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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03
Sugar Beet Quota Set

Announcement was made last week
the Great Lakes Sugar Co., which
operated beet refiineries in Findlay,
Fremont and Blissfeld, Mich, has
been given a tentative 1941 sugar
marketing quota of 39,117 tons, raw
value, from the agriculture depart
ment in Washington.
The Ohio Sugar Co. at Ottawa was
given S,048 tons and the Paulding
Sugar Co., 7,340 tons. Total market
ing quota for the nation for 1941 is
1859, 100 tons.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03
Wheat Insurance
Needed Less

Allen county needs wheat insur-
ance less than most counties in which
wheat is commercially grown, accord
ing to reports of the Federal Crop
Insurance Corp.
Wheat growing in the county is
not much of hazard. OF the 533
farmers who took out policies in 1910
to insure 4,645 acres and crop of
64,25S bushels, only eight farmers ex-
perienced losses.
Indemnities totaling $50 bushels
We're paid to these eight farmers,
considerably less than the 6,199 bush
els paid by them as premiums to the
FCIC.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03
Jenera To Buy New
Fire Truck

Sealed bids for new truck which
will be equipped as a fire fighter, are
being asked by Jenera village coun-
Gil after taking action recently.
The new truck will cost an esti-
mated $4,000 and be used in Jenera,
Van Buren, and Eagle townships
paying for the protection afforded
them. Van Buren, township would
pay 5000 annually while Eagle town
ship would pay $3.50, according to
present plans.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03

Harry Buckland farm a mile north
of Gilboa on the Gilboa-Leipsic road,
at noon Saturday.
The blaze was discovered by Mrs.
Glen Miller, daughter of Mrs. Buck
land. She called her father and to-
gether they managed to lead one
horse to safety and push grain
drill from the blazing structure.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03
Father Of % Sues
For Divorce

Stephen A. Lee, 81, may hold some
kind of fatherhood record because of
his 28 children but he has been
highly unsuccessful in keeping wives.
His third wife is the defendant in
divorce action which was heard in
the Putnam county common pleas
court and taken under advisement by
Judge A. A. Slaybaugh.
Charging gross neglect of duty,
Lee filed the action several months
ago. 1t is being contested by the
wife. During the trial, the testi-
mony showed that the principal con-
test is over property owned by the
plaintiff.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03
Hurt In Mishap On
Pandora Farm

Joseph Michael, 56, is at a Lima
hospital, in serious condition as the
result of an accident on the Walter
Bridenbaugh farm near Pandora.
Thrown from a, farm wsSon when
the team he was driving bolted, Mi
chael is suffering from a fractured
left shoulder and fractured ribs on
the left side together with a pune
tured left lung, according to his at
tending physician.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03
S74S Raised For
Greek Relief

Lima took a place in the fore
ground in the current Greek War
Relief fund raising campaign thru
out the nation after a highly sue
cessful benefit show staged Wednes-
day night at Ohio theatre
Approximately $500 patrons who
paid $748 were treated to more than
two and one-half hours of high class
amateur and professional vaudeville
ranging from infant tap dancers tc
jugglers, and to a motion picture.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03
Ottawa Soldier Needs
Big Hat

Sergt. Pete Hamilton, of Ottawa,
who is with Co. G, 148th infantry, in
Camp Shelby, Miss, still is without
a hat.
His search for a size 81a hat began
as soon as he arrived in Camp Shelby
last October. The Army has placed
a special order for this $50 pound,
6 foot 2 inch soldier.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03
Downtown Lima Prop.
critics To Be Sold

Sale at sheriff's auction April 10
of five downtown Lima properties
was ordered by Judge r. P. Smith
of the Allen County Probate Court
as one of the final steps in settle
ment of the s936,O00 estate of Miss
Adelia Satterthwait. The properties
are appraised at 100000.
Administration of the estate has
been in progress since the Lima
woman died in 1886, leaving part of
her wealth to a Dayton church for
establishment of home for elderly
spinsters, and the rest to distant
cousins. One attempt to declare the
will invalid ended in failure.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03
Relief Costs Increase
In County

Relief costs increased S1,019.23 in
February over January when total
encumbrances of S6,187.56 were
listed in the monthly report of Nor
ton Ansley, Hardin county relief
director.
During February expenditures
were listed at s4,829.20 in relief
which was given to All cases. Total
administrative and non-administrat-
i've costs amounted to S1,226.83 while
in 81 cases medical care amounted
to S131.63.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03
1876 Work On S105,100
Project

One hundred and eighty-five Hard
in county WPA employees will start
work within 10 days on the Wyan-
dot-Hardin county line road improve
ment near Forest, WPA officials an
nounced.
The project has been set up for
1,490 man months and it is estimated
that widening, grading and surface
treating of the eight-mile-long i'm
provement will be completed some
time next November.
The Improvement is estimated to
cost $105,100 of which S73,800 will
be expended for labor and $31, 300
for materials and equipment.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03
District p. T. A. Meet
ing In Ottawa.

Members of the Parent Teacher
groups from about 90 counties in
northwestern Ohio will gather in OF
tawa April 18 for the annual con-
ference of the district Ohio PIT. A.
There will be morning session
beginning at $3.50 o'clock, luncheons
for departmental groups at noon, an
afternoon session, banquet and an
evening meeting.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03
S45,017 In Beet Benefits

Community meetings were held
thruout Putnam county Monday for
the distribution of S45,01701 worth
of checks to 585 farmers who par
ticipated in the sugar beet division
of the AAA program in 1910.
In announcing the meetings, Chair
man Arnold Schroeder of the county
AAA committee said that this is all
the sugar beet payments except a
few that were held up because of
minor adjustments that have to be
made. Those will be mailed to the
farmers as soon as they arrive.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03
Truck Driver COllapses
At Wheel

Hating his semi-trailer truck in
Lima at 3:35 a. m., Tuesday, a
South Bend, Ind, truck driver
slumped over the steering wheel un-
conscious, victim of carbon monox-
ide poisoning.
He was James F. Moore, who was
taken to Memorial hospital in a just
fair condition.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03
Selectee Commits
Suicide

Coroner Harry E. Lewis returned
a verdict of suicide in the death of
Russell E. Houser, 80, who was to
have been inducted into the army.
Houser's body was found in his auto
mobile at the rear of his Lima home.
Coroner Lewis said the victim had
attached a hose to the exhaust pipe
of the automobile running it into the
interior of the car.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03
Corresponds With
Lloyd George

A letter of coincidence to David
Lloyd George, famous English states
man on the death of his wife, writ
ten by a Lima woman, his fourth
cousin, has brought the local resident
a letter of thanks from the former
premier and request for informa-
tion about Jennie Altwen Bell, a
second cousin, who died several
weeks ago.
The Lima woman is Mrs. Edward
j. Kicker, who wrote a note of sym
pathy early in January after the
former premier's wife died.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03
All-COunty Music Fest
Planned

With approximately 700 children
taking part, a rehearsal of the all
county chorus was held Saturday,
March 80, in the auditorium gym
nasium at Ottawa in preparation for
the Putnam County Music Festival
to be held in Ottawa April 80.
In addition to the vocal group an
all-county orchestra will participate
in the musical event.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03
Tear Gas Chases Jewel
er From Store

A tear-gas bomb intended to bring
burglar to tears backfred on N. C.
Medlock, Findlay jeweler, Thursday
and chased him from his own store.
When an assistant opened the
store safe, he caused a gas shell in
side the strong box to burst. Meth
er the jeweler or his helper thought
the bomb a good one when it failed
to produce tears at once, but they
soon learned differently.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03
KentOn Cow Sets
Record

"Kenton Lady" a purebred Ayr
shire from the herd of ]. P. Siemon
and Son. produced 1866 pounds of
milk in January to lead all Ayrshire
milk cows in the nation. At the age
of four, Kenton Lady was milked on
300 days and produced IL, 539 pounds
of milk and 484 pounds of butterfat,
records kept by Mr.. Siemon revealed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03
PUTNAM COUNTY
Leipsic Seeks New
Industries

The New Industry association has
been organized in Leipsic by busi-
ness men with John Madsen, r. O.
Shipe, W. ID. Hickey, D. Z. Conn
and George Tawney as directors.
Their efforts will center on getting
new industries to locate in Leipsic
and on civic improvements.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03

toward the long-discussed remodeling
of the fourth floor of the courthouse
to relieve overcrowded conditions in
county offices.
The board employed John w. Bar
rick as superintendent of the West
wood and Lost Greek sewer districts
at a total salary of 800 per month,
and Mrs. Fac Moore, of Lima, as
clerk in the commissioners office at
$50 month.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03
Takes Panama Canal
Job

Donald E. Henry, North Baltimore
electrician, sailed Thursday on the 5.
S. Cristobal for Cristobal, Panama
Canal Zone, where he has received
federal government employment as
an electrician in a Gatun Dam pow
er plant in the Canal Zone.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03
80 Per Cent Gain In
Livestock Business

A gain of so per cent in the vol
ume of business for 1910 over that
for 1889, was announced this week
at meeting of the Putnam County
Livestock association.
A total of 52,16O head of stock
weighing 15,263,215 pounds was
handled last year as compared with
33,527 head weighing 8,449,425 for
the previous year, it was announced.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03
Tuberculin Testing In
Findlay Schools

A tuberculin patch test is sched-
uled to be given first graders in the
schools of Findlay and Hancock
county next week. The test will be
given only when consent of parents
is received, it was announced.
Last year 3,093 Findlay school
children were tested, with 201 posi-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03
Neighbors Help In
jured Farmer

Friends and neighbors of NAL
comb w. Ewing, Beaverdam farmer
who is piaient in Lima hospital,
helped in the removal of household
goods, grain, livestock, farm equip
ment, canned good and feed to his
new farm home last week.
Ewing, about three weeks ago,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03
in Chicago, were Columbus Grove,
Woodville and Spencerville.
Pandora Youth Is
Army Volunteer

Names of the nine selectees who
will fill the Putnam county quota for
induction next Thursday, April 8
were announced by the selective
service board.
Kenneth Lee Davidson of Pandora
is a volunteer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03
HANCOCK COUNTY
Oxygen Tent Donated
To Hospital

Findlay hospital last week was
presented bedside oxygen unit by
the Findlay Loyal Order of Moose.
The unit is a portable one with two
small cylinders of oxygen attached.
1t will be used to give a patient
oxygen, particularly as a preventive
to post-operative pneumonia.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03
Giant Egg Laid By Hen

Mrs. Merle Baker of east of Ar
lington, is displaying large hen
egg laid last week by hen at the
Baker farm. 1t measures 71s inches
in circumference one way and 8A
inches around the other way.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03
HARDIN COUNTY
Freak Lamb Has Six
Feet

A lamb with five legs and six feet
was born alive on the farm of Mr..
and Mrs. Oscar Robinson, of near
Kenton, Sunday. The lamb, appar-
emily normal in all other respects,
is expected to live.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03
Columbus Grove School
Accredited

Among the 81 high schools ac-
credited Friday by the North Cen
trail Association of Colleges and Sec
ondary Schools at its annual meeting
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03
County Commissioners
Hire Two

Two personnel changes-one tenn
porary-were announced Saturday by
the Allen county commissioners, who
at the same time took the first step
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

went to a neighboring farm to buy
stock. He was attacked by a bull
and suffered broken leg.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03
Crude Oil

The amount of crude oil available
IN this country is estimated for JAM
uary /, 1889, as 17,348, 10000 bar
rels, the highest in the history of the
country.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03

tive reactions and "a suspicious. In
the county, 3,054 were tested of
which 144 were positive and Al sus-
picious.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-03
Two Horses Burn
In Fire

Fire of undetermined origin de-
stroyed a barn, two horses and a
quantity of hay and grain at the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-15
Local Group
Will Combat
Fifth Column
Dozen Banded To-
gether Secretly to
Make n~vestigations of
Subversive Activities.
Ready To Respond
Upon Call.

\ "crc' band of twelve citizen:
headed by Fred B. Hight has been
formed to keep close watch on fjftg
column activities in this city ana
county. Mr.. Hight said today. adding
that he was the only one of Tho
group that would be known, but that
all Of them had pledged readiness 10
answer any call day or night.
Hight said Vance is the first counts
he knows of to form such an 0rgan,-
cation, and he planned to try to tom
similar groups in ncighbOr counties
and anywhere else he could. He said
all of the men in the group are above
As years of age, and all would report
SubversiVc activities TO him. and he
would contact FBI agents when
cases were of serious enough char
aCter.
The group will work at il, ovY
expense. and viii cooperate with law
enforcement officers Of the city and
county.
MY. Hight said the group had MT
been requested to act, but that The
movement vas voluntary, and not
statewide except as il expands in t9ot
direction from here. 1t VIII be CON
Stantly on the alert for actjVjtie,
aimcd at thc safety and VII being u
the country.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-15
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS
See Poge F'0u1

l.. Mjstlctoc is a parasitic growth
on what other plant?
2, What is the title Of the poem
beginning "'TWas the Night Before
Christmas'?
3 Snow has fallen in every state
Of the Union; true OF false?
4. What is a homonym for way?
5. Supply the missing word IN
this %proverb: "-WaS not built in
a day
g.. Burma belongs to China, or
Great Britain?
7. There are four common acids;
three of which are SulphuriC, hydro
cloric (murateiC) and acetic. Name
the other one.
g.. In the legend of Rip van VIM
kle, how many years did he sleep?
g. Besides being price admins
traitor, what other position in the
Federal government does Leon Hen
derson hold?
10. Iodine is. or is not found in
foods for human eonsunption?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-15
ANNIVERSARY
OF PASTOR OBSERVED

holy Temple church (coIorcd) will
celebrate her pastors sixth anniVer-
sarv here with a series of services
beginning tonight and going through
Sunday. December 2l, il was an
nouncod today.
Rev. Westbrook, assisted by the
choir and the congregation, Will con-
duct the service tonight at s p. m,
and TUESDAY night Rev. S. p. Cook
VIII have charge, with the choir and
congregation taking part. Rev. V. Z.
Brown, Of Oxford, will offlCiate
Wednesday, evening, with Thursday
lights service IN charge of Mt. Zion
church of Oxford. at which time the
sermon will be delivered by Rev. D
\. Willis, On Friday. Rev. James
Brown will be in charge, with the
choir and the congregation assist
ing. Sundays service, TO be held a
three o'clock, will be in charge O
Margaret Smith, of Durham.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-15
Nine Area Offices in
State to be CONSOLIDATE
ed into Six Areas;
Local Projects to be
Continued, Wa tiers
Says.

The Henderson area office of the
National Youth Administration VIII
toe abolished IN an economy move
which Viii consolidate the nine areas
now operated in the state into Sin
area offices. It was announced today
by Frank II. Waters, area director,
The charge is TO be effective as OF
january IS. 1912. Mr.. Waters said.
No local projects VIII be abandon
ed. other than the clerical project
here which "a cut off effective De-
Cembor 10. il was said. and the auto
mechanics training shop in Hender-
son Will continue to operate at Its
present capacity of 20 boys receiving
training in essential defense work OF
maintenance and repair of motor &c
hiClcS.
Ii is expected, Mr.. Waters said
that all personnel Of the present Area
II staff IN Henderson will have ar
opportunity to continue connections
with the NGA IN other area offices.
This IS possible, he said, because
vacancies occurring in recent months
have not been filled because Of an
ticjpatlon of the necessary consollda-
tons, and there = now in the nine
+ G offices about enough personnel
to staff completely the proposed SIN
arca offices"
Under the new setup in the state
Vance county VIII be in Area III,
which will have headquarters IN Ia
leigh. Counties to be included IN the
area are Vance. Person, Granville
Warrpn ORANGE Dunham Franklin
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-15
MONDAY, DECEMBER Is, l?4l
Nothing To 1t.

RumOrS spread here during the
weekend that German or ltaI-
ian subjects had been arrested
here while proving around the
citN's waterwOrks plant but were
denied p%Ointblank today by
Mayor Henry Powell. The mayor
said there was nothing to it.
One rumOr was that three
japanese had been taken into
custody. Another said it vas
three Germans. How the talk
started was just one of those
mysteries accompanying such ir-
responsible stories.
\ man and a woman were ar
rested Sunday on technical
charges by State highway police.
and we're questioned, and then
held for further disposition. One
or two other Investigations have
been under way. but no other
Arrests, so far As could be learn
ed.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-15
Local NYA Area Office
10 Be Closed January IS
TO Start
Christmas Hours
Thursday Night

Henderson stores Will remain
open until 9 O'Clock beginning
thursday and continuing thro-
ueh Christmas Eve, 1t was an
nounced tnday by Smith IL.
loung. secretary OF the Cham
Der of Commerce. III accordance
with recommendations OF the
mercantile affairs committee of
the chamber.
All stores in the city are cN-
pect"a to cooperate III ohstr-
vance of the closing hours Tor
the Christmas season, and
opening hours III the mornings
Will not be changed.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-15
Shoppers Buy In
City and \lailings
Are Already Begun

Christmas shoppers 5cgan their
rounds in earnest today, and were
making the rounds o, local stores
early, picking up articles for gifts,
The weather was ideai for shoppers
and they took no chances on a turn
for untaVorable conditions later.
At the post office an unusually
early mailing rush was in evidence,
Postal authorities took this to mean
possibly an unprecedented volume
fOr the Christmas season.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-15
AWARDED JUDGMENT.

In a civil action today IN county
court with Recorder PROTEIN c. ?.
Lowry, 81. presiding, r. f. Gle
mcnts was awarded a judgment of
$3293& with six per cent interest
from November 5, 1888 from r. {.
Lark.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-15
Rotary to tle

The weekly meeting o. the Hr'4rr
club VIZ? he held Tue day e'en'HE
at $50 o'clock al tie Ndncs Ho'el.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-11-29
Help Wanted

MALE
WANTED: Man for general work on farm.
Steady Job all winter. H. B. French, Baker,
Mont.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-11-29
HELENA SCHOOL
OF AERONAUTICS
Is BUSY PLACE
MEN BEING GRABBED AT END OF
MERE 3-WEEKS TRAINING
FOR DEFENSE JOBS

Three weeks or three months, it
makes very little difference. It's a
miracle anyway, for men are being
grabbed at the end OF that much train
ing for jobs somewhere in the defense
program The sheet metal department
of the Helena Aeronautic and Related
Trades school win tell you that the
miracle of three" lies somewhere else
They say it is: Absolute accuracy, use
of hands to know the feel of metal
and eye for balance in putting metal
sheets together for a perfect fit.
But wherever one goes in that busy
hive of learning some miracle Of three
Is now going on Green boys from the
farm, the corner grocery, the filling
station are in Helena to acquire sl1ills
that win so soon land them q Job in
one Of the defense industries Not all
boys, of course, for there is goodly
Sprinkling of gray heads among the
traineeS. The Helena school has a ca
pacity of between 500 and 600 students,
according to the courses that are cur
rently elected At the moment Of writ
ing there are fewer than 400 enrolled,
for the week before 100 were referred
to jobs on the Pacific coast.
How long will training last? Nobody
really knows. A complete course should
last at least half a school year, but
employers are taking men with as little
as 90 hours training That Is only
three weeks. An average, perhaps,
would be $50 hours, or IL weeks.
2I-Hour School
What are the school hours? You
may be surprised: a. m. to a. m.
1t would take only one more shift Of
three hours to make it a "A hour
day school However, william Pop)
Fahrner, the boss of the school, OBJ
jects to that. Twenty-one hours day
are enough for anybody" he says.
zone of these days I'll be coming up
short of sleep"
Yes, Pop" or Bill is there most Of
the time personally. And not any Of
the 20 instructors under his super
vision would admit how many hours
Of overtime he also is chipping to this
jackpot. ANY observer could note that
1t Is plenty. After all, there is q job
to be done, and the American way
Is to go ahead and do 1t.
AS far as time goes, it's the student
who gets off easy. Six hours day
Of shop work and classroom study, but
not outside assignments. However, that
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-11-29
Walker Recommends
Sale of State Land

Sale of Montana's $500 900 saleable
acres of school and other state lands
as soon as prices can be obtained that
win, when reinvested in bonds, pro-
duce a fair return to the state, was
advocated as q state department Of
lands and investments policy by Com
missioner J. W. Walker.
Basis Of the assertion Of policy was
his statement that such sales, which
have been the subject of controversy
for years among commissioners OF
state lands, would stabilize state reve-
nues and eliminate almost entirely the
large returns in prosperous years and
poor returns la drouth years which
prevail under the present lease and
sale system.
He also said that such system
would return the lands to the tax rolls
and produce added tax revenue for
state. county and school districts. AS
another general policy he said he adj
vocates complete protection Of school
funds consistent with fair treatment
of the states biggest land customers,
rancherS and farmers.