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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-04
WIFE OF PIONEER ALASKA
 MISSIONARY DIES, SEATTLE

SEATTLE, March 4.-The close marital partnership in missionary work for 40 years was dissolved by the death last Friday of Mrs. Belle Cram. wife of the Rev. D. w. Cram, retired Presbyterian pioneer Alaska missionary.
 Coming to Seattle as a bride in 1900, she and her husband went to Alaska
 In Valdez they built a church which still stands.
 For twelve years Mrs Cram taught school and her husband was in church work at Point Barrow, under the Federal Bureau of Edu- cation. They also served in mis- sionary and education work in Bettles and on Kotzebue Sound be- fore retiring in 1925
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-04
TW0GERMAN
 FLIERSFREE
Avidtors Captured When Plane Forced Down,
 Belgium, Escape

BRUSSELS, March 1.-Two Ger man aviatorS whose capture in grounded plane resulted in Bel giums invasion alarm last Janu- aly 18th escaped last night from their prison.
 The German aviators twice tried to burn important papers which they carried when their plane Was forced down on Belgian soil, but quick action by Belgian officials in each instance saved the papers from destruction. Reliable sources have said the papers included a detailed bulletin of attack on the neutral nations of Belgium and Holland.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-04
BYRD WILL
 OPEN FAIR
 AT FRISCO
Admiral Will Touch Switch at LittIe America
 on May E

SAN FRANCISCO. March 4. From the general vicinity of the South Pole and the midst of Ant arctic darkness, Admiral Richard Byrd will light the opening of the San Francisco World Fair May 25.
 Manager Monohan announces that Byrd at Little America, will throw a switch releasing a radio impulse thousands of miles northward, on Treasure Island
 The impulse will set off three aluminium star bombs which will light the fair grounds for several minutes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-04
JAMES M. HUTTON
 DIES IN OFFICE
New York Banker, Civic Leader, Suddenly Stritk-
 en with Heart Trouble

NEW YORK, March 4-James Morgan Hutton. banker philanthro- pist and civic leader, is dead, suf- fering a heart attack in the offices of his company.
 The 70-year-old banker had been senior partner in the investment banking firm of w. E. Hutton and Company since the retirement of his father
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-04
 Visiting in
 Switzerland
Has View of Siegfried and Mdginot Lines on Trip
 from Berlin

BERNIE, Switzerland, March A. Sumner Welles, American Under Secretary of State, visiting European capitals as personal representative of President Roosevelt, to report on conditions in Europe, has arrived in Switzerland enroute to Paris and London for further conferences.
 From the train windows, Welles had a view of both the Siegfried and Maginot lines.
 Welles arrived here after confer ences with Hitler and von Ribben- trop in Berlin last Friday and Sat- urday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-04
First Envoy from Australia !s Now
 In United Slaies

WASHINGTON March 4 Aus tralias first envoy 10 the United States, R. G. Casey, has presented his credentials to Secretary of state Hull.
 The Australian Minister will visit President Roosevelt this week to present the chief executive with the originals of his Letters of ,Credence.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-04
U. S. NAVY pLANE50
 BIG FLIGHT

HONOLULU, March 4.-A squad ron of United States Navy bombers is scheduled to take off from Pearl Halbor on practice flight to Guam by way of Wake Island.
 Inc flight will be the second of naval bombers to the western Pa cific within a few months. Four teen bcmbers recently flew to the Philippines for neutrality patrol work.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-04
NIpp0N5 WATCH SALVATION ARMY
 FOR ESPIONAGE

TOKYO. March 4-War Minister Hata told the Diet today that the Salvation Army must be placed under proper regulations to prevent espionage.
 Hata said military authorities are watching the organization which has little more than 240 members in Japan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-04
SWISS ARE
 CALLED up

BERNIE, March 4-SwisS army officials this morning issued an order recalling reservists.
 The order affected B frontier battalions and four reserve bri- gades which were demobiliZed late last fall.
 Reliable SWISS sources report Ba- varian, Austrian and German troops have been moving into German towns and villages opposite the Swiss frontier from the Rhine to Lake Konstanz during the last two days.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-04
German Bombers
 Dow ned
French Report Seven Ndzi Aircraft Crash Under
 Attacks

PARIS, March 4. - The French High Command reports seven Ger man planes have been shot down on the Western Front. Three were downed Sunday and three bombers were attacked and downed early this morning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-04
'perthing'' Newest
 Version of "Daiing"

HIRAM, O., March 4-If couples at Hiram College decide to go to a movie, ball game, dance, swim, etc, etc, it's "perching' instead of dating" The term had it's origin in the days when the popular di- version was to sit on the rail fence at the college
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-04
LEAFLETS
 SCATTERED
 ON BERLIN
For Fifth Time in Six Days British Go Over Ger
 man Territory

LONDON, March 4-The British Air Ministry announces that for the fifth time in six days, British war planes last night flew over Berlin dropping parachute flares and scattering thousands of leaf lets. The planes drew ineffective anti-aircraft fire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-04
DIVORCE CASES

Suits for divorce were filed in District Court today by Mae c. Pegg versus w. J. Pegg on grounds of cruelty and by Fannie McEwan against Charles McEwan for deser- tion and non-support.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-04

To tightly fasten corks in bot ties, boil the corks for five min utes to soften them and then, while hot press them into the bot ties. When cool the seal will be perfect.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-04
WIND, DUST
 STORM IN
 COLORADO

PUEBLO, Col, March 4. = Con- siderable damage is reported as a wind and dust storm swept through Colorado. The storm is said to be the worst in the history of the state.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-04

 Graf Spec
 Men Glad
Not Supposed 10 Laugh, Ete., But None Want
 10 Go Back Home
By GEORGE TUCKER

NEW YORK, March 4.-Gregory Ia ylor, back from an l8,000-mile honeymoon through South America, tells an interesting tale of those interned German sailors who were on the Graf Spec. They're going to work on farms, and receive $20 a month, although this money will not be paid to them personally. It will be set aside in the interest of the German government. Nice government.
 While he was there Taylor talked with some of these lads, and one, a blond kid about 18, seemed especially morose and downcast.
 Don't be like that" Taylor urged him. You're lucky. You won't be killed. You'll live here in safety. with plenty of good food, and a nice place to sleep. Think of all this freedom, and think of all these pretty girls -
 With that the fellow broke out laughing, then quickly recovered himself. "See,' he said in a whis- per, but in excellent English, we're not supposed to laugh. But we're tickled to death. wouldn't go back if they paid me. /. None of us is ever going back. But we can't say that. We aren't sup posed to be happy or even smile. That's why all these fellows seem so sad.'
 On this trip Taylor, who is New York hotel man (St. Moritz) flew clear across the continent. :. When he went over the Andes he had to keep an oxygen tube in his mouth. ... All the trans-Andes planes are equipped with them. How do the people live down there? "Marvelously we'll" he says. "The fruit and the fish are wonderful but the meat isn't as well cured as ours. But you can go hogwild on dollar. visited ranch in Brazil that took us three days to ride across, and then we didn't see all of it. .. <. Thousands of acres of vineyards, thousands of head of cattle. Everybody working and everybody eating"
 We'll, what about this bride groom business; that's new role for you to play, isn't it?
 Have you ever seen a. Greek grin? MT. Taylor is Greek. He used i to pad around the decks of a mackerel boat in the Aegean. Well" says he, the brides from Egypt. I never saw her until she came to visit the Fair last year, but her family and my family are old friends. You know how these things go. . ]. We just de- cided to get married"
 This honeymoon required A days and covered l8.000 miles through Chill. Brazil, Argentina, and most of the other countries. .. The finest hotel he found was in Buenos Aires. He did some fishing but didn't have much luck. |. He took thousands of pictures, of which the still shots were bad but the movies were wonderful. Movies of old ruins which re- veal something of lost ciyiliza- tion
 That South America is all right" says Taylor, who hereto fore thought only Europe would suffice. With this war, we sure ought to make lot of new friends"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-04

Yes Salmon fishing and canning is seasonal business
 but in off seasons there jobs for hundreds making ready for the next fishing season. Even in winter men are kept at work undermining and rebuilding canneres
 repairing boats and other floating equipment. Others find employment cutting png and lumber for construction and box shook manufacturing wire netting mining
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-04

Today's News Todav--Empirs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-04

Empire classirleds 1s;ns results
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-04

coal and providing other supplies for the Industry
 Not only does the Canned Salmon Industry provide the Terrtorys greatest employment during the fishing season-these additional Industry created jobs give Aaskans thousands of days work during off seasons. And this means greater yearround security for Alaska families!
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
,ert at the First Mennonite church,

on Mrs. Alice Boutwell, in Kenton
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Dorotha Basinger called at
the Peter Kurtz home Sunday fore
noon.
Miss Anna Shank was a guest at
the Frank Dray home one day last
week. -,---aS
Miss Mary Lou Hennings of Mt.
Cory was a supper guest of Miss
Lillian Koontz Friday evening.
Callers on Mrs. NJ. J. Stratton
during the past week were: Mr.. N.
r. Ebay, Mr.. and Mrs. C. w.
Klingler and family, Mrs. Henry
Arnold and daughter Bessie, Miss
Mabel Battles, Mr.. and Mrs. J. c.
Christman and family of Findlay;
Mrs. Anna Koontz, Mr.. and Mrs. B.
J. Stratton and family, Mr.. Russell
Ebay, Mr.. and Mrs. Obidiah Lud-
wig, Mr.. Shirley Nonnamaker, of
Bluffton; Mr.. and Mrs. Horace
Stratton, Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Pifer,
and Mrs. Crissie Ebay and Mr.. and
Mrs. Carson Marshall and little
daughter of Beaverdam.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
Elrose

Mrs. Helen Graham and son David
of Russellvania are spending few
days at the home of the formers
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ID. d.
Williamson.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Nonnamaker
were supper guests Sunday at the
home of Mrs. Emaline Nonnamaker
and Lendon Basinger.
Mr.. C. F. Fisher, Mrs. Estella
Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Lin Lyon and
two sons of Findlay; Mrs. Merle
Fisher of Canton; Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond Rupright of Beaverdam
were Sunday afternoon guests at the
j. r. Fisher home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Nonnamak-
er and two sons of Hassen; Mr.. and
Mrs. C. V. Klingler and children of
Ada were Sunday afternoon callers
at the Ami Nonnamaker home.
The T. H. A. of Mt. Cory held a
party al lilt liOltlc VI lUGiT NldSS-
mate, Miss Lillian Koontz, Friday
evening.
Union prayer services at Bethesda
Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Fisher, Mrs.
Ida Gallant son Jimmy and daugh-
ter June spent Sunday evening al
the Henry Which home.
Miss Mary Koontz is assisting
Mrs. Murray Tripplehorn with hei
house work.
Mrs. Mildred Klingler assisted
Mrs. Golda Nonnamaker with paper
hanging Tuesday and Wednesday of
last week.
Mrs. Frank Dray and daughters
Mary and Lillian, son Jimmy called
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
HARDIN COUNTY
Ada Firm Buys Plant
Building

The Ohio Kentucky Manufacture
ing company, makers of athletic
goods will acquire title July l to the
factory building in which it has
been operating since coming to Ada
two years ago.
Up to the present time the organ
ization has been occupying it's build
ing under terms of a fve-year lease
with the privilege of applying rental
payments on the purchase price.
During the second year of it's op-
GRAFTON in Ada the company has in
creased its gross business more than
100000 and has raised its average
weekly payroll above $1,000 ex-
elusive of salaries.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
Loss Of Eyesight Is
Charged To Doctor

A suit charging breach OF war
ranty and asking $76,381.08 dam
ages for Gloss of eyesight due to use
of ha1nul drugs" was filed recently
by Grace Miller against DR.. Glen E.
Jones.
In her petition, the plaintiff says
she placed herself under the physi-
clans care April 1, 1887, for treat
ment of obesity, and that the defend
ant assured her the medicine he pre-
scribed was harmless and nonpoison-
Gus.
The plaintiff claims that the re-
ducing medicine contained the un-
official drug dinitrophenol, and that
it caused cataractic growths and loss
of vision, and necessitated three OPP
erations.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
Licenses For Hogs
Raised In Town

A law restricting the producing of
hogs in Alger was in effect after it
was passed as an emergency measure
by councilmen.
The law is unique in that it pro-
vides that not more than two hogs
may be raised in any one lot or in
closure or belong to any one family
within the corporation limits. Each
person who raises hogs must obtain
license from the mayor at rate
of 25 cents per head.
The ordinance was passed in an
effort to limit the raising of hogs IN
Alger, a practice which assertedly
was leading to unsanitary conditions.
One producer had 40 animals, coun-
cilmen pointed out.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02

reporter, had nothing but optimism
for the future of the livestock mar
ket when he addressed a banquet of
cattlemen held Wednesday night in
the Pandora school as a climax to
the seventh annual Putnam county
cattle tour.
Pool told some 275 cattle raisers
from nine counties including Han
cock and Putnam, that he predicted
the price of hogs would reach seven
cents within the next two weeks.
He also indicated that the cattle
market showed an upward trend.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
County Land Sale
Strikes Snag

Allen county's greatest land sale"
struck a snag last week when Com
mon Pleas Judge Lora was asked to
restrain officials from completing
sale of a parcel of land disposed at
public auction.
The property, listed as the estate
of Emma Kemp, is one of about 400
offered for sale to clear up the
county's delinquent tax list. 1t was
sold April Is by the county auditor.
A. J. Smith, administrator of the
Kemp estate, contends the sale was
illegal because the estate was still
in process of being settled.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
County Relief Picture
Bright

The relief situation in Lima and
Allen county is in splendid shape,
and an expected expansion in WPA
activities will easily take care of
any problem that arises at Delphos,
William H. Hartsough, state relief
consultant, declared.
At two-hour conference with
Lima and Allen county officials, it
was pointed out that the. city of
Lima will end the year with re-
lief fund surplus of approximately
$4,000 since an $4,000 delinquent
tax bond was issued early this year.
No additional bond issue or tax levy
is necessary, it was agreed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
1910 Oats Acreage
Reduced

Many farm fields in Hancock
county, intended for oats, will be
planted to corn or soybeans late this
spring due to the bad weather.
Farmers fear the blighting effects
of hot July weather on oats sown
late and maturing during the heat
of that midsummer month. The
acreage devoted to oats, a fine crop
for stock, will be much smaller in
the county than would have been the
case had the spring weather come
earlier.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
ALLEN COUNTY.
Runaway Horse Stops
For Traffic Light

Lima policemen laughed when a
modern radio told them to use their
shiny modern squad car to pursue a
runaway horse.
But the milk wagon horse was
modern, too, even if he did forget
himself temporarily when schoolboys
frightened him.
Officers found the animal standing
impatiently at an intersection, wait
ing for traffic light to change.
Driver Howard Carey explained that
neither mischievous boys nor loafs
of sugar could force "Joe" to crash
a traffic light.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
Delphos To Aid
Tourists

Delphos is planning an innovation
in summer tourist convenience.
Situated on two federal highways
including the Acknowledgements Lin
coin highway, the village each sum-
mer plays host to untold thousands
of tourists.
To offer the motoring public in
creased service and at the same time
leave in their collective mouths a
better taste, DIR. G. K. Miller, safety
director, in cooperation with the po-
lice department, is planning to open
a tourist information booth.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
Missing Youth Finally
Located

Richard C. Harshman, of Findlay,
18-year-old freshman student at Ohio
Wesleyan university, awoke at a
hotel in Cleveland last week and told
the desk clerk he was unable to re-
member coming to Cleveland or any
of the events of the past IL days.
A telephone call to his home dis
closed the state highway patrol had
been asked to search for him a few
days after he visited in Findlay on
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
Refining Co. Reports
Profits

The National Refining company
had profit of S6s,SS7.48 for the
year 1889 as compared to a loss of
S529,749.32 in the previous year,
according to reports given 225 en-
ployes at dinner meeting recently
in the Elks' home at Findlay.
An innovation in the company's
policies this year was the releasing
to all employees, as well as to all
stockholders, a full report of the
company's operations for 1889.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
FOur-legged Chick
Hatched

A baby chick with four legs was
Matched at the L. r. Good hatchery
in the Bloomdale grain elevator last
week. 1t is of the White Rock va
riety. The extra legs, both well
proportioned, are a little to the back
of the regular two. 1t uses all four
legs to walk and can get around
just as quick as any Of the other
chickens in the coop.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
Conservation Office
To Open

Plans for opening the new head
quarters of district No. 1, of the
state conservation department in the
DR.. j. A. Harold property on West
Main street in Ottawa, Wednesday,
May /, were announced Monday by
Howard Langstaff of Findlay, dist
rict supervisor.
The headquarters will house Lang
staff's offices as we'll as those of the
district engineer, game management
supervisor, stream improvement SUI
pervisor and fish management agents.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
Collects 1900 Buttons

Mrs. o. C. Koons of the Infrmary
road near Findlay, has for her hobby
the collection of buttons which now
numbers more than $4,000. These
are of every size, shape and color
and they are from different parts of
the earth. Every state in the
United States is represented as well
as Germany, Japan, Mexico, Ecua-
dor and others. The buttons sewed
on large cardboard trays, more than
100 of them, each having from 100
to several hundred attached.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
HANCOCK COUNTY
Mt. Cory Girl First
In Tests

A Mt. Cory school girl rated un-
disputed first place in the Hancock
county eighth grade tests conducted
recently and Mt. Cory school took
all topmost positions except one
which it shared with another school,
According to results of the tests
announced by E. E. Ray, county
superintendent, Laura Pauline Sim
kins, daughter of Supt. D. C. Sim
kins, of Mt. Cory, took first place
with 100 points out of a possible 200.
She was nine points above her
nearest competitor, Rawson girl.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
Child's Burns Expect
ed To Be Fatal

Little hope is held for the recov-
cry of fve-year-old Gloria Groves,
Memorial hospital attaches said Sat
urday. She suffered second and
third degree burns about the entire
body Friday afternoon at her home
in Lima.
The little girl, hospital authori-
ties were told, was playing in the
back yard near a smouldering fire
when her dress caught fire.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
Arrested For Selling
Indiana Liquor

The grass won't look greener in
the other fellows pasture next time
to julius Fleming, Cloverdale liquor
rarlor operator.
He pleaded guilty before Judge A.
A. Slaybaugh in the Putnam county
common pleas court to charge of
possessing three quarts of Indiana
whisky for sale in his establishment
without having Ohio liquor stamps
attached.
Judge Slaybaugh fined the man
$50 and costs after hearing evidence
presented by state liquor depart
mcnt agent who arrested Fleming.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
Student Pilot Has
Crackup

Howard Abrams, 81, student fiier
of Bowling Green State university,
escaped death near Findlay Saturday
afternoon in a forced landing crack
up on the o. c. Dreisbach farm, one
mile south of the local airport. All
rams jaw was fractured in three
places and he suffered slight con-
cussions.
The young fier, a resident of
Deshler, was flying solo at the time
of the accident.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
tuberculosis Clinic
To Open

The annual tuberculosis chest
clinic will be held in the court house,
Ottawa, Tuesday, May 7. The clinic
is made possible through the sale of
the Christmas seal and is sponsored
by the County Board of Health and
the Putnam county Medical society.
Underweight children, contacts to
tuberculosis and those wishing to
have a check-up will be given an
X-ray and brought to the clinic for
chest examinations.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
PUTNAM COUNTY
Flower Acts AS Siphon

Mrs. Day McAdams has in her
Columbus Grove home a cut geran-
ium, which is literally making water
flow uphill.
AS long as the stem remains in
water, the bloom constantly drips
water. If removed from a water
filled vase, the sweating" stops; but
starts as soon as, the stem is re-
turned. Greenhouse proprietors said
they never had encountered anything
similar.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
Lima To Have Traffic
Inspector

City council of Lima last week
passed an emergency ordinance to
place the police traffic department
under command of a traffic inspect
or. The action, which necessitates a
civil service examination to fill TIE
post, is in keeping with provisions of
the revised city traffic ordinance.
Besides paving the way for tie
civil service exam, the action set the
new inspectors salary at $1,848 a
year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02
More Planes For
Lima Airport

Flying equipment of the Lima air
port, managed by Ben Arquitt, is be-
ing augmented by four units, he an
nounced Saturday.
Arquitt has already taken delivery
on one of four new Taylor Cub
training planes. He expects to re-
ceive the other three early in May.
Addition of the new planes will
boost his equipment to six units.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-05-02

with money he obtained while work
ing as a convict-clerk in the prison
farm office, was named along with
Chester A. Kiefer, former chief
clerk, and H. K. Heidi, of Cleveland,
another convict-clerk.
Plummer originally was committed
from Putnam county in 1882 for
armed robbery of the Union bank of
Kalida.