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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-06
GIRL ON BICYCLE
FATALLY INJURED
Ten Year Old Marilene Wilkins,
North of Bluffton Dies
In Hospital
Girl and Companion are Struck
BY Automobile While Rid
ing in Findlay

Marilene Wilkins, ten year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Wilkins, residing north of Bluffton
was the victim of a fatal accident
in Findlay last Thursday when the
bicycle which she was riding was
struck by an automobile.
She died of fractured skull in
the Findlay hospital a short time
after the accident. Also one hip
was broken besides other injuries.
Her companion Ann Thompson, II,
of Findlay who was also on the
bicycle at the time of the accident
received a slight skull fracture but
is recovering at the Findlay hos
pital.
The accident occurred as the two
girls on the bicycle rode out of an
alley onto Main street where they
were struck by an automobile driven
by Nelson Mahron, 27, of Arlington.
Both girls were hurled to the
pavement while the bicycle became
tangled underneath the car and was
carried down street. 1t was remov-
ed only after number of men lift
ed the car free of the wreckage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilkins, parents of
Marilene, reside on the Sherman
Wilkins farm on the Putnam
Hancock county line road and are
we'll known here.
Funeral services were held at
GiIboa M. P. church, Saturday morn
ing with Rev. ID. j. Unruh of Pan
dora officiating. Interment was in
the Gilboa cemetery.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-06
War Hero Lies In
Simple Country Grave Near Town
Former Neighbors
Meet For First
Time I'm 6S Years

THEY were neighbors in
= Orange township 6S years
ago-W. W. Scothorn and Ed
karst-but they had not seen
each other since that time until
last Sunday when karst and his
family called at the Scothorn
home east of Bluffton.
karst, now living at Landeck,
near Delphos, formerly resided
i'm Orange township on what is
now the Henry Which farm.
Scoth0rn at that time lived on
the adjoining place, now the
Wright Klingler farm.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-06
"HdnseL And GreteP'
At Pandora Friday

Humperdinck's opera "Hansel and
Gretel" will be presented at the Pan
dora high school auditorium Friday
night at 7:30 by the Albert Schu-
macher family of Berea, KY, form
erly of Bluffton.
Miss Janet Schumacher, talented
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Schu-
macher will appear in the title role
of Gretel.
All characters of the opera will be
taken by members of the family
two girls, two boys and Mrs. Schu
macher playing the part of the
mother in the play.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-06
Man RUN over
BY Grain BINDER
Clyde Klingler, Orange Twp.
Farmer Thrown Under
Runaway Team
Man Badly Cut and Bruised
Escapes Fatal Injury in
Harvest Field

Thrown under runaway team of
three horses and run over by a grain
binder, Clyde Klingler, Orange town
ship farmer escaped with compara-
lively minor injuries in an unusual
harvest season accident near his
home four miles south of Bluffton,
Friday morning.
AS details of the accident became
known farmers generally expressed
amazement that Klingler was not
fatally hurt.
Although he was severely cut
about the head and suffered from
bruises and a badly sprained hip,
Klingler, now at his home on the
Allen Hancock county line, is ex-
pected to recover without complica-
tions, according to the attending
physician. There is no evidence of
broken bones or internal injuries, it
was stated.
Accident on Neighbor's Farm
The accident occurred about II a.
M. on the Matthew Perkins farm
one-fourth mile south of Klingler's
place where he had a field of wheat.
Klingler had just finished cutting
the wheat, being assisted by his
eighteen year old son Junior, to-
gether with Chas. Montgomery, a
neighbor and Ben Daily of Toledo,
visiting at the Montgomery home.
They were preparing to truck
the binder to take it to the Mont
gomery farm when one of the horses
became frightened as Klingler's son
approached rolling one of the wheels
of the truck.
AS the horses, still bitched to the
binder, started down the field King
ler attempted to stop them but lost
his grasp and fell under the three
horse team and the platform of the
careening binder, in gear, passed
over his body.
The team came to stop at the
| far end of the field while Klingler
was hurriedly loaded into an auto
mobile and taken to his home. His
condition the first of the week was
reported satisfactory.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-06
Mennonite Youth
Meet At Pandora

Young people of the Mennonite
churches of the Ohio and Indiana
districts will hold their annual con-
ference at the Grace church, Pan
dora, Saturday and Sunday, July ID
and 16. it was announced the first
of the week. Afternoon and evening
sessions will be held.
Representative of sixteen Men
monte churches are planning to at
tend. Miss Mabel Amstutz of the
Ebenezer church is president of the
organization and general chairman
in charge of arrangements.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-06

First wheat Of the new crop sold
on the Bluffton market Monday, es-
tablished what il believed to be an
all-time record for early marketing
in this district.
Farmers generally declared they
cannot recall Of wheat ever being
marketed in the Bluffton area before
the Fourth of July
Each of Buttons two grain ele-
vators received new wheat Monday
afternoon. Price paid was 65 cents
per bushel.
Wheat from the farm of Homer
Gratz Button dairyman, residing
two miles southwest of town was sold
to the Bluffton Milling company. The
grain harvested from an eighteen
acre tract, made yield of thirty-one
bushels per acre and tested sixty.
Threshing was done by Eldon
Tscheigg.
First wheat received Monday by the
Farmers Grain company was sold by
Chas. Fisher residing north OF Bluff
ton on the Brundige farm. The grain
tested fifty-eight. Figures on the
yield FER acre were not available,
attaches stated
Crop Natures Rapidly
I,,.x5r fnl1Nrv
Heavy rains early In june, IolioW-
ed by unusually warm weather matur-
ed the crop rapidly and harvest seas
on arrived unexpectedly early.
Independence day which generally
finds wheat harvest at It's height IN
this section, saw the greater part OF
the crop cut this year as the stand
matured about week carrier thah
usual.
The fields remaining uncut are
mostly those intended to be com
bined" which cuts the wheat and
threshes it all in one operation. In
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-06
At Cleveland For
World C.. f.. Meet

Rev. H. T. Unruh of the First
Mennonite church will leave Thurs
day for Cleveland to attend the In
ternational Christian Endeavor con-
vention.
Rev. Unruh, trustee of that or
ganization will preside at two divis-
ional meetings of youths of high
schoo! age Saturday morning.
He will be accompanied to Cleye-
land by his daughter Miss Mildred
Unruh and Miss Betty Lape from
the First Mennonite c. K. society.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-06
RECEIVES PROMOTION

Ebert Kibele of Toledo visited
here the first of the week with his
brother, Kermit Kibele and other
relatives. Kibele, who has been in
the employ of the S. S. Kresge COM
pany for a number of years will be
transferred this week to Indianapolis
where he will be assistant manager
of the company's store. He has been
in Toledo for the past two and one
half years.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-06
CHILD CLINIC HERE

Parents having children entering
school in the first grade next fall
are urged to bring them to the pre-
school child clinic at the Grade
school building Thursday morning
from to 11:30 o'clock for health
checkup.
The clinic here is sponsored by the
Parent Teacher association in con-
junction with local physicians and
health authorities.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-06
SANE FOURTH
PROGRAM FAILS
FirecrackerS Roar in Business
District Violating Mayor
Howe's Request
Action Dealing With Future
Celebrations to be Recon-
mended to Council

Buttons experiment with a mod
flied Fourth of July celebration with
out legislation to enforce provisions
of the plan begged down Tuesday.
Firecrackers roared thru the for
hidden area of the business district
internationally during the day while
Tuesday night took on all the aspects
of the old-fashioned wide-open Fourth
of July as an unrestricted celebration
was in full swing which at times took
on the semblance of miniature can
nonade until well toward midnight.
As result of the breakdown of
the plan in which voluntary coopera-
tion of the public was requested,
Mayor w. A. Howe stated Wednes-
day morning that he would recon-
mend to the council one of three
courses relative to Fourth of July OBJ
servance:
ONE OF THREE PLANS
1. Abolishing of the present
plan for restricted Fourth of
July celebration and return to the
former unrestricted basis.
2. Incorporation of the pre-
sent plan in an ordinance with
adquate provisions for its en-
forcement.
5. Abolishing the sale and
discharge of fireworks.
Plans for bringing this matter of
ficially to attention of the council
have been worked out in detail, the
mayor stated, however, it was indi-
Gated that developments would take
place in the near future.
I The present arrangement for a
Fourth of July observance with public
cooperation on a vonluntary basis was
tried out experimentally for the first
time a year ago. Results at that time
proved generally satisfactory and the
same course was followed this year.
Recommend Plan Dropped
In view of the failure OF the plan to
work out this year, however, Mayor
Howe will recommend that it be dis
continued at least in its present form
without suitable legislation to enforce
its provisions.
When the plan was first adopted it
was advanced frankly as an expert
ment with the mayors statement at
that time that if voluntary coopera-
tion failed more drastic action would
be substituted.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-06
HERE FROM HAWAII

Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Geiger of
Honolulu, Hawaii, are spending sew
eral weeks with relatives and friends
here. Mr.. Geiger formerly resided
northwest of Bluffton and following
his graduation from Bluffton college
accepted a position in Honolulu.
His wife, the former Magdalene
Frankhauser of Dalton is also a
graduate of the college here.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-06
NuptidIs SOlennized
In Outdoor Ceremony

With the natural setting of a
garden as the background, wedding
vows were exchanged between Miss
Margaret Mabel Triplett and Roland
Bixler, Saturday evening, at 6:15
o'clock at the home of the bride.
Miss Triplett is the eldest daugh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Triplett
of Campus Drive, and Mr.. Bixler,
Toledo, is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
D. w. Bixler of East Kibler street.
Rev. j. Norman King of. Dayton,
former pastor of the Presbyterian
church in Bluffton, officiated at the
double-ring ceremony.
Preceding and during the nuptials,
Miss Mareen Bixler, sister of the
bridegroom, played the electric organ
that had been installed for the we'd
ding. The musical program included
"In a Monastery Garden, "Tm Get
ting Sentimental Over YOU, Il
Promise YOU, and 81 Love You
Truly. During the ceremony, Miss
Bixler played, believe Me If All
Those Endearing Young Charms.
The rendition of Mendelssohn's
Wedding March marked the entrance
of the officiating minister and the
groom accompanied by the best man,
Harold Johnson of Orrville. The
bride entered the garden with her
father, who gave her in marriage.
She was attired in gown of white
lace and knit over a satin slip. The
gown was of a princess style with a
long train.
The bride wore her mothers finger
| tip wedding veil, that was held to-
gether with lilies of the valley; she
also carried a handkerchief that both
her grandmother and mother had
carried at their respective weddings;
with the handkerchief she carried a
white prayer book with spray of
lilies of the valley. Her only acces-
sorry was a string of pearls given to
her by the groom.
She chose for her bridesmaids,
Miss Letha Niswander of Bluffton
and Miss Alice Hines of Grand
Rapids, Michigan, a former college
roommate at the University of Mich
igan. s
1 TIL L~.IoS@ 90 xuara q
pastel shade of blue net trimmed in
pink velvet over a taffeta hoop skirt;
and also tiaras caught with lilies of
the valley. They carried colonial
bouquet of roses, sweet peas, and
| daisies.
Barbara Jean Triplett, sister of
the bride, was junior maid-of-honor.
She was attired in gown of pink
taffeta, trimmed in blue velvet and
wore small blue hat. She carried
a colonial shower bouquet of roses,
lilies of the valley and sweet peas.
The two flower girls, Mary Eliza
beth Tschantz, Warren, Ohio, the
groom's cousin and Mary Louise
Rich, Washington, Illinois, the brides
cousin, wore white chiffon dresses
and carried baskets of roses that
were strewn over the brides path
Mrs. Triplett, mother of the bride
wore q blue and white silk gown
with white accessories. Mrs. Bixler
mother of the groom, wore a gowr
of pink chiffon also with white ac
cessories.
Ushers for the occasion were Nor
! ris and Ropp Triplett, brothers O.
the bride.
Continued on Page A.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-06
Night Police Is
Hospital Patient

Albert Reichenbach, Rluffton night
police, is convalescing at the Bluff
ton hospital following an operation
which he underwent Sunday. His
condition is reported satisfactory.
Chas. Stratton has been appointed
temporarily as night police during
Reichenbach's illness, it was an
nounced by Mayor w. A. Howe the
first of the week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-06
In New Locations

Harley Kohler and family have
moved from the Kohl property on
South jackson street to Rawson.
Harold Beals and family have va
Gated the Mrs. Williams property on
South jackson street and are occupy
ing the Kohl property.
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Gable expect
to occupy the Mrs. Williams prop
erty.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-06
Births

Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Herr, south
west of Bluffton are the parents of
a son born at the Bluffton hospital,
Wednesday morning.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Oliver Locher at the Bluffton hos.
pital, Thursday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-07-06
CRITICALLY ILL

Otis Basinger is critically i'll with
heart trouble at his home on the
Steinbrenner farm south of Bluffton
on the Allen-Hancock county line.
Evening star., 1939-03-02

parkway. The building proposed for
this site would have a drill hall
capable Of seating 10000 persons. 1t
has been suggested that the building
be designed to combine the functions
of auditorium, armory and sports
center.
Christian Heurich, president of
the Chr. Heurich Brewing Co., who
has been active in civic affairs dur
ing the 81 years of his residence in
Washington, however. approves
neither of the proposed sites.
Heurich Favors Another Site.
II would favor a location in the
neighborhood of Georgia avenue and
New Hampshire avenue extended"
Mr.. Heurich said.
A strong plea for the location of
the auditorium on the East Capitol
street site adjoining the proposed
stadium is made by Felix A. Ury
of the Farm Credit Administration.
II have been very much inter-
ested for several years in an ap-
propriate building large enough to
hold large conventions and for the
Inauguration of q President every
four years and at the same time
I am interested in a stadium second
to none in the world to be built on
East Capitol street." Mr.. Ury said.
Arguing that the construction OF
an auditorium in the Municipal
Center area would result in serious
congestion and that it could not
accommodate the throngs gathering
for such events as the inaugural
ceremonies, Mr.. Ury pointed out
that there is ample room on the East
Capitol street site to take care Of
the traffic and parking problems.
Evening star., 1939-03-02
VunsviIIe Citizens
ADOPT Resolutions

Resolutions calling for the aboli-
ton of the Maryland annual drivers
permit and the return of the county
roads to the control of the board Of
Prince Georges County commission
ers from the State Roads Commits
sion last night were adopted by the
newly formed Vansville District
Citizens Association at Beltsville,
Md.
Holding their first meeting at the
home of Fred Knauer, members of
the new civic group elected DR.. J.
M. Schaffer president. DR.. Schaffer
served as president of the Southwest
Citizens Association in Washington
for several years.
Other officers elected were DR..
Theodore c. Byerly, vice president;
D. Davis, secretary. and Clifford Bo-
teller, treasurer William A. Carson,
chairman of the County Board of
Commissioners, and Walter F. Mil
ligan, past president Of the Prince
Georges Chamber of Commerce,
were elected as honorary members.
]. David Schaffer was named chair
man of street naming committee.
Evening star., 1939-03-02

John S. M. Zimmerman, leader
of she Soldiers Home Band, said
he thought the campaign "a Won
derful idea-one of the best things
that's ever been done to promote a
greater appreciation of music"
I'm fact. I'm so enthusiastic about
it that I sent in my own reservation
yesterday for the complete set OF
recorls.'
Symphony Orchestra Aid.
Anton Pointner, assistant leader
of the Soldiers Home Band, eA-
pressed the belief the campaign will
do much to stimulate interest in
symphonic music and thuS will in
crease interest in Washington Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra
Its a fine underta aking and
heartily commend The STAR. he
said.
Distribution of the recordings of
Schubert's Unfinished" continued
meanwhile, aC the special booth in
the lobby of The Star BUILDING
Hundreds and hundreds of muse
lovers in Washington and vicinity
already are enjoying this immortal
symphony in their own homes by
means of the electric record player
also being made available by The
Star.
Evening star., 1939-03-02
Labor Department
Establishment Is
Told in Broadcast
Samuel Gompers Tells
Of Creation in Stur
Radio Feature

The establishment OF the Labor
Department 26 years ago this week
was recalled last night by Samuel
Gompers, the veteran chief clerk
and son and narAesake of the ia
nous labor leader who was instru-
mental in the creation of the de-
partment, as employees there pre-
sented the program in I'VE, the
Government People" the new radio
feature of The Star featuring talent
from Federal units.
Interviewed by Bill Coyle, radio
director Of The Star, who is in
charge of the program. Mr.. Com
pers, now in his list year. told Of
the growth of the department and
something also of his own activities
in 50 years of Government service.
On the program also were Helen
Robichaux and Eleanor Catron. vo-
calists; Martin Dowd, pianist; Dom
aid Liberia, saxophone; Donald Sis
Ter, Mrs. Lynn Finnegan. Eunice
McCrearey and Spencer Moon, in
skits. There was also talk on Gov
ernment employe matters by j. A.
Fox of The Star staff. A monologue
number by Thomas A. Desmone was
held over for another program.
A large studio audience at WMAL
saw the presentation, which was
arranged through the cooperation
of Charles Sharkey of the Bureau Of
Labor Statistics
There will be another program
next week by the Department of
Agriculture Players, who partici-
pated in the first program.
Evening star., 1939-03-02
Rezoning Hearing Is Set
In Bethesda March 20

A public hearing on petition by
adjoining property owners to rezone
Avondale avenue from residential
&C. to residential "a to prevent
the erection of apartment buildings
will be held by the Montgomery
County Board of Commissioners at
the County Building in Bethesda,
Md, at pm. March 20, it was an
nounced at the meeting of the East
Bethesda Citizens Association last
night.
DR.. w. c. Killinger. president, ap-
pointed George n. Price as chair
man of the Public Utilities Commit
tee. Members of the committee for
the revision of the bylaws and con-
stitution named at the meeting are
John Colgan Shaw, chairman; R.
H. Smith, E. H. Myers, ]. H. Rogers,
]. A. Henschman and Mrs. E. p.
Ellis.
Mr.. Myers, Mr.. Rogers and Mrs
John Colgan Shaw were reelected
delegates to the Montgomery County
Federation of Citizens Associations.
Alternates are J. R. Durnell, j. A
Martin and Gerhard Isaac.
Evening star., 1939-03-02
Severely Beaten Child
Near Death: Man Held
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LEWISTOWN, Pa, March IA
22-year-old youth was Jailed last
night after motor policemen re-
ported he admitted beating and
kicking a 2-year-old child so Sc
verely she may die.
Authorities at a Sunbury hospital
said the little girl. Miriam Wolf, has
been unconscious since last Monday.
Corpl. Richard Gray OF the Penn
sylvania motor police quoted the
youth, Paul William Barrick Of
Marysville, near Harrisburg, as say
ing he beat the child "at least so
times in the past few months be-
cause he was jealous Of her unwed
mother.
The mother, Helen Wolf, about
"a, domestic in a rural Juniata
County home, was Jailed as a ma
terial witness.
Barrick was charged with aggra-
waited assault and battery.
Evening star., 1939-03-02
Mystery Acid Plays
Sensational Part
In Spy Trial
File on Corrosive Able
To Damage Worship
Stolen From Navy
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, March IA mys-
terious acid-capable of damaging
the metal hulls Of battleships-fig-
ured sensationally today in the Fed
eral trial Of two men and a woman
accused Of peace-time espionage.
The acid, said United States At
torney Ben Harrison, was obtained
from a German freighter by a Jap
anese fishing boat in 1887 and stored
under the guard of an Italian at the
Mexican port of Ensenada, 10 miles
south of the California border.
The storehouse, Mr.. Harrison said.
burned in a fire of undetermined
origin the day before an American
immigration officer was shot while
trying to stop two men from cross
ing into the United States.
From Stolen File.
All this information. the prosecu-
tor asserted, was contained in one
of the SO secret reports of the Naval
Intelligence Service, which Hafis
Salich, former operative, is accused
of selling for $1,7O0 to Mikhail Gorin,
manager of Soviet travel bureau,
and his wife, Natasha.
Mr.. Harrison, amid defense OBJ
jections, read to the jury from the
report, which listed the fishing boat,
Flying Cloud, registered to Mata-
suka Tsuida of San Diego. as the
importer of two cargoes of the acid.
obtained from the German freighter
Edna.
The Flying Cloud does little fish
ing Mr.. Harrison said. 1T fuels
from the Sundai Maru. In port. it
flies an American flag, but on the
open sea flies Japanese flag. 1t
has a powerful radio set capable of
reaching Japan
Mr.. Harrison asserted a quantity
of the acid had been obtained and
tested. When mixed with salt water
it turned to minute bubbles just
under the surface 1t attacked
metals, further investigation showed
with a rapid corrosive action.
The Naval Intelligence report
went on to relate two instances
when the acid apparently was used:
Quantities of the acid were be-
lieved to have been dropped over
board at Honolulu by a Japanese
fishing boat in 1887 near a vessel
loading molasses at dock. In
short while 25 per cent of the under
water metal of the loading boat had
been eaten away.
Again in February, 1898, two Japa-
nese were arrested by the California
Fish and Game Commission at Los
Angeles Harbor for using acid in
catching tuna.
According to the report, German
vessels were said to have brought
drumsful of the acid through the
Panama Canal.
Evening star., 1939-03-02
Mrs. Groyson to Receive
Medal Awarded Admiral

A medal awarded the late Ad-
miral Cary T. Grayson by the
Chilean Red Cross will be pre-
sented to his widow at ceremonies
at the National Headquarters Of
the American Red Cross tomorrow
at PAS pm. The decoration was
awarded in recognition of Admiral
Grayson's services as chairman of
the League of Red Cross Societies,
Paris. Mrs. Grayson will receive
the medal from Senor Don Sergio
Huneeus. charge d'affaires of the
Chilean Embassy.