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The Phoenix index., 1940-10-12

CAIRO. Ga.-(SNS) - With
more than three thousands from
all sections of the South Georgia
to witness assignments of presid-
ing elders and pastors for 1941 by
Bishop William Alfred Fountain
the South Georgia Conference OF
the A. M. e. Church closed one
of the greatest sessions in its his
tory.
With Many surprises in assign.
ing pastors, include shifts in pre-
siding elders DR.. E. j. Odom, pre-
siding elder of the Quitman dis
trict was given full time to de.
velop the evangelistic campaign OF
the A. NJ E. Church. He was elect.
ed by the last General Conference
for that purpose.
DR.. I. G. Glass, known as the
dean of presiding elders in the
state and treasurer of the confer
ence was assigned to the Val
dosta district for the second year
Dr.. H. E. Davis, secretary of the
conference goes to the Quitman
district while Rev. Frank Moore
was given charge of cambridge dis
trict. Rev. B. w. Jones for the
past two years was presiding elder
for the Valdosta district was re-
turned for his third year. DR.. H.
j. People was promoted and made
presiding elder OF the Moultrie.
Pastor received new appoint
ments In the closing address the
bishop emphasized the value OF
the bulge system operated in the
state giving each man an oppor-
tunity to rise from the small mis-.
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-12
Organized Labor
Split Echoes
In Washington

tractor for the buildings founda-
ton, sublet the excavation work
to the Atlas Crane and Excavation
Co.. of which William Pacho is
president. His excavation shovels
are operated by A. F. of l.. men
Except for the ceremonious SCOOP
full dug from the site for the pres.
ident, Mr.. Pacho was forbidden, he
told Mr.. Merando, by the A. F. OF
l.. to dig any further.
Mr.. Merando's contract with the
CIO permits him to use any sort
of union labor for those parts of
the job which the C1O is not
equipped to do. His sub-contract
with Mr.. Pacho stipulates union
men, he said The office of John
Locher, president of the A. F.. OF
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-12

Mrs. Le;ther Hubbard of
West Knoxville was called by
her mother from a nap, to see
the low flying plane and she
had been outside but a few
seconds before the plane
crashed, demolishing the very
room from which she had
been called.
Sam Chessney, next door
neighbor, said 81 and some
visiting friends were sitting
under some trees in my front
yard when we saw the plane
start falling. A second later
the tops of the trees were
clipped off, the chimney to
my home torn away, then the
plane came to a stop outside
the Hubbard home"
The occupants of the plane
were two University of Ten
nessee students. One died in
stantly and the other is near
death in a local hospital.
United States Inspector
George Gay from the Atlanta
offices of the U. S. Civil
,Aeronautics board arrived
and began a thorough inves-
tigation Of the wreckage,
which had been roped off, to
determine the cause of the
crash.
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-12
Dining Car Walters Sponsoring
Dances To Raise Contract Funds

have made demands upon the va
rious carriers for reduction in
hours, time and one-half for over
time, vacations with pay and many
other improvements which are sup
posed to be included in the Amer.
ican standard of living.
1--WE believe workers all over the
nation are in sympathy with our
cause and will participate in the
dances given by the various locals
to continue this great work"
There are organized under the
"a. F.. of L, 5000 dining car cooks
and walters in America, and po-
tential membership of 10000 OF
more.
OTHER PROBLEMS
Besides attempting to negotiate
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-12
Bishop Fountain Releases AME
Appointments, Transfers

Hawell and Holo Circuit, Rev. r
Martin.
Naylor Circuit:
Barrett Mission:
New Zion Mission, Rev. ]. 8.
Gouff.
Tarver Mission, Rev. H. E. Nc.
Clendon. t
Mt. Olive Mission
Thomasville district, Rev. D. G..
Glass. presiding elder.
st. Thomas Station, Rev. A. M.
Roberts.
Boston Station
ST. Mark, Rev. H. w. Grant.
Cairo Station, Rev. A j. Har-
ris.
Pelham Station, Rev. r. w,
Williams.
Meigs Station, to be supplied.
st. James Station. Rev. D. s.
Johnson
st James (Cairo):--
Rocky Hill, Metcalf, Rev. j. w.
Goulden.
Glassgo Station, to be supplied.
Little Bethel Station
st. Paul and st. James, Rev
Veigiel Bryant.
Coolidge, Rev. E. D. McKeith.
st. john aS &Js a
ST. James (Boston)
Cairo Circuit, Rev. ]. r. Keys
st. Thomas, Rev. B. p. Evans.
Mt Olive and Belview, Rev. j.
T. Thornton.
Cotton and Hinson, Rev. James
Thomas. 'v-'sf-
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-12

contracts with the various railroads
there are other vital problems con
fronting dining car workers. In
creased minimum pension for low
paid railroad employee who are
forced to retire because of disabil-
ity or because they have readed the
retirement age, is one of the major
problems. At this time the amount
allotted these employees for re-
tirement is insufficient to maintain
a fair standard of living.
They have also the problem
along with other underpaid rail-
road workers under the Fair Labor
Standards act, to establish a 400
per hour minimum wage which is
the minimum that can be obtained
under the law.
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-12
NARROWLY ESCAPES Death
AS PLANE CRASHES ROOF
Here's A Cure For Burglars

KINSTON, N. C-(ANP)-Are you troubled with
thieves? Do articles of clothing valuable possessions and
ey disappear while your dwelling place?
Then read how Ed Webster finally solved this problem:
According Webster at every lodging house
he had stayed, whether in Alabama Pennsylvania Louisiana
the Caronas, with trouble. going
he'd lock the door his but invariably he would lose
a shirt a pair of shoes a suit or neckties.
Mr. Webster likes snakes he hit the brilliant idea
buying couple Friday he exhibited hefty bunake and
kngsnake He them locked he
his
81 haven't lost thing since bought them last summer,
he said. the door his he said hangs
"beware of the snakes" .A
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-12
Three EATLANTANS die
IN VIOLENT weekend

ley. The victim died at Grady
early Saturday morning.
Officers G. G. Caldwell and F..
B. Watson said Griggs was in no
condition to give them any in
formation.
Sellers Brothers funeral home is
IN charge of burial arrangements
for both bodies.
j. M. White was dead on ar
rival at Grady late Friday night.
Investigating officers said they
We're told that another man called
White to the door of his house and
fired the pellet into his body. The
slayer fed.
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-12
Union Troubles Halt Work
On New Recorders BuiIdinq

WASHINGTON, D. CLAMP
Delay in the progress of the work
on the Recorder of Deeds new OF
flee building caused by pickets Of
the American Federation of Labor
has resulted in the organization
protesting against the employment
of the unicr raen of their faction
on a job whose general contractor
has On agreement with the CIO
Sam Merando. the general con.
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-12
Seek to Better
Conditions In
New Schedules

CHICAGO-(ANP)-Dining cal
cooks and walters who are members
of the various American Federation
of Labor locals over the country,
afiliated with the Joint Council
Dining Car Employees with head
quarters in Chicago, will give
dances in most of the large cities
on Friday night October 25, New
York, Chicago, st. Louis, Los An
gelee, Oakland, Boston, Seattle, Co.
lumbus, Dennison. Texas and Nash
vile, are some Of the many cities
where dances will be given.
The proceeds derived from these
affairs are to go to the joint coun-
Gil to help finance what is termed
the national contract" At this
time, most dining car locals are en-
gagged in negotiating new contracts
with many of the railroads, among
them the New York Central, Penn
sylvania, Alton, Chicago Milwaukee
and st. Paul, Southern Pacific, ST..
Louis & San Francisco. The negotia-
tions have already cost the dining
car employees thousands of dollars.
WOULD IMPROVE LOT
Richard w. Smith, secretary
treasurer of the council and chair
man of the national dance pro-
gram, states: Dining car employee
are determined to improve their
working conditions at this time and
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-12
News In Brief
PRISONER GUARDED

Removed from the county Jail tc
Good Samaritan Hospital for an
operation was Lonnie Landrum, %
years old, charged with the first.
degree murder of William Bayfield,
colored, in Gila Bend Landrun il
suffering from the effects of gun
shot wounds suffered two years
ago, the sheriff's office reported. o.
G. Cook, special colored deputy,
was assigned to guard the prisoner
in the hospital. @,
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-12
Fire Originates
In Chicken Nest

ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)-
Fire reported to have originated
in a chicken nest located under a
house at l4Oe Motley Drive, SW,
resulted in considerable damage
Thursday, Patrolmen Clark and
Thomas reported. Damage was
confined to the rear of the build
ing,
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-12
HARRY ROFF RELEASED

A plea of not guilty was entered
by Harry Rolf, 20 years old, charg-
ed with defrauding an inkeeper
He was released without bond pend
ing trial at 10 am. November in
East Phoenix Precinct Justice
Court.
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-12
TRIAL TO CONTINUE

A continuance to November %
in the intoxicated driving trial CT
Nathan Owens was ordered by Su-
perior Judge Arthur r. La Prade.
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-12
Tenn. Matron Is
Saued ByMother
By o. 3. TAYLOR

KNOXVILLE, Tenn (ANP)-A crashing plane that
had been flying for several minutes at unusually low al
tude the homes of several Negroes finally went into
tail spin clipping off the tops of several trees before
plunging into a residence
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-12

A Swiss physician has invented
a hand operated pump to force air
or oxygen into the lungs of per-
sons overcome by gas.
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-12

ed at Grady for stab wounds and
then booked at City Jail for "in-
veStigation".
Officers E. H. Hawkins and j.
M. Pack reported finding a shot
gun pistol and knife near the
scene of the fatal stabbing. An
empty shell was in the shotgun
and an unf1red bullet was reported
found in the pistol.
The investigating officers quoted
Easter as saying he had been
drinking.
A search was underway for a
man known by the nickname OF
Two Dollars" believed the per-
son who fired the fatal shot into
the abdomen of Henry Griggs late
Friday night at the corner OF Nc
Daniel Street and BumStead AL
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-12

ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)-
Three AtlantanS were dead Sat-
urday morning, the result of
bloody crime wave which struck
with telling blows in various Sec
tionS of the Gate City. Police
listed the dead as:
Oscar (Red) Owens AZ, 891
Neal Street, NV.
Henry Griggs, 80, rear 1873
Mcdaniel Street.
j. Nj. White, II, rear 361
Memorial Drive, Sc.
Stabbed several times about the
body, once near the heart, Owens
was dead on arrival at Grady
Hospital Saturday morning a few
minutes after IL o'clock He was
reported stabbed to death in the
400 block of Lindsay Street NV.
Reported stabbed in the melee
that cost Owens his life were two
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-12

men listed by police
men as Ben Easter, %.
of 442 Vine Street, NV
and Tom Ellis, SO, of
446 Lindsay Street,
NV. Both were treat
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-08
Prospective Bride
groom In Two
Accidents

Two men sustained serious injur-
les in an automobile mishap in Lima
last week, a few moments after one
of them had emerged unhurt from
another accident.
DR.. John Glorioso, who was to have
left for Toronto, Canada, to be mar
ried, was unhurt when his car col
lided with a stone truck. He sum-
moned a wrecker to pull his car
from ditch, and was helping the
garage man, Glenn l.. Harris, fasten
a chain to his car when another
truck collided with an empty school
bus and skidded against the two
men.
DR.. Glorioso received severe back
injuries, and Harris is in "just fair"
condition with internal injuries.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-08
Engines Stripped By
Thieves

Thieves have stolen number of
brass parts from engines on three
oil leases in Union township in the
past week, Deputy Sheriff James l..
Holden said Thursday.
According to reports made to depu-
ties, eight brass pieces have been
taken from the McClelland lease,
eight from the Ewing and six from
the Rogers. In each instance moth
ing but brass parts were taken,
Deputy Holden said.
Presumably the brass was strip
ped from the engines to be sold for
junk.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-08

lay the other morning when Mr.. N.Y.
grant returned home from work at
the Cooper corporation.
Migrant tried to awaken him but
was unsuccessful SO he called Deputy
Sheriff o. A. Cooper. Now Steberin
is being held in the county jail on
an open charge of investigation.
1t seems that the Negro had called
at the Migrant home for 'hand-
out" and after consuming a number
of sandwiches and nine cups of cof-
fee he curled up back of the stove
and went to sleep. Migrants fam
ily couldn't rouse him either so they
stayed up until he arrived home
from work.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-08
Fire Truck Driver
Has Drill

When Mel Patterson discovered a
fire in a hay-baler which had been
brought into his garage in North
Baltimore for repairs, he calmly
called Maude Crosser, operator of
the fire siren then dashed to the
village fire station.
Starting the fire truck, he went
back to the garage, only to find the
fire hadn't decided to burn after all.
1t was out, and Mr.. Patterson's ex-
ertion was for naught, with the ex-
ception that he had fire drill all
of his own.
He is official driver of the village
truck.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-08
DelphOs To Start S44,-
900 Program

With the abatement of the zero
weather, Delphos officials are looking
forward to starting of work on the
construction of rest room as a
WPA project. 1t had been expected
to start sooner, but the extreme cold
weather caused the delay. Mayor
w. d. Swihart and Service Director
A. E. Weger are continually in touch
with state WPA officials urging an
early start to aid in taking up the
slack in unemployment.
The rest room is one of four pro-
jects which electors in 1888 voted
$4,000 for the city's share of the
cost. The other three are the
swimming pool, bath house and sta
dunn.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-08

mined in a test case of Jess Morgan,
of Dunkirk, against M. |. Evans,
collector of internal revenue, OF
Lima.
Six months ago, Morgan's automo-
bile was attached for non-payment
of social security fees on behalf of
his employees. The Dunkirk man OBJ
tanned an injunction restraining
Evans from selling the auto. Judge
Arthur Tudor, of the Hardin county
common pleas court, will hear the
case.
Agricultural industries are exempt
from social service payments under
the present law, it was announced.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-08
Fewer Waiting For
WPA Jobs

According to figures released Fri
day by William B. Schmuhl, man.
ager of the WPA in District l,
there were only % persons on the
waiting list for jobs on Jan. 81, in
Hancock county.
The report showed that an addi-
tional "a persons were hired by the
WPA in the county during the
week from JAM "a to Jan. 81. There
were 466 employed on Jan. 81
against 422 of the preceding week.
In the counties in this area, VIM.
Schmuhl's report was as follows
Allen, 94S employed Jan. 81; 469 on
waiting list. Putnam, 331 employed
Jan. 81; seven on waiting list.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-08
Youth Shot By Lima
Police

Armed robbery charges were filed
in Lima last week against Paul Gar
rison, %, who is near death in Me-
mortal hospital with a bullet wound
received in gun battle with police.
Detectives A. L. Mills and Al
Grady were cruising in a radio
squad car within two blocks of a
filling station operated by L. v.
Dunahey when burglar alarm was
sounded at headquarters from the
filling station.
The officers arrived just as Gar
rison was leaving and ordered him
to halt. Instead, he fired three shots,
officers said, and ran. Mills shot
him in the abdomen. About $3.50
taken from the station was found
in his pockets, and officers identi-
fed the pistol as one stolen a few
hours earlier in a burglary at a
north side filling station.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-08
Sues Bus Company
For $51,651

A suit for $51, ,651.67 damages was
fled in Allen county common pleas
court Friday by Cleo Bowyer against
the Cincinnati & Lake Erie Bus Co.,
and charging the defendant with
negligence in fail to avoid a COLI
sion with an automobile in which the
plaintiff was riding three miles east
of Lima last July 2.
Plaintiff says she was passenger in
a car driven by Thornton Lincoln
and travelling east when it was in
volved in mishap with westbound
bus.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-08
Predicts Better Rail-
road Business

Declaring that railroads will come
back in their own and that the ma
tion's leading engine building plants,
including The Lima Locomotive
Works, will materially benefit, Phil
S. Hanna, editor of The Chicago
Journal of Commerce, told repre-
sentative Lima audience one night
recently that all indications point to
a revival of railroad traffic.
Speaking at the annual meeting
of the Association of Commerce in
the Argonne hotel, the Chicago edi-
tor said that even at this moment
many of the nations railroads are
in the market for new motive power.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-08

This announcement was made by
Mayor Frank E. McClain as he is
sued a call to the city civil service
commission to hold an examination
for the existing vacancy.
Mayor McClain said his action in
calling for the civil service examin-
alton is in line with an informal
opinion from the office of Atty. Gen.
Thomas J. Herbert which has ruled
that the chiefs post comes within
the classified service, and follows
certain regulations which would ap-
ply if a member of the police de-
partment were elevated to the posi-
tion of chief of police.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-08
Conservation Grup To
Organize

Interested farmers and sportsmen of
Hancock county will organize a coun-
ty conservation committee, Howard
Langstaff, district chief, announced
Friday evening.
Each county in the state will form
such an organization on or before
May Is, to name a permanent chair
man, vice chairman, and a secretary,
all of whom will serve year. In
addition, the county committees viii
select two representatives to the dis
trict conservation committee.
One of the delegates will be chosen
by the farmers and the other by
sportsmen.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-08
Lima Congressman To
Run Again

Congressman Robert F. Jones,
Lima Republican, will be a candi-
date for a second term at the May
Ia primaries, he announced Satur-
day.
The third youngest member of the
House, Jones was elected in 1888 by
one of the largest pluralities in the
history of the Fourth congressional
district which is comprised of Allen,
Auglaize, Mercer, Shelby, Miami and
Darke counties.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-08
Hunting Fines Still
Assessed

An aftermath of the hunting sea-
son.
L. E. Cummings, of Gallon, was
fined SIS and costs Thursday by
Justice of the Peace j. c. Dunn for
hunting without permission.
The affidavit was signed during
the hunting season by Aaron AL
spach, but Cummings refused to
make his appearance in court when
notified, so Constable Truman Simp-
son brought him back.
Cummings is in the county Jail in
default of payment.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-08
Filling Station Oper-
atOr Burned

Jack Wilt, %, filing station op-
orator of Findlay is in the Findlay
hospital suffering from burns re-
ceived Wednesday when he held a
match to a hole in a barrel sup
posedly containing nothing but
water. But the barrel contained a
quantity of gasoline and ignited by
the match, flames fared out into his
face. His clothing caught fire, but
his father, who was nearby, ex-
tinguished them. He is expected to
recover.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-08
Fog Results In Crash
With Train

Ira Jay Priest, 73, of Forest, and
his daughter, Mrs. Lula Edith Lep-
ley, 27, of Columbus, are in Kenton
McKitrick hospital apparently recov-
ering from injuries suffered early
Wednesday when their auto was
struck by an Erie passenger train
between LaRue and Marseilles.
The accident occurred on route 81
at 1870 a. m, during the dense fog
which blanketed the whole state.
Mrs. Lepley, who was driving the
auto, said she was unable to see
the train.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-08
1904 Find Jobs Thru
Bureau

The 1904 jobs in private industry
found for as many workers during
1899 by the Lima Employment Secur-
ity Center of the Ohio Bureau of
Unemployment Compensation was an
increase of 923 placements over
1898, J. w. Saunders, manager of
the center, reported Friday.
Totally and partially unemployed,
4,025 workers were paid benefits
amounting to 1888, ,39s.4O thru the
Lima center during 1889, the first
year of compensation for unemploy-
ment in Ohio.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-08
Begin Listing Delin-
quent Lands

Deputies in the Allen county audi
tors office Monday began preparing
lists of property owners whose lands
are to be sold at auction thru tax
forfeiture proceedings, it was an
nounced by Auditor Floyd B. Griffin.
Approximately 5000 parcels of
real estate will be sold to the high
est bidders in public auctions held
after March IL.
The lists of names of delinquent
property owners will be published
in the newspaper as soon as they
are compiled, according to Griffin.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-08

ing of the valuation of public utility
holdings in this county by the state
tax commission. The public utilities
evaluation reduction was given at
$38,760 in the abstract.
The total valuation in 1889 was
set at s31, ,457.570 for all property in
the county while in 1888 it was $751;
4S6.490.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-08
Excursion Fatal To
Student

An excursion of six Liberty Cen
ter high school boys to the state
capital was abruptly interrupted
when their automobile colIided with
another machine near Findlay Fri
day, taking the life of one of the
boys and injuring all the others.
The accident occurred on route 81
just south of the Eagle creek bridge
three miles south of Findlay, at
6:30 a. m. Warren Babcock, IT,
suffered fractured skull and frac-
tured right leg. He lived six hours.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-08
Ada Theatre Is Looted

Ada and Hardin county officials
are investigating the robbery of the
Ada theatre which occurred some
time Friday night, in which about
SO was taken as well as other ar
ticles.
Officials believe that the robber
attended the last show and stayed
in the theatre until it was locked up.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-08
ALLEN COUNTY
9 Tons Of Kraut
Burn

approximately nine tons of sauer-
kraut and a trailer, owned by the
Kroger Grocery and Baking company
were destroyed by fire shortly after
s p. m. Wednesday on Route 25, two
miles north of Lima. Chief Hairy
Taflinger estimated loss at $4,000.
Operator of the truck was G. Giles,
of Toledo, who was enroute to To-
ledo. Firemen believed hot brakes in
the rear wheels started the fire. The
driver was able to save the tractor.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-08
Lima Business Rated
Tops

Lima is again listed by Forbes
magazine in Feb. l issue as one of
the best places in the United States
for concentrating sales activities, for
collections, and other promotion op-
erations of business.
Lima is the center of the very
best high spot territory in the
United States today. Eight other
nearby cities make up the territory.