Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 49, Decatur, Adams County, 28 February 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII. No. 49.

UNITED MINE WORKERS TRIAL CONTINUES

Cut Power Use In Pittsburgh By 50 Percent Orders Consumers To Cut Electricity Use By 50 Percent Pittaburgh. Feb M. — (UPI -~ Duquesne light Co., power firm supplying 1,500.000 person* in the greater Pittsburgh district. today ordered all consumers to cot u*e of electricity 50 percent beeauae of st rike caused coal shortage With the nation * coal supplies htttiac rockbottom, the company reported that it had only a IMay stockpile left. The utility said It was absolutely essential that all customers, regardless of type<\ reduce the n« of electricity. The retail coal merchants anthe city reported that an coal reierve* tn dealers yards will be exhausted by nightfall Prices of the meager supplies of coal continued to soar. The few operating mine* mostly went on a “take It or leave it” basis. Retail prices at Cleveland reached 55" a ton I'nfted mine ■ workers pickets I struck again at the dribble of coal I coming from nonunion pits. Cara I vans ranged through western and! ' trucks were dumped ' Two eissl'cXmpsnie* ai SeVTfi'thr. Ind which also operate grain ele vators. started distribution of cortr cobs for fuel. Community woodcutting projects were set' up at Eejrmoor, Bloomington and other Indlana towns Coal-atarved communities hnflfW-' ed new etpergemy measures Gov Mennen Williams of Mlrhlgirb - authorised Itetroit to impose ra-1 tinning The city was the first j .to apply for the power under the governor's emergent v proclams . tion Williams said he tgprctetf more applications ". The T S Steel cutback was • * ■ peeled to add 2«0o« lo“the 531),Win already idle In the strike farm-ave Illinois, "hit steel’s" iareest sub- ■ stdtaryf.’WltPcirt iiaPiltolMir-gii di j ■ rb t -ope.tption*. virthaTty. WF'fiaJf ] Georg*- A !/>v*. - pbkesnia.il for . the northern and ».-'>rn opera j tors met with dtrntot <>t hifi: nr. Pittsburgh Coji»<tlidshon t'nal Coe, at Pittsburgh during ths re-1 csss In the negotiations The meet-1 Ing however, was described a* There wire reports, however that Love would poll other opera .tors to find If they are willing to meet the money demands of the united mine workers The report* said less than 50 cents' separat* d . thg union's demands and what the; operators are willing to pay t’arnegle-Illlnois Steel Corp ; V S Steel's largest operating subsldl ary. said operation* would be rut Jyotn 96 to 53 percent of capacity this week The firm employs aS/'cri men tn the Flit •burgh district "-'-plants affected National Tube Co. another Me steel subsidiary, starterj banking three of Its four blast furnaces'and t’rucjble steel said Its operations would lie slashed by 5” percent today c>' In addition Io the hundreds of thousands Idled by the strike and' coal shortage more than l<M>,i>ml nsrsT. nw> Local Girl Second In Oratory Contest Isabelle Kintz. a junior In the Decatur Catholic high school, and winner of Adams post 43 oratorl cat contest, placed second Monday night in fourth district competition Miss Kintg used as her subject. "The constitution in a changing world." the- same theme she had used to win the local contest Richard Hoops, of Central high - wchrKrl. Fort Wayne, was announc- - ed the-winner In the nluM-'w-com-petition. in which seven contestants were entered He spoke on “The rights we defend " In addition to the regular speeches, the contestants were required to speak extemporaneously oh the subject. "The framing fathers " - > WEATHER Clearing ata -.eelder tonight preceded by rain extreme south east this evening. Wednesday partly cloudy and colder with snow flurries near Lake Michi gan. Low tonight 2? to 30 north, n to’*H south. High Wednesday 27 to 32 north. 32 to * 35 south.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Include Two-Mile Area Under Zoning Pion Commission To Recommend Action As a means of protecting property owners near the edges of the Decatur corporation lines, the city plan eonsuviagiim took first steps Monday night toward recommending tint the city council pass an ordinance taking the two-mlle area around Decatur into the jurisdiction of the toning ordinance. Maps wore shown the group by Col Lawrence V. Sheridan, consultant for the commission, and Col. Sheridan was directed to draw up a tentative recommendation to the council. Before such a recommendation la made, a public hearing will be held, probably in the next month or six weeks, in accordance with the stale laws. Almost all cities in Indiana are taking Into their jurisdiction the twomlle areas to prevent undesirable building around the fringe of . the d!j . Wllh.the goning, ordinance in effect, it I* feared that slaughtering plants, rendering plants, automobile junk piles and other such buildings might fringe the city i There is an- Interim enforcement section in the present law which i i prohibits the construction of any; ' buildings in the twomlle area ex-1 I eept farm buildings for a period of; ■ one year This Is done to control I ionstructlop \ "" I by the group at the Monday tiight] I nteevtng- »nd ftol.- -Shg-ridatr lscps>.> paring maps of all thoroughfares ini iKiattrr and the puttying territory 1 with suggestions tor the widening; of right-of-ways in preparation for lite future Thy -necessity ofdesttnattng «.v• : --weal al areas as available for for trailer camps was pointed out "»nW. also more rigid control, of the I problem waa advanced by the com ; mission members Col Sheridan {stated that he would immediately forward several suggested plShXTot •’ control <-f IraHei etmips and he aI«V stated that birder the present ■Haw this situation could be con lodled I>V the board, of zoning ap [ peals -hr. nigh the special use* sec | tion of the ordinance Another meeting “f the whole 1 noivoi-s-ion will be hctd’-snorr-lt ! w.-ts'jronoum ud,following' Hie mey-r I fine . - .. ■! ■ f The threvrhdiir session ended t waaU—Lht.xeeleLlii>!l_of_*U_ffltticer*“ | for another year Tin y are Dick I Hillel, president. Chireno Zlticr, vice-president and llalpli E Roop tTara Tn Ihaae stsi Winchester Woman Is Fatally Burned Wiiu h»‘nter. Ind.. Feb. 28. —(UP) Funeral irere planned today for MrK Rthh* Barnhart* who wa» burned fatalh when a kerosene lamp exploded. Mrs. Darnhart died in Randolph county hospital. yesterday' after the - ... . Mrs. Bessie Noack Is Taken By Death Funerol Services . Thursday Afternoon Mrs Dcasic Cathrrim- Noack. 85. lifelong resident of Adams county, died at ’ o'clock Monday afternoon at her-home. 215 South Twelfth street after an Illness of two years She was born In Union township May 12, 1-SS4. a daughter of John and Cardline Redlinger Drake Her husband. Walter Nfidck. t city fire man, waa killed while fighting the S. hafer Saddlery fire April 26. IS2O She was a memlier of the Royal . Neigh Fairs lodge Surviving are one daughter. Miss Ina Noa< h„ at home one son Francis Noack of Decatur; three grandchildren: four 'brother*, J. J Drake or'Xwiv*ra»tle. FrSlik. Theodore and Louie Drake, all of De. tv tur. and two sisters, Mrs. Fann ! e Amstutx of. Herne and Mrs Gold!?.. Gay of Decatur One son. on. brother and two sisters preceded her in death Funeral services will be held S’ i I:3U p m. Thursday at the bom? j and M 2 uclock at the s'irst tire-* byterian church, the Rev. A. C. F Glllander officiating Burial will be In Fast Salem cemetery The laxly will be removed friun the Zwicg funeral home this evening to tie residence, w here friends I The casket will, pot be opened at i the church

Governor And Fuel Leaders Hold Session Many Communities Are Reported In Emergency State Indianapolis. Feb 2S — (UP) - Governor Schricker tnet with hi* Indiana fuel coordinating committee nearly two hours today as Hoosiers turned to wood and corncolw Io heat their homes because the coal supply was nearlygone. i Hut Schricker anti state labor commissioner who heads the committee. 7iad no comment on their discussions. Hutson said they would meet again this afternoon with the governor for further talk. Around the state, many cities Were in a state of emergency rwlled by their mayors. Coal, where there was any. was being doled - out virtually by the bucketful inI stead of the ton. Some cities re- ; sorted to wood-choppini and cobl hauling to keep householders , from freezing A slight break in the long work s'tijppage by United Mine Workers In the western Indiana coal fields ' came this morning when seven r»~-,v n ..w aWfrvwsLM»sg«rmte:>ia c j (ruck mines resumed production. Hut-the l.fsm tons •« M«tr-lbw-toft miners could turn 6ut was pitiful- ' ly short of the state's needs I Meanwhile, there were municl- . pal wiMsls uttlng projects In I Hhtpmlngton. Seymour. Indlanapo I ttg- inf dozens of other Indiana communities and tw<j coal compnnies at Seymour which also op erat<» grain elevators said they would turn corncob pile* over to fuel-less citizens. The Indianapolis public school system closed its 82 grammar and seven liiirh schools today because : only enough coal' remained to keep the pipes from freezing All six Frankfort' s< hools closed for the same reason. A three-day cold wave, longest anil most *ev■ re oL- the .season moved east out of Indiana', how? : ever after sending' the meri ur.v ; below zero for three straight nights. The weather bureau n ■ -..0r.-,! low tempera'll!. - tills morning below' freezing only at, Fort Waym- and South Bend, with a high minimum of 38 degrees tn Evansville. 35 at Tsrre Haute and 31 at Indianapolis At the statehouse, emergency fuel ••WBimisslon chairman Thomas R. Hutson said all 22 state institutiohs were in fair" shape. <Tarw >-» Oss* atvi legion Votes $3,000 To Community Center i !. Donation is Voted By American Legion Metnlver* of Adams post 43, American legion. .Monday voted 53.000 to the Community Center fund at their regular meeting The legion's gift boosted the fund to >1141.188.18. or a little less than 59.000 of meeting the 5150.000 quota. Commander Elmer Darwachter informed Carl C. Pumphrey. Com munity denter drive chairman, of the Post's action. Mr Pumphrey exIjressed confidence that other gifts would I* forthcoming, which would send rhe fund over the top When It reaches 5150.000, a gift of 575000 will bu made by Central Soya Company The executlve'eommittee of the post recommended o« the floor at Tuesday's meeting that the members subscrllie the 53.000 A motion was then made for sufh action, to concur wtth the executive committee's recom mandat lon. and it was agreed to by memlier*. Tentative plan* were also mgde at the meeting for the annual birthday party of the post. It was announced that at the next regular meeting. March 13. more compie'a plana would he made and a definite ■date given as Jo when the parly would be held —-I -—- - . - Lt was also announced that William O. Frailer had been appointed the new scoutmaster of the post's floy Scout troop 63. It was a 1 [ so recommended Th' send two hoys I from' the troop to the Valley For™ jamboree

ONLY DAILY NEWBPAPM 5N ADAME COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Tues day, February 28, 1950

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DEFENDING the United Mine Workers Uuion in their Federal Court contempt trial, at Washington, ars (I. to r.) Welty Hopkins, general counsel Harrison Combs, aqd Karl Haack, director of the union's legal division. The trial was receaaed shortly after they entered a plea of "not guilty" of ths disobeying an anti-strike ordered by Federal Judge Raymond B. Keech. Meanwhile coal negotiations were suspended indefinitely. I

Red Cross Campaign « r T .gc:-.’T^.,, .‘V ToOpenWednesday Annual Fund Drive Will Be Held Here ' 3M> vobinteer workers will Itegin the K«B Cross drive in the eoantr ' Wednesday, according to Phil ’ Sauer, chairman of tile annual drive. Adams county residents will be asked to give 58.525 to the drive this year. 53.336 to Iw used by ' national headquarter* of the Red; Cross ami 55,239 for the county: chapter. - j Most of the volunteer workers have completed their cards andi returned, them u> varum* chair-; men However. tKere -an- still spots to be filled on the volunteer roster, but officials believe _lhW will be completed tlfls aiernoon, John Siult-. chairman in Ib-ca-I tur. stated that the city has been divided Into districts, busjness ’ residential and.industry, with var ious chairmen of these districts. ’’ Likewise other towns in the county, and the rural .areaec. under the direction of Hansel Foley. have heeu divided and the! workers will begin their solicit ing tn their allotted districts. The money Thus raised and used locally, is for the home service office, which aid* civilians, servicemen. veterans ami their faini ■' lies. .j J Ohio Man Arrested On Forgery Charge Man Is Brought To Adams County Jail Wayne Gorsucb, 26, of Sandusky. 0., was arrested Monday and returned to Indiana and the Adams county jail on a charge of forgery State police detective William Spannuth. trooper Walter Behind ler and businessman Jerome Yager, of Berne, went to Sandusky, where 1 police there had arrested Gorsucb and were holding him for state official* Yager made the trip with state police because he was one ot the victims ot Gorsuch's faulty cheek*, which was made out to the Inter natlonaL Harvester Co., of Indiana . polls, and signed by the name "Emerson" ~ A wsrranj had been sent to San,:J du*ky police about two week* ago • Last Saturday they picked the man I up and held him. then called local, police officials who attended the hearing held Monday in that city t After Yager had Identified the man as tj>e? same one who had passed th<i bogus check Jan lt> tn Berne. Gorsuch waived extradition and Gorsuch has also been identified as the »me man who passed a; worthless check at a service store In Berne Ixx-al and state officials J were delaying court action Ute to , day awaiting further affidavit* from" prosecuting officials of surround - countien, also for forgery

No Decatur Lions Club Meet Tonight Jnttnml db the. vggujac meeHng; normally held Tueaday nights, th" Lions will attend the annual dinner meeting ot the Chamber of Commerce Thursday, president Os the Uons. Phil Sauer*, announced I today- There will be the regular > meeting naat wank. y -. —' Two Are Appointed By Retail Chairman i • ' -■ • - Retail Committee Studies Problems 1 Cletus Miller and Louis Jacobs. . ynug Decatur businessmen were named chairmen of two , important rommlH'es in the retail div i sion of the Chamber of Commerce today by 1. E Anspaugti. chair man of the retail committee Miller will head the comhiittelto make plan* for the annual etnIployes' dinner to be held here tor all employe* of local retailers oil May 1 and Jacobs will be vhalr- - man of the second annual fish fry lo l>e held next October Both appointees have been active in civic affairs of Decatur for several years and both men stated they would select their aides for the two coming events in the near future. , j. An unannounced., committee of ■ retailer* will study all future re i quests “of' organlxalidhs to solicit Kwai buwtness men and att Cham her memlier* have agreed-to honor the decisions of this commit te-’ - , This group was named in an' effort to curb the solicitStion Os advertising and cash s-ontribu- > tions by organizaitons deemed "unworthy oT local support " The new groujv has asked that all merchant* delay all contribution* for ca»h and advertising until the golicltor* present a let ; ter of endorsement from the retail committee. Threw other items of interest i are under study by the retail committee. It was announced The group will plan another bargain event for local retailers, probably in the summer; thepark ing problem In the business area ' also i* under study and the group also I* pondering the advisability ■ of organising a credit bureau to ITWvw T» Pass Five I Predicts Some Drop — In Available Meat !« Chicago, Feb 28 -(UP)—, A t livestock market analyst today predicted a drop In the amount of meat available-in the spring, but he said there would be little increase in price* H M Conway.- analyst tor toe ; National Live Steck Producer pub- ; Hcatlon. said unsatisfactory price margins forced an early market- ' I Ing" a year ago. cutting down on the current crop, of animals ready ' ' -’.l'lCl:'- - ■ •«■' . Seasonal price change* will be i reasonably normal." be »ald

Ask Federal Judge To Disregard Convictions Os Mine Union In Past

Cod Dealers Agree a To Aid In Crisis To Ration Precious Coal To Most Needy The coal situation In Decatur waa still dark today as city officials. representatives of various civic organisations and coal dealers joined hands to lend every effort to keep suffering to * minimum. Mayor Doan conferred with coal dealers last night snd all local dealers agreed to cooperate during The Crists Thu nrsyor asked dealers to deliver coal in half-ton lots to users whose supply was down to less than four days - Two local factories, the Genersl Electric and Central Soya, have pooled their surplus coal and It I will be distributed to dealers under city supervision. However, their surplus is small and It is feared that the supply will noon be exhausted "WkeHirr*Ttimv« th Dwittrf'havp' been-icom-pcjled .t o move .Inttv- relatires' or homes'because . ot the. sbortags. Others are existing from day to day with a few buckete-full of coal picked up from ; dealers and friends. Arrangements have been made by the local chapter of the Red Crus* to secure col* which will be pieced in lodge homes here to pro vide a warm place for those who are unable to find other accommodation* - Mayor Doan has called a meeting of representative* of several local lodges for'tonlghf and will complete arrangements for hoiulpg When and If it becomes necessary $75,000 Damage In Indianapolis Fire • Indianapolis F»*b 28.- — A firn in a throe story building t occupied by the Peak Nut Co rausI’.'i.tMhi damage. Clark Fran< in, president of the Company, estimat ed today Firemen called by two alarms ws't)<;ed for two hours la«t night to bring the blaze under rontrol. ' I County Farm Bureau I In Annual Meeting Six New Directors Named Monday Night Six -new director* were ek-ctci at The annual meeting of the Adams county. Farm Bureau Monday when the report for 1949 was pre. I sen ted to the member*. Dr Robert LaFollette. ot Ball State - Teachers college, wan the principal speaker of the evening The annual report revealed that the Farm Bureau had transacted over 51.1E6.M6 in business In the county during the past year. Over fTS.oo" will l>e returned to the patrons, it was also announced. tht* amount being the profit for dividend* following taxes. The six directors elected were -Fharles Berning, of Root town' ship: O V Dilling. Kirkland. John Bailey. St Mary'*; Everett Rice. Monroe township: -Robert Lehman. Jefferson, and Ralph Miller. Hartford These men will serve fob- the year with the incumbents Vert <Twew Te Twee . Two Brothers Held Far Store Robbery Philadelphia Feb 28 4 UP) — Two Indianapolis. Ind. brother* Were held tcidaj' on charge* of holding up and robbing a haberdasher of more, than 5300 Richard Brummett. 24. and hl« brother Mien TT. were returned here last nighty after waiving extradition front Wilmington. Del. where .they were arrested They were charged with Mndlng the haber- *<«»»¥* os *oj m *^ t s*w>**w oriel every —s* >» asiivs -w " t'iwua n * ww< vstisw i iw 1" ” adhesive tape during the holdup “last Saturday

Killer Leopard Captured By Texas Cowboy Beast Driven Bock To Oklahoma City Zoo By Hunger Oklahoma City. Feb 28 —(UP) — A Texas cowboy roped an escaped **ynjin (potiriH’* loopard dragged It Into a cage by its tail like a harmless pussy -cat. Hunger drake the jungle-bred. 175-pound leopard back to it* Lincoln Park zoo home after three days and three night* ofTerrorizing this city of 25U.(WU The black-apotled beast ate some horse meat baited with knockout drops which had been set ouf for It When sighted by a zoo guard -1 .ae.se-S 45.-sw ,-toe 4«u»aML wg*. gniggy from sleeping medicine - joflUAn FratWT. who recently came hear from managing the Fort Worth, Tex , zoo. decided fast action waa required before the narcotic* wore oft. So Frazier brought out a lariat [ While guards arm'd with platola > and rifle* stood by. he approached > to within 15 feet of the leopard. , Twice be swung the rope over his head, aimed at the beast and missed But his third try worked Then, with the slip knot of the lariat flrmly'lartnfntf rhe leopard's neck and a guard holding the ro|o-. I Frazier calmly walked up to the) animal grasped It by the ta'l and dragged it to the cage-crate in! which it arrived at the zoo lit days' ago After shutting the cage door with! rhe ordinary lalch, he hanuneindjlr two 16-peniiy nails for good measure Frazier «»ld rhe, big ..rat which lea-ped from -a tofeel -deep pit and cleared a water moat to escape on Saturday apparently returned to the zoo after midnight Tracks were found indicating the male leopard jumped a fence to reenter the too after an early evening rain i had slopped falling. Frazier said I Herbert Mueller a park policeI man way the first to sight the ; beast which had eluded 'hundred* ! of searchers Including battle-train-ed marines and professional moun tain Hon hunters The beast was crouched on a ledge over the same animal pit from which it escaped tnoge than ‘Sinfimr*"hvrore 'MWHlPrnmntdT flashlight on; the animal and saw ttiat. although ft was awake, it was groggy He then saw: that some of the narcotic-baited horsemeat left ■ Twra Ta »•*«» K«<*<l Portland Teacher Found Dead In Car Miss Garnet Ginn Found Dead Today Portland. Ind "Feb 28 (UP) — The; ttfelea* body of a 33-year-old home economic* teacher waa round dangling .by a bait from the door of her car today after she failed to report for class** - The body of Mis* Garnet Ginn who had taught here since 1943, was found hy school superintend ent D 8 Weller after she failed to come To school 'and a search ot her apartment showed She dW not sleep there last night. The -body was found in a garage she rented near her apartment Coroner Donald Spahr withheld « verdict pending further tnveatigallon But police chief Clyde Kegerrie* said he did not Mapset murder He Mid Miss Girin could hare lootwd the belt arouad tar. own throat :— Friends said Miss Ginn, daughter of the Mt Summit, high rx bool principal we* in'good spirit* last night when she left ■ Psi lota XI sorority meeting at' the Portland country club about I#.Ju rTwvw Te Fea* Mur ■ v

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Union's Contempt Os Court Triol Resumed Today In Washington Court Wsskiagton. Feb M-(UP)— The united mine workers asked federal judge Richmond B Keech today to disregard the ankm a pan convictions in deciding whether it is guilty of contempt in the eurren; cool strike John U Lewis' attorney* filed a formal brief with Keech two boars before tin- jurist resumed the union's criminal and,civil contempt trial They said the UMW's two previous—contempt convictions, which cost the union Ss.loo.wtu haveTbtltinig to lo' with’ this case; Keech ordered the I’MW—not Lewis personally—to stand trial after about 370,000. anion member* defied a back-to-work court order he issued Feb 11 under the TaftHartley act. Welly k. Hopkins. t'MW chief counsel asked Keech to reject the government's argument that evidence of the two previous offense* , was admiwMihie in tpl* coaUmpt ,1- ■-iraW- mtofc-evtdFtae.-is --- legally "Inadmixeable " ; The government sought to bring , the UMW’* previous convictions Into the current trial in order to cite the soealled "Goldsborough J doctrine," KslabUstad by federal I judge T. Alan Goldsborough In 1946 and 194* when he fined toe UMW r 52.100.WX> and Lewis Stow* the ' j doctrine bolds that An ihiernat total 1 union is responsible for the actions > of its members The union, pointing to two back-’ Ito work order* issued by" Lewis , j after Keech signed the court 'order. ’ contend* that the miners are strik [lng as individuals in defiance of - 'heir own union leadership f “The cirr iirn*fan< e». ip the 1946 ; ceding differ from those fn th" -194' proceeding.' Hopkins said. and both differ from the cireum-"’ slatti t- involved ,in the - case " ; The I.MW brtet contended that those differences 'ate of particular importance in a case of this character where a voluntary labor organ:- . zation which a, :* only through its officers and agent*.is involved Goldsborough held that proof of a formal notice to strike was nos necMMry since the same result eould -be achieved by a wink, nod or code./' In entering a not guilty plea to’ toe union on the government's ctrtt and criminal contempt charge yeterdsy. Hopktge argued that theminers themselves, and not the UMW decided to strike . He v-atd tltelr acJton Jras indivitJ . ually and self determined " Lew i*. he noted, had issued IweTTSelßowork orders on behalf at the union Keech may rule definitely on a>sjstant attorney general H Graham Morison's piotlon to introduce documents dated earlier, than Feb, 11 the day on which Keech Issued hts first back tiework order. The judg tentatively denied their admission when the trial opened yesterday It war reported the govern men- . consider* this an Important point because of a letter Lewi* wrote President Truman on Feb -4 to - rejecting Mr Truman's suggestion of a special fact-finding boars Lewis closed with a hint that hi* miners might defy a bsek- to work Injunction under the Taft-Hartley act “It i* questionable.” he wrote, '‘whether one eould postulate that Such mass coercion would _lnsur“ enthusiastic service from grateful me® " ;« ” ", Refuse Subscription To Soviet Papers Berlin. Feb 28—tl'Pi - American correspondents and dlpTom*’*. in Moscow have been refused sub scriptb>n*-to about 3u Soviet publ: cations in outlying regions as of Jan 1. a reliable report Mid today The han seen* as another move B, a continatog Soviet squeese cuts oft ttair-chief source of iatoruta Hon concerning event* outside Moscow proper the report said cans are permitted virtually no freedom of movement outside the Russian capital —“7The publications rang* from scientific journals to newspaper*