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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-24

necessary Many conflicts can be avoided if all students will register on the first day of school.
 When students arrive at the school, they should go directly 10 their room for their particular grade. Students in the grade school will again be divided in alphabeti- cal order, as was done last year The division of students will sim
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-24
PLANE MOVEMENTS

. Alaska Clipper scheduled to . arrive at o'clock this after ( . noon Scheduled to fly south C Q at o'clock Sunday morning, . weather permitting. M i . closes at 6 a. m. Sunday. ( . PAA Electra scheduled to fly ( . to interior, weather permit ( . ting, after arrival of Alaska ( . Clipper from Seattle. An { . ther Electra scheduled to { . arrive about 4:30 o'clock this . afternoon from Fairbanks.
 . Planes scheduled to fly every . snorning at 9 o'clock for Sitka, . weather permitting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-24

WALKERS DELUXE BOURBON made by Hiram Walker 65 Sons, Peoria is 90 proof-4 years old-and is AMERICAS FINEST--try itl adv.
 Today's news uooay m The Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-24
MARINE NEWS
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
NORTHBOUND

ENORs f1bO0AND
 Alaska scheduled to arrive at {
 4:30 this afternoon and sched-
 uled to sail for Skagway at 9 o'clock tonight, returning southbcund early Monday morning and sailing south for Seattle via Sitka. Mount Mckinley scheduled to arrive at 9 o'clock tonight, sailing for the westward about midnight 6 Tyee scheduled oarriye Mon- day night or Tuesday morn- Q ing. . Aleutian due Tuesday. O North Sea due Wednesday. SCHEDULED SAILINGS q . Princess Louise scheduled to 6 sail from Vancouver at 9 e tonight Denali scheduled to sail from . Seattle a. m. tomorrow. . Prince Rupert scheduled to sail c from Vancouver August 26 at . 9 p. m. Yukon scheduled to sail from q Seattle August 27 at a. m. q . Tongass scheduled to sail from q Seattle August 27 at 9 D. m. . e Princess Charlotte scheduled . to eail from Vancounver Auu- q ust 28 at 9 D. m. o Northland scheduled to sail a from Seattle August 30 at 10 . . a. m. SOUTHBOUND SAILINGS c Prince George scheduled to sail c south at o'clock tomorrow ( . morning after arriving at q a. m. Baranof scheduled southbound ( at o'clock tomorrow after noon. ( . Columbia is scheduled south- ( bound next Monday. ( LOCAL SAIL;NCS ( Estebeth scheduled to sail every ( Wednesday at 6 D. m. for Sit ka and wayports. . Dart leaves every Wednesday ( at D. m. for Petersburg. Port ( . Alexander, Rake and way ports. s a a a a .
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-24
JUNEAU PUBLIC SCHOOLS 10 OPEN
 ON SEPTEMBER ]
First Day Schedule Is An. nounted- -Registra-
 lion Is Urged

Continued from Page One)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-24
S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU
 THE WEATHER
lBy the U. S. Weather Bureau)

vicinity beginning at 4:so Aug "A: much il for tonight and Sunday about 2 degrees moderate southeast wind.
 temperature south and south moderate sounds and straits and
 
 along the of the Gulf of Alaska; occasionally tonight Hnchnbook; and fresh east and norheasterly Cape Hnchinbrook to Kodiak.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-04
Ask Post Office
Bids In March

Continued from page /
plans for the new post office building
are about twenty-five per cent COM
pleted, and that bids will be accepted
in March, 1910.
Delay Is Puzzling
Following the designation of the
new post office site, it had been indi-
Gated that work would be completed
in 1899, and Bluffton residents were
beginning to wonder if the local pro-
ject might have been "shelved", after
the year passed with no further
action.
Official purchase of the two lots
bought from Edgar Chamberlain and
A. D. Gratz was not completed until
last summer, altho the post office de-
partment had indicated the choice
nearly three-quarters of year
earlier.
Word from Washington tends to
indicate, however, that the project
will get under way early this sum-
mer, and Buttons new post office
should be reality by next fall OF
the early part of the winter.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-04
College Cagers
Idle Another Week

Bluffton college cagers will have
another week to brush up on of
fensive and defensive play before
they resume scheduled competition
following a two-week holiday layoff.
Practice will be started by the
Beavers Wednesday evening, in pre-
paration for the tilt with Findlay at
Findlay, Thursday night of next
week.
Both Bluffton and Findlay have
been defeated by Toledo university,
their only common foe thus far, with
the Orangemen doing slightly bet
ter against the Rockets.
Bluffton has five homes games re-
naming on the schedule. Teams
which will play here include Cedar
vile, Findlay, Defiance, Kenyon and
the Alumni.
During the Christmas vacation at
the college men members of the
faculty removed a section of the
bleachers from the west end of the
college gymnasium, permitting the
laying out of a handball court.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-04
by Jeanne a n G

GO OFTEN gold buried far away
- in some inaccessible part of the
world looks easier to get than for
tunes awaiting us right at home.
Senator Key Pittman of Nevada
started his career on a wild goose
chase for gold, but came back to
make his success in the occupation
for which his schooling fitted him.
Key Pittman, who was born in
1872, attended law college IN Ten
nessee. His career at that time
looked as though it might consist of
practicing law, obtaining an ap-
pointment as district attorney, and
forging ahead in politics with the
United States senate as a. goal. But
young Pittman could not see it that
way, and the reason was the Alas
kan gold rush in 1896. He rushed
I'D to the Klondikel And what hap
pened? Key Pittman landed at Daw-
son lust ahead of the freeze almost
penniless. In Nome it is said that
he worked at one end of bucksaw
to make a living. Then, the peo-
pie made him district attorney.
Shortly thereafter, he returned to
the United States, settling in Tono-
pah, New, where he laid the founda-
ton of his fortune in the Tonopah
Telephone company.
In 1918, Key Pittman, in his first
political contest, was elected to the
United States senate, where he has
given a good account of himself for
"a years. His greatest interest is
to better the position of silver, in
spired of course by the great pro-
duction of this metal in Nevada.
He is also interested in promoting a
| six-year term for the President of
the United States, with a rule
against second terms.
Stories of wealth to be won in
foreign fields sound so much more
alluring simply because the fields
represent the unknown and seem to
offer more adventure. Probably
while we are pining to be in one
place, the fellow who is there wishes
| he were in ours.
@-WNU Service.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-04
Liquor Permits
Cancelled Here
Continued from page u

y
voking licenses here. Whether the
municipality will be required to make
any refund to permit holders for the
unexpired portion of their licenses
will not be known until the state re-
port is received.
ANY refund which might be entail
ed, however, will be only nominal, ac-
cording to data contained in letter
received here last November by Mayor
Howe from Jacob B. Taylor, state dl-
rector of the department of liquor con-
troll.
Current reports that establishments
would be set up outside the corpora
ton limits for the dispensing of liquor
could not be confirmed here the first
of the week.
Council Sets Dry Date
Revoking of liquor licenses here
came one day after December 81, the
day designated by the town council
for such action. Date on which the
liouor ban should become effective
was fixed by the council since any re-
fund which might be required to be
made to permit hibders would involve
/ expenditure of municipal funds over
which the council has exclusive con-
troll.
The four permit holders effected by
the revoking of licenses Monday was
two less than the total number here
at the time of the November election
| Of these two one permit for the sale
of liquor expired the first of the year
and the other was transferred tC
Lima.
| Under the state law the town is re
ouired to refund to the department o.
liquor control ninety per cent of the
unexpired portion of all fees paid b!
local permit holders with the excep
ton of those which have less thai
thirty days to run. The department
in turn makes the refund to the per
NIT holders.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-04

recruit training and quarantine for
month.
Upon completion of the first stages
of his army life he is assigned to
his class. There he is trained to
specialize in the course he chose
which may be radio, mechanics, arm
aments, etc.
Upon completion and graduation
he is assigned to an army air field
where he puts to practical use the
knowledge and experience he gained
in these technical schools.
At the completion of his enlist
ment, he may either re-enlist or go
into civilian life either of which he
has good opportunity to make a
place in the world for himself.
AS for myself l am not connected
directly with the technical end, but
more with the flying end. Which
upon completion of my studies, I
hope to receive a commission of a
Second Lieutenant in the United
States Air Corp.
J. M. Parker
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-04
Y! go. :: 9 =
BY Elmo Scott Watson
old Put

- old Put -.
M OST Americans think of Israel
AvA Putnam as the New England
hero of two thrilling escapes. One
was during the French and Indian
war when a providential rainstorm
put out the fire which the savages
had kindled to torture him. The
other was during the Revolution
when he avoided capture by the
British by riding his horse at break
neck speed down long flight of
stone steps. But these were only
few of "Old Puts" adventures.
During his busy life he saw ac-
ton on many fronts-from Montreal
in the north to Havana in the south
and from Boston in the east to De-
troit in the west. They began In
1755 when he served under Sir Will
liam Johnson against the French;
they continued when he enrolled in
Rogers Rangers in 1853, was cap
tured by the Indians, sent to Canada
as prisoner and freed by exchange
the next year. --.-
Then he accompanied a British
naval expedition against Frances
allies, the Spanish, in Cuba, where
he was in the thick of the fight when
the English stormed MORO Castle.
He had hardly returned home
when Pontiac's war broke out in
1853 and he accompanied Colonel
Bradstreet on the expedition to
raise the Indian siege of Detroit.
In 1772 he was a member of the
Company of Military Adventures
who visited the Lower Mississippi
and West Florida to look over lands
promised the Colonials who had
served in the French and Indian
war. Nothing came of this SO Put
nam returned home in time to be-
come one of the heroes of the Battle
of Bunker Hill.
@ Western Newspaper Union
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Letter To The Editor

The following letter comes
from Joseph Parker, aoho spent
the pasta0eek here aOith has
grandparents Mr.. and Mrs. c.
Sdntschi.-EDIToR.
Army Air Corps
Due to the present world crisis,
President Roosevelt and congress has
felt it necessary to take extreme
measures to protect American life
and property. He feels and hopes
that we will not be caught mapping
as we were during 1914-1918.
To avoid such catastrophe he has
placed before congress several large
bills calling for immediate rearm-
ament bringing our navy, army, and
air corp to its war time strength by
1912.
Of the billion dollars or more ap-
propriated for rearmament the air
corp received large share. In order
to have the facilities and the large
personnel required to keep these
planes in the best running and fight
ing condition we must have large
number of trained men. In order
that there may be enough trained
men to keep up with the production
of these planes the government has
found it necessary to open large
technical schools.
In these technical schools the
government offers positions to young
men between the ages of Is to 36
The qualifications for entrance te
these schools are as follows:
First, he must have completed
four years of high school.
Second, upon entrance he is sub
jected to a mental and physical ex
animation. Upon passing he il
sworn in for three years. Aftel
swearing in he Immediately goes int,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-04
6 Tremendous
[1rifes . !.
WILD STEER, ANCIENT CITY
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON

IN 1911. an freshman named Pat
Lynch roped a Wild steer In north
western Coiorado. The animal, erazed
by the lasso that was tied to the COW
boys saddle horn. dragged horse ana
rider over the rim Of great chasm
sturdy pinon tree grew on the edge
of the cliff and the rope caught around
this long enough for Lynch to throw
himself clear. His horse hung on one
end of the lasso and the steer on the
other. There they swung like lead
toys on stick. Then. as the rope broke
under their combined weights, they
plunged into the canon far below.
Lynch, miraculously enough, landed
on a narrow ledge. There was no way
for him to escape from the smooth
walls that rose steep above him, and
below was the chasm. There was no
room to turn around, but he slowly
worked his way along the shelf until at
last he found ledge just below.
Slowly, he slid down and fell into
soft sand. All about him were the
ruins or ancient cliff houses that no
white man had ever seen. The re-
mains of man-made trail led around
a corner of the rock wall and Lynch
climbed to safety
He told his story. but at that time
the cattlemen were not interested in
the crumbling bits cf an ancient civil
lization. In 1898. however. a small ex-
ploring party went into the region TO
trace the rumors Cf the years. The
government has now reserved this area
as the Yampa Canyon national monu'
ment
IF Pat Lynch had missed his throw
a slumbering canon might still be
waiting for the white men to discover
c. Western Newspaper Union.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-04
Recreation News

Open house is planned at the re-
creation center early in February
Dale Davidson, Bluffton recreational
director, announced this week. Par
ents will be invited to inspect the
facilities of the center during the
observance.
A stove donated to the recreation.
al center over the holidays is the
center of attraction at present, ane
pop corn is being popped by youth
full frequenters every night.
Inter-city ping-pong matches viii
be sponsored by the recreational cen
ter. Games with boys, girls ant
adults in other nearby cities are be
ing sought.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-04

The old Russell poultry house, on
the corner of Main and Jefferson
streets. will again be opened Tor
business. The property was pur-
chased last Friday by the Storer
Bros. of Ada, from the South Side
Building and Loan association OF
lima. who obtained it from the as
signees of Thomas and Sons.
Joseph Murray passes his 85th
birthday anniversary today. Mr.
Murray has been feeble for several
wears. and is gradually growing more
feeble.
Miss Edith McPeak gave a very
ENJOYABLE evenings entertainment TO
her lady friends at her home on
Main street Friday in honor of her
quests. Miss Halle Day, Ethel Nor
rison and Ethel Metzler, of Flndlay.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Amstutz, re-
siding at their very pleasant farm
home. three miles southwest Oh
Bluffton, very appropriately cele-
brated their golden wedding anniver-
sarv. Tuesday, Nov. 20, and had the
pleasure of enjoying a reunion with
all their living children and many
relatives and friends.
Albert Schumacher, one OF our own
bows. who is now a student II
Oberlin college, will preach IN the
English language for the Mennonite
congregation next Sunday morning
Ed Burns, who had charge of
construction gang on the Western
Ohio railway, left Monday evening
for Michigan City, Ind, where ne Il
similarly employed building a long
stretch of track.
Lewis Clippinger and family, for
mer residents of this village, recent
ly moved from Leipsic to Ft. Wayne
Ind.
Mrs. Martha Russell died Sunda!
evening at the home of her daughter
Mrs. George S. Cunningham, at Ian
caster, suffering from a complication
of diseases for some time. Mrs
Russell was married to Mr.. DAME
Russell, of this place, and reside'
here until a short time after tn
death of her husband, which tool
place in April, 1901.
George Schmidt purchased tn
eighteen-acre farm of the late Lev
Niswander, east of town, Saturday
The price paid was $1,000.
George Lewis left Tuesday morn
ing for Memphis, Miss, where he ]
looking after the cement block ma
chine business.
S. V. Heckathorn and famil
moved from the Steiner flats to thei
residence on Grove street, yesterday
Mrs. ]. F. Swank went to Robin
son, ILL.,, the first of the week, t
spend several weeks with her hus
band.
The Putnam county crow supper g
Ottawa, Monday evening, the annu;
spread given after election by tt
leaders of the old political partie
was attended by DR.. H. o. Frederic
Ed Paul, Frank Eaton and Abe Wis
of this place.
Miss Fairy, daughter of Mr.. an
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-04
|'Twas This Way
By LYLE SPENCER

@ Western Newspaper Union

IT HE first animal to appear in
= animated cartoons was neither
Felix the Cat nor Mickey Mouse.
It was a playful dachshund who
had weakness for eating German
sausages.
The first real motion picture car
toon, drawn by John Randolph
Bray, was a combination of car
toon characters and living persons.
Released by Pathe Freres in 1912,
it showed the misadventures of this
gormandizing dachshund who kept
on eating sausages until he finally
exploded. 1t proved so successful
that Bray drew 18 more similar
cartoons within the next year.
Not very long after that, colored
cartoons made their debut in mo-
tion picture theaters. The first one,
released in 1916, was entitled 'The
Debut of Thomas Kat" It was the
story of a kitten who had been
taught by its mother how to catch
mice. The kitten soon became SO
cocky about his abilities that he
tackled a rat, with very tragic re-
suits. lts.------~~~.4---sssssess esssssSsssmsss sssgsr~
These early drawings were made
on transparent celluloid, the colors
then being painted on the reverse
side of the film. Such early at
tenpts were a far cry from the
quality of our present productions.
Some of the newer "super-specials"
like "The Three Little Pigs"
drawn by men like Walt Disney, are
bigger drawing cards than regular
feature pictures, and occasionally
make as much money as films pro-
duced by Holywood's greatest
stars.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-04

It's been cold in Florida as we'll as
in Ohio, writes M. M. "Dode" Murray
who with Mrs. Murray are wintering
in St. Petersburg where number of
Bluffton people are vacationing this
season.
Eve have been having some fine
summer weather, but last Friday
might've got a Whit of that good old
northern wind and Saturday morning
the thermometer was down to forty
and the wind still blowing" writes
Murray.
$50 you can see that you folks are
not the only ones that had cold feet
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-04
Cold Snap Hits Florida,
Too, "Dode' Murray Writes

so did "Pude" and "Dode". "Pude"
has lived in four different houses since
he came here, he don't seem to know
where he is going, or what he is
going to do when he gets there.
II have been eating few roasting
ears to keep in trim for the spring
crop up home. They have a large
organge crop here this season but the
grapefruit is only a little over half
what it should be. There are about
$4,000 tourists here now-and there
will be about that many more when
cold weather sets in in earnest up
north"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-04
Boosters Wins OUer
Westinghouse, 47-33

Bluffton Boosters climbed step
nearer the lead in the Lima league
last Wednesday night by defeating
Lima Westinghouse, AZ to 33, in a
game played at Lima.
Morrison was the principal point
getter of the contest, racking up II
points for the victors. Miller and
Murray each got eight.
Bluffton won easily, and the decis-
ion was not in doubt after the Boost
ers had piled up 16 to advantage
in the first quarter. At halftime the
score was "a to IL, and the third
uarter count was 35 to 25.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-04
'CuriOSa
Americana
Mad Poet
By Elmo Scott Watson

Mad Poet
nNE of the most beautifully descrip-
~ tive passages in all American liter
ature is these often-quoted lines:
Now twilight let's her curtain down,
And pins Ii with star.
They were written by Mcdonald
Clarke, the "Mad-Poet' who died In the
''lunatic asylum" on Blackwelrs Island,
New York city.
Characteristic of his gift for combin-
Ing the ridiculous with the sublime was
this poem which he wrote about George
Washington:
Eternity-give him elbow room:
A spirit like his Is large;
Earth, fence with artillery his tomb.
And fire double charge
To the memory of Americas greatest
man:
Match him, posterity, IL you can.
g Western Newspaper Union.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-04
Bluffton High Plays Wapakoneta
There, Shawnee Here This Week

Ending two weeks Christmas hol-
day layoff, Bluffton high cagers will
resume scheduled play this week end
in games on the home and foreign
courts.
Opening game of the week will be
payed at Wapakoneta on Friday night
and the following evening will find
the Pirates facing Lima Shawnee on
the Bluffton floor.
Wapakoneta is reported to have a
better than average team this year,
and the Dillermen's showing against
the Indians likely will give a pretty
good indication as to what success
Bluffton may have this year in the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-04

Western Buckeye league cage race.
Shawnee also is reported to be
strong, altho improvement in the To-
cal's attack is expected to give them
an even chance in the contest on the
home floor, Friday.
Bluffton Pirates have not been in
action since Wednesday, Dec. 20, when
they dropped decision to Ada at
Ada.
Bluffton college cage play will not
be resumed until Thursday of next
week when the Beavers journey to
Findlay to clash with the strong
Orange-clad outfit representing Find
lay college.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-04
News Our Grandfathers Read
From Issue OF November y, 1906

Mrs. Jos. Huber, celebrated her
eighth birthday anniversary last
Wednesday evening. Forty of her
little friends were invited.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-04
Jack Rabbit ShOlUn
In WindOlU Exhibit

A Kansas Jack Rabbit, crouched
for take-off, is attracting attention
this week in the window of The
Bluffton News.
The life-like appearing stuffed rab-
bit is being exhibited by ]. A. Diller,
of North Jackson street, 1t differs
most in appearance from our home
grown cottontails in the length of
it's legs, which gives the animal its
speed.
Speed of Sound
Sound travels 1,089 miles a Sec
ond.