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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
HANCOCK COUNTY
More Defense Courses
Planned

Plans are under way for launching
national defense vocational education
courses in several Hancock County
schools, similar to the courses that
are about to begin their third term
in Findlay.
The federal government for the
last year has financed such schools
in cities, and now has allotted $685.
900 to Ohio for similar courses in
towns of $500 or less and in the
farming areas. The schools are for
young men between II and rs and
no longer in school. There is no
tuition.
Statistics show that three out of
every five farm boys must find en-
ployment outside of the farm. The
defense education schools are de-
signed to develop skill in fields where
there is a good demand, such as
woodworking, trucks, motor me-
chanics and electrical work.
Liberty township, Arlington, Raw
son and Vanlue schools already have
indicated their intention to establish
such courses.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
Good Samaritan
Receives Burns

J. A. Sherer, about As, of Delphos,
miraculously escaped being electro
cuted last week when he attempted
to remove some electric wires from
a county road near here.
He was reported convalescing
Thursday from severe hand, arm
and feet burns.
He told authorities he and his wife
were travelling in the Allen-Van
Vert county line road, two miles
southwest of Delphos, when he no
ticed a telegraph pole had been
knocked down. Wires were across
the road.
He attempted to remove the wires
and touched 'hot" one. Sherer
was removed to a physicians office
for treatment.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
Coon Dogs Trapped
Underground

slack" and Husky, two valuable
coon dogs owned by Owen Ainsworth
Van Vert, were hot on the trail OF
a coon in the Orley Kreider woods
near Spencerville.
Tracks of the hunted animal lee
to a 20-inch tile and the dogs with.
out hesitating, entered the drain,
The dogs were rescued at noon the
next day by hunters and farmers q
half mile from the point where they
entered the ditch. Thanks to the
owners of the land in that imme-
diate area, the men were permitted
to dig to the tile drain at various
points ranging from "a to 80 inches
Taking into consideration the angles
of the tile, the men figured the dogs
travelled at least three-quarters of a
mile underground.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
Fire In Ada Business
Section

A spectacular two-hour blaze that
threatened the principal business Sec
ton of Ada and caused an estimated
damage of $4,000 attracted residents
from their beds last Friday. There
were no persons injured
Almost total loss was the Homer
Ruebush plumbing shop where fire
of an unknown origin started. A
Pennsylvania railroad tower emplfye,
half block north, first noticed the
blaze and summoned the fire de-
partment.
The plumbing shop occupied the
rear portion of business block
housing drug store and a popular
confectionery known as the Sugar
Bowl.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
Three New Post Office
Records Set

The Findlay post office closed the
year 1910 with three new records as
far as receipts are concerned.
Receipts for the year established
new high, the quarter was up ana
the month of December was better
than any other December in the
history of the office.
Postmaster w. t. Ault said Thurs
day that receipts for the year just
ended amounted to S1S0,5S9.77 com
pared to $167,935.33 in 1889. The
difference represents gain of about
rs per cent, he said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
Clothing Sent To War
Sufferers

Ninety dresses and sixty sweaters
fashioned by Kenton clubs and indi-
viduals as well as by the girls in the
National Youth Administration resi-
dent center at Lima, last week were
shipped to national Red Cross head
quarters in Washington, ID. c., fer
use in war relief work in Europe.
NYA girls fashioned 40 dresses,
while the Kenton Chapter of Women
of the Moose made the remaining so
dresses, Mrs. Clara Stewart, secre-
tary of the Hardin County Red
Cross chapter, said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09

the formation of "Prince Of
Peace Legion composed entirely Of
the nations women.
In letter to Senator Burton K.
Wheeler, (D) Montana, a leading
isolationist, Wharton declared that
every woman would want to join
such league. Men could become
only honorary members in the legion,
designed ito guide the hand of COR
gress in our platform of no war and
the return of prosperity, and to try
to remove all who have a war COM
pick from office
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
Tax Deadline Is Near

With the Jan. 20 deadline for pay
ment of frst-half 1940 real estate
taxes only two weeks away, Allen
County Treasurer Byron H. Dershem
warned Saturday that the usual long
extensions of time connot be granted
this year.
Both first and second-half collec-
tions must be completed before per-
sonneI of the treasurer's office
changes next September, he pointed
out.
Real estate tax receipts Saturday
amounted to $3,152.48, bringing the
total for the week to S34,49047 and
for the first-half collections thus far
S93, ,403.38, Dershem revealed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
Relief Costs County
S32,043

Direct relief in Allen county out
side Lima, together with surplus
commodity distribution, WPA and
CCC certifcation work for Lima and
the county, cost $32,043.46 during the
first IL months of 1910.
Harry r. Corwin, county a-ea re-
lief supervisor, said February was
the most costly, aggregating &c..
54155, when there were 325 families
embracing LAO persons provided
with necessities at cost of S5,-
089.25. There were 80 cases opened
during the month and only 80 closed
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
Labor Board Orders
Lima Vote

The Labor board ordered last week
an election within 30 days to deter
mine whether policemen employed at
the Lima, Ohio, plant of the West
inghouse Electric & Manufacturing
Co. want to be represented in col
lective bargaining by the c. |. O.
United Electrical, Radio & Machine
Workers union.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
1,137 In Lima State
Hospital

Allen county's city inside itself
The Lima State Hospital for the
Criminal Insane-saw its population
decline slightly and watched many
improvements during 1910, DR.. Her.
man NJ. Turk, superintendent, re-
vealed in year-end report.
Population of the institution as
the year ended was 1,137 or 10 less
than year ago. The all-time peak
population was 1,173, records show.
At present there are 973 male and
164 female inmates.
The institution has total of 180
employees, including 134 men and 46
women.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
County Sends 1876
To CCC

Allen county sent 185 boys be-
tween the ages of II and % years,
to CCC camps in five states during
1940. Included were 176 white and
nine colored youths.
The last 1910 contingent of 60
youths, taken in October, was the
years largest. In January there
were A accepted, 40 in April and
Al in July.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09

board of county commissioners Tues
day after it had been determined
and decided by members of the board
that the cost would exceed the prob
able benefits.
Petition for the improvement was
filed by. Victor Hickman, mayor of
Jenera, on authorization of the vii
lage council.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
HARDIN COUNTY
Seek Vote On Water
works Purchase

A second petition carrying 1T
names calling for a referendum on
the purchase of the Ada water plant
by the village from the Ohio Power
Co. for $68,000, and the issuance of
100000 in mortgage revenue bonds,
for the purchase and improvement of
the plant, was filed with Clerk R. S.
Hover last week.
1t replaces a previous petition
which is believed to be invalid be-
cause of legal technicalities.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
Tax Rate Slash Is
Predicted

A further reduction in the Allen
county tax rate, as a consequence OF
the forfeiture-sale program now be.
ing pushed for collection of delin-
quencies, was predicted by Allen
County Auditor Floyd B. Griffin as
1910 ended
Allen county's staggering tax de-
linquency load was reduced Sl51,-
965.44 in the past year, Griffin
pointed out, after officials started
forfeiture proceedings. A total Of
2,077 parcels of real estate upon
which taxes had been delinquent for
more than three years were offered.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09

building which houses both the
sheriff's residence and the Jail is so
obsolete and unsanitary, not to men,
ton overcrowded, that the U. S.
government has declared it "unfit for
federal prisoners.
The structure, started in 1870 and
completed year later, has a single
block of 16 cells-one of which has
been converted into a shower-a
women's ward which is a small
room 20 feet square on the second
floor, and juvenile ward, on the
third floor, also 20 feet square.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
County Has 333 Miles
Of Improved Roads

Allen county closed the year 1910
with a total of 333 miles of inn
proved county and township roads,
in addition to the state-maintained
highways.
This was revealed in the final re-
port of County Engineer Walter J.
Neidhardt, whose term expired Jan
uary 6 on which date Hobert w.
Mumaugh took office.
A total of 101 miles of new BIZ
luminous surfaced roads was con-
structed during the year and four
miles of old bituminous roads were
rebuilt, Neidhardt reported.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
Declares County Needs
New Jail

Allen county needs a new jail!
Thus does Sheriff William V. Dal-
ey greet 1941 with a declaration
which he hopes will turn out to be
New Years resolution on the part
of county officials and voters.
For, he points out, the present
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
Have 2,333 Callers
I'm 1910

For the second year, a record has
been kept of all persons calling at
the Elihu Ream home on North
Johnson street in Ada. A total of
1883 called during 1910 as COM
pared with 1854 in 1889.
Again in 1910 as in 1889, August
was the top month when 298 friends
visited the Ream home. June was
lowest when only 78 called, but the
Ream family spent most of that
month in California.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
Lima Man Heads State
Teachers

H. c. Robertson, head of the Indus
trial Arts department at South High
school, was chosen president of the
Ohio Education association at the
mid-winter meeting of the organiza-
ton held January and 4 at the
Deshler- Wallick hotel in Columbus.
First classroom teacher to hold this
office, Robertson was elected by dele
gates from cities, exempted villages,
and counties of Ohio. He succeeds
Dean E. ]. Ashbaugh, of Miami uni
versity.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
Death Takes Former
Banker

Alfred Bloomingdale, Sr., Ga, form
er prominent Findlay clothing mer-
chant, died from heart attack last
week in Springfield, Ohio, where he
had resided the last four years.
Mr.. Bloomingdale was a charter
member of the Chamber of Com
merce and at one time was a di-
rector of the old Buckeye CONNER
cial Savings Bank. He was 32nd
Degree Mason and was a member OF
Findlay Elks Lodge No. rs.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09

Five hundred and six additional
applications for soil conservation
benefit checks were received by the
Hardin county AAA committees and
approved They will be sent to the
state office where checks will be is
sued shortly after the first of the
new year, according to Harley Shick,
chairman.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
Quail Hunting Is
Requested

Lima and Allen county sportsmen
and farmers are lending their sup
port to a movement to legalize wing
shooting of quail, a sport that has
been extinct for some 20 years.
The quail-hunting movement here
is being supported by the Sports
mems and Farmers Protective asso-
Citations, of which Ted Siferd is
president, and countless numbers of
unaffiliated sportsmen and farmers.
Signers are petitioning the Ohio
general assembly and Gov. Bricker
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
Births Outnumber
Deaths In 1910

Births outnumbered deaths in Al
len county during 1910, according to
records of DR.. G. E. Miller, county
health commissioner. A total of 81
births was recorded during the II
month period, as compared with 271
deaths. Of the births, 145 were
boys and 166 were girls.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
Nine Die In Traffic
Fatalities

Traffic accidents took a slump dur
ing 1910 in Hardin county, and only
nine fatalities were recorded i'm the
12-month period as compared with 13
for 1889, according to Coroner Ken
meth w. Preston.
Of the nine who died in traffic,
six were killed at railroad crossings.
The worst was that which killed
Branch Barnett, his -year-old
daughter and four-year-old son.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
New Factory At
DelphOs

R. j. Williams, of Delphos, is
erecting a new building of concrete
tile, so by so feet, which when COM
pleted will be used for the manu-
facture of ice machines, electric
fence control and airmatic signals
The new building will have two
rooms and machinery of the plant is
expected to be in operation within a
short time.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
Farm Institute Season
At Hand

Allen county Farm Institutes
four state aid and four independ-
ent-will commence Monday, Janu-
airy 20, and continue through Feb
ruary 6.
This announcement was made Sat
urday by James II. Warner, county
extension agent, who reported the
Harrod state aid institute, the first
in the county, will be conducted Jan
uary 20-21.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
2O4 Airplane Pilots
Trained

Student pilots numbering 2O4 flew
total of 454,200 miles from Lima
airport during 1910, Ben Arquitt,
manager, announced Wednesday.
Included in the 204 students were
80 whose courses were sponsored by
the Civil Aeronautics authority,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
Fewer Killed In Traffic
Mishaps

The 1910 total of traffic fatalities
in Hancock county stood at 21 with
the close of the old year. 1t was
two less than a year ago when %
persons were killed in Hancock coun-
ty highways.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
Will Mobilize Women
For Peace

Charging that the men of the
world have failed miserably in their
attempt to bring peace to the world,
C. E. Wharton, of Kenton, defeated
candidate for the U. S. Senate in the
primaries last May, last week for
warded to Washington a proposal for
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09

per cent above those for last year,
and December receipts were 81 per
cent above those for December, 1899.
The increase for the last quarter
over the same period in 1889 was
IT per cent.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

which is the governments program
of training non-military pilots for
possible military activity. The re
naming 164 paid for private in
struction.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
ALLEN COUNTY
Traffic Toll Reaches
New Record

Allen county's traffic fatality toll
reached S5 for the year and II for
December when Matt Letovich, ID,
Josephine, Pa, was killed as his auto
mobile struck bridge near Conner
in u. S. Route 3d. He was alone.
The 35 deaths compare with n for
1889.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
81 Republicans Are
Certified

The names of 81 Republicans were
certified to Engineer-elect Paul K.
Strong, who assumed the office of
county engineer Monday, by the
Hardin County Central and Execu-
tive Committees after a patronage
meeting.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
Postal Receipts Pass
100000 Mark

Postal receipts in Lima passed the
100000 mark in 1910 for the first
time in the city's history, Postmaster
Earl Leach's annual report revealed
last week.
The receipts for 1910 were eight
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
Ada Turkey Raiser
Takes Own Life

Slashing his chest with a razor
and then firing a % calibre rifle
bullet into his head, Lemuel Virgil
Fisher, SO, Ada turkey raiser ended
Continued on page y
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
PLAIN TALK %.
to the man who is thinking of buying tractor
this spring.

u FARMERS this Spring are facing conditions diff
l. ferent than they have known for more than
twenty years. Especially is this true in the market
for farm tractors where much of the same mater
aIs that go into tractor are also needed for the
national defense program.
If you are i'm the market for tractor, do not
delay. There is nothing to be gained by delay, and
you may lose much. This year, of all times-it is
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09
Jenera Ditch Improve
ment Refused

Petition for improvement of a
ditch providing drainage for the vii
lage of Jenera was dismissed by the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09

to enact legislation which viii in
clude in the general code of Ohio the
quail among game birds. :.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-09

important that you decide early and place your
order to insure delivery by the time spring work
opens.
We have been fortunate in obtaining delivery
of two carloads of Farmall tractors within the
past week. We invite you to them-these new
1941 tractors with all the dependability for which
Farmal is noted-and advance in price. You
will save money by placing your order
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-21
May Need Regulation

Recent deaths resulting from motor crashes at the intersection of main highways passing through the Town Of Prospect have resulted in both criticism of local and state officials, as well as demands for some type of traffic control at the point, possibly rotary type. That may be the answer to the solution, for It would necessarily cut down the speed of all vehicles approaching from the several different directions, but while about It, authorities ought to do just a bit more than this.
 Anyone who travels between Waterbury and New Haven, using the Prospect road regularly, knows that from Prospect south to the Woodbridge town line it's veritable speedway. Travel Is unrestricted so far as signs are concerned There is no at- tempt to cause traffic to travel 50, 40, 30 or 20 miles in any particular zone. As result cars coming into Prospect center along this route are moving pretty fast.
 Some attempt to regulate speed in and around this spot which was unfortu- nate enough to be the scene Of tragedies might also help to cut down on accidents "a the future.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-21
Closer, Closer

The war has now come within TOO miles of the coast of Brazil, creeping closer, ever closer. Nothing the United States has done brought 1t there. The shooting, which everybody has been dreading, is now fact, and 1t was not American shooting. There is notable lack of excitement in American consider ation of the fate of the Robin Moor, American ship torpedoed and shelled to the bottom of the South Atlantic. To- days world is not the world of 1915 when a German surface raider sent the William P, Frye to the same grave. Americans didn't like that at all The world seems to look at these things differently to- day, and whether that is to the worlds credit or not is another question.
 More Is at stake here than the cost of the Robin Moor. For weeks, probably, there will be exchanges of notes between the U. S. and German government, win. moving out this and that question of fact, this or that point of international law. Yet the main questions at stake are very simple questions: Has the United States the right to send an un- armed ship, carrying no munitions of war, through shipping lanes far removed from anything generally recognized as a combat with Germany Evidently the United States believes 1t has that right, or the Robin Moor would not have been where she was, carrying what she carried. Or has the United States no such right? Is 1t to be subjected to a shooting war" If 1t believes 1t has, and tries to exercise that right?
 Has Germany the right to fight it's war anywhere in the world, to sink any ship bound for any port of any country, allied to the British, whenever some sub-lieu- tenant in charge of It's submarine con- siders It's cargo contraband? In short, who shall define contraband, who shall define combat zones, who shall lay down the Flaw" of the sea?
 The United States Is slow to anger to- day. There is no hysterical outpouring over the Robin Moor case. It would Do a grave mistake for Germany to conclude from that that the United States, which has surrendered much voluntarily in restricting It's trade by It's own Neutrality Law, will necessarily surrender every thing. The United States in 1912 and 1917, for instance, has shown an active interest in free use of the worlds sea highways. It still has that interest, and It has means at it's disposal to assert It's own ideas of what that freedom must be-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-21
In One Lifetime

Orville Wright gaged down the vast new motor plant at Cincinnati, so big that eight baseball games could be played in 1t at once, and his thoughts must have turned back to the little bicycle shop in which he and his brother, Wilbur, built their first plane. It was only S8 years ago. They built their motor by hand, clumsy affair of 25-S0 horsepower. The new engine plant will turn out 1000 motors a month of 1,700 horsepower apiece.
 People talk of the speed with which life is changing Here, in much less than one mans lifetime, the whole matter stands clearly revealed. The flimsy little pusher plane flown by Wright at Kitty Hawk in 1903 has become colossus which, turned to a destructive use of which Wright never dreamed then, now bestrides the world, the master for good or evil.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-21
1900, ,OOO More Jobs

Many men and women have gone back to work. But we haven't seen anything yet. M. J. Kane, assistant chief of field operations of the labor division of the Office of Production Management, says that at least 1,300,000 more men and women must be employed in major de- fense industries before the year ends: 285,000 building ships, 250,000 building tanks, 100000 making munitions, and 100000 producing airplanes.
 There probbaly are not that many peo- pie available at the moment with the required skills. But before the end of the year many of those who are now in apprenticeships and vocational training schools will have begun to have such skills. We are just beginning to roll. Be. more the end of this var our industrial machine will be under way. Every min- ute counts.