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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22

Only l per cent increase in foul
brood of bees was found in Ohio in
1889 although there was 35 per
cent increase in the number of hives
inspected.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
"a Births, "a Deaths
In January

The population of Ottawa and Put
nam county was unaffected during
January by births and deaths, it was
reported by Miss Nora Myers, sec
retary of the county health district.
There were "a births and "a deaths
during last month, she said. There
were IL boys and IL girls born and
one stillborn child was reported.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16
TRIES OUT
MOTORIZED UNITS
War Games In Louisiana
Closely Parallel Action
OF Battle Mouse
Rv WILLIAM T. RIVES

LEESVILLE, La, May 15.-lP-
Great tanks of the Red and. Blue
armies raced down dusty Louisiana
roads today, pointing toward a spec
tacular clash of some of the army,s
finest equipped units.
Army officers, judging from po-
sitions the steel monsters assumed
Yesterday, expected a head-on col
lision that would play an important
part in tactical work of the war
maneuvers' second phase.
The outnumbered Red army from
Texas fell back along the line yes
terday and prospects were no bet
ter today. Reports filtering in from
enemy lines said the Blues had some
800 tanks, which bested the IeAas
troops three to one.
In the forefront of the Red ele-
ments was the blitzkrieging Seventh
cavalry brigade, the army's only
all-mechanized outfit.
With tanks-combat cars, they are
called-armored cars, and other In
struments of death, the brigade en-
ploys the cavalry essentials of mo-
bility, speed and shock.
The unit strikes, runs, and then
strikes again, in contras< with the
infantry tanks habit of laying a
heavy attack forward by %deploylng
of infantry troops.
Clusters of natives stood in awe
by roadsides as the tanks numbered
into positions. Sometimes the ma
chimes left the highway to cut a
path, without noticeable delay,
through fields studded with trees.
The Is, 9O0-pound steel, mobile
forts are propelled by 7~-cylinder air
plane motors and are protected by
a thick steel coating and these fir
ing weapons: A 80 calibre machine
gum, an anti-tank gun, an anti
aircraft gun, a LAP gun" SO called
because the gunner holds it in his
lap, a sub-machine gun and pistols
for the four-man crew.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16
DENTISTS HEAR
TAKERS RAPED
Dental Economies Held
No Basis For Service
To The Ailing
BY ENNIE TAYLOR


OAKLAND, Calf, M a y ia
sharp criticism of dentists who dag
lose their patients needs on the
basis of their credit ratings or who
adopt a "chairside manner to fat
ten fees was sounded before the
California Dental association today
by DR.. B. B. McCollum of Los An
geles.
Asserting the profession was being
importuned to use "so-called dental
economies" credit analyses, auditing
bureaus, financing systems and even
courses in effective speaking to
sell their services, DR.. McCollum said
there was a growing reaction against
such tactics.
THE more intelligent" he added,
have acquired sales resistance. Re.
sistance to sales talks is being unin-
t~entionally taught the public every
day on the radio. Schools r actual
ly teaching students now to resist
sales talks.
Should dentists acquire the use
of trick craftsmanship methods just
when slick craftsmanship is passing
away in commerce."
DR.. McCollum, a pioneer in gnatho-
logy, which applies the study of jaw
movement and structure to dentistry,
urged the profession to improve
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16
mouth diagnosis on the ground that
it is one of the most important but
carelessly handled matters in dentis-
try.
Dry Leader Claims
State Vote FAVORED

CHARLOTTE, May Is. Up -
Ninety-four per cent of all candi-
dates for the legislature who chose
to go on record declared their OPP
position to he legal sale of alco-
holic liquor in North Carolina, Mrs.
7. H. Plemmons, state president of
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, said.
The identical "a per cent, she
said, STATED that if elected, they
would vote and work for the enact
ment of a bill to permit the people
to vote in a statewide referendum
on the manufacture ana sale of in
.toxicating liquors."
The W. C. T. U. on April rs re-
Gently sent out letters asking the
candidates how they stood on the
liquor question.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16
Production Of Power
Shows Slight Increase

NEW YORK, May 15-R-Elec.
trio power production in the week
ended May IL totaled 1887, SEE, 900
klloWatt hours, a minor rise over
1885, 210, 900 kiloWatt hours in the
preceding week, but a gain of 10
per cent over 2,170, $50, 900 kilowatt
hours in the comparable week a
year ago, the Edison Electric Insti-
tute reported today.
ALI major areas of the country
contributed to the increase over
1889 with the best showing in the
central Industrial states of 1873 per
cent above a year ago.
The slight rise over the proceed,
ing week Was in line with seasonal
expectations and the Associated
Press index of electric power pro-
q. t was unchanged at 1921.
lhls compared with 1882 a year
ago.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16
HOLLANDS DEAD
SET AT 100000
One-Fourth OF Army Is
Dead; Fleet Escapes To
Join British Sea Arm

PARIS, May 15.-P-Netherlands
Foreign Minister Eelco N. van Klet'
fens estimated today that the Dutch
army had suffered 100000 men
killed - or one-fourth of its total
strength of 400, 1000.
Wan Kleffens, a civilian, may
have overestimated the death rate.
If his figures are accurate losses
were many times greater tina bat
tie rates in the World war, when
rs per cent casualties, wounded as
well as dead, were considered very
high for large forces n the ratio
of dead to wounded was n to
four)
Van Kleffens, however, said Hol'
lands fleet was almost intact ana
had Joined the Allied naval forces.
He said that resistance was con-
tinuine in the coastal province u
iceland and that troops which es-
capped into Belgium would enter the
Allied armies.
His disclosure of the army's stag
gerine losses was part of his gov
ernment's first review of the cam
naien which forced virtual capltu-
lation of The Netherlands in five
days.
The Netherlands foreign minister
arrived here from london last
night.
He said that prolongation of OPP
erations in Holland was decided
against, with millions of souls
menaced with determination" but
that everyone knows the tenaclty
Of the Dutch-I am convinced we
will gain final victory"
Although most of The Neither
lands now has fallen to the Ger
mans, Van Kleffens said, the Dutch
Empire still stands and all its re-
sources will be placed at the dis
posal of the Allies. He said Dutch
were volunteering their services
throughout the world.
Standing beside Van Kleffens as
he spoke were Lieut.-Col. A. @. H.
Dyxhoorn, minister of defense, and
Charles J. l.. M. Welter, minister
Of colonies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16
National Defense

WASHINGTON, May 15-R-
Uncle Sans defense establish
ment, which president Roosevelt
says must be modernized and ex-
banded at once to safeguard ma
tional security, looks like this to-
day:
Navy
Three hundred three Warships,
including Is battleships, manned
by 145, 900 enlisted men and 10, 651
officers; 5000 marines and 1,345
marine corps officers; Al, 992 men
in the enlisted reserve; 1879 re-
serve; 13, 1859 reserve officers and
1882 officers and men in the mar
inc corps reserve.
Army
Approximately 227, 900 enlisted
men in the regular army and Phi
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16
Squalls, Renamed The Sailfsh,
Returns To Service With Fleet

brought into a drydock four months
later.
Joining the submarines new COM
mandar, Lieutenant Commander Nor
ton C. Mumma, Jr., his three Off
GERS anG 55 men in the commissions
ing was Admiral Cyrus w. Cole, the
Portsmouth navy yard commandant,
soon to retire. He was decorated for
directing the first actual rescue of
its kind-the diving bell escape of
the SO Squalus survivors-and for
the subsequent salvaging of the sub
marine.
Assigned to the Sailfish were four
who escaped the Squalus disaster.
One was Electricians Mate Lloyd
B. Manness of Greensboro, N. c..
who closed a watertight door and
shut out the sea, saving all those
who were in the Squalus' forward
compartments. He returned from
the murky depths to the unlighted
world in the second trip of the res
cue bell.
Another was Electricians Mate
Gerald c.. McLees of Richmond.
Kans., saved in the first descent
of the bell; a third was Torpedo
Maj Leonard De Medeiros of New
Bedford, Mass, who came up on
the third trip and who has served
eight of his u navy years in sub
marines; while the fourth was Gun
ners Mate Eugene D. Craven of
Thayer, O., who returned on the
fourth and final trip.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16

A 1924 model car, which
purchased originally for sIeo- &as
Gently was sold for $40. Tba re-
had been driven only As mii [e Car
was IN perfect condition. and
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16

The failure of motorists II
in the proper lane While ~ STAY
was a major factor in tho LYING ,aa
traffic deaths of 1929 '-'Wl
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16
By TOM MORGAN

PORTSMOUTH, N. H., May Is.
-CP-Gone from the navy rolls to-
day was the tragic U. S. submarine
Squalls and in her place appeared
a new name-the Sailfish.
Nothing in the services prescrib-
ed close-clipped commissioning cere-
mony served as a reminder of the
stark peril that lowered about the
now sleek metal hull from the time
she sank carrying 26 men to their
deaths in 40 fathoms in a faulty
trial dive last May %, until the
underwater craft was raised and
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16

lippine scouts, plus 1881 officers,
of whom $500 are air corps pilots.
An additional 4,454 enlisted men
are on flying status, and some of
them + pilots. There are 1O3, 900
eligible eserv officers and b y
next year the regular army's en-
listed is expected to in
clude about At, 900 men with pre-
vious military training. The total
authorized enlisted strength of the
army is 280, 900 men.
The air corps expects to have
about 1865 first-line planes on
hand by the end of June, but is
building toward a goal of $500
planes by June 30, 1871.
National Guard
Strength ISL 900 officers and
men but president Roosevelt could
order it expanded to about 400, 900,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16
Lack Of Knowledge
Causes Most Accidents

WINSTON-SALEM, May 15-tPH
1t is not the drivers recklessness
or even his intoxication that is re-
sponsible for so many highway ac-
cidents, Rear Admiral Percy W.
Foote, U. S. Navy, retired, said
last night.
1T is simply the lack of knowl-
edge of safe driving and a low or
der of mental alertness among a
large percentage of drivers" said
Foote, former commissioner of the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16
In Hollywood
BY PAUL HARRISON

NEA Service Staff Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD, May 15.-Among
recent prizes rounded up and
brought back from Broadway by
movie raiders is a symmetrical
dish called Grace Macdonald. |
believe that some of these days
you + going to see and hear quite
a lot of Miss Macdonald. Right
now she is too busy to pose for the
glamor-cameras or to charm the
lyricists of b%allyhoo.
She's playing the lead in her
first picture, a musical titled
Dancing on a Dime" It's the
story of a group of youngsters,
stranded by Collapse of the Fed
eral Theater Project, who live for
several weeks in the old Garrick
Theater in New York and put on a
show. Thus the picture, instead of
having 200 chorus girls fully ar
rayed against 5000, 900 S e t S, be-
comes the sort of intimate revue
which Hollywood long has believed
will lead song = and dance f1ickers
back into popularity.
REHEARSAL ROOMS
ARE MADHOUSE
Such a film, anyway, will make
a good showcase for the vaude-
Whistle talents of Robert Paige,
Virginia Dale, Peter Hayes, Carol
Adams and other up-and-comers
who have been assembled by Par
amount. The rehearsal rooms are
a fascinating madhouse these days
as the routines are whipped into
shape.
Miss Macdonald, who is some
thing under 20 years and 120
pounds, can dance and sing and
act, as has been proven by her
successes on Broadway in Babes
in Arms" One for the Money!
and cts Very Warm for May"
Whether she will be able to act for
the camera instead of for the bal
cony patrons is something that the
nations fan jury will have to de.
eide. But the studio isn't worrying
a bit and it hasn't suggested any
coaching.
The newcomer is relieved about
that. She said, eff there's anything
| couldn't stand it would be drama
and diction teachers. All the best
actors say that nobody can teach
another person to act, and it seems
to me that most of the youngsters
sound dreadfully diction-conscious
on the screen. If I'm eve taught
anything, it will be by audiences,
and that's why I'm going back to
the stage-for part of each year,
anyway"
BEGAN DANCING
AT SEVEN
You'd think that a girl who began
dancing at the age of 7 and had
come up through night clubs and
the stage shows of movie palaces
would consider herself pretty well
seasoned. But she still has ualms
of stage fright. And I'm a ham
at heart" she said. Il really want
to act"
At first she was determined to
become a great ballerina, but when
she was 10, over-exertion put her
to bed for a year and a half with
some sort of infantile rheumatism.
When the doctor said he'd never
dance again, Grace thought S e
might as well die. Her brother,
Raw. disagreed with both of them.
He said, Lets make a team. You
lust 90 out and look cute, and I'll
take care of the tapping"
So they did, and pretty soon she
was doing her share of the work.
And they climbed together until,
after "Babes in Arms" Ray broke
an ankle and couldn't dance for
five months. By that time, their
STYLES and ambitions had drlfted
apart: he still likes vaudeville and
night clubs.
Metro rushed Miss MacDonald to
Hollywood last year to test TO
.Dancing Coed" But a stage en-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16
Night Riders Facing
Indictments In S. {.

ANDERSON, S. c., May 15.-CP-
The Anderson county grand jury will
receive bills next Monday seeking to
indict alleged members of a night
riding band f o r offenses ranging
from assault and battery with intent
to kill to o~bstructing a public high
way.
The bills originally were to have
been handed to the grand jury today.
But the court adjourned yesterday
out of respect for Sheriff William
Oscar Marett, 81, who died after a
long illness.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16
Canada's Red Party
Outlawed By Court

OTTAWA, Ont, May 15.-R-
Justice Edgar Rhevrier of the On
tarlo supreme court today declared
the Communist party of Canada to
pe an illegal organization"
He sentenced Harry Binder, con-
Vlcted of publishing and circulating
ahtl-War pamphlets in violation OF
the defense of Canada regulations,
10 three years in the penetentlary
and fined him $500"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16

gagement wouldn't permit her
signing the six-months contract
the studio required, and Lana Tur-
ne1 got the role. She barely had
time to make this picture, either,
being slated for rehearsals of
Three After Three" in New York.
After that show, though, We'll be
seeing more of her.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16
THURSDAY, NAY 16 a..

PENNSYLVANIA motor police
ty conference. 'Idi safe,
Other addresses were
speak tonight. 'sA viii
Evening star., 1940-05-05
Royol Arcanum

The Oriental Council degree team
was judged on April IS by Supreme
Committeeman Arthur B. Eaton ana
Grand Regent Herman Wealthall
and received a rating Of S8.3 per
cent. James H. Pitts was regent Of
the degree team and Frank v. Marsh,
degree master.
Municipal Council meets May 8
at the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines
Club. Election OF officers will be
held. They will be installed by the
grand regent. Entertainment will
be arranged.
Capital Council will be host to the
Boosters Club on May 16 at 1015 L
street NV. Election Of officers will
de held. Orville Ebersole, regent of
Capital Council, was recently elected
secretary Of the National Duckpin
Association.
On May "a. Supreme Regent VIII
liam @. Root will make his second
visit to this Jurisdiction to attend
the Grand Council jubilee class In.
itiation. The grand regent Of Mary.
land, Harry Marchant, and . large
delegation from Baltimore are exc
pected to attend. Kismet Council
win be the host for the occasion.
Evening star., 1940-05-05
Eight Conventions
Slated This Week

Washington will be the scene Of
eight conventions this week, accord
ing to an announcement by the
Convention Bureau of the Greater
National Capital Committee. The
list follows:
Maryland, Delaware and District
of Columbia jewelers. Association,
today and tomorrow at the May
flower Hotel; 600 delegates.
National Retail Lumber Dealers
Association, today through Tuesday
at the Shoreham Hotel; 800 dele
gates.
American National Red Cross, to-
morrow through Wednesday at the
Red Cross Headquarters; 5000 dele
gates.
Eastern Area Field Service Of the
Red Cross. tomorrow through Satur-
day at the Red Cross Headquarters;
100 delegates.
Conference of State and Provin-
cial Health Authorities Of North
America, Tuesday and Wednesday at
the United States Public Health
Service Building; 100 delegates.
Sons Of Union Veterans Of the
Civil War, Maryland Department,
Tuesday and Wednesday; $50 dele
gates.
Conference Of State and Territorial
Health Ofdcers, Thursday through
Saturday at the United States Pub
lie Health Service Building: 100
delegates.
American Scientific Congress, Fri
day to May Is at the Mayflower Ho-
tel; between 500 and $500 delegates
The Pan-American Sanitary Con-
ference, which opened last Wednes-
day, will continue through We'd
nesday.
Evening star., 1940-05-05

vested In the School Board. Joint
control would weaken this authority,
they reason.
Thus they conclude that recrea-
ton had best continue to remain
IN two camps, co-ordinated by
gentlemen'S agreement.
Leaders in the park and park and
planning camp are Secretary Of the
Interior Harold Ickes, Chairman of
the Park and Planning Commission
Frederic A. Delano, Director of the
National Park Service and Execu-
tive Ofdcer Of the Park and Plan
ming Commission Arno B. Cam.
merer, Associate Director of the Ma
tional Park Service A. E. Dema-
ray, Acting Supt. Of National
Capital Parks Francis F. Gillen,
Secretary Of the Park and Planning
Commission Thomas s. Settle, Miss
Harlean James of the American
Planning and Civic Association, Ugo
Walter, recreation expert of the
Council of Social Agencies; the
Washington Board of Trade, and
weaver W. PangDOrn, legislative
trouble shooter of the National Rec.
reation Association.
Heading the District Board Of
missioner David McCoach, Supt.
Of Schools DR.. Frank w. Bal
lou, Corporation Counsel Elwood
Seal, District Auditor Daniel j. Dom
ovan, c. Melvin Sharpe of the
Board of Education and other school
board members and many civic
groups including the Federation OF
Citizens Associations.
The consensus was, as the week
wore on, that the situation was
teetering on a sharp edge ready to
fall either way. Within the next
few days Washingtonians should
know the answer.
Evening star., 1940-05-05
Civic Calendar
l9 Gatherings
Slated for Week

The following 10 citizens associa-
tions are scheduled to meet this
week:
Monday, May 6.
Citizens Association Of Takoma
D. C.-Auditorium, Takoma School.
Fifth and Cedar streets NV, 8 pm.
Dupont Circle-Mayfiower Hotel
4:30 pm.
Forest Hills-Ben Murch School
Thirty sixth and Ellicott streets
NV, 8 pm.
Observation-Disclosures School,
Forty fourth and Ord streets NE.
8 pm.
Manor Park-Auditorium, Whit
tier School, Fifth and Sheridan
streets NV, SPIN.
Metropolis View-Crosby s. Noyes
School, Tenth and Franklin streets
NE, 8 pm.
Progressive Citizens Of Congress
Heights-Congress Heights School
Evening star., 1940-05-05
Student Aid Committee
Faces Busy Season
Parents and Teachers Group
Must Provide Clothes
For Ordinations
BY MRS. G. d. LOWE,
President District Of Columbia CQnErels Of Pareuts

and no party dresses. Perhaps many
people will say that party dresses
are an extravagance-unnecessa
and superfluous. But if you were
a young girl of IA or 16 or 18-and
your classmates were chattering
joyously of the coming graduation
party and you knew you could not
60 because you had no suitable
clothing-what then? If you were
q young boy In the same category
the same description would apply.
The members Of the Student Aid
Committee are confident of their
ability to cope with any kind Of
emergency which has to do with
supplies of clothing-and so they
never fail when graduation time
comes. What matter it If the party
dress is one that has served its USE
fulness with some other more fortu-
nate girl? Or that the blue suit
has grown shiny from its former
owners wearing? Revived by clean
Ing and pressing, both serve again
and perhaps bring more joy than
they did to their original owners,
to whom a new dress or a new suit
Is all a matter Of routine and not
the special events they are in these
cases.
So while you are busily engaged
getting your houses In order for
the warm months ahead, lay aside
the outgrown garments and give
them to our Student Aid Commit
tee. If you have q car and will
take them yourself to the student
aid rooms In the Gales School,
First street and Massachusetts ave-
nue. NV, they will be greatly ap-
prec' .ted. II you do not care to
bring them yourself but will notify
the student aid chairman Of your
school she will see that they are
delivered. Or If you do not have
a child in school but do have suit
able clothing, and you will tele-
phone the rooms, Republic 1893
some one will be glad to call for
them.
Stuart Junior High.
The association will meet tomor.
row at 8 pm. Ofncers will be
elected. They will be installed by
Mrs. J. N. Saunders, past president
Of the District Of Columbia Con.
gress of Parents and Teachers. E. G
Comingore, Luther Bowers, Don
Siegrist and Charles Scott. mem.
bers Of the Silver Shield Quartet oi
the Metropolitan Police Depart
ment, will sing. A fashion revue
will be presented by pupils Of tht
(see PIT. A., Page C-10.)
Evening star., 1940-05-05

Gage are to be elected to the Ex-
ecutive Committee.
The Mount Pleasant Citizens As
ISOLATION, meeting Saturday, will
also elect officers, John De La Mater,
secretary, announced.
Inaugurating q series Of trav-
elogues on historic spots in WASH
ington entitled, Around Our Capt.
tai With Forest Hills" the Forest
Hills Citizens Association, tomorrow
night will hear q talk on the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal by an
omcial Of the National Capital
Parks. Election Of omcers also viii
be held.