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Evening star., 1939-07-18

London s = now modern-art
war.
Evening star., 1939-07-18

prom noon yesterday to noon today
Highest. S3. At 23O pm. yesterday
year ago. 90.
Lowest. SO. at s am. today: zeal
ago. 90.
Record TeaDeratures This Year,
Highest, %. on June l6.
Lowest. II. on February 23
humidity for Last - Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today
Highest. % per cent at $50 pm.
Lowest, 81 per cent. at ! pm.
Tide Tables.
Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Evening star., 1939-07-18
River Report.
Report fer Last "a Hours.

Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers cloudy
at Harpers Ferry: Potomac slightly muddy
at Great Falls today.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-07

Steuben, and New Phiiadelphia
were established in 1897.
Real German colonization fol-
lowed the. successful Indian cam
paigns of General Mad" Anthony
Wayne. Today German township
appears in almost every ONO
county. Towns with scriptural
names-Bethlehem, Salem, Naz-
areth, Goshen, and Canaan We're
chiefly settled by German Mora
vians- Dunkers and Amish. Ger
mans settled in Cleveland when
the Ohio Canal was opened. Can
ion. Massillon, Alliance and Mi
nerva were developed by Germans
Their industrious hand trans
formed the countryside from will
derness to rich farm lands. Their
skill and enterprise quickened the
development Of industries.
One of the most notable of all
the Ohio German settlements was
Zoar. founded by 225 German Sep
aratists in 1917 under the leader
ship of Joseph Bineler.
The group purchased $500 acres
of land in Tuscarawas county. AL
property was owned in common.
The society remained intact un-
til 1898 when it disbanded ano
some $2,5o0,OOO worth of prop
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-07
Change Announced In
Old Age Pension Act

Persons who were 60 years of age
prior to January, 1887, may now be-
come fully insured under the amend
ed social security act, it was an
nounced last week by William A..
Ashbrook, manager of the Old Age
Insurance Bureau field office in
Lima.
Previously such persons were ex-
cluded from monthly benefit pay
ments, but with the passage of
amendments it now is possible for
them to become fully insured.
To qualify for insurance benefits,
such workers must earn at least $50
in each of six different calendar
quarters after January 1, 1889.
The wages of individuals who re-
main at work in commerce or indus
try after reaching the age of 65 are
now subject to the same payroll de-
ductions and taxes as those of
younger workers. Taxes will be COL
lected back to Jan. of this year.
After becoming fully insured in
dividuals under the amended act, the
workers will be entitled to monthly
benefits when they retire from en-
ployment.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-07
45-Day Open Season
For Hunting Ducks

Duck hunting this fall will be per-
mitted during 45-day open season,
according to 1889 migratory bird
regulations announced last week in
Washington.
In Ohio the season will open on
Oct. %, instead of Oct. 15, as re-
suit of the new ruling.
Daily bag limit for ducks is 10,
with the possession limit remaining
at 20. When any daily limit includes
canvasback, redhead, bufflehead and
ruddy ducks, not more than three of
any one, or more than three of the
aggregate of these kinds may be
taken.
For geese and brant the daily bag
limit is four, and not more than
eight may be in possession. The
daily bag limit on coot remains al
25.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-07

Weaver and Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob
Tscheigg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Clemens, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jacob Amstutz and Junior Hoov-
er and Mr.. and Mrs. James Yant of
Beaverdam spent last Thursday at
Port Clinton.
The C. E. society and young peoples
class of the Presbyterian Sunday
school will hold a steak and weiner
roast at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edgar Begg near Columbus Grove,
Saturday evening at $50, as fare
well to those who are leaving for col
lege in the next few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison Bassett and
son of near Lima were Sunday even
ing guests in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. E. Marshall.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-07
Campus Comment

Everything is in readiness for the
opening of the fall term at Bluffton
college next Tuesday, administra-
tive officials reported this week. A
freshman class of approximately 85
is expected, one of the largest in
recent years.
Homecoming festivities will be
celebrated at the college this year on
Oct. 21. The days celebration will
be climaxed with a night football
game between the Beavers and
Grand Rapids college.
Three alumni groups have held
meetings recently. At Columbus a
group of so alumni gathered on the
Ohio State campus to hear talks by
DR.. Harry Good, an instructor at the
state university, and President L. l.
Ramseyer. Last Sunday Wayne
county alumni met at Smithville
Earlier in the summer a group of 25
alumni gathered at Cleveland.
Bluffton college football drill will
be started within the next week
under the direction of Coach A. c.
Burcky. The Beavers will open their
season this year with night foot.
ball game against Kenyon in the
Lima stadium on Sept. %.
DR.. Clarence O. Lehman, 1916, has
been appointed president of the
State Normal school at Potsdam, N
Y, according to word received here
DIR. Lehman had served as head Of
the department of teacher training
at the school for number of years
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-07
LET'S EXPLORE OHIO
"King's Palace" and Garden at
GERMANS IN OHIO


German pioneers crossed the
Appalachian Mountains at the
earliest opportunity.
The first Germans to penetrate
the Ohio country were noted for
exceptional services in Indian al
fairs, Conrad Weiser and Christian
Frederick Post. They were con-
cerned not with settling the coun-
try but almost entirely with mis-
sionary work among the Indians.
The first German settlement was
at Columbia, now part of Cincin-
natl. 1t was founded (1788) by
Major Benjamin Steitz, an officer
of the Revolution. BY 1892 the
settlement had 100 inhabitants.
Another early German colony
was established on the banks OF
the Little Miami by Christian
Waldschmidt in 1895, near the
present postal station of Milford.
On the Upper Muskingum, the
Pennsylvania German, Ebenezer
Zane (Zahn) founded GAINESVILLE.
To pay for his lands he contracted
to cut pack horse trail from
Wheeling to Chillicothe to Mays
vile, Ky. Mail was first carried
over the Zane Trail in 1897. The
same year Zane laid out New
Lancaster (now Lancaster).
The first German newspaper
west of the Alleghenies, printed IN
Pennsylvania Dutch, appeared IN
New Lancaster in 1907.
Steubenville. named for General
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-07
Trio Confess To
BeaUerdana HOIdup

Three youths are being held in
Lima awaiting grand jury action,
after pleading guilty to charges of
armed robbery in connection with the
Aug. q holdup of the Blue Bell
restaurant in Beaverdam.
Arthur Detrick, 21, of near Elida,
was arrested for investigations early
last week, and on Thursday confess
ed to the Beaverdam robbery, auth
critics said.
At the same time he implicated
Paul Shaffer, 10, Of Columbus, and
Woodrow McClurg, %, of Lima.
Shaffer was arrested in Columbus,
and McClurg was seized in Lima on
his return from Michigan where he
had gone. shortly after the holdup.
Arrest of Detrick and Shaffer also
is believed to have cleared up the
robbery of general store at Jumbo,
in Hardin county on August 18.
Charles Decker, operator of the
store, is said to have identified Det-
rick, and Shaffer was later impli-
Gated.
In the holdup of the Blue Bell
restaurant in Beaverdam two of the
youths entered the building early in
the morning, ordered coffee and then
one of them leveled a revolver at
Miss LaVonne Beemer, the waitress.
They took all the money from the
cash register, then had Miss Beemer
awaken the proprietor, Mrs. Leota
Peters, who was sleeping in back
room, from whom they obtained a
larger amount. Their loot was ap-
proximately $50.
According to police Detriek and
Shaffer were the two gunner and
McClurg sat in taxi awaiting them
about one-half block from the res
taurant.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-07
Birthday Gathering

A number of friends and relatives
gathered at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Chidester Sunday to help
celebrate the birthdays of Gerald
Chidester, Mrs. Guy Eikenbary and
Jean Chidester. Their birthdays oc-
Cured on the first, second and third
of September.
The OCCASION was celebrated with
a basket dinner at noon on the
lawn.
Among those present were: Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Balmer, Mrs. Solo
mon Steiner and sons, Mr.. and Mrs..
Gerald Chidester and daughters, Mr..
and Mrs. Oliver Steiner and son,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Nonnamaker and
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Eikenbary,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kieffer, Mr.. and
Mrs. Kenneth Chidester and son,
Miss Sarah Amstutz, and the host
and hostess Mr.. and Mrs. John Child
ester.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-07
ArmOrsviIle

Mr.. and Mrs. II. o. Hilty re-
turned home last Wednesday after
spending five weeks with relatives in
Washington and California.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Wells and
son spent Friday evening at the
Charles Montgomery home.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. /. Moore spent
several days with relatives in Him
ois and also attended the Moore re-
union.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merton Moses and
family and Mrs. Catherine Welch
spent Thursday afternoon at the
Charles Montgomery home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Moore and
family of Detroit spent over the
week end here with relatives.
Past week callers of Mrs. Eva
Montgomery were Mr.. and Mrs
Ernest Klingler and daughter Betty
Carl Cellar and daughter of Column
bus, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Ruggley
and granddaughter, Mr.. and Mrs
Will Ruggley, Harry and Mildred
Battles and Mrs. Merton Moses.
Past week callers of Mrs. Law.
renee Hosafros were Mrs. NOAH
Stewart and daughter, Hazel Henry
Mrs. Howard Smith and Mrs. oJhr
Wilkins.
Don Oates spent last week with
Tommy Owens of Lima.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-07

erty was divided among the MEM
bers. The Kings Palace" Bine-
ler's home, is now museum out
of the jurisdiction of the Ohio
State Historical Society and is
open to the public.
The Zoar flower garden is also
notable.
The first mayor of Cincinnati
David Ziegler, was a German. His
exploits against the Indians made
him particularly beloved by early
settlers. One of the states mer-
chant princes, Martin Baum, was 1
German. In 1910 he brought til
first iron foundry to the west, bui'
the first Ohio sugar refineries ana
established textile mills and other
factories.
He also aided in introducing
sailboats on the Ohio, supplanting
fiat and keel boats.
The Methodist preacher, Helm
rich Bohm, born in Pennsylvanis
in ITS, of German paren
preached throughout Ohio in GeT
man. His was the first Germ
sermon heard in Cincinnati. n
September, 1908. "The village,
he wrote in his journal, promises
to grow very rapidly. 1t already
| has 1000 inhabitants
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-07
gall SeeA~~
need POTASH

S1F YOU are looking forward to profitable
= grain crop next year and good clover or al
fafa the year following, then use fertilizer high
in potash when seeding this foL Potash in
creases yield, stHens straw. and keeps the grain
from lodging. II improves quality by Pumping
out the kernels and increasing test weight.
To insure good growth OF clover or alfalfa fol-
lowing grain, plenty Of potash must still be avail
able in the soil. A 2-ton yield OF clover hay re-
quires times as much potash as is needed to
produce Is bushels of wheat tons Of alfalfa
need more than times as much.
Use 2OO-4oo lbs OF 3-l2-l2, O-l2.l2, o-202o. or
similar ratios per acre for fall seedlings. Often
the increased hay yields more than pay for the
fertilizers used. leaving greater profit from the
increased grain yields.
Consult your county agent or experiment station
about the plantfood needs Of your soil. See your
fertilizer dealer. You will be surprised how little
extra it costs to apply enough potash to insure
good yields and high quality.
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lion and tsee Mesazlsse on The
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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-07
SPEAKER AT LIMA MISSION

During the month of August the
Lima City mission provided 1046 free
meals and 297 transients received
free lodging, Adam d. Welty, sup
erintendent Of the institution, re-
ported this week. Rev. Clifford
Hillifeld, of the Ft. Wayne Gospel
Temple, is conducting services at the
mission every night at 7:30 o'clock
this week. His stay in Lima will be
closed this Saturday with a mass
meeting in Memorial Hall.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-07

district and furnishes all the food for
the workers.
French is the legal language of the
province and English cannot be
taught. In English provinces where
English is the legal language the sit
uation is reversed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-07

News Want-Ads Bring Results,
The Washington times., 1939-01-12
.C-MEN co AFTER
BIC Shots OF
D. C. GAMBLING
Operations
Across Line Doomed

Gambling overlordS today faced
with genuine fear the deadliest
threat that has confronted their
multi-million-dollar racket in more
than two decades-an inveStiga-
ton by Omen"
Tolerant skepticism with which
threats of county officials were
viewed vanished in heretofore raid
proof Sanctuaries just across the
District line in Prince Georges
county when the Department of
Justice revealed it is preparing to
prosecute master minds" OF the
gambling rackets for conspiracy.
PINE ASKS HELP
Intervention Of the Department
of Justice came after District At
torney David A. Pine asked for aid
of Federal investigators in reach
ing big shot" gamblers who set
up clearing houses in Prince
Georges County to escape the
teeth in Washington's new num-
bers game law.
Justices of the District Supreme
Court demanded that Pines office
take vigorous steps to reach the
big shot" gamblers and not be
content with prosecuting scores
of petty henchmen.
HAZEN CALLS FARLEY
The District commissioners
swung behind the dri7e to clean up
the city's borders when Con4mis-
Sioner Melvin C. HaZen called a
tri-State cor ference of law enforce
ment autho4 ties from nearby
counties for eDruary 10.
Some method of co-ordinating
police efforts so that law enforce
ment officers i'll not be compelled
to halt pursuit of acketeers at
State lines will be sought at the
conference, Hazen revealed.
The Department of Justice re-
Vealed that State lines offer no
barriers to its investigators when
a Federal statute is violated Anti
gambling laws of the District,
enacted by Congress, are Federal
statutes and any person who takes
any part in their violation can be
brought into Federal courts, it
was pointed out.
Gamblers who operate clearing
houses in Maryland for bets taken
by their runners in the District
can be prosecuted under the Fed
eral conspiracy statutes, it was
said.
The Washington times., 1939-01-12

LONDON, Jan. 12- Megan
Taylor, English ice skating sensa,
ton, is GefiniUely not going to
marry young Joe Kennedy, son of
the United States Ambassador to
the Court of st. James.
Returning to London from the
winter games at st. Moritz
Switzerland. the 18-year-old skat
ing star admitted that she had
been engaged to a man whose
identity she refused to reveal, but
declared the engagement had been
broken. She said:
But it was not joe"
The Washington times., 1939-01-12
Author 10 Discuss
Needs for Defense

'What Our Democracy Needs
for Adequate Defense" will be dis
cussed by George Fielding Eliot,
author of The Ramparts We
Watch, in the Bronson Cutting
memorial lecture on January Is
at Constitution Hall. Major Eliot's
book, which has gone into its
fourth printing, surveys Americas
position in an armed world. For
the lecture, scheduled for $3.50 p.
M. only a few tickets are left.
The Washington times., 1939-01-12

Washington students in private. paro-
ehial and public schools follow Fac
ulty Meeting" and 'Student Assembly"
pages every Sunday in the Washington
Herald-Times "A distinct cOntribu-
tiOn to education in the District" say
educators BE sure to read them
Sunday Telephone Republic 1884
for home delivery service.
The Washington times., 1939-01-12
DETAILS PROMISED

The Mississippi Congressman,
who as chairman Of the House
subcommittee on District appro
rriations sponsored the Lewis
study, apparently was referring
to the more than 100" cases
which Lewis in his report stated
involved fraud, chiseling and mis-
representation.
The investigator has promised
to publish details of these cases
later, using fictitious names for
which "a key" has been provided
Collins and Senator John Over
ton, the Democratic Senator from
Louisiana, who has taken over
the Craftsmanship of the Senate
subcommittee on District appro-
priations.
Lewis denied the job applica-
ton after Frederick w. McReyn-
olds, chairman of the Board of
Public Welfare, charged publicly
the apparent animus" of the
Lewis report might be traced to
the rejection of the investigator
request of the board for "a sub
ordinate position" some years ago.
LEWIS IN DENIAL
According to McReynolds, Lewis
went job-hunting to Street with
a position on the staff of the penal
institutions in mind.
Lewis, who describes himself as
a former member of the Hoover
little cabinet" of medicine-ball re-
nown, stated:
II am little hazy about the
details. except that I am certain
Inever applied for the position"
Despite Lewis denial, records
at the Board of Public Welfare
showed the investigator, as "a pos
sible applicant" was interviewed
by board members September %,
1884.
The investigator explained he
was summoned here in 1888 or
1884 in connection with a proposed
reorganization of the District
penal institutions after the late
Capt. M. M. Barnard, former SUI
perintendent, retired. AS a field
worker for the American Public
Welfare Association, he said, he
outlined for Street a reorganiZa-
ton plan and it was Street who
suggested he ask for a job.
The Washington times., 1939-01-12
COLLINS FAVORS
FURTHER PROBE
OF RELIEF HERE.
Sorry Inquiry by Lewis
Was Limited, He Says

Representative Ross Collins
sampled the criticism of District
relief today and found it excel
lent" while its author, Burdette
G. Lewis, was denying he ever tried
to get job from Elwood Street,
the Public Welfare Board director
whom the relief investigator bonn
barded in his 1,000-page study.
Referring to Lewis, Collins said:
I'm view of the lack c. funds
and other difficulties, the direc-
tor of the investigation neces-
Sarily had to limit himself to
consideration of only few of
the relief cases. 1t is a pity that
all of these could not have been
investigated. l am certain that
If this were done, tremendous ad-
ditional service would result"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-31
Wealthy Man
Was on Relief

ROCK ISLAND, H., May 81. -
Dennis Ryan was on relief and APP
parently in dire poverty when he
died in Alhambra, Cal. last Feb
ruary
Yesterday his widow Mrs. Emma
Ryan, came into probate court in
Rock Island and asked that she be
appointed conservator of his estate
setimated at more than $4,000 in
cash and bonds.
Upon questioning of Ryan's son,
Thomas, nineteen, the court was told
young Ryan was living with his
father when he died and found his
fathers hoard afterward in an old
shoe box. He said he deposited some
of the money in banks and bought
parcels of real estate with some Of
the funds.
Recently after Mrs. Ryan went to
California to visit her son, he drove
her back to Rock Island in his car.
Unknown to her, he placed a suit
case containing $4,000 in the back
of the car.
On arriving in Rockford, she be-
came suspicious at the large amounts
of money Thomas always appeared
to have. Investigating she discov-
cred the suitcase containing the
money in the attic of her home.
The court ordered the estate turn
ed over to William c. Maucker
public administrator.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-31
SIMONE SIMON STARS
IN "j0sETTE" NOW AT
COLISEUM THEATRE

Don Ameche and Robert Young
play "Cherch La Femme in
naughty New Orleans for the sauci-
est escapade in the History of Love.
Simonc Simon, that tantalizing
French coquette, is the femme who
must think faster than Don. and
run faStsr than Bob-but not too
much fasterl
Ah-h-h, she's got 2is! She's got
zatl
The provocative trio is co-starred
in Goth Century-FoX's gay comedy
hit Josette, opening tonight at the
Coliseum Theatre. Featured in the
cast arc Bert Lair and Joan Davis
the latter fresh from her victory in
New York newspapers nationwide
poll which voted her the screens
No. coincidence. Paul Hurst, Will
lam Collier Sr., and Tala Birell are
included in the film
Daryl F. zanuck, in charge OF
production, selected Allan Dwan to
direct.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-31
LUCILLE GOETZ' BIRTHDAY

Lucille Goetz was eleven years old
yesterday and in honor of the &C.
casion a party was arranged by her
mother and greatly enjoyed by Lu-
cile and several of her friends.
Fortune telling entertained and
two contests, "jumbled words" won
by Patsy Fleek, and a nursery
rhymes contest won by Alfredo
Fleek, added to the diversion.
A large birthday cake, decorated
with forget-me-nots, was made by
Mrs. Goetz for the event.
Guests included Betty Bonnet
Peggy Cochrane. Evelyn Spain, Su-
san Jane Boggan, Alfredo Fleek
Doris Balog, Shirley Ann Edwards
Patsy Fleek, Gilbert Bennett. Billy
Goetz; Mrs. Boggan, Mrs. Spain ano
Mrs. GertZ.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-31
Missionaries Burn
Books for Warmth
In War-iofn China

BOSTON, May 31,-Burning old
books to keep warm and pasting
paper over bullet holes in windows,
American missionaries in North
China write home that their work
is greater than ever because of
war
Coal costs $40 to 500 a ton, one
letter explained, so we do as the
Chinese do: wear clothes one layer
on another. Fortunately our win
tiers are dry, not a damp cold. But
even dry cold is cold at 10 above
zero
Writing from Tehchow, Shan
tung Province, Miss Alice E. Muir
ply of Tabor, Iowa, said the only
heat she and her associates had for
months came from burning books
in the dining room fireplace Parts
of the letter were made public
here by the American Board
of Commissioners for Foreign Mis-
sions.
The message was written the
day before the Chinese New Years
but Miss Murphy, a veteran of Il
years in China, said, Most folks
ARE in no mood for celebration
Rather the mood is one of quiet
determination to take it on the
chin and keep on keeping on"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-31

Gives Advice
Man Who H as Travelled
$4,000 Free Miles Says
Be Clean and Polite

EDMONTON. May 81. Lorne
Rfnnie, who calls hitch-hiking a
sport. has covered $4,000 free miles,
but that's not enough for him-he
plans a summer tour
He recently returned to his home
here from the United States. DUR
ing which he Travelled 1000 miles
in II days, averaging 500 mics
travelling dsy and night
1T was all grand adventure
he said He has been thumbing
rides for years since he was Il.
Hes about 80 now.
Binnie has his own rules for the
road which he recommends to
ether mixers. They are:
/. Be clean and tidy; 2. Never
rusli up TIC a ear and climb in, ask
the drivers permission to ride; g.