Ligonier Banner., Volume 81, Number 39, Ligonier, Noble County, 25 September 1947 — Page 2

A Page of Opinion: , The Ligonier Banuer

This is our view: - Register and Vote This week unregistered voters had an opportunity to make themselves eligible for voting by appearing before the County Clerk at the City Hall. Those who failed to avail themselvés of this opportunity still have until October 6 to register at the Court House in Albion. Regardless of a person’s-politics it is his duty to vote. The number of unregistered voters in America has reached an appalling figure, and any appreciable increase could conceivably hinder, if not destroy, our democratic form of government.

Peculiarly, if the vote was taken away from we Americans, a young revolution would flare over night, but those who would like to see us denied that privilege need not go to such an extreme when a condition already exists where citizens just don’t bother to vote. |

It is our belief that when every eligible man and woman begins exercising their perogative, then and only then will we begin the efficient government we all seem seeking.

Take the time from your normal routine and REGISTER TO VOTE.

Reason For Scientists’ Gloom

If Gromyko and other Soviet “no” men would give Russia access to the latest Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, more might be accomplished toward international control of atomic energy than ever will be done in councils. °

A thought-provoking and terrifying article is contained therein. It was written by Dr. Herman J. Muller, Nobel Prize winning professor of zoology at Indiana University. It was Dr. Muller’s work in demonstrating the fact that Xrays produce changes in genes that won him the Nobel Prize.

In layman’s language, genes are the tiny essential particles in all living things which, when transmitted from parents to children, make the offspring what he is. Genes are in fact the hereditary element. Now, says Dr. Muller, an atom bomb that would fall on a city and kill 100,000 persons would be terrible enough, but the immediate loss of life would not be the worst factor. That one bomb would plant millions of tiny ‘“time bombs” in the germ cells of the survivors, “resulting in a spattering of hundreds of thousands of deaths from now on through the very distant future.”

"World-wide and persistent misuse of atomic energy, he declares, could utimately result in the extinction of the human race. Dr. Muller’s experiments have proven that radioactivity greatly speeds up gene mutations (or changes) and that most of them are harmful in character.

'~ The Bulletin further declares that the United States should withdraw from the United Natjons Atomic Energy Commission and try for a solution in a direct meeting of President Truman, Premier Stalin and Prime Minister Attlee.

It is the belief of our scientists that Russia is ignorant of the atomic bomb’s potentialities because the inner circle’s “yes” men tell the leaders only what they like to hear. That view probably is true to some extent, but we don’t think present world governments are going to be scared into harnessing the atom. A child doesn’t unwrap an intriguing toy and then put it away, until he is injured by it. Mankind has not been hurt badly _enough yet by atomic power to learn its -lesson. wgod - FNE (Reprinted from Journal-Gazette)

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MUSINGS OF AN EDITOR - by Calhoun Cartwright

Malcolm Houseright, my gay philosophic friend was back to attend the American Legion carnival, and kept us from the sweet arms of morpheus until the wee hours of the morning discussing life in the outdoor show world. }

Frankly, I am not sure that he really knew from whence he spoke, but his glib, cubalebra tongue made it sound as authentic as a politicians campaign promises. Being a man of positive habits we were forced to listen.

“I am running one of the main atractions on the midway one year,” he téld us, “that wouldn’t offend the most fastideous in our audience, but the populous were staying away in large number and the empty chairs were so numerous that it took one of the ticket takers five minutes to count them. We had stumbled on to a man who owner a group of pigmies from South America and bought him out lock, stock and pigmies. While the little people sat on stage and looked pleasant, our newly acquired professor gave a lecture on the habits and customs of these aborigines.” , We followed the usual procedure of ballyhoo by bringing our people out front at appropriate intervals and telling the crowd of the wonders to be heard on the inside, but no one came in.” The professor didn’t seem to be discouraged, why should he . . . we were paying the bill every day, and little people can eat the same quantities as the big people, we found to our continuing sorrow.” :

Along about the third day we started to consolidate our resources, and found that if something didn’t happen by morning we would summarily be out of business.”

It was at this meeting that our ticket taker came up with an idea that sounded too gruesome to consider, but we were desperate and listened.” It seemed that he was acquainted with a sculpture who could make heads look like the macoy itself, and we were to get him pronto to duplicate a few heads resembling these South American gourmets.” We dispatched him immediately to put his friend to work, and then put on a frenzied search for all the wicked knives, hatchets, ete., that could be found.” ‘

That night our inoffensive tribe became a band of vicious head hunters, who would display on the inside the results of their sport, and at the outside free exhibition we had them brandish their weapons with all the ferocity of a Capone gangster.” o

Believe me it worked. All the mild, sweet people within a radius of fifty miles swarmed into our tent to see a severed head, and we were on our way to a fortune, when a guy named Jones closed our show.” .

This guy named Janes was the sheriff. He didn’t close us because of the gruesome sights we were offering, but because the heads we displayed weren’t real. Oh, well, that’s the way it goes in show business.” el e Malcolm immediately drifted .into ways of making money without working too much, and by the time we were 80 tired we were holding our eye lids up to keep from going asleep he brought: forth a scheme that at the moment sounded good to me. . o It seems, so he told us, that cat pelts were bringing the highest price since the days of Cleopatra, and he was all for buying a farm and start raising cats in earnest. He knew the head of dog and cat pound in Chicago and could get us-a start for absolutely nothing. @~ = It was Malcolm’s proposal that we divide the farm into two sections and raise rats on one side to feed the cats. Farm grown rats should be healthy and knowing how cats like rats it would be. a good hill of fare to serve twice daily, and of course at no cost to we, the owners. : oS~y The problem of feeding the rats didn’t seem to stump my friend for after you skin the cats there was the carcass to be disposed. and that should be feast enough for the rats. : . “You see,” said Malcolm, “the cats will eats the rats, and the rats will eat the cats, and everything will be clear profit” .. e o 0 e That concluded the evening. I went to bed without saying goodbye, and if Malcolm Houseright never comes back it will be too soon as far as I'm con-

@ ‘.. ——— - - e shinglo A 11/14'1 “/]lllo, b ‘:*bi\ E | ‘fm D \").\! fiy s 158 Ry 7« O I To Resume Hughes Quiz WASHINGTON.—Last word has not been heard of the senate probe of Howard Hughes, the Hollywood plane builder and chiet owner of Trans World airways. Inside fact is that Senator Vandenberg of Michigan and other GOP senate chiefs have demanded that Senator Brewster call Hughes back to Washington for - another goingover, Repubyfin leaders say that the way the probe backfired in Brewster’s face was very bad politics and left a sour taste in the public’s mouth, They want this taste removed.' Brewster has assured Vandenberg and the others that a rehearing will be held as soon as his sidekick, Senator Ferguson of Michigan, returns from a European trip in November. To this end, committee sleuths are doing their best to dig up more dirt to throw at Hughes when the gong sounds for round two. Meanwhile Democratic leaders have not been idle. They are quietly working on evidence that Senator Brewster was linked with Pan American airways, rival to Hughes’ Trans World airways. If their evidence shapes up, they will move for Brewster’s impeachment. * & 2

inside Russia - While it's difficult to know exactly what’s going on inside Russia, one significant fact is that Stalin is not making the same mistake Hitler did of trusting his generals. The Russian general staff has now been thoroughly dispersed. While Hitler broke up trade unions and disrupted private business, he kept the German general staff intact. Eventually this proved his own undoing. For about the time the Allies invaded France, the general staff turned against him and in July, 1944, almost assassinated him. The Russian dictatorship,

. however, has made sure that - generals who get too powerful are shifted to distant posts or . liquidated. -The execution of seven high Russian generals before the war is the extreme illustration of how the Kremlin treats military leaders it does not trust. ' A milder form has been the transfer of Marshal Zhukov, hero of Berlin, to the relatively obscure command of Odessa. - Reliable intelligence reports from Moscow indicate that the politburo is determined to take no chances with a strong Russian general staff. * 3 »

PROBE RISING COSTS

J. Edgar Hoover has assigned several hundred G-men to track down conspiracies to raise the price of food, clothing and housing. Already the FBI has found that some industry representatives have been keeping deliberately false minutes of their meetings to cover up secret price fixing,

:s® 3 s Tragic Problem ‘Most tragic problem in the Indonesian fighting is the fate of the 700,000 Eurasians of Dutch and native ancestry. Dutch settlers in the archipelago have been intermarrying with native women since the 17th century. Their offspring, officially known as “Indo - Europeans,’”” constitute a large and important population element, They are educated and before the war occupied important business and governmental posts. During their occupation, the - Japs created a schism between

the Eurasians and natives. As ‘a result, when the Japs were . evicted, the natives threw the Eurasians into concentration camps, , “ When the British landed, pending the arrival of Dutch forces, they liberated many of the Eurasians. But thousands of others, deep in the interior where the British-could not .penetrate, still are held as prisoners. - - Ea s & . What the fate of the hapless Eurasians will be when the fighting ‘ceases is still anyone's guess. The natives hate them and the Dutch are in a dificult position to protect es & @ Reaching for Stars » Hectic scramble for stars is under way in the upper reaches of the army, AAF, navy ard marine corps. - The military promotion bill enacted in the final hours of the last congress fixed the number of generals and: admirals in the four services. -The army with 599 generals on its rolls was-cut to 334; JlB4 for the ground forces, 150 for the AAF. The navy with 206 admirals was. whittled to 207. The marine corps with 47 génerals was limited to 86. - et 5 drastic reshuffling of brass hats. A small percentage will be retired.’ But a number will have to be reduced in ranks. = To escape this, with attendant reduction in pay and numerous privileges, there is a lot of undercover jockeyirig and maneuvering, partic. disdain of *“politicians,” some of the hottest politics is played in inner

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Poetry Begins At Home

TO MY HOME TOWN GROCER I like to think, when here alone, of al'i the dear old folks back horiie And often wish that I could go, Back to your store to spend our “doe.” . I think I miss this most of all, So much that, if 'again I'd call, I would not hesitate to take, A chance again on your beef steak, Nor would I crab about the bacon, Or any cheat you might be makin.

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OUR study of Sunday’s lesson centers about the idea of goodness, which is a rather trite-sound-ing theme, but very vital, I assure . you, and.quite in-

teresting. The Scripture passages are -all found in Proverbs, save one, and that from the very practical preacher of the New Testament, James, chapter 4, verse 17. Perhaps you will find the passages from Proverbs as helpful and interesting as I did. It

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will require but two minutes to read them—Proverbs 3:5-7; 4:23; 6:1619; 9:10; 14:34; 15:1;-.16:18; 21:3; 22:1; 27:1; 2; 28:1; 29:18. And after you have devoted two minutes to the reading of these passages, you will have something. to.think about for the rest of the day, the week, all your life, e ] . * . & One Man’s Experience . A VERY successful business man 4+ * in Atlanta; a shoe manufacturer, was telling me his life story one day as we:fished together at Homosassa, Fla, : Finally, he said: - ‘Do you know. the passage in the Bible that has meant most to'me as a rule and guide for my faith and" ‘practice?”” b ‘1 wondered What he would say. And then he quoted from Proverbs BeE S ‘““Trust in the Lord with all thine _heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear the Lord, and depart from evil.” .. . . S 8 2 . - The Essence of Goodness WHAT is goodness? We talk VY about good men anc bad men,

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I’'d let you sell me eggs that float Of course I'd hate to get your goat— - And if a mellon wasn’t ripe, A word to you I'd never pipe. I'd buy .a fat or bony roast, And let on like I like it most, And if I ever found a worm, Or any other kind of germ, I'd gladly pay an extra price, Believe me, I'd be just that nice, If I could ever once again, - Become your patronizing hen. ; —_O- L. Y. .

good time. ..a bad times, good luck and bad luck.- Just what is goodness? L o

Jesus himself once said to a young man; & “hg

““There is none good but One, that is, God.” Mark 10:18.

Goodness then, permit me to suggest, is what happens when God lives in us. We can never know goodness apart from God, try as we may. The essence of goodness, therefore, is found in that heart, in that life, that sincerely prays, ‘“Thy will be done.”

= * %x » . The Essence of Badness _GUIDANCE from these great Proverbs identifies the things that we are to shun as well as the things we are to do—the essence of badness as well as the essence of goodness. Here are the seven things that God hates—the seven qualities of heart that constitute the essence of badness: : “Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that deliberately plans wickedness, feet which are swift in running to mischief, a false witness who uttfers lies, and one who sows discord among brethren.” - Analyze these seven qualities of heart, and you have the explanation of the woes of the world. Many clever modern books toy with these deadly sins, trying to make them seem good, but no amount of decoration can atone for the heart that consistently -entertains these cancers of hell. - : ® % & The Individual and Society I LIKE the impact of these Proverbs. They begin with the individual. They fruit in society. Individuals who *“trust in the Lora with all thine heart,” will “exalt a nation.” It is not enough to put better food in peoplest stomachs, better clothes on their bodies, better roofs over their heads. These are essential as expressing the better life; but you have got to give people something to live for as well as something to. live on. - Good business depends upon good business men. Good international relations depend upon good nations, Good race relations depend upon good races. We have been greatly enheartened by the establishment of United Nations as a world 'idea and ideal. Will it succeed? ' The answer is found not in dollars ahd bullets, but in hearts ihat always ‘‘trust in the bord: . e n s ; “Except the Lord build the bouse, . They labor in vain that build is; Except the Lord fi‘.? the city, The watchman waketh but in vain.” B ¢ —Psalm 127:1

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a general average, it .outdraws both at racing and football, to name two leading sports. I've seen 93,000 at a Rose Bowl game in nearby Pasadena and on the same afternoon, over 65,000 were at the Santa Anita race track. Given any sort of competition in football, Los An-

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geles . can turn out from 80,000 to 100,000. San Francisco isn’t far away. Both Los Angeles and San Francisco are also sport-keen and sport-conscious to a high degree. They are far beyond at least 10 Big League centers. For that matter, Baltimore is also a much better bigleague spot than many teams now listed.

When you look over attendance records at Browns park in Si. Louis, ranging from 400 to 1,100, you get the answer,

The shift has to come at an early date, a fact which a number of sleepy or half-awake big league magnates will have to swallow, no matter how little they like the medicine.

There has been a big change in major league baseball which can have some interesting developments. A few years ago only the winner in a big city could pass the one million attendance mark in one year. You had to have a winner, or at least a good ball club, to make any money. Today, cellar champions or cellar challengers can pass the one million roundup. Owners no longer need good ball clubs to have big years. This easily can lead to a big letdown in the way of any financial incentive. * = & Sectional Strength -Football began in- the East, .where, for more than 30 years, Yale, Harvard, Princeton and Penn--sylvania had most of the All-Ameri-_cans and the strongest teams. -

The first strong outside challenge came from Hurry-Up-Yost’'s fast and powerful Wolverines around 1901. But, even then the East was well in the lead, when you look back to the days of Tom Shevlin, Gordon Brown and big Jim Hogan of Yale, DeWitt ‘of Princeton, Graydon of Harvard and many others who wore the Orange and Black or the Red and Blue. From 1901 through 1904, Michigan was the national leader. Twenty years ago, the tide turned westward as Stanford, Southern California and California came along with such able coaches as Pop Warner, Howard Jones and Andy Smith. These were great days on the Pacific slope, where such teams as Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Army and others were badly manhandled by western speed and power, :

In the last few years, there has been another shift. The two strongest football sections in the country today are the Midwest and the South. The argument between these two sections, in the last few years, has developed more smoke than a burning oil well, with a considerable amount of flame attached. ‘The leader in the Midwestern uprising was Notre Dame, with Knute Rockne leading the charge. But Notre Dame has since been joined by MichTgan, Ohio State, Hlinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin and others who have shown solid strength.

There is one debate that is full of ringing tones and vocal cataclysms. How would the 10 best teams from the South finish against the Big Nine, plus Notre Dame? For reasons of their own, these two rival football sectors leave out the Fast, the Far West and the Soutl. sest, in the matter of general team strength. :

South Caught Up Fast

After a slow start, the South first derived its upward move from such coaches as Dan McGugin, Wallace Wade, Bernie Bierman, Frank Thomas, Jack Heisman and Bill Alexander. Later Bob Neyland came along to add new coaching strength; also Carl Snavely and a few others.

Once under way, the South moved in a hurry to take its place around the front row, long after the Midwest had moved up. What chance would the 10 best teams from Dixie have against the Big Nine and Notre Dame? Notre Dame would give the’ Midwest a rousing breakaway from the barrier.

But the South has a stout argument to offer. Her 10 selections would come from Georgia, North Carolina, L.S.U., Alabama, Duke, Kentucky, Tulane, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Auburn, Mississippi and Mississippi State, North Carolina State, Virginia and one or two