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Evening star., 1940-05-22

1900 BLOCK OF WESTWAY DRIVE,
Crestview. Nd.
Priced low $1,000: in one Of the fastest
selling sections of the city
18 Minutes Downtown.
1910
Evening star., 1940-05-22

WOOON1OGE BARGAIN,
264O MYRTLE AVE. NE
Detached, rooms and bath. oil heat, lot
oOxl90: 5000 cash. $50 monthly. To in.
spect call Hobart 5000,
LOUIS H. HALL,
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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-02

the field Of sports. This new inn
portance attached to play clothes
is proving a lively incentive to de-
signers to turn out outfits that shall
add to the picture as well as prove
practical down to the last detail.
There is no more fascinating en-
deavor that the field of costume de-
sign has to offer than this of Great
ing play-clothes for young moderns.
1t adds greatly to the pleasurable
excitement that materials these
days are produced so nearly per-
feet, not alone from the pictorial
standpoint, but that they neither
fade nor shrink in the wash, neither
do they wrinkle or prove unseemly
In the wearing. Fairgrounds this
season, because Of the spectacular
garb Of fun-loving outdoor enthusi-
asts, burst forth in a blaze of color
that fairly dazzles the eye. And of
all the conspirators in the color
game we know of none that are so
Loyalty flying cheer-inspiring color
ings as are the fashionable for-play
clothes plaids and stripes.
The picture shows how dramati-
cally and picturesquely color-bright
stripes and plaids are being fash
Toned into clothes that 60 golfng,
tennis playing, cruising, dude-ranch-
ing and so forth wherever your wan
derlust happens to take you this
summer.
The very attractive outfit which
you see to the right in the illustra-
ton makes one parasol-conscious at
very first glance. Which is as it
should be for one Of the very most
important events on the fashion pro-
gram this summer is the comeback
Of parasols. Designers of beach
clothes find big appeal in the para
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-02
By CHERIE NICHOLAS

sol idea and whenever and wherever
1t is consistent to do so they intro
duce an eye-thrilling parasol. It
worked out beautifully for the outfit
pictured to add a matching para
sol, and here you see it in all its
glory Haunting the same gay stripes
that give color to the smartly fash
Toned skirt. The fabric combination
Tor this costume is very happy one
OF strlpe-printed celanese crepe for
the skirt and parasol with sharkskin
in monotone for the blouse top.
You can get such easy-to-follow
patterns for play clothes nowadays,
and modern sewing machines have
such a vast equipment Of gadgets
and attachments that almost per-
form miracles in stitching, tucking,
quilting, shirring, cording, it is a
temptation to make ones own out
fits. Many smart, fashion-aware
women are doing just that, buying
up pretty materials and making
their own. 1t is a fact the records
show that the home-sewing idea is
decidedly on the increase.
Consider, in the light of being
your own dressmaker, the charming
gaytime sun suit which the girl seat
ed is wearing. Just few yards of
seersucker plaided in vivid colors
were required. You can make the
whole outfit by spending only a cou-
pie OF hours at your sewing machine
even If you are a beginner at the
sewing game. A little gathering at
tachment in your sewing machine
kit will dispose Of the yards of gath
ering at the waistline in just a few
moments. You'll love the swirling
ballerina skirt and the smartly fit
ted jacket top that furnish the styl-
ing theme for this outfit.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-02
Sheer Black Hat
Is Smart Fashion

The new hats Of sheer black horse
hair braid or Of thin net or chiffon
are registering as one OF the sea-
sons outstanding successes. The
smartest ones have large brims that
are styled to wear far back on the
head so that they halo hair and
face with a mist of wispy black.
They give you the dress-up look that
is so important for special occasions.
You'll love a hat of this type with
your black and white prints and
with the all-black afternoon sheer
costumes that are high fashion this
summer.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-02
Berets for Smart
Summer Headwear

For chic millinery to wear now
and through the fall, the beret, big,
black and dramatic carries the hon
ors. The present beret vogue is
gaining momentum by leaps and
bounds. One way Of wearing the
new beret is to pose it far back
on the head. There are also dra-
matte profile berets that turn UP pic
turesquely at one side. It Is worth
while to study up on the beret move
ment for be assured berets are inn
portant millinery news.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-02
4sk Me 4nother
. A General Quiz
The Questions

I. What men besides Pershing
bore the title general Of the
armies"I
2. What state was the first in the
Union to grant equal suffrage to
women?
3. What day Of the month is the
penultimate day7
4. What does the abbreviation
20. w." stand fort
s. What are the four living an
thropoid (man-like) apes.
6. In the boxing classifications
which one is the ightest weight
z. How are the names of our
first line battleships chosen?
8. What line follows: "Shoot II
you must this old gray head?
8. What makes the Mexican
jumping bean jump?
10. Why does a holly bush have
thorny leaves near the ground and
smooth ones higher up?
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-02

ing and becoming. The waistline
looks slim but is completely un-
restraining - nothing about the
dress to catch you up short when
reaching into the top shelf or dust
ing down the stairs.
The front fastening makes It
easy to get into. This Is an cas-
lily tubbable dress, too. Make I'D
design No. 1868 in seersucker,
linen, percale or gingham. Even
this simple pattern includes a de-
tailed sew chart.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1868
Is designed for sizes IL, II, 16, Is,
20 and 40. Corresponding bust
measurements 80, 80, "a, SO, SO
and 40. Size IA 1927 requires 3h
yards Of 35-inch material without
nap. Send order to:
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-02

ooaI cSS WHICH no
man in high official position should
make"
Il know all about your Speech"
Roosevelt replied in effect, land I
still want you to be secretary Of
war"
Stimson then replied that the deci-
sion was 30 naomentous that he
wanted two or three hours to talk it
over with his wife and close friends.
Take all the time you want, Hen
~" said the President.
Note-To get the full significance
OF this exchange, 1t is necessary to
remember that Stimson and Roose-
welt had fought each other in New
York state politics ever since 1910,
when Stimson ran for governor and
Roosevelt. just out of Harvard, ran
for the state senate.
After two or three hours Slim
son telephoned the President and
accepted the appointment. Howev-
er, he added one condition.
I'm not as young as I used to
be-" he said, land can't work 10
and 20 hours day any more. There
fore I've got to have men around
me whom I know intimately and can
absolutely trust. A tremendous re-
sponsibility will, be on my Shout
ders," Stimson added, land I can
not afford to fail"
To this Roosevelt replied in BAN
tering tone: Appoint anyone you
want, Henry. The only thing I ask
u not to appoint too many Repub-
leans at the very first"
Stimson apparently did not catch
the joking note in the Presidents
voice, for he replied: "You can
rest assured, Mr.. President, that
whether Democrats or Republicans,
they will be good men"
The first man Stimson asked to
help him in Washington was a Dem
ocrat, Benedict Crowell, now presi-
dent OF the Central National bank Of
Cleveland and formerly assistant
secretary of war under Woodrow
Wilson. He is also q close friend
Of Roosevelt's, who was then assis-
tant secretary Of the navy. Crowell
got to know Stimson when the war
department was under bitter Repub-
lican attack in 1920, and Stimson, q
Republican and an ex-secretary Of
war, defended him.
So this time Stirnson asked
Crowen to help him, by going to
Washington and making a quiet sur
vey OF the situation inside the war
department. Stimson had not yet
been confirmed by the senate and
could not make the survey himself.
But he wanted to know all the facts
In advance In order to waste no
time once he took the oath Of office.
Crowen made the survey and re-
ported that the production of new
war weapons and material was pro-
crossing most satisfactorily. How
ever, he found the war department
rent with feuds and the personnel
situation badly in need of reorgani-
Zation.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-02
Big Revival for
Knitted Fashions

Knitwear enthusiasts here's good
news for you, in that nearly every
fashion report mentions the coming
Importance OF hand knitted cos
tunes, capes, sweaters and three
quarter cardigans. So attend to
your knitting" so as to be ready and
smartly knit clad when fall comes.
A charming novelty is the sweater
with picturesque detachable match
ing knitted hood.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-02
The AnsDers

1. Washington, Grant and Sher-
man.
2. Wyoming.
3. Next to the last.
4. The Latin "quod vide" mean
ing (which see."
5. Gibbons, chimpanzees, orang-
utans. and gorillas.
6. Flyweight (112 pounds).
2. From the states.
3. "But spare our country's
nag" she said.
8. The bean moth larva inside.
10. Holly grows thorny leaves
near the ground to protect itself
from browsing animals. Branches
beyond their reach often produce
perfectly smooth leaves.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-02
NEW NAVAL BOSS

Col. Frank Knox, new Republican
secretary Of the navy, already has
been sized up by the admirals. They
describe their new boss this way:
"Hard-boiled and seems to know his
stuff"
Naval officers frankly admit, how
ever, that they don't like Knox
which Is good omen. For the adj
mirals never like a secretary of the
navy who really runs the show.
And in the navy today they certainly
need a two-hsted secretary
Note-It is significant that Knox
IS clearing all naval changes through
Roosevelt. The President still keeps
the navy as his governmental pet.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-02
Patriotic Jewelry
Is Latest Fashion

The latest fashion gesture is to
wear a decorative piece of patriotic
jewelry. OF course the American
flag comes first in clips or brooches.
1t has jeweled stripes and stars in
red white and blue. Glittering Amer
lean eagle emblems eloquently be-
speak patriotism and they are ever
so decorative posed on suit lapel or
at the neckline of your summer
frocks.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-02
It's Easy to Make
And Easy to Weir

MAKE it in a few hours, and
AZ wear it day after day after
dayi You can see, from the small
diagram sketch, how easy this
dress is to put together-merely
five pieces, including the sleeves,
and the only detailing consists
OF a few simple darts at the waist
line. But you can't really tell until
you get it on, how easy it is to
wear and work in, how unhamper-
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-02

NJ the Yale uni
ver sity com
mencement exer-
cises, when he
got home and re-
ceived the long
distance call from
Roosevelt inviting
him to become
secretary of war.
"Mr. Presi.
dent" replied
Stinson, II have
just delivered an
AII~>-- Is-I
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-02
STEPMOTHER

n neiely married girl comes to
Kathleen Norri, for advice on a vital
problem: her husband had daush.
ter by his first rUifs from ,Uhom he
t'a, separated by death. The littIs srl
I: almost unnlanaseabfe. putting a con-
finuoi strain on a normally happy re-
fdnon'htP befpeen the young Won,an
and her husband. Kathleen Norris an.
oiyEes this problem and tells the young
tOife hoto if can be solved.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-02
MERRY-Gn.ROuNn

Ex-senator George McGill of Kan
sas' lame-ducked in the 1893 G. o. p.
cleanup, is hot after the Land Bank
commissionership that will become
vacant August / when incumbent
Roy Green leaves to become presi-
dent OF the University Of Colorado.
McGill has the backing Of American
Farm bureau moguls who have
bucked the administration on land
bank policies-which won't help
McGilrs chances
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-02
r@6a;agaqha,

Washington, d. O.
STIMSON GIVEN FULL
AUTHORITY
Henry L. Stimson, Republican
secretary OF war, and the only man
IN the United States who has served
IN three cabinets (Taft's. Hoover's
ana Roosevelt's) h proceeding eau
uousiy. But he has been given COM
piete authority by Roosevelt to re-
organize the entire war department,
even including the ousting of Demo
cratic appointees.
The inside story Of Stimson's ap-
pointment can now be told.
so happened that he had Just
delivered strong pro-allied address
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-02
Two Views

Hope thinks nothing difficult;
despair tells us that difficulty is
nsurmomtable.-Dr. I. Watts.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-02
INDIGESTION

may Affect the Heart
Ca tTappsd In the stomach or guet may oct Ike
hAart1Hsr the heart At ths first sign Of cstrsss
mart man and women depend Bell ans Tablets 10
- IT, No aI.tive but made Of the f,st..t-
HRSf DOSE doesn't Prove Bell ans better rsturn
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-07
PAGE THREE

township. With farm of I60 acres,
he has two miles of fence along
roadsides to keep up. His farm Is
so rods wide and one mile long. It
is intersected by a road cutting it
in the middel and here is half mile
of road. 1t faces a road for one
mile on the west and another so
rods on the north end of the area
and still another 80 rods at the
south end.
Part of Cannonsburg was plated
on Mr.. Thompson's land and the
last brick block to be torn down q
quarter of century ago stood on
the west side of this farm. The old
post office building still stands, sag
ging and sorrowful looking, on
ground once part of the farm owned
by Thompson. The Cannonsburg
school house occupied an acre in
the northwest corner and the United
Presbyterian church is still summing
itself in nook in one of his fields.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-07
Income Tax Due
March Is

Some $50 Lima and Allen county
public employees will be obliged to
dig down in their pockets and pay
federal income taxes before the dead
line falls March Is.
Under the new provisions, which
become effective with the calendar
year of 1889, every single person
or married person not living with
husband or wife, is required to file
an income tax return, if their in,
come amounts to $1,000 or more fol
the calendar year.
Existing income tax laws provide
that every married person, or in the
case of husband and wife whose
combined income totals $500 OF
more during the calendar year, il
also required to file an income tas
return.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-07
Bear Is Sought Near
Findlay

Farmers and CCC workers be-
tween Fostoria and Findlay are Won
dering what has happened to the
bear that make the tracks along
Muskellunge creek during the past
week.
Frank Firestone and Walter Frost,
foremen in CCC camp here, returned
to work on a project recently with
details of enrolles after having been
in camp since Monday due to snow
and bad weather.
They found the tracks and farm
ers nearby told them the tracks first
were noticed Wednesday. They were
larger than a mans hand and OBJ
viously were made by a heavy ami
NAL due to the depth they were
pressed into the snow. The tracks
were followed along the creek, then
across bridge and further along
the stream until they were lost in
the water and slush.
Two enrolles, Ed Barger and Rob-
ert Hadding, who formerly were in
camps in the Rocky mountains, Bar
ger in Montana and Hadding in
Idaho, also were sure the tracks
were those of a bear. They said
they had seen many of them out
west.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-07
Letter Describes War
Overseas

First-hand information on the
European war in which Germany is
involved, is contained in a letter re-
reived by Mrs. Mary Traucht of
Findlay, from a sister, Mrs. Gather
inc Schumacher, of Bach, Luxembourg.
Mrs. Shumacher lives only short
distal.ce from the German border
and wrote that she could hear the
roar of cannons and that hand gre
nades and bullets landed so close to
the Schumacher home the family was
almost afraid to venture outside
She said her countrymen fear the
Germans will come over and take
possession of the country.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-07
New $4,000 Van Buren
Park Approved

Plans for the construction of a
new park at Van Buren,, Ohio, and
the improvement of Riverside Park
in Findlay, Ohio, were announced
last week.
William B. Schmuhl, Toledo Dis
trict WPA Manager, said the Van
Buren, State Park will become a
reality this summer and should be
open for visitors about July.1. He
said the WPA will spend $24,87S
and the State Bureau of Conserva-
ton $25,403 to improve the park
area and lake along Rocky Ford
Greek for public recreational use.
Fish shelters also will be erected.
At Findlay, Mr.. Schmuhl said,
the WPA will spend $35,0S9 and the
city $32,421 for the construction of
IL picnic shelters, sidewalks, roads,
a retaining wall along the Blanchard
River, concession buildings, sewers, a
poolroom and bowling alley, and
other improvements in Riverside
Park.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-07
Finds Son After q
Years

Twenty -year-old Challis Weirman
of Lima, and his father, William
Wallace of Kenton, met for the first
time in a Lima restaurant recently,
the father still bewildered by the
discovery that his son had not died
in infancy as he had believed.
The youth, adopted when a baby
by Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Weirman
learned only two years ago that he
was an adopted child, and started a
search for his parents. He knew
he had been born in Foraker, Hard.
in county. A check of families
named Wallace in Kenton, finally led
him to his father. The father could
give no information as to the where.
abouts of the mother.
The youth was born after his par
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-07
Vertner Seeks County
Nomination

Stanley M. Vertner, widely known
Beaverdam contractor and mayor of
that village, Saturday announced his
candidacy for the Republican NOM
ination for recorder of Allen county.
Vertner has had considerable ex-
perience in public affairs. He was a
trustee of Richland township for
many years and for 16 years was
clerk of the school board. He has
engaged in several successful busi-
nesses and for several years has
been operating as a contractor and
drainage engineer.
A graduate of Bluffton High
school and Ohio Northern university,
Vertner is married and has two
children.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-07
FBI Seeks Fake Fac
tory ExplOiter

The Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton has taken over the case of the
man who was in Delphos last week
representing himself as wanting to
obtain site for hinge factory and
boundary. He is wanted in New
York for bank robbery, according to
FBI agents. The man was shown
several potential factory sites by
public-spirited citizens.
Before coming to Delphos, the i'm
poster was in Dundee, Mich, and it
was there that his identity was re-
vealed by Detroit FBI agent who
took fngerprints of drinking glass
used by the man in a Dundee res
taurant.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-07
HOLC Borrowers
May Gain

Allen County HOLC borrowers
will be saved $21,711 annually if con-
gress approves a bill introduced by
Sen. w. Warren Barbour (R) of
New Jersey.
The bill calls for extension of time
for repayment. of HOLC loans, and
reduction of interest rates on such
loans from Az to 3 per cent.
Pointing out total HOLC loans
closed in Allen county equalled ST.
030,697 at the time the Home Own
ers Loan Corp. stopped lending
money in June, 1886, Barbour said
repayments since that time by Allen
county borrowers have totaled slight
ly over 20 per cent. This leaves a
balance of about s1,60S,000 still due
on Allen county loans.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-07
Held For Stealing
Chickens From
Employer

Ray Sullivan, 81, employed on the
Raymond Wiler farm south of the
Findlay airport, was arrested Thurs
day at a Clinton court address by
Officer Homer Johnston of the po-
lice department, on a charge of
stealing chickens from his employer.
Police Chief Leo M. Larkins in
a checkup of his Bertillion record
learned that he served 13 months in
the Ohio penitentiary in 1922 for
the theft of an automobile in this
county. He originally came to these
parts from Providence, r. I.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-07
Four Violent Deaths
In County

Births, with 40, led deaths in
Findlay and Hancock county for jan
uary, according to the report of
Miss Edith Houseman, registrar of
vital statistics for Findlay, and DR..
S. F. Whistler, county health COM
missioner.
Of the 36 deaths in the county,
four were of a violent nature. On
Jan. is, Charles w. Lent, SO, of
Toledo, became Findlay's and Han
cock county's first traffic victim when
his auto crashed into a train at a
crossing here. He died from a frac-
tured skull.
The second fatality was recorded
the next day when an auto in which
five youths were riding to basket
ball game, skidded from the icy
highway killing one of the boys,
Harry Lauck, Is, of Mt. Blanchard.
Two men died from gunshot
wounds.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-07
ALLEN COUNTY
Sewing Center Closed
By Surplus

Over-production of garments or
Lima's WPA sewing project Thurs
day resulted in an announcement
from William B. Schmuhl, district
WPA director from Toledo, that the
project will be closed down indefi-
nitely.
Closing of the project, which will
result in dismissal of 131 women
workers, followed a personal investi.
cation by Schmuhl.
1t was found that the project
workers have made enough gar
ments, which are given to needy
and relief people thru the city, to
last for at least two months. This
surplus was built up thru efficient
operation of the project, Schmuhl
said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-07

poor relief funds and 65-100 per cent
public utility tax funds, as provided
for under house bill sol and senate
bill 462 respectively, announced
Tuesday by State Auditor Joseph T.
Ferguson.
By counties, with the funds re-
leased under senate bill 462 listed
first, the distribution included: Han
cock, S11,117 and 11,443; Allen,
$16,322 and S19,795; Putnam s6,O57
and $7,524.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-07
Two Old Bridges To Be
Replaced

Allen County Commissioners an
nounced last week their agreement
to share equally with Van Vert
County and the city of Delphos in
construction of two new bridges
across the old Miami and Erie canal
in downtown Delphos at cost OF
about $1,000.
The present bridges, on Cleveland
and Cline streets, have been called
unsafe for heavy traffic for severa
years. The canal divides Delphos in
half and forms the Allen-Van Wert
County boundary.