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Evening star., 1941-10-05

partments and agencies"
Having stated what Col. Donovan IS
not, the White House has never
bothered, since then, to state what Col.
Donovan is.
For one thing he is an anomoly. He
Is Republican holding a high Office in
a Democratic administration. He is a
Wall Street lawyer in the New Deal. He
is a New York politician who used to
make page one by criticizng Franklin
D. Roosevelt. He is a former isolationist
who thinks the United States ought to
dry up Hitler. His old boss in WASH
ington, Harlan F. Stone, this year be-
came Chief Justice of the United States
at almost the same time Col. Donovan
became head of c. o. I. When Chief
Justice Stone was President Coolidge's
Attorney General, Col. Donovan was
Assistant Attorney General in charge
of criminal prosecutions. Frank Knox,
Secretary of the Navy, is Col. Donovan's
angel in Washington.
Has Its Own Brain Trust"
In the few months since Mr.. Roosevelt
announced that Col. Donovan had new
Job. the c. o. I.-part Of the White
House executive offce-has taken on
flesh and found direction. The agency
is nothing like the high detective
bureau which Mr.. Roosevelt hinted it
would be 1t has become the haven for
some of the most respected and brainy
men in the country. For instance
among those working at the Library Of
Congress on research for c. o. I. are
President James Baxter Of williams
College, on a'year's leave of absence.
Douglas Miller. author Of You Can't
Do Business with Hitler" American
foreign service officer in Berlin from
1923 to 1899.
John Wiley. former Minister to
Austria and to Estonia and Latvia
Calvin Hoover. of Duke University,
former consumers counsel for the Agri-
cultural Adjustment Administration.
Edwin Earls, of Princeton University
faculty.
Geographers. historians, economists
and psychologists are in this brain
trust" Col. Donovan considers an in
tellectual base essential for a job of
channelizing public information. Geog-
raphy. he told President Roosevelt has
been neglected in this countrys policy
planning. Close study of geography is in
valuable in outguessing the enemy. The
Nazis make of what they call
"Geopolitics" a vital arm of military
policy. Their geopolitical institute is an
integral factor in the development of
that policy.
Axis Moves Anticipated.
To-day more than ever before
topography must be counted a major
factor in warfare" Douglas johnson,
head of the geology department at
Columbia University. wrote last year He
recalled that Kaiser Wilhelm wrote to
President Wilson: Belgian neutrality
had to be violated on strategic grounds"
The eographers at work for Col.
Donovan can foretell on general grounds
where the Axis armies will move next.
Experts in topography can determine
where the troops can go. Economists
can determine what areas are of fore
most economic importance to the Axis
in this factory made war. The military
men working with Col Donovan can
supply information about the tactical
aspect of possible Axis plans.
This sort of information, produced by
Evening star., 1941-10-05
A Look at Invisible G.. o. l.
How Col. Donovan Plays George Creel Role Explained

experts in many studies, Is co-orc1nated
and scrutinized daily in Col. Donovans
office. The Axis is under close observa-
ton. What the results of this activity
are going to be remains a question. For
the present, the Russian campaign offers
to Col. Donovan's deep thinkers an op-
portunity to provide the administration
with historical, economic and geographic
information that might affect Ameri-
can policy.
While the new brain trust feels its
way through its new tasks in the Library
OF Congress, the neWSpapermen in the
c. o. l. are at work here and in New
York. The countrys short-wave outlets
are to be utilized to their highest degree
for broadcasting messages written BY
experts in journalism and IN foreign
public opinion
Noted Newspapermen Cooperate.
Among these experts are:
Joseph Barnes, former foreign editor
OF the New York Herald Tribune.
Edmund Taylor, former Paris CORE
spondent of the Chicago Tribune and
author of The Strategy of Terror"
Hobart Montee, former State Depart
ment correspondent for the United Press.
Irving Pf1amm, former correspondent
OF the Chicago Times.
In this group also are Wallace Duell,
Norman Duell. Lawrence Beller and
George Bookman. A foremost big-name
writer In the propaganda unit is Robert
Emmett Sherwood, a Pulitzer Prize win
ner, who has been collaborating with
President Roosevelt on his speeches since
last autumn.
The organizer of the public informa-
tion unit at c. o. l. is Nelson Poynter,
who took leave from his job as publisher
of the ST. Petersburg tFla1 Times to
take the job. Eight years ago Mr.. Poynter
was business manager of the Washington
Daily News when Lowell Mellett. head of
the Office of Government Reports, was
It's editor.
Since the war broke out in Europe
Washington frequently heard the rumor
that Mr.. Mellett would be the next
George Creel. Apparently he decided to
pass up the opportunity.
It's invisible Agency.
Although the C. o. I. is the source Of
much information. it is an invisible
agency, so far as the public is concerned.
Nothing that comes from it is attributed
to it. The inside information gathered
for official policy making purposes is re-
jected or emerees from other points in
the administration structure. The radio
information is disseminated on the re-
sponsibility of the stations.
At present. Col Donovan has about
100 persons working with him. They
try to utilize all the facilities of all Cow
eminent agencies. Six months from now
C. o. I. may have an entirely different
setup than it has today. Trial and erro,
is its watchword now. Within those 81,
months the public probably will often
have felt its influence without knowing
it. The administration has embarked or
a serious program for shaping public
opinion.
The aim of c. o. I. is the presentation
of facts Col Donovan believes that true
information offered in attractive form
and presented at the proper time can
overcome all the untruths sent out from
Germany. The C. o. I. is an unsupported
unit in the arsenal of democracy-pre-
pairing the weapons of Information for
use at home and abroad.
Evening star., 1941-10-05
Russian Data Inadequate.

The situation of the Russian armies is
OF equal importance. We possess made
quate information of damage done to
Russian factories and to the armies of
the Soviet marshals commanding on the
three fronts. There is feeling in Wash
ington as we'll as in the rest of the
country that we should help the Russians
as much as we can. but that it would be
a mistake to send vast quantities of war
materials at great sacrifice to our own
security If the situation of the Russians
is really hopeless. We know that the
Russians are fighting heroically. but we
also hear vague reports that their reserve
supplies afe practically exi1a0sted. There
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-25
BIuffton High School Notes

Quincy, Mich; 18th grade, Elaine
Mitchell.
First meeting of the home eco
nomics club will be held at the high
school Wednesday night at 7:30
o'clock. Summer experiences will
be recounted by the group and plans
will be made for the coming year.
Ellen Basinger is president of the
organization.
Members of the student senate are
as follows: Norman Beidler, Hi-Y;
Carol Bame, G.. R.; Ellen Basinger,
F. H. A; Richard Gratz, +. F. A;
Betty Holtkamp, A Capella; Rosann
Hilty, Thespians; James Reichen-
bach, Seniors; James Gratz, Juniors;
Roger Klay, Sophomores.
Sixty-eight members of the A
Capella choir have begun regular re-
hearsals under the direction of Miss
Elizabeth Higley. This is the larg-
est membership in the history of
the school.
The band this year consists of 48
members, one of the largest in the
history of the school. Rehearsals
have been proceeding under the di-
rection of Prof. Sidney Hauenstein.
Second appearance of the aggrega-
tion will be made at the Ada game
Friday night. Dorothy Jennings is
the drum major who twirls the
shiny stick with the greatest of
ease.
Students have been greeted at
their first chapel meetings of the
year with a newly re-decorated
auditorium. Cream colored paint
has been used with a maroon trim.
Seventy gallons of paint were re-
quired to do the job, which was COM
pleted about week before school
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-25

Group pictures for the high school
annual are being taken this week
by the Neu-Art studio under the
direction of Leland Gerber, proprie-
tor.
The Girls Athletic Association held
their first meeting of the year with
soft ball practice at Harmon field
Monday after school. Officers of
the organization are: Pres, Mar
garet Burkholder; president,
Ruth Hankish; Secretary-treasurer,
Eileen Wenger.
Another pep meeting will be held
Friday morning in anticipation of
the football game with Ada Friday
night. Cheer leaders chosen by the
student body are: Doris Donifon,
Mary Jane Worthington and Elmer
Stonehill.
The Bluffton Community Sports
mems club is sponsoring a poster
contest for the students of the high
school. The subject matter of the
poster is to be largely dealing with
the matter of conservation. Cash
prizes will be awarded by the club.
In order to inform students of
regulations and the nature of school
organizations, a student handbook to
be sponsored by the student senate
will be published in the near future,
it was announced by Norman Beid-
Ter, president of the organization.
Eight new students have enrolled
at Bluffton High school this year:
These are 7th grade, Raymond
Orchard from Westminster; 9th
grade, Lucille Kohl, Ottawa; Owen
Smith, Fremont; 10th grade, Thomas
Kohl, Ottawa; 18th grade, Treva
Hochstettler, Beaverdam; Mildred
Campbell, Lima; Wyvonne Wilcox
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-25
Biuffton College Notes

Mary Alice Howe and. Ruthe
Mayer, sophomores, and Virginia
Hadsel and Austin Rhodes, fresh
men, were recently elected by the
Bluffton college student body to act
as cheerleaders for the year 1941-
1912. Their election came after
try-outs of eight candidates last
Tuesday, September 16, before an all
college assembly conducted by the
student council. Miss Howe acted
in the capacity of varsity cheerlead-
er last year. The other three were
newly elected.
Alvin ]. Miller, assistant profess
sor of education at Kent State uni
versity, and a former Mennonite re-
lief worker in Russia, will speak at
the first Bluffton college Vesper
service of this year, on the subject
"The New Paganism in Europe" at
the college chapel Sunday afternoon
at 800 o'clock. The Vesper choir
will also be included on the program.
Richard Weaver, Bluffton college
senior from Goshen, Indiana, Mag
dalene Oyer, junior from Bluffton,
and Arthur Theissen, sophomore
from Basna, Central Province, India,
have been awarded scholarships for
leading their respective classes in
scholarship and general student ac-
tivity. Inasmuch as all three stu
dents already possess scholarships,
their reward is not of a financial
nature, but of an honorary nature
only.
Rev. P. E. Whitmer, former pas
tor of the Grace Mennonite church,
Pandora, addressed members of the
Bluffton college church organization
as they were assembled for their
regular service Sunday evening,
September 81. His subject was "An
Adequate Faith for Our Day."
Harold Theissen, junior, played a
violin solo for the occasion. Robert
Sommer, senior, acted in the capa-
city of chairman.
Installation services for new Bluff
ton college Y. w. C. A. members
will be held Wednesday night in the
college chapel. Miss Lucille Tschantz,
president of the organization, will
present the aims and pledges of the
"Y" in a candlelit atmosphere, after
which all members will light their
own individual candles, and march
in procession from the Chapel
across the campus to the baseball
diamond. Group singing of hymns
will conclude the program.
Members of the Bluffton college
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-25

women's varsity "B" participated in
a hike to the college cabin, Monday
night. A bon fire was built upon
their arrival there, and refreshments
were provided.
A joint meeting of the Women's
and Mems Gospel teams of Bluffton
college was held Thursday night at
the college cabin. Thelma Daley,
women's president, and Bob Sommer,
mems president lead the group in
singing. Herbert Fretz lead in de-
votions, reading and interpreting the
Scripture and offering prayer.
Two sacred numbers were sung
by the women's quartet composed of
Marcille Steiner, low alto, Thelma
Daley, alto, Lucille Steiner, second
soprano, and Frances Beckenbach,
soprano. Mrs. S. Floyd Pannabecker
was the evenings speaker. She
spoke of the place and Importance of
the Gospel teams on the campus.
Russell Oyer, Bluffton college
senior from Congerville, Illinois, has
been chosen president of the Honor
court by members of the Student
council. The Honor court is COM
posed of six members whose names
are kept secret. Its duty is to
handle cases involving violation of
the honor system used on Buttons
campus.
The Executive and Financial COM
mittees of the Bluffton college board,
attended by DR.. l.. L. Ramseyer,
President; Mr.. Jesse Loganbill, busi-
ness manager; and Rollin Moser,
field secretary, met in Fort Wayne,
Tuesday, September 16. Plans were
made concerning the financial and
other special needs of the college.
The marriage course sponsored by
the Y. w. and Y. M. c. A. organi-
zations of Bluffton college will again
be given this fall. Rev. Simon M.
Davidian, pastor of the Central
Church of Christ, Lima, will open
the series of lectures October l..
Others to appear on the program
are DIR. Roy Burkhart of Columbus,
nationally known authority on mari
tial relations, and DR.. and Mrs.
Gary Cleveland Myers, both well
known authorities on child care and
training.
Bert Smucker, senior from Bluff
ton, was recently elected to the
presidency of the senior class OF
Bluffton college. He will be assisted
by David Yoder, Pandora, as vice
president, and Ruth Henderson, Co.
lumbus Grove, as secretary-treasurer
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-25

to his coming to the United States
in 1910. He is expected on the
campus some time this week. Mr..
Elmer's academic and vocational in
terests lie in the fields of chemistry
and textiles, respectively. He has
had four years of technical training
in a school for textile chemistry in
Vienna, and comes to Bluffton with
very high scholastic rating and
excellent recommendations He
speaks German fiuently, Spanish,
English, and some French. Mr..
Elmer's scholarship is provided by
the Y. w. and Y. M. c. A. organiza-
tions and the Women's and Mems
Gospel teams. 1t was awarded to
him through recommendations of the
refugee section of the American
Friends Service committee.
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Lloyd Hunsberger, junior from
Wadsworth, was chosen to head the
class of 1943. Robert Heiks, of
Smithville, will be vice. president,
and Mabel Hill, Lima, will serve as
seeretary-treasurer.
Harold Lehman, sophomore of
Berne, Indiana, was elected to the
sophomore presidency. His co-work-
ers will be Earl Lehman, Pandora,
as vice-president; Holly Mosiman,
West Middletown, as secretary; and
Keith Plank, Middlebury, as treasur-
er.
Otto c. Elmer, of Vienna, Austria,
will come to Bluffton college as a
refugee student for the year 1941-
1912. He spent a year and a half
as refugee in South America prior
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M~%
DenAoAoI

Mayor Howe played the leading role
In a modern version of the Good Sa-
maritan, Sunday morning. The epi-
sode started when an Indiana motor
lst received minor injuries Saturday
night as his car overturned and was
badly damaged while taking the curve
on the Dixie north of town at the
John Rogers farm. Being short of
funds he spent the night on cot in
the mayors office reserved for indi-
gent transients. Explaining his plight
the next morning he asked the mayor
for q SO loan which took all of the
mayors pocket change-and then
some. And the stranger departed
with the mayors $40. But before we
close it should be here recorded that
Monday afternoon there came a tele-
phone call from the bank that SO had
been telegraphed from Lafayette,
to Mayor Howe.
Accident Sunday when two cars col
lided at Jackson street and College
avenue, scene of many narrowly
averted collisions. Cars were those
of Kenneth Tapke, former Bluffton
college student and Meter works en-
ploye and one from Lima. No one
hurt, but both cars and one telehone
pole listed as casualties.
Intersection is marked by a flash
ing amber on College avenue and red
light on Jackson street. Highway
regulations provide that motorist
facing flashing red light shall come to
a complete stop before entering the
intersection while driver who has vel
low light may proceed thru intersec-
tion only with caution.
That tall, bronzed and undeniably
handsome young officer of the army
air corps you may have noticed on
the street. the first of the week flew
here from California-but it was not
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-25

Poultry laying rations should con-
tain from Is to Is per cent of pro-
tein. Animal protein feeds generally
are more palatable than those of
vegetable origin but also usually are
more expensive.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-25

Properly handled pasture will pro-
duce as large quantity of digest
ible nutrients as the same land
would produce in crop rotation. 1t
is economical to use good fields for
pasture if they can be spared from
the cropping system.
Evening star., 1941-08-05
BOATS.
CATTLE S LIVESTOCK.

TWO BLACK ANGUS BULLS, registered. !.
IL and IA months: SIPS each. Mrs p G.
Addison. tr, Landover. Nd. Capitol Hts.
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STREETCAR,
BUS OPERATORS
WANTED,

Steady work at good pay
for men who can qualify. $50
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short training period; many
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Applicants must be % to
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6 it. 2 ms. in height and must
weigh in proportion GAO to
225 pounds.
Apply in person Monday
through Friday, inclusive,
$50 to 10 am.
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Evening star., 1941-08-05
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Evening star., 1941-08-05

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Evening star., 1941-08-05

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Evening star., 1941-08-05

PIANO - Used Knabe grand. in good
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Evening star., 1941-08-05

REFRIGERATORS, rebuilt and guar. all
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Evening star., 1941-08-05

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Evening star., 1941-08-05

PIANOS-We have a good selection of
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Mathushek. Starr, Baer Bros, Krell, etc.
al prices from Sl29 up; our usual easy
terms. Republic 6212 kits, 1880 G
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Evening star., 1941-08-05

PIANO, Knabe baby grand, unusually
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Evening star., 1941-08-05

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other equipment. GE. 1888.
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The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-07-25
MARyL AND MERRy-GO-ROUND-

Washington, d. c., July 25.-The
intrepid DR.. Tom Cook of Frederick
is definitely throwing his hat into
the ring for the Democratic race
for governor next year.
And thereby hangs a human-in-
terest-success story equalled by
few others in the State.
1t was only about dozen years
ago - during the depth of the Hoo
YER depression that Tom Cook,
motoring up from the South as an
itinerant salesman for chewing
gum slot machines, came over the
mountains of western Maryland and
decided to hang his hat in F'reder-
lick.
Since that time he has become
one of the leading manufacturing
merchandisers of that area. His
medicine sells all over the State.
While it is a long jump from a
travelling salesman to the governor
Tom Cook is one of these Cordell
Hull type of persevering Tennes-
see mOuntaineers who doesn't seem
to be afraid of anything. And any
one who has seen the current film
Sergeant York" can appreciate
that the Tennessee mountains have
spawned some very enterprising
and intrepid Americans
Dr. Cooks white sales automo-
biles were a feature of the last gu
bernatorial campaign, being re-
painted with large letters vote
for O'Conor" About a year ago,
Doc Cook warned his old friend,
O'Conor, that he was going to op-
pose him in the next primaries.
Cook is realistic about his
chances and admits that he has to
work from the ground up, but he
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-07-25
By DREW PEARSON

is already starting out to tour the
State and begin building up his
fences in each county. Working
with him is George Grove, Freder-
icks outstanding political fire-eat-
or.
1t is now pretty we'll agreed that
Governor O'Conor will rank as one
of Maryland's better governors.
However, the fact that he talked
about one term only unquestion-
ably will handicap his chances of
reelection, and many of his friends
are hoping that he will run in the
primaries for Senator Tydings'
seat in 1914 when he would be
sure-fire proposition.
#*##
ROUND THE FREE STATE
1t looks as if the As minutes of
valuable defense time which Mrs.
Byron consumed with OPM Boss
KnudsOn would get a dOllar-a-year
post for John J. McMullen, her
campaign supporter in Allegany
County John is publisher of a
additionally reactionary paper at
Cumberland, and was the man who
did the most to get Katharine elect
ed He will be attached to the
public relations section of OPM I'M
der Bob Horton. - Tommy D'Ales-
andre who has been in the U. S.
Naval Hospital Washington. has
found there was nothing wrong
with him except he was generally
run down and needed a rest. Even
his teeth were all right despite his
frequent gnashing of them. - The
syndicate which operates the Lewes
Harrington and his son-in-law
Cape May Ferry company have APP
preached Ex-Governor Emerson