on conviction of raping
a Negro babysitter. The appeal
was based on a contention that
the Circuit Court jury did not
have authority to suspend the
sentence.
In the majority opinion in
the Mckenzie case Justice Rob-
ert G. Gillespie said the nine
attorneys were named five
months before the trial, did
not seek to counsel with Nc
Kenzie until the day Of the
trial. and then demanded q
continuance.
When the delay was turned
down the attorneys refused
the courts offer Of 80 minutes
to talk to Mckenzie on grounds
that was not enough time.
They also argued that McKen-
zie was illegally held in Kinds
County Jail at Jackson rather
than in the Jail at Newton.
saying this denied them free
access to the prisoner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08

tons of its Education Com
mittee.
The report said that the
Board of Trade and the Dis
trict need to formulate a basic
concept respecting the pro-
gram" Of higher education. II
added that the formulation
should be conducted at public
expense before changing or ex-
tending the curriculum of au-
thority" Of the college.
The board said the colleges
present position is both
strained and aggravated for
continued and recognized serv-
ice in the education field"
The committee conferred
with officials of universities in
the Washington area before it
submitted its report. 1t is un-
derstood that some universities
here are opposed to an enlarge
ment of the colleges program,
Bills pending in Congress
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08
Arkansas Gets
Schools Plan

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, April
8 (R.-A plan for an inter-
racial commission to discuss
Indignation timetables with in
dividual school districts was
submitted to the Arkansas
Board of Education yesterday.
The author, Herbert L.
Thomas Of Little Rock. an in
surance executive. said the
board could take the plan to
Federal Court and ask it be
substituted for the Little Rock
indignation program.
Mr.. Thomas said the COM
mittee members would discuss
with individual school districts
just what constitutes AL de-
liberate speed" in desegregatjug
the district.
The commission would pave
the way for desegregation
where circumstances warrant"
and would promote improved
Negro schooling in areas
where. for perfectly valid rea-
sons, desegregation is not now
practical"
Under Mr.. Thomas pro-
posal the eight Negroes now
attending Central High School
would remain until the end Of
the current term and Federal
troops would be withdrawn
from the school on a standby
basis.
Mr.. Thomas labeled his pro-
posal the State plan Of volun-
tary progress" and said it had
worked previously in State
colleges and schools.
The education board. which
recently declined to make a
Statewide study Of indignation.
issued q cautious statement
taking the matter under advise
ment.
Gov. Orval Faubus said the
important thing is what the
people think" Of the plan.
Jim johnson. a segregationist
of Crossett. said Mr.. Thomas
proposal was definitely a plan
for indignation" He added it
would not be acceptable to the
National Association for the
Advancement Of Colored People.
Mrs. L. c. Bates. State pres
ident of the NAACP, said Mr..
Thomas proposal seeks to
hang indefinitely in allegiance
the rights to which Negro chill
dren are being denied" She
said the NAACP could not in
dorse such q course.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08

Middle States Association.
2. Study of District Board
of Education committees rec
concentrations about the col
lege.
3. "A more detailed study Of
the fiscal capability of the
District of Columbia"
Adopts Recommendations
The boards board of directors
had adopted the recommended
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08
Delay Asked in Bill
On Teachers College

The Washington Board of Trade urged today that egisla
ton pending permit District Teachers College confer
graduate degrees be delayed until further studies completed
report of the boards Education Committee. headed by
c. Carney Smith. advocated that action await
-evaluation of the colleges accredation BY the
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