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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Suit For Compensation
Is Filed

A suit involving provisions of the
state workman's compensation law
has been filed in common pleas court
by the attorney general of Ohio
against L. L. King, Findlay dairy
man.
The petition sets forth that the
suit is brought by Thomas j. Her.
bert, attorney general, on behalf of
Jack Richard Lansdowne." 1t is
averred that Lansdowne was injured
June /, 1888, while in the employ of
King and that King, notwithstand-
ing he was employing three or more
men as provided under the work
mans compensation law, was not a
subscriber to the state insurance
fund under that law.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Ministerial Group
Loses Officers

The Hancock County Ministerial
association was without officers last
week as a result of their being as
signed to new pastorates following
various denominational conferences
held this summer.
Rev. c. E. Jeffers, Arlington, the
president, was assigned to Lucasville
by the Ohio Methodist conference in
Delaware.
Rev. John Whistler, vice president,
who resigned his post as pastor of
First Church of God in Findlay, and
Rev. Melvil r. Frey, secretary-treas-
urer, assigned to pastorate of the
Evangelical Congregational denomin-
alton at Hubbard, near Youngstown,
were the other officers.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Ruse Fails, Woman
In Jail

A 27-year-old Findlay woman was
being held in city Jail last week on
a technical charge of investigation
after she allegedly resorted to a ruse
in an attempt to obtain a dress be-
longing to another woman.
According to police, she telephoned
dry cleaning establishment and
represented herself as being the
owner of the garment being cleaned,
asking that it be delivered to a
downtown store where she would
pick it up.
The dress was delivered and mean
while the rightful owner came into
the cleaning establishment asking
for her dress. Operators of the
shop returned to the store, got the
dress and informed police When
the woman called for it later, Off
GERS were waiting for her.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Lima Band Misses
Worlds Fair Trip

Fifty children and young people
who had expected to leave by train
Friday afternoon for the New York
Worlds Fair as The Lima Harmon
lea and Accordion Band will be dis
appointed. They are not going.
Albert A Jones, Lima, manager
of the band, announced that he had
been unsuccessful in completing ar
rangements with a group of Lima
men to sponsor and finance the trip.
The band has $125 in its treasury
and needed $500 more to finance the
trip. !,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Lima Must Close One
Fire Station

Notified that funds are not avail
able to employ five additional city
firemen, Lima city officials prepared
to close Fire Station No. on East
Kibbey street in order to comply
with new state statutes.
Recent legislation limits working
hours of city firemen to 72 week,
and Chief Harry Tafinger reported
that employment of more men or
closing an engine house are the two
alternatives.
He said the Ohio Inspection Bu-
reau has held that the Kibbey Street
engine house can be closed without
impairing fire protection in south
Lima.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Findlay Bicycles Must
Be Licensed

The new blue and gold Findlay
bicycle tags authorized by an ordin-
ance of City Council several weeks
ago, have been received by Chief
Leo M. Larkins and were placed on
sale last week.
All bicycles must be licensed and
must display tag under the new
ordinance. License and tag will cost
25 cents for the first two-year
period, 1939-41. After that the fee
will be Is cents for each two-year
period.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
ALLEN COUNTY
Love Spurned, Man
Drinks Acid

DR.. Burt Hibbard, Allen county
coroner, blamed love for the suicide
of Dalice Lowell Shane, 27, who
died in an ambulance early Thurs
day while being rushed to Memorial
hospital. Coroner Burt Hibbard
said Shane drank quantity of
carbolic acid.
Hibbard said an investigation dis
closed that Shane had courted a
Lima woman who spurned him to
marry another. Dependency over
the affair was blamed by the coro-
ner who termed the death suicide.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Seek Funds For
tuberculosis


To cope with the rapidly increas-
ing number of tuberculosis cases in
Hardin county, the county commits
sioners have filed resolution with
the board of elections in which a one
mill tax levy will be asked of voters
at the November z election.
If the levy is passed by 65 per
cent of the voters it will be used
for the care and control of tuber~
culosis cases and dependent children
in the county. The levy would run
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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Only One Civil War
Survivor

Homage was paid to John Hart,
SO, only known surviving member
of the 21st regiment Ohio Veteran
Volunteer Infantry. Mr.. Hart was
the only one to respond when roll
was called at the 63rd reunion last
week in the w B. A. Hall.
Findlay will not soon forget the
part of the 21st regiment played in
the winning of the Civil War. Me-
mentoes of that great regiment are
to be found in different parts of the
city, and graves, holding its soldier
dead, are scattered through Maple
Grove and other cemeteries of Han
cock county.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
School tuberculosis
Tests Proposed

A conservative estimate reveals
there are at least 100 active cases
of tuberculosis in Hancock county,
it was reported Thursday evening
during a meeting of the Hancock
County Medical association in the
Elks' club.
The association went on record as
being in favor of an educational pro-
gram in Findlay and Hancock coun-
ty schools with a view in mind to
examining and testing all public
school pupils, instructors, bus driv-
ers and all cafeteria attendants in
the schools, for tubercular activity.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Seek Jobs For Men
Past 40

Mayor A. L. Metheany was named
chairman of Lima's city-wide weeks
job drive for men past 40 years of
age inaugurated last Monday.
Designed to obtain jobs for idle
workers of all ages, the campaigns
primary purpose is to place as many
men past 40 as is possible. The
drive is expected to considerably re-
lieve local unemployment.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Man Charged With
Bigamy

Serville G. Gose, 35, of Alger,
was bound over to the Hardin coun-
ty grand jury by Justice of the
Peace Foy Haudenschild on charges
of bigamy filed by Mrs. Nola Gose
of Kentucky.
The affidavit filed by Mrs. Gose
charged that the Alger man was di-
vorced in Alger, returned to Ken
lucky and married the complainant
and then returned to Alger and re-
married his former wife.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Handicapped Boy
Passes Scout Tests

Cheers for an Ada youth who has
battled the handicap of infantile
paralysis since babyhood resounded
as Honor Court Chairman z. B.
Wetherill of Kenton presented 16-
year-old Stanley Main, with a badge
denoting his successful passing of
Boy Scout tenderfoot requirements.
The boys wears a cast continu-
ously and gets about in a miniature
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Must Have Had Inside
Information

Earl Peneton, of McComb, OBJ
viously knows his pumpkins, but
when he guessed the number of seeds
in pumpkin at the Hancock county
fair last week, he must have had
some "inside" information.
Peneton guessed there were 403
seeds in the pumpkin. A careful
count showed there were 404.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Deaths Greater Than
Births

Twenty-four deaths and II births
in Hardin county during August
sliced the population some seven per-
sons, figures released by Mrs. Beth
Mckinley, secretary in the county
health office, revealed. Leading
death causes were: heart disease,
six; cancer, five, accident, two, and
suicide, one.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Three Arrested After
Accidents

Three motorists charged with hav-
ing caused as many automobile acci-
dents in Hancock county were ar
rested by state highway patrolmen.
They were Leonard Sutkes, 20, of
Chicago; William Which, rs, of
Jenera, and Peter Bond, So, of near
McComb. The first two were ar
rested for reckless operation and the
latter for failing to yield a right
of way.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Corn Damaged By Hail

A freak hailstorm which belabored
a section of Hardin county, south of
Kenton, with hail repeatedly almost
as large as eggs, caused minor dam
age. The storm missed apple and
peach orchards, loaded with fruit, at
the w. A. Mccullough and L. J..
Seller farms, but denuded much of
the corn in a four-mile stretch be-
tween the two places.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
706 In Ada Public
Schools

Ada public schools opened Mon
day with a total of 706 enrolled. At
the high school building, 184 girls
and 1876 boys were enrolled; at the
North grade school, 120 girls and
124 boys; at the South grade school,
29 girls and 54 boys.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Veterans Slow In
Claiming Bonus

Allen county has 10 World war
veterans or eligible dependents of de-
ceased veterans who not only have
not received their soldiers bonus
money, but have not even applied
for the adjusted service certificates
on which payments are based, it is
estimated by Millard w. Rice, legis-
lative representative of the Veter-
ans of Foreign Wars in Washington.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21

Some of the sheep are being ship
ped here from Canada, Indiana, Wis
consin and parts of Ohio for the
purpose of taking them to New
Mexico to show and to sell.
There are FIVE different breeds of
the animals in the fiock-Rambouil
let's, Delaines, Shropshires, Corrie-
dales and Cotswools.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Officials Win In $780,
900 Suit

Officials of Hancock county again
are winners by virtue of a ruling
by Judge W. T. Copeland, of Wapak-
oneta, on a demurrer of the defend
ants in $4,000 damage suit filed by
Hattie K, Cheney against the Han
cock county sheriff, the county COM
missioners, probate judge and Coun-
ty Home superintendent.
The plaintiff charges the officials
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Eight Violent Deaths
In August

Eight violent deaths were recorded
in Findlay and Hancock county dur
ing August, according to reports of
Miss Edith M. Houseman, registrar
of vital statistics for Findlay and
DR.. S. F. Whistler, county health
commissioner.
Thirty-five deaths and 48 births,
two of them twin boys, were report
ed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
HANCOCK COUNTY
Seed Cleaning Pro-
gram Under Way

The seed cleaning program by the
Jenera Cooperative portable cleaning
machine is under way and large
group of farmers already have had
seed cleaned in the southern part
of the county.
About $4,000 bushels of seed were
cleaned last fall with this equipment
and approximately 10000 bushels of
oats were cleaned last spring.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Findlay Woman Gets
State Post

Miss Gertrude Jones, of Findlay,
state Republican committee woman,
Friday was appointed to succeed
Ralph Emmons, East Rochester, on
the Civil Service Commission by
Gov. John w. Bricker
Gov. Bricker announced she will
take over the duties of commission
chairman, replacing Carl Smith, of
Kenton, who has been serving in
that capacity. Smith, a Democrat,
has a year to serve before his term
expires.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Fewer On Relief In
County

Charles Ansley, Hardin County
Relief Director, sees in gradually
decreasing direct relief rolls the
signs of returning prosperity.
although there are approximately
400 less persons employed by WPA
in Hardin county at this time than
in early September, 1888, there are
no more cases receiving direct re-
lief" Mr. Ansley. declared.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Too Much Heat,
Schools Close

Kenton public schools were closed
until Monday because of the in
tense heat last Thursday.
L. E. Mckinley, superintendent of
schools, said the action was taken
after several children suffered heat
and several teachers
became i'll.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Cholera Spreading
In County

Cholera is unusually heavy among
hogs in Hancock county this year,
Agricultural Agent Forest G. Hall
said Wednesday.
Mr.. Hall said one farmer reported
he lost 20 head of hogs recently
while a number of other farmers
also have reported. losses due to the
disease.
According to veterinaries the out
break this year is the worst in the
county since 1926.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Joe Powell Gets Cues
sing Contest Prize

Winners in the guessing contests
sponsored by the Hancock County
Hybrid Corn Producers at the coun-
ty fair last week were announced
recently.
Joe Powell, of Bluffton, and B. L.
Slusser, of Findlay, tied for first
place.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Founder Of Lima Re-
finery Dies

]. w. Van Dyke, founder of the
Lima Solar Refining Co. plant and
biggest individual contributor to the
Allen County Historical and Archae-
illogical society, died unexpectedly
at Jewish hospital in Philadelphia,
according to word received Thursday.
Van Dyke, known nationally as
"dean of the oil industry, was SO
years of age. He was board chair
man and former president of The
Atlantic Refining Co.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
School Transfer Peti-
tons Rejected

Petitions for the transfer of two
small tracts of the Findlay school
district to adjacent districts of the
Hancock County system were rejected
last week by unanimous vote of the
Findlay Board of Education.
The board contended that in each
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Husking Contest May
Be Revived

The Hancock county corn husking
contest may be resumed this year if
interest among farmers war
rants it, County Agricultural Agent
Forest G. Hall said Thursday.
The contest was dropped last year
due to lack of interest but from the
number of inquiries received so far
this fall it may be held.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Lima Night School
Ranks Second

The Lima Y. M. C A. night school
which opens the week of Sept. 25,
has grown steadily the past few
years until at the present time it
stands second in Ohio and seventh
in the United States in cities of
100000 population and less, accord
ing to ]. H. Eckford, general sec
retary
This year 13 courses will be Of
fered to business and professional
men and women who wish to continue
their education while working.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
400 Want Wheat
Insurance

Four hundred ninety Hardin coun-
ty farmers have applied for wheat
crop insurance for 1910 with nearly
1000 signed to comply with pro-
visions of the wheat control act,
Chairman J. o. Sherrick of the
Hardin County Conservation Com
mittee declared this week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Central Ohio Head
Wins Honor

An award for meritous service, the
first of its kind to be given by the
Rocky Mountain Electrical League,
was presented recently to A. w.
Conover, vice president and general
manager of the Central Ohio Light
& Power Company of Findlay.
Mr.. Conover also was presented
the Forbes Honor at the annual
convention of the Edison Electric
Institute held in New York City in
June.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Shelter House At
Van Buren, Lake

The state conservation and nat
ural resources commission has ap-
propriated an additional $500 for
building shelter houses at the new
state conservation lake now under
construction at Van Buren.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

work on ships, s1,62O to $4,000 a
year; galley designer, S3,800; air
carrier inspector, s3,s0O; head scien-
tist-astronomer at Naval Observa-
tory, Washington, S6,500; and seam
stress, $1,320. Full information may
be obtained at the post office.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Takes Sheep To New
Mexico

Corda Arm, well-known farmer of
north of Kenton, will leave Thursday
for New Mexico where he will dis
play and sell 275 head of sheep,
some of which are prize winners and
received honors at fairs in midwest
ern states during the summer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
November Ballots To
Cost S4O9

Contract for printing 53,505 bal
lots for the November elections to be
held in Lima and other Allen coun-
ty communities was awarded to the
Delphos Printing and Publishing
Co. by the Board of Elections.
The Delphos firms bid was $409.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Townsend Candidates
Enter Field

An additional election contest was
assured this week when three candi-
dates, sponsored by the Townsend
Labor bloc, filed for the Lima Board
of Education. They will oppose
three incumbent board members.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Railway Employees Re.
called To Work

Approximately so furloughed Lima
railroad employees have been re-
called to work this week as gradual
improvement of business was noted,
Baltimore & Ohio and Erie officials
said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Burned In Asphalt
Explosion

Ernest Phillips, North Baltimore,
employed at the National Refining
Co. in Findlay, suffered severe burns
on hand and arm Monday when
an explosion occurred in an asphalt
still.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Colonial Finance
Pays Dividend

Directors of the Colonial Finance
company of Lima last week an
nounced regular dividend of 81 per
share on common stock of record
Sept. IS, payable October 2.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Lima Police Expert
MarkSmen

Lima police officers captured top
honors at a revolver and pistol shoot
held at Springfield last week, bring
ing home II prizes.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21

with a conspiracy to confne her first
in the Hancock County Home and
later in the Toledo state hospital for
the insane.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21
Civil Service Exams
Announced

The u. S. civil service commission
has announced omen competitive ex-
aminations for the following posi-
tions: Engineering craftsmen for
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21

case the signers represented less
than half of the total valuation of
the territory designated for transfer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-21

automobile especially built for him
by his father and friends.
Evening star., 1939-10-05

the glittering, high sounding gen.
eralities about saving civilization"
but We don't know what lies under
meath the surface. We don't know
what chunks Of other nations terri
tories they may be offering neutral
nations to join their side. If they win,
will they write more terrible treaty
than they wrote in 1918? Will Eu-
rope be torn to shreds, the swag
divided again and this time if we go
into the war will we have to main
tain an army abroad to stand guard
over the wreckage? This would
mean universal military training
and conscription at home and bill
lions of taxes upon the people of
this country for countless genera
tions. 1t is clear that we cannot
preserve democracy abroad simply
by taking sides in this war.
It is equally clear that we will
destroy it at home if we become
involved in the war. Remember
that we are the only powerful Nation
left where democracy is still alive
and working War is democracy's
greatest enemy. 1t cannot live under
war conditions. If we enter the war,
our own democracy would be the
first casualty. Then we would in
evitably have a dictatorship such
as we have never seen before. In
the very nature Of war psychology
labor would be virtually conscripted,
collective bargaining abrogated, the
farmers would have their prices
fixed, business would be regimented
if not taken over by the Govern
ment, the press and radio would be
censored and men from 81 to IS
drafted to fight overseas.
Might Never Return.
I fear that after the war is over
we would have a difficult II not an
impossible task in trying even to
restore democracy here at home.
The world would then be in a state
Of chaos and collapse, revolution
would inevitably be rampant. In
such situation plausible argu-
ments would be made to continue
the dictatorship. Those political
parties and persons responsible for
Our getting into the war would then
hesitate to restore full rights to the
people, lest in wrath, disillusionment
and suffering the people would pun
ish those they blamed for thsir dead
and their misery.
You know that the slogan makers
are busy again. This is to be a war
to save civilization" instead Of
democracy. The trouble with that
cry is that modern war cannot
Evening star., 1939-10-05

achieve its objective. It cannot do
SO because it destroys such vast
quantities Of manpower and wealth.
Economic collapse follows In the
wake Of modern war just as certainly
as night follows day. This Is one Of
the tragic lessons we should have
learned from the last war. More
than three hundred billions Of dol
lars Of wealth was destroyed In that
war. Great Britain, France and
their allies tried to squeeze the last
drop from the fruits Of victory.
They took millions of square miles
Of territory, billions Of marks in
reparations payments or in pay
ments in kind and yet despite all
they exacted at Versailles, economic
collapse seized the victor nations
Evening star., 1939-10-05

and shook them to their very foun-
dations.
One thing we can be sure Of in
this war is that the advance Of
science and invention since 1918
will make the destruction much
greater than In the last one. I am
convinced that 4 few months after
this war is over, no one will be able to
tell the victors from the vanquished.
Suffering, chaos and collapse will
be abroad In every nation which
has taken part In the war. For
those reasons I think 1t is Just so
much eye-wash to say that unless
We get into this war and bring about
. victory for Great Britain and
France that the NaNs will begin to
attack nations In this hemisphere.
I do not believe any nation or group
OF nations can arise from the ashes
OF wars destruction to challenge
the most powerful Nation on the
face Of the globe.
Let's Suppose Nazis Win.
But for the sake of the argument,
and in order to try and think the
whole thing through, let US suppose
that the Nazis win, and that by
some miracle they make the fruits
Of victory compensate for the de-
struction Of man power and wealth
they themselves have suffered and
let US further assume that they
then decide to begin military and
naval operations across 5000 miles
Of ocean In this hemisphere. I say
that In such an eventuality then
Is the time for this Nation to grid
Its loins for war. A war fought with
this hemisphere as base, where all
tho advantage of thousands of miles
Evening star., 1939-10-05

Of ocean would be on our side, where
We would be operating from 4 COM
paratively sound economic and
financial base and. equally impor-
tant, where We would not be de-
pendent upon allies whose past
record does not inspire confidence
and trust.
Make no mistake about 1t: we can
have an invulnerable hemisphere.
No nation or group Of nations can
successfully attack 1t II we but pro-
vide the necessary Army, Navy and
the bases needed for their efficient