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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-27
An American Speaks;
But We Can Be Too Potent


Allan M. Trout writing in the Louisville Journal says
II have never been much of a hand to exclude myself
from the way 1 think other men ought to act and do
Therefore, friends, let we tell you some resolutions 1 have
made in this critical hour of our country.
living under a democratic form Of government l was born
poor, but democracy gave me free schooling for twelve years
and the opportunity to work my way through college.
reasonably safe from arson, burglary, invasion, and undue
search or seizure. 1 own a car. I am not afraid for my wife
to drive it alone through the country. / do not hesitate to
walk unarmed through the streets of any town.
II know if I violate the law, Judgment will not be passed
until twelve of my neighbors hear the evidence and say 1
am guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
IF I am dissatisfied with a law about to be passed, the
lawmakers who represent me will give me a hearing. I can
criticise it publicly with immunity and I can test 1T in our
courts.
Where except in a democracy could a boy of poor birth
get an education that would enable him to fill a good job,
establish a comfortable home, enjoy civil rights, and be secure
in his property and person? Ought not such a one be willing to
stand by the system that stood by hinp
MY country and yours is facing the great task of building a
gigantic military defense aainst a mad conquerer.
"An about me 1 hear impatient men crying out against our
unpreparedness. These men advocate immediate creation of
military might.
What they really want are results that can be achieved
only by totalitarian leadership and an enslaved people.
try to reconcile the viewpoints of democracy in a preparedness
program designed to achieve totalitarian results.
IT have resolved to be patient with the inevitable delay
as the opinions of many men n heard and weighed.
Il have resolved not to overlook the human tendency to
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-27
Democracy In Action;
We Must Cut Red Tope

A Democracy is slow in action. representatives
ell elected aoSar by IL the P Eseb oa saaien IS debated at t length eastth be-
fore it can be passed on by on house and checked py
the other. The idea is not to pass laws that VIII De
unjust to any section or group OF our people.
Our congressman have passed many laws that have
been unjust, one section has been Disseminated against
for the profit of another. But we have not lost our
that we can always have our representatives work Tor
the repeal of those laws; We are convinced that our
system is the only workable one for our people.
We know that a Democracy is not a perfect form of
government because it is run by men elected by people.
Being SO close to the people it is limited by human
fraihties and vices. But we are content 10 take Ou
chance on a Democracy knowing that a dictatorship
means the end of free enterprise and personal liberty.
American people have come to take their personal
liberty for granted. We have had IL nanoeo US III a
we have become soft. We do n. think of tlghtlng
for the preservation of our rights. Fighting is unclvillzed'
we say.
A new concept of government has come about with
the rise of the totalitarian states of Germany, Russia
and Italy. In those countries the people 1--we Tor the
government to serve it in every way possible. People
give over one-third of their entire incomes over a PERIOD
of years to build up a war wachlne IN order Tor a country
to assert itself anew as a major power. The people
in these totaltarian states do not seem to mind the
fighting. And they are getting results. They are
fighting for their place in the sun.
We Americans have our place in the sun along VITA
the French and English.
But we. like the French and the British, aren't going
to be able to keep that place unless we appreciate 1t
enough to fight for it.
Immediate action is necessary. America must adopt
the methods of totalitarian states in order to get quick
results. Democracy is too slow to fight a war or arm
a nation. Democracy is d form OF government Tor tunes
of peace. In times of war and war-threat we must
adopt the methods employed by the dictators and beat
them at their own game. Quick results are essential.
1t is high time for our Congressman to cut out the
red tape and devote themselves sincerely to making
America second to none in military preparedness. We
have no patience with those congressman who are trying
to impede the program of the President who has been
wise enough to call the Shots of the dictator nations
before they were fired.
In this time Of stress we must willingly submit our
selves to the leadership of cur Pr sident and have faith
in him and courage enough to follow him.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-27
Miss. FomiIies Improve
Living Conditions :

More than $1,000 Mississippi fam
lilies have bettered their living con
| ditions under the Federal Housing
Administrators Better Housing Pro
gram during the last six years, w. I
Pate, FILA State Director, revealed
today in summarizing operations OF
that agency in Mississippi on the
sixth anniversary of its authorize
ton under the National Housing Act
enacted by Congress on June 81, 1884.
OF the total, almost $500 acquired
homes financed by FILA insured NOR
tgages totaling more than $14,0OO,OO0
and more than 10000 families repair
ed, remodeled, or otherwise improved
their homes under the FILA property
Improvement credit plan. These mo-
dernization loans totaled in excess of
100000.
The State Director also revealed
that approximately two-thirds of the
homes on which mortgages were in
sured by the FILA were new homes
built to meet FILA minimum con-
struction requirements and property
standards. This he declared, Clear
ly is evidence that our Better Hous-
ing Program has been widely &C
cepted."
Another FILA contribution to the
state has been substantial aid to the
recovery of the real estate and con-
struction industry as a whole, Mr..
Pate declared. With the sharp re-
vival of the home building industry
following the advent Of FILA into the
home financing field, sales of unim-
proved homesites increased sharply
And the construction of more than
$500 new homes provided employ
ment for thousands of building trades
men. This unemployment also was
stimulated by the modernization and
repair program.
Buying a home today means as it
has meant all through the ages, buy
ing shelter, Mr.. Pate asserted. when
the home is sound and affords living
| comfort in addition to shelter, it gives
| the owner deep satisfaction as well as
pleasure in his purchase. When he
buys a home that gives him both
shelter and affords him satisfaction
at a price he can afford to pay, he
has made a wise investment. He not
only has bought shelter INC satisfac-
tion-he a bought safety.
This, in effect, is the idea back
of the Federal Housing Administra-
tion during these last six years. The
FILA insured mortgage plan makes it
possible for the average American
family to acquire that type of home
which affords them both shelter and
immense satisfaction, and at a cost
within easy means of its income.
'The natural instinct of every man
and his inherent rights to own a
place which he rightfully a call
home in every sense of the word. But
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-27
California Coils For
Army Recruits

The headquarters of the Jackson
Bldg, Jackson, Miss, announces an
unusual opportunity for eligible young
men interested in joining the U. S.
Army.
For the first time in many years
vacancies have been released to all
Army Recruiting Stations in Missis-
sippi and Louisiana for organizations
in Monterey and San Francisco, Cali
fornia.
These vacancies are for the seth
and nth Quartermaster Battalion at
Camp Ord, Calf, situated on beau
tiful Monterey Bay, and for the 3Oth
Infantry, stationed at the Preside of
San Francisco overlooking the Bay
and famous Golden Gate. This is a
splendid chance for young men to
see the Worlds Fair located at Trea-
sure Island within sight of the Pre-
sidio Army Post.
The Camp Ord assignment is 1875
miles south of San Francisco, close
by the internationally famous Del
Monte Hotel where swimming, won
derful fishing and many other sports
continue throughout the year,
1t. Col. Charles L. Clifford, District
Recruiting Officer, also states that
at last an unlimited quota for Air
Corps has been authorized. Assign
ment will be to the Air Corps Detach.
ment, Provisional Southeast Training
Center, Barksdale Field, La. These
are the first Air Corps vacancies re-
leased in several months and all quail
fled applicants on the waiting list as
well as new applicants will be en-
listed.
Young white men between the ages
of IS and 35 years who are single
without dependents, of good moral
character and physically fit are eligi-
BILE for enlistment. Applicants ac-
cepted for the Air Corps must also
nave a high school education or it's
equivalent or hold a journeyman's
rating in a mechanical trade.
Prompt application at the nearest
Army Recruiting Station will be nec-
essary to insure acceptance for these
vacancies. Recruiting Stations are
located in Post Office Buildings in
Jackson, Meridian, McComb and Vicks-
burg, Miss, Alexandria, Monroe and
Shreveport, La, also in the Howard
Annex-535 st. Charles Ave-, New Or
leans, and in the National Guard Ar
mory, Tupelo.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-27
Henry Ford's Stond

Henry Ford's statement that his factory will not
turn out airplane motors or planes for use by any gov
eminent other than the United States, is startling to
say the least.
1t is quite contrary to the popular conception of a
%money-mad American industrialist.
Mr.. Ford, in refusing to use his plant to manufacture
planes for use by the British government is evidently
motivated from personal patriotism being convinced that
if this country furnishes to England what she needs we
will become embroiled actively in a war with Germany.
Henry Ford does not want the United States to become
involved in armed conflict. That is evidently his per-
sonal opinion and he has courage enough to back it up
with open, public stand.
Whether he is correct in his assumption that by with
holding aid from England we can stay out of the con-
flct we cannot say.
Mr.. Ford seems to be of the opinion that our best
action lies in being ready to fight for our own rights
rather than do anything to hasten the action of any
belligerant against us.
And Mr.. Ford may be right.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-27

in the past, or rather until the ad-
ven of the Federal Housing Admin
istration, low fixed incomes, uncer-
tain values, and high prices which
were general under the old mortgage
system, prevented thousands of fam
lilies from buying or building. Today
those thousands are provided with
the opportunity under the FILA 70
finance a better home, at a lower cost
which is spread over a longer time,
than ever before"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-27
Observation-Disclosures
Mississippi Farm
News

BY F. j. Hurst, Extension Editor

Dairy farming in Mississippi is a
big business. In 1888 the $4,000 dairy
cows on, Mississippi farms produced
639, 999, 999 quarts of milk which was
valued at $24, 465 900.
The production of food, the pro
vision of pasture, the feeding and
milking of cows, and the handling of
the milk and cream, combine to form
one of the major jobs on the farms of
the state.
Most Mississippi farmers produce
milk and butter only for their own
families but a large number of gen
eral type farmers and commercial
dairymen produce a surplus for sale
to people in the cities. L. A. Higgins,
extension dairy specialist of Missis-
sippi State College, reports that Mis-
sissippi now produces all of the fluid
milk and cream consumed in the
state, manufactures the equivalent of
the ice cream consumed, produces a
surplus of butter, manufactures more
cheese than is consumed in the state,
| SUPPLIES 80 to 40 percent of the fluid
milk and cream for the New Orleans
market, about 80 percent of the milk
and cream sold on the Memphis mar
ket, and a small percent of that go
ing to Birmingham.
For handling mi processing milk
and ream Mississippi now has II
creameries, 16 cheese plants, 38 ice
cream plants, and 3 large milk con
densing plants.
These plants in 1888 manufactured
7,46S,000 pounds of butter, IL, 006 ,00C
pounds of American cheese, 5000
pounds of cottage cheese, 10,012,0 DOC
pounds of sweetened condensed milk
35,03S,000 pounds of evaporated milk
and II, 1856 900 gallons of ice cream
In addition, these plants turned
out a large volume of dairy by-pro-
ducts including 2,337,o0O pounds OF
u~nsweetned condensed skim milk. 2
$4,000 pounds of dried or powdered
skim milk, 1,039,0 900 pounds of pow
dered skim milk for animal feeding
81 900 pounds of powdered butter
milk, and 117,0O0 pounds of powder
ed whole milk.
Extension workers join private ply
sicians and public health authorities
in suggesting that both farm and
city people consume moro milk. Chill.
dren should consume one quart OF
milk a day. Milk provides calcium and
phosphorus for building bones and
teeth, supplies proteins for building
muscles, and furnishs vitamins which
promote growth and increase resis,
lance to disease.
Adults should consume at least one
pint of milk a day. Milk may be con.
sumed as such or used in combina-
ton with other foods. In summer
refreshing chocolate milk, delicious ice
cream and sherbets are relished.
Cheese dishes are inexpensive but
valuable. Like meat, they may be used
as the main dish, in salad, or in sand.
witches. Few foods can be used in such
a variety of ways in connection with
other foods as milk and cheese. They
always enhance the nutrient value OF
foods with which they are used.
County extension agents are sug-
costing thai producers and consumers
use the greatest are in handling dairy
products in order to safeguard the
quality and flavor of milk during sum.
mer months. Clean barns, clean cows
clean utensils, and cooling milk and
cream on the farm promptly and pro.
perly helps to prevent losses from
souring.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-27
THE DURANT NEWS

err s honest mistakes re made a s lines of unfeasbe endeavor
are abandoned and new ones started.
Il have resolved to sympathEze With u public leaders a
they try to MAKE a democratic wrench fit a totahtarian nut"
This is no time to have patience with the mistakes
Congress makes. Congress cannot afford to make mis-
takes today.
The need is clear. America must be made ready for
war.
Congress must do Immediately what it takes to get
it ready. 1t must invoke the leadership of the best brains
we have in America to get every person in this country
organized to do his or her part in the event of war.
Building an army, navy and air force is not enough.
Every section must be able to function efficiently and
smoothly. Only by superb organization can this be &C
complished.
Can't you just see 435 representatives and SO senators
planning anything efficiently? We cannot afford to have
too much patience with congress. We must have i'm
mediate, decisive action.
We've had enough talk and debate.
England and France spent their. time debating while
Germany was marching.
America should at least have sense enough to profit
by their mistakes.
It's nice for the people of a country to be free to talk
but conversation isn't winning any wars today.
We should be convinced of that by now.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-27

The Durant News is authorized to
announce the following candidates.,
subject to the action of the August,
1910, Democratic primaries:
For Supreme Court Judge
JUDGE SIDNEY SMITH
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-27
Recruiting Sergeant To Be
At Greenwood, July 4th

New Orleans, June pa recruiting
sergeant of the United States Marine
Corps will visit the Post Office Build
ings in V~icksburg on End of July
Greenville on Bird of July and
on 4th Of July, for the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Lora were call
ed to Toledo. Saturday on account of
the death of their brother-in-law, G.
Russell Minor. Funeral services were
held at Toledo on Honday and burial
was made at Cincinnati his former
home.
Mrs. Noah Augsburger who has
suent the past two months at the
home of her sons, Mr.. and Mrs. III. E.
Augsburger and family and Mr.. and
Mrs. Dewey Augsburger and family
at Lima, has returned to her home on
Jackson street.
Remodeling of the Texaco filing
station at North Main and Riley
streets is under way. The location
was formerly occupied by the Gulf
which recently moved to their new To-
cation on North Main at the Washing
ton street corner where the former
Keim property stood. George Heng-
stler who moved here from Wapa-
koneta is operating the Texaco sta
tion.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
WANT-ADS

Pupils desiring xylophone, accord
ion or piano lessons, please get in
touch with Miss Ellnora Amstutz,
Beaverdam. Phone 361. If
Wanted-Some good pasture land
this spring. VIM. Amstutz, Beaver
dam phone 361. tt
Wanted Wool and oats. Master
Feed Mill, phone 182-W.
Wanted-Poultry and eggs at
highest market price; also have
poultry to sell retail. Calvin Steiner,
third house from Electric light plant
Bluffton phone 212-W. II
Wanted-Gas engine 2l1 H. p.
Must be in good condition, price reas-
enable. Harvey Moser, Bluffton phone.
Wanted-To do repadding and oil
ing of harness. See /. w .Welty, w.
Elm st. 49
Wanted-Young man to work on
farm by the month. State age, ex-
perience and salary expected. Adj
dress reply to: Box A, Bluffton News.
Wanted-Woman or girl for gener-
al housework. Inquire News office.
For rent--Rooms for light house
keeping. Inquire News office
For rent room house furnished;
good garden, well and cistern, one
mile north of Bluffton on Dixie. Tel
ephone 547-R.
| For sale-Tested, bagged and tag
ged Wayne seed oats. H. B. Marsh
all & Sons.
For sale-400 used slate, IL by %
inches. Henry Habegger, 113 Riley
st.
|, 4 For sale-Wayne oats. w. G. Frid-
ley, 6 miles north on College road.
| For .sale-Baby buggy and walker.
Bmffton phone 109-W. %eei
For sale-White Leghorn Matching
eggs, Gasson strain. Mrs. George HUI
Der, Bluffton phone 542-T.
For sale-Truck load of oranges and
grapefruit at Bluffton Tire shop, op-
posite town hall.
For sale-Lot 60 by 200 IT. with
brick garage on East Cherry st.
| For saIe-Used radios, electric and
battery sets, priced to sell. Brauen's
Radio service.
For sale or rent-500 egg incu-
bator in good shape. Wilbert Schu-
macher, Pandora phone.
For sale-Iogold oats. M. E. Dill
ler, Bluffton phone saw.
For sale-Modern home, f26 S,
High street, Columbus Grove. Oscar
Lora, Bluffton, o. Sc
For sale-Building lot on South
Main street. Elmer Klay, Blufftor
phone. Al
For sale-Building lots on Spring
and Elm streets. See Ed r. Reich.
enbach at postoffice. t
For sale-Some properties ant
building lots. Richard Bixel
administrator. t
/ For sale-Used electric motor ant
5 pump, complete, for household waite
; supply system. In good condition
e and priced right. Inquire Greding'
: hardware. t
|. For sale-300 chick kerosene brood
!. er stove. Chas. Burkholder, 200 n
:. Jackson st.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
BIuftOn WOnaall's
Father SuccUrabs

Charles r. Blauvelt, 81, father of
Mrs. Woodrow Little of this place
died Sunday night at his home in
st. Petersburg, Florida, according to
word received here the first of the
week. ss
Mr.. Blauvelt, cashier of the Citi-
zens bank of Leipsic for many years
and a former Ohio state bank ex-
aminer, had lived in Florida for the
past five years.
The body was brought to Leipsic
Wednesday where funeral services
were held at the Methodist church
at 2:30 p. m. Interment was made
in the Leipsic cemetery.
Besides his daughter of this place
he is survived by his wife, four
sons, Fred of st. Petersburg; Dahl
of Washington, d. c.; Vaughn of
Crestline and Ralph of Harrod and
three daughters, Marjorie of St.
Petersburg; Marvel and Mrs. Eliza
beth Phillips, both of Toledo.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
Former Local Man
Dies In Kansas

Charles Beals, 72, former Bluffton
resident, died at his home in Eureka,
Kansas, Sunday, according to word
received here the first of the week.
Beals left here fifty years ago and
was employed during his active ca
reer in the Oklahoma and Kansas
oil fields.
He was born in Antwerp, Ohio,
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. M. F.
Beals and came here with his par
ents at the age of six. At the age
of twenty-one he left for the west.
He is a brother of Miss Eta Beals
of Bluffton, and Harry Beals of
Lima. Harold Beals of this place
is a nephew. Also surviving are
two sons, one daughter and two
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held in
Eureka, Tuesday followed by inter-
ment at that place.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28

Mrs. Kenneth Gallant of Columbus
visited over the week end at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. E. Kohl of West College avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. w. Bixler of
East Kibler street have returned
from a motor trip to New Haven,
Conn.,, where they visited at the home
of their son, Mr.. and Mrs. Roland
Bixler.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
Funeral Services
For Infant Tuesday

Funeral services for Richard Lee
thirteen months old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Decker of near Carey
were held at the Diller funeral home
here Tuesday afternoon.
The mother of the child will be
remembered as the former Augusta
Basinger, daughter of Jerry Basing-
er, northwest of Bluffton.
The child died at Findlay hospital,
Sunday afternoon from influenza and
complications.
Rev. d. ]. Unruh, pastor of st.
John Mennonite church officiated at
the funeral services and interment
was made in the church cemetery
near Pandora.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
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SOCIETIES
and CLUBS
"
Gertrude Hoy Circle

Gertrude Hoy Circle
The Gertrude Hoy Missionary
Circle will have their initiation and
installation Of officers on Monday
evening at the home of Mrs. Dwight
Frantz.
Initiation will be in charge of the
president, Mrs. Dwight Frantz, with
the following to be initiated: Miss
Thelma Basinger, Miss Marilla
Burns, Miss Matilda Mueller, Miss
Margaret Luginbuhl, Mrs. Florence
Bame and Mrs. Bernice Risser.
Installation will be in charge of
Mrs. w. A. Amstutz, Classical
officer. Mrs. Carl Derringer, presi-
dent; Meredith Stepleton, vice-presi-
dent; corresponding sec'y., Pauline
Zimmerman; recording secretary,
Frances Scoles; treasurer, Thelma
Basinger, are the officers to be in
stalled. Secretaries are to be in
stalled also.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
In New Locations

John Wilkins, Jr., has moved from
the Stanley Bowers farm southeast
of Bluffton to the Essinger farm
near Arlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. BENZ. Augsburger
are moving this spring from the
Sylvanus Welty farm to Welty's
property on West Elm street.
Paul Smith who occupied the Mrs.
Sallie Swaney farm near Bluffton
has moved to a new location south
of Beaverdam.
Harold Badertscher has moved to
his fathers farm, the former Stet-
tier farm, south of Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
Notice

The dumping of rubbish, trash
and junk along roads and highways
is prohibited by law. The Trustees
of Richland Township hereby serve
notice that anyone dumping along
roads or highways will be prosecuted.
BY order of the Board of Trustees.
40 N. w. Basinger, Clerk.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-03-28
TechrlicOLOr Film, To
Be Sh0lUn MOnddu

A technicolor motion picture of
Ohio's scenic spots and industries
will be shown in the Kibler build
ing headquarters of the Bluffton
Radio club at 8 p. m. next Monday.
The public is invited to the meet
ing, it was announced by club off
cials. A representative of the
Standard Oil Co. of Ohio will show
the film here.
The Henry Habegger home on
Riley street is being remodeled.