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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-29
Bluffton High Wins Over Wapakoneta,
35-19: Ties For Second In League

Bluffton High cagers were sue
cessful in their drive for a tie for
second place honors in the Western
Buckeye league last Friday night
when they topped Wapakoneta, 35
to 10, in a fast contest on the
Bluffton floor.
Continuing to show top form, the
Pirates journeyed on the following
night to Gallipolis where they led
most of the way, but finally sue
cumbed in an overtime tilt, 80 to %,
to the strong Class A. team of that
place.
1t was Bluffton all the way in the
game with Wapakoneta, and at the
close of the first quarter the locals
had 16 to 2 lead. The halftime
score was "a to 10, and at the third
quarter the count stood 80 to IA.
Clyde Fisher turned in sparkling
performance, racking up eight field
goals and four free throws, to score
20 points, more than the entire
Wapakoneta team could garner.
Buttons victory gave the Pirates
tie with Wapakoneta for second
place honors in the league.
At Gallipolis, the locals sprung a
decided surprise when they led most
of the way in a game that was not
decided until the opponents managed
to snatch a two-point lead in sud-
den-death overtime period.
Bluffton led at the first quarter, z
to 6; at the half, 20 to II, and at
the third quarter, % to Il.
With only seconds remaining in
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is separated from the Manarajah'S
only by high wall and two widths
of glorious garden. Rundhia's inn
ported patent automatic garage-door
swung open. His imported ex-Czar-
list chauffeur whirled a Rolls-Royce
to the front door. Rundhia took
the wheel. They opened the front
gate just in time. Another split
second and he would have crashed
it, sacked the lot of them, and
bummed a new car from his aunt.
There was a whirl of dust, a din
of footing. Headlights flooded the
narrow roads with binding glare.
Three dogs and some belated chick
ems died the death. Three villages
gasped and called on thirty gods to
witness their piety. Rundhia
rammed on the brakes and got out
of the car to bow to Mrs. Harding
just as calmly, as blandly, as anus
edly courteous as if he were en-
tering her drawing room.
"Well, l am glad to see you,"
said Mrs. Deborah Harding. Il don't
know who you are, but"
prince Rundhia, your hosts
nephew"
"How d'you do. You took your
own time, didn't you? | had begun
to think no one was coming"
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cOPrRfoHT.by. TALBOT MUNDY


Mrs. Deborah Harding, in leg
gings, short skirt, and wide pith
helmet, wearing goggles, and with a
camera suspended somehow from
her portly figure, prodded ruins with
the ferrule of green silk sunshade.
Two palace servants danced attend
ance on her, doing their obsequious
utmost to prevent calamity.
"Sahiba! Not good! Much too
many OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
bad. Come, look this way. Plenty
ruins this way"
But Mrs. Deborah Harding wasn't
in the habit of taking the advice of
anyone less than Supreme Court
Justice; nor would she hesitate to
question that if it didn't agree with
her own convictions. She was dy-
manic, opulent, willful dignity per-
sonifed. AS honorary special CORE
spondent to The Woman Citizen, of
Aaronville, Clarendon County. Ohio,
she was being an authority on ruins.
She looked like authority. She had
authoritative gestures, and a note
book.
It was close on su~Cct. fr2 r.
borah Harding 5 r. e V's16t
TIE hloo@-:aa st..s.~. - to.t-ts
vision. She was one of those people
who always believe what they see
but nothing that they don't see. She
saw q cobra. She did not see that
the stone, on which she set her foot,
was loose, curved on its under side
and resting insecurely on flat rock.
So she twisted her ankle and sat
down-hard. 1t iolted every bone IN
her corpulent body.
Two hundred and eight pounds OF
widow with bankers references and
one hundred per cent opinions, can
sit down harder than crate of
groceries.
81 never saw such people-such
a country. l have travelled all
around the world from America.
have visited numbers of countries.
| have not seen your equals any
where for inefficiency and lack OF
human intelligence. What shall
do now? / am in pain. Have you
no ideas? Can't you suggest some
thing?"
One of them mounted the pony
!, and cantered away for assistance
Mrs. Deborah Harding sat flaming
herself and making impotently
harsh remarks about the swarms oi
flies that were looking for last
lazy meal before going to sleep.
The cantering servant drew reir
at an outlying police kama and, after
heatedly uncomplimentary debate
with the policeman in charge
phoned the palace. The Maharanee
was out. 1t entered no ones head tc
consult the Maharajah; it was his
hour of the day to study postage
stamps, so he was incommunicado
except to the physician who shoulc
bring him his evening tonic. How
ever, Prince Rundhia had returned
that afternoon, from a visit to Delhi
Someone phoned him. Things hap
pened.
There are two palaces. Rundhia'.
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and led at halftime, % to 8. During
the second half the Burckymen con-
tinued to set the pace, assuring
themselves of their third victory of
the season.
Reichenbach and West were the
sparkplugs of the teams 51-point
splurge, with Reichenbach racking
up % tallies. In defensive play,
Murray, Yoder and Ramseyer scin-
tillated.
In tilt on the college floor last
Saturday night the Bluffton varsity
dropped a SO to 80 decision to a
fiashy Alumni team.
Former stars in the lineup of the
alumni team were Jim Vogelgesang,
Bud Lora, Ray Heiks, Ronald Nurmi,
Alva Tetlow, Bill Ramseyer and
Paul Detwiler.
Bluffton Beavers will close their
season this Wednesday in tilt with
Tri-State cagers at Angola, Indiana,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-29
Uncommon
Americans

BY Elmo Scott Watson

IF YOU think of a painter as an
i impractical idealist, revise that
view before applying it to Charles
Wilson Peale. Born in Maryland IN
1741 he was apprenticed to a sad
dler at the age of thirteen and was
such a good workman that he won
his freedom by the time he was
twenty. Then he went into busl-
ness for himself and later formed
partnership with a chaisemaker
who promptly absconded with all
of the firms money. To get out of
debt Peale next tried clock and
watch making and set himself up
as a silversmith.
Becoming interested in painting,
Peale took lessons from a Swedish
American artist and paid for them
with a saddle which he had made.
Next he spent two years studying
under Copley in Boston and then
went to England to learn more
from the famous Benjamin West.
Returning to this country few years
before the Revolution, he be-
gan painting portraits of Colonial
celebrities, one of which was des-
tined to make him famous. 1t was
the picture of young colonel in
the Virginia militia named George
Washington.
At the outbreak of the Revolu-
ton Peale, who was an ardent pa
triot, organized a company of mi
litia and became a captain. For the
next three years he mixed painting
and soldering, winning distinction
in both. Next he went into poll
tics and in 1779 and 1880 served as
a member of the Pennsylvania as
sembly.
After the war, Peale gathered to-
gether all of the portraits of Revo-
lutionary leaders he had painted
including several of Washington
and started picture gallery in
his home, which was so popular
that he had to seek larger quarters.
In 1902 he opened the famous Peale
museum on the second floor of In
dependence hall. There he exhib-
tied not only his paintings but also
a remarkable collection of natural
history specimens he had collected.
At the age of eighty-one Peale
turned from portraiture to paint re-
ligious pictures. When he died in
1927 he left behind him collection
of 269 portraits and historical
scenes as a memorial to one oil
Americas greatest painters ano
also one of her most versatile
geniuses.
G Western Newspaper Union
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make good his gambling losses ana
to humor his whims.
No one had stayed at the guest
house until Mrs. Deborah Harding
heard about it during her tour of
India. She knew exactly how to
contrive invitations. She considered
she conferred a favor on the rules
of Kadur by accepting their hospi-
tality for herself and her niece.
Lynn Harding had been becoming
troublesome. The skillful tyranny
of Aunty's moneyed fostering had
forced Lynn TO postpone the natural
rebellion of youth to an age at which
some girls are steadying down.
Lynn's rebellion had hardly more
than begun. Aged twenty-five, she
had been denied the democratic
grace of college education.
Aunty, who held the purse-strings,
knew that colleges corrupt; and
what Aunty knew, was so. No one
could change Aunty's opinions. Lynn
hadn't tried to change Aunty. But
she had learned to be strategic and
even diplomatic. She had assented,
without enthusiasm, to become en-
ST 10 dccadent F.F.V. But
there, Aunty's first reverse had
caught her completely off-guard. An
immovable will and an irresistible
explosive met. Lynn blew up. She
didn't merely break the engage
ment. She smashed it. She scat
tered its splintered fragments reck-
lessly.
So Aunty beat strategic retreat.
She decided on world tour. II
had been fairly successful, barring
occasional incidents on shipboard
and in hotels. The almost incredi-
bly, beautiful Lynn had received
enough attention from unpedigreed,
or at any rate uncertifed, strangers
to keep Aunty on the war-path.
The British officers in India had
| given Aunty plenty to worry about
So the invitation from the Maha
rance of Kadur had come like g
godsend. 1t gave Lynn a romantic
outlet for enthusiasm in impeccably
respectable surroundings, where
there were no undesirable men te
| ruin Aunty's dream of a correct anc
socially influential marriage.
Ito be continued)
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The garden guesthouse was a copy
of a cottage at Juan les Pins. 1t
had been Rundhia's idea. The
Prince had persuaded his aunt the
Maharanee to go thoroughly modern
for once.
The Maharanee almost worshiped
Rundhia, but she had compelled him
to return from Europe by cutting off
the supplies of cash. She wanted
him to learn to be fit for the throne.
But Rundhia was always threatening
to 60 to Europe again unless she
made things tolerable: so she had to
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-29

the contest, the Pirates were out in
front, % to &c, but Gallipolis snag-
ged a field goal to knot the count
at 28-all as the game ended. In the
overtime another field gave the home
team victory.
Fisher and Cooney paced Bluff
tons attack, the former with Ia
points and the latter with IL. Gratz
was the only other Pirate who could
break into the scoring column.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-29

In spectacular reversal of form,
Button colleges luckless cagers last
Monday night smothered Defiance, 81
to 81, In a tilt on the Defiance floor.
Earlier in the season the Yellow
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-29
Bluffton College Wallops Defiance,
51-27, In Sparkling Reversal Ut Form

Jackets had beaten Bluffton at Bluff
ton. Sd to 80, but in last Mondays
tilt the Beavers dominated play all
the way.
Bluffton got away to a fast start,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-29

The number of Ohio All club ad-
visors who are graduates of All
clubs is constantly increasing. Start
ing with 1910 graduates in 1884,
the number each succeeding year
was 1,789; 2,014; 2,047; 1928; and
2,458 in 1889. Forty-three Ohio
men and women have been club ad-
visors Is or more years.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-29
Recreation Center

Volleyball play will be at 7:30 p.
m. this Thursday in the high school
gymnasium. All interested men are
invited.
Adults are urged to take advant-
age of ping pong facilities at the
recreation center in the grade school
building. Tables will be available
at any time, it was announced by
Dale Davidson, recreational director
for the town.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-29

Vegetable Markets
The largest vegetable markets in
the United States are, respectively,
New York, Chicago, Los Angeles
and Philadelphia.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-29
Hardwick Bowling
League

Triplett bowlers increased their
lead in the Hardwick bowling league
last week by capturing two Of three
games from Central Ohio Light and
Power, while the North Enders were
losing two of three to Sohio. In the
other tilt of the week Oklahoma
Boys took three straight from Read
rite.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-29

A feature of this weeks schedule
will be an inter-city match between
Bellefontaine and Bluffton All-Stars
at 9 p. m. Thursday. The match is
open to all spectators.
Regular league games of the week
will be: Central Ohio VS. Oklahoma
Boys, 2 p. m. Wednesday; Sohio VS.
Readrite, $3.50 p. m. Wednesday;
Triplett VS. North Enders, 7:30 p. m.
Thursday.
LAST WEEKS RESULTS
North Enders 497 524 565-1586
Soho ...-.-..-.... 499 500 611--1619
Triplett --. 693 713 541-1947
Central Ohio $500. SIS 512 616-1703
Oklahoma Boys 619 524 545-1793
Readrite -.-- 558 608 566-1627
Evening star., 1940-12-11

reation. is followed by them. The
three oldest boys were at camp last
summer and learned how to play
better, One boy treasured a hunk
of wood because 1t reminded him of
camp and helps him to look forward
to the next trip when he again can
have facilities.
Case IS
Alice, who is IA, would like to have
her friends visit her, but she is a
sensitive girl and ashamed Of her
home. Her family is a large one
besides Mr.. and Mrs. v. there, are
four girls-14, 10, 8 and years of
age Mr.. v is a cook and when he
is able to work he makes about $14
a week. However, he has rheumatism,
which becomes so painful at times
that he is unable to work.
For the small amount of rent he
can pay, the house seems bargain
1t is large frame one, but 1t Is in
very bad repair and the plaster is of
the walls in large patches. If the
boys get too lively indoors a new
patch of plaster is sure to fall.
The younger children never have
any new clothing and the hand-me-
downs they inherit seldom fit. Joseph
who is 3, is now wearing a sweater
which became too small for 12-year-
old Edward, but it looks like an over
coat on him. The children in the
| neighborhood laugh at him.
Evening star., 1940-12-11

Hopkins in Warner Bros Virginia
City"
UptoWn-"Wizard of o."
Evening star., 1940-12-11
u. 5. Tightens Ban
On Expectation Of
War Materials
Licenses Required
For Shipment Of Iron
And Steel Elements
By JOHN C.. HENRY.

The barriers which are shutting
off supplies of vital American
produced materials and manufac-
lures of wartime equipment from
all except the friendly nations"
were drawn tighter today as the
Government prepared to require ex-
port licenses for shipments of iron
and steel elements.
Announced late yesterday by the
White House, the latest of a series
of export control actions will be
effective as of December 80 and will
apply specifically to iron ore, pig
iron, ferro alloys and certain iron
and steel manufactures and semi
manufactures"
More than 10 iron and steel prod
ucts are included in the category of
certain iron and steel manufac-
lures and semi-manufactures," 1t
was disclosed.
Japan Affected Principally.
In announcing imposition Of this
latest phase of controlling wartime
materiel, the White House declared
it had been made necessary by the
increase in national defense re-
quirements for iron and steel. 1t
was stated at the same time, how
Evening star., 1940-12-11

ever, that licenses will be granted
for exports to the British Empire
and the Western Hemisphere; and
for the present, so far as the in
terests of the national defense per-
nit, for exports to other destinations
in quantities approximating usual
or pre-War exports"
Since British blockade measures
actually have blocked any material
shipments of these materials to bel
ligerent Germany or Italy-the lat
ter was a particularly heavy pur-
chaser before it entered the war
the continuing restriction Of such
exports at this time is operative
principally against Japan.
Lacking adequate domestic re-
sources for maintaining its military
machine, Japan for several years
has been a big purchaser of Ameri-
can supplies. One by one, however,
the various categories most needed
by the japanese have been placed
on the restricted ist-oil products,
machine tools and iron and steel in
different stages of production being
the most important.
13 Metals Now Restricted.
Along with the considerable finan-
cial aid given to China, the increas-
ingly severe economic sanctions"
against Japan seemingly are calcu-
lated to keep the Japanese fully oc-
cupied in their Chinese campaign
lessening any threat toward British
or American interests in the Pacific
A recapitulation of application of
the export licensing system in the
past Is months shows that the re-
strictions now apply to 10 strategic
chemicals, 13 metals and ores, 16
basic materials, 80 types of machine
tools, 18 explosives, petroleum, pc
troleum products, high test aviation
gasoline, 20 kinds of instruments, 81
varieties of poison gas, 8 different
arms and ammunitions, aircraft or
parts and plans for aircraft produc-
ton, tanks and warships.
Evening star., 1940-12-11
Factory and Port
In England Raided,
Germans Report
Greet Clouds Of Smoke
BiIIow Up in Attack,
Communique Declares
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Dec. 11-German air
raiders scored hits on factory be-
tween Canterbury and Folkstone in
attacks on England last night and
also bombed the port area at
Frinton-on-Sea, the NaZi high COM
mand reported today Great clouds
of smoke billowed upward after the
attack at Frinton, a communiQue
said.
The assaults were said to have
been made in the face Of bad
weather. which limited German
aerial activity for the most part to
armed reconnaissance.
The communique said a merchant
ship was attacked with bombs and
gunflre by planes of Harwich on
the English east coast.
German long range batteries were
said to have fired on enemy YES
sells" in the English Channel, then
after dusk successfully shelled mil
itary objectives Of the Dover coastal
region"
A number of British bombers flew
over Nazi-occupied territory and
Southwestern Germany during the
night and dropped explosive and
incendiary bombs. the high COM
mand said. considerably damaging"
one children's home in Southwest
ern German city and slightly dam
aging buildings in some localities
of Eifel."
Two civilians were severely injured
in the Reich and a child was killed
and two civilians injured in the oc-
cupied region, the communiQue said
There were no German plane
losses, while two British aircraft
were shot down, it said.
Authorized sources expressed the
opinion that British claims of sue
cesses in Egypt and Greek claims
in Albania merely proved that the
British position is precarious.
They exaggerate mere episodes
into tragedies" these Germans said.
Evening star., 1940-12-11
Pick Your Film for Saturday,
Your Ticket Is q Toy

From the Marx Brothers to the
Dead End Kids, all the Hollywood
stars who will appear in The Star
N. B. C.-Warner Bros "toy matinee"
movies have telegraphed their hope
that through the TOY matinees"
every child in Washington will have
a toy on Christmas morning.
Here are the shows they are ap-
pearing in. Here are the theaters
where a new toy for a needy child
will be the only ticket of admission
Saturday at l0:30 am-"toy matt
nee" day.
Ambassador - Freddie Bartholo-
NEW, Thomas Mitchell, Edna Best
in the R-K-O production, Swiss
Family Robinson"
Avalon - Russell Hayden in the
Paramount picture, knights of the
Range"
Beverly-Marx Brothers in Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer's Marx Brothers at
the Circus"
Calvert-Penny Singleton and Ar
thur Lake in Columbia's Blonde
Brings Up Baby"
Colony - Laurel and Hardy in
R-K-O's Flying Deuces."
Kennedy Billy Lee in Para
mounts The Biscuit Eater"
Penn-Wallace Beery in M-G-M's
Thunder Af1oat."
Sheridan - Judy Garland, Jack
Haley, Ray Bolger in M-G-M's
Wizard of o."
Silver-"Knights Of the Range"
Takoma-Dead End Kids in War
ner Bros Dead End Kids on Dress
Parade"
Tivoli-Errol Flynn and Miriam
Evening star., 1940-12-11

OLDS enO-
Brakes Refined ~H'0o
10000 Mile Guarantee u
Duplicate D. C.. Testing Machine
CLIFFS BRAKE SERVICE
20O2 X St. NV. ME. 6232
Evening star., 1940-12-11


Case "a
Mr., x, "a, is the father of child
born Of a previous marriage whom
he must support through a court
order. Mr.. x is also the father of
six other children by his present
marriage.
Mr.. x works out of the District
and is not home very much of the
time to help in the home response
bilities. This places the entire re-
sponsibility for the care of the six
children on Mrs. K, who willingly
does what she can, working as a
contingent salesperson in a large
department store, averaging So a
week. Mr.. x is fortunate in another
respect. Mrs. x and the children
make every effort to help him with
the court order, even at their own
loss. Mr.. x and the children give
up part Of their already inadequate
income for this, even though it Is
only Mr.. KS responsibility
The children and Mrs. x look for
ward to the visits of Mr.. x. They
do the best they can meanwhile with
the house It's an old building with
no electricity or gas, and soon to be
condemned. The toilet facilities are
outside. Even if there were electri-
city, they could afford no radio, so the
children make up their own games
and recreation. Church attendance.
both for spiritual guidance and rec
Evening star., 1940-12-11
Monday Evening Club

Pending legislation to transfer the
Districts Department of Play
grounds from joint control of the
Commissioners and the Board of
Education to the latter body will be
discussed by members of the Mon
day Evening Club at a meeting at
8 o'clock Monday night at the Gen.
trail Y. w. G. A.
Evening star., 1940-12-11
Here Are Two More Families
Who Need Help at Christmas

Here the thousands of families
in Washington who afford Christmas them your
Christmas list by mailing cash gift to Christmas House. in
attending manees
Saturday printed that
the kind of homes into which gifts will to
Evening star., 1940-12-11
shorts, chalk talk and tap dane
ing performance.

The first bid for a watercolor
painted by Joseph Atchison, we'll
known Washington artist, was Of
fered yesterday by Mrs. A. j. Sweet,
218 Second street Sc. Her bid was
81. The painting by Mr.. Atchison,
creator of the 1886 official inaugu-
raj medal, will be presented at the
end of next week to the person who
comes to Christmas House, views
the framed picture and bids high
est. Proceeds will go to the Christ
mas fund.
Evening star., 1940-12-11
Lightning Fires Church

Lightning struck the parish church
in Pitanga, Brazil, and despite the
frantic efforts of the congregation,
headed by the vicar, the ediflce
burned to the ground, causing great
Evening star., 1940-12-11
Christmas Fund Donors
Contributions Will Provide Cheer
For Many Needy Children

families taken Of Christmas Day
depends the number OF names to in this column
mothers of needy children
to a
contributing Christmas funds.
Evening star., 1940-12-11

Educational authorities estimate
that 2 of every 100 adults in the
United States are college graduates
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-14
NEW BOOKS

While England Slept, Winston
Churchill's Speeches; Whiteoak
Heritage, Maza de la Roche: A
Woman Faces the War. Ruth
Drummond; Our Southwest, Erma
Ferguson; In the Indies. C. S.
Torvester; Forty Years a Country
Preacher. George B. Gilbert.
That Which is Hidden. Ruth
Smythe Kitchens; Rose Galbraith.
Grace Livingston Hill; Out of the
Fog, Joseph Lincoln; Tale Of Three
Cities. D. L. Murray; The Trees.
Conrad Richter; and Master at
Arms, Rafael Sabatni.
New juvenile books: Mystery
Mountain. James Bowman; The
Youngest Camel. Ray Boyle: That
Year at Lincoln High. Joseph Col
lomb: Osa Johnson's Jungle
Friends. Mrs. Martin Johnson; and
Nobody's Boy, Hector Malot.