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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-09
NEWS OUR FATHERS READ
FROM ISSUE OF OCT. II, 1912

Miss Myrtle, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Glenn Strahm, was married to
Mr.. Van Nicely, of Detroit, Michi-
gan, in that city last Saturday.
One of the largest house funerals
ever conducted at country home
was that of Mr.. Ephraim Miller at
his late home, three miles east of
Bluffton, Oct. 7, 1912. w. A. Brun-
dige, nephew of the deceased,
officiated. Ephraim Miller was born
Dec. "a, 1847, and departed this life
Oct. 5, 1912, aged Ga years, 8
months, IL days. >He was united in
marriage to Eliza A. Ewing, March
II, 1877.
Tuesday the case of the village
Of Bluffton against the Western Ohio
| Railway Co. was heard in the
Supreme Court of Ohio. The case
| goes back over five years, the rail
way company alleging that the
| $4,000 assessed them on the Main
| street railway construction was in
excess by several thousand dollars
The case was fought thru the com.
mon pleas and circuit courts and is
now up for its final hearing.
Frank and Charles Danner, sons
of Conrad Danner, of this place
sold their grocery store in Detroi
last week. Frank will return t,
Bluffton temporarily.
| Gid c. Hilty, the expert plane
tuner, left Tuesday for Harrison
| Arkansas, where he has accepted
position with a piano firm.
Miss Nellie Eaton, who took
course in domestic science, in De
troit, left Saturday for Minneapolis
Minn., to accept a position as dieti
clan in the Northwestern hospita
in that city.
Jacob Nonnamaker, who left her
two weeks ago for Arlington, Ne
braska, returned home Saturday
He was accompanied by Miss Stell
Nonnamaker.
William Strayer received wor
that his son Boyd was married t
Miss Emma Bertz at Waken, Wash
ington, last Thursday. They will re
| side at New Port, Idaho, where Nj
Strayer has charge of the ferr
boat. Boyd and Fairie Strayer lei
here seven years ago and they bot
like their western homes. Anothe
brother, John, has also resided
the same territory for over a yea
| A pretty girl baby arrived at tn
home of Corporation Clerk Charlie
Miller and wife on Lawn avenu,
Sunday forenoon.
| George Combs sold his furnitur
business Monday to Henry Leonar,
of Ft. Recovery.
GERMAN SETTLEMENT
Mrs. Peter Bucher, of Missouri,
visiting friends in the Settlemer
since last week.
| John Suter, who is staying wit
DR.. Sutter at the Bluffton sanitoi
ium, had stroke of paralysis a fe'
weeks ago and is gradually GROWN
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-09

Inter-class basketball games are
now being played in girls tourna-
ment under the direction of Miss
Eleanor Letter. Freshmen, sopho-
more, Junior and senior teams are
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weaker.
Mrs. Isaac Zuercher, who has been
visiting relatives IN Missouri, re-
turned last week accompanied by her
mother, Mrs. Gerber, who intends to
stay here until spring.
Amos Reichenbach is no doubt the
most successful potato grower in
the Settlement. He has grown 100
bushels from a little over half an
acre.
Aaron Myers, who for the last
two years has been working for Ira
Moser, surprised his many friends
by getting married Tuesday after
noon to Miss ley Swaney, daughter
of Sam Swaney, of south of Bluff
ton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-09

Rev. Melvin Frey, pastor of the
Trinity Congregational church, Find
lay, was the speaker at an assembly
meeting last week. His subject was
Temperance.
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SHORTS IN SPORTS

Bluffton college. The only teams with
better record were Wooster, Toledo
DeSales, Wittenberg, Alfred Hol-
brook, Ohio State, Ashland and Gin
cinnati in order named. Ashland, an
other Bluffton opponent, won II and
lost 5. Cedarville was in 18th place
with 10 wins and five losses. Def
ance college won five and lost nine;
Findlay had five wins and II defeats
and Bluffton won five and lost 10.
*&
Bluffton college will open its grid
season next fall in a game with Ken
yon in the new Lima stadium on
September g. 1t will be a night
contest according to tentative arrange
ments. The last college game played
in Lima was in 1881 when Bluffton
and Defiance battled to scoreless tie.
After running up tring of IL vic
tories Bluffton Boosters dropped their
first decision of the season to Lima
Westinghouse last Wednesday night
by score of Al to 81 The first
three quarters were close, the scores
standing: 9to Z, Westinghouse; IL to
Ia, Bluffton and "a to %, Westing-
house Diller paced the scorers OF
both teams with a total of IA points
Moore, of Westinghouse, got 13.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-09

Three Bmffton High opponents of
the regular season are not faring so
badly in sectional tournament play,
and two of them have excellent chanc-
es to qualify for state tourney COM
petition at Columbus. AT Dayton,
Bellefontaine is among the survivors,
and has a good chance to go on thru.
Wiltshire is still in the running in
the Class B tournament at Shawnee,
other survivors being Delphos st.
Johns, Buckland and Dunkirk. In the
Findlay Glass A tourney Celina is
competing with Findlay, Fostoria and
Lima Central.
Mack Schaffer, of Columbus Grove,
former Bluffton college student, has
been named one of the six officials to
work in the state tournament at Col
umbus opening next week. Schaffer
has officiated many games for Bluff
ton High and Bluffton college.
+
Proof that the Northwestern Ohio
conference has teams of high calibre
is seen in the fact that Wilmington,
winner of the circuit crown, has the
eighth best record of all Ohio col
legiate crews. The Quakers won 13
and lost six during the season, one of
the defeats being administered by
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BLuftOn High School
Notes

Cast Of characters for the senior
class play, Stephen Foster, was
announced last week by 2. w.
Stauffer. director. The title role in
the production will be played by
Herbert Oyer. Others in the cast
include Bettye Lewis, Lora Schultz,
Paul Soldner, Bill Holtkamp, Wilma
Nonnamaker, John Lloyd, Bonita
Clark, Mark Niswander, Richard
Mumma, Darwin Luginbuhl and
Mary Lape. In addition there will
be mixed chorus to sing several
of the best known Foster songs.
Financial assistance for The Cut
lass, student newspaper, is to be
raised by the sale of red pencils
with "Bluffton Pirates" embossed on
the side.
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Beidler.

3eidler.
Season results were as follows:
Bluffton 80; Vaughnsville II
Bluffton 27; Lima South 22
Bluffton 10; North Baltimore ~
Bluffton &c; Ada %
Bluffton 30; Wapakoneta 26
Bluffton 81; Wiltshire 30
Bluffton %; Columbus Grove 20
Bluffton 27; Celina 20
Bluffton 30; ST. Marys 13
Bluffton AZ; Bellefontaine 40
Bluffton 25; Ada %
Bluffton AZ; Van Vert 81
Bluffton 30; Wapakoneta Il
TOURNAMENT
Bluffton 30; Lucas 80
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BIRTHDAY DINNER

A birthday dinner was given in
honor of Rev. L. C. Davis and Sam
Amstutz in the Amstutz home, Sun
day. A birthday cake centered the
table at which the following people
were seated: Rev and Mrs. Davis
and daughter Guyneth of Van Vert;
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold E. Bixel and
sons Norman and Roger of Ada; and
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Amstutz, daught-
er, Doris and sons, Russell and Daryl
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-09

Just when the South was to be
aided by the Development of an in
dustry for making paper out of long
leaf pine, successful process for
reclaiming used news print is an
nounced.
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RECREATION NEWS

Weekly meeting of the Bluffton
Checker club will be held at the
home of j. A. Diller, this Thursday
night. In last weeks play Albert
Steiner was high.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-09

Mems volleyball play has been dis
continued for the remainder of the
season, it was announced Wednesday
by Gene Zuber, Bluffton recreational
director.
Evening star., 1939-11-29
Oklahoma Robber
Sentenced to Die
By the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, Nov. 29.-Federal
Judge Charles E. Woodward today
sentenced Jack Russell, 39-year- -old
Oklahoma robber, to die in the elec-
trio chair January S for the mur-
der of William Scott Hamilton, a
young Kansas City CKans) sales
man.
There was nothing brought out in
Russell's defense, the court observed,
that justified leniency. The Gov
ernment charged Russell committed
10 felonies from the time he es-
capped from the Oklahoma State
Penitentiary at McAlester July IL
until he was recaptured July is.
Russell heard the sentence with
out a show of emotion. He stood
before the judge with a three days
growth of beard on his face, dressed
in the same suit he wore at his
trial.
The almost nude body of Ham
ilton, shot once in the head, was
found in a ditch near Ringwood,
ILL.,, July IA.
Evening star., 1939-11-29
| Profiteer Ducuts
To Be Refused at
|
the Associated Press.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 29-The
Government, cracking down on spec
ulation in Army-Navy football game
tickets that sometimes has run the
price to 500 for pair. will penalize
the buyer this year if it can't catch
brokers who sell the pasteboards for
more than the regular p-ice-$440
each.
The Internal Revenue Depart
ment, in cooperation with the
service schools, has worked out a
plan for double checking all resold
tickets. Those sold for more than
their face value will be Cancelled
The speculator can't be prevented
from making a profit on the tickets
but the buyer can be barred from
using such tickets.
Capt. Frederick March, in charge
of West Point public relations. said
Federal inspectors will be stationed
in Offices of all licensed ticket brok-
ers to see that all tickets are
stamped 'resold,' with the resale
price.
Then, March said. when the
holder of such a ticket presents il
at the gate Saturday it will be
taken up in line with the message
on the back of the ticket: This
ticket will not be honored if resold
or offered for resale at more than
the price (S44O indicated hereon.'
Spectators who attempt to sell
tickets without a Federal permit
will be arrested, March said.
Evening star., 1939-11-29
Unemployed Demand
Food in Cleveland
Relief Crisis
Distribution Stations
Crowded os Many
Are Turned Awoy
BY the Associated Press.

CLEVELAND, Nov. 29,-Cleveland
unemployed crowded relief stations
again today, demanding food and
coal in the face of a financial
stringency which has forced the
city to curtail benefits.
An angry man threw bricks
through two windows at one sta
ton. At another a woman fell down
in a crowd and was trampled, but
not injured seriously.
Relief was being refused to adults
with no children, and to all unmar-
ried men. A worker at tine Broad
way relief station estimated Is to
80 per cent of the applicants were
being turned away. Some of them
were profane in their demands.
A woman cried:
Seven people. Two dollars and
four cents for five days food
What do they think I am?
If they'd give food to give
people a decent living, there would
MT be half the people in here"
A man, promised coal next week,
exclaimed:
mo, no, coal this week! I want
coal. I got kids at home"
Mayor Harold H. Burton, mean
time, was exploring the possibility
of issuing $2,0O0,000 in bonds
against delinquent taxes. The bonds
would be sold to the State Teach
ers' Retirement Fund. One official
said legal snags might prevent OBJ
tanning money from this source.
The city has slashed its 300
person administrative staff 25 per
cent, cut all relief orders 1914 per
cent, and reduced the rolls from
about 10000 to $4,000 by refusing
to aid $500 single persons and
another $500 childless couples, ex-
cept in cases of sickness.
Evening star., 1939-11-29
Plane -Warship Battle
Reported Off Norway
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
OSLO, Nov. 29.-The Norwegian
admiralty reported today a battle
was fought off the west coast, just
outside territorial waters, between
warships and bombing planes.
The encounter ended without
either side scoring hits that could
be seen from the shore.
Word Of the battle was relayed
to the admiralty by coast guard
station at Stadt, from which the
fighting could be seen.
A station south of Stadt reported
heavy gunfire in the engagement,
which began about 10:30 am.
Evening star., 1939-11-29
Food Prices Up 3.6%;
Living Cost Rises 1.2%

An increase of 3.6 per cent in the
cost of food during the three months
ended September Is sent the cost
of living for families of wage earners
in 81 large cities up IL per cent for
the period.
Secretary Perkins, reporting on
the increase today, said the rise in
food costs occurred largely between
the middle of August and the middle
of September. although the cost of
all items entering into the survey,
except rents, was above the June
level
In Washington the cost of living
increased II per cent and food
costs rose 81. New York was the
only city in which living costs in
creased more than 2 per cent. There
the figure was 25. Food costs rose
rs per cent,
Evening star., 1939-11-29
Agreement Ends
Chrys|er Tie-up, Auto
|ndustfy's 'sLongest
10000 Due to Go Back
To Work After 81 Days
Of CostIiest Strike
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
The Chrysler controversy
hinged on "slolo-do1Dn strike"
in the Dodge plant, key unit.
For ,Deek Dodge employees tUere
sent home each morning after
fen minutes 1Uork Then the
union ,DithdreW, charging that a
lockout" eristed. The company
declared the U. A. VIC. l. o. uas
trying to "control production"
1Uhile the union cenSured the cor
poration as unwilling to grant a
tair contract.
BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Nov 29.-The longest
and costliest DISPUTE in automotive
history, 54-day deadlock between
Chrysler Corp. and the C. I. o.
United Automobile Workers, ended
today with agreement on terms of
a new working contract.
Only ratification by union locals
was needed to put the contract into
effect and start $4,000 Chrysler
hourly emplt yes and an estimated
$4,000 others in sales departments,
automotive parts plants, rubber and
glass industries affected by the long
shutdown of Chrysler operations.
back to work tomorrow.
Chrysler spokesmen said auto
mobiles would be rolling off their
assembly lines by Friday and that
all plants would operate Monday.
Reported Provisions.
Informed sources said the new
contract, supplanting one which ex-
pired September 80, provided:
A general wage increase of
cents an hour for all Chrysler work.
ers and an added increase for en-
ployes in Chrysler's Marysville,
Mich, and Newcastle, Ind. plants,
the total increase estimated to be
about $5,000,OO0 annually.
Establishment of a four-man re-
viewing board, two members from
the U. A. VIC. I. O. and two from
the corporation, to settle any
grievances incapable of adjustment
through the routine procedure, with
provision that an impartial
mediator mutually agreed on by
the four members may be called
in as a 'ast resort.
Standards of production to be set
by the management, with the work.
ers permitted to carry objections
through the grievance procedure.
Agreement by the Congress of In
dustrial Organizations that its FORE
mems union will not renew a re-
quest for bargaining and will not
organize Chrysler foremen during
the one-year term of the contract.
mo union shop in any form but
the U. A. VIC. I. o. is recognized
as sole bargaining agent in the II
plants covered by the contract" !"
The union had demanded a provi-
sion which would require all Chrys-
Evening star., 1939-11-29
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. 29.-An air battle
between British combat planes and
a lone German raider over the
northeast coast of England today
resulted in bringing down the Nazi
plane at sea, British announce
ment said.
British fighters rose to meet the
raider when it was sighted ap-
preaching the Northumberland
coast.
Coastal residents lining the shore
watched the battle. After the in
vader fell lifeboat was unable to
find a trace of the planes occupants.
Another British steamer, the
1,023-ton Rubislaw, was added to
the list of mine victims off the
British coast. The Rubislaw sank
yesterday two minutes after striking
an explosive. Four injured survivors
Evening star., 1939-11-29
Nozi Air Raider Is Shot Down
off Northeast English Coast
Another British Steamer Sunk by Mine;
Allied Fleet on Alert to Sturt Blockade

were rescued by minesweeper and
l3 others were reported killed.
Scottish Areas Excited.
Three Scottish areas were excited
by aerial activity today. although no
raid alarms were sounded.
Planes were seen over the Firth
of Forth, an air battle was reported
over a Southwest Scottish town and
a plane, seen over another town,
was identified as German.
An air ministry announcement
identified the Northumberland raid
er as German Heinkel plane, which
"dived vertically into clouds toward
the sea-
Another authoritative account
said the Nazi plane dived into the
sea with clouds of smoke trailing
behind and both guns silenced."
Cryptic radio instructions from
Evening star., 1939-11-29

Washington policemen must keep
their hands out of their overcoat
pockets while on duty, blow what
may in the form of winter winds, a
new executive ruling declared today.
Placing batons-commonly known
as nightsticks-in the pockets is
also forbidden in the order issued
by Inspector William Stott, who de-
scribed these pocketing practices as
"slouchy in appearance, to say the
least"
The inspectors order follows:
1T he's been observed that many
members Of the department, wear
Evening star., 1939-11-29
Late Convention Plan
By President Draws
Republican Fire
6. o. P. Is Studying Plan,
But Won't Take Orders,
Hamilton Insists
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Suggestions for deferring the 1910
political conventions and thereby
shortening the Presidential cam
paign found some favor In both
parties today, but Republican leaders
declared they would not let Presi-
dent Roosevelt make the decision.
Although not espousing the idea
at this time, the Chief Executive was
described authoritatively at Warm
Springs, Ga, yesterday as having
discussed with recent visitors the ad-
visibility of putting off both Demo-
cratic and Republican conventions
until July or August. They usually
are held in June.
Economy was given as the reason
by some proposing the delay. Others
held that in these times of interna-
tional crisis a camapign lasting from
July to November would bore the
country and get little results in the
summer months.
Representative Otter of Penn
sylvania, chairman of the Republi-
can Congressional Campaign Com
mittee, asserted that such reasoning
was an effort to subordinate domestic
issues.
Not New, Hamilton Says.
Chairman John Hamilton of the
Republican National Committee said
in statement:
Mr.. Roosevelt's deep solicitude
about economy in political cam
paigns is very amusing in view of
his record. Taxpayers might well
wish ne would direct his economy to
Federal spending"
Mr.. Hamilton said the Repub-
licans were interested in a late con-
vention and had been studying the
idea for months, so that it was not
novel proposal.
1T seems to me, he added, "Presi-
dent Roosevelt is arrogating to him.
self a great deal of authority when
he undertakes to direct when the
Republican party should hold its
national convention. Repub-
hcans will not permit him to decree
when they shall meet and where"
On the Democratic side, Senator
Harrison of Mississippi, a recent
White House caller, said he was in
thorough accord with the idea of
holding the conventions off a little
bit" He thought it would be good
strategy for the Democrats to defer
theirs until September, leaving a
little more than month for the
drive for votes.
Republicans like Senator Vanden-
berg of Michigan, Senate Leader
Evening star., 1939-11-29
D. c. Police Must Keep Hands
Out of Overcout Pockets

ing overcoats, have formed the habit
of placing their hands in the
pockets, and, at times, carrying the
baton in the pockets. This is
slouchy in appearance to say the
least, and wears out the pockets of
the overcoats very rapidly. This
practice must be discontinued at
once or disciplinary action will fol-
low"
Inspector Stott notified all COM
pany officers to report all cases of
men with broken or defaced batons
and to have all such imperfect
sticks exchanged at once.
Evening star., 1939-11-29
Defense Taxes
Hit by Wheeler
And Borah
Senators to Oppose
Any Special Levyos
Hitting Little Fellow
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Senators Borah, Republican, of
Idaho and Wheeler, Democrat, of
Montana served notice today they
would oppose special taxes to pay
for increased national defense costs.
Both Senators said they felt that
if any such taxes were proposed.
they would be bound to fall on the
"little fellow who could least af-
ford to pay them.
The problem of meeting the rising
costs of national defense has been
receiving President Roosevelt's prin-
cipal attention in recent days. He
said at Warm Springs, Ga, yester-
day that normal and emergency de-
tense expenditures would be sep
arated in the budget for next year.
Into an "A" budget, he explained,
would go ordinary expenses of the
Army and Navy and into a "B"
budget would go approximately
$500 900 900 of proposed expenditures
which he said may be attributed to
the European war.
Borrowing Seen Alternative.
Mr.. Roosevelt said previously that
these increased expenditures posed
the question whether special taxes
should be voted by Congress to meet
them. The alternative, he said.
would be to borrow the money and
increase the Governments deficit.
Senator Borah said he could not
commit himself to any special tax
until he knew who would be ex-
pected to pay it.
TT all ends up. it seems to me. in
the nature of a sales tax-in other
words. a tax that puts the burden
on those who are not only least
able to pay. but who are wholly
unable to pay" he declared. Il
would not favor that
You can destroy the citizenship
of a country, its morale and its
worth almost as effectively through
taxation as you can through war
Senator Wheeler expressed the
belief that almost any kind of tax
that could be devised would fall
eventually on the little fellow"
adding: THE country wouldn't stand
for that"
Doughton Against Sales Tax.
Chairman Doughton of the House
Ways and Means Committee said
that since the administration had
made no tax recommendations, he
would not hazard guess as to
what the attitude of his committee
would be toward levying a tax for
defense funds in campaign year.
"Of course" he continued, "the
tax would not be collected until
after the election. but my idea is
that the best politics is to do right.
If additional revenue is necessary to
build up the country's defenses, pol
itics should have no consideration
in the matter"
Representative Doughton expressed
strong opposition to a general sales
tax
Meanwhile a House Appropria-
tions Subcommittee continued hear
ings on Mr.. Roosevelt's request for
an additional S271 ,999 900 for the
armed services as a result of his
order increasing the personnel of
both the Army and Navy and estab-
fishing the neutrality patrol.
Representative Woodrum, Demo-
crat. of Virginia. acting chairman,
said it was hoped to complete the
hearings tomorrow or Friday.
Evening star., 1939-11-29
Washington State
Feels Slight Quake
By the Associated Press.

6y the Associated Press
SEATTLE, Nov. 29.-The Great
Northern Railroad dispatcher said
stations along the company's route
from Scenic in the Cascades to
Wenatchee in Eastern Washington
reported slight earthquake shock
at 1:15 am. 4:15 am, E. S. T)
today.
Evening star., 1939-11-29
Kennedy Leaves London
For Flight to U. S.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
LONDON, Nov. 29.-United States
Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy left
by plane for Paris today en- route
to Washington. He was accom-
panied by his son, John, and Harvey
Klemer and Frederick Stevens Of
the Embassy staff.