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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-14

Rhle we read and listened, uncomprehendng
Since Sept. l. British casualties have been follows
Civilians linen. women and children1. 10000
Men of the fighting forces. ............. $50
This Is war in 1910 carried to its cold relentless
logical conclusion 1t not the first time that
and children have been wars victims. But this is the
first time has taken toll of 40 civilians to soldier
War has always been terrible To take strong clean
young men, train them TO KILL and send them out to kill
be kled-that has always been standing reproaeh TO
all mans pretense 10 civilization. But at least they
trained first they had weapons in their hands, they could
die fighting
Now it is the turn of the women and children the
armed householder standing his doorstep Such have
suffered before have been killed before but usually
incident to military operation. Today ii is not
only recognized tactic of war Ii is war.
To this is not to reproach the Germans, though to
them has fallen the dubious honor of introducing this log
zeal and ultimate horror II would be unreastic TO sug
that the Poles would not have done Berlin if they
that the French would not have done it, the British
today war had been unleashed Ii preknowledge
of these things that led to the Inflated attempts to
serve peace at Munich. attempts iadvsed ms we now
know, but understandable For all this implicit the
day the first bombing plane built.
Until the world returns to sufficient sanity to see
clearly the utter fuity of all this-until it has displaced
the leaders who without turning hair plunged the world
into these ultimate horrors-un 1t organizes itself as
to make peace a way Of fe there is only
BE strong
We do not know whether any power plans to wage
against the United States the new kind OF war in which
the housewife preparing the evening meal the military
target of uzzcheeked high school boys releasing 1000
pound bombs from S250000 bombers.
But do know that the world being what il is, and
being what it has become, there is only para
mount American duty today: to build such military
strength that power combination of powers will be
tempted to try it, To this and must dedicate
every thought and word and deed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-14

Il you have invented job for
yourself, write John Xix care Of
this paper. Strange AS 1t Seems
pays 81 to each Job inventor"
featured, to encourage initiative
among job-seekers.
ODD ACCIDENT
When ]. c. Lindsey's car
sweryed off the road, 1t cut a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-14
TrITT An Inside Picture OF Finon-
Il u II i ciol and Political America
BY RAY TUCKER

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES reports the mechan-
les of the Gallup and other supposedly nonparsan polls
give cheer to the Republicans From their private adj
the COP believes that the gallopng doctor may be
discredited next month the Literary Digest was
four nm
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-14
ToDAY.s COMMON ERROR

Never use the vulgsrisms
this hsre. these here" that
there" and those there" Omit
here" and there"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-14

Doctor Gallup. according to
G.O.P.-ers, does not sound out
the lower strata OF voters, who
are reluctant TO reveal their
political sentiment. For obvious
reasons the Italians, the Ger
mans and the Irish are refusing
TO be polled. Therefore. accord
ing to our most astute politieos,
the Gallup poll gives no true
forecast Of how the people win
vote on Nov. 5. Gallup gets only
the upper crust!
Take the state of Ohio. for
instance. Gallup gives that to
F. ID. r. by SPAS percentage
over Wendell Willkie. But the
Columbus Dispatch statewide
poll. which has usually hit the
nail on the head. shows Willkie
leading President Roosevelt by
satisfactory majority.
Local polls in many other
states-polls which lead Gallup
in accuracy-show Willkie beat
ing F. D. r. by comfortable mar
gins in key states.
John Nance Garner left WASH
ington without notifying any
body except his closest friends
that he was leaving for home.
He went out of his way TO con-
zeal the fact Of his departure
from the white House or
F.DR.'s friends in the upper
chamber.
Jack did not discuss his COM
ines or soings with F.D.R.
During his brief visit at the
capital he saw the president for
only a few minutes. and they
touched on nothing OF political
Importance. F.D.R. knows that
Jack resents the third-term try,
also his political burial with
F.DR. as pallbearer. and so
there was no basis for common
talk.
Jack does not like F.D.R.. and
the president has no use for the
Texan.
Garner is too tough-skinned TO
resent the attacks which the
New Dealers launched against
him for his failure to earn his
salary by presiding over the SEN
ate. Jack viii return to say
farewell 10 the senate next Jan.
20. And although ne can't az
ford 10 say 50, he hopes that the
next national administration viii
be republican rather than demo-
cratic.
William s. knudsen mas revo-
lutionized army-navy methods Of
purchasing supplies for national
defense units with a great saw
ing for the taxpayers. He has
applied At Washington the same
system he used with General
Motors.
Both the army and navy used
to purchase key materials
blankets. shoes. uniforms. steel
when there was q tremendous
private demand for these same
products. The srmy-nsvy buy
ers never watched the movement
Of the market. never placed
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-14

Clarity the issues, explain the dangers American
ideals face emphasize the obligation to leadership which
rests upon him. and the undergraduate will respond to the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-14
War Comes Home

So it is here the they talked and wrote about
while we read and listened uncomprehending
Since Sept l. British casualties have been as follows
Civilians tmen and chldren) 10, 900
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-14
SCHOOL TEACHERS
ARE CRITICIZED

Editor. The Times. Many Ia
coma neo,ie h ~ '----e--- fsat
Mr.. willkie was greeted in Ia
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-14

The -toric photograph is the
gift of a friend in Washington,
d. c.. to Mrs. Frances M.
Haskell, who returned recently
from Springfield, H.. where was
held the 74th national eneamp-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
Owners Didn't Know
Turkeys Stolen

Sheriff Arnold Potts of Putnam
county is almost ready to believe
that things really aren't as they
seem.
He worked for several days over
the weekend to solve a turkey theft
committed in Seneca county and
wound up by discovering and solving
previously unnoticed Putnam
county turkey theft.
Tt all started when he began check
ing on Arvin Shelley and Elmer
Grunden of near Ottawa after Lima
poultry dealers reported that they
had purchased 10 turkeys from these
men. Sheriff Potts was confident he
had the Seneca county theft solved
when the dealer suddenly produced
leg bands which revealed that the
birds belonged to two Putnam county
farmers.
l.. N. Schroeder did not know un-
til asked to check his birds by the
sheriff that he had lost six birds and
the same was true of Fred Borgelt
who missed four turkeys.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
Putnam County Man
DepOrted

Still bewildered and grief-stricken.
the wife and family of Charles Min
er of Continental this week were at
tempting to rehabilitate themselves
without their husband and father.
In sudden, surprising move fed
eral immigration officers came to
Continental, arrested Miner on
charges of entering the United States
illegally, and hurried him to Detroit
from where he will be deported to
Newfoundland.
Completely unaware that her hus-
band was living in this country illeg-
ally, Mrs. Miner broke down as Viii
liam A. Jones of Toledo, the immi-
grafton officer in charge, and an
assistant took her husband away.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
HARDIN COUNTY
Ada Industry Is
Incorporated

The Ohio-Kentucky Manufacturing
Co., at Ada, was incorporated Fri
day for s150,000. Incorporators were
William A. Sonnett, principal owner,
William J. Sonnett, his son and
Harold A. Kistner, auditor of the
firm. Melvin C. Light, Lima attor-
ney, handled the details.
The firm has been in business for
several years manufacturing athletic
goods, which includes footballs, base
balls, softballs, baseball gloves and
a host of other similar articles. The
firm has been operating for some
time on an extensive basis, employ
ing considerable labor.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
College Choir On East.
ern Tour

Forty-eight members of the Ohio
Northern A Capella choir left last
week in two buses for an extended
Today tour that will take them into
five states where they will give 10
concerts, according to Professor
Haydn Owens, music teacher and
choir director.
Sunday evening the choir sang at
the Broadway Methodist temple in
New York City. The crowning con-
cert of the tour was Monday night
in New York at the Barbizan-Plaza
concert hall where Leonard Stokes,
noted concert star, was guest singer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
Radio Beam For Lima
Airport

Proposed installation of radio
beam and weather broadcasting unit
at the Lima Airport brought re-
newed hopes last week that the city
may be successful in its long cam
paign to obtain commercial airline
service.
Hopes had waned since the Mar
quette Airline was sold to Transcon-
tinental Western Airlines soon after
officials had agreed to include Lima
on its list of stops. ALLEGATION of
funds by the Civil Aeronautics Au-
thority for the radio equipment
brought relief, however, that the in
stallation may have been requested
by an airline contemplating service
in the Lima vicinity.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18

mail charges filed by George Ruhe
of Ottawa who was charged with
embezzling s43 from Harrison. The
cases were filed in the court of JUS
tice of the Peace O. J. Schierloh.
who bound Ruhe over to the Putnam
County grand jury after he pleaded
guilty. He furnished $1,000 bond
The blackmail charges were filed
after Ruhe's hearing. Harrison
charges that Ruhe embezzled the
money while working for the plain
tiff while Ruhe in his counter suit
charges that he offered to repay
Harrison but the employer refused to
accept the money.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
Allen County Sales
Tax ShOtCs Increase

Allen county sales tax sales for the
first three months of 1910 showed a
gain of IA per cent over figures for
the same period of the preceding
year, it was announced last week in
Columbus.
Sale of tax stamps in Hancock
county was up 1877 per cent. In
Hardin county the gain was Al; and
Putnam county showed an increase
of Is per cent.
0hio's frst-quarter yield from
sales tax stamp sales this year
amounted to S11,173,486, as COM
pared with S9,905,44S in 1889.
Under the new plan adopted last
year, the state has paid out $685.
911.30 to 14,207 persons and organi-
cations for redemption of used sales
tax stamps.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
Man Hurt In Hobo
Battle

What police termed a "hobo jungle
battle" led to the disqualification in
Lima of a 74-year-old man Monday
evening and the arrest of five other
men.
Injured was Eugene A. Flanagan
of New Philadelphia, who was given
first aid treatment in Memorial hos
pital at p. m, for scalp cut.
Officers Berle Smith and John
Kalt broke up the battle at the rear
of the Mean Sign Co., E. Pennsyl-
vania Ave-, and took five men tc
city jail. All were released Tuesday
morning.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18

solo and ensemble contest in Bowlin,
Green last Friday.
Miss Elnora Marshall who is as
| sisting in the care of Mrs. Marth;
Radabaugh, east of Bluffton, was al
over Sunday guest of relatives il
this vicinity
Grangers in this vicinity attended
a Grange party at their hall il
Columbus Grove last Wednesday
evening. Among them were: Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Begg, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar Begg and Mr.. and Mrs
D. c. Campbell and daughter Eliza.
beth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Mayberry and
family were Sunday evening supper
guests in the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Orlo Marshall.
George Moser of Dayton was a
week end guest of his parents Mr.
and Mrs. John Moser.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Miller and
daughter Norma of Lafayette and
Melvin Amstutz were Sunday dim
ner guests in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jacob Amstutz.
Messrs. Herbert Marshall, J. o.
Cupp, Glen Mayberry and Walter
Cupp were among those from the
local church who attended a meeting
of Presbytery in the Olivet Presby-
terian church in Lima, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Haas spent
Sunday in the home of their daugh-
ter Mrs. Coral Donaldson in Pan
dora.
Mrs. Rose Amstutz who was a
patient in st. Rita's hospital in Lima
for several days, suffering with
pneumonia and flu, has been removed
to the home of her daughter Mrs.
Roy Best in Beaverdam, where she
seems to be improving.
In a recent reorganization of the
Presbyterian Sunday school the fol-
lowing officers were chosen: Supt.,
Mrs. w. E. Marshall; Asst. Supt.,
D. C. Campbell; Sec'y., Robert
Marshall; Asst. Sec'y., Franklin
Mayberry; treasurer, William Cupp;
chorister, Nancy Mayberry; Asst.
chorister, Zerrene Kidd; pianist, Re
becca Marshall; Asst. pianist, Do
lores Bowers; librarian, Don Marsh
all; Asst librarian, John Marshall;
Primary Supt., Mrs. Glen Mayberry;
Cradle Roll Cupt., Mrs. William
Reichenbach; Asst, Mary Jane May
berry; flower committee, Mrs. J. o.
Cupp and Orlo Marshall.
During the church service Sunday
morning Herbert Marshall was in
stalled as a ruling elder of the
church.
Plans were also made Sunday to
celebrate the anniversary of the dedi-
cation of the church which was an
event of May 1st but this year will
be celebrated on May 5th with an
appropriate program and dinner at
the noon hour. All members of the
church are urged to keep this in
mind and make the days one long to
be remembered.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Hochstettler
were Sunday evening guests in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. F. c. Marsh
all.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
Woman Burned When
Dress BlaZeS

Mrs. Earl Shove, prominently
known Kenton woman, is reported
recovering after her apron caught
fire from a hot stove and she suf-
fered severe burns on her back. 1t
was only by the immediate action of
her husband that more serious in
jury was avoided. He rushed her
from the building in her flaming
clothing and rolled her in the snow
to extinguish the flames.
Mrs. Showe's dress caught fire
when it brushed against a small
coal stove in Showe's printing office
at the rear of their home.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
ROckpOrt

Mr.. and Mrs. Madison Stewart and
daughter Jeannine of Orange town
ship and Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Stewart
were Sunday evening supper guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Erect and
daughter Ruth.
Mrs. Fora Maynard returned to
her home in Lima Saturday after
spending more than a week with her
sister Mrs. w. E. Marshall
Miss Edythe Cupp and a group of
her home economics students in
Bluffton high school spent Saturday
in Columbus at a State conference.
Robert Marshall who represented
the Beaverdam school in flute solo
in the contests in Bowling Green,
Friday, received a superior rating
and will go to the State contest in
Oberlin next week end.
Mrs. Sidney Hauenstein will be
hostess to members of the Friendly
Neighbors club in her country home
Wednesday afternoon of next week.
The following program has been ar
ranged: Music, club; roll call, The
color | like best in clothes; "Photo
of Steel", Mrs. Charles Beemer;
Wanda Gay-who followed her own
way, Mrs. Clyde Van Meter; con-
tests, Mrs. Ed Dunlap.
Mrs. NJ. r. Bixel and Mrs. NJ. C.
Geiger of Bluffton and Mrs. Herbert
and Mrs. w. E. Marshall were
guests when Mrs. Orlo Marshall en-
tertained the Advance club of Pan
dora Saturday afternoon. Eighteen
members responded to roll call. The
club voted to federate with the State
Federation the coming year. Mrs.
Grace Cox presided in the absence of
the president, Mrs. Mildred George
of Belmore. Mrs. Cox presented a
very interesting paper on "The
Rockefeller Foundation" and Mrs.
w. E. Marshall demonstrated the
making of several toilet preparations
to help out the family budget. Re
freshments were served during the
social hour. The May meeting will
be held in.the home of Mrs. Eldon
Reichenbach.
Mrs. Harold Marshall attended a
party in the home of Mrs. C. D.
Mounts near Beaverdam last We'd
nesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Begg spent
couple of days the past week with
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Van Meter in
jefferson.
Mrs. Walter Cupp and Mrs. Harold
Marshall attended meeting of the
Au Revoir club in the country home
of Mrs. Lou Basinger near Pandora
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orlo Marshall called
on Mrs. Otis Mcbride at the Riser
farm near Pandora, Sunday after
noon. Mrs. Mcbride who recently
underwent a gall bladder operation
is nicely convalescing at this time.
Mesdames Clarence and Edgar
Begg attended the Shrader-Kriete-
meyer nuptials at the Catholic
church in Columbus Grove last We'd
nesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. Marshall and
son Robert and Mrs. Harold Marsh
all and daughter Rebecca accompan-
led by Doris Nelson and Marian
Pugh of Beaverdam, attended the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
Ill. S. Senior Is Found
Shot

The body of Robert Wendell Glass
co, II, who was to be graduated in
June from Findlay High school, was
found last week in his home with a
bullet wound through his heart.
Coroner H. o. Crosby gave a YER
dict of suicide after the bcy's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Egward Glassco,
said the boy had suffered two severe
head injuries during the last two
years.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

carry on until they could sell their
crops.
Money received from these loans
has enabled distressed farmers of Al
len county to purchase equipment,
seed, feed and livestock; also, in
some instances, articles of house
hold nature.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
More Paid In Taxes

Real estate tax collections i'm Put
nam county were $16,189.75 better
for the first payment in 1910 than
they were year ago, the records of
County Treasurer Grover C. Nichols,
reveal. During the tax paying
period which is now drawing to a
close $207, ,829.04 had been paid un-
til Saturday of last week. That
amount is expected to be increased
somewhat as all of the tax books
have not been closed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
Cow Has Triplet Calves

Triplet calves, rare occarIe zee,
were born on the Loveridge and Mil
lcr dairy farm, east of FinGlay.
Lafe Powell, owner, said the calves
as well as the cow, an eight-year-old
purebred Jersey, are doing nicely.
The calves, two females and one
ma'e, are thrifty. Ann, the COW,
has given birth to several calves, but
this is her first experience in giving
birth to multiple offspring.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
TwO-POund Baby Lives

A daughter, born prematurely at
six months to Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Brenner, Jr., of Fort Jennings, is
the cause of considerable interest
and comment at st. Rita's hospital,
Lima, where the baby was born We'd
nesday of last week.
The baby weighed two pounds and
four ounces at birth, and the fact
that it still lives is unusual. The
child is kept in an incubator at the
hospital and is fed thru a stomach
gavage.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
Clapper Missing From
O. n. u. Bell

1t might be termed "The Mystery
of the Silent Bell", but in any event,
officials of Ohio Northern university
are scratching their heads no end
wondering who might have use for
the clapper from the bell in the Hill
building.
The fact of the matter is, officials
say, the clapper is of much more use
in the bell than it might be any
other place-since peals from the
bell summon students to their classes.
As a result, much hardness has been
reported.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
Tax Collections Better

Tax collections on real estate in
Hardin county for the first half of
the 1889 collection exceed those of a
similar period in 1888 by $23,951. 1.63,
it was revealed by John P. Siemon,
Hardin county treasurer.
His report shows that the amount
collected for the first half of 1889
reached S285 1892.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
HANCOCK COUNTY
Son Saves Mother
In Crash

The quick action of H. L. Robin
son, 43, Dunkirk, probably saved his
mother, Mrs. Ida Robinson, from SER
ious injury in an automobile accident
last week in Route 81, near Airing
ton.
Mr.. Robinson threw his body in
front of his mother to keep her
from going through the windshield
when the Robinson car was struck
from the rear. The car was showed
TIN ough the Madison Township
garage.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
Mt. Cory Commence
ment Set

The senior class of Mt. Cory high
school will sponsor a class night on
Wednesday evening, April II, in the
school auditorium.
The junior-senior banquet will be
held April 10.
The senior class play, "The Har-
vest Queen, will be given on May
8, in the school auditorium.
The baccalaureate services will be
held May 12 with the commencement
on May 16.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
Grove May Install
Water SOftener

Attention of the Board c. Public
Affairs was directed to the cost of a
water softening system for the vii
lage of Columbus Grove at meet
ing recently. An estimate of sys-
tenn was presented by Floyd G.
Browne, engineer of Marion, who
states in a letter to the Board, the
cost would be approximately from
$4,000 to $4,000.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
ALLEN COUNTY
Beaverdam POOlrOOm
Looted

Burglars forced entrance into Joe
RAIDERS poolroom at Beaverdam last
Wednesday and took approximately
$50 in nickels and pennies and 1C
cartons of cigarets, Sheriff William
v. Daley reported.
Deputy Bernard Burkhart, who in
vestigated, said the thief gained en-
trance by boring a hole thru a rear
door and lifting the latch-bar with
a hook.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
New Livestock Yards
Open

The opening sale of the new live
stock yards built by the farmers of
Hancock and adjoining counties, was
held Tuesday with public auction
of the livestock offered, according to
officers. of the Findlay Livestock Co
operative association. The yards are
located on East Bigelow avenue east
of the N. Y. C. railroad in Findlay.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
IA Deaths During
February

Of the IA deaths in the Hardin
county health district during March,
seven were persons over 80 years of
age, it was revealed in the monthly
report by Beth Mckinley, keeper of
vital statistics. There were % births
reported in the county over the
period.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
S95,413 I'm Government
Farm Loans

Allen county farmers have re-
ceived s95,4f3 in rural rehabilitation
loans since the rehabilitation loan
program became effective on July l,
1885, it was reported at the depart
ment of agriculture, last week.
Individual loans were comparative
ly, averaging from 5000 to s400,
and were made principally to provide
farmers with a little ready cash to
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18
S99.25 In Sheep Claims
Approved

The Hardin county board of COM
missioners has approved sheep claims
of $99.25 and witness fees of $50
for the first quarter of 1910. The
commissioners have authorized the
county auditor to issue warrants COW
ering the claims of which less than
10 were filed.