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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01

WANT-ADS


Wanted-To buy second hand
baby buggy. Mrs. VIM. Badertscher.
Wanted-Girl or woman for gen.
eral housework; must stay nights.
Post Office Sd. Mt. Cory. Phone So.
For sale-Property in Mt. Cory
recently remodeled. A. d. Gratz,
City hall.
For sale-Forty acre farm with
immediate possession. Price $2750.
H. w. Althaus.
Lost-Rod and reel at gate of old
Devier quarry. Notify C. E. Grein-
er, Bluffton phone 562-R. Reward.
Found-Purse containing money.
Owner may claim by identifying and
paying for advertisement. Inquire
News office.
For sale--Piano, cheap. Mrs.
Frank Weinhold, back of Hi-Speed
filling station.
Lost-Steel telescope fishing rod
and reel on road west end Buckeye
quarry, Sunday. Reward. Sam
Hauenstein, 234 N. Lawn Ave.
For sale-Oliver IA inch riding
plow; also team horses and harness.
Raymond Moser, Bluffton phone.
| For sale-Illinois soy beans. In
quire Harry Mericle, u mile south
on Dixie.
For sale-Genuine black locust
fence posts. Bluffton Tire Shop, op-
posite town hall. Elmer Burkholder,
/ Prop.
For sale-Eastman by auto
focus enlarger. V. F. Foltz, Beaver
dam.
For sale-Manchu soy beans for
seed. Albert Kohler, Bluffton phone.
For sale-6 room house. Mrs.
Maud Coon, IT'S South Mound street.
For sale-Good spring tooth harrow.
Cal Luginbuhl, Bluffton phone. If
For sale-Cabbage and tomato
plants. A. S. McCune, 160 Geiger
| st.
For rent-Room, single or double.
Near Triplett plant. 315 S. Main
st.
For sale-Condon Bros. garden
seeds in bulk; cabbage and tomato
| plants; also fertilizer for garden
and field. Echo Feed store, 121 S.
| Main st.
Wanted-School girl to care for
children Wednesday and Saturday
nights. Inquire News office.
Bids will be received for the sale
of one hundred and ninetyfour (194)
shares capital common stock of the
Bluffton Manufacturing company,
either in whole or portions thereof
of not less than fifty (50) shares.
Edith L. Mann, Admx. of the estate
of Emma Lugibihl, deceased, Bluffton,
Ohio. If
/ Wanted-Movie operators and man.
ayers. Bluffton district movie cir
cult work 522 State Theatre Bldg,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Wanted - Wool. Highest prices
paid. Russell Amstutz, Bluffton tel
ephone 479-W. 1
For sale-5 used 600 by Is by 25
tires and wheels; also used automo-
bile parts. Lester Young. l
| For sale-Potatoes. Clarence Stein
er. Bluffton phone. Il
For sale-Modern house 364 Cherry
st. Richard Bixel, Adm. tt
For. sale-Yellow resistant cabbage
plants; also head lettuce plants
Allen Beeshy, Riley st.
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SOCIETIES
and CLUBS
Complimentary Dinner

Complimentary Dinner
Complimenting Mrs. Harley Luigi
bihl, dinner party was given al
the home of Mrs. Waldo Diller Fri.
day night.
Present were: Mrs. M. ID. Soash
Mrs. Evan Basinger, Mrs. Dan Trip.
plehorn, Mrs. Meta Dean, Mrs
Lysle Baumgartner, Mrs. r. L
Triplett, Mrs. Sidney Hauenstein
Mrs. Armin Hauenstein, Mrs. Albert
Baumgartner, Mrs. NJ. NJ. Kibler
Mrs. Edith Mann, Mrs. John Fett.
Mrs. Cleon Triplett, Mrs. Clair
Fett, Mrs. Ross Bogart, Mrs. c. A
Biery, Mrs. Ora Wetherill, Mrs. E
S. Hauenstein, Mrs. Sherwood Diller
Miss Zanna Staater, Misses Elma
and Hulda Schifferly, Misses Ma
tilda and Susan Basinger of Pan
dora, Mrs. Bessie T. Dennison OF
Findlay and the honored guest Mrs
Lugibihl
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01
High School Tennis
Team, Loses To Lima


Bluffton High netters showed
promising early-season form in a
tennis match lost to Lima Central at
Lima, last Friday, by 3 to 2 mar
gin. 1t was the first match of the
season for the local racquet swingers.
Results were as follows: Howe OBJ
defeated Waltemath, 4-6, 6-3, Ga;
Creviston defeated Berky (B) GA,
Ga; Bergdoll defeated Fisher (B)
6-2, 6-1.
In doubles Waltemath and Vrevis-
ton defeated Howe and Fisher SO
Ga; and Clark and Beidler of Bluff.
ton topped Bergdoll and Harrod, SO
GA, 6-3.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01
FORMER RESIDENT DIES

Word has been received here of
the death of George Griswack, SS,
of Bradner, former resident of this
place, following a heart attack. He
is survived by his wife and a son,
Grover, of Bradner and daughter
Mrs. Mae RAIDER of Mt. Cory.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01

Miss Maxine Amstutz of Lima
spent the week end at her home here.
Regular meeting of Bluffton
Eastern Star chapter, Friday night.
Kathryn Steinman, worthy matron.
Mrs. Ralph Stearns, Mrs. Lysle
Baumgartner and Mrs. Ross Bogart
spent Tuesday in Toledo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Sager of
Toledo were dinner guests at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. STRAIT
ton and family Saturday night.
Our foundation garments will be
shown at our style show Tuesday
evening at p. m. The Lape Co.
Rev. and Mrs. j. J. Esau of this
place are spending several weeks in
Kansas, visiting at Newton and other
points in that state
Strong transplanted vegetable
plants of all kinds at the Grove
Street Greenhouses.
Mr.. and Mrs Dewey Augsburger
of Lima spent Sunday at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Augsburger
of Lawn avenue.
Mrs. Josephine Carnahan left Fri
day for Los Angeles to visit her son,
c G.. Clymer, resident of that city.
Mrs. Frank Todd and daughter
Marjean spent the week end in
Cleveland at the home of her daugh-
ter Mrs. H. H. Huttenlocher.
H. E. Beidler Of Coyne Electrical
school, Chicago, spent the week end
with his family here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Kennedy and
daughters of Lima visited Sunday at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. B. F.
Biery.
Tested garden seeds in bulk, cab
bage and tomato plants; also garden
fertilizer. Echo Feed store, 121 S.
Main st.
Edgar Thompson of Toledo visited
at the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Thompson of Spring
street Sunday.
We are showing portion of our
readyto-wear on living models Tues
day evening at s p. m. at the Lape
Co.
DR.. and Mrs. Leo Burcky of
Galva, Ill.,, visited here over the
week at the home of his brother
Coach A. C. Burcky and family OF
Grove street. DR.. Burcky, dentist
at Galva, formerly attended Blufftor
college.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gideon Steiner anc
daughters Verena and Neural left
early Tuesday for Kitchener, On.
tario, to attend the funeral of Jos
Wilhelm, SO, father of Mrs. Steiner
The services were held Wednesday
and the Steiner family expect tt
return home on Thursday. ---.--
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Addresses of
Men In Service

Corp. Carlton Wilson
33rd Bomb. Sqdn.
Langley Field, Va.
Hugh Eaton
47th Signal Co.
Ft. Knox, Ky.
Pvt. Robert ID. Dillman
Btry B, 9th c. A. Ing. Bn.
Fort Eustis, Va
News Want-Ads Bring Results.
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Entered as second class matter at
the postoffice at Bluffton, Ohio,
under the Act of March 8, 1879.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01

Subscription rates: $500 per year
in u. S. payable in advance.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01

Benefit Card Party
A benefit card party will be spon-
sored by the Altar and Rosary So
ciety of the st. Mary's Catholic
church to be held in the Parish hall
next Thursday night at 500 o'clock.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01

Alpha Gamma Postponed
Meeting of the Alpha Gamma
club has been postponed indefinitely,
according to Mrs. Don Patterson,
president of the organization. Mem
bers will watch this column for
further announcements.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01

Christian Service Society
The Women's Society of Christian
Service of the Methodist church will
meet at the home of Mrs. Wilson
Hawk and Mrs. Hiram Huser Thurs
day night at 500 o'clock. Assist
ing hostesses will be Mrs. Eli Hart
man, Mrs. Zella Hixon and Mrs
Wayne Harris.
Devotions will be led by Mrs
Ross Gotshall. Reports of the dis.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01

Published weekly at Bluffton, Ohio,
by the Bluffton News Publishing and
Printing Co.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01

News Want-Ads Bring Results.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01
Richland Circle
Gertrude Hoy Circle

Gertrude Hoy Circle
The Gertrude Hoy Missionary
Circle will hold a mother-daughter
meeting at the Reformed church
Monday night, May IL. Mother
is the theme of the program to be
in charge of Mrs. Arden Baker.
Hostesses for the evening will be
Florence Bame, Mabel Minck, Har-
riet Lugibihl and Bernice Riser.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01

Century Circle
The Century Circle met at the
home of Mrs. Nj. ID. Soash Wednes-
day afternoon. Miss Ocie Anderson
was assistant hostess. The follow
ing program was presented: Natures
Own Garden, Mrs. Noah Basinger;
Canada, Americas Problem, Mrs.
Clyde Warren.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01

trict rally at Spencerville will be
made at the meeting TO be in charge
of Mrs. L. f. Baumgartner.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01

Orange Township Women's Club
The Farm Women's club of
Orange township will meet at the
home of Mrs. Edith Swank, Thurs
day afternoon. A Mothers Day
program has been arranged by the
program committee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-16
Blind People To Be Used In Air-Raid Listening Posts

American Legion National Defense committee of Massachusetts. Dr. Hall said his group was agreeable to any recommendations made by the army aerial defense division. Under the plan, blind from institutions and private life whose hearing senses have been proven acute, would be assembled under Templeton's guid- ance.
 Prior to next weeks maneuvers the group would be given opportun- ity to hear motors of bomber and fighter planes. During maneuverS the group would be placed with reg ular observers at listening posts scattered strategically through the area. Checks would be made to de- termine whether the blind could hear and differentiate between ap- preaching planes faster than could physically unimpaired observers. Since one of the listening posts was to be near the U. s. arsenal at Watertown, it was believed that ad- vanced students at Perkins Institu- tion for the Blind there might be included in the test group.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-16

Boston, Jan. 16.-(UP)-The U. s. army is considering a plan for us ing blind observers" at afraid lis tening posts in New England air maneuvers starting Tuesday, it was learned today. Already Alec Tenn pleton, blind British pianist, has agreed to serve in. an advisory ca pacity should the army conduct the scientific experiment to determine if keen-eared, sightlesS persons might be used advantageously in time of war.
 The plan first was discussed with Brig. Gen. James E. Chaney of the air command at Mitchell Field, N Y, during a visit here last week. He was impressed with editorial comment in the English journal ''The New Beacon" which said that tests with blind as afraid listen- CTS have been made but that fresh Investigation ls nceoeo usnlg pima persons of proven superior hearing, Ultimately he referred the subject to pr. John H. Hall of Bridgewater State Hospital. chairman of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-16
KENNEDY CONFERS
 WITH ROOSEVELT
Ambassador Makes Sur= prising Call Upon Chief
 Executive

Washington, Jan. 16 - (U.PD - Retiring Ambassador to Britain Jo- seph P. Kennedy conferred uneX- pectedy today with President Roosevelt, who still is considering nomination of an ambassador to succeed him.
 Kennedy still holds title as am bassador. Some wondered if he had asked to be freed of restrictions that this might place on him. He plans to make a radio talk soon and may testify before the house foreign affairs committee considering the British Aid bill.
 There still was no indication at the White House when MT. Roose- welt will name Kenedy's successor.
 To permit him to work on his in augural address, MT. Roosevelt call ed his weekly cabinet meeting for this afternoon instead of Friday. White House Secretary Stephen T. Early said that while the president had discussed the content of his address he had no tbegun to put it on paper. Early predicted it would be comparatively brief.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-16
BRITISH CRUISER
 WAS DESTROYED
Total Loss in Sea Fight With Nazi Divers-Air=
 craft Carrier Safe

London, Jan. 16-(UP)-The ad- miralty today said that the cruiser Southampton was total loss as a result of the attack by German dive bombers in the Mediterranean.
 During the attack by the Ger man planes off Sicily, the admiralty said, fire broke out aboard the 9100- ton cruiser and attained such pro- portions that it became necessary to abandon ship"
 The admiralty said that the Southampton subsequently, wa s sunk by it's own forces when it was found impracticable to tow her to port.
 A great majority of the cruisers crew was saved, the admiralty said.
 The admiralty's first report on the Southampton, which had a complement of 700 officers and men, had admitted that the vessel was damaged by hits scored by German dive-bomberS in the course of a great dive-bomber warship battle last Friday off Sicily.
 The admiralty also reported that the British submarine Pandora, l. 475 tons, sank two Italian supply ships, each of about 5000 tons. in the central Mediterranean. The Italian ships were southbound. the admiralty said, presumably carry ing supplies to aid Marshal Rodolfo Graziani in Libya.
 One of the Italian ships. the ad- miralty said, was carrying motor transports On her deck.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-16
CATANIA BOMBED
 BY BRITISH FORCE
Italy Says Britain Sought Vengeance for Smashing
 By Nazi Dive BOmberS
(NEA Telephoto)

Rome, Jan. 16 - U.PD - British planes, seeking vengeance for an Axis raid on the British Mediter- ranean fleet, bombed Catania, Sicily, during the night, killing some" persons, wounding ca few" and causing slight" damage, a high command communiGue said today.
 .(Catania is the base for the Ger man dive bombing planes which damaged the British anti-aircraft carrier Illustrious, the Cruiser Southampton and destroyer in a Seven-hour attack ill the Sicily channel. It was the second raid on Catania this week)
 According to the communique an Italian submarine torpedoed Brit ish light cruiser in the Mediterran- can on the night of January 10 and another submarine, operating in the Atlantic, sank the British 5000 tor ship Ardabham.
 The communique said that Ital-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-16
United States Faces
 Invasion Says Stimson
Secretary of War Declares That If British Fleet Is De- feated or Surrendered German Air SquadrOns
 Would Hit This Country
BY JOHN K. BEAL United Press Staff CorrespOndent)

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 Washington, January 16. = (UP) - Secretary of War Henry L. Stim- son said today he believed the United States would be ''in very great danger of invasion by air in the contingency that the British Navy should be destroyed or sur- render"
 Stimson testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee in support of the administration $ Aid-to-B Britain bill, made the state ment in response to a question by Representative Hamilton Fish, Re- publican, New York.
 Fish said advocates of the bill seemed to base their support on the fear of invasion and he asked Stimson's opinion of the likelihood of invasion.
 q think we are in very great danger by an invastion by air in the contingency that the British Navy should be destroyed or sur render" Stimson replied.
 Fish asked Stimson if he would oppose an amendment to provide that the West Indies and other British possessions be taken over as security for any aid extended to the London government.
 Too Much Delay
 Stimson said that such an amend ment would create great delay and that speed and prompt action is required in war time".
 He said for this reason he was seriously opposed to such restric- tions."
 Fish then said he understood that Stimson was concerned only re- garding an invasion by air.
 q didn't say that" Stimson re- piled. T have learned great deal from Europe about quick invasion in the last eight months"
 Then Fish asked about the Flag in defense production. Stimson said, "There has been a lag and there always will be lag" He said America had preferred to lie as a peaceful democracy instead of an armed camp" and the switch to war economy cant be done overnight or it can't be done in a year" Stimsoc became angry when Fish sought to discount the defeat ci Holland and Belgium because their Continued on Page 4)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-16
Two German Raids On England Are Repulsed
They Were Beaten Off in Early Hours of This Morning; There Were Some Casualties-Many Rescued
 From Ruins of Hotel
By H. L. PERCY

United Press Staff COrrespOndent)
 London, Jan. 16 -(UP)- Two German raids were beaten off in the early hours of this morning, the first by the combined work of de- fense auXiliaries and civilian volun- teers who snuffed out fire bombs as if they had been candles, the sec ond by night fighter planes which drove back Nazi bombers which weer to have dropped heavy explo- sive bombs into the fires which were not there.
 There had been no night raiders over London since Sunday. The skies cleared just before midnight and stars anC a brilliant moon made conditions good for bombing. An intensifying fire by anti-air- craft guns in the suburbs heralded the approach of German planes and the air raid alarm was sounded.
 Fire bombs were scatter q through one London district, most of them landing in a narrow street. They burned fiercely until house. holders, running into the street half clad, put them uot while roof spot ters attended to those which landed on roofs.
 Dump Bags of Sand
 Drivers and conductors of buses, which have just been equipped with bags of sand and fire eXtinguishers, jamme don brakes as the bombs dropped and. jumping into the street, began throwing sand on the blazing bombs.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-16
German High Command Admits British Attack
 Killed Some People MANY FIRES RACED
 OVER NAVAL BASE British Believe Nazi Base Has Suffered Frightfully
 in Last Nights Blow
BY HARRISON SALISBURY

BY HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Staff Correspondent
 The Royal Air Force today gave Germany a blitzkrieg demonstration on Reich soil by delivering one of the wars great air attacks upon the massive North German naval base of Wilhelmshaven. Some British reports described the attack - continued from shortly after twilight almost until dawn - as the heaviest att tack so far made by the RAF.
 British air power demonstrated it's constantly increasing offensive strength by attacking the new Ger man dive-bomber base at Catania, Sicily, in addition to making sec ondary raids on Emden, Bremen haven, Rotterdam, Flushing, the submarine base at Brest and Ger man airports along the invasion coast.
 The report of the German high command appeared to corroborate British accounts of the WilhelmS- haven raid. Berlin said that 20 per- sons were killed and 35 wounded. While insisting that no military damage was done, the German ac- counts admitted that fires were started which were not extinguished until 10 or F hours after the RAF planes ceased to drone over the naval base.
 NaZiS Break Silence
 Breaking it's customary reticence, the German high command named Wilhelmshave specifically as having been attacked by the British and said that other ports and cities in North Germany also were raided.
 The German accounts described a rain of British incendiaries some of which set fire to a harbor dis trict without, it was added, causing any important damage. One account said the raid had "miscarried mili- tarily," adding that all fires had been extinguished by 12:50 p. m. (5:50 a. m, EST), 10 or 12 hours after the raid.
 The British believed that it would be a considerable time before work could be resumed at WilhelmShaven, one of the chief bases for construc- ton, outfitting and repair of Ger man naval craft, including sub- marines.
 Some British accounts described the attack as retaliation for Nazi assaults on British naval stations. such as Portsmouth, and the Ger man dive-bombing attack on the British fleet in the Mediterranean.
 British Story of Attack
 London, Jan. British long range bombers, attacking Ger many's great Wilhelmshaven naval base and port throughout the night caused extensive fires in target areas, the air ministry asserted to- day,
 The well informed Press Associa- tion reported that the raid on vii.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-16

III WdIerDuTy CO grant LIle ClGy Cllc right to make use of a fund left by the late David Porter - amounting to about $150,000 - for the trade school.
 The fund has been in existence since 1886 and is managed by the Waterbury Trust Company. It was left for the establishment of a coeducational institution of learn ing by MT. Porter where young men and women could study the liberal arts or sciences and mechanics. It is the use of the word "or" on which Senator Blansfield plans to secure an interpretation that would allow the city to utilize the fund in establishing a trade school.
 Terms of Giant
 Tn his will, MT. Porter stipulated that boys attending the school should study for six months and work for six months. Girls, he said, should go to the school for three months and apply themselves to do- mestic household tasks for nine months. Among subjects listed in the curriculum were ornithology and the cancellations, as well as domes- tic science for the young ladies.
 The bequest also included 17s1-2 acres land on the Meriden road just off East Main street, property re- garded today as extremely valuable.
 According to both Senators Blans- field and Egan the will can be in- terpreted in such way that the city would be free to use the money in establishing a trade school and the superior court will be asked to approve of it.
 Both the Waterbury Senators plan a conference with Gov Robert A. Hurley on the matter. The gov ernor, in his inaugural address, pointed out that he did not agree with all the views expressed on the expansion of the trade school pro- gram in Connecticut because of the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-16
GRAND JURY HAS
 CHESHIRE MURDER
Case of John SaitkOWski for First Degree Given
 Jury This Morning

The grand jury picked to consider an indictment of murder in the first degree against John Saitkowski, Cheshire inmate and trusty, ad- journed for lunch at 100 D. m. and will resume hearings this afternoon.
 States Attorney William B. Fitz- gerald appeared before Criminal Court Judge Robert L. Munger and requested the indictment. Saitkow- ski, who appeared in court prompt ly at 10:00 in company with Depu- ty SheriffS Cris Olson and Eugene Fitzpatrick of New Haven, appar- ently enjoyed the proceedings. He smiled, and appeared Ill very excel lent health and spirits, showing no visible effects of his recent attempts at suicide in the county jailhouse.
 At Il o'clock the grand jury, in- structed by Judge Munger, went into secret session to hear witnesses The list of witnesses were undis- closed at press time.
 States Attorney William B. Fitz- gerald today asked the jury of lS men to return an indictment o1 first degree murder against Johr Saitkowski, Cheshire inmate anc trusty who murdered John Beall Cheshire overseer and his wife Susan.
 This second indictment was asked when Mrs. Beall, died Sunday morn ing at St. Mary's hospital. Up tc that time Saitkowski faced but one count of murder in the first degree The new expected indictment means no material change in the states case, since Saitkowski will be tried on only one count of murder of both people.
 Clerk George H. Freeman. opened proceedings by swearing in the jury consisting of several prominent Wa