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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
New Lima-TOledO
Highway Proposed

Lima officials last week had Wis
ions of a new highway linking that
city with Toledo as they planned to
attend a meeting of northwestern
Ohio city officials with State High
way Department executives in Co.
lumbus.
Charles Ash, acting director of
Division One of the highway de-
partment, called the meeting for the
purpose of considering an offer for
purchase of the former right-of-way
of the Cincinnati & Lake Erie Rail-
road between Columbus Grove and
Toledo. That roadbed, Ash said,
would provide an ideal route for a
highway, and would permit elimina-
tion of eight grade crossing between
the two cities.
The new highway would join
Route SIS at Columbus Grove, lead
ing into Lima.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
Former Local Man
Gets Wisconsin Post

A Columbus Grove native who
once resided in Lima has achieved
distinction thru widely varied ac-
tivities.
He is Col. Leonard B. Won Spach,
of Wauwatosa, Wis, who recently
was named assistant secretary of
state by Fred r. Zimmerman, Wis
consin secretary-elect.
More spectacularly, Won Spach at
tracted nationwide attention few
days ago when he offered to fly
to New York City to give his blood
in TRANSMISSION to save the life of
Rev. jeremiah Toomey, suffering
from steptococus viridans infec-
ton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
Mt. Cory Youth Raises
Ton Litter

Ralph Steiner, Jr., All club
member of the Mt. Cory school dis
trict, qualified for the Ohio ton lit
ter cub this year by raising a lit
ter of pigs in 180 days to a weight
exceeding 1000 younds.
Young Steiner raised his litter of
IL Chester Whites to a total weight
of 1850 pounds before selling the
hogs when six months old.
To produce the $3.50 pounds of
pork, he fed them 3,4S9 pounds of
corn, $500 pounds of milk, Al pounds
of tankage, 20 pounds of hog powd-
er, and 2,714 pounds of wheat.
The total cost for the labor and
feed amounted to $10S.S5 and with
the hogs bringing So per hundred
weight for s214.40 he made net
profit of $105.55.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
Charter Given Up By,
Old Society

With only three members remain
ing in the organization, the Women's
Relief Corps of Ada, No. 1913, De-
partment of Ohio, gave up their
charter shis week and wrote finis to
its 81 years of activity.
The group was organized October
25, 1887, and originally was COM
posed of wives of Civil war veterans.
Since that time, all but three are be-
lieved to have died, and two of those
are confined to their homes with ILL
ness.
Those yet belonging to the now
non-existing chapter are Mrs. B. F.
Binkley, president; Mrs. Mollie Price,
secretary, and Mrs. Mary Spar,
treasurer. Mrs. Price and Mrs. Spar
are now confined to their homes.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
Balanced Budget Is
Promised By Com
mission

A balanced budget for 1889 was
promised Saturday by members of
the Allen county Board of Com
missioners.
All current county bills for 1888
have been paid in full, and the
board intends to operate within its
income during the coming year,
Chairman w. B. O'Connor declared.
Other members are Harry l.. Bur-
CESS and Homer J. Hilty, and L. II.
Riethman is clerk.
Expenditures for relief purposes
in the year just past totaled $751;
427.85, the chairman revealed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
Hunter Appeals S34
Fine

A justice court conviction of a
hunter charged with failure to carry
his hunting license was taken to
common pleas court.
Royce Leary, of Findlay, was ar
rested on the charge by Lloyd Oil,
Hancock county conservation officer,
while he was hunting with several
other men on the farm of Onon Opp,
Marion township, November 26.
Leary had his hunters number
on the back of his coat but was un-
able to show his license when Off
GERS asked him to produce it. Leary
says he later found the license ir
his pocket.
Arraigned before Justice J. c
Dunn, December IT, Leary was inec
S25 and costs amounting to SO.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
Man Killed In Cafe
Brawl

Pleading not guilty to a charge of
first degree murder, Orville Stone,
20, colored, of Alger, was bound over
to the Hardin county grand jury
last week when arraigned before
Justice of the Peace Roy Hauden-
schild. He was remanded to the
county Jail in default of $4,000 bond.
The charges grew out of the fatal
stabbing of Troy Prater, 30-year-old
Scioto marsh worker, also of Alger,
which allegedly occurred late on the
night of December "a in the Spur
lock restaurant in Alger.
Stone told members of the Hardin
county sheriff's department that Pra-
ter attacked him and he retaliated
by stabbing Prater with a pocket
knife. He maintained the cutting
had been done in self defense.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
S375,000 Spent On New
Lima Park

With projected expenditures of
100000 scheduled for further de-
velopment of Schoonover park in
1889, the end of the year will find
a two-year total of nearly $375,000
spent on improvements to Lima's
new recreation grounds.
This announcement was made by
City Engineer Thomas Quinn as he
disclosed plans are progressing for
starting construction of the parks
new 100000 swimming pool in ad-
dition to furtherance of other pro-
jects to be carried on at the park.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
Leaves Note Before
Killing Self

"This is a Cody act, not a sin. I
can't get WE'LL" read the note left
by John NJ. Cain, 73-year-old retired
grocer and former Findlay city
councilman, before he took his life
Thursday.
His body was found in barn at
the rear of his home by his son, A.
L. Cain, who resides next door. He
was shot through the right temple
with .32 calibre revolver and his
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
PAGE THREE

pleted and mailed to Charles Scrib-
ners Sons, publishers.
TINS marks the end OF six months
of work by the Kenton man, during
which time he wrote the script for
the 100-page children's book depict
ing the life of sled dog. The book
will be illustrated by go drawings,
also by Machetanz. There will be
IL illustrations in full color.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
Black Legion Leader
In Detroit

Virgil H. "Bert" Effinger, reputed
Black Legion leader, was in Detroit
Saturday to face charges of criminal
syndicalism and possession of ex-
plosives, counts brought against him
for alleged activities with the night
riding cult
Spirited out of town at $3.50 a. m.
Saturday, Effinger's removal eli
NAKED a fight of more than two
years to escape extradition-a fight
of flight and legal maneuvering since
August 25, 1886.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
Findlay's Health Pro-
gram DeplOred

Speaking to the Kiwanis club, DR..
Troy A. Splitter, chairman of the
Public Health Association, outlined
the needs for public health service
in Findlay and said that the first
step should be the hiring of city
school nurse.
Mr.. Splitter said that most cities
in Ohio now are equipped with a
service for the eradication and
treatment of tuberculosis and that
Findlay ranks low in the state from
this standpoint.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
$4,000 Pollution Suit
Against KentOn

Edwin C. Steiner, farmer of north
of Kenton, last week filed suit for
$4,000 against the city of Kenton.
He claims that almost wholly un-
treated sewage is dumped from the
North Kenton sewage disposal plant
into an open ditch which runs thru
his 149-acre farm and that remon-
strances filed by himself and other
property owners were unheeded by
City Council and that the water in
the stream is unfit for watering
stock.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
This Husband Went
Home To Mother

That her husband, Carl C. Crider,
packed his clothing at least so times
during their six years of welded life
and threatened to "go home to
mother" was the story related by
Cora z. Crider.
To make matters worse, she told
Judge E. E. Everett, Carl had a
bad temper and at one time pulled
her hair until she was unable to
comb it for week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
HARDIN COUNTY
Snow Saves Wheat
Crop

Hardin county farmers said that a
three-inch snow which fell before
the mercury dropped 27 degrees to
a new low of the season probably
saved the wheat crop. Already spot
ty because of unfavorable weather
conditions, a sudden severe freeze
without any snow over the tender
shoots might have ruined stands en-
tirely, County Agent B. E. Brad
ford said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
Election Cost Lightest
In Years

Cost of Allen county elections in
1888 was the lowest of any off year
balloting since 1920 when women be
ban casting votes.
Board of election officials made
this announcement Saturday as they
disclosed last years expenditures at
$22, ,96816. The figure was held to
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
Kills 20 Hawks I'm
Six Days

Believing he has established some
sort of record, Francis Faber, of
Findlay, Friday reported he shot 10
hawks in less than a week. He shot
nine last Thursday, II last Friday,
20 on Monday, two on Tuesday,
three on Wednesday and "a Thurs
day.
This, opines Faber, furnishes an
excellent opportunity to study what
goes into a hawks diet. Their food
consists of pheasants, rabbits, quails
and chickens, he says.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
Fair Expenses S4.054

The Hancock County Agricultural
Society, sponsors of the county fair,
spent a total of $4,054.65 during its
first year of existence although it
did not have cent in the treasury
when first formed last spring, ac-
cording to the financial statement
compiled by Secretary Orwell Crates.
A total of $3,848.22 was raised in
cash entirely by memberships, gate
receipts, entry fees and donations
without aid from either the state or
county, expected next year. A def
cit of s206.43 was carried over until
the new year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
Fire Outstanding
Findlay Event

Probably the most important oc-
currence in Hancock county during
1888 was the first of undetermined
origin which partially destroyed the
main building of Findlay college,
causing damage estimated at between
$4,000 and $4,000.
The first occurred early on the
morning of May 26.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

the unusually low mark despite spe-
cial elections held in Delphos, La
fayette and Shawnee township in
addition to special bond issues voted
on in Delphos, Elida, Spencerville
and Lima.
Election costs in 1886 were $685.
500 and in 1884, S23,411. The peak
cost was $4,000 in 1928 before per-
manent registration went into effect.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
Dairy War Continues
In KentOn

White Mountain Creamery Co., of
Lima last week filed an injunction
suit in common pleas court against
the Kenton board of health after the
latter and city council held the firm
was operating without retail
license. Council recently passed an
ordinance that creamery companies
could hold license only if the plant
were situated within three miles of
Kenton. The Lima company recent
ly purchased the Paul dairy and
continued its operation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
HANCOCK COUNTY
11,734 Acres Of Beets
In 1899

Farmers in the Findlay plant area
will be entitled and permitted to
plant 11,743 acres in sugar beets in
1889 according to formal announce
ments from the agricultural depart
ment in Washington.
While the acreage allotment is 700
acres under that actually harvested
in the Findlay area this year, L. w.
Esckilsen, manager of the Findlay
area, expressed measure of salts
faction in the final announcement
recently.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
Auto Sales Are
Slower

The sale of new automobiles and
trucks slumped sharply in 1888 as
compared with the previous year,
according to records compiled by
Herbert Laing and Bernice Rothe,
deputies in the office of Clerk of
Courts ]. Leonard Schnabel.
Certificates of title were issued
for 1923 new cars and 204 new
trucks this year, while registrations
of bills of sale in 1897 totaled 2,492
new autos and $50 new trucks.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
Sheriff Makes 246
Arrests

Allen county sheriff's deputies
made 246 arrests during 1888, ac-
cording to a report submitted by
Sheriff William Daley by Deputy
John Carder.
A total of 594 prisoners was
lodged in the county bastile.
The department travelled approx
mately 100000 miles, this figure be-
ing the total for all motor equip
ment used by the sheriff and depu-
ties during the year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
WPA Works On 70
Miles Of Road

Seventy miles of Allen county
road improvements were completed
during 1888 under the WPA-Allen
county blank road improvement pro-
iect, William B. Schmuhl, district
WPA director, announced Saturday
in Toledo.
Thirty-two miles of Lima streets
were repaved or improved during
the year under the WPA-Lima city
wide street improvement project,
Schmuhl said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
KentOn Eagles Buy
Building

Purchase of the Forbing business
block, in the downtown Kenton busi-
ness district, from Forbing heirs was
completed last week by Byron Van
Stronder, secretary, and trustees of
the Eagles lodge.
The lodge plans extensive improve
ments before its headquarters are
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
$50 Court Cases Dur
ing Year

A total of 750 cases to be heard
in the Allen county common pleas
and Third District appellate courts
was filed in the office of Clerk of
Courts J. Leonard Schnabel during
1888.
Fees totaling approximately $4,000
were collected and 236 civil writs,
executions and orders of sale were
issued.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05

The Offenhauer automobile in
which the educator and his wife
were returning to Bowling Green
after attending sessions of the Ohio
Education association in Columbus,
collided with a south bound truck of
the Taylor Stone company, McDer-
mott, Ohio. The truck driver. John
Kohr, 25, McDermott, was unin-
jured.
Witnesses told state highway pa
trolmen that the Offenhauer machine
was attempting to pass another car.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
DelphOs Youth Dies
Of Burns

Burns suffered Christmas Eve
when a pan of scalding water was
spilled over his body caused the
death of Donald Wulfhurst, 10, of
Delphos, in st. Rita's hospital last
Wednesday evening.
The boy is said to have tipped
over one of several pans of hot
water setting on the stove in his
home. The water was being heated
after the regular source of heating
water failed during the evening.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
County Road To Be
Improved

Robinson, Burns and Cooper, Co
lumbus contractors, were low bidders
for improving 3.3 miles of the Find
lay-Arlington road Immediately
north of Arlington, when bids were
opened by the state highway depart
ment in Columbus Tuesday.
The bid was $101,105. The esti-
mated cost had been placed at $685.
382. 1t is a federal aid project.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
DIR. Offenhauer Dies
In Crash

DR.. Roy E. Offenhauer, 57-year-old
president of Bowling Green State
university died at TAO o'clock
Thursday evening in the Findlay
hospital from a skull fracture re-
ceived in an auto-truck collision
earlier in the day in which his wife,
Ella, SIS, was injured.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
Asks Divorce 16 Days
After Marriage

1t took Evelyn Branham Goodman
of Kenton just 16 days to find that
married life sometimes isn't just
what might be expected.
She was married to Wilbur Good
man, also of Kenton, on December
IL, and on December 2S, filed suit
in common pleas court asking di-
vorce and restoration of her maiden
name in addition to other relief.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
4,434 Deeds, Mortgages
Are Filed

The annual report of Allen county
Record Wilfred F. Failor shows that
4,434 deeds, mortgages and leases
were recorded and 1869 chattel
mortgages filed during 1888.
Fees collected by the recorders
office during the year amounted to
$7,58767.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
Many Accidents In
Waning Days Of
1888

Up until the second week of De-
cember, there were nine persons
killed in automobile traffic accidents
in Lima, compared with IL for the
whole preceding year, but during
the two closing weeks of the year,
four persons were killed in the city
and seven others in the county,
boosting the city total to 13.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
No School At Shawnee;
Scarlet Fever Spreads

Glasses at Shawnee Centralized
school will be resumed Jan. 9 in
stead of Tuesday of this week,
Reopening was postponed one week
because a survey showed 16 families
to be quarantined with scarlet fever,
Lappin said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05

of student engineer, electrical, at a
salary of $1,020 year, at the Sig
nal Corps aircraft radio laboratory,
War department, Wright Field, Day.
ton.
Applications must be on file with
the manager, Sixth U. S. Civil
Service district, Post office build
ing, Cincinnati, not later than jan
uary 16.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
First Pole Set In REA
Program

The first pole of the Hancock
Wood Electric Cooperative, Inc.,
was set last Saturday.
The pole was placed in the ground
on state rounte 25, southwest of the
Jenera road, with short ceremony
fitting the occasion.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
Kohl Endorsed For
Highway Post

The Hancock County Republican
executive committee has indorsed o.
C. Kohl, Lima, for appointment as
divisional engineer of the State
Highway Department He also has
been indorsed by the Allen County
Republican committee.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05

body was slumped in chair in the
haymow of the barn. DIR. Fl. O..
Crosby, Hancock county coroner, re-
turned verdict of suicide because
of i'll health.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
KentOn Official Hurt
In Auto Crash

Fred Haudenschild, Kenton city
treasurer, suffered two fractured
ribs near Williamstown when his
car skidded into ditch. He was
alone.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
Burglars Get S34

Hardin county officials last week
probed the burglary of the Ohio Oil
Co. bulk office in which $34 in cur
rency was taken from a filing cabi-
net.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
Congressman Jones
Names Aide

Congressman-elect Robert F. Jones,
Lima, appointed Harry Oldham, vet
eran Sidney attorney, as his secre-
tary.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
Student Electrical En-
gineering Post Open

The United States Civil Service
commission announces an open COM
petitive examination for the position
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
Gain In Red Cross
Receipts

This years Red Cross roll call in
Hancock County netted $3,682.20, or
$500 more than was raised in 1887.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
KentOn Man Completes
Book

Frederick Machetanz, Kenton art
ist, announced last week that the
final drawing for his book, "Penuck,
An Alaskan Sled Dog" was COM
La gaceta., 1939-01-19

meirosas.
FL mdsico, incapaz de pepsar
en- NADIA que no fuera Ell horror
del misterio de esta carta, no
veia a las muchachas.
Volvi6 a leer aquella Inca e..
nigmatica
para Gustavo."
iQu@ habia dentro de esta
carta?
iQu6 iba a saber 81, de mas
horrible, de mas triste, de mas
yergonzoso que 10 que habia sa.
DIDO y visto ayer?...
AL fin rasg6 ell sobre con ma
rabia a duras penas contenida
Y sus ojos Sc dilataron basta
h%a cast salirse de las 6rbitas.
+ leer estas lineas canaDas.
"Gustavo: Adi6s. Me marebo
para siempre de tn ladO,
La gaceta., 1939-01-19
querida ante los oios..

querida ante los ojos..
ALI estaban los muebles ia
miliares, las cosas queridas, los
Objetos que hablaban de las no
ras de trabajo Y de recogimien-
to-, los papeles y los retratos y
las cosas de-. ella tambien, de
Ia traidora
Y sobre la mesa de Gustavo,
encima de la carpeta Y apoyada
contra la escribania, para que
fuera bien visible, habia, en- efec
to una carta cerrada.
Una carta que Gustavo tard6
en- coger con un terrible presen-
timiento de catastrofe...
Sc habia acercado, sin embar
go, a la mesa, y pudo leer en- Ell
sobre, con la letra inconfundi-
bic de su espoSa:
Para GWstOvO,"
La gaceta., 1939-01-19
LISTA DE CONTRIBUYEN-
TIES PARA Ell COMITE PO-
PULAR De
o A ESPANA
(ContinuaciGpl

Contribuyeron con so centa-
vos: Porfirio Gonzalez, Jose A
lonso, Antonio Ibanez, Constan-
tino Miravalles, Francisco Ro-
drfguez, Manuel Sanchez, Emf
lilo Galan, Jose Rodriguez, Ra-
fael Montana, Antonio Rodri-
gree, Jose Aizpuru, Felipe Ro-
sete, Jose Lopez, Alessi Bakery,
Gallego's Barber Shop, FL Bien
PGblico Drug Store, Delgado's
Dept. Store, Bronx Bar, Felo's
Pressing Club, The Friends
Club, La Flor Gro, Canine Ca
fe, Salcines y Lopez, Mistretta
Bros, Gro, Bombero Gro, Ca
sino Sundries, Testasecca Bak-
cry, Gonzalez Gro, Caltagirone,
.Capitano Gro, F. Agliano Fish
Mkt, Lombardia Gro, Morales
Lunch Room, Puleo Feed Store,
Puleo Gro, Manuel Barcia, Ella
dio Valverde, David Gonzalez,
Armenia Shoe Shop, Main & Ar
menia Fill. Sta, La Americana
Gro, Oural Carniceria, La Eco
nOmfa de los Obreros, Esperdy
Tobacco Co., Manuel Alfonso, Jo-
Sc Lopez, White Chief Gas Sta,
American Beauty Gro. Valencia
Cafe, Granada Cafe, Frank de la
Grana, Two Friends Cafe, VIVA
gre Barber Shop, Sardinas Gas
Sta, C. Hernandez Gro, Jose
Fernandez, Barreiro Gro, Vic
tor Gonzalez, E. Estevez, Felix
Fernandez, Jose Beiro, Million
Auto Parts, Ell Vizcaino, ANA
do Gonzalez, Sanitary Poultry
Mkt, Angel Studio, Angel Val
des, Cafe Cuba, Florida Furni-
ture, La Primera de Ybor Bak-
cry, Perez Mems Shop, West
Coast Army Store, Bolera de los
'Mexicanos, M. Caruso, Gro, Hi
La gaceta., 1939-01-19
LOS REBELDES DE LAS
GRANDES LIGAS
Mungo va a ia cabeza de los
q~uejosos

A la cabeza de los rebeldes o
alzados de las grandes ligas, de
los inconformes con los sueldoS
pue les han sido ofrecidos, apa-
rece, como va dijimos en- otra
OCCASION, ell pitcher Van Lingle
Mungo.
Mungo anuncia que Jos Dod-
gers solo quieren pagane $4,000
por la temporada de 1889 y que
el no aceptara una rebaja de IL
mil pesos.
Joe Strip, un jardinero, 81 =
que a Mungo y dice que los bod
gers lie deben $4,000 e insistira
en- que lie paguen. Reclama Ell d.
nero de j~ugadores que ell Broo-
klyn obtuvo de su escuela de pc
loteros.
Esperase que Paul Waner,
una de las estrellas de los Pira-
tas, rechazara su primer contra
to; pero que aceptara ell segun-
do.
Como ell aho pasado bate6 me-
nos que en- los anteriores, la no
vena parece dispuesta a no ha-
cerle aumento alguno en- ell suel-
do.
Hank Greenberg, ell nuevo
rey de los 'jonrroneros," espera
un sustancioso aumento, mayor
del que Sc lie ha ofrecido por los
Tigres. Todo indica que arriba-
ra a un acuerdo con ell presiden-
te Briggs, y que no Sc "alzara."
Russ Van Alta tambien sc ha-