Illinois Valley News, Thursday, January 3, 1946
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'Che 'SuaV&t/e State-
By EDWARD EMERINE
WNU Features
’ I 'HE first settlers in Ohio, remem-
* bering the nation which had ma­
terially assisted the cause of the
American Revolution, named their
settlement Marietta, in honor of
Queen Marie Antoinette of France
That was in 1786, during the stir­
ring years of expansion and growth
following the birth of the new repub­
lic. It was a group of New Eng­
landers, led by Manasseh Cutler and
Gen. Rufus Putnam, that founded
the frontier town at the confluence
of the Ohio and Muskingum rivers.
The story of Ohio might be told
In the study of names. The word
Ohio, from the Indian, means
"Beautiful River,” but the names
of Ohio's sons are known around
the world. Seven United States
Presidents were born In that state:
Grant, Garfield, Hayes, Benjamin
Harrison, McKinley, Taft and Hard­
ing. Howard Chandler Christy, the
artist, was born in Morgan county.
Buckeye state authors, teachers,
lawyers and doctors are known
around the world.
Thomas A. Edison and Orville
and Wilbur Wright are examples of
Ohio names in invention, Others
now household words include Van
Sweringen, Goodrich, Firestone. Sei-
berling, Willys, Proctor, Gamble,
I) REAM BOAT CREW HOLDS REUNION
The crew and four observers of the Dreamboat, which shattered
all transcontinental speed records, pose In front of their army B-29 at LaGuardia Field, New York. Streaking
through the skies at speeds better than 500 miles per hour, the trip was completed in 5 hours, 27 minutes
and SO seconds. At left (cigar in mouth) is Col. Clarence S. Irvine, pilot, shaking hands with Lt. Col. G. R.
Stanley, co-pilot. In center, rear, is Capt. Ruth Saltzman, only woman on the flight.
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Paint Creek («orge
Kroger. Olds, Patterson and Ketter-
ing. The list is too long to publish
here.
Rich In Resources.
There are many empires in the
state of Ohio, f<* it is rich in its
natural resources as well as in men.
The farmer's Ohio is 22 million
acres of agriculture. The business
offer communication with Pennsyl­
vania and the Mississippi basin.
The manufacture of Iron and steel
and their products constitutes the
most important industry in Ohio and
entitles the state to a place only be­
low Pennsylvania. It includes the
work of the blast furnaces, rolling
mills and steel plants. Pig iron pro­
duction in Ohio represents approxi­
mately one-fourth of the nation's
total.
World Rubber Capital.
Akron is the rubber manufactur­
ing center of the world. Cleveland
and Cincinnati are the centers of the
state's clothing industry. East Liv­
erpool has one of the world's most
extensive pottery works and togeth­
er with other nearby towns produces
about half of the nation's pottery.
Ohio ranks first in the production
of tires and tubes, machine tools,
sieves, ranges, furnaces, electrical
appliances, printing and publishing
of periodicals, soap, matches, pot­
tery and porcelain ware, pumps and
pumping equipment, coffins and
steam shovels.
The state ranks second in the pro­
duction of motor vehicles, bodies
made from ocean to ocean by Eng
lish kings to various colonies along
the Atlantic seaboard.
After the settlement of Marietta
a considerable migration from Vir
ginia was directed to the southern
part of Ohio. A great impetus was
given to settlement when Gen. An­
thony Wayne defeated the Indians
of the Northwest in the Battle of
E'allen Timbers near the Maumee
river.
By an act of congress of Aprii
30, 1802, the territory was author­
ized to draft a constitution; and on
February 19, 1803, Ohio was de­
clared a state.
Edward Tiffin was elected the
first governor. Chillicothe became
the first capital and Lancaster.
Newark and Zanesville each shared
the honor of being the seat of state
government before it was pernia­
nently located in Columbus ta 1816
Mysterious Mounds.
Even back in prehistoric days,
men must have found Ohio a good
land in which to live. The Mound
Builders, whose origin is as mys­
terious as their destiny, devoted an
estimated 100,000 man-years of la­
bor to the building of 10.000 mounds
and earthworks. These village sites,
fortifications and burial places re­
main in Ohio as the record of these
ancient people.
Intermingled in the fabric of
Ohio's history and romantic herl-
tage are the French explorers. Jesuit
priests, British officers, French
traders and Colonial frontiersmen.
George Rogers Clark, "Mad” An­
thony Wayne, Ebenezer Zane and
“Johnny Appleseed" march across
its pages of history, for Ohio was
once the wild frontier, the uncon­
quered Northwest.
Ohio's governor was born in
Cleveland in 1895, the son of SIo-
On Cleveland’s
venían parents,
sandlots he became a star third
THE BREEZE WAS COLD BUT THE WELCOME W ARM . . . Arriving in New York in time to lx- discharged
for Christmas, these overseas veterans receive a mighty welcame at the dock. Left to right: Pfc. Steve
Kaluga, Morgantown, W. Va.; Cpl. Gerald Thee, Dover, Minn.; Pfc. Joe J. Krupar, Cleveland; Pfc. Forrrest
Broad, Reading, Pa.; Sgt. William McAuliffe, Scranton, Pa.; Pvt. Frank Del Brocco, Baltimore, Md.; S/Sgt.
Steve Wilbanks, Corinth, Miss., and Sgt. M. D. Spradlind, Miami, Okla.
Boat on the .Muskingum River.
man's Ohio is the fourth wealthiest i
state in the Union. The manufac­
turer's Ohio is the factories, the
mines, the products shipped around
the world. The homemaker's Ohio
is blessed with an abundance of hu-
man and material resources for
w holesome, happy living for typical
Americans, urban or rural. The va-
cationist's Ohio provides parks,
game preserves, smooth highways,
110 lakes, many rivers, good fisn-
and small game, rugged
ry, archaeological relics
such as Indian mounds, and caves
geological formations, etc.
Ohio is largely a manufacturing
state, deserving this industrial
prominence mainly because of Its
natural resources The advantages
afforded for transportation by wa-
tei as well as by rail cannot be
overestimated Lake Erie and the
New York state barge canal make
a direct outlet to the Atlantic, while
io and the Muskingum rivers
and parts; blast furnace products,
iron and steel; generating, distribu
tion and industrial apparatus; and
machine shop products.
Ohio ranks high in meat packing,
bread and baked goods, eggs and
poultry, dairy products, hogs, sheep,
cattle, wheat, corn, oats, soy beans,
hay. apples, grapes, peaches, pota­
toes, sugar beets and vegetables.
Ohio grows more vegetables under
glass than any other state in the
Union.
A l eader in Manufactures.
Ohio is also in the top ten states
I R WK J. I \l St 1IE
in the production of paper, chem­
Governor
icals, paints and varnishes, men s
clothing, footwear, rolling null prod­
man, and was playing
ucts, petroleum refining, stamped sional ball for Duluth when World
ai.d pre ed metal products, hard War I broke out. He served I as a
woods, limes lone, dolomite, clay, second lieutenant, and when the
sandstone and gravel.
war was over, studied law.
He
As a part of the vast region west served as a judge in Cleveland and
of the Alleghi tniea, what is now was elected mayor of his home town
Ohio was once claimed by France. in 1941 and 1943 In 1944 he was
It also formed part of the grant elected governor of Ohio.
OHIO’S MEMORIAL MARKERS
Landmarks of Ohio’s early days
have been carefully preserved or
restored
The pageant of history
with all its romantic characters Is
recalled in the state's 46 memorial
markers
The bronze statue of Gen. George
A. Custer, who died In the Battle of
Little Big Horn in 1876, is at New
Rumley, north of Cadiz, and marks
the birthplace of the famous Civil
war general.
Other pouits of scenie and his-
tone interest are the George Rog­
ers Clark park, containing the site
of the battle of Piqua and birth­
place of the Indian chief. Tecum­
seh; the house in which Ulysses S
Grant was born in IVunt Pleasant,
and Thomas A. Edison's birthplace
in Milan. Hockey county contains
more places of scenic interest than
any other in the state. Rock House,
Ash Cave. Cedar Falls. Cockle's
Hollow, Old Man's Cave and the
Natural Bridge at Rockbridge are
in this one county.
TANK AIDS POLIO FIGHT . . . Hospitals now have use of one of sci­
ence's most modern devices for treating victims of infantile paralysis—a
Hubbard tank. The tank is a huge T-shaped affair as shown in this pic­
ture. It is fitted with a harness and headrest which permits the patient
to lie in it, relaxed, and receive muscle re-education treatment, Filled
with warm water, it encourages muscular relaxation. T/4 Leo S< hlit-
gen, Engadine, Mich., in tank at Vaughan hospital. Maywood, III.
JOURNEY'S END!
Tonya
Jones, Honolulu poetess, attempted
to cross the Pacific alone in a 30-
foot ketch. Four hundred miles out
from Honolulu a storm disabled the
craft and she was picked up 30 days
later.
BLUE BABY RECOVERING . . . Michael Schirmer, five. who used to be
so weak that he couldn't walk. Is now full of play. Here he poses with his
mother. Mrs. Jessie Schirmer, beside a photograph of his daddy. ( WO
Joseph E. Schirmer, who served in the Pacific. Little Michael was the
28th blue baby to have the famous Blalock operation al Johns Hopkins
hospital. Baltimore. Most of the operations have proven successful
l»r. Blalo« k has reported M per cent cure«
HE ENJOYS PIPE . . . This two-
year-old child, member of a family
of gypsies from Pomerania, enjoys
a pipeful. The pipe belongs to bis
mother