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Evening star., 1939-11-24
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.

David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D.
Maier, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schen-
ken. worlds leading team-of-four in
ventors of the system that has beaten
every other system in eXlstence).
Evening star., 1939-11-24
INSIDE VIEW OF A GERMAN
SUBMARINE. THE MAN IN
THE FOREGROUND IS HAN
DLING A TORPEDO.

In the American Civil War, q
Union warship was blown up by a
torpedo set loose by submarine
at close range. The submarine went
too close and was itself destroyed
after the explosion.
Evening star., 1939-11-24
Undeserved Top Score

Bad bidding will often bring good
results If the opponents are kind
enough to counter with worse bid
ding. For instance, here is a hand
from the recent metropolitan cham
pionships:
West, dealer.
Neither side vulnerable.
Evening star., 1939-11-24
Submarines History

In 1881 a Frenchman invented
small submarine and four years
later improved it. The new models
were 16 feet long and were driven
by electric power. The boat was
made to "dive" by letting water
flow into tanks aboard it. When
the order was given to rise to the
surface, the crew set to work
pumping water out Of the tanks.
Boats Of this kind were called
"Goubets," in honor of the inventor.
Meanwhile, an Irish-born Ameri-
can, John P. Holland, had been busy
working on ideas Of the same kind.
Time and again he built models,
but did not meet real success until
1898. In that year he produced a
submarine called the Holland" a
50-foot boat with one torpedo tube.
Holland died a few days after
the World War broke out. If he
had lived, he would have learned
q great deal about the damage sub
marines can do.
A leaflet called Famous Music
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Tomorrow: More About Submarines.
Evening star., 1939-11-24

Ddu Will UlUtll SOOu
results If the opponents are kind
enough to counter with worse bid
ding. For instance, here is q hand
from the recent metropolitan cham
. pionships:
West, dealer.
Neither side vulnerable.
A952
0Q4
bKJ9s
A 10 e3 AJs74
y AXIS N. 0e876 6 8
% WE. 2
4 A K Q S. n65
y j 10
8 A 1O72
4 @954 43
The bidding:
West North East South
IL Pass 10 20
"a 80 Pass Pass
80 Pass Pass 40
Dbl. Pass Pass Pass
cards, thereby setting the contract
500. Actually East and West can
make six hearts, but no one in the
tournament bid 1t and it was a
very lucky slam anyway.
However, there was no excuse for
Vests pussyfooting along in the
bidding as he did. After all, with
a hand which was practically a
two-bid in strength, he never forced
his partner at any time. And the
only reason his bad bidding did not
get him a bottom score was South's
foolhardy bid of four diamonds
Of course, West did have quite a
problem as to the correct bid over
South's two diamonds, but he could
have solved it by bidding three dia-
monds. East would have bid three
hearts and then West could have
raised to four.
* Il X
Yesterday you were the dealer
with neither side vulnerable. You
held:
AQ654
0AQ2
0 106
4862
Answer-Your correct opening bid
Is one spade. With a reasonably
good five-card suit and high-card
value of 8 g quick tricks the hand
is too strong to pass.
Score 100 per cent for one spade,
30 per cent for pass.
Question No. 299.
You are David Bruce Burnstone's
partner today and hold:
4 A @ 107
06
8 Asa
= A 1912
The bidding:
You Maier Burnstone Jacoby
IA Pass 20 Pass
"a Pass 81 Pass
CD
What do you bid2 (Answer to-
morrow
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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
Three Insane Patients
Escape

Law enforcement officers of Allen
county Saturday night were conduct
ing a search for three fugitives who
fed from The Lima State Hospital
for the Criminal Insane during "a
hours.
Lewis Gross, former resident of
Akron, and Robert Mccall, 40, form
erly of Hamilton county, escaped
from the institution about 6 p. m.
Saturday by removing the screen
from a store room near a dining
room for privileged patients, DR..
Herman Turk, superintendent, said.
Gross is five feet six inches tall
and weights 135 pounds. Mccall is
five feet four inches tall and weighs
$50 pounds.
Carl Degray, 80, formerly of
Cleveland, walked away while he was
working in a corn field, authorities
reported.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
McGuffey Man In
S. A. Flight

Norbert ID. Finn, Private First
class Am21cl, of McGuffey is a
member of the crew of one of Uncle
Sans "Flying Fortresses", which
left Langley Field, Virginia, on No
vember IL, and arrived in Rio de
Janerio on Nov. Is as part of the
celebration of the 50th anniversary
of the founding of the Republic of
Brazil. Soldier Finn was born May
16, 1915 at McGuffey and was grad
uated from the high school there in
1888. He entered the service Oct. 7,
1885 at Chanute field, Rantoul, H.,
and was graduated from the Air
Corps Technical school in June, 1886.
He was then assigned to duty with
the 96th Bomgardment squadron,
Longley Field, on July II, 1886. Pri-
vate Finn took part in two previous
South American trips, to Buenos
Aires and Bogota, Colombia.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
Four Hunting Acct
dents Reported

The third day of the hunting sea-
son Friday found four Lima district
men suffering serious wounds.
Dale Feister, 20, who gave his ad-
dress as Lima, became Hardin coun-
tvs first casualty Friday. He re-
portedly was shot in the hand as he
attempted to pass a shotgun to a
companion while hunting rabbits and
pheasant near Kenton. The charge
tore thru the palm leaving only his
thumb and index finger.
First accident of the season in
Allen county was reported Thursday
afternoon when Glenn Binkley, 47, of
Lafayette Route /, suffered gunshot
wounds in his right arm. He told
Memorial hospital attaches he was
hunting on his own farm and his
gun became entangled in weeds, dis
charging the shot.
DR.. S. F. Whistler, 48, Hancock
county health commissioner, suffered
shattered left hand when his gun
discharged Thursday as he climbed
a fence near Findlay.
Another Findlay man, Ralph Eel
Ter, 80, lost a thumb and two fingers
when his gun discharged accidental
ly.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
S1,25O For Dog Bite

A common pleas jury Thursday
afternoon awarded Janet Pepple,
four-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Gerald Pepple, of Lima, s1,250
Judgment for injuries it was claimed
she suffered year ago when bitten
by a dog owned by Robert and Jua-
nita Helm, of Lima.
The suit against Mr.. and Mrs.
Helm had been brought in the child's
behalf by her father, who testified
the dog, a black terrier, was "of
mean disposition, that it was "per-
mitted to run at loose" and that the
animal ATTACKED the child without
provocation."
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
Civil Service Exams
Set

The u. S. Civil Service commission
has announced the forthcoming open
competitive examinations for num-
Der of various positions.
The listing is as follows: Special
agent, trade and industrial educa-
tion, Office of Education; junior
officer, various optional branches,
Bureau of Prisons; accountant, Bu-
reau of Statistics, Interstate Com
merce Commission; procurement in
spectors, various grades, Material
Division of Air Corps; assistant
inspector of hulls and boilers, Bu-
reau of Marine Inspection and Ma
vigation.
Boatbuilder and shipwright, u. S.
Navy yard, Philadelphia; loftsman
and shipftter, navy yard at Boston
communication operators for air
navigation in the third region of
Civil Aeronautics Authority with
headquarters in Chicago.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16

troyersy which has extended over the
last several years.
Overwhelming support to the
Powell Beard slate was piled up in
Union township and its two villages
of Rawson and Mt. Cory, as we'll as
in Vanlue school district. The two
incumbent members of the board
polled big majorities, too, in Mt.
Blanchard, Arlington and McComb.
Centers of strength of the
Mitchell -Stoner slate lay in the north
part of the county where both reside
and in Van Buren township and the
west precinct of Orange township,
part of which is now seeking to be
transferred to Bluffton school dis
trict. Orange east precinct gave
substantial majorities to Powell and
Beard.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
Hunter Found Dead AT
Camp Site

George B. Ball, 80, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Ball, living two
and one-half miles southeast of
Spencerville, was found dead close
TO his car near Charlevoix, Michigan,
Thursday, Nov. 2, about o'clock in
the evening.
A bullet from a rife had struck
him squarely in the forehead and
death was instantaneous. The rifle
was found close to the dead mans
body.
Ball had motored to Michigan for
the purpose of hunting and trap
ping. He had chosen a spot near
Charlevoix for his camp. He had
carried all of his camping equip
ment from his car to the camp ex-
cept the gun. 1t is thought that on
the last trip the gun was accident
ally fired.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
No Air Training At
Findlay

1t begins to look like Findlay will
not benefit from the governments
offer to train civilian pilots-at least
not this year. The program already
under way, in several schools, pre-
viously included a plan whereby
Findlay airport would have been a
training base, have been assigned to
other fields.
Lima municipal airport has been
selected as a training ground for
Ohio Northern university students of
Ada. Ben Arquitt, airport manager,
will give flight instructions.
At least 20 students at Bowling
Green State university, now are be-
ing trained in the governments ci-
william program at Toledo mum air.
port.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
Powell, Beard On
Board Again

Ellsworth D. Powell, of Liberty
township, and Perry Beard, Of Van
lue, were reelected to fourth terms
on the Hancock county board of ed
ucation by decisive majorities in
Tuesdays election.
The two veteran members of the
board who already have served for
twelve years, will begin their new
four-year terms Jan. 1, 1910. In the
election they defeated Homer Mitch
ell, of Portage township, and Floyd
Stoner, of Washington township, in
a heated contest which had its found
alton in the school redistricting con-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
Beet, Soy Bean Har-
vest Under Way

The harvest of soy beans and su-
gar beets is again under way, after
an enforced vacation due to the
weather. But the rains which stop
ped or hindered the harvesting of
these crops has given the wheat a
fine start and almost every field has
a fine growth and its rich green col
or is very restful to the farmers
eye.
The beet harvest is progressing
fairly we'll but the beans are sadly
matted, fiat on the ground and are
slowly drying in shape for the COM
bine.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
Grade Crossing To Be
Eliminated

Elimination of treacherous grade
crossing on u. S. Route 30S, one
mile west of Kenton, and the New
York Central railroad was assured
last week as the state highway de-
partment called for bids and an
nounced the letting of the contract
would be made Nov. %.
Bids on the job, estimated TO cost
S130,770, will be received until 10
a. m. Tuesday, Nov. %, in the office
of State Highway Director Robert 5.
Beightler. The elimination will mean
lowering the grade of the railroad
and construction of an overpass,
and must be completed before JuEe
80, 1941.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
Child Orphaned By
Auto Crash

Seven-year-old Patsy Downing was
an orphan last Friday.
Her father, Joseph r. Downing,
81, U. S. army warrant officer re-
Gently transferred from Fort Hayes
at Columbus, Ohio, died of injuries
suffered in an automobile accident
near Findlay last Monday. Mrs.
Downing, 28, died a few hours after
the crash, which resulted in the
fracture of Patsy's arm.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
Gray Fox Bagged
Near Jenera

Three brothers trudging through
the fields in quest of game brought
down a gray fox, described as a
rarity in this part of the state.
The Yellow Front Auto Supply,
of Findlay, had offered SO for the
first gray fox killed in these parts
and John, Samuel and Armein Won
Stein, of Van Buren township, col
lected the bounty.
They told Francis Faber of the
Auto Supply that they killed the
gray fox on the farm owned by their
father, Henry Won Stein, west of
Jenera.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
1900 Bass Are Released

Conservation officials Saturday
placed 1900 large mouth bass in
Schoonover and Lima lakes, it was
reported by Game Protector Charles
Hanes.
The fish averaged 10 inches in
length, and 1000 of them were
placed in Schoonover lake, he said.
A total of 1900 channel cats, from
IL to 15 inches long, was placed in
the Riley and Auglaize rivers Nov.
5 and the two streams were stocked
with 800 small mouth bass Oct. 20,
Hanes reported.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
HARDIN COUNTY
S250,000 Fire Leaves
$50 JObleSS

Officials of major industries and
relief officials gave assurance of CO.
operation in averting a major relief
crisis as result of the s250,000 fire
which destroyed the Runkle Candy
Co. of Kenton and caused the loss
of jobs for more than $50 men and
women.
Officials of the Runkle company
said directors will consider this week
whether the plant will be rebuilt
They said the company had planned
to operate two shifts all winter or
Christmas and Easter orders.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
Lima Votes Down
Relief Levy

Faced with the overwhelming de-
feat of the proposed special half mill
tax levy in Tuesdays election, Lima
officials must find another method of
meeting anticipated heavy relief ex-
penditures in 1910.
The complete unofficial count was:
for the tax levy, 5,161; against, o.
239. 1t was the second defeat for
the issue, it having lost by margin
of almost 2 to l in the primary
election last August.
The proposal was designed to
raise approximately $4,000 to be
used in matching state relief funds.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
Dies In Fall From Now

Charles Kroske, 72, farmer, died
at 1880 Monday morning, a half
hour after he fell from a ladder in
the barn on his farm a mile west of
Williamstown.
Mr.. Kroske previously had climbed
into the haymow to do some chores.
A rope fastening the ladder to the
NOW broke against his weight when
ne started to climb out of the NOV.
He fell II feet to the floor.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
Vote Is Tie; Cairo
Stays Wet

Despite tie vote, Cairo resident
will be entitled to their beer, both
80 and 6 per cent, for the next four
years.
This was the opinion of board of
election officials as they certified a
108-108 tie ballot on the question of
sale of intoxicating liquor or beer
and malt liquor up to seven per cent.
Observers held that the tie vote
gives the village the right to six
per cent beer, pointing to the fact
that the state law reads majority
vote is required to vote it out. The
tie does not represent majority,
they said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
ALLEN COUNTY
Bags Red Fox First
Day Out

Charles Little who resides in
Route A, Lima, one mile south of
Elida, is anticipating the arrival
from Tiffin of a fur neckpiece.
Wednesday while hunting on the
farm of his father, George Little,
the young man and James Duncan,
also of Lima, came upon a red fox
scampering thru the underbrush.
Little killed the elusive animal with
a single shot.
1t measured 48 inches long and
weighed 10 pounds and eight ounces.
He sent the specimen to Tiffin where
it will be tanned and made into a
neckpiece.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
Bags Pheasant With
Bow And Arrow

Mayor-elect Cloyce Duttweiler, of
Findlay, and a party of seven local
archers went into the field last week
with bows and arrows. The mayor
elect and five others were unsuc-
cessful, but Neil Shontlemier, man.
aged to shoot pheasant on the fly.
The shot broke the birds wing and
Shontlemier was forced to sprint 100
yards for it.
Findlay was termed the capital of
the pheasant and rabbit lands as
hunters from all over Ohio and
nearby states moved in. An abund-
ance of game was reported.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
Mrs. MOtter Wins
Divorce

Fannie M. Motter, who testified
against her husband Solomon A.
Motter, Orange township farmer, in
his recent $4,000 alienation of af-
fections trial against his neighbor,
Lester E. Redick, last week was
granted a divorce on grounds of
gross neglect of duty. Custody of
two children, a daughter, II, and a
son, II, was granted to Motter,
while the custody of four-year-old
son, was awarded to Mrs. Motter.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
Bags English Black
Pheasant

Bagging a pheasant or two makes
every hunter happy, but Michael
DUNN, of Touchdown, felt he really
had accomplished something when he
brought down mustang.
A mustang, in case you are not
up on your feathered friends, is an
English pheasant.
DUNN described it as a cross
between a ring neck and a golden
pheasant. It was jet black in color
he said.
Several mustangs were released
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
G. o. P. Mayors In
Four Towns

Four Republicans and two Demo-
Gratis were elected mayor of six AL
len county villages at Tuesdays elec-
ton last week.
This was disclosed as board of
election workers completed the Off
cial count in the rural districts.
Harrod and Cairo have the two
Democrats.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
CCC Boys Prefer Sauer
Kraut And Wieners

Boys of the CCC camp prefer VIE
ners and sauer kraut as their favor
ite menu for noon lunch delivered
hot to projects afeld. Lacking kraut,
potatoes will do pretty well with the
wieners, according to ballot asked
by the mess department.
Next to wieners and kraut their
preference was expressed as chill
as a main dish.
And they prefer applebutter as a
spread for their bread.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
Health Commissioner
Loses Hand

DR.. Sem F. Whistler, az, Hancock
county health commissioner, is re-
ported recovering from amputation
of his left hand after it was badly
mangled in a hunting accident near
Findlay Thursday.
Ralph Zellers, 30, Findlay rubber
worker, is in the hospital, also re-
ported recovering from loss of the
thumb and half of his second and
third fingers on his right hand when
his shotgun discharged accidentally.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
NOn-Residents' Vote
Decides Race

Votes of non-residents of Allen
county will decide one of two con-
tests for election to the Allen Coun-
ty Board of Education.
Records showed in the Allen coun-
ty tabulation that Ora B. Critics was
reelected but that with "a of 81
precincts tabulated Ralph Jarvis of
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16

week, draft horse was killed and
an Alger rural route mother and
two small children were injured.
State highway patrolmen reported
that car of Mrs. Virginia Keith, of
Alger Route /, going south, struck
and killed horse owned by O. r.
Underwood, of Alger Route l, which
had strayed on the road.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16

Spencerville leads J. R. Joseph of
Spencerville by only one vote.
Returns from three precincts are
incomplete. Two lie partly in Au-
glaize county and one partly in Van
Vert county. Certifcation of votes
from those two counties is necessary
to determine outcomes of the race.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
Lima Doctor In Auto
Crash

DR.. James Whitworth, do, of the
staff of the Lima State Hospital for
Criminal Insane, suffered wrist and
chest injuries last week in Columbus,
when his automobile collided with
another at Fifth and Neil avenues.
DR.. Whitworth was treated in Uni
versity hospital
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
HANCOCK COUNTY
Hunter SpOils Dogs
Catch

The hero worship is missing from
the glances Perry T. Ford's hunting
dog gives its master.
The dog trotted up to Ford with
pheasant in its mouth near Findlay
last week. Ford ordered the bird
dropped. Released, the pheasant
took wing. Ford's hasty shot missed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
Seeks Injunction
Against Pumper
Purchase

A move to block purchase of three
new bumpers for Lima's fire depart
ment was launched Wednesday morn
ing of last week by Maurice F. Hig-
gins, of Lima.
In letter to City Solicitor Lester
w. Shepherd, as chief legal officer
of the city, Higgins asks that he be
given a eyes" or "No" answer as to
whether or not Shepherd will bring
an injunction action to block the
purchase.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

arms machine shop" bus bodies and
eight ambulances for use at veteran
base hospitals.
The bus bodies, to be built on Gen.
eral Motors four-wheeld rive special
truck chassis, will be manufactured
by the Superior at cost of about
$65,000. The eight government am
balances cost approximately $4,000.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
Magicians Meet In
KentOn

Members of the international Bro
therhood of Magicians met in Ken
ton Saturday. John Snyder, Jr., of
Norwood, president of the organiza-
ton, was guest of honor.
Magicians from all over the state
and some from Michigan, New York
and Indiana attended the meeting.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
Blue Gills Released
By State

Two thousand blue gills have been
placed in the Blanchard river and
Fostoria reservoir by the state con-
servation department, Lloyd OIL,
county game protector, said last
week.
Oil said that quantity of min
nows also have been placed in the
Van Buren, conservation lake. He
did not know the exact number.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
Findlay Store Window
Looted

Yeggs who smashed $500 worth of
plate glass and snached merchandise
valued at approximately 500 from
the show windows of the Leon Cloth
ing company store in Findlay early
Tuesday morning were believed by
authorities to have been involved in
two burglaries at Portage and in
the theft of truck in that village
Monday night.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
Finds Groceries, Hat
In His Car

Attorney E. T. Lippincott, of
Lima, has a basket of groceries he
didn't buy, and a new hat that
doesn't fit. He found them in his
automobile, parked on a downtown
street, apparently placed there by
mistake.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
Horse Killed Near
Beaverdam

A horse owned by M. E. Young,
of Lima Route 5, was injured slight
ly early Saturday when it wandered
in Rout 25, three-quarters of a mile
south of Beaverdam, and was struck
by a car driven by Richard Kover-
man, of Dayton, state highway pa
trolman reported.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
S1,596 For Relief
Purposes

Allen county's share in the distri-
button of s167,096 in beer, malt, wort
and admission tax revenues to be
used for poor relief will be $1,596,
it was announced Saturday by State
Auditor Joseph Ferguson.
Distribution to other counties will
include: Auglaize $632; Hancock
S1,087; Hardin $500; Putnam S592.