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Evening star., 1939-10-16
Neville Is 6. w. u.
Homecoming Chuirmon

George w. Neville, chairman of
the George Washington University
Homecoming Committee last year,
again will serve in the same capacity
this year.
Announcement of Mr.. Neville's
appointment was made by President
Hugh Clegg Of the university Gen.
eral Alumni Association. The Star
in story yesterday enormously re-
ported In the headline that Mr..
Clegg was Homecoming chairman.
The homecoming celebration will be
November 2 through 1.
Evening star., 1939-10-16
New Lights OFF Cobb Island

LEONARDTOWN, Md, Oct. 16
(SpeciaD, New lights have been
placed in Neale Sound, marking the
channel OF Cobb Island in the
Lower Potomac River. They were
placed by the United States Coast
Guard at the request of Representa-
tive Sasscer. Democrat. Of Mary
land,
Evening star., 1939-10-16
Traffic Record

The traffic record, as revealed
at police headquarters for "a
hour period ending 8 am. yes
terday:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, So.
Motorists injured, 7.
Motorists arrested, 36o.
Pedestrians injured, 10.
Pedestrians arrested for vio-
lation of pedestrian control
regulations, 2.
The traffic record for 24-hour
period ending at 8 am. today:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, 81.
Motorists injured, 6.
Motorists arrested, Oil.
Pedestrians injured, 4.
Pedestrians arrested for vio-
lation of pedestrian control reg
ulations, 8.
Evening star., 1939-10-16
IA. F. n. Hurt

3 MIDDLEBURG, Va, Oct. 1e.-
Fletcher Harper, master of the
Farquier County Hunt, was recov-
ering at his home near here today
from bruised hip suffered Satur-
day, when he was thrown from
his horse during the hunt.
Evening star., 1939-10-16
HeoIth Group to Meet

The Takoma Park (Md.) Health
and Welfare Association will meet
tomorrow at 8 pm, at the Com
muntty Center, 8 Columbia avenue,
TAkoma Park.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
Sueing Highway
Worker Resigns

Resignation of Frank Mack, sus-
pended garage employe of Lima
division state highway department,
Thursday ended his part in court
fight in which he sought reinstate-
ment as chief mechanic.
Mack rendered his resignation in a
letter to O. c. Kohl, division en-
gineer. His resignation will become
official on July 7, the day that his
30-day suspension expires.
The garage worker was the CEN
trail figure in a mandamus suit
which held the spotlight in the third
district appellate court during April
and May. The case, brought by
Mack in interest of his reinstatement
to post from which he alleged he
had been denoted, was dismissed by
the court.
Mack also was involved in charges
of corrupt use of office charges
filed against Division Engineer
Kohl.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
55-Year-Old Lawn
mower Still In Use

The Friday before Decoration Day
At lawn mowers stood on the floor
of the Book and Taylor blacksmith
shop at Findlay all needing repairs.
By Monday night all had been called
out but two.
Every make of mower in existence
has been in this shop for repair.
The oldest was manufactured in
1884, in use for So years. 1t was
repaired and is good for many more
years. 1t belongs to Mrs. Meredith
Mcdowell on Cherry street. This
aged lawn mower has four blades,
six-inch wheels and cuts 18 inches.
1t is not ball-bearing but has just
plain metal boxings.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
Business Better In
Lima

Monthly survey of the Association
of Commerce showed industrial en-
ployment in Lima is up 1877 persons
over the preceding month, and 243
over May, 1888. Nearly all compari-
sons made indicated general improve
ment in business conditions, Secre-
tary F. O. Fockler reported.
Increases both over last month and
last year were shown in building per-
mits, gas meters in service, inbound
carloadings and outbound carload
ings.
Postal receipts showed the most
marked gain, rising from $21, ,089 in
May, 1888, to S26,197 in April, 1889,
andn s28,040 in May, 1889.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
Whoppers Caught By
Ada Anglers

Harold "Jerk" Lantz, avid Ada
fisherman made the best catch of
the opening day of the bass season.
He landed four-pound seven-ounce
beauty several hours after the bass
season came in. Friends endeavored
to learn where the catch was made
but Lantz was non-committal.
The largest carp landed in Hardin
county in recent years was claimed
by Ted Hubbel of Ada who caught
a 2O-pounder last week at Crofft's
quarry, northwest of Ada. Hubbell
labored several minutes before the
fish was brought to shore. Local
fishermen declared that it was diff
ferent species of carp than they
had ever seen.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
ALLEN COUNTY
Elderly Pair Held AS
Pickp0ckets

Preliminary hearings were set for
Friday in Municipal court in Lima
when John Johnson, 20, and his wife,
Mary, 63, pleaded not guilty to
charges of pocket picking. Bond was
set at $1,000 each.
The couple allegedly obtained $126
from George Schilling of near St.
Marys when the woman fell against
him in a Lima bus, apparently faint
ing. Her companion helped her
from the bus into taxi but Schill-
ing missed his purse before the taxi
could be started, and held them until
police arrived.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
Elderly Lady Killed
By Train

Miss Anna Alstetter, So, Ada resi-
dent, was killed instantly Thursday
evening when she was struck by an
eastbound Pennsylvania flyer at the
Main street crossing.
Miss Alstetter, witnesses stated,
started across the double tracks
after the crossing gates had been
lowered. He back was to the train
and as she turned around she be-
came confused and stepped into the
path of the locomotive.
O. V. Botkin, crossing watchman,
and D. C. Fisher, Ada resident, mar
rowly escaped being hit by the body
when it was hurled from the train,
landing on the station platform, half
a block away.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
Cooking School Is
Planned

Representatives of every farm and
home relief agency in Hardin coun-
ty have Joined in planning pres
sure cooker demonstration and cook
ing school for July 5.
The affair is under the general su-
pervision of County Agent B. E.
Bradford and Farm Security Admin
istration Supervisor Paul F. Dickey,
with the FSA home supervisor,
home economics teachers of the var
ious high schools, and representa-
tives of social welfare, charitable,
health and National Youth Admin
istration cooperating.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
IL Traffic Fatalities
In County

Allen couaty's traffic fatility toll
for the year increased to II with the
death of Miss Zelta Wells, 46, vice
president of the j. E. Wells COM
pany, Sidney grain brokerage con-
Germ, in Lima Memorial hospital last
Wednesday night.
Meanwhile two others, Glenn
Snavely, "a, of Mendon, who suffer-
ed injuries in the same crash in
which Miss Wells was fatally in
iured, and Dave A. Evers, 76, of
Delphos route 6, struck by car
while he was walking near his home
Wednesday afternoon were reported
near death by Memorial hospital at
taches.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
Protest New Junk
Yard Site

Ina F. Scott has filed suit in COM
mon pleas court at kenton against
Polene Silverstein, David Silverstein
and Max Silverstein, asking tenn
porary restraining order and per-
manent injunction against the de-
PENDANTS.
In her petition the plaintiff says
that the defendants are the oper-
ators of a junk yard and used auto
mobile parts business which is now
located in another part of Kenton.
They are now erecting a building
on West Lima street on the lot
which adjoins the property on which
she lives, and, she says, they will
move their junk business to the new
location.
She claims that the business will
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
KentOn Plans Gala
Program For Fourth

Cash awards in two horse pulling
contests amount to $3.50 are offered
by the Kenton post of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars at the Fourth of
July celebration which will be held
at the old fair grounds in Kenton.
The day also will be featured with
a $500 display of fireworks. Two
bands will present concerts and deal
ers will display new automobiles
and farm equipment. A force of 25
special police will patrol the grounds
where free parking and picnic
grounds grounds will be provided.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
Townsend Club To
Oppose Jones

Members of Lima Townsend club
will oppose Congressman Robert F.
Jones if he seeks reelection.
Accusing Congressman Jones of
betraying them by voting against the
Townsend old age pension plan, the
club in a resolution signed by
James E. Dexter, president, and
Mrs. Kate Ollie, club secretary,
S'pledges our untiring effort to de-
feat him in 1940'.
A copy of the resolution has been
forwarded to Congressman Jones
with a warning that the 1000 mem
bers of the club and the many
friends will work as hard against
him next year as they did to have
him elected in 1888.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
Midget Autos Built
In Ada

Ada's newest industry-manufac-
turing midget automobiles in the
midst of production, turning out its
second unit for delivery to a De-
fance buyer.
The first unit, completed more than
a year ago, attracted attention from
coast to coast when pictured in roto-
gravure sections of many news
papers. 1t was built for the use of
Stanley Main, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. S. Main, who had been victim
of infantile paralysis since child
hood.
Mr.. Main, local oil dealer, and
others mechanically inclined, designed
and built the original midget car
without thought of commercial pro-
duction. They used washing ma
chine motor and a motorcycle side
car as the chief parts.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
PUTNAM COUNTY
Tax Adjustment Group
Organizes

The Putnam county board of tax
revision, comprising the president of
the board of commissioners, auditor
and treasurer, organized last week
and are prepared to hear complaints,
it was announced.
President A. G. Verhoff, of the
board of commissioners, was elected
chairman of the board of revision
and Auditor Carl D. Frick serves as
secretary by virtue of his office.
Treasurer Grover C. Nichols is the
third member.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
Bullet Scared Auto
Is Sought

Highway patrolmen and police de-
partments throughout Ohio were
asked to be on the watch for new
bullet-marked sedan which eluded a
slower police cruiser shortly after
daybreak Sunday.
Patrolmen Kermit Westby and M.
L. Baker pulled alongside the car
to question its occupants, but it sped
away and escaped from the pur-
suers after a brief chase through
downtown streets and alleys.
Westby said he believed one of his
bullets hit the machine.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
Lamb Thief Uses
Bicycle

In some parts of the country
cattle rustlers have been using trucks
to make their getaway but the
sheriff's department had a report
last week which goes that one better.
Clark Sherbrook, who resides on
the Marvin tank farm, west of Find
lay, reported that an unidentified
boy stole a lamb from his pasture
field and peddaled away with it on
his bicycle.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
NEWS NOTES FROM -FOUR COUNTIES

soft winter wheat will be as fol-
lows: Grade 2, 73c; grade 3, Tic;
grade 4, Csc; and grade 5, 65c. The
yellow, hard winter wheat rate has
been set at two cents less for all
grades, Mr.. Traucht said.
In order to qualify for a. loan,
Ohio wheat must be in farm storage
bins at least 30 days and grade 5
or better. The moisture content of
the stored grain must not exceed
1412 per cent in the northern sec
tion of the state and IA per cent in
the southern section.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
1913 At All Outing

Three hundred and ninety-eight
All club members and leaders at
tended a countrywide picnic Thurs
day at Riverside park in Findlay to
set a new record for the number of
All club members assembled to-
gether at any one time in the coun-
ty.
In view of the fact the county en-
rollment figure is 474, leaders were
especially pleased with the large at
tendance.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
Bees Drive Crowds
From Street

Lima's public square was virtually
deserted last Thursday afternoon,
and not only because of the mer-
chants weekly half-holiday.
Those motorists and pedestrians
who had not already left, did so
speedily when a swarm of bees
moved northward on Market street
into the square and congregated
about wooden sawhorse placed there
to divert traffic from parking lanes.
Police stood helplessly by while
a local apiarist was summoned to
remove the swarm.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
Man Hurt In Hit-Skip
Mishap

Bennett Longworth, "a, of Lima,
was in Memorial hospital in, serious
condition Monday the result of in
iuries received when an automobile
in which he was riding collided with
another which police said did not
stop.
Shortly before noon police arrest
ed Cliff Cummings, 29, of Lima, and
charged him with leaving the scene
of an accident.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
HANCOCK COUNTY
Wheat Loans "a Cents
BuShel

Hancock county farmers who keep
within their wheat acreage allot-
ments under the 1881 agricultural
conservation program will be offered
wheat loans at IA cents a bushels
for Grade 1 soft winter wheat, R. M.
Traucht county chairman, announced
Friday.
Loan rates for other grades of
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
2,142 Get Public Sup
port In Hardin

According to a statistical report
recently compiled, a total of 2,142
men, women, and children in Hardin
county received some form of public
assistance during April 1899, at a
cost of $50,520.42.
During April, GIT Hardin county
WPA workers were employed; 924
adults received old age pension; 408
were on general relief; aid to blind,
%; aid to dependant children, 122;
and 48 participated in mothers pen
sions.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
Masked Man Clubs
Two Girls

Allen county authorities last week
were searching for a masked man,
believed a sex degenerate, who last
week dubbed two girls as they
walked along a lonely road to their
homes near Spencerville.
The girls, both in Memorial hos
pital suffering from shock and in
juries resulting from the beatings
of the assailant, are Wanda Angel,
16, and Maxine Meyers, Is.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
Poultry Association
Meetings Held

The newly organized Northwest
Ohio Poultry association was ex-
planned last week by Forest G. Hall
and L. c. Holtkamp, county agricul-
tural agents, at meetings held in
Mt. Cory and in the Orange Center
house.
Mr.. Hall spoke at Mt. Cory while
Mr.. Haltkamp talked at Orange Cen
ter. C. H. Hilty and Edgar Pifer
were named to solicit memberships
in Orange township.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
More Highway Work
ers Suspended

Charles Johnson, in the employ of
the Lima division of the State High
way department, is scheduled to
leave his post as Allen county super
intendent of maintenance Thursday
under a 30-day suspension. Harley
Slower and David A. Jones, both
mechanics, drew like suspensions.
Announcement of the suspensions,
for discipline, was made from the
office of Director Robert S. Beight-
ler of Columbus.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
NeighbOrs Assist Ill
Farmer

Karl Dilley, farmer of near For
est, last week was attempting to
thank the neighbors who, armed
with teams, tractors and imple-
ments, plowed, cultivated and plant
ed 80 acres of corn and soy beans.
Dilley has been i'll since he under
went an operation several weeks ago.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
260 Enroll At O. n. u.

Registration for the summer term
at Ohio Northern will reach 260,
Frank L. 10y, director of the sum-
mer school, said A total of PAT
students had already enrolled, an
increase of 10 over the same time
last year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
Street Improvement
Sought In Ada

Residents of f. Highland avenue
between Simon and Liberty streets,
have petitioned Ada council for con-
struction of concrete curbing when
the contemplated street improvement
is made. They ask that the cost of
curbs be assessed on the basis of
foot frontage.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
PrOwler Thought
Wounded

Hospitals in Lima and nearby
cities were checked last week in a
hunt for prowler at whom Rich
ard Mowery fired on returning to
the farm of his father, Berlin Now
cry, east of Lima.
He said he obtained a shotgun
and fired at a man hiding near a
corncrib, and was convinced by a
cry that he wounded the intruder.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22

greatly damage her by its location
near her home and asks that the de-
PENDANTS be restrained from moving
the business which, Mrs. Scott says,
is is the residential district of the
city and in section which has al
ways been residential.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
Cigar Firm Declares
Dividend

Directors of the Deisel- Wemmer-
Gilbert corporation, Lima manufac-
turers of cigars, recently declared a
dividend on common stock payable
June "a to holders of stock June Is.
The dividend, 25c per share, is the
second of 1889, the last previous one
being declared in March.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22

American Legion purchasing COM
mittee. Six bids were submitted.
The suits viii include trousers,
coat, cap and graded gold belt. The
material is ii ounce navy blue whip
cord, trimmed with gold. The drum
majors uniform is to be of gold
whipcord, with navy blue trimmings
and the directors, white with gold
braid.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
Blind Man Walks
Into Car

D. 4. Evers, 76-year-old blind man,
is in Lima Memorial hospital with a
fractured skull and a broken arm
received when he was struck by an
automobile while crossing u. S. route
30-South between Elida and Del
phos
State highway patrolmen were told
the victim apparently walked into
the side of car driven by Joseph
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
Many Interested In
Horse Tour

A draft horse tour, most of which
will be in Wayne county, is expected
to attract several Putnam county
horse breeders. L. p. Mccain, ami
NAL husbandry specialist for Ohio
State university, has arranged the
tour for Tuesday, June 27.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
Births Far Exceed
Deaths

There were SO births and 81
deaths in Findlay and Hancock
county during the month of May,
according to reports of Miss Edith
Houseman registrar of vital statis-
tics and DR.. S. F. Whistler, Hancock
county health commissioner.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
Fourth Of July Plans
Are Made

Ottawa is planning a municipal
July Fourth celebration with the To-
cal Eagles aerie taking a prominent
part.
Claud Recker. president of the
lodge, is chairman of a special COM
mittee arranging the event.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22

nouneed. The state has funds for
paying its share OF indemnities IN
this business due to legislation just
approved.
Only one important change was
made in the law. Now, no mature
vaccinated animal can be tested.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
200 Trucks Pass In
Two Hours

State highway patrolmen, conduct
ing a truck check at the Findlay
barracks late Monday night and
early Tuesday morning stopped
nearly 200 trucks in five hours.
Of the trucks stopped, drivers of
three of them were taken before
Justice of the Peace C. C. Holliger
on overload charges and fined $25
each.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22

troit, asking s5,3O7 damages for in
iuries to his chest, wrist and right
leg in a fall down rs basement steps
to a washroom on Feb. 27, 1899.
The petition stated that Jacobs was
a customer at the store.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
Ada Bands Gets New
Uniforms

Contract for AZ uniforms for the
Ada high school band was awarded
to Ward and Company of New Lon
don on their bid of S978.60, by the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
Bang Disease Testing.
Program Mapped

Blanks for making application for
Bang testing of cattle herds are now
available to Putnam county farmers,
Ralph Dush, county agent, an
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
Girl Swallows Lye

Hiss Hazel Shirk. IS. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Shirk of Ken
ton, is recovering at her home after
swallowing quantity of lye, the
attending physician reported.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22
HARDIN COUNTY
Fall In Store Brings
S5,3O7 Suit

A suit was filed in federal court
last week against the Isaly dairy of
Kenton, by Morris M. Jacobs, De-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-06-22

Bendele of Delphos. The mishap
occurred near Evers' home.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-10-05

American Industry Hates War.
: War destroys lives. War wrecks homes.
Economic chaos dnd years Of crushing
depression ore it's inevitable aftermath. It
imperils representative democracy. Free
institutions ore among its edrlY victims. Ulti-
mdtelY no one con Escape the ruin OF wdr.
American industry wdnts peace. Peace
the ndtiondl objective.
Industry's position on this matter hos
been stoted repeatedly dnd there must be
no misunderstanding about it.
Emotiondlism con betrdY us into wdr.
"A public will to peace. coupled with wise
public policies and affirmative action to this
end by our government will keep us out of
wdr. "A fdtdlistic attitude thdt wdr is inevi-
table for us is absurd. 1t presupposes thdt
America cdnnot conduct itself intelligentlY
to preserve peace and its own interests.
Europe-s problems do affecf us, but our
domestic problems still nusf come first.
If yesterday industry wds the only
source Of prosperity dnd unemployment,
today 1t is as we'll the keystone Of pre-
pdredness dnd peace. Under ony condi-
tons, America must depend on q smoothly
functioning. efficient industrial system.
Manufacturers will not relax their efforts
to achieve dnd mdintdin sound improve
ment in our domestic economy.
Industry opposes profiteering- ltili-
THE TRIPLETT ELECTI
MEM
NATIONAL ASSOCIATE
IA WEST 4sTH SIRE