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Evening star., 1939-07-12
April | Auto Tag Bill
Goes 10 President

District motorists will have until
April instead of March l to OBJ
tain their registration tags in 1910
and succeeding years if the Presi-
deent signs bill on which the Sen
ate completed action late yesterday.
The Senate adopted minor House
amendments to the measure, send
ing it to the White House. The
amendments include public vehicles
along with privately owned cars.
The purpose of the dill is to have
the District registration date COIN
eide. with adjacent States so that
persons moving across the line dur
ing March would not in future face
the necessity of paying another reg
istration fee for part of the old
year or stop using their cars until
April /.
Evening star., 1939-07-12
Speedy Approval
Seen for Truce Plan
Ont. Y. A. Bond Issue
Both Houses Expected
To Act Tomorrow;
President Fuvors Ii

Speedy approval was predicted to-
day for compromise legislation
worked out yesterday by Senate and
House conferees to enable the Ten
nessee Valley Authority to carry out
contracts for purchase of private
utilities in Tennessee, Mississippi
and Alabama.
Both Senate and House are ex-
pected to act on the conference re-
port tomorrow, and President Roose-
welt has given virtual assurance that
he will sign the measure when it
reaches his desk, probably Friday.
Representatives Andrews, Repub-
ican, of New York, and Short, Re-
publican, of Missouri, withheld their
signatures from the conference re-
port approving a new $61 500 900
bond issue to finance T. v. AS share
of the $78,600,000 Tennessee Electric
Power Co. contract and subsequent
purchases from the Commonwealth
& Southern Corp. in 27 North Ala
bama and Mississippi counties.
Representative Andrews, speak
ing for himself, and Mr.. Short said
that while they considered the COM
promise far superior" to the $780,
100000 bond proposal passed by the
Senate, lin justice to the Republic
an position in the House" they
could not sign the report.
Mr.. Andrews said the compromise
did not contain two provisions the
House advocated, a sinking fund
providing for the amortization of
the bonds and definite provision"
) restricting the territory in which
the T. v. A. could operate.
But Chairman May of the House
conferees, long a foe of T. v. A., said
the compromise agreement means
much to the stabilization of all
business"
The terms of that agreement" he
said, mot only reduce the proposed
bond issue from $1O0 100000 to SOL
100000, a saving of nearly $40,00O,0O
to the taxpayers, but also and pri-
marily earmark every dollar of those
bonds and define the territory, as
concerns the bond issue in question,
In which the money can be spent"
He added that T. V. A. could not
extend its operations beyond the
general limitations of the proposed
bill without further authorization
and appropriation by Congress"
Evening star., 1939-07-12
Honqs Self in Cell

CHEYENNE, Wyo., July u R.-
Lawrence Mark Phelps, 40, Mime
apolis, Mimi, hanged himself in the
Laramie County Jail yesterday. He
used strip of blanket to form q
moose. Phelps was brought here May
81 from Toledo, Ohio, on an indict-
ment accusing him of fraud in an
asserted horse race. deal.
Evening star., 1939-07-12
Nursery News
Choice items that have babies,
nurses and mothers all a.gog

Corter's Jiff-on Shirts, with a
tricky shoulder arrangement
that makes pins, buttons and
topes absolutely obsolete. Soft
cotton, Summer weight and
sleeveless " 4Oe
Pyrex Nursing Bottle with
screw top. Even if your little
lamb is the future worlds
champion heavyweight, he can
not wrest the nipple off.
Bottle ---------------25e
Nipples --------<-3 for 25e
Dri-crib DisposobIe Pads, po-
per with absorbent filler, for
use on crib, carriage or lap
Csc and 81 package
6utton-down- the front Dresses,
so easy to iron. Sweet hand
made offoirs in airy COT
tons ------------$l.z5
Playpron, a Lostex apron
Mother wears when she bothes
or changes her pride and
Joy -------------------$l
kIeinert's Pad Ponts with dis
possible pods. Eliminate diapers
and diaper woshine------6oe
SalsIith Teethins Beods-
mode, surprisingly, Of goats
milk -----------------50e
Evening star., 1939-07-12

A-Bye-Bye Bottle Warmer, a
super-boon for babies on w.
cation travels. Warns bottle
sofeIy-onytime, anywhere
without fire or hot water, $3.50
B-kIeinert's Shompoo Shade
keeps singing soap out Of
boby's eyes. With bottle Of
shampoo and wash CLOTH Use
c-Non-spiII Spoons save
mothers from inundotions Of
medicine or orange juice--10c
D-Boby's Pal Nursing Bot
tie Holder, leaves Mother free
while baby feosts -------$l
E-Eor Conformer-KIeinert's
snug cotton net cap that helps
prevent the protruding eors
that mar ones future
beauty ---------------50e
F-PIakies-eoy plastic rot
tie and teether r--------65e
Not illustrated:
curity Nursery Mask, cotton
safeguard against many
breoth-borne bacteria Use
Dee's Dri-ettes, absorbent pads
to help keep cribs heoIthfulIy
dry. In oxl2 and l2xl4 inch
sizes. Box--------------$l
Carter's Knit Wrappers, soft,
cuddly cotton to use as wrap
per or gown-------------$l
INFANTS FURNISHINGS. FOURTH Ftooa.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
ALLEN COUNTY
Third Tried In Beaver
dam HOldup

Woodrow McClurg, %, of Lima,
who pleaded not guilty after being
indicted with two others for the rob-
berry August 21, of the Blue Bell
restaurant in Beaverdam, changed
his plea to guilty Friday and was
placed on probation for two years
by Judge Neal L. Lora.
Imposition of sentence was with
held by the judge after McClurg's
attorney, Francis D. Durbin, pointed
out that the prisoner, a taxicab
driver, had not participated in the
actual hold-up but had acted as an
accessory by driving the others to
Beaverdam and return.
The other two were Arthur De-
trick, 21, of Lima Route 3, and Paul
Shaffer, 10, of Columbus, formerly
of Lima. Detrick is serving a 10
to % year sentence in the Mansfield
reformatory on his plea of guilty to
armed robbery. A jury found Shat
fer guilty of robbery and he was
given one to 25 year sentence.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
Two Vote RecOunts
In Ada

Recounts in three different contests
were asked for in applications filed
by Hardin county elections office
Wednesday of last week, the last
day for filing.
In the contest between r. S. Hover
(R) of Ada and Joe Breck (D),
candidates for the post of municipal
clerk, five qualified electors of the
district seek a recount of votes in
Precinct A, Ada. Under the official
count Hover received 555 votes to
Breck's 554.
Six Buck township electors filed
application for a recount in the con-
test between George Baus (D) and
Harold Richards (R) for township
trustee for which the official count
gave each candidate $40 votes. Rich
ards won the toss of coin and was
declared winner of the election.
Also in the contest for board OF
education in the Ada school district
| Lewis J. Willeke lost by one vote tt
Mason Tabor for one of the posts
Five electors have filed application
for a recount in Ada Precinct A
c. H. Freeman and Earl c. Huber
were elected to the board and th'
recount will be for a third member
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
Civil Service Exams
Announced

The u. S. Civil Service commission
announced open competitive examina-
tions for several different positions,
Howard E. Cooper, Findlay repre-
sentative, announced Wednesday.
The position and salaries are as
follows: Aircraft instrument me-
chanics, various grades, S1,320 to
$4,000 year, employed at Wright
Field, Dayton, and Patterson Field,
Fairfield, Ohio; orthopedic mechanic,
$4,000, Veterans administration; jun
ior engineer, $4,000; (all branches
of engineering); textile engineer, 81
GOO to $4,000, Agricultural Market
ing Service, Department of Agricul-
ture.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
GunshOt Wounds
Cause Death

Barthy Eckfeldt, go, Lima State
hospital inmate, died late Monday of
last week at the institution where
he had been in a serious condition
for several days. The cause of death
was given as complications resulting
from gunshot wounds received sew
eral months ago.
Eckfeldt, admitted from Guernsey
county had been charged with shoot
ing with intent to kill, DR.. E. H.
Crawfs, of the institution staff, re-
ported. Eckfeldt, according to rec
ords following a divorce action by
his wife, had become involved in an
argument with her. After firing at
her he turned the gun on himself
and was wounded in the chest.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
Findlay Tax Rate
Drops

A Findlay tax rate, lower by half
mill than last years rate, has just
been approved by the state tax COM
mission, County Auditor Frank H.
Huffman announced Friday follow
ing his return from Columbus.
The new Findlay rate will be 1850
mills as compared with 18 mills col
lected this year. The new rate will
apply first to the December Install
ment of general real estate tax. Tt
is the lowest Findlay tax rate in
five years.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
$4,000 Suit Aftermath
Of Crash

A suit for $4,000 damages alleg-
edly resulting from a train-auto
wreck in Beaverdam on Nov. IA,
1887, was filed Thursday by Willis
Mann against the New York, Chi
cago & st. Louis Railroad Co., other
wise known as the Nickel Plate.
The plaintiff charges that he was
travelling east across the intersection
of the roalroad tracks on Route BON
when his auto was struck by train.
Mann claims the car was demolished
and he suffered crushed chest, con-
cussion of the brain and other in
juries of a permanent nature.
The plaintiff accuses the carrier
of negligence in operating train
between 70 and rs miles per hour
across an unprotected intersection
during a snow storm, and alleges
that the locomotive sounded no warn
ing whistle or bell.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
Dry Vote Recount
Ordered

A recount will be started this
week by the Allen County Board of
Elections of ballots cast in Shawnee
township on the prohibition issue at
last weeks election.
The board granted request of
the Shawnee Taxpayers Association
for the recount after tabulation of
votes showed sale of liquor by the
glass was outlawed by a margin of
seven votes. The total was Ala to
407. Right to sell beer and wines
was retained, the votes showed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
Gets Autograph OF
Actress

Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Bogart, of
Findlay, went to Cleveland to attend
a convention and were back home
satisfied with the convention and an
autograph they picked up while in
the lake city.
The convention was held at the
Statler hotel where Constance Ben
nett was staying while making a
personal appearance at a Cleveland
theatre. The Findlay couple secured
her autograph on lace-trimmed
handkerchief when they met her in
the hotel lobby.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
Bags Snake Instead
Of Pheasant

Bill Edwards, Spencerville, was
hunting along the canal bank, north
of Spencerville, Saturday.
BY mistake Bill and his dog got
onto the farm belonging to farmer
who allows no hunting.
The dog made circle. Bill saw
something move in the weeds and
grass and fired.
Out came the farmer to have Bill
arrested. Bills pheasant or rabbit
turned out to be a blue racer snake
that measured almost seven feet in
length.
There was no arrest.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
HARDIN COUNTY
Strike Leaders Father
Dies In Crash

Abner Odell, SO, father of Okey
Odell, who led the violent strike of
onion workers in the Scioto marsh at
McGuffey and Alger in the summer
of 1884, was killed instantly We'd
nesday of last week when his car
was struck by an eastbound Erie
passenger train at the Shadley cross
ing, one-half mile west of McGuffey.
Odell, an oil-well worker, was
thrown more than 800 feet and
wreckage of the automobile delayed
the fast flyer, No. 16, speediest Erie
train in this section, almost half
hour.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
Flood Survey Is
Started

Residents of Findlay and Hancock
county were asked last week to make
out statement showing damage to
their property in the last 80 years
from flood waters.
The statements are wanted in con-
nection with a hearing by the War
Department on the subject of flood
control as provided by Congress.
This is the first real opportunity
that Findlay and the county have
had to obtain flood relief from the
federal government.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
Mrs. Fink Released
From Hospital

Mrs. Velma Baker Fink, %, Clyde,
Ohio, divorcee who, because of in
sanity, was acquitted by a jury at
Fremont of the Staying of her 10
week-old son, was freed last week
from the Lima State Hospital for
the Criminally Insane.
DR.. H. M. Turk, superintendent of
the hospital, and his assistant, DR..
E. H. Crawfis, testified at a 30-min-
ute hearing that since she was COM
mitted to the institution Sept. 25 fol-
lowing her trial, Mrs. Fink had
never shown any sign of mental abb
normality.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
New Mayor Slashes
Payroll

Mayor Frank McClain of Lima,
last week swung the economy ak 48
hours after taking office, when he
chopped IL street department work.
ers from the city pay roll.
Mayor McClain said working hours
of the 54 remaining employees will
be reduced and street repair work
curtailed for the remainder of the
year, but explained the step is ne
cessary to keep the department with
in its budget.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23

voted to pasture, herd of cattle
cropping the herbage all summer,
we'll has been drilled near the road
where stock tank of large capacity
furnishes a supply of water. The
fence rows have been cleaned of a
large growth of shrubs and new
woven wire fences have been erected.
Tiberias Main gave his name to a
school house situated across the high
way from his home.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
New Highway Is
Opened

The new Benjamin Franklin high
way, u. S. Route ga, is now open
between Findlay and Ottawa after
having been under construction since
early in the summer.
Traffic last week was flowing over
the 22-foot concrete roadway that
follows the right of way of the old
Tangent Line railroad from Ottawa
east to the Hancock county line.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
Less State Money
For Relief

Less money will be available from
the state for Lima direct relief in
December than this month.
This was announced Friday from
Columbus as the city was allotted
1859 of the $750,000 state distribu-
ton of matching money. Lima re-
ceived close to 81 900 for November.
The county ALLEGATION was listed at
s987. Other ALLEGATIONS for the dis
trict included Delphos, s246; Hard
in, $1,459; Putnam, S535.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
KentOn Firemen To
Repair Toys

For the fourth consecutive year
Kenton fremen will assume the role
of "Santa" to hundreds of deserving
children of the community. They
soon will begin the collection and re-
pair of more than one thousand
toys.
Approximately 1,500 toys were re-
paired, painted, and turned over to
child welfare organization last
year for distribution.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
Dog Breaks Glass To
Go Hunting

Lawrence Bolenbaugh of Kenton
is in the market for a new auto
mobile window glass-all because his
nine-year-old bulldog likes to hunt.
Afraid of inducements, Bolenbaugh
left "Pat" in his car when he left
his automobile to investigate what
another dog was digging for.
Pat chewed a hole in the glass
and wriggled out and Bolenbaugh,
himself a hunter, found her busily
engaged digging holes when he re-
turned. The window glass had been
left down about three inches to pro-
vide ventilation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
Mate Missing IL Years;
Asks Divorce

Dora Focht, who testified Thurs
day afternoon that she had not seen
her husband in II years, was grant
ed a divorce from William r. Focht
on grounds of wilful absence.
The woman told Judge Neal L.
Lora she was married to Focht Oct.
6, 1921, but that they lived together
only one year. Since their separa-
tion in September, 1922, the plaintiff
had received only two letters from
her husband.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
Baby Unhurt AS Car
Rolls Over Four
Times

Judith Lee, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Walter, of North Balti-
more, has had her second escape
from death or serious injury altho
she is only eight months old.
She was asleep in a crib on the
back seat of her fathers car when
it turned over four times after Mr..
Walter had swerved in an attempt
to avoid collision with another car,
in Toledo, and when the vehicle
stopped rolling, she still was in the
crib-with several minor scratches.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23

Ada, who is in the Ohio Northern
university engineering department,
to the state board of engineering ex-
arniners for term ending Sept. %,
1914.
Prof. Schmull succeeds Perry
Ford, Columbus, whose term has ex-
pired.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
Seek Rebuilding Of
Candy Plant

A Citizens Committee last week
started a drive for funds with which
to seek retention of the Runkle Co.,
whose candy factory, equipment and
stock were burned in a $250,000 fire
November 5.
The committee met to complete
plans for a house-to-house canvass
for donations, after the Chamber of
Commerce, Rotary Club and various
individual leaders had indorsed eff
forts to keep the company, its en-
ploying potentiality and payroll in
Kenton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23

relief rolls of Hardin county during
September, it was revealed in q re-
port released by B. w. Sweeney,
state relief examiner from the office
of State Auditor Joseph 7. Fergu-
son.
The total cost of relief in the
county was set at s3,954.02 for the
month, Sweeney's report states.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
Shoots Hunter, Then
FleeS

I. c. Montague, 43, was shot in
the right arm while hunting on his
farm five miles northwest of Lima,
by another nimrod who fled without
offering assistance after the mishap.
Ralph Hart, of Lima, Montague's
companion reported they were hunt
ing about 8 a. m. when a man on
the other side of the small field fired
apparently at pheasant.
After Montague was struck by
several buck shot, the unidentified
hunter jumped over the fence and
ran for the road.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
PUTNAM COUNTY
Open War On Slot
Machines

Prosecutor Ferd Warren and
Sheriff Arnold Potts have issued
warning that all slot machines in
the county must disappear in short
order.
The order is that all machines
must be taken out of business
places and out of operation. Ma
chimes which are not removed from
public use will be confscated, the
officials report.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
Corn Shipments Are
Quite Heavy

Heavy shipments of corn and soy
beans are being made from the two
Ada elevators as the harvest
reaches a peak in the district.
More than 10000 bushels of corn
and $4,000 bushels of soy beans have
been shipped to date. Most of the
corn is an overflow from a near
bumper crop in the district, farmers
retaining filled cribs for feeding.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
Skin Testing Campaign
To Start

A skin testing campaign among
900 seniors in public and parochial
schools in Allen county will be in
augurated within the next few days.
This was the advice Friday of Mrs.
w. E. Leonhard, executive secretary
of The Allen County tuberculosis
and Health association which is
sponsoring the campaign.
Mrs. Leonhard made it clear that
the campaign is not compulsory.
Consent slips" are now being dis
trfbuted to the children to secure
the consent of parents for the tests.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

allotted S24,878 for a non-federal
project to improve the new Van
Buren lake and park area on Rock
Ford creek for public recreational
purposes.
The money will be used for the
construction of fish shelters, picnic
and recreational facilities, roads,
trails, bridges and shelter houses on
the state-owned property.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
Giant Timber From
Native Tree

The primitive forests that covered
the face of Hancock county before
the dawn of civilization sent some
tall timber skyward. On what was
formerly the Peter Rettig farm in
Van Buren township, now within the
village limits of Jenera, stands a
barn that is rs feet long and the
plates of that length are hewn from
single sticks of timber. One of the
tall hickories growing on the farm
furnished this piece of timber.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
Hardin Twins 80
Years Old

Gus and Dolf Brown, well known
Hardin county twins, celebrated their
80th birthday Friday at their home
in Dudley township.
They were born in Marysville but
came to Hardin county when they
were 10 years old. Since that time,
scarcely a distance of five miles has
separated them, and they claim they
have been closer lifelong friends than
most twins.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
S61,252 More For Put
nam Farmers

The second consignment of AAA
checks for Putnam
county farmers will be distributed,
increasing to $4,000 the amount Of
federal money disbursed in the
county for cooperation with the agri-
cultural program.
The checks number 500 and aggre-
gate in money S61,252.97. A month
ago 600 checks, totaling 100000 were
distributed to farmers.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
Tax Rates Higher I'm
20 District

Tax rates for the new year were
completed last week by County Audi
tor w. B. Wilson who said the new
rates show increases in 20 of the
county's 90 taxing districts. Pleas
ant township has the lowest rate,
seven mills, while the highest rate is
that of 22.20 mills in McGuffey. Ken
ton has a rate of 1910 mills, or 8
mills higher than last year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
ROOtlegger Nabbed By
Agents

A three months investigation of
the source of illegal and untaxed
whiskey in the area of Hardin and
Auglaize counties by the Ohio De-
partment of Liquor Control cul
minated last Wednesday in the ar
rest of Ray Van Horn, Route SO,
Lakeview. Hardin county.
State and federal agents caught
Van Horn with gallon of alleged
untaxed whisky in his possession.
They also found a cache capable of
holding 500 gallons of liquor.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
Star Gridder Lost In
Mishap

Quarterback Bill Ambroza will
play no more this season with the
Lima South High school football
team which has won seven games
and tied one. Bill was shot in the
right leg in a hunting accident. He
will miss the traditional South Cen
trail game on Thanksgiving.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
JObless Benefit Pay
mentS Lower

In line with "new 1889 lows" thru
out the state, October disbursements
through the FindIay office of the
Ohio unemployment compensation
were IL per cent under the previous
month.
The Findlay office disbursed s3,806
to 438 claimants.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-23
Two Held On Gamb-
ling Charge

Harry Bash and Harry Armen-
trout, of Kenton, were charged with
operating gambling devices after Po-
lice Chief r. r. Clark led a raid
against their place of business which
he classed as a 'bookie". A teletype
machine, broadcasting outfit and a
number of bookmaking pads were
confiscated Chief Clark said.