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Evening star., 1940-04-26
This Changing World
Victory 0, Defect Of Allies in Norway
Called Key to Future Course Of War
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

All following anxiety the DEVELOPMENTS
there allies into the sea
the balance % Of victory win weigh in their favor and the French
in other quarters of the world.
Norway or
to attack Sweden the position Of close
The struggle between small allied German
Premier Mun a ready for action His feet still
ton definite shape every day.
According reliable reports the thing occurring in the
to have strong rpercssion upper military
clique Toxic proceed at with its plans
and the majority Of the people Of the neua in Northern Western
setback in Norway they feel that the
sections Of the population which advocating
futile and suicidal '''' " 'pi''A' N''' ""'
While setback in Norway would
nave an sDpo pos M aeon nsa % on the smaller IL nations
Norway ~ ~ va ~ N "
It for these that military and diplomatic
the struggle in Scandinavia important from
allies t D0n % m s sa hs s sns ms
dmcut war In small and rugged country interpreted
Germany from whatever challenge may But in the
minds OF the reversal in Norway negeny exploited by the
value. ' lT ~ 0-'
More French troops the Norwegian coast
The original landing forces particularly good
British and for
the new British Army which being British are
have changed since the Wellington They consider war
it as serious dncuu dirty business ''''0e
ne explanation given in military
warfare ~ % 0''''N o"pepafeo '0r modern
In these situation in Northern Norway
might easily be re-estabished the
for few days to enable crack troops to arrive and
ake over the forces which
veterans Of the Polish " ' .
Evening star., 1940-04-26

Thomas E. Dewey is unsuccessful in
lining up a majority of the dele
gates, it would be most natural for
many of the Dewey delegates, who
are of the younger school of repub-
licanism, to drift toward Willkie. For
he is 48 years old and can be classed
with the progressive rather than the
conservative groups in this country.
1t is a strange thing that political
leaders themselves are talking so
much about WILKES availability. 1t
may be significant of a desire to put
into the field some one whose
capacity is acknowledged and whose
intellectual honesty would appeal to
the independent voters.
Willkie has been much in demand
by political organizations for public
speaking but has delivered only a
few addresses. He made the prin-
cipal speech this week before the
American Newspaper Publishers AS
sociation in New York. Without
much delegate support at present,
Willkie as a dark horse may have
to be reckoned with as convention
time draws near.
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may battle Senator Chavez in the
nomination primary.
Morse War Affects Our Trade.
Blockade of Scandinavia cuts of
So per cent of American export
trade. Since last September our
commerce with Denmark, Norway
and Sweden increased 81 per cent,
amounting in 1889 to $l66 900 900
chiefly tobacco, automobiles, oil,
copper, cotton, iron and steel
machinery and foodstuffs. I'm
ports from Scandinavia were
principally wood pulp and news
print, which Wen now probably
get from Canada.
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lie de France Ready
To Slip Out of New York
By the Associated preSs

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, April 26.-The three
huge tunnels of the French liner
lie de France belched forth smoke
last night while 200 painters were
hastily finishing camouf1aging the
43,450-ton vessel for wartime sery-
ice.
Scheduled, according to water
front reports, to join the British
liners Queen Mary and Maure-
tania In troopship service between
Australia and the Near East, the
"eel' will have her full coat of war
time gray by noon today.
Uncommunicative French sailors
boarded the ship yesterday to aug
ment the skeleton crew assigned her
when she was laid up here last
September g.
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Nichols to Leod Forum
On Youth and Law

inspector L. B. Nichols of the Fed
eral Bureau Of Investigation will lead
an open forum on Youth and Law
enforcement" Sunday, beginning at
pm. in the Jewish Community
Center.
Inspector Nichols has been detailed
as administrative assistant to Di-
rector j. Edgar Hoover for the last
nve years. Previously, he did field
duty as special agent.
Also participating in the discussion
will be representatives Of the Capi.
tals three A. z. A. organization
chapters, the girls auxiliary Of B'nai
Birth. and Troop 70 Of the Boy
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been the COM
plete absence a Of
any d o m e s tic
news calculated
to stir up the
voters.
Legisla lively,
the Capital is in
a state Of sus-
pended anima.
ton. Mr.. Roose.
velt planned it
that way. He had
the election in
view. The poll
tician in him put
d o W n the re-
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Washington Observations
In Cose You've Forgotten McReynoIds, currie
And Rowe, They Are PussionuteIy ANONYMOUS

Americas love of peace, have pre-
sumed to identify that sentiment
with blind, callous and greedy iso-
lationism. As . lighthouse in the
dark, Wendell Willkie stands in
contrast"
Admiral Taussig's Plain Speaking.
Admiral "Joe" Taussig, whose
blunt opinion before the Senate
Naval Committee that the United
States cannot ultimately help "be-
ing drawn into war, on account of
the Far Eastern situation" has been
repudiated by the Navy Depart,
ment, was the first officer of our
armed establishment to carry the
stars and stripes into the World
War battle zone. As commander Of
the 9th Division, Destroyer Force,
Atlantic Fleet, Taussig on April 6,
1917, the day Congress declared war,
received orders aboard his flagship,
U. S. S. Wadsworth, to mobilize for
war, proceed to European waters for
protection Of commerce near the
coast of Great Britain and Ireland
and assist naval operations of the
entente powers in every way pos
sible."
Mutual past service in the Far
East made Comdr. Taussig's assign
ment particularly agreeable to Ad-
miral Jellicoe, British commander
in chief. While recovering from
injuries during the American naval
expedition to rescue the besieged
Picking legations during the Boxer
rebellion Of 1900 Taussig found him"
self in q hospital cot alongside q
young English captain named John
Jellicoe. Before the skipper Of the
first Yankee naval forces to reach
the 1917 war zone had been IN
British waters ~ hours, Taussig re-
ceived a cordial message from the
man who was now commander Of
the Grand Fleet, recalling their
Association in China" and express
ing delight" over the American Sc
lection to head "the first force to
cross the Atlantic to fight for free
dom, humanity and civilization.
Said Admiral Jellicoe: There Is no
navy in the world that could pos
sibly give us more valuable assist
ance, and no personnel in any navy
that will fight better than yours
II II
Corcoran and Cohen Junior.
Known in Federal circles as the
"junior Corcoran and Cohen team"
two "Bills"-William ]. Dempsey
and William c. Koplovitz-have just
resigned as general counsel and as
sistant general counsel, respectively
of the Federal Communications
Commission. Like Corcoran and
Cohen, they worked in double
harness throughout the New Deal.
Both SERVED as counsel to P. w. A.
and F. P. C. before heading the
F. c. C. legal department. Main
tanning their record for winning
important power cases, the Demp-
sey-Koplovitz box score for F. c. c.
reveals seven Supreme Court cases
won. none lost and two pending. In
the Court of Appeals "Corcoran and
Cohen Junior won 20 cases. lost
none, and have nine pending.
Dempsey, "a, was born in Brooklyn
and law-degreed by Georgetown.
Koplovitz, 80, is st. Louisan, and
was graduated from Washington
University and Harvard Law School.
Dempsey is happily wed, and
Koplovitz, happily single. Dempsey
is the son Of Representative Demp-
sey, Democrat, of New Mexico, who
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ACAA w AAAhAV, 2ol
instance, a n d
t his notWith-
standing the fact
that no political
o r 6 a n / z a =
ton exists in
his behalf.
But the men,
bers of the Sem
ate and House
are themselves
influential in the
m a K e u p OF
delegations t o
the n a tion a !
conventions. The
foot tLo% 49,
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are Cne n q ] !
portion of the
six administra-
tive assistants
t he President
was authorized
to appoint under
the first Gov
ernment reor-
ganization plan.
The trio of
shrinking violets
consists Of Will
liam H. McRey-
n o DIS, LAUGH
lin Currie and
James H. Rowe.
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can ne be described as the faVOrite
of Senator Taft of Ohio, who
probably would prefer most of the
other Republican candidates to
Dewey. Nor is he loved and
cherished among the powerful in
dependent groups, such as the
Pennsylvania Junta of Gilman Joe
Pew, whose voices may in the end
decide the Republican choice.
Taking the overall picture
there is an obvious nossibilitv of
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Group Names Chairman

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, April
26 (P).-Mrs. c. Nelson Beck of
Albemarle County has been named
chairman of the Virginia delegation
to the National Institute of Govern
ment, to be held in Washington
May "a. This meeting has been
called by the women's division of
the Democratic National Committee.
China supplies rs per cent of the
worlds commercial bristles.
Evening star., 1940-04-26
Admitted to Practice

James Morris Bishop, an examiner
In the Capital Stock Tax Division
OF the Bureau of Internal Revenue,
was admitted yesterday to practice
before the Supreme Court.
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the formation OF Just his managers
amoros against Besides public gains
private ones For example it is rmod that steeman
has offered his adherence the Dewey
Dweyte proer Of cabinet place
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Evening star., 1940-04-26
New DeuIism
Comes to
"A Pause
President and
Congress Coast
To Election
BY CHARLES G. ROSS.

The important news in Washing.
ton during the last month-indeed.
since the opening of the present ses-
sion OF Congress in January-has
Evening star., 1940-04-26
Big Talk From Dewey Camp

Certainly the Dewey guilty
yet claims
that Maine and New Hampshire
doubtful and Massachusetts, far
talk would suggest In Massachusetts,
to be largely based the
and former Secretary Of the Navy Charles
Yet the truth is that greatly
neither Of them will
be members of the delegation
himself declared that he
Yet it is known opinion
who should certainly his
California
Where his people claim
first ballot he had than
calculations made independently
giving him break Believing friends
talking big Deweys enemies
he predicting that the overbaance
the- possible
enemies that he will be "fader" convention
Turmoil, Turmoil
At the same time while dbeevng the politicians
obviously 1t
perfectly impossible to know who right and wrong
authentic reports that
groups nave either joined Dewey Joined sopDwey
Certainly Dewey has greatly improved
on his earliest political patron New York County Chairman
Simpson whom he attempting to drive
mansp the attempt thought to be illegal by friendly
Simpson the convention delegates
commit and since the designated
not actually that status until
ceped by the Republican convention.
If the Dewey forces decide matters
are Simpson and his 10 New Workers likely ballot
Evening star., 1940-04-26
The Capital Parade
Dewey High Command Dissatisfied as Dislike
Of Gang Buster Grows in Rivoi Groups
BY JOSEPH ALsop and ROBERT k1NrNER.

The great current question Of Republican politics
glowing appearance OF Thomas Deweys candidacy
health merely the hectic flush that
entertained in most of the rival factions party
The gangbuer has not
Senator Vandnberg OF Michigan whom he
Evening star., 1940-04-26
WiIIkie
Dark Horse
, Many Attributes
Draw Attention
Of 6. O. P. Chiefs
BY DAVID LAWRENCE

An amazing amount of talk about
. dark horse for the Republican
nomination is being heard in Wash
ington nowadays-talk about Wen
L~ll
Evening star., 1940-04-26
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM wILE.

Incredible as 1t sounds. there do
appear to be in high position in
Washington at least three men with
"a passion for anonymity" They
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HE opinions Of the rters this page are they o,on not
necsssary RE- sas M Such op.ons presented n The
readers although such opinions may contradictory aoro
themselves and directly opposed to hesStars
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their lengths that
oppose candidacy Representative
n elsewhere
by the North America Newspap Alliance Inc)
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The Willkie Boom.

cAAoi 10 w AtAhC Wcllueil -. WILL
kie, president of Commonwealth &
Southern Corp, No. dark horse for
the Republican presidential noml-
nation have now assumed practical
form. An organization on his be-
half has opened headquarters in
New York City, in charge of Oren
Root, Jr., a grandnephew of Elihu
Root. Its activities momentarily are
conf1ned to obtaining declarations"
for Willkie. Up to this week appli-
cations for $4,000 declarations had
come in. One of WILKES ardent
supporters is Col. Henry Breckin.
ridge. Lindbergh's personal attor-
ney and Assistant Secretary of War
under Woodrow Wilson.
Breckenridge, like Willkie himself
Is now described as "a former Dem
ocrat." The bearer of Kentuckv's
most famous Democratic name de-
ciares that If the Republicans have
the courage and wisdom to nomi-
nate Willkie, he will surely defeat
the New Deal" There are reported
strong indications that certain in
fiuential Republican leaders NAV
swing to Willkie as the best stop
Dewey bet. Willkie was the dinner
guest of anti-Dewey New York Re.
publican National Committeeman
Kenneth F. Simpson on April 20.
Some 10 G. o. p. moguls, compris-
ing the so-called inner circle, were
present, including Senator Taft and
Representative Martin, themselves
outstanding Republican candidates.
Col. Breckenridge is for Willkie, he
says, because, among other reasons,
Willkie is not an isolationist, where
as Vandenberg, Taft and Dewey.
lured by misinterpretation Of
Evening star., 1940-04-26

Alt h ough al Frederic william VILE.
ready on the job roundly eight
months. on all sorts of confidential
chores for F. D. r. at both ends of
Pennsylvania avenue, their identi-
ties are probably unknown outside
OF the intimate circle of their own
associates and of the official baili-
wicks in which they gumshoe on the
Big Chiefs behalf. The precise ma
ture Of their activities remains a
Theoretically sealed White House Sc
cret. The only public clue to them
is that McReynolds is a specialist in
civil service matters; that Currie
formerly was attached to the Fed
eral Reserve Board and that Rowe
was the right-hand man of my son
Jimmie" when the latter was q
member of the White House secre-
tariat. Currie, scholar as well as
economist, Is credited with being,
In addition to his pussyfoot duties
around town, an occasional CO.
author and blue penciler of presi-
dental speeches and statements.
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WV 10f OCWCy' II IIIt dSSdUII UII
Simpson continues, however, he
and his men will 60 somewhere
else. At present he is known to be
talking enthusiastically of Re-
publican ticket headed by Justice
Owen j. Roberts, who has shown
not the slightest sign of willingness
to be drafted, but who is also being
pushed by some leaders of the Penn
sylvania Junta. Meanwhile the
Deweyites are also said to be carry
Evening star., 1940-07-07

men wait six months for-and when
t, the crowd rushes in for the savings that
ular Kuppenheimer and Grosner Suits
l the first place. at SHARP CLEARANCE
S. Savings that pay you to buy your fall
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-08-01
Dogs Bark Will Cost
$1,000

John Purdy of Delphos is faced
with task that would bring the
mighty Hercules to his knees in hum
BILE defeat. He must keep a dog
from barking-or pay $40 fine.
1t seems Purdy's pet pooch yowled
to excess and a disgruntled neigh
Dor complained to Mayor w. D. Swi-
hart. The mayor suggested this
neighbor file an affidavit, charging
Purdy with disturbing the peace.
The neighbor complied.
The chief executive found Purdy
guilty of having a dog that barks
too much, too long, too loud or too
something, and assessed a fine of
$40 and costs. Mindful, however,
that sometimes (all of the time if
our opinion is worth anything) a
man is not responsible for the noises
emitted by his ''best friend.
His Honor suspended the fine on
condition Purdy keep the dog from
barking. Needless to say, Purdy
is open for suggestions.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-08-01
Lima Defendant In Leg
Injury Suit

Agnes Wikel named the city of
Lima as defendant in a S5,131.35
damage suit filed Thursday in Allen
county common pleas court.
She charges that negligence of city
officials in permitting defect" to
exist in the pavement of North
Main street at High street was re-
sponsible for permanent injuries to
her left leg allegedly suffered July
Is, 1889, as she was walking across
the intersection.
The woman claims she stumbled
over paving brick which protruded
three inches from the level of the
street, tearing the ligaments in her
leg and necessitating hospital treat
ment. She says she wore cast sew
eral weeks, and that the ligaments
were permanently shortened, causing
her to limp and to partially lose the
use of her left ankle.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-08-01
Series Of Burglaries
PrObed

Hardin county authorities are in
vestigating the third of series of
burglaries which have taken place in
Dunkirk recently. Some time early
Friday the business places of James
Snuff and Lauren Coats were burg
larized of merchandise and small
amount of money.
The two places, located on Main
street in Dunkirk, adjoin. Both
were entered from the rear and at
the Snuff pool room a quantity of
cigars and cigarets were taken while
at the Coats restaurant the sum of
from 81 to So was taken from a
music box which was forcibly opened,
and also a quantity of cigars and
cigarets.
A week ago last Monday night the
Louis Conklin cafe was burglarized
when thieves carried out small
safe which contained between SAL
and $45 in cash, as well as some
merchandise.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-08-01
Reduction In AAA
Benefits

Loss of between $4,000 and s20,-
900 will be suffered by Putnam coun.
ty farmers under the 10 per cent
cut in agricultural adjustment ad,
ministration benefits which was an.
nounced in news dispatches from
Washington, d. c.
Chairman Arnold j. Schroeder, OF
the Putnam county AAA committee
said that he has not received any
official notification of the cut but
stated that such a notification prob.
ably will be forthcoming.
According to the dispatches, the
cut is to be on rates previously an.
nounced by the federal government
as the basis for 1910 payments
These original rates were: Corn
10 cents per bushel; wheat, min,
cents bushel; cotton, 1.6 cents q
pound; rice, 6.5 cents for 10t
pounds; potatoes, three cents a bush
ell, and peanuts, $3.50 a ton,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-08-01
Beaverdam

Miss Jennie Ramsey of Buckland
is spending the week with Mr.. and
Mrs. James Ramsey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Davis, Mrs.
Catherine Ross and son John are
visiting relatives at Kalamazoo,
Mich.
Mrs. Carrie Durkee spent the past
week with Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Pratt
and family at Toledo.
Mrs. Tillie McDorman of Lima is
a visitor of Mrs. Emma Barber.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Ludwig
spent a few days at Dayton the past
week.
Billy Rover of Kalida spent the
week with Mr.. and Mrs. T. V. Stirn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Davis and
family of Toledo visited over the
weekend with Mrs. Albert Davis
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-08-01
Student Is Ruled
Insane

Herbert Fleischman, 90, college
student who is under indictment for
assault with intent to kill, has been
declared insane after 30-day obser-
vation period at Lima State hospital,
it was disclosed Saturday in Frank
lin county (Columbus) common pleas
court.
DR.. H. M. Turk, Lima hospital
superintendent, informed the court
that Fleischman suffers from "a mild
mental disturbance and should be
classified as insane"
Fleischman, son of a Cincinnati
scientist, was arrested last May in
Columbus when Mona Ward accused
him of beating her with whip in
his room near the Ohio State cam
pus.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-08-01
Bad Luck Dogs Mr..
Good

Old man bad luck seems to be
right with John Good of Vaughns-
vile.
After getting his car from a CO.
lumbus Grove repair shop where it
had been for minor repairs, Mr..
Good started for his home. At the
Clarence Belch farm, two miles west
of Columbus Grove Mr.. Goods car
struck a cow crossing the road.
The car, which was banged up
considerably, is back at the same re-
pair show in Columbus Grove.
The cow with two broken legs was
killed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-08-01
Fractured Hip Result
Of Collapse

Two persons were overcome by the
heat wave last week, which, in its
sixth consecutive day, reached a
seasonal high of 80 degrees on
Thursday.
Mrs. Anna Williams, 90, suffered a
fractured hip when her friend, Mrs.
Ella Kelley, 80, of GAINESVILLE,
swooned in heat stroke and caused
the elderly Mrs. Williams to fall in
local store. She was taken to
Findlay hospital.
Fred Gossman, about so, a WPA
carpenter employed at Riverside
Park, suffered heat stroke while at
work at the park project. He was
taken to his home in an ambulance.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-08-01
Refugee Children To
Be Brought Here

The Allen County Child Welfare
society will cooperate with The Com
mittee for the Care of European
Children, it was announced Saturday
following a meeting of the society's
board which ratified the action.
Provisional certifcation of the local
society as the committee agency was
also announced. Under the proceed
ure of the board, foster homes will
be carefully Investigated and the
care of children watched after they
are placed.
One specific case involving two
children, relatives of Lima residents
is now in progress. 1t is expected
the children will be sent here from
England as soon as boats and con
voys are made available.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-08-01
More Work On Dixie
Highway

Improvement of three miles of
highway in State Route 25 north of
Lima was started Monday by a
force of $50 men.
o. C. Kohl, division engineer,
made this announcement Saturday
as plans for the project were COM
pleted.
The improvement, starting at a
point Immediately north of Martins
Tavern, calls for removal, cleaning
and relaying of the brick surface,
The program also provided for re-
pairs to the berms.
No additional detours will be made
during the improvement, the route
already being blocked because OF
bridge repairs being made between
Lima and Beaverdam.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-08-01
IS Hogs Die In Fire

Sixty-ive hogs died and rs tons of
new hay was destroyed in a fire
early Tuesday morning of last week
on the H. Verne McCracken farm,
two miles west of Arcadia in Cass
township.
Mr.. McCrackens barn, a 54X90-
foot structure, one of the largest
farm building, in Hancock county,
was destroyed. The loss was par
TALLY covered by insurance. The
owner said that it will require more
than $4,000 to cover the loss to the
structure alone.
Most of the hogs died when they
walked back into the flaming barn.
They had been coaxed out once, but
while unguarded, they walked back
into the inferno. A few were saved
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-08-01
PUTNAM COUNTY
1884 Average In Court
Judgments

Judgments awarded in SO civil
cases in which money was involved
in the Putnam county common pleas
court during the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1910, averaged $S4.04, ac-
cording to the annual statistical re-
port compiled in the clerk of courts
office.
There were a total of 104 civil ac-
tions with the other 45 being with
out money considerations. The re-
port shows that there were 81 civil
and criminal cases pending at the be-
ginning of the year in the common
pleas court and three in the court
of appeals.