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Evening star., 1939-02-19
Lewis, Relief Prober,
Champion Of Lower
Glass, He Says
Another Section Of His
Report Describes Self
As q Pioneer

Repeated declarations he was, and
had been for years, deeply interested
in the welfare of the 'lower income
groups and people dependent on re-
lief" were included in Relief Inves-
tigator Burdette G. Lewis, in another
section of his report, released last
night.
He described himself as a pioneer
and q pathfinder" in these matters
In a discussion Of welfare programs
he had organized in New Jersey. He
revealed he had made the statements
to spokesmen for the Workers Alli-
ance at time when some alliance
members had picketed his ONCE here.
Mr.. Lewis devoted part of this
section Of the report to an account
OF an interview he gave to a reporter
Tor The Star, at the time of the pick
eting, last October 20. His account
OF the interview does not tally in
some respects with that OF The Stars
reporter.
In his discussion of the picketing
incident, Mr.. Lewis stated in his re-
port he was indifferent" to whether
his office was picketed or not. He
revealed he had gone out the back
door Of his office, when the front
was picketed, and said his use of
this door was in keeping with his
custom.
Demands Presented.
When the delegation from the
Workers Alliance was received by
Mr.. Lewis, demands for increased
relief for Washington's needy were
presented by Tansel Butler. These
include a supplementary appropria-
ton of $4,000, 900 for the remainder
Of this fiscal year, that Congress
pass a $5000,000 appropriation for
the next fiscal year, that relief be
given to all the needy who had
been cut from the rolls and that all
closed relief stations be reopened.
Mr.. Butler declared: "By this
time it has become recognized that
instead of making an unbiased
investigation, your committee has
become an instrument to attack the
suffering unemployed and the Public
Assistance Division which has been
trying to handle the situation under
very trying conditions"
Mr.. Lewis replied he was In the
Evening star., 1939-02-19

In this country. Nobody has got
anywhere near 1t yet. I think 1t
Is proved here.
Before that, in New York, I was
commissioner Of correction In the
Mitchell administration, and I proved
1t before ever came to New Jer-
sey that you can get at the problem
Of underprivileged people and un-
derpaid, and you can help. them to
get on their feet. I had the sup
port Of IS per cent of the prisoners
even. I had an old department of
correction In New York. l had to
put 100 out Of 1,700 of my own ON
cials in jail and maintain the morale
OF my department and did it, too.
80 you don't need to be con-
cerned where my interest lies in this
question Of lower income groups.
That is my interest"
Mr.. Lewis reported the following
as to his interview with The Star
reporter last October 20. after STAT
ing that one of his staff had in
formed him the office was being
picketed by a number of persons,
white and colored, carrying ban
ners, who were being observed by
four uniformed police:
AT Ills am, a young woman,
calling herself a reporter for The
Washington Evening Star, accom-
panied by cameraman, almost
burst through the outer door of the
relief investigators headquarters on
the second floor of the w. P. A..
administration headquarters build
ing and rushed into the directors
private Office through another open
door,"
CThe Stars reporter said she
and the photographer were es-
corted to Mr.. Lewis private Office
and waited there for about
three-quarters of an hour" before
they were told they could see Mr..
Lewis. She denied she had
burst" through any door or
rushed" into Mr.. Lewis off1ce.)
The investigator reported the fol-
lowing interview:
Question. What have you got to
say about the picketing?
Answer. What picketing?
@. Did you not see it when it be-
gan at 9:15 this morning?
A. came at 8 am.
@. That is hot one, isn't it? Do
you know what it is all about?
A. No.
Statement on Relief.
@. What you said about relief not
being needed raised it, didn't it?
A. I have said nothing about how
much relief is needed. I couldn't.
I have not made up my own mind,
nor have all the facts upon which
I could base a conclusion.
@. You gave out a statement
against relief, didn't you?
A. No. I protested against the
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Mexico's Aides Deny
Plane Deal With Reich

A statement from the Mexican
Embassy last night denied pub
lished reports that the Mexican
government is negotiating for the
purchase of military planes in
Germany.
These reports are entirely
groundless, according to official in
formation just received from Mex
leo City by the Ambassador" the
statement said.
Evening star., 1939-02-19
U. S. Job Service Report
Shows 46 Pct. Gain

By the Associated Press
Secretary Of Labor Perkins re-
ported yesterday that the number
of jobs filled through the U. S. EN-
ployment Service increased IS per
cent in January, compared with the
same month of 1888.
Her report showed 199,761 place.
ments in the month. drop of ISL
per cent from December. The de-
crease from December was described
as wholly in temporary jobs"
Evening star., 1939-02-19

Mrs. Charles D. Williams of Seattle,
Wash.
Funeral services will be held in
st. Johns Episcopal Church, Six
teenth and H streets NV, at 4
pm. Tuesday.
Evening star., 1939-02-19

Swiss lakes and large rivers con-
tain trout often attaining a weight
of 30 pounds and more.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20
Whole Family Held
By Police

Almost a whole McGuffey family
came to grief last week and was
fined a total of S160 by Justice Roy
Haudenschild.
Kelly Weirman and his four sons,
Hurslie, Jacob, Malcolm and Seldom,
were arrested near McGuffey by Erie
Detective r. w. Steen and State
Patrolmen C. T. Cain and ]. P.
Leak when the car in which they
were riding went into the ditch.
Seldom Weirman was fined $100
and costs when he pleaded guilty to
charge of operating a motor We
hicle while intoxicated, Jacob, who
owns the automobile, was fined $25
and costs on charge of unlawfully
authorizing his brother to drive the
car while in an intoxicated condi-
ton, to which he also pleaded guilty.
The other two brothers, Malcolm and
Hurslie were each fined $5 and costs
on guilty pleas of intoxication
charges.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20
Pleasant Hill

Mrs. Glen Huber spent Monday
with Mrs. George Huber.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Offenbacker
and son called Friday evening on
Mr.. Norval Scoles and family.
The Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid So
ciety and their families gathered
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
Zimmerman last Friday evening.
Covered dish dinner was served, fol-
lowed by the regular monthly meet
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis Brauen and
family spent Sunday in Columbus
visiting with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Huber and son
were Sunday dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Cloyce Hauenstein.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Sutter of
Pontiac, Mich, and Mr.. and Mrs. L.
A. Amstutz of Pandora were Friday
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Lugibihl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Avery Watt and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
Stratton and family and Mr.. and
Mrs. Willard Jennings and family
called Sunday evening on Mr.. and
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20
Hardin Man Makes
Raisin Jack In
Prison

Supt. Charles Shellenbarger of Os-
born Farm, state-owned and operat-
ed with the Mansfield Reformatory
trustees, returned FIVE men to Mans
field after discovering crude still
and eight gallons of "raisin jack"
which the men were manufacturing.
The still was in an empty vege-
table cellar and the raisins, brown
sugar and yeast, used in manufac-
ture had been stolen from the COM
misary.
The men who were returned to
the reformatory were Harley Gibson,
Kenton; Henry Marks, Toledo;
James Huhn, Circleville; Amos John
son, Ironton and Robert Sadler, Yer
sailles.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20
Route So Is Extended

Extension of the numbering of
state route SO northward from Nc
Comb and substitution of the new
numberings for the old, route 1876,
was the only change in state high
way route numbers in Hancock coun-
ty announced concurrently with the
issuance of 1889 state highway maps.
Route SO, coming into Hancock
county from the southern part of the
state, was extended from Mt. Cory
to McComb last year as an addition
to the state highway system.
The present extension from Nc
Comb north to route 65 along the
Maumee river east of Grand Rapids,
is simply substitution of number
SO for number 1876 over that stretch
of road The markers were changed
Monday of last week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20
DelphOs Doesn't Want
CCC Camp

BY a four-to-three vote, the Del
phos city council reversed itself on
the matter of having a CCC camp
in the town. 1t previously had
passed legislation in favor of the
camp being located at the sewage
treatment plant grounds and is on
record as having been willing to
lease the land for 81 a year.
The government was dissatisfied
with the city's grounds and has
leased land adjoining the West Side
cemetery and according to city Off
Gals is preparing to take possession.
Councilman Doit Swihart and
others said they had received numer-
Gus complaints about the camp being
located in Delphos and moved that
council go on record as opposing its
coming to Delphos.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20
Employment Better In
This Area

Employment is more established in
Lima and the district than in any
other locality in the state.
This announcement was made by
the State Bureau of Unemployment
Compensation at Columbus Wednes-
day as the Lima district showed a
greater decrease in job insurance
claims during March than any other
office in Ohio. The decline was CIV
en- at so per cent.
1t is estimated that between 1000
and $500 persons are drawing job
benefits in the district. Benefits
paid to the districts unemployed
during March totaled $62,204. The
average payment to total unem-
ployed persons was $8.97.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20
ParOled Youth Admits
Car Theft

The yen to wear cowboy hat led
to the arrest of DeWayne James,
19-year-old Pandora youth, who faces
return to Mansfield reformatory as
a parole violator.
James was arrested in a hobo
jungle near Continental, by Sheriff
Arnold Potts, who said the youth
readily admitted theft of the 1889
model Stanley Kerr auto early Sun
day.
James told Sheriff Potts that he
took the auto from the Kerr garage,
drove to Toledo and back to a point
10 miles west of Van Vert, where
the car ran out of gasoline. He said
he got out, hitch-hiked back to Put
nam county, and had been staying in
and around the jungle near Contin-
entail since.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20

Mrs. Earl Hilty and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Lugibihl and
daughter called Sunday evening on
Mr.. and Mrs Wn. Lngihihl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Barnes were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. Sam
Barnes and son Gordon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Younkman
and daughters called Monday even
ing on Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Lugibihl
and family.
Huber Winegardner is seriously i'll
at his home in Harrod. Mrs. Cora
Huber spent Tuesday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Winegardner and son
Huber.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orton Stratton
called Sunday evening on Mrs. Lily
Fett and Nellie Huber.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20
WPA Workers Must
Accept Jobs

The annual spring demand for
farm labor has prompted the works
progress administration to make the
statement that all WPA workers who
refuse jobs in private industry will
be dropped from the rolls, accord
ing to William B. Schmuhl, director
of District /, including Hancock
county.
every spring we receive com
plants that WPA workers have re-
fused to accept jobs as farm la
borers", Mr.. Schmuhl said. "All
complaints are investigated and when
it is found that the employer offered
the prevailing wage in his commun-
ity, the WPA workers is dropped
from the rolls.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20
ALLEN COUNTY
Parking Meter Plan
Dropped

Two major municipal issues, park
ing meters and the trading of the
Lima city hall for certain improve
naants to East High street structure,
apparently fell by the way-side at
a recent council meeting.
Both proposals were considerably
cooled off by legal opinion presented
by City Solicitor Lester Shepherd
and when the regular weekly session
had been adjourned, there was every
indication that the two issues would
die natural death.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20
Unemployed Workers
Get S9,887

Unemployed workers in Findlay
and Hancock county received $9,887
in job insurance benefits from the
bureau of unemployment compensa-
ton during the month of March.
A total of S2,722,761 was paid in
the state during the month, an in
crease of S1,219,000 over February,
Administrator H. c. Atkinson an
nounced in Columbus, Wednesday.
There were 2S8,693 payments made,
with an average of $9.96 for total
unemployment and an average of
$4.87 for partial benefits.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Don Morrison and
sons Jerry, Dick and Tom of Find
lay were Sunday guests of Mrs.
Ella McClelland.
Dwayne Folk, Miss Marcella
Cramer and Mrs. Roy Cramer and
children Marjorie Ann and Phil
were Easter Sunday guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Gaeth of Oak
Harbor, Michigan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Foltz of
Findlay were Friday evening callers
on Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Altman.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Otto were
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Brickman of McComb.
Owen Forsyth and children Betty
and Bob, Miss Mary Reinhart and
Mrs. Howard Meyers, all of Fort
Wayne, Ind, and Mr.. and Mrs. Rus
sell Neighswander and children were
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs. L.
R. Forsyth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Hanifan
and family spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Spears of Bowl
ing Green.
Miss Doris Hummell was a We'd
nesday evening dinner guests of
Miss Carol Fillwock.
G. B. Gier of Upper Sandusky,
Harold Maurer of Ida, Mich, and
Gene Franks of Van Buren called
on Mr.. and Mrs. Mel Wentz Tuesday
evening.
Merten and Burr Higley of Find
lay were Sunday afternoon callers
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20
Highway Improvement
Under Way

The Benjamin Franklin highway,
u. S. 224, will be closed to traffic
in the west part of Hancock county,
if weather is such as to permit the
start of grading for the rerouting
of the road from the end of the
present new concrete pavement in
Blanchard township to Gilboa.
The detour will take traffic north
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20

Kalida and Cloverdale along Route
ia, reported to Sheriff Arnold Potts
the theft of 80 bushels of potatoes
from a pit at the rear of his home.
The farmer said thieves had re-
moved dirt from atop the potatoes
with shovels and carried the pro-
duce away, either in a truck or
large auto.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20
HANCOCK COUNTY
Land Obtained For
Man-made Lake

Deeds conveying to the State of
Ohio tract of 1876 acres east of
Van Buren on which will be inn
pounded a conservation lake, were
filed for record in the office of
County Recorder Russell Barnhill.
Of the total area, a tract of 1898
acres was conveyed by Henry FL.
Burman for $3,594.74, according to
the deed, and $500 acres was decided
by John Roth at S6,756.75.
Work on the lake is expected to
start within short time. 1t will be
developed by construction of a dam
across the creek south of Van Buren,.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20
Veterans Graves To
Be Registered

Graves of soldiers who have
fought in the various wars of the
nation, in many cases unidentified
for years, will be given recognition
through a work program sponsored
by the American Legion in Hardin
county, sponsored by WPA funds.
A veterans grave registration
which involves investigation of some
rs cemeteries in Hardin county is
in progress. Two records will be
kept for each grave, one in Column
bus and one in the local county
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20
Crow Caught Stealing
Letters

Bob Wilson'S educated crow is in
a Jam again.
The black-feathered pet, which
has puzzled neighbors and school
authorities in Lima by its antics,
went a step further recently and be-
came involved with Uncle Sam.
Wilson received letter from one
Of his neighbors protesting that the
crow was lifting letters from the
porch mail box.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20
HARDIN COUNTY
Sheep Has Four
Lambs

at can't happen here-but it did,"
That is the joint sentiment of a
much surprised Ridgeway eve and
her equally surprised owner, Paul
Holland.
The eve last week gave birth to
four lambs, rare occurrence among
sheep, and something that takes
place only a few time throughout
the entire state in one year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20
Workers Custer Up
held By State

The state civil service commission
Wednesday sustained the removal of
Francis Blosser, of Lima, highway
department timekeeper in the Lima
district, because he was a member
OF the Allen county Democratic Gen.
tral committee
Charges seeking Blosser's removal
were filed several weeks ago by o. C.
Kohl, division engineer, and were
appealed by Blosser, who had been
suspended for 80 days by Robert S.
Beightler, state highway director,
as disciplinary measure.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20
Policemen Become
Animal Keepers

Callers at the Kenton police sta
tion last week could have reason to
believe that perhaps police were now
dealing in livestock-because at the
building, were dog and a horse
The former being brought in by
a local citizen who found it wander
ing in the streets and the latter
brought in by patrolman who
found the animal in an uptown
alley.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20
Mistakes Button For
. Candy

Franklin Gaskill, 16-months-old
babe of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Gaskill,
OF Conant, while playing with his
brothers thought large red button
was candy. The button was pushed
down the child's throat. Franklin
was taken to the Lima Memorial hos
pital where surgeons were successful
an saving the child's life.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20
Jobs Sought For
Seniors

The student council of Findlay
High School and the Findlay Cham
Der of Commerce are cooperating in
conducting an occupational survey
with a view toward providing suit
able employment for this years
graduates.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20

on Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Altman.
Mrs. Carl Smith and daughter
Ruth were Friday afternoon callers
on Mrs. Oscar Steinnaan of Find
lay.
Miss Betty Gaeth of Bowling
Green was Saturday guest of her
sister Mrs. Roy Cramer and family.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20

edge of Lima. C. II. Nelson is to
be manager.
The open market will operate for
all classes of livestock from 8 a. m.
to p. m. daily, and from 8 a. m.
to noon Saturday. Stock will be re-
ceived at all hours, and principal
shipments will be to markets at New
York, Boston, Philadelphia, and
Baltimore. Some shipments also
will go to nearby markets, including
Toledo, Detroit, Cincinnati, Colum-
bus and Dayton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20
To The Public

Our policy is to give you the latest
and best in photography, to COM
pletely satisfy our customers, to give
prompt and efficient service, to make
your visit with us just as pleasant
and cheerful as we know how.
Cheerio Studio,
L. w. Gerber, Photographer,
Pandora, Ohio.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20
Youth Church Rally
Next Sunday

Young people of Putnam county
will gather at the Methodist church
in Leipsic Sunday, April %, for the
spring Putnam County Interdenomin-
ational Rally for Youth.
DR.. Rollin Walker, formerly of
Ohio Wesleyan University, who was
the Bluffton College Bible lecturer
last February, will be the principal
speaker at the conference.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20
Findlay To Get New
7. M. C.. A.

Findlay is to have a new Y. M. c.
A. building which will serve as a
social and recreational center for
adults as well as girls and boys.
Practically all of the $125,0O0 ne
cessary for its construction has been
underwritten by approximately $50
men and women of the city and a
campaign for the small remaining
balance of the construction fund
and the $4,000 required to finish
and equip the new building will be
held in September.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20
Radio Commentator
To Speak At Banquet

Jim Poole, who broadcasts daily
market reports from the Chicago
yards will be the main speaker at
the sixth annual Putnam county Beef
Feeders banquet which will be held
at Vaughnsville the evening of
April 25.
The banquet will follow an after
noon tour of five feed lots in the
county, Ralph Dush, county agent
announced. Tickets for the fete will
go on sale this week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20
Dismissed Employees
Fight For Jobs

The State Civil Service Commits
sion last week received appeals of
seven dismissed state employees in
Guiding: Eugene l.. Irwin, highway
department truck driver of Lima,
and Thelma Nj. Matz of Woodsfeld,
dismissed as provisional office assist
ant in the Division of Aid for the
Aged.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20
$4,000 For Putnam
Farmers

Putnam county farmers who COM
piled with wheat allotments under
the 1888 AAA program, signed ap-
plications for payments recently.
Arnold Schroeder, committee chair
man, reports that over nine hundred
farmers in the county were eligible
to receive the adjustment payments
which would total between eight and
ten thousand dollars.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20
Lima Gets New
StOckyards

A Iong-felt need will be filled for
farmers of Allen and surrounding
counties when a new $4,000 union
stockyard is opened.
The Nickel Plate Railroad, with
cooperation of eastern livestock in
terests, has contracted the quarters
on the main line of the Nickel Plate
at Adgate Road, at the southwestern
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20
Deaths Top Births
First Time

During March, possibly the first
time in the history of the Hardin
county board, the deaths exceed the
births when the report compiled by
Beth Mckinley, secretary to the
county board of health, showed 80
deaths to 16 births for the month.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20
165 To Graduate From
Eight Schools

A total of 165 graduates will re-
ceive diplomas from the eight high
schools of the Hardin county system
on various dates from May II to
May 81, it has been announced by
Frank c. Ransdell, Hardin county
superintendent of schools.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

from the Worden corner by route 186
to McComb, by route 113 to Leipsic
and thence south to Ottawa by
route 65.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-04-20
PUTNAM COUNTY
Thieves Dig, Steal
Farmers Potatoes

Farm produce thieves apparently
will stop at nothing to gain their
loot.
Carl Ridenour, who resides between