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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-05
ShO1'f Story
The Law Of Opposites

Smiled him out of twice $3.50 be-
cause, like most roughnecks
Harry was sucker for helpless,
ness and charm in women. But
she wasn't.
She was Chloe, all five fee
eight of her. Harry recognized
an Amazon when he saw one anC
talked TO her as one man to an
Iother.
HE GETS ROUGH
He told her that Adelaide.
Lucille's was a gyp Joint and il
she was Adelaide Lucille herself
she was a crook. That would
have been bad enough but he used
ledjectiveS that he had picked up
around the oil fields and they
hadn't been brushed off
you will get out of here i'm
mediately, Mr.. Singleton" Chloe
told him Sternly, land we will
bring suit Immediately. II
won't look very nice to bring
out the fact that the great
Harry Singleton Is either unable
or unwilling to meet his wife's
legitimate bills"
Harry tried TO apologize for the
but it was no soap. He
went out of there quite a bit
scared. He saw the point Chloe
had made. II wouldn't look nice
for a sport like him, who would
bet $4,000 on the turn of a card,
to WEIGH on a little item like $3.50.
He told Arthur TO make out a
check for the full amount and
started dictate a letter Of
apology. Arthur took the letter
and then he ventured.
"But YOU know you've been
swindled. Why do you stand
for it,"
And then Mr.. Singleton nd
mitted he was afraid of the woman
in the store.
"She's as big as the Wool
worth Building" he said, land
twice as tough"
"Tll see her IL YOU like"
Arthur offered.
When Mr.. Singleton got through
laughing. he said:
20. X. You cut that bill
500 and I'll give you $1,000 for
your trouble. The story will he
worth II. But YOU won't She'll
make mincemeat out of little
fellow like YOU"
Arthur didn't say anything. He
took the dress TO a friend of his.
an Abe Schwartz. who was in the
women'S cloak and suit business
and asked hun what il was really
worth. Abe looked at it, felt il
and pronounced.
IF YOU paid more than SIPS,
you've been taken"
Arthur went straight 10 AIDE
laide-Lucille's and met Chloe. He
couldn't talk. at first because he
had fallen IN love at first sight
But he got his bearings when she
smiled Al him. He asked.
Are you Adelaide-LucilIe ."
NO" she told him, I'm the
manager"
Got an interest In the frm?"
only my salary"
Then Arthur went into his
routine. He explained VII q he
was acting for. He had had the
dress appraised by an expert who
would testify in court that Mrs.
CtrrI1t,, l,aI l.,.r ot-nrrh arcoI
$3.50.
SO even n Adelaide-Lucille won
The case they would be exposed
As gyppers and they'd have 10
fold up.
His ultlmstum should have
scared her but II didn't, because
she only heard half Of IL. All her
life she had wanted something
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-05

saying that he kept him on as a
shadow.
m the outymaU," he'd bel
low, "who can cast a shadow
on dark day. Meet II. My
friend, this is Mr.. Arthur POro-
train, my secretary"
But Mr.. Singleton was not {
tycoon for nothing. He, knew
Arthur's capabilities. He knew
that Arthur could take dictatior
faster than Mr.. Singleton could
give it. even when Mr.. Singleton
was sober.
He would take Mr.. Singleton S
incoherent dictation when Mr..
was drunk and the letter
would come out a clear exposition
of whatever Mr.. Singleton was
trying 10 think. He knew 10 the
last pint the barrel capacity of the
various wells that gushed out mill
lions Of dollars for Mr.. Singleton
and his associates in the fields Of
Texas and California. ----------
Evening star., 1941-06-12
Eve Curie Broadcasts
Plea 10 u. 5. 10 Buy
Defense Securities
Her Memories of Frances
Defeat Because of Lack
. Of Weapons Feature Talk

Mile. Eve Curie, daughter of the
discoverers of radium, appealed yes
terday for all Americans to buy Ma
tional Defense savings bonds and
stamps to fulfill the noble mission
OF the clvlllans-to protect the men
who are willing to sacrifice their
lives"
Speaking over a Nation wide net
work of the Columbia Broadcasting
System, she made her talk impress
stve by her memories of the defeat
OF the French Army year ago.
'"1n defense program" Mile.
Curie said, money is the weapon
with which weapons are made The
more money, the more planes, the
more tanks, the more Ships-the
more chances to save America.
10-Cent Stamp Buys S Bullets.
with 10-cent savings stamp
you can buy five cartridges for an
American soldier. With a SIS stamp,
you can At one American soldier
with steel helmet.
with millions of stamps and mil
lions of bonds purchased by Amer
lean citizens, the Federal Govern
ment can put into production
enough planes, enough battleships
and tanks to make America in
vincible"
Mile. Curie recalled the sad con-
sequences to France of a lack of
proper weapons.
of ~i~o
said, when the Germans had al
ready broken through our lines,
made a trip behind the front, In
the army zone.
French Pilots Didn't Complain.
Il saw young French pilots flying
In slow, old-fashioned planes, into
a sky jammed with innumerable
Messerschmitts These young men
did not complain in my presence by
a single word, and pretended to be
gay
yet they knew that whatever
courage and skill they displayed,
they did not have one fair chance
against the enemy. Each time they
took off they were doing so in a
machine so or 10 miles an hour
slower than the German machines.
I'm the French mechanical units
that 1 visited it was the same story:
Lack OF modern equipment"
Sees U. S. as Worlds Savior.
Mile. Curie said a defense pro-
gram enables democracy to give
friends and allies an efficient and
daring help" Moreover, she added,
defense is the condition of victory
II country as to fight
She said she had invested in say
tngs bonds and related that when
she made the purchase, she said to
herself:
Oppression. injustice and fear
cannot and will not last forever.
I believe in the future. America
will save my country. She will save
the world and save herself"
Evening star., 1941-06-12
Burburu Bennett Reveals
Marriage to Randall
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, June 12.-Bar-
bara Bennett and Addison (JackD
Randall, film cowboy, told friends
yesterday they were married in
Ensenada, Lower California, Last
Saturday.
Miss Bennett was divorced from
Morton Downey last week. Mr..
Downey won custody of their five
children.
Mr.. Randall still is hobbling
about on crutches. He broke a leg
in a motion picture stunt several
weeks ago
Evening star., 1941-06-12
Pigeons Beor News
Of Protection Law
by the Associated Press.

JEFFERSON CITY, Md.-Upon
enactment of law protecting hon..
ing pigeons from marksmen, three
dozen Of the birds were released here
bearing news the Governor had
signed the bill. Back came this tele-
gram a short time later from Cleve-
land:
Two pigeons landed here. Please
send the potatoes for stew"
Evening star., 1941-06-12
| Londoners Lose Many Masks

More than 400 gas masks are still
being left in London's subways, troll
ley cars and busses every week, ac-
cording to an official of the Baker
street lost property Office. He states
that year ago lost masks totaled
l 1,400 a week.
Evening star., 1941-06-12

Stamped and addressed
mailing bag for expert
developing and printing
included Free with every
film roll. &c brings you
eight enlarged prints.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-23
NeIU Scout Troop
Holds First Meeting

Organization meeting of the new
Boy Scout troop was held at the
American Legion hall Thursday
night with Is boys present. Activi-
ties centered largely around the mat
ter of getting the tenderfoot tests
under way.
Official charter and troop number
will be granted as soon as the tend
erfoot tests are passed, it was stat
ed by Woodrow Little, scoutmaster
of the new troop.
Members of the new troop are as
follows: Harold Core, Roderick Non
namaker, Dick Rockey, Leil Schmidt,
Keith Kirkland, Harry Burkholder,
David Stearns, John Bracy, Carl
and David Frick, Francis Kohl
Elmer Stonehill, Robert Coon and
Calvin Dudgeon.
The troop committee is as follows
Chairman, Ralph Stearns; Sec'y.-
Treas, Arthur Nonnamaker; Person.
mel, Ralph Badertscher; Program
and Activities, Clair Fett; Educa
tion and Training, Wilbur Howe
Health, Mr.. Ferguson. Eugene
Benroth is assistant scoutmaster.
Another meeting will be held thi.
Friday night at the Legion hall al
7:30 o'clock at which time the boy:
will work on their tenderfoot tests
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-23
~ Enter In Prince
Of Peace Contest

Forty-seven young people have en-
tered the annual Prince of Peace
defamation contest to be held by
churches in Bluffton and vicinity
during November.
The contest is sponsored by the
Ohio Council of Churches. Entrans
include the following:
ethodist-Robert Cooney, Jean
Ann Steinman, Hildegard Eversole,
Glenna Swick, Dorothy Anderson,
Margaret Schumacher.
observation-disclosures Ann Blome,
Barbara Triplett, James Fett, Bev-
erly Biery.
Wilma Steiner, Alice
Oyer.
St. Marys Catholic-Ruth Hank
ish.
First Mennonite-Rosann Hilty,
Marjorie Niswander, Virginia Geig-
er, John Schmidt, Denard Loganbill
Raymond Schumacher, Roger Howe,
Russell Gratz.
Church of Christ-Roberta and
Eileen Wenger, Marcene Stonehill,
Mary ane Worthington, Harold
Grouse, Earl Dean Luginbuhl, Freda
Fritchie, Herbert Conrad.
st. Johns Reformed-Doris Duni-
fon, Mary Ellen Luginbuhl, Alice
Santschi, Miriam Schaublin, Lyle
Niswander, James Gratz.
Lutheran-Florence Ann Hofer.
Ebenezer Mennonite-Eloise Som
mers, Rebecca Hofstetter, Eileen
Moser, James Steiner, Richard Gratz
Leroy Dugibill.
Beaverdam Methodist - Darlene
Truax.
Pandora-Ralph Althaus.
Pleasant Hill-Dorothy Jennings
St. John Mennonite-James Reich
enbach.
Reformed Mennonite - Ellen Ba-
singer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-23
Paper And National Defense

We all asked many times dag pchat has
shortage in paper. The fooacing quoted from
speech By Bob Zegler Assistant Secretary of
National Paper Trade Association represents
the paper industry IN the O. p N. IN Washington:
tTEEL plants Paper for the purpose of interviewing
~ armor plate and cold rolled of
10000 5000 carloads) year. One point of
barkation troop movements required within very
period 100000 pounds of waterprood Kraft
Paper shipped Immediately for the purpose wrapping
supplies might be interesting to also give at this time
pertinent figures with regard Paper requirements
Defense Program which believe will give you
idea the colossal size of this program. Let
you certain of these requirements follows
Today the requirement has been for $500 Tor 375
arloads) mmeograph paper $500 125 caroads
typewriter paper 100000 rolls of Toilet Paper for
Army camp; 50O00000 file oder 350000 sheets carbon
paper 100000 paper milk bottles per day Cat present
tme) to each camp 30000000 Defense Stamp albums;
pounds of Super Book Paper 100000 pounds
Paper for soldiers hand books This
stacked would be sixteen times high
Washington Monuments 100000 sheets Paper
caroad Target Paper; $4,000 pounds of
for each cruiser manufactured of which GA
being bult 900 per monthly
taners 125000000 envelopes will be required this year by
Government 1t interesting that requires
10000 pounds Tor caroad of blue print paper
batteship constructed.
These figures enormous they may see give you some
the demand being upon Paper
industry National Defense Program mind
however, that this is only portion of the Paper
greater Paper required for the program going
direct under the National Defense Program
fact estimated that it required 100000
Paper $5OOOOOOOOO Defense appropriation On
Defense figures you
readily 126O0000 may be directly by
the Defense Program
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-23
BIvffton High School Notes

Eddythe Cupp, w. A. Howe, P. w.
Stauffer, Sidney Stettler, w. o.
Geiger, Elizabeth Higley, Sidney
Hauenstein and Harriette Criblez.
A pep meeting will be held Thurs
day morning in anticipation of the
football game with st. Marys Thurs
day night. The meeting will be in
charge of Mary Jane Worthington,
Doris Dunifon and Elmer Stonehill
cheerleaders.
A cabinet meeting will be held
by the Girl Reserves organization
Wednesday night at 1880 o'clock
Members of the cabinet are: Carol
Bame, Doris Dunifon, Ruth Hankish
and Mary Ellen Luginbuhl.
Students with low grades will not
be permitted to read magazines dur.
ing study periods. Magazines should
be read only after the lessons are
well prepared, it was announced this
week by the office.
Preliminary work to set up ar
airplane model builders club is under
way. Walter Stannus is in charge
of arrangements.
Richard Gratz, president of the
F. F. A. club, won 4th place in the
Allen county corn husking contest
held at the Vandemark farm near
Conner Saturday. Richard was Sc
verely handicapped when two blisters
developed on his hand causing con
siderable pain.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-23
s~ 49,.

Rejecting the increasing activity
of merchant shining between the
Trr;+ad States and the allies, hund-
-. - Rri+;sh and Norwegian sail
orS can he seen swarminv the streets
= p.t-;-,,~a NJ according to a
1s...- ~s..ziv4.i +his week from Ebert
K,hff se- ~ NJ Eva Kohl of
w.. pr-~ street VINO i employed
= -a.- rs-~ - an electrician for
r., 1-,a---s- District Telephone Co.
v7,s s.r.--S ara very kindly lot
- ,., ,-.--r -e,ss +.~ -ha onnoruan-
s-r - 4.s wz-h Americans. Kohl
- 57-s ~ 49, sa71s~s described a
-, ,--.ts ~ rs shin IN which
- - ~. s4s---,s-as ,-ara killed The
a.. u-ss z- 3 convoy and the attack
-, --,.zs sr,s- aF-s~ he yroun left
r--s.s
NJ ,s .pa sb;ns in the Baltimore
%.-a,5~ sra he;ng loaded with war
80 sor England although some OF
shavo are being renaired in the ex.
-.,s;,.a chin ward facilities at that
,1a.a Alec n ba saen on the streets
nf Ral+iroora are hundreds of Cana.
a;o, soldiars
Kohl; described mock airnlane hat.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-23
Hold Trap Shoot
At Gaife's GrOUe

First prize in the weekly trap
shoot sponsored by the Bluffton Com
munity Sportsmen's club at Gaiffe's
Grove Sunday afternoon was won by
Lloyd Hardwick who killed total
of 40 birds.
Second place was won by Swan
Stonehill who killed 45 clay birds.
Cash prizes were given to first and
second winners. Best score of the
afternoon was shot by Gilbert Fett
who killed 81 out of 40 birds. Lloyd
Hardwick was second high with 40
out of So birds killed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-23
Baltimore, Maryland, Teeming With
British Sailors, Blufft0n Boy Writes

boys Just out of high school are
working in the many factories in
Baltimore.
With the large influx of workers
the cost of living has advanced con-
siderably. Rents have sky-rocketed
to new high marks and restaurant
meals are very expensive. An aver
age meal can not be obtained for
much less than a dollar, Kohl stat
ed.
The city of Baltimore is also an
educational center with many tech
nical schools, business colleges and
two famous universities-Johns Hap
kins and the University of Mary.
land. The main activity, however, il
defense industry and the plants arr
generally working "a hours per day
Kohl stated.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-23
Mennonite Missionaries In China Not
In Danger Despite Mounting Tension

Although tension is mounting in
the Far East following the rapid
deterioration of Japanese-American
relationships, the Mennonite General
Conference missionaries are very
likely in no danger, it was stated by
S. F. Pannabecker, former mission
ary in Kai Chow China, now living
on South Lawn avenue.
Stricter supervision of the move
ments of foreigners is a likely con-
sequence of mounting tension but as
yet there need be no concern for the
physical welfare Of the missionaries
who have elected to stay in the
Chinese mission fields, it was stated
by Pannabecker.
General conference missionaries
still in China are: Mr.. and Mrs. H
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-23
Scouts To Usher At
State Game SATURDAY.

Members of the Boy Scout Troop
No. Sc will usher at the Ohio State
Northwestern football game to be
played at Columbus Saturday, it was
announced the first of the week by
Karl Gable Scoutmaster.
The boys will be at the stadium at
11:30 o'clock where they will be Civ
en- an inspection and instructions will
be given upon entering the stadium,
Scouts attending will be: Bill Am
stutz, Donivan Augsburger, Gordon
Bixel, Bill Mericle, Maurice Kohl
Chas. Tripplehorn, Robert Stratton
Dean Niswander, Harry Minck, Otto
Klassen, Richard and Robert Oberly
Raymond Schumacher, Evan Herr
and Scoutmaster Gable.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-23
'Twas This My
By LYLE SPENCER
9 Western Newspaper Union
Moving Pictures

CAN you remember back 10 the
~ time when every movie villain
wore black, handle-bar mustache
and silk opera hat? Those were
the days when the cinema was in
its infancy, when a movie theater
was called nickelodeon, and nice
people did not discuss movies in
public.
The first public showing of mo-
ton picture on screen was in 1895.
During the early years, the stand
ard picture length was about 1000
feet and took ten minutes to show,
because exhibitors thought that was
all the audiences could stand. When
D. w. Griffith put out the first two
reeler, they wanted to run it in two
parts, like a serial.
The first film with a real plot.
made in 1903, was THE Great Train
Robbery, a blood and thunder
thriller. Acting technique was a far
cry from what we are accustomed
to today. There were no close-ups,
until Griffith introduced them to
show emotional reactions on the
faces of the actors.
Actors in the legitimate theater
looked down upon the lowly movie
stars, and refused to accept movie
contracts while they could get parts
in the smallest stock company. But
times change, and the introduction
of talking pictures about 1926 killed
most of what was left of the old
theater. Inventors say that the three
dimension movie is the next step.
When that comes, it will probably
make the talkie appear as old-fash-
Toned as the silent picture seems
to us now.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-23
College Alumni To
Lunch In Toledo

All former students and friends of
Bluffton College are invited to attend
a luncheon at Toledo at 12:45 P. NJ
on Friday, Oct. "a, at Zimmerman
Grill, one block South and one block
West of the Paramount Theatre. A
faculty representative of the College
will bring greetings to the group
and make a few informal remarks.
The price per plate will be 65 cents
plus tax. Requests for reservations
should be made with Donald Wenger,
Woodville, Ohio, by Thursday noon,
October %.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-23

Following recommendation by
the state supervisor of secondary
education a change in the length of
class periods will be made, effective
next week. The new schedule will
be as follows: 1st period, 8:25-9:10;
End period, 9:10-10:10; 3rd period,
1O:10-11:10; 4th period, 11:10-12:00;
5th period, 1:00-1:55; 9th period,
1:55-2:55; 7th period, 2:55-3:45.
Students are looking forward to a
long weekend when school will be
dismissed on Friday in order to per-
nit the teachers to attend the
Northwestern Ohio Teachers meet
ing at Toledo.
Sound motion pictures presenting
scenes and music from Gilbert and
Sullivan operettas were presented to
the students at an assembly meeting
Tuesday afternoon.
A hay ride will be enjoyed by the
combined organizations of the Flu
ture Farmers of America and the
Home Economics clubs Wednesday
night at $50 o'clock. Arrangements
are in charge of Richard Gratz and
Ellen Basinger.
A meeting of the Bluffton college
student teachers and high school
critic teachers was held Monday
after school. Plans for student
teaching were discussed. Supervis-
ing teachers A. j. B. Longsdorf
Gerhard Buhler, Orden Smucker
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-23
AIS Men Furnished To Army
By Allen County's Draft Boards

1772; Board No. 2, 1889; Board No.
3, 1478.
Of the 9,o95 men registered with
the three county boards, 1882 are
over % years of age. Under exist
ing regulations, men of this age will
not be called, or if now in service
will be honorably discharged. In
Board No. l, 1882 of its 3002 regis
trants are over %; in Board No. 2
1900 of 2S76 are over %; and Board
No. 3 has 1900 of 3157 over age.
Records show a total of 101 men
have volunteered in the draft so far
81 in Board No. L; Al in Board No
2. and 26 in Board No. 3.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-23
Bluffton Man Second In Allen
County Corn Husking Contest

Last years shock and standing
corn husking champions retained
their titles last Saturday as Harold
Dunlap, of Columbus Grove, and
Donald Searfoss, of Harrod, were
adjudged winner of this years con-
test on the j. G. Vandemark and
Son farm near Conner.
Gid Garmatter, Bluffton Route 2,
was close second, however, in the
shock corn contest.
Altho rain drizzled intermittently
during the morning and afternoon,
more than 1000 persons gathered at
the Vandemark farm for the husk-
ing events.
Searfoss husked 2,484 pounds or
36 bushels and 36 pounds of corn
in the 80-minute standing corn con-
test. This was slightly better than
the previous Allen county record
Searfoss established last year.
Second place in the contest was
captured by Ralph Jarvis, of Spen.
cerville, who husked 2,400.5 pounds
and third prize winner was George
Greenaway, of Columbus Grove, with
2,378.5 pounds. Both are former
county champions.
To capture first place honors ir
the shock corn event, Harold Dun
lap husked 1882 pounds or 26 bu
shells and 81 pounds in the 80 min
ute period.
Second honors went to Gid Gar
motter, Bluffton Route 2, whc
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-23

]. Brown, and Miss Wilhelmenia
Kuyf of Tanning, Hopei province;
Miss Elizabeth Goerts and Miss Ma
RE ]. Regier of Kai Chow. Miss
Kuyf is a former Bluffton college
student.
All missionaries of the General
Conference were ordered home by
the board. After the missionaries
there talked the matter over it was
decided that those with no depend
ents should stay to represent the
interests of the church in the mis-
sion field.
Pannabecker together with his bro
ther DR.. Lloyd Pannabecker and
August Ewart of Freeman, S. D.,
responded to the summons of the
board and arrived in the United
| States the fore part of October.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-23
BIuAton College Notes

faculty to receive the honor of ap-
pearing in the 1942-1943 list of
who's Who" among students in
American universities and colleges.
Margaret Berky, Evelyn Hilty, Lu-
cile Tschantz, Alvin Beachy, and
Richard Weaver were those selected.
Their choice was made upon quail
tiles of character, leadership, schol-
arship, and potentialities.
Bluffton college will be host to a
Northwestern Ohio Home Economics
Conference all day Friday, October
"a. According to Miss Edna RAM
seyer, professor of home economics
at Bluffton, approximately sixty dele
gates from colleges all over this
area are expected to attend
Bluffton college observed its an
nual homecoming and Parents day
festivities Friday and Saturday.
Miss Evelyn Hilty, senior from Pan
dora, was crowned queen of the day
Saturday morning, and reigned over
the football game that afternoon,
with the Bluffton Beavers playing
against Otterbein. The final score
was Bluffton 0, Otterbein II.
|
A capacity crowd attended Yes
pers in the college Chapel Sunday
afternoon. DR.. Maurice Troyer of
| Washington, d. c., alumnus of Bluff
ton, class 1923, was the afternoon
speaker. Music was furnished by
| the Vesper choir.
Parents and friends attended a
reception in Musselman library after
the Vesper service, and visited the
mems and women's dormitories
which held open house for the oc.
casion.