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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-14
DEATH CLAIMS n.
". CUNNINGHAM
Funeral Services Held i'm Pres
byterian Church, Wednes-
day Afternoon
Former BlufftOn Banker Sue
cumbs at Home Monday
After Long Illness

N. w. Cunningham, S3, former
Bluffton banker, founder of the Bluff
ton News and for many years promi-
nent in political and civic affairs died
at his home on South Jackson street,
Monday night at 10 o'clock.
His death, following several years
of failing health, was due to compli-
cations which kept him confined to his
home during the greater part of the
past year.
Funeral services were held Wednes-
day afternoon at the Presbyterian
church with the pastor, Rev. Chas.
Armentrout officiating. Interment
was in Maple Grove cemetery, with
the Masonic lodge of which he was a
member for more than fifty years as
sisting with his ritual at the grave.
Long Prominent
For more than fifty years he was
influential in the commercial and in
dustrial life of Bluffton and North
western Ohio with many business in
terests. He was president of the
Commercial Bank & Savings company,
pioneer Bluffton financial institution
when it closed it's doors eight years
ago.
His death brings to a close color
full and many sided career in which
he was known as a public speaker,
author, traveller and political figure,
almost as we'll as in the field of bank
ing.
He was born near Lima, February
"a, 1856, the son of Col. James and
Martha Kennedy Cunningham, the
Youngest of eleven children. The
farm on which he was born is now
part of the city of Lima.
Learns Printing Trade
He began learning the printing
trade at the age of fifteen in the Of
fee of the Lima Democrat, one of the
pioneer newspapers in this section.
His first appearance in Bluffton was
at the age of nineteen when he came
here to establish a newspaper after
several previous attempts had ended
in failure. o
With an old Washington hand press
and few cases of type the Bluffton
,, News made it's appearance in the
spring of 1875. He continued as ed
itor sixteen years when he sold the
paper to the late Jesse Huber and
became associated with the CONNER
cial Bank & Savings company.
Besides his banking connection here
he served as director in banks al
Findlay and Toledo as well as being
interested in smaller institutions II
Rawson, Mt. Cory, Lafayette, Van
lue and Butler. He was also for
time a member of the board of direc
tors of the Ohio Pennsylvania Join
Stock land bank with headquarters il
Cleveland. Following the closing o
the bank here he retired from activ'
business affairs.
Well Known Speaker
He was much in demand as a pub
lie speaker and took an active par
in politics. In 1914 he was nominal
ed for congress by the Democrati
party of the Fourth Ohio district, be
ing defeated at the election by small
majority.
Two trips which he and his wifi
made abroad, one to Europe and tn
other around the world were follow
Continued on page 81
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235 Here Obtain
DriUers Licenses

A total of 235 drivers licenses
have been issued to Bluffton motor
lists. it was stated Wednesday by
Robert Lewis, deputy registrar of
motor vehicles, who is in charge of
issuing the permits here.
All persons driving cars must
have new licenses by October l.
Lewis maintains an office at Steiner
Chevrolet salesroom for the issuing
of licenses.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-14
Births

The following births at Bluffton
Community hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Blosser, Colum-
bus Grove, boy, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Niswander,
Auburn, Ind, boy, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Boehm, girl,
Tuesday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-14
BUMPER TOMATOES

Two bumper tomatoes, one weigh
ing two pounds and two ounces and
the other one and three-fourths
pounds are attracting attention in
the News window. They are raised
by Carl Young, Bluffton gardener,
who is growing some unusually fine
tomatoes this season.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-14
Schedule of Charges Here are
Among Lowest in this
Area, Report Shows
Bluffton, Ada, Lima, have Low
est Minimum; Findlay Less
In Quantity

Blufftons electric current rate,
since the July l revision compares
favorably with any town in the
area and is considerably less than
the schedule of charges for the ma
jority.
The comparison has been made on
the basis of a report made by the
Federal Power Commission, covering
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-14
FOOD SHORTAGE
FEARS ON WANE
Volume of Buying on Bluffton
Markets Rapidly Approach
ing Normal
Decline Anticipated in Prices
Of F00dstuffs Still at
High Marks

Fears of -four and sugar shortages
because of the European war were
definitely on the wane in Bluffton, ii
was disclosed in a survey of the local
food markets here the first of the
week. Volume of buying of food
stuffs was rapidly approaching nor
NAL.
+, Prices, however, are holding at the
high mark they reached last week on
the crest of a nationwide buying
wave that all but depleted sugar
stocks of retailers.
European war conditions, together
with false rumors that sugar could
be purchased only in limited amounts,
were credited as the underlying
causes for heavy buying of sugar last
week.
Canning Demands Aggravate
Situation
The condition was aggravated by
the fact that the war-scare came when
the home canning season was at its
height, a time when considerable
increase always is noticed in sugar
buying.
Purchases of foodstuffs for hoard
ing, however, now definitely appear
to be on the wane, and altho prices
are holding at the high mark estab-
lished last week a decrease is antici-
pated, altho no one is in position
to indicate when.
A calming influence in the fury of
buying were announced by President
Roosevelt and other ranking govern
ment officials to the effect that the
United States has a surplus Of COM
modities generally, and that ordinary
laws of supply and demand in most
cases do not warrant increases in
prices. 0s
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-15
MARKET QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YORK, Jan. Ia. tuP(-
Pressure lifted from stocks today
and they moved up fractions to :
points without benefit of large
volume after "A decline in eight Out
Of the first ten sessions of 1859.
Prices were better at quiet op-
ening on denial of rumors of troop
notifications which had unsettled
world markets yesterday. In addl-
ton, Wall street read into the
large vote for a reduced WPA hp-
propriation in the house highly
favorable trend TO the right.
Reports coming in for the latter
part of 1888 today revealed a
sharper rise in business than had
been discernible previously. Bust
ness of American Telephone and
Telegraph company in the last
quarter of 1883 exceeded that for "A
year ago. The Machine Tool In
dex Of the National Machine Tool
Builders association shot up J4j
points between November and
December.
Bonds firmed u. S. government
moved up with several at new
highs. Cotton futures firmed while
grains were steady. Sterling firmed.
Dow Jones closing stock aver
ages: Industrial, 14S.25, up La;
rail, 31.95, up 1.01; utility. 23.49.
up 0.99; 65 stocks. 1859, up O.94.
Stock sales approXimated 100000
shares against 100000 in the sport
session a week ago. Curb stock
sales were 80 900 shares against
10000 a week ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-15
By HENRY McLEMORE

LOS ANGELES, Jan. IA. (UP)-
Putting the sport shot here and
there: The latest tand, we trust,
the lasD criticism of Wallace Wade
for his actions after the Rose Bowl
game were published today in the
California Alumni Review
The editors of the review let
the Duke coach have it with both
barrels. particularly for his brusque
refusal to stop in the Trojan dress
ing room and be introduced to
Doyle Nave, the youngster who
threw the pass that wrecked the
Blue Devils The death of Col
onel Jacob Ruppert cost baseball
the one man, who, above all others,
typified the honesty Of the game
as it is today Every time his
Yankees ran away with the pen
nant race or won the World Series
in four straight games it cost him
money . but that was what he
was always urging them to do-to
play every game to win, and by
as large a score as possible 8.
Rupert couldn't stand for the
Yankees to lose He said once
the only times he enjoyed baseball
were the days the ranks were
rained out and he didn't have to
worry about the score, and when
the Yanks got fifteen runs in the
first inning. six more in the second,
and two or three in the third -.
Mel Helm, center on the New
York Giants championship pro
team, is one of the most remark
able athletes in the country g..
Mel has just completed his six
teenth year of football and is look
ing forward TO sixteen more q.
His total playing time must be
wreckoned in weeks, not hours or
days, and altogether he has snap
ped the ball far enough to girdle
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-15
Today's Sports Parade

the earth He shows little wear
or tear and resents the Giants
practice of using two teams per
league game 1T takes fell
low two Sundays to play one ball
game" he said SeabiScuit
worked out at Santa Anita between
races yesterday and he was ham
died as though he really were going
to race He was taken to the
paddock, saddled, and then to the
post where he broke Don't
overlook Dauber when the Santa
Anita hundred grand" race comes
along The big fellow that Bud
dy Fogelson bought for $4,000 last
summer is sound again and turned
in a corking mile workout the other
morning Al Schacht, baSeball's
funny man who is out here figur-
ing on some movie work, thinks it
borders on Sacrilege to mention
the names of Walter Johnson or
Ty Cobb in the same breath with
other ball players Note to
those who have written concerning
the possibility of showing the Olym-
pic games film: I have no ideas
as to how they may be secured e.
Make Rosenbloom, the former
light-heavyWeight champion who
now operates a mite club with a
show as daffy as his boxing style,
thinks that Make Baer lacked
but one thing to become the great
est fighter of all time And the one
missing element was the heart.
Johnny,s Doegs tennis come
back will begin and end in Florida
this winter His lack of ground
strokes will take care of that
Sam Snead, never one to brag,
has openly declared that the ma
tional open golf championship
won't elude him this year Mel
Harder is the only pitcher Joe Di
Maggie fears He can get me
out faster than 1 can get to the
plate" Joe says Joe also
thinks that Stanley Hack is the
only standout player on the Chi
cago Cubs team that the YankS
murdered last autumn
And even he couldn't make our
club" Di Mag said
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-15
Central CaIexico Quintets
Installed as loop Choices
Bulldogs Whip
BrawIey, Spartans
Rouf Imperial High

CaleXiCo displayed victory BAH
nCrS and weeping towels simultan-
eouSly Saturday. following the
BulldCes surprising 1925 victory
over Brdwley high varsity hoop
sterS Friday night III BraWley IN
the first conference game of the
st asOn
CaleXico basketball fans cheered
because of the upset victory, wept
because Ted Sandez. who led the
Bulldogs. will not be eligible to
rl7y after next Tuesdays contest.
On Wednesday SanGez will reach
his Goth birthday. Sandez scored
II points Friday night.
CaleXico's victory installed the
Coyingtonmen as cofayori;es with
El Centre. defending champions OF
The League The Spartans won as
they pleased against Imperial Fri
day nighl in the El Centre GYM
nasium. Fifteen E. Centro players
contributed to the 36-12 win.
Bill Payne and Sammy Fisher
led the FL Centrans with and 13
points respectively. Payne played
good defensive ball and outdid
himself in ball handling
In preliminary games El Centro
Bees dropped Imperial Bees. AS
and Imperial Gees upset Central
Eighties. 1911
CaleXico Bees dropped a 36-l6
decision to Brawley Bees.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-15
Ton,rnyFarr
Will Appeal
Decision

NEW YORK, Jan. Ia. up
Tommy Farr can't win one in
the ring so now he's going to
try to talk himself into vic
tory.
He and Joe Gould, his man
ager. will appeal to the New
York State Boxirg commission
next Tuesday TO reverse the de-
cision that was handed i'm at
Madison Square Garden last
night after Farr and Red Bur
man had gone 10 rounds in a
$3.50 fight-the worst showing
Tommy has made in his five
bouts in this country.
Gould and Farr will raise the
classic cry of 1--WE WIZ robbed"
Burmau got the decision. On
the United Press score sheet he
deserved it. winning five rounds.
losing three and dra wing OH
two. Judges PATSY Haley and
Eddie Forbes gave it to Burman,
but Referee Pete Hartley called
it a draw.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-15
l.. 4. PRODUCE

LOS ANGELES, Jan. IS. UP)-
Trading was generally slow for
Friday Tomatoes showed a slight
ly easier tendency. Lettuce and
squoSh were about steady. Other
commodities were mostly dun to
steady.
Lettuce: Steady. |. V. dry pack
Is 90c-$1.1 crate. IS 75-90c; Phoc-
nix & Yuma IS 75-S5c; local loose
soc crate.
Peas: Steady. Orange Co. BUSH
> u &c; San Pedro 6-7c; |. V. 6-7Hc;
san Diego Co SIC; Coachella Wy g.
7c; Oxnord 5-6c; Santa Barbara o
17c; Carpintcria bu hampers $3.50
2.75; OXnard 81. 1.75-2; China peas
Coachella Wy 13-14c.
Squash: Dull. White summer !. V.
crates So 5O-2.65. san Diego Co lugs
$1.75-2; local $3.50; Italian !. V.
S1.75-2; San Diego Co lugs 100
2; local lugs 81 .50-I75; yellow
crookneck !. V. flats $1.50. Banana
$4,000 $500; hubbard $30.00-35. 90.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-15
Bench Warming
By Burdette Kinne
Post Press Sports Editor

Colonel, you're going to snap
out of it You and I are going to
see the opening game of the season
together
He was lying and both OF them
knew it. bu, once again faint
smile came across the Colonels lips
and he dropped into sleep again
Ruth tiptoed to the door. brushing
at his eyes. and as he passed Bren-
nan ne said: That's the first time
the Colonel ever called me Babe
he always called me Ruth before. .
Tonight there was issued a list
Of honorary pail beares and down
in the list is this brief notation
Babe Ruth, TO represent former
Yankees"
Rupert had been III since las:
April. Best known as the owner
of the Yankees. he also was d sue
ceSsful brewer and a wealthy oper-
ator in real estate. In later years
MS interest turned more and more
to baseball and his only order %
men who ran his valuable baseball
properties was-"Win the pennant. =
Money was no consideration. He
lost thousands OF dollars because
he insisted that the Yankees so
into the world series and win in
four straight games if they could.
The owners do not begin to share
II world series receipts until aftel
the fourth game: the players get
i. all. He paid the best salaries
in baseball and got the best men.
When other clubs complained -hat
the Yankees were dominating base
ball, the Colonels answer was
Build your team up to ours.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-15
Bat Man to
Perform Sunday

Headlined by Jimmy Goodwin
only Licensed Bat Wing Flyer" in
the United States the CaleXico
lodge of the B.P.O.E. will stage a
two hour air show at the Munich
pal Airport Sunday afternoon be-
ginning at 2:30 p. m.
Jimmy Goodwin the Bat Man"
will thrill the spectators with his
Bat Wing" flight when he balls
out of an airplane at 10000 feet
above the earth and with home
made wings strapped to his body
will DO all the acrobatics performed
by an airplane including wingovers,
stalls. dives, and spins for 5000
feet before he opens his parachute.
The act to be performed at the
airport tomorrow will be the same
as the visitors at the worlds fair
will see this summer Goodwin
has been engaged by the fair to
stage this stunt each afternoon
landing in San Francisco bay.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-15
l.. A. STOCKS

Los ANGELES. Jan. IA. tUP)-
Prices in all but very few transac-
tions refused to bulge from yes
terday's close in trading on tRe
Los Angeles stock exchange today
OF Al issues crossing the board
sales OF 36 We"e recorded at un-
changed quotations.
Transactions included: Broadway
Dept. Store common 800 shares
up y l.. A. Industries 100 share'
2%. down Is; Transamerica 200
shares 67s, unchanged; Bandini
Pet. 700 shares AZ, up 4; Consoli-
dated Oil 18 shares 8A, unchanged; !;
Richfield Oil 100 shares 9&. up u;
Richfield Warrants 100 at 2B, un >
changed; Standard of Cal. 100
shares Z7a, unchanged; Union OIL
100 shares 1917. unchanged; Chrys-
Ter ii shares 1914, unchanged; Gen.
Motors 30 shares 47% unchanged; !;
Goodyear 100 shares 343s. unchang-
ed; Lbckheed 100 shares 80, up / y :;
Menasco 200 shares Az, up q I;
Ryan Aero 200 shares 7, up y;
Edison common 200 shares 24B
up "a the 6 per cent pfd zoo
shares 20, unchanged; Southern
Pacific so shares 19h, unchanged.
Approximate volume Of sales.
13 900 shares: five issues. none
down 26 unchanged. -.is.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-15

ears of the best teams in the
Pacific Coast area.
The pitching star of the Ell Cen
tro team will be aided by Mike
Hunt, former home run king of the
Coast league, Rip Russell of the
Chicago Cubs, Bob Gibson, of Oak
land Oaks. Irving Jeffries of the
Portland Beavers, Bus Adams of
Sacramento, Joe Andrade anG Rob-
ert Elliott.
Yuma will bring much stronger
team to Ell Centro Sunday than
the club that dropped an 8-6 deci-
sion to the Starkmen one week ago.
Dumler will deliver the FIRST
pitch of the ball game at 2;3O
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-15
Jaycees Meet
Bearded Cagers
In Gym Tonife

Ell Centro junior college basket
ball team prepared for a second
straight beating at the hands of an
invading team tonight at the Ell
Centro gymnasium. This time it
was the House of David that
threatened to further mar the rec
ord of the Arab cagers.
Tonights game will be closely
played. however, because the House
of David always play games that
way. Trick shots, trick formations
and tricks will be used when the
bearded cagerS decide to stop scor-
ing and play around.
In a preliminary game, starting
at o'clock, the jayceeS will meet
MeXicali. The feature game will
start at 8 o'clock.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-15
CHICAGO GRAINS

CHICAGO. Jan. Ia. (UP)-Wheat
prices moved in very narrow
range near previous closing levels
IN dull featureless trading on the
Chicago board of trade today.
At the close wheat was off IL to
a cent corn was off % cent, and
oats were 4 to 2s cent lower.
Corn prices dragged a little in
slow trading. Local receipts were
estimated at 112 cars. the largest
for any day this week, but county
offerings were reported as extreme
ly light.
Buenos Aires corn closed frac-
tionaIly lower. No export business
was reported in American corn.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-15
cy BIanton Signs
Pirate Contract

PITTSBURG. Jan. "A. 1UPJ-
The signed contract by Pitcher Cy
Blantcn was received today at
headquarters of the Pittsburgh
Pirates baseball club.
He was the sixth Pirate player
TO sign lis 1899 contract. The
others were Arky Vaughan, John
ny Rizzo. Ray Mueller. Heinie
Manusch and Mace Brown.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-15
Berkeley Bears
Defeat Uclans

los ANGELES. Jan. 4. CUP)-
California's basketball Giants out
classed U. c. L. A. $3.50 in the op-
ening game of the conference,
southern division. last night.
Big Bill Cgilvie. center. led the
scoring with IS, Tipping in five
field goals at the start before the
Bruins hardly touched the ball.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-15
Horton Smith
Grabs Golf Lead

SEQUOYAH COUNTRY CLUB.
OAKLAND, Jan. IA CUP)-With a
two under par SO, to match his
identical score on opening day,
Horton Smith. elongated Chicago
professional took the lead today at
The end Of SO holes of play in the
$4,000 Oakland open tournament.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-15
Midgets Resume
Events Sunday

It required a two month layoff
to put the Imperial Playground race
track in shape and reorganize tie
Midget association but on Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 Is cars will vie
for top honors in what is expected
TO be a race classic.
Cars from San Diego. Arizona
and Imperial Valley will speed
around the improved racing sur
face. according to ICRA officials.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-15
Stanford Upsets
.Trojans, 42.39

PALO ALTO, Cal, Jan. IA. CUP)
Stanford and U. S. G resume Pa
cific coast conference basketball
rivalry here tonight in a game
which will compete their opening
series in southern division compe-
tition.
The Indians. defending their 1893
crown. scored an upset 42-39 VIC
tory over the invading Trojans last
night after unleasing a powerful
scoring drive in the last five min
utes Of play.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-15

Jacob Rupert. owner OF the new
York Yankees. who died Friday
after a prolonged illness.
But. because Harry Ferguson.
United Press sports editor. knew
the Colonel far better than We.
this space is turned over to Harry
for a day.
NEW YORK. Jan. IA. tUP)-Col.
Jacob Rupert died Friday but IN
the last. dark hours before he set
out on the great adventure he
somehow found the strength to
stretch out a white hand and make
friends again with Babe Ruth.
The road that these two travel
LED together for so long-Ruppert
as owner OF the New York Yankees
and Ruth as the teams greatest
player-forked into two lonesome
trails on the day in 1884 when
Ruth left the Yankees, bitter and
dissatisfied man. Since then they
have been apart.
Death has been on the doorstep
of Ruppert's apartment for a
week. suffering from a complica-
ton of diseases. the baseball mag
nate has been growing weaker.
Last night he was in an oxygen
tent when the telephone tangled
and Al Brennan. his secretary.
answered it.
Come Right Up
Hello. Al" said a booming voice.
This is Babe Ruth. I want TO
see the Colonel"
Come right on up, Babe" Bren-
nan said.
Then Brennan tiptoed to Rup-
pert's bedside and whispered:
Babe Ruth is coming up to see
you"
Rupert took long time 10 give
his answer and when he did ii was
only one weak word: Fine"
So Ruth came up, fmnbling awk-
wardly with his hat his big moon
face more serious than it had ever
been before.
Rupert had dozed off and it
was a nalf hour before he spoke
again.
7 want to see The Babe" ne
said.
Hes right here beside the bed.
said nurse.
A weak smile lifted the corners
of Rupperts mouth and one hand
went shakily out toward The Babe.
Both of Ruth's big brown hands
hands that had given Rupert end
less hours of JOY when they gripped
a bat and arched home runs into
the stands-were thrust out toward
The bed.
Grip Hands
They gripped hands for mo-
nent and nobody spoke. Rupert
was too weak TO talk Ruth s
throat was too full of whatever it
is that sorrow puts there. Then
The Babe swallowed hard and
said huskily:
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-15
Meade Premier
HiaIeah Rider

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. IA CUP)--
Jockey Don Meades sensational
comeback campaign made him pre-
mier rider today of the current
Hialeah Park meeting.
Meade. allowed his first mount
at Hialcah on the tracks opening
day Wednesday after his suspension
of more than two years, rode three
winners. Thursday he had two
more firsCs and yesterday scored
another double" for total of
seven winners. Eddie Arcaro was
closest behind with five firSts.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-15
T.. A. LIVESTOCK

Los ANGELES, Jan. 13. UPl--
Hogs 1O0 steady. Bulk $3.50; top
S35: sows 6.S5.
Cattle 500 steady: medium steers
3.75 few heifers down. Cows
$751;. Cutter grades 4.25 $50.
Bulls 6-6.75. Calves $50. Steady,
'ew vealers 10-1050. Other $50
down.
Sheep none. Medium to good and
choice wooled lambs SO