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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-21

Board members in addition to
Mrs. Olsen, Mrs. Harrison and
Mrs. Lane, who are expected to
attend with their children are Mrs.
r. r. Meyer, Mrs. Bert Harrison,
Mrs. William II. Rae, Mrs. Ray
Quinlivan, Mrs. Burton L. Vaughn,
Mrs. F. T. Treichel and Mrs. Rus
sell Neff.
The Optimissus held their install
lation of officers at banquet dur
Ing the early part of the summer.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-21
Dskoisns House Guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Chase

Mr.. and Mrs. John Kaiser. Of
Yankton, 8. D.. are house guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. y. Y. Chase. Dur
ing their stay they have taken
trips TO Mt. Tacoma, the Bremen
ton navy yard and around Hood
Canal.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-21
C.P. S. Sororities Continue
With Summer "Rush" Psrties
Kappa Sigma Theta TO Entertain at Say Picnic Supper
Al w. w. Paseoe Home; Alpha Beta Epsilon
Plans DELIGHTFUL Summer Cruise

The last two in series of rush parties for girls
registering this fall the College of Puget Sound for the
first time will be given week when Tuesday Kappa
Sigma Theta enertans and Thursday when Alpha Beta
Epsilon is hostess to the group
At the charming Seiacoom lake home OF DR.. and mrs.
w w pascoe Kama Sigma Theta sorority girls will be
hoseses for informal afternoon and picnic supper Hours
are to be from until 8 o'clock.
Southern motif is to be carried out and the afternoon
will be spent at games and swimming, with late picnic
sunper Heading the rush committee in making the plans
Miss Florence Mclean Assisting her are the Misses Betty
CoIo aadE rn,a1l
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-21

Sorority girls who will be host
esses include the Misses Frances
Tarr. Phyllis Anderson, Cora At
kinson. Doris Day. Carol Pratsch,
Margaret Hueston, Ruth Raymond,
Shirley Scott, Evelyn Shaw, Kay
Sutherland, Katherine Nelson,
Dixie Thompson. Betty Edwards,
Evening star., 1939-08-03
Listerine Makers Agree
To Drop Dondruff Claims
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Federal Trade Commission
said today the Lambert Pharmacal
Co., st. Louis, had agreed, under
stipulation, to cease representing
that Listerine antiseptic cures or
permanently relieves dandruff,
"kills the danruff germ" or at
tacks the cause of dandruff."
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 3 (P.-John L.
Johnston, president of the Lambert
Pharmacaf Co., in a statement to-
day referring to the agreement with
the Federal Trade Commission on
Listerine advertising, said:
1T is now recognized that, as
pointed out in the stipulation, dan
druff is sometimes caused by a germ,
and is, in fact, the most frequent
scaly disease of the scalp, but the
view that dandruf is always a dis
ease, although held by some eminent
medical authorities, has not been
wholly accepted by the medical pro-
fession. Listerine antiseptic
gives relief from infectious dandruff
by killing the germs"
Evening star., 1939-08-03
Toft's Friends Lay Plans
To Line Up Delegates
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 3.-While they
awaited his expected formal accept
ance Of an invitation to seek the
Republican presidential candidacy,
friends of Senator Taft laid plans to-
day to line up delegates for him in
the party's national convention.
Soon after the Hamilton County
Republican Executive Committee
had urged Ohio's Junior Senator "to
allow his name to be used as first
choice of Ohio's delegates, his po-
litical associates indicated they
would campaign intensively for
pledges in the Central States and
Far West. They said Republicans in
Indiana, West Virginia and Ken
lucky, as we'll as Ohio, could be
counted on for support.
Members of the committee even
discussed preliminary plans for q
Nationwide campaign.
Should Senator Taft be nominated
and elected, he would be the third
Cincinnatian to become President
William Henry Harrison was the
first, and the Senator's father, the
late William Howard Taft, the
second.
Evening star., 1939-08-03
Convention Of Pi Phi
To Open August Is

Members Of "a chapters Of Pi Phi
National Scholastic Fraternity rep
resenting eight States will meet for
three-day session at the Willard
Hotel beginning August 16.
More than 100 members are ex-
pected to be on hand for the event
which is being sponsored by the
Washington Omicron Chapter for
the first time since 1917.
The convention program will in
Evening star., 1939-08-03
Taft
Continued From First Page.)

this consent would interfere with
the right of the people of the State
to select national candidates of their
own choosing.
"As an Ohio matter, therefore,
shall be willing when the time comes
to give my consent to have my
name designated as the first choice
by candidates for delegates through
out the State I cannot say how
greatly complimented I am by your
action, and I hope you will express
my sincere gratitude and apprecia-
ton to the other members of the
committee"
The county committees resolution,
adopted late yesterday, urged Sem
ator Taft to let his name be used as
the first choice of the Ohio delegates
to the 1910 Republican convention.
Ii said his political record land
the frank way in which he states his
opinions on the great public ques-
tions OF the day all combine to make
him national figure of the first
rank"
Friends of Senator Taft have been
anticipating statement from him
all week. so that his supporters in
Ohio could begin a formal campaign
for delegates. An Ohio law requires
that person running for conven-
ton delegate must list his first and
second choices for the presidential
nomination and submit written au-
thorization from the designated
men.
Republican House members from
Ohio met at luncheon yesterday,
and afterward Representative Sec
combe, one of the group, issued a
statement saying Senator Taft has
the confidence of people of all classes
as we'll as business and industry"
The Senator is serving his first year
in Congress. He was Ohio's "favo-
rite son" candidate for the presi-
dental nomination at the 1896 Re-
publican convention, but allowed the
delegation to support Alfred M. Lam
don, the subsequent nominee.
Favored by Bricker.
Gov. John w. Bricker of Ohio,
who also has received mention as
possible presidential aspirant, said
recently that ANY presumption that
I am a candidate is not So" He ex-
pressed the opinion that Senator
Taft would make good President.
Presidential booms have been un-
der way for some of Senator Tafts
Republican colleagues in the Senate
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan
has indicated willingness to accept
the nomination, and a publicity
campaign has been started in behalf
of Senator Bridges of New Hamp-
shire.
The name of Thomas E. Dewey
New York district attorney, also
has figured in Republican presiden-
tial talk, along with various Re-
publican Governors and few House
members.
Evening star., 1939-08-03
Social Security Board Head
Named for New Term

President Roosevelt today nomi-
mated Arthur ]. Altmeyer of Wis
consin for another term on the So
cial Security Board, of which he is
now chairman. The new term will
expire in 1945.
The President also nominated Ray
Atherton of Illinois to be Minister
to Denmark, succeeding Alvin M
Owsley, who has resigned. Mr..
Atherton is at present Minister to
Bulgaria. ~
Evening star., 1939-08-03
Congress
(Continued From First PAGE

NCOI1tlluoQ from f1TSL FdRe.J
and that social security tax revision
could not be effected this year.
Senator Nye. Republican, of North
Dakota, one of those who listened
to Secretary Wallace's plea, said
there was a good possibility the
committee would put the commodity
credit funds back into the deficiency
bill
Mr.. Wallace argued that if the
price-supporting loans of the Com
modify Corp. were not continued
the price of corn might drop to
Is cents a bushel or less" and other
commodity prices might sag.
Representative Rogers, another
who appeared before the committee
said she did so at the request of
Secretary Perkins, who wants
$1,000 600 instead of half that
amount appropriated for the wage
hour administration to build up its
enforcement staff. The House ap-
proved Sl,UOO,OOU.
Frank Seeks 100000.
Jerome Frank. chairman of the
Securities and Exchange Commits
sion, sought restoration of $102 ,000
to finance regulation of the overtime
counter markets, complete an in
vestigation of the investment trusts
and maintain representatives of the
S. E. c. in London.
Spokesman for the Federal Hous-
ing Administration protested that
the House had denied authority to
spend $500, 900 of the F. H. A. income
for administrative expenses, result
ing from additional activities ordered
by Congress. They asked that this
be remedied.
Altogether, the House cut the de-
flciency bill $161, ,7O0,0 900, below the
estimates of the White House Budget
Bureau.
Wallace Fears Price Drop.
Around the $119 600. 900 farm item
centered the possibility that Con-
gress would be carried over into
another week. Senate approval of
the fund, when the deficiency bill is
taken up tomorrow, would bring on
another battle with anti-New Deal
ers in the House.
Secretary Wallace told reporters
yesterday that unless the money is
provided, corn prices would drop to
1882 levels, wheat would 60 down
and prices of cotton, dairy products
wool and rye would be affected seri-
ously.
Another row simmered in the
House. Amendments to revise the
wage-hour law can be called up TO,
debate, but leaders said no decision
had been reached on whether to in
clude them in the pre-adjournment
schedule. One set Of the proposed
changes, the President has said
would doom 2,0O0, 900 of the country's
lowest paid workers to unconscion-
ably low wages.
The decision to give the housing
bill test was announced by Rep
resentative Rayburn of Texas, the
Democratic leader, just as the House
quit last night. He told reporter.
later that despite the 193-to-166 de.
feat Of the big lending measure, "the
city fellows" wanted the housing
vote.
Other sources added that the pur.
pose Of the housing advocates was te
fix responsibility for the legislation's
defeat. just as Mr.. Roosevelt sale
was done when the House votec
against considering tae lending bill
After the House rejected the farm
fund the administration put oppo-
nents Of the commodity credit loans
on notice that the farm program
was in their hands. The loans are
made to farmers at levels above
commodity market prices, in orde,
Evening star., 1939-08-03
McGroth Heads R. +. c.
Examining Division

Appointment of Matthew ]. Nc
Grath Of st. Charles, Mimi, as
chief of the Examining Division Of
the Reconstruction Finance Corp.
was announced yesterday by Chair
man Emil Schram.
Mr.. McGrath succeeds Sam H.
Husbands, who has become a di-
rector of the corporation. The new
chief examiner entered the service
OF the R. F. c. in March, 1882, and
was made assistant chief Of the Ex-
amining Division in October, 1894.
Evening star., 1939-08-03

to prevent surpluses from lowering
prices
Mr.. Wallace said at his press con-
ference:
"If it is the intent of Congress to
do away with the commodity loan
program. the farmers should know.
1t is conceivable that action of this
sort would bring us back to price
situation as serious as in 1882"
The agriculture head also spoke
his mind about the defeat of the
Evening star., 1939-08-03

clude stag smoker, tea dance, for
NAL dinner dance, sightseeing trips
and the usual business sessions.
Richard v. W. adams of Washing
ton. grand president Of the fra.
ternity. will preside at the opening
meeting.
A special Convention COMMITTEES
has been meeting at the hotel weekly
and will continue the preparatory
sessions until the main convention
opens.
Evening star., 1939-08-03

lending bill, which he blamed on the
Republicans. He called the minority
the best organized and most ire
sponsible opposition seen here for
many years"
What do they have to offer?" he
asked They have nothing but op-
position"
The House vote rejecting the farm
loan money was by a narrow mar
gin, 116 to no
Debate brought out that the Com
Evening star., 1939-08-03
Fishina Law Passed

The Senate passed and sent to the
House yesterday legislation which
would give the consent of Congress
to interstate compacts to establish
uniform fishing regulations along
the Atlantic seaboard.
Evening star., 1939-08-03
HoIifux Relief Drops

HALIFAX P).-Direct relief cost
the city of Halifax, exclusive of
grants to the Red Cross, $240, $40
during 1898, decrease of $36, ,272 as
compared with the previous year.
Evening star., 1939-08-03

Sweden used more American cot
ton last year than in 1887.
Evening star., 1939-08-03

modify Credit Corp. has but SO, 1000, :
900 left uncommitted with which to
continue its program.
Evening star., 1939-08-03
As an Aid in
High Blood Pressure

Mountain Valley Water tends TO eliminate
che accumulated wastes and dangerous
toxins which invite and intensity High
Blood Pressure. Phone MET 1862 for 4
case OF this celebrated Mineral water from
Hot Springs. Arkansas, today
Mountain Valley Water Co.
1905 X st. NV NE. 1082
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-05-04

Representatives of Bluffton college
attended the Ohio Student Confer
ence on Public Affairs on the cam
pus of Ohio Northern university,
last Friday and Saturday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-05-04
TWO Damage Suits
FOlIOW Auto Crash

Two damage suits have been filed
in the Toledo federal district court
against M. r. Bixel, Bluffton physi-
clan, following an automobile acci-
dent four miles south of Bluffton
two weeks ago.
Robert Fontecchio of Iron Noun
tain, Mich, seeks $4,000 for in
juries allegedly received in the ac-
cident and his daughter-in-law Nancy
Fontecchio of Green Bay, Wis.,, asks
$4,000 damages.
The accident occurred at the in
tersection of the Lincoln highway
and the Allen-Hancock county line.
The Fontecchio car was travelling
eastbound on the Lincoln highway
when the accident occurred. They
charge that Bixel who was on the
county line road failed to observe a
safety stop and crashed into their
car.
The Fontecchios who were taken
to the Bluffton hospital following the
accident left for Johnstown, Pa, on
Monday of last week. DR.. Bixel who
received minor injuries has resumed
his medical practise.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-05-04

Leavenworth he crawled thru five
miles of sewers to freedom. Just to
make things more uncomfortable for
federal officers, he made the escape
within 18 days after he was taken
to the institution,
Once in Toledo, Stratton boasted
the city jail would not hold him. De-
tectives wagered it would. Before
their eyes, he picked the lock Of
his cell and walked out, then handed
them chisel he had had concealed
on him. Perhaps you would &C.
cept this little gift" he said.
Placed back in the cell, he broke
out again Immediately. This time
he handed the detectives saws
my token of regard. Reply of the
officers was unprintable.
A former student at one of the
midwest universities, Stratton was
the member of the national fra
ternity. He was so proud of the
affiliation that he had the Greek
letters of the fraternity tatooed on
his arm.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-05-04
Tomatoes Two Million Dollar
Crop In Manatee County, Florida

Tomatoes really mean money to
Florida farmers, j. P. Bessire, form
er Bluffton resident who now lives
in Nashville, Ind, commented this
week in sending data on a bumper
crop to The Bluffton News.
Bessire spends his winters in
Florida, and during that time has
become interested in the tomato
crop at Manatee county, surrounding
Bradenton. This year tomatoes ex-
ported from the county are expected
to be worth nearly two million dol
lars.
In part an article sent by Bessire,
runs as follows:
Jack Thorne of the American
Fruit Growers, Inc, which concern
handles large part Of the tomato
movement from the county, estimat-
ed that the Manatee county crop, in
Guiding that which is raised at Rus
kin, just across the line in Hills
borough, will total around 1900 cars.
PRICES HOLD UP WELL
Now, carload of tomatoes is CTS
lugs. Today the rice runs from $2.25
for better grade tomatoes down to
SIPS for poor grade. That is un-
der last weeks level, but still a
satisfactory price. Figuring it out,
one finds that 1900 carloads would
be S77,500 lugs. At 81 lug that
would total S1,755,000. So there you
are when one figures neat little sums.
At any rate, the tomato growers
are having "a real break" in this
spring of 1889. Especially the Man
atee county area with its irrigated
farms, which have wells to supply
water when the weather is dry
And sure enough, the weathermar
failed in his job of bringing April
showers, so Manatee's irrigated
truck farms have all the best toma-
toes, and most Of the tomatoes, now
going to market from Florida.
CANNERIEs STEAM Up
There's a lot of tomatoes grown
in our fields which never get to the
table in their original form. Fol-
the next several months tomatoes
processed in Manatee county can.
neries will be on the tables OF
hundreds of thousands of persons il
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-05-04
Pleasant View

Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Sutter and
family of Toledo were over Sunday
guests in the Mrs. Samuel Rickly
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. ROLAND Koontz are
the parents of a baby girl. Mrs.
Koontz was formerly Miss Mildred
Krautter of this place.
Miss Mary Louise Whistler gave a
miscellaneous shower in honor of
Mr.. and Mrs. Oren Doty in her
home, Friday evening. The young
couple received many beautiful
gifts.
Mr.. and Mrs. |. f. Harris were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Emil Teegarden of Leipsic.
Rally Day will be observed at the
View next Sunday morning with the
young folks in charge. A special
program is also being arranged.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Habegger and
little daughter were Sunday guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas of Vanlue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight Frantz and
daughter Carol Jean spent Sunday
evening with Mr.. and Mrs. William
Burkholder of near Bluffton.
The Misses Mildred and Hazel
Wynkoop, Margaret Habegger
Nellie and Arleen Steffen were Sun
day guests of Livona and Donald
Harris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland Frantz and
son Roger spent Sunday evening
with Mr.. ard Mrs. Emory Basinger
of near Bluffton.
Mrs. Mary Hamilton and daugh-
ters Sadie and Tillie of Orange
township We're Sunday afternoon
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. E. Y
Frantz.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-05-04
DR.. Weldon Diller Physician Attending
Prince Of Jail Breakers In Last Hours

DR.. Weldon Diller, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John A. Diller, of this place,
was the attending physician last
week at the death of Clyde STRAIT
ton, 56, alias the Duke, known to
police as 'the prince of Jail break
ers''.
DR.. Diller is resident physician at
Robinwood hospital in Toledo, where
Stratton's death occurred.
Sensational escapes were made by
the jail breaker from the Ohio Peni-
tentiary in Columbus, the Illinois
prison at Joliet, the federal prison
at Leavenworth, Kansas, and a
score of other penal institutions of
the country.
1t was Stratton's boast that no
jail could hold him, and his escape
from the strongest prisons of the
country seemed to bear out his
statement. Claims were made that
he never used the same method of
effecting escape more than once.
His criminal career dated back
to 1902 when he was sentenced to
the Ohio penitentiary from Wood
county on burglary charge. He
escaped in 1904. In 1908 he was re-
captured and was paroled in 1909.
In 1910 he drew another prison
sentence but escaped by scaling the
wall. Recaptured, he was returned
to the prison in 1912, but escaped
again two months later.
His methods of escape were novel
and varied. When he gained his
freedom from the federal prison at
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-05-04
Consumers Start
Saving Tax Stamps

Beginning last Monday "Save Your
Sales Tax Stamps" was the new
motto adopted by Ohio consumers,
as the new style sales tax stamps
with redemption value of three
per cent went into use thruout the
state.
Under provision of new law,
the consumers portion of the tax
stamp will be redeemable at three
per cent of face value when pre-
sented in amounts of S100 or more.
Thruout this week an agent of
the state tax commission will be in
Lima to receive unused tax receipts
of the old variety which merchants
have been unable to dispose of and
which they wish to obtain refunds.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-05-04
Pandora

Lester Harkness is getting along
nicely after having an operation for
mastoid at the Lima Memorial hos
pital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Owen Hoffman are
the happy parents of baby boy
born to them Sunday at their home
in Pandora.
Richard Steiner and Floyd Mis-
wander both Students at Ohio State
university in Columbus spent the
week end at their homes.
Dr. and Mrs. M. B. Rice celebrated
their eighteenth wedding annivers-
airy, Sunday.
Sam Hilty who has been layed
up for some time following an oper-
alton is able to be up and around
again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Suter are the
happy parents of baby boy born to
them at the Bluffton hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Chase of
Lima spent Sunday with the Davey
, sisters.
Miss Ruth Bixel, teacher in the
Dayton schools spent the week end
at the home of her father, Noah
Bixel.
Lue Lehman who has been layed
up for sometime is not feeling as
well at this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Neuensch-
wander and daughter, Mrs. Kenneth
Kaufman and family of Ft. Wayne,
Ind, spent the week end with rel
atives in Pandora.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Steiner and
son Jimmy of Ft. Wayne We're Sun
day visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. Noah
Steiner and family.
Rev. Herbert Eicher of Cold
water, Mich, is spending a few
days with Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Blk
Ter.
The new sidewalks and curbing
is making a great improvement in
Pandora.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Steiner and
family spent Sunday with their
daughter Mrs. Wilbur Thompson and
family IN Perrysburg.
Coral Donaldson was hired as
ianifar fa,. IL pordora schools cuc
ceeding Adam Bixler who is retir-
ing thihs year.
Buying two cans of canned soup
at time is a great help when un-
expected company arrives for a
meal. A single can, or two different
kinds, cant be used--but two cans
of the same kind solve the problem
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-05-04

this and other states. For the can
merry people take all the tomatoes
that are too ripe to be shipped, and
can them. They take also the to-
matoes which, while sound, are not
of perfect shape, or bit too small
to command a good price in the
market. Finally, when a field is
picked for market the last time,
comes the Gamers crew and they
clean it up so far as removing the
fruit is concerned. The tomato pack
in Manatee county is a pretty big
business in itself. Has been grow
ing each year for more than a de-
cade. Not all these tomatoes are
marketed under the local Gamers
labels. Hundreds of thousands of
cans are put up for big food store
concerns which have their own
brands. They are Manatee tomatoes
just the same and are well regarded
by the trade. That is why tomato
canning has become big thing
here. Time was when what was not
sent to market lay in the fields and
rotted on the grounds a loss which
today has become profit for the
growers.
GROWERS FEELING STRONG
Just now the average tomato
grower in Manatee county is feel
ing pretty well, thank you. Grow
ing conditions have been to suit.
The general run Of the product is
good. The marketing situation is
the most favorable in years. Old
debts are being wiped out, new bank
balances have been created and are
growing. A happy condition, which
will mean much Of benefit to the en-.
tire community throughout the Give
over" season. That, with the truck
er, is the summer period when his
truck acres lie fallow under cover
of grasses which keep the eartf
cool and moist until "breaking up
time comes alon late in August ant
early September, when he gets dowr
to work again.