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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07
NATIONAL LEAGUE
 SCHEDULE SET

New York, Feb. 7-(UP)-The l94O National league baseball sched- ule, ratified at an executive meet ing yesterday. begins Aril 16 and ends Sept. 20.
 The late decision of St. Louis and Pittsburg to play night baseball will make it necessary for those clubs to devise their own arc light sched- ules.
 On April l6. Brooklyn will open a. Boston, Philadelphia ct New york, chicago ct Cincinnati and pittsburg at St. Louis. On the 18th, New York will open at Brooklyn. Cincinnati at Pittsburg, Boston ct Philadelphia and St. Louis ct Chi- cago.
 St. Louis will be the scene Of the annual American vs. National league All-star game July Q.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07
HOLYOKE OUTFIT
 SHADES L|THS
Visitors Win 48-45 Game at St. Joseph's Court;
 Holy Names Win

Holyoke Hurricanes were just good enough to hand the local K. of l.. combine a 48 to 45 setback for the third loss of the season in a game that thrilled 400 fans last night at St. Joseph's hall. Holyoke led at half time, 31 to 26, and at one time held a 20 to lea dover the local Liths, and at the finish every Hol- yoke player scored; Grenert and Garbacik contributing 29 points while Ferrie and Joyce got 30 for the K. of L. combine. Summary:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07

snatching mementoes from a person whose option had not been taken up. now concentrate solely on those stars who have long-term con- tracts"
 Last night had the opportunity of watching MT. Ney in action when I attended the opening of the new est Mae West-W. c. Fields picture Almost in the theater, he had an overlapping grip on Fields cane and with his foot was loosening 8 buckle on Miss Vests shoe when passed by.
 His every movement bore the stamp of 8 champion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07

wrestling Crosby and Leavenwoh athletic world locally least The gotten gr for recreation and exercise and to attain enough skill qualify college teams wrestling offered by the leading colleges according
 Little Wolf" Marucc tutoring high boys Gus Neil 132 Louis Coac 4O John Berado 135 rubert 155 Crosby Ray Benjamin 135 of Leavenwoh ghhea and heavyweight needed out the squad.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07
w. W. C..

this fin of the god old days Candy LaChance champion City, and played the old athletic hed this time under the BAG third much in the
 et that day and after tough battle the C. went down to Old manager of the This league
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07

Score at half time-Holyoke 31, K.. of L. 26. Referee -Marenna.
 Tn a prelim, St. Joseph's Holy Name won a 42-36 game from Tor rington Wonders, every player of both teams scoring.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07
QUARTET or JOBS

Four of the players picked on the Bageba1I writers Association all- ntar team were named Joe DiMag- nio. 0ordot1, Medwick and Cronin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07
IVY vS. GENTLE

Hartford, Conn, Feb. 7.-tUP).- Bobby Poison" Ivy, local light weight, meets Harry Gentle, An- other Hartford fighter, in the fea- ture 10-round bout on boxing card here next Tuesday night.
 New Britain, Conn.,, Feb. 7.-(UP) -Eldridge Eatman, Norwalk heavy weight, faces Mario Iiani, Italy, in a 10-rouni bout here Friday night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07
PLYMOUTH WOMEN
 OVERCOME BERLIN

The Plymouth men bowlers won three of four points from the Ber- lin men in Grange league match at the Austin alleys in Terryville last night while the Plymouth women copped four points from the Berlin women. The scores:
 Berlin Mnu CN
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07
QUARTET OF COACHES

Manager Bucky Harris will have four coaches to assist him in run- ming tke Washington baseball club next season-Clyde Milan. Nick AL tTck. Ossie Bluege and Benny Ben- gCAlgh.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07
ONE GAME ENOUGH

GAstern, basketbsll officials have reed not to work night games on tSe same day they receive after nDon Assisnnients
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07
FEW SKI INJURIES

Out of an estimated 100000 skiers, only 700 met with accidents during the 1938-1939 season. accord ing to the American Red Cross.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07
Blessed Sacrament
 Bowling Notes

George Bolan hit high single without mark of 97 and Joe Mur. phys team took three points, but are still holding down the cellar position in the Blessed Sacrament Bowling League.
 Flaherty'S team was tossed for q loss of two games by Malsch's team. Cy Corden's team who were some- what out of the running in the first half, are up there fighting for first place in the league during the sec- ond half. Frank Delaney and Win Hayes, can be seen in huddle quite frequently during the progress of the games. The boys are wondering what the popular pair have in mind during their frequent confabs.
 The following members are spill. ing the naples with the following averages.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07
NAUGY IS HERE
 TONIGHT FOR
 RETURN GAME
High School Rivals Meet at WiIby - Wildcats
  Shade Harding

Strange as 1t seems, Crosby high school basketball team, by beating Naugatuck tonight will put its great est rival, Wilby, in spot at the top of the Naugatuck Valley League that will be just about good enough to help Wilby win the championship. Crosby and Naugatuck, paired for the second time this season, this time at the Wilby gym, will continue sports rivalry that has existed since the good old days" of the Gem Opera House.
 Its most recent result was a two point win for Naugatuck in 8 bor- ough game some three weeks back that produced quite a scramble, tn- cluding mild free for all" Crosby has its last chance tonight and Coach Bill SchoAeld, though shy a regular, Joe Hannon, is set to have his team make the most of it, even if Crosby victory means that Wilby, which defeated Warren Hard ing last night and has lost but one game all season, will gain Valley League lead that may be enough to give it the 1939-40 championship.
 Reserved seat tickets for the game are selling at Biener's sport shop on East Main street while advance sale of tickets can be had at a saving of fifteen cents per ticket. The Crosby and Naugatuck reserves meet in the usual prelim. Charley Petrino of Bridgeport is scheduled to referee the varsity game.
 Wilby Wins 26-23
 Special to The DemOcrat)
 Bridgeport, Feb. GA sizzling eight minutes of scoring in the second period, gave the once beaten Wilby high team of Waterbury a close but well-earned 26 to g basketball vic- tory here tonight, making Il wins in 12 starts for Wilby this season.
 Each team scored but four points in the first period, but Wilby found the range in the second heat and had 8 20 to 12 edge at half time after which only two points for Harding was scored in the entire third period, while Harding scored g in the final heat to Wilby's six. Ka- losky, Wallin and Rosa were the Wilby point makers, Captain Jack Brickel being held scoreless. Sum- mary:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07
7HiSSpOyting
 World
A Little Of This And That
BY JOHN A. CLUNEY

old Timer wrote in to ask about Candy Inhance he something develops that Candy came home to iy with the Brooklyn against Memacs and the St. j1ph teams athletic field and the Rye lots Of course the whether LaChane played with the Brooklyn DoDoEs writer called them apparently meaning the Brooklyn
 the Dodgers
 At rate here's what WWC (who admits that he's not bad one-nngered typisD has to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07

Score at half time = Wilby Harding 12. Referee-Petrino.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07
February 6, 1O4O.

Mr. cuney Democrat you asked the question regard Candy LACance playing with the Brooklyn team LaChance played second base the Brooklyn O. against St. Joseph at the old Rye os now of the and he made that lost Brooklyn Hoffman of Torrngton the pitcher BAG Connor played with St. Joseph and did Fitzpatrick When want to know anything always to Bruokyn
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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-11
No instruments In
Tuberculin Test

Miss Martha Laffey and DR.. S. F
Whistler, city and county health com
missioners, emphasized last week
that the tuberculin skin test to be
given free of charge to all school
children in the county this month i:
a harmless test in which no instru
ments are used.
The Vollmer patch test will be
used. The test consists of a STRIP
of adhesive tape to which three
squares of filter paper are attached
two of these squares contain dried
tuberculin and the third dried gly,
cerin to act as control.
The patch is applied to the Skin
and is left undisturbed for 48 hours
before being removed. A reading i:
then made after another 48 hours
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-11
Buy Auto Tags
No Relief

Harry R. Corwin, Allen county
area relief supervisor, said Saturday
that any family receiving aid thru
his department that has purchased
1940 automobile license plates will
be Immediately removed from the
rolls and denied further aid.
Corwin said several families were
reported to him to be driving cars
bearing 1910 plates. The official said
these rumors would be checked
thoroughly Monday and if found to
be true, the family will be removed
from the relief rolls.
Corwin added that he had been
making every effort to reduce direct
aid costs and if family was able
to buy license plates his office would
assume its members were financially
able to keep themselves.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-11
More Sheep In County
Now

Sheep shearing is well advanced
in Hancock county and already bet
ter than 5000 pounds of wool have
been consigned to the Ohio Wool
Growers Cooperative association by
local farmers.
An estimated $4,000 head of sheep
will be clipped this year in Hancock
county and figuring the average
fleece at eight pounds, something like
100000 pounds of wool will be
marketed.
The sheep population in Hancock
county is one the increase according
to County Agent Forest Hall who
said the 1889 figure was $4,000 head
of sheep and lambs as compared to
the 1885 figure of 46,930 sheep and
lambs.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-11
Mark One Up For
Police Radio

Police Detectives Dennis Hogan
and Al Grady, of Lima, took a
routine radio report of a stolen car,
then cruised about two city blocks
in the police car and saw a vehicle
bearing the suspicious license plates.
Five minutes after they had re-
ceived the report, Ernest Moore, IS,
of Hazard, KY, was disarmed and
in custody. Hogan said Moore tried
to draw a pistol but surrendered
when the detective covered him."
Moore said he escaped from a
Kentucky reformatory last Wednes-
day. The car is said to have been
stolen in Tiffin.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-11
Is Locomotives Are
Ordered

Order for Is locomotives from the
New York Central Railroad was an
nounced Friday by officials of The
Lima Locomotive Works.
The engines, known as the Mo-
hawk 1872 type, are for fast freight
and passenger service.
Booking of the order assures en-
ployment for more than 200 adii-
tional plant workers who will be re-
called to their jobs in the next few
weeks. The 15 engines are sched-
uled for delivery in September. The
plants present working force, most
of which is employed in the shovel
department, is about 600.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-11
Students Open Dane
ing School

Herbert Young and Freddie Pones-
sa, Ohio Northern university stu
dents, had a good idea for working
their way through school and their
plan proved more than successful
until university authorities threw a
wrench into the workings.
The youths opened a dancing
school and planned to pay tuitions
and other expenses by teaching
others how to "pick 'em up and lay
'em down." At first, they had only
few customers, and all of them
students.
But in these jitter-bug days, new
dance step takes the country by
storm, and few persons can rest in
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-11
County Courts De-
cisiOn Upheld

The Ohio supreme court last week
held in favor of the Allen county
common pleas court by refusing to
review a case in which Lee Rodock-
er, was entitled to compensation
from the state industrial commission
for injuries suffered March %, 1897.
Rodocker's claim was turned down
by the commission but the common
pleas court decided he was entitled
to compensation. The Third District
Court of Appeals upheld the ruling.
The plaintiff contended he suf-
fered a broken leg when the truck
he was operating collided with a con-
crete culvert three miles east of
Beaverdam, causing him to be a pa
tient in the Bluffton hospital for Is
days and resulting in permanent par
tial disability.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-11
HANCOCK COUNTY
Beet Workers Must
Take Examination

All Texans coming here this year
to work in the sugar beet fields will
be required to take physical exam
nations before leaving Texas.
A new ruling of the Great Lakes
Growers Employment committee put
in effect this year is to the effect
that no workers will be hired un-
less they first have physical exam
nations which must be taken in
Texas before they leave for Ohio.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-11
Dog Completes Long
Rail Trip

With the arrival in Delphos of a
duck hunting dog from Pocatello,
Idaho, some kind of a travelling
record was hung up, according to
Edward Kundert, agent for the
Railway Express agency.
The dog, seven weeks old, was
sent by Lieutenant George Winters
to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Winters, N. Washington street. Kun
dert said the journey was the long
est ever taken by a live animal
received here.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-11
ALLEN COUNTY
Will Move Election
Board Offices

Announcement that headquarters
of the Allen-co Board of Elections
will be moved to ground floor rooms
of the courthouse from the present
top-foor location in the same build
ing was made Tuesday by board
officials. The new offices will be
ready for business not later than
next Monday.
Decision to make the change,
which will serve as a convenience
to thousands of Lima electors and
district election workers, was reach
ed at a meeting between county
commissioners, election board of
ficials and Probate Judge Raymond
p. Smith.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-11
Lima Owes S3,065,4O0
In Bonds

Annual financial report of the city
of Lima showed a continuance of
the gradual whiting down of the
bonded indebtedness despite increas-
ing operating costs.
Auditor Clyde Welty's statement,
made public, reveals a bonded debt
last Dec. 81, of S3,065, 400 after re-
tirement of bonds worth S2S8,900 and
interest payments amounting to
$167 ,909. The operations and main
tenance bill for last year was
S593,35S, of which $399,75s went fol
salaries.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-11
PUTNAM COUNTY
Relief Costs Lower
In County

Mrs. Bonnie B. Corns, Putnam
county relief director, says that re
lief costs in the county showed a de-
cided drop for the first quarter of
1910.
Examination of records showed
that S14,742.15 was spent during the
first three months of 1889 while $10,-
508.64 was spent during the same
period this year. This is a reduc-
tion of $4,233.51.
At the same time, the case load
dropped from ITO during the first
quarter of 1889 to 615 in the first
three months this year for a de-
crease of 165 cases.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-11
Man Burned In KerO-
sene Explosion

Charles Hathaway, Findlay cement
worker, is recovering from burns on
the hands and face suffered in a
fire which damaged his two-story
dwelling. Loss was estimated at
$400.
Hathaway, aided by his wife, was
removing paper from the wall of a
second-fioor room with steam spray
outfit, when a hose on a kerosene
torch being used in connection with
the operation broke and sprayed
burning kerosene over the walls and
cealing of the room.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-11
WPA Picture Bright
In County

Hancock county employment in
the Works Projects Administration
remains almost at a constant level,
in view of reduced quotas in various
other sections of Ohio, it was report
ed Tuesday by district WPA heads.
According to word here, nearly
every available man on the waiting
list has been hired either by private
employment or by the WPA. Nearly
500 are on the list here.
One hundred men are employed on
the water works project at Rawson
and those in charge said that the
project is about 65 per cent COM
pleted.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-11
Injuries Fatal To
Aged Man

Harvey Mcdowell, 10, we'll known
Ottawa man, died Monday afternoon
of last week in st. Rita's hospital,
Lima, from injuries suffered Feb. II,
when he was struck by an automo-
bile while crossing a street in Lima.
The accident occurred at the in
tersection of Main and High streets,
Lima police reported. The auto
which struck Mr.. Mcdowell was driv-
en- by Ben Rakowsky, 54, of Lima.
Mr.. Mcdowell suffered a fractured
hip and internal injuries. He had
been in the hospital since the acci-
dent.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-11
Postmaster For AZ
Years Congratulated

F. G. Ensminger, for nearly half
a century postmaster at Bairdstown,
has hung up a record in longtime
service to the government in this
department. As result of this
record he proudly exhibits a personal
letter from Postmaster General
James A. Farley congratulating him
on the occasion of his retirement
from the office.
The government retires a man
who has held the position of post
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-11
House Struck By
Lighting

Ada had its first electrical storm
of the year last Wednesday after
noon when lightning struck the Guy
Laube residence on North Gilbert
street. Only damage was burned
out wires. Ada fremen were called
but were not needed.
Firemen also were called to the
building on North Main street owned
by the Rothrock heirs and occupied
by the A. C. Mertz furniture store,
where about a 10-foot patch of the
roof was burned. Cause of the blaze
was believed to have been defective
wiring.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-11
Ottawa Considers Sew
age Disposal Problem

On their bid of $3.50, the Burgess
and Nipple engineering company of
Columbus, was awarded a contract
for conducting a detailed survey of
sanitary and storm sewers in OF
tawa, by village council.
The Columbus firm was one OF
seven bidding for the contract which
also calls for preparing plans for a
complete storm sewer system and q
sewage disposal plant there. This ac-
ton followed a warning from the
state board of health to correct the
present sewage system.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-11
$2,258 COunty's Share
Of Beer Tax

Allen county's share in the distri-
button of $236,405 collected from
Ohio beer, malt, wort and admission
taxes will be $2,258, it was an
nounced by State Auditor Joseph T.
Ferguson.
Distributions to other counties in
cludes: Hancock S1,538; Hardin
1894; Putnam 1888.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-11
A. F. Of L. Union Wins
Lima Vote

The Lima Metal Trades Council,
an A. F. of L. affiliate, will be GER
titled as collective bargaining agent
for employees of the Superior Coach
Corp. at Lima, Oscar S. Smith, reg
ional director of the National Labor
Relations Board, said last week.
Smith said workers chose the A.
F. of L. union over the C. |. o.
United Automobile Workers by a
vote of 163 to 120. Twenty-nine
voted for neither union.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-11
Judge Crow Unopposed
For Court Post

Common Pleas Judge Clarence
Ahl, Bucyrus, withdrew last week as
a candidate for the Third District
Court of Appeals, leaving Judge
Phil Grow, Kenton, dean of the
court, unopposed for denomination
on the Democratic ticket.
Judge Ahl said his action was in
the interests of party harmony.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-11
Train Rider Nearly
Killed

A colored man giving his name as
Charles Chang, al, home-at-large
was in the Putnam county home this
week after narrowly escaping death
while riding on a freight train at
Continental.
Sheriff Arnold Potts reported that
the man caught his right heel in the
coupling between two cars while the
cars were being switched at Con-
tinental. He fell to the right-of-way
where switchmen found him.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-11
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

non-sectarian structure in Perry
Township, near Lima, with loss
estimated at $4,000.
Members of the congregation and
neighbors carried out piano, pews
and songbooks before the roof fell.
Lima fremen found the building
mass of flames when they arrived.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-11
24,OOO Ballots For
Primary

Contracts were let last week by
the Hancock county board of elec-
tions for printing the ballots for the
primary election to be held May ID
The board has placed the number of
ballots to be needed at 12,400 Repub-
lican and 11,6OO Democratic thruout
the county.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-11
County Fee Collection
High

Collections in fees by the various
offices in the Hardin county court
house hit high level when a total
of $1,990.77 was taken in during
March, it was reported by Hardin
County Auditor w. B. Wilson. The
collection included: probate court
S676.45; sheriff, S16602; recorder
$348.S2, and clerk of courts, $799.48.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-11
DelphOs Bridge Ruled
Unsafe

Traffic over the E. Cleveland
street bridge spanning Flat Fork
creek in Delphos has been stopped
and the span roped off owing to its
unsafe condition, according to Serv-
ice Director A. E. Weger. Allen
county road officials have inspected
the structure and it may have to
be replaced entirely.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-11

eral program every ten years. The
questions contained on this years
blanks are similar TO those asked by
Uncle Sans agents every ten years,
and the census taker is bound to
absolute secrecy under penalty of
fine and Imprisonment if any infor-
nation given by any individual is
given to any other person other than
a superior in the census office.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-11
Will OF Spinster In
Litigation

Lengthy litigation arising from
the will of Miss Adela Satterthwaite,
wealthy Lima spinster, was advanc-
ed step last week when Judge
Neal Lora of Common Pleas Court
approved sale by the English Luth-
eran Church of Dayton of property,
left to church trustees for founda-
tion of a home for maiden ladies
more than so years old.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-11
Portable School An
nexes For Sale

Three portable frame structures
at the rear of the old high school
building will be sold on Friday,
April 26, at IL a. m. it was an
nounced by the Kenton board of
education. The old high school will
be used as an elementary school
next year and the annexes will not
be needed. They formerly were used
as classrooms.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-11
Steals Bike, Then
Wheel For 1t

A 14-year-old Kenton youth with
a mechanical turn of mind has con-
fessed to Police Chief Randell R.
Clark that he took bicycle, the
property of Carl Smith, Jr. Due
to the fact that the Smith bicycle
had no front wheel, the problem OF
making a means of transportation
out of the machine was solved by
taking the front wheel from a bi
cycle the property of Gene Stober.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-11

ease until they have learned it. The
two enterprising students were so
adept in their instructions that three
university professors and their wives
soon came forward for lessons.