The Sun. (North Canton, Stark County, Ohio), 1936-03-04

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VOL. 14—NO. 18.
NORTH CANTON, STARK COUNTY, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1936.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
N. C. HIGH LOSES,IN
CHAMPIONSHIP RACE
Make More Field Goals Than
Opponents But Fail To Score
From Free Throw Line—Bill
Schick Pronounced By Many
Best Player In Tournament.
LAST YEAR FOR 8 PLAYERS
North Canton high school closed the
basketball season when they dropped
a consolation game to Jackson township in the county tournament.
The local boys were forced out of
the championship racei when Canton
township staged a second half rally
to win 34 to 30 on Friday night.
With the exception of the last game
the North Canton team played stellar
ball. The teamwork, passing and
shooting were splendid displays of
basketball.   ..
The losses to Canton township and
Jackson were due to ineffective work
from the free throw line. Scoring one
more field goal than Canton township and two more than Jackson
proved their superiority on the floor.
Bill Schick was awarded a forward
position on both the all-county and
all-tournament teams antl many of the
coaches and writers pronounced him
the best player in the tournament.
Vernon .Conrad was given a berth on
the second choice all-tournament five
as a guard.
North Canton.will lose the following players through graduation or the
eight semester rule this year: Conrad,
Evans, "Masline, Meyer, Neff, Schick,
Snyder and :Stabler.
imBREAKS
Spruce and Pine Plantings Slop Wind
From Damaging Property.
Planting trees for windbreaks would
furnish .needed protection for Ohio
crops and farm buildings, and F. W.
Dean, extension forester, Ohio State
university, recommends a mixture of
spruce and pine planted in rows for
the purpose.
The trees should be planted in three
or four rows eight feet apart and
there should be a space of 10 feet
between trees in the rows. Norway
spruce or Douglas fir should be planted on the side toward the prevailing
winds, .which are from the west or
southwest in Ohio. Austrian pine or
red pine can be used for the second
row and" whitt" or Scotch pine for the
others.
Good, stocky transplants which are
four or :five years old will succeed
best. Plantings in the rows should be
staggered so there will be no openings
through the windbreak. The inside row
of trees should be at least 30 feet
from the buildings as snow will bank
on that side of the windbreak.
The ground where trees are to be
set* should 'be plowed and disced in
the fall or .early in the .spring as
possible. The trees should be cultivated for two years and vegetables can
be grown between the trees while they
are  being  cultivated.
Plant the trees in holes that are
large enough to permit the roots to
spread out naturally. The soil should
be tramped firmly to prevent it from
drying out rapidly. Roots of trees to
be transplanted should be kept wet
by setting them in a bucket or tub
containing a mixture of fine soil or
water.
Told Without
Varnish by Ben Long
Journalism
LENTEN SERVICES
Picture-Sermons Are Proving Popular
In  Bringing  Out Truths.
Zion Lutheran church is presenting
a unique series of Lenten Meditations
that are proving popular. Great pictures are great teachers, rich in
spiritual truths. Their eloquent messages steal imperceptibly into the
heart. They are wonderful preachers.
After listening to last Wednesday's
sermon on Hofmann's "Christ In
Gethsemane," a worshipper said to the
pastor, "I never knew before there
was so much* in that picture. What
a preacher Hofmann was." Exactly.
Take from the art of the world the
paintings which have had their inspiration directly or indirectly, from
the life and words of Christ and you
■rob the earth of its most precious art
^possessions.
The picture-sermon for Wednesday
evening, March 4 is, "The Last Supper" (Da Vinci).
A copy of this famous painting will
be given to each person attending the
JLenten service. Plan to attend. Bring
friends and relatives.
The Sun  is a  Member
of the
National   Editorial  Association
A MAGAZINE for March contains
letters from students in colleges.
Twelve of the writers, eight
males and four females, say they
"want to become newspaper people
after they receive their diplomas. The
life is so fascinating."
Well, that sounds a little more respectable than "newspaper persons."
If they ask me I'll tell them that
the "fascinating" part of the profession comes when the undertaker's
assistant is bailing the embalming
fluid out of the casket—or is it the
corpse?—before the i-elatives, brother
lodge members and honorary pallbearers are called in to take a last
look at what the florist sent and the
mortician prepared for the grave, the
mausoleum or the crematory.
Newspaper work, to do it properly,
requires 24 hours every day, seven
days in the week. The other fellow's
job always looks easy. That there is
a certain fascination about the work
I do not deny, and I suppose had I
my time to live over I would register
in the same channel.
This much I have learned: The
greater the man, the greater the
woman, the easiest are they to approach. It is the little snobs and the
climbers with their silly mannerisms
and utterances of froth newspaper
writers hold in contempt. But of
course if you hold a good job on a
big newspaper you never see such
people.
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Crazy Rabbits
HERE'S a question a reader of this
column submitted to me on Monday:  "Do  rabbits   go   crazy   in
March ?    If not, why do people say
somebody   is   'as   mad   as   a   March
hare'?"
Answer—The month has nothing to
do with it. The phrase was originally
"mad as a marsh hare." Marsh, not
March. In the year 1542 the Dutch
theologian Erasmus wrote: "Hares
are wilder in marshes, from the absence of hedges and cover."
Why Not°Try It?
THE United States Public Health
service got itself into the newspapers by performing an operation on a mosquito. Its salivary glands
were removed to be used in the treatment of paresis, a form of insanity.
It is reported e-j successful.
This delicate operation should
qualify the public health service for
performing operations on the frenzied financiers, stock market thieves
and foreign bond crooks General But-,
ler denounced in his speech in the
Community Building last week. I
would also recommend such an operation on foreign debt cancellation advocates.
For What It Is Worth
WHEN people are happy they look
their best. When they get into
those "off" moods they are at
their worst. Take plenty of exercise,
but don't overdo it. That keeps your
blocd coursing properly through your
system, and blood is necessary to
beauty.
Don't worry over every little thing
that bobs up, even if some of them
are unpleasant. When you feel like
frowning, smile instead. Frowns
create wrinkles, smiles chase them
away. Frowns give you a disgruntled
appearance, while smiles make you
look  happy.
If you have a will to be happy you
can be happy, no matter what your
tribulations may be. But if you allow
vicissitudes to overcome your willpower you can not expect much happiness.
Remember—will-power, happiness,
beauty, or at least an improved facial
expression. This is just my humble
masculine opinion—take it for what
it is worth, ladies.
SPORTS WORLD BUSY
IN ALL DEPARTMENTS
Hoover League, Volleyball, Class
Tournaments, X-Club Social
and Stunts Show That March
Is Not Interfering With Life
In  Community  Building.
TOURNAMENT ON MARCH 21
Volleyball
Glenn Schiltz's volleyballers broke
even with Brooklyn Branch Y. M. C.
A. of Cleveland in a four-game series
in the Northern Ohio Volleyball
league, playing in North Canton on
Saturday, February 29. Earlier in
the season North Canton won 3 out
of 5 games. Brooklyn put up a strong
defense and won first and third games.
North Canton's set up work was below par and perhaps responsible for
not winning at least one other game.
Colored Team Coming
P. O. Cs are coming Wednesday
evening, March 4, for a four-game
series. This is a team from the colored branch and is considered the
hardest hitting team in this section.
North Canton hopes to cope with the
P. O. C.'s attack with a strong defense and as equally strong offense.
Some teams have already notified
us they will be on hand to decide
who's who in tlie district volleyball
tournament here at North Canton on
March-21. Both class A and B teams.
Hoover League
Hoover league  games  this  Thursday evening, March 7: 8:00 DeMuth's
vs. Chenot's; 9:00 Fall's vs. Martin's.
Class Tournaments
Junior play Wednesday at 4:30;
Saturday at 10:30 as follows: Sommers vs. Fosnights; Boesharts vs.
Willis.
Personnel of teams: B. Sommers,
captain; McDowell, Erickson, E. Sommers, Bobbit. Fosnight, captain; Boeshart, Beckert, King, Bixler. Boeshart, captain; Covairt, Meyers, Kolp,
Schwallie. Willis, captain; Krause,
Gross,  Beaver,   AUard,   Stover.
The Prep class plays on Wednesday at 4:30 and Saturday at 10:30.
Blubaugh vs. Burkholtz; Herman vs.
Warstler.
^Personnel of teams: Smith, Kolp,
Cathon, Willaman, Davis, Wehl. Jaberg, Schick, Moon, Patterson, Mathie,
Kidder. Post, Nodle, Holmes, Kemp,
Sonnhalter, Schneider. Mohler, Gray,
Smiley, VanVranken, Stone, Owens.
X-Club Social
The X-club social and stunts will
be held on Tuesday evening at 7:00.
Some new members will be initiated
and plans for the future activities
will be discussed. The X-club plans
to enter a team in the under 16-yrs.-
of-age class in the county tournament
in   Canton.
Refused Renomination
WRITES William Sinclair of Canton: "In a recent article in Told
Without Varnish you said that
Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio was the
second man to decline a renomination,
the first being George Washington.
Let me remind you what Owen D.
Young said several years ago when
asked to be a candidate: 'I am not a
candidate for the Presidency. . . Nobody since George Washington can be
said actually to have refused a renomination.' Does your opinion or
Mi*. Owen D. Young's statement
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N. C. SCHOOL NEWS
The Middlebranch affirmative debate team met the Nortli Canton
negative debate team, in the high
school assembly on Friday afternoon.
This was an interesting as well as
instructive debate. Judges gave the
decision to the Middlebranch team.
Friday of this week closes, the
fourth six weeks period of the school
year. Report cards will go out next
week.
The date of the first round of the
county literary contest has been
changed from Thursday, March 5, to
Thursday, March 12. The seconc
round will be on March 19, and the
third round will take place on March
26, and the finals on April 2.
MISS MINNIE FLIEHMAN
Will Give Three Addresses In Canton
On   Religious  Education.
Miss Minnie Fliehman will speak on
Wednesday, March 11, at 7:30 p.m.
in the public library, Canton, and on
Thursday, March 12, at 1:30 p.m. in
the Y.  W. C. A.
Her subject for both talks is "Story
Art In Religious Education."
On Tuesday evening, March 17, at
7:30, she will address the P.-T. A. of
Clarendon avenue N.W. on the subject of "Religious Education At Work
In Our Public Schools."
The public is invited to attend all
of the programs.
Mrs. Taber In Cato. N. Y.
Mrs. E. A. Taber is now in Cato,
New York, because of the serious illness of her brother, Edward Auyer,
who has been ill for sonio time. She
left on Thursday morning afte receiving a wire that her In-other was
not expected to live.
Telling of the Activities of North Canton American Legion Post No. 419 and ef the Legion Auxiliary
The regular Post meeting was held
on Monday night in the Legion home.
The attendance was above the average
for regular meetings and our officers
are pleased with the interest shown
by the members in our Post affairs.
TWkiijg Pictures
At that meeting we were favored
with a talking motion picture program, presented through the kind cooperation of G. E. Reese from Canton who brought his outfit here to
entertain us. We appreciate this
courtesy of Mr. Reese.
Card Party
On Thursday, March 12, in the Legion home, 209 West Maple street,
t% card party will be held by the Le
gion and Auxiliary.  Honors  will  be
awarded   and* lunch   will  be   served.
Anyone  who   enjoys   an  evening  at
cards is' invited to attend.
Next Meeting
The next Post meeting will be held
on Monday, March 16. The regular
monthly dinner will be held at that
time. The dinner will be served by the
Auxiliary at 6:30 and the Post meeting will follow at '8:00 o'clock. All
members are urged to attend the dinner and enjoy the meeting with us.
Each member is permitted to bring
a prospective member aa his guest.
Reservations should be made with any
one of the committee: Otis Jester,
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ORDER ANNUAL NOW
Pric-a  of  No-Ca-Hi   Will   He  Higher
After  March  6.
The high school students are working diligently on the high school annual, No-Ca-Hi, and on the number
of copies sold largely depends the
quality of the book.
Subscriptions are $1.50 and will
remain at that figure until March 6.
Those who can are urged to place
their order now, as after March 6
the annual must be sold for $1.75.
BJLLYMfflCK
Adds Another Honor,  Basketball, To
His Football Record.
Billy Schick, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Schick, a senior in the North
Canton high school, last week made
the all-star basketball team for Stark
county. This is an honor every friend
of Billy is glad to know he earned
by conscientious, clean sportsmanship,
and The Sun, speaking* for the residents of North Canton, is pleased to
give his record publicity and extends
congratulations.
Last Fall he made the all-county
quarter on the football team by his
consistent work. Grabbing two of the
highest records in the world of sports
is a feat to be proud of, and to his
credit be it recorded it has not spoiled
him. He is a modest, manly young
chap of 18 years, and he will make
good wherever he is placed.
DRAMATOJLUB
Reserved Seats Going Fast For Production of "Penrod."
Tlie Dramatic club states that reserved seats are going rapidly for
their production of "Penrod" on Friday and Saturday nights of this week.
In all the history of the Dramatic
club never has their play received
such evidence of . popularity in advance. In a few days all seats will
have been reserved. In other words
advance sales point to a "sell out"
and everyone is urged to have their
seats reserved as soon as possible.
The Dramatic club also wishes to
state that the play will begin promptly
at 8:00 and any person coming in
after the play has begun will not be
seated until after the first act.
The club feels that this method
will prevent those seated from being
disturbed.  So  please come  early.
bowlingIcores
N. C. Merchants League
W.    L.    Pet.
N. C. Dairies     42    24    630
Gross Hdwe     38   28    576
Schafer-Messerly       34    29    540
Crawfords        34    32    515
Harpold Fords      33    33    500
Wagners      31    35    470
Hummels        30    3(i    455
Bechers      19    44    302
High (3 games) Gross Hdwe. 2996.
(1) Schafer-Messerly 1091. Individual
(3) C. Warstler 750. (1) H. Scharver
287.
Merchant;! Special
Hummels        33    27    550
N. C. Cleaners      30    30    500
Straussers        29    31    483
Camerons      28    32    467
High   (3  games)   Camerons  2799.
(1)   Straussers  1078.    Individual   (3)
F. Sumser 655.  (1)  R. Sumser 275.
Mixed   League
Team No. 1      38    25    603
Team No. 3      38    25    603
Team No. 2      37    26    587
Team No. 5      31    32    492
Team No. 4      29    34    460
Team No. 7      27    36    429
Team No. S      27    36    429
Team No. 6      26    37    491
Pastime League
Athletics      40    26    606
Indians        38    28    576
Yankees        36    SO    545
Tigers       34    32    515
Browns       31    35    470
White Sox      28    .'15    44 1
Senators   29 37 439
Red Sox   25 38 397
High (3 games) Indians 2676. (1)
Indians 964. Individual (3) G. Sat1.-
ler 650.   (1)  H. Kohler 252.
CLERK OF COURTS REPORT
As The Sun Sees It
Without Prejudice
C. Frank Sherrard Gives Information
From Bill of Sale Department
C.  Prank  Sherrard,  Clerk of Com-,
mon Pleas Courts, gives the following] f°n andf Mrs.  Roy  Frye^spoke about
information from the Bill of Sale de    iU~ '" " ~ *' "'"'" '
The Forest Army
ACCORDING to several letters published    in   newspapers    reaching
North Canton "a number of boys
who enlisted in the 'forest army' are
wishing they were at home again."
Evidently they don't like the solitude, the absence of bright lights, and
the work. Perhaps it is just as well
that they are not at home. Such lads
need training, a sample of discipline,
and the hardening that comes from
consistent toil. They are too soft, too
irresolute, and perhaps too weak-
minded.
By the time they have spent six
months under army officers they will
be of a different calliber—they may
not even know themselves. They will
at least be more useful citizens.
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An Impudent Thief
A CHICAGO policeman, while on
duty, was robbed of his revolver.
The officer did not discover his
loss until he returned to the station
house. This is what we call going a
bit too far.
Thievery is a despicable business in
any case, but thieves should use discretion and confine their operations
to civilians.
It is neither fair nor cricket for
them to pick on a policeman who is
trying to do his duty and render him
defenceless by taking his revolver
away from him.
Encouraged by his success in robbing this Chicago policeman, it will
not surprise us at all to next hear
that policemen while pursuing their
duty in that city have been robbed
of their loose change and possibly
their uniforms. It isn't right.
olTagepmsTons
Those On  the Roll Will Receive One
Check Each Month, Not Two.
Payments of old age pensions by
the State of Ohio to the recipients
of aid under the Aid for the Aged
law will not be changed by the provisions of the national Social Security
Act, according to Major M. J. Mc-
Ginty in charge of the Stark county
old age pension, office in the court
house annex, Canton.
"Ohio soon will get Federal funds
to aid in the payment of pensions
under the provisions of the Social
Security act," Major McGinty said.
"Some persons have the erroneous
impression from reading provisions of
the national law, providing that the
Federal government will pay half the
cost of pensions in the states, that in
the future pensioners will each receive two checks each month, one from
the state and the other from Wash
ington. Such is not the case. Each
pensioner will continue to receive one
check each month from Columbus.
"Tlie Federal government will furnish its share of the cost of pensions
to the state, which must match the
Federal grant dollar for dollar. All
the money goes into a special fund,
from which the pensions will be paid.
"It will remain the duty of tlie
State Division of Aid for the Aged
to fix the amounts of pensions, as in
the past, and the method of payment
will   be   unchanged.
"Indications are that the Federal
grant of funds for pensions in Ohio
will be made within the next few
weeks, thus materially reducing the
cost of pensions to the state treasury,"
sair Major McGinty.
N. C. WWSCLllB
Past Presidents Honored—History of
Club  Is  Discussed.
The Woman's club of Nortli Canton
met on Monday afternoon in the Community Building.
Mrs. G. W. Henderson, the president, conducted the meeting. Mrs. C.
E. Duff was chairman of the program which was dedicated to the
past presidents.
Mrs.  Beth  Shorb,  Mrs.  Glenn  Nel-
Life On the Farm
YOUNG MEN residing* on farms
who have a hankering for city
life would do well to think twice
before they make a change. Every
big town in America is over-populated. For many years there has been
a dearth of employment, and we doubt
if the time ever comes in the life of
the present generation when every
city man will have a job. There are
too many stores and shops for the
amount of business that is to be had,
with  the   result  that   most   business;
THOM DURING DEBATE
DEMANDS THE FACTS
Questions Congressman Short of
Missouri Concerning Burial of
Hogs and Forces His Colleague
To Admit That He "Had Not
Seen, But Had Been Told."
HEAPS   FIRE   ON   RUMORS
Spoci-il   to  The  Hun
Washington,    March    4—The    controversy in  the lower branch of congress  between   Dewey   Short  of  the
Ozarks  of  Missouri  and   William  R.
men are living from hand to mouth! Thom  of  the   16th  district   of   Ohio
from one year's end to another
On the farm a young man is sure
of a comfortable living, and those who
so desire can always find an outlet
for their ingenuity and enthusiasm.
There isn't a farm in the country that
cannot be improved and made more
comfortable and profitable. If there
appears to be no way available for
such improvement, then the young
man can exercise his brain power anil
find a way. The young lad who thinks
that cannot be done has only to compare farm life and opportunities of
today with those of fifty years ago.
The contrast would startle him.
There are worse places than a well-
managed   farm.
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Happiness
EXPERIMENTS made by a college
professor indicate that girls of
21 are four per cent happier than
young men of the same age. It appears that the girls are happy 68
per cent of the time and the boys
only 64 per cent of the time. We
haven't, and doubt that the professor
has, the slightest idea that the test
proves anything, but it would be interesting to check up on the same
subjects a few years after they are
out of college.
the work of the year they presid
Mrs. Cossaboom spoke of the early
history of the club and charter members and read an article from The
Sun, published at the time of the
club's organization.
Mrs. Hummel read an article
written by Mrs. C. B. Williams, concerning her (Mrs. Williams) executive
year. Miss Louise Adams, a blind
musician sang a group of songs and
accompanied  herself.
The payment of dues was under
discussion as well as the dues to be
sent to the  Federation.
The club sent a lovely rose bud to
Brush  and   Clean   Garments   Having | Mrs*. Eleanore Hall, the senior past
Tired \DDearance president, who was detained from at
tired Appearance. , tem*ing.  by  business>  and  each  past
president and  charter   member   was
partment for tlie month of February:
New cars registered for February,
1936, were 577. Used cars 2167, total
pieces handled were 3543 and cash
collected amounted to $885.75.
New cars bills of sales filed for
January, 1936, was 591, compared with
492 in January, 1935. New cars for
February, 1936, was 577, compared
with 409 in February,  1935.
110 new car bill of sales were filled
the   29th   of  February.
CLEAN WINTER CLOTHES
Recall Washington's Advice
The following excerpts are from the
address of Mrs. Melville Mucklestone,
national president of the American
Legion Auxiliary, speaking before the
National Defense conference of the
department of Ohio in Columbus on
February 22:
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Winter clothes and their owners
get a new lease on life if the garments
are given the benefit of a spring tonic
consisting of equal parts cleaning,
minor repairs, and slight alterations.
This period between the blasts of
midwinter and the warm breezes of
spring is a time of discontent for
women who want to be well dressed.
Winter outfits nre more or less worn
and soiled and it is too early to sally
forth in lighter clothes.
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Mrs. Mohler In Hospital
Mrs. Sallie Mohler of Mt. Pleasant
is in Mercy hospital recovering from
an operation for gall stones performed
on Friday. Her daughter, Miss Lois
Watson of Bay City, Michigan, a
trained nurse, is in the hospital caring for her mother, having come to
Canton for that purpose. Dr. Basinger
is Mrs. Mohler's local physician.
presented with a rose bud.
The next meeting will be March 1C.
At this meeting the club will take a
free-will offering which will be sent
to the state chairman of the division
of health for use in the work of the
general federation cancer fund. A
desert benefit bridge will be held on
Friday afternoon at 1:30. A special
feature will be a style show by tho
Stern & Mann company, in charge of
Mrs. Lloyd Hupp. Reservations for
the bridge party should be made with
Mrs.  Maynard  Hummel.
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Country Papers Best Informed
The late Will Rogers said, "I have
always read a lot of magazines, and
all the newspapers I can get my paws
on, and a country paper or two, for
they are the best informed reading
of all."
HEALTH EXHIBIT
Will Be Shown  In Community  Bldg.
Lobby, March 10 to 14.
The North Canton Community Bldg.
Physical department committee has
been fortunate enough to secure tha
Health Education Exhibit shown at
the Century of Progress from the
Area Y. M. C. A. Physical Education
committee in co-operation with the
Ohio State Medical association and
the American Medical association. It
will be shown in the Community Bldg.
lobby from March 10 to 14, inclusive.
The exhibition will cover some of
the following items: Nutrition, the
common cold, heart disease, prevention of accidents, prevention of burns,
information about disinfectants, patent medicines and quackery, general
information about health, dangers of
self-diagnosis, prevention of eye injuries.
The public may witness this exhibition by going to the Community
Building any time during the day, and
it is possible that a schedule of lectures by competent people will be
given on this display. Inquire at tlie
Building.
FARMERS' UNION
Junior Members of Local No.  18 Will
Hold Box Social On March 6.
The Junior Members of Local 48,
Farm Union, will bold a box social on
Friday evening, March 6, in Grange
hall, Jackson township. The Juniors
are a new organization and the box
social is their first attempt for money
to help them with their organization
expenses. Ladies are asked to bring
a lunch box and a happy evening is
promised. Remember the date and
help encourage these young folks.
March   6,   on   Friday   night.
To  Buy  Chicks and   Fencing
On Friday evening Booster Local
No. 48 will decide on how many and
where to buy Spring chicks and fencing. Members should make special
effort to attend this meeting and enjoy the box social held by the junior
organization. Meetings arc to be held
in Jackson township  hall.
over the question of killing bogs and
throwing them into the Mississippi
river was undoubtedly a clean-cut
victory for Thom.
The man from Canton asserted that
Congressman Short had stated on the
floor, "I saw with my own eyes a
thousand of them dumped into the
Mississippi   river."
Thom told his fellow congressman
that he "is tired, sick, and weary of
unfortified statements going into the
Congressional Record. Let us keep to
the truth," asserted Thom.
Origin of Controversy
Boiled down, the actual facts aro*
these as stated by Congressman Taber
of New York in the Congressional
Record: "The Agricultural adjustment
act desired to help the real farmer
struggling to hold his own, and not
the "fellow who owned plantations or
men of tremendous wealth."
Congressman Dewey Short, Republican of Missouri, a stern critic at all
times of the national administration,,
got the floor and made several statements concerning the slaughter of
hogs and their burial that aroused
Thom to sternly denounce them as
"pure fabrications." He questioned
Short for about 10 minutes and finally
pinned the Missourian down to the
fact that he had not seen dead hogs
thrown into the Mississippi river "but
had  been told such was the case."
Thom was warmly applauded by his
colleagues when he drew the statement from Short that he was quoting "hearsay."
Quotes Dr.  Mohler
Tn his argument in which he denounced silly rumors and so-called
"confidential statements" made by
persons uninformed, Congressman
Thom quoted Dr. Mohler, head of the
Bureau of Animal Industry, Department of Agriculture, as saying that
"the slaughter of 6,000,000 hogs
bought by the government resulted
in eighty-eight million pounds of pork
being distributed to relief agencies
throughout the nation. The smaller
pigs were used for fertilizer purposes
and grease."
Tham's Statement
Commenting further, Thom said:
"There is entirely too much whispering and 'I've been told' statements
floating around. When asked for
actual facts such fellows fall back on
the time-worn expression, 'Well, I
heard it'. It isn't fair to make charges
unless you know al least some of the
facts in the case. But in some quarters absolute falsehoods have been
circulated by persons opposed to the
national administration. This is especially true in the. purchasing and
slaying  of  hogs." ,
TO AID FARMERS
Congressman Thom Asks Appropriation To Improve Soft Wheat.
Washington, D. C, March 4—
Through the efforts of Congressman
William R. Thom there has been included in the agricultural appropriation bill now being considered in Congress an appropriation of $15,000 for
the establishment and maintenance of
a laboratory in the Ohio Experiment
Station at Wooster, Ohio, for investigation of soft wheat, of which crop
Ohio is the largest single producing
.state.
In view of the fact that Ohio is
located in the center of the soft
winter wheat belt, the investigations
a.s to the quality of the 05 varieties
of soft wheat will be of benefit to all
soft wheat producers and it is hoped .
will lead to increased returns for the
farmers because of future improvement   in   their   crop.
The   proposal   for   such   a   line   of
work was originally  made  by Dr.  C.
G. Williams, Director of the Ohio Experiment Station  at Wooster.  It also
Hear   Debate   Between   Minerva   end '. has  the   approval    of    the    Tri-State
North Canton High Schools. \ Sott Wheat Improvement association
_  , ,  , .. , with offices in Toledo, Ohio, and con-
In the Rotary club meeting [>»: sisting chiefly of Hour millers located
Thursday evening the affirmative do- * ;n 0hi Indiana antl Michigan, whose
bate team of the North Canton high . oiricers say that an improvement in
school debated with the negative team . U]e ,.uaIity 0r the soft whe.,t could
of the Minerva high school on the, easi, ad(- ten er cent to the va,ue
subject: "Resolved, I hat the several | of the whcat crop in ohi0( meaning
states should enact legislation pro-; an a,iuitional $3,000,000 or $4,000,000
viding   for    a    system    of    complete. a veal. fm. wheat farmers.
ROTARY MEETING
PLAIN GRANGE
medical    service,    available    to    all
citizens at public expense."
Wendell  Lottz and  Howard  Barcus
were the speakers from Minerva; and ! Entertained  By   Boy   Scouts  In   Hall
Margaret  Mohler and  Ruth  Wagner, ..    ,.._:j„ , ■«•„•■,,
speakers  from   North   Canton.    The 0n I'n*8Jr f'-f1-     ,
alternate for the  Minerva team was      More than one hundred members of
Sara Greenfield ! Plain   Grange  attended    tho   regular
Miss Hanson of the Fnirlkh de ' meeting in the grange hall on Friday
partment of the Minerva^h chool j night..The program for the evening
was the coach of the negative team wa| fven b/ **■*-, Bofy„^°?ts- rlr wn,
and Miss Strawn of the North Canton j A demonstration of Scout work was-
high school, coach of the affirmative
team. These people were guests of
the Rotary club at dinner. Mr. Lottz,
the  father   of   one   of  the   Minerva
speakers, was also present.
The judges for the debate were
from Middlebranch high school. They
were Miss Watham, Miss Duncan and
Mr. Heim. These judges gave the
decision to the affirmative  team.
The Rotarians enjoyed the presentation  of this  very timely subject.
 o	
The Sun is a member of The
Graphic Arts Guild and The Business
Men's Club of the World.
presented by boys in the troop, sponsored  by  Plain  Grange.
A. E. Geib, scoutmaster, directed
the program. Speakers were: George
M. Denver, McKinley area scout
executive, and F. L. Hoare, scout
commissioner.
Head Through Windshield
Aurelia Roden, aged 22, of Middle-
branch, is in Mercy hospital with ai
fractured skull. The auto in which she*
was riding collided with a parked car.-
in Canton on Sunday night. Selino*
Vaughn of Louisville, rural route, was
driving the auto when Miss Roden's.
head went through the windshields