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Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-26
(Ry The Associated Press

A nation already counting It's wal
dead emerged today from a not tot"
cav Christmas celebration only t.
find it must read another death toll
that of violent holiday fatalities.
Forty states and IT, District Of
Columbia had reported 432 dea|
through this morning.
Death stalked the highways closes,
automobiles and otte- vehicles tax
me 334 lives. but also struck SO times
in other forms-fire, guns, lightning,
airplanes. ,
Worst tragedy was the combined
wreck and fire that killed ten per
sons in a bus at St. Louis. Most Of
them had attended midnight mass
and were returning home.
At least twelve persons met Nlo-
lent death in North Carolina over
the holidays.
Automobile mishaps took the lives
of the following Waiter Carroll, 80
Of Benson. HaudJipA Finch, 81, ii
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-26

Indicates
Grave Turn
Heavy Casualties Re-
ported on Both Sides
as Tank Battles Rage
Southeast Of Manila;
Brisk Fighting Else
where on Luzon.

(SN The Associated Press
Violent tank battles are rag
ing southeast OF Manila and
Japan'S invasion armies are now
bringing very heavy pressure"
to bear against American and
Filipino d~etenSes, /. ;. Army
headquarters announced late
today.
The Army's announcement re-
porting heavy casualties on
both sides indicated a grave
turn in the situation.
An earlier communique had
declared that the 2G-ddy old bat
tie of the Philippines was go
ing we'll on ali fronts.
The War department builetjn
painted a brighter picture north OF
Manila, declaring that repeated Jap
anese assaults on the man American
lighting line near LIngayen Gulf,
ITO miles above the Philippine capl-
yaI, had been beaten Off.
The communique SAID General
Douglas Macarthur had reorganlZed
and strengthened defense positions
= .olo,+ad =, ~,
.La;v o
,IC"N+S ~ on9
"'N'7 pN
5 eS1 d.. f;abt;,a w,s re,o,ted
from other fronts or Luzon is
land, on which Manila is situated.
Meanwhile, Australia's prime
minister. John Curtin. limited
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-26
Stock Market
Does Little

New York, Dec. 26,-CAPp- The
stock market today had It'll" to 20
ON in the way of stimulating war or
business news and leaders generally"
swung over a narrowly Irregular
path.
While modest rccoVcrics sccDcd III
here and there at the start, nUmcr-
1u> i,st,es were unchanged " a shade
lower near the fourth hour. THO
speedy pace Of the past few weeks
laCkcncd a~ppreclably.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-26

Seizure
Free French at London
c h a ST. Pierre
Radio 3 r @ a i c a S t
Meteorological 1nfor-
nation; u, s. and Brit
ain Protest.

ST. Pierre. st. pl"r"r-"t-Ni-
c~',"ln>. Dec. 2S.-'AhN-Frce
French seamCM went about the
business of organiZir~ this bar
rel Atlantic outpost today as a
little but 'oval ally Of a~nti-aXiS
powers when Seem"d reluctant
to accept its services.
hcv were supported by W Per
'cnt Of the voters from the goldfish
ing population of about $500 en-
fhe islands of St. Pierre and Miouel-
IN. Is miles off Newfoundland.
The voters chc~o fro E"elch
rule-aS against that of Eichv-
in a plcbiscite yesterday IL day
after Vice Admiral Emile Muse
lier, commander of the free
French naval forces, had steam
ed into st. Pierre with four
corvettes to seize the islands for
General Charles de Gaulle's
forces.
Only ten opposing NotSs were cast.
(The French national committee
free French) at London charged to-
lay that it was common knowledge
hat the radio at St, Pierre when It
under Vichy domination was
broadcasting meteorological informal
ion useful to the enemy
CThe United States government
vas reliably reported to be endeaN-
>ring to keep the status QUO OF the
stands in conformity with an agree
4 ,-. ,>,o,{1,r ,,-i4o Lvn,1nn Oh
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-26
Japan's Subs
Seek To Beat
U-Boat Record


Washington. Dec. 26.-(AP)-Ihe
raiding japanese submarines IN lh1
Pacific are out to accomplish VIVA
German U-boats failed to accomplish
off the Atlantic coast in 1915.
In both campaigns the two m'JoI
detectives are the same-dlNerSioll
of naval units from combat ou'Y
with the fleet for strictly defensive
patrol operations and the dlsrup'lol'
of American shipping,
Although the japanese are no'
considered by naval men to be IN 'le
same class with the srimiy e1ficleh'
U-boat ,eterans of World War ana
although their submarines must op-
crate over Nastly greater distances
they were conceded two advantages
over the, World Wa : boa
Japan is believed to h We d '''uei'
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-26

WASHINGTON Dee o6-(AP)-
p~;n,o W;n;utnr Iyinsto, Chnrch-
~ to,d Con.rcs. ,nd,v tho allies
.Ih ho rn,d, $50 t.Lo tho mi
,ia,;ran .mr,c ..ala NV 1q12,
ave. IN IN! rnn owe The axis
,n,,,rs l.s~nn tnr world "v,ll
nc,,,r ,oroc,"
ipn r'''1 a.l.od hi. MT n1lv lis
a"n'aNrn these ol1eStIoo,
IL".[7 = Nr..ln,.,y Iaoanpse ana
I.g,.n,y
,.;,d - .,,,,,lo. Il, ,bcv THINKS
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wv .-..... ,,,+ t.. shall.
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>oho Nt"'
ans states 1,,,o and
II.e SUu"' .l i,I,aGr (hurchil
i'1Iy ga" "o''' ''"7'. .f,,.n "~,. ,ne
saia' una, "'@.'> ln,,lG boom
dU'y Oh u't ''''"'I' - ,.1'Ia,Ia
as 1i1 Nc"I"|'2 ~ 5aG n),nncd
i1I1' - .tIn,ond
tor war, ne (L'",EeU. ,,t.,,I tina,
Nhu''htII S''Io ~ ""I Hv -. ,<",
tAe hI'''i''i'@ ''',' ,,.,'IG s,cd cta1r.
powers mao P'"'e" w. 'yina t62t
at " uI9@GN '''''7O. n,"I ,En+ We mad
we should DC '"aI'N'Yi "'', addnd,
time 10 pl'P"lt -! |,r; ,o in-
III Neihi''iN """ ,o,o and
wade hr''a'i IL, 'u", - tbc
Japan haa o''!''" d,x no
ni'ea >'a''S '' ,;"a"tor m;cbt
have ONE .b,t within K
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-26
Jap Drive
To Intensity
British Expect Heavier
Campaign Against
Singapore After Fall
of Hongkong.

Singapore. Dec. 26,-(App- the
Chri tmas Day fall of Honekoh9'
after a week Of fighting upon the IS
land itself. was expected by obser-c
vers TODAY to signal intenslllcatloh OF
the Japanese drive against slng',-
pore. British bastion at the TIP OF
Honekong's garrison, under aSsa,lt'
nv land. sea and air since the ou',
break of the Pacific war, was loi'eu
ia weld the island. the hear OF d
crov1n colony established by Britain
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-26
Russians Report TO-
600 Germans Killed in
Six-Day B a t t e at
Sevastopol; British
Advance Further in
North Africa.
(Ry The Associated Press

10000 killed in a siX-daN battle
at the approaches to SevaStOpol,
iong-besieged Russian naval base,
and Soviet dispatches hsttd an
additional 1890 Germans slam
on other battlefields during the
Christmas holiday.
With the steam roller Red army
counter offensive sweeping on IN
checked. adViccs reaching london
SAID the Busslan~ had recapturCd the
strategic city Of kuluga. ITO miles
southwest of Moscow.
In the north on the L~eninsrad
front, soviet troops were cred
led with r~e-Capturing o>kNue
after i Gentle drive from
likhvin. 1IG miles southeast OF
Ieningrad, and il was apparent
that this thrust, if continued
vould soon threaten the right
flank of the German siege forces
before l~cnjngrad itself.
Aside from tine bloody slaughter al
Scvas1opoI. where the situation wa
still obscure, the Russians -dld 49,
poo German officers and men ha2
been killed in fgut3ng ON INC Mo--
COW front from December II to -,
another 5000 slain I'M am u1dlSc.o-cr
scctor and 800 killed on The @0uthvi
'front.'.
4 bulletin from HilIer'a lcl.
headquarters save rare praise /
Italian and SIoTak troops for help
nag The Germans cuuntcr Red army
attacks on the Donet river front IN
ne Ukraine.
rim the central lNoscoW) sccto.
hand defensive lgatn2 continues,
the German y~onmaulquc said.
On the north African front,
British headquarters reported
tiat more than $4,000 axis prI>-
oners had already been remoV-
ed to the rear and that British
troops were inflictins heavy
losses on German forces at
tempting 10 retreat near Age
dahia. 60 miles south of British
captured BcngaSi.
Carlo military observers SAID most
OF the tanks of General Erwin Rom
mels fleeing armies have ALREADY
been wiped out in heavy battle:
which marked the 340-mi'e sweep O
Britain's desert armies across Libv;
from the Egyptian frontier to Ben
gasi.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-26
COTTON FUTURES
LOWER AT OPENING

New York, Dec, 26.-(AP)-Cotton
futures opened 35 to As cents a bale
lower.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-26

Continued or Page ThreeJ
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-26
Churchill Predicts Long War
And Promises Axis 4 Lesson
British Prim G Min
ister, A ddressing
United States Senate,
SAYS Allies Will Take
Initiative In War By
1943.

Washington, Dee. 25.-(AP)-
Prime Minister Winston Church,
iii told Congress today the allies
would be ready "tO take the mi
tiative on an ample scale by 1913
ard in lnt end give the axis
powers a lesson the world "Nill
never FORGE
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-26

Continued on Page Three
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-26

lCon.inued on Page tcuA
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-26

CONTINUED on Page Three)
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-11
News Our Grandfathers Read
From Issue Of December 19, 1907

show in Toledo last week.
C. D. Amstutz sold his home on
South Main street to Asa Battles, Jr.
Miss Lulu Sechler, who was the
employe of the Bluffton Telephone
Co. for the past three years resigned
her position.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Bailey returned
from Tulsa, Okla, Tuesday and will
reside again in Bluffton.
Arnold Bigler returned from his
western trip Monday.
GERMAN SETTLEMENT
Mr.. and Mrs. David Wenger re-
Gently welcomed baby boy into their
family.
DR.. N c. Hirchy will give an ad-
dress at the Hilty school house at a
literary to be held Friday night.
The following officers were elected
of the St. John Sunday schoo: Supt.
Noah Bixel; asst. supt., Jno. Schnegg;
secy., Gid Lehman; pianist, Lizzie
Kohl; librarian, Enoch Basinger;
committee, Abraham Bixel, Emanuel
Kohl, Harvey Basinger, Memo Schu-
macher.
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Pannabeckers Sailing From Shanghai,
China, For United States On Thursday


Mrs. Pannabecker of Bluffton and
Mrs. Pannabecker of Gibson City
may go to Newton, Kansas, to meet
their husbands. 1t is possible that
the Pannabecker men may stop at
Honolulu, Hawaii, enroute to the
states to visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
William Geiger of that city.
The men were ordered home about
ten days ago by the board of for
eign missions of the General Con-
ference of Mennonites following re-
ports of disturbed conditions of in
creasing degree in the Orient.
1t has been reported that the
japanese are holding eligible men
as hostages for various types of
duties in the Nipponese military
forces. Consequently most of the
men missionaries with families are
leaving the country. Mission work
in China has been so organized that
the activity will be continued by
native workers trained especially for
that activity.
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Miss Bertha Reigle, daughter of
Martin Reigle, and Dunken William
son, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey
Williamson, both of Orange township,
were united in marriage Wednesday
night at the home of the brides faith
er.
Last Thursday night at the home
of the officiating pastor, Rev. c.
Hege, on South Main street, occurred
the marriage of Timan Steiner, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Steiner and
Clara Locher, daughter Mr.. and Mrs.
John Locher. They will make their
home in California.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Klay welcomed
a baby girl at their home on Lawn
avenue, Monday afternoon.
Owen Grandstaff and Mrs. Katie
Garrett were recently welded and are
enjoying life in their residence on
Riley street.
Mrs. William Kimmel left Tuesday
for South Haven, Kans., to visit her
daughter, Mrs. H. H. Hamilton.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Murray and Miss
Louisa Ruhl attended the Ben Hur
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NEWS OUR FATHERS READ
FROM ISSUE OF JUNE 25, 1914

interest of equal suffrage.
Prof. James Begg and family of
Sandusky are expected to arrive here
tomorrow. Prof Begg will teach in
the education department of Bluffton
college for the summer school ses-
sion.
Miss Leila Frick and Miss Marjorie
Day were chosen delegates by the
Christian Endeavor society of the
Presbyterian church to attend the
Winona Lake conference July 1920.
|. w. Geiger, Clair and Gilbert
Fett and Ralph BiXel of Toledo are
on two weeks camping trip in the
woods of northern Michigan.
GERMAN SETTLEMENT
u. S. Amstutz, instructor in music
at Freeman college, is visiting here
with relatives and friends.
Albert Winkler is attending the
Christian Endeavor conference at
Steubenville this week.
Miss Celia, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Martin Wentzinger of Bluffton
and Frank, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac
Zuercher were united in marriage at
the Bluffton Catholic church, We'd
neday morning.
Miss Hulda Schumacher, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Schumacher and
Lennus Steiner, son of Mr.. and Mrs
| ID. C. Steiner were married last Sun
day by Rev. Albert Schumacher.
Grover Grismore, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Gismore got the second
highest grade in the Ohio state ban
examination out of 285 applicants
Mr.. Grismore's grade was higher
than that of Robert Taft, son of ex-
president Taft, who also ranked very
high in the examination.
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Summer school at Bluffton college
opened Monday with an attendance of
II students. The opening address of
the session was given by Hon. Charles
L. Swain, speaker of the House of
Representatives of Ohio.
The greenhouse recently purchased
by Thos. Mohler from William Zehr-
bach is being enlarged at its new To-
cation in the rear of Mr.. Mohler's
home on Suoth Main street.
The Bluffto nChautauqua committee
is laying plans for gala week of en-
tertainment and home coming to be
held Aug. and 7,
Clyde Yerger, the rural mail car
rier on No. is taking two weeks
vacation. Harry Patterson is the SUBJ
stitute.
Mrs. Albert Benroth and five child
rem accompanied Mrs. Benroth's faith
er, William EULER, to the latter's
home in Michigan for an extended WIS.,
it.
A. c. Luginbuhl, student in the den-
tai school of Rush Medical college OF
Chicago is spending the vacation with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. M. Lug
inbuhl. south of town.
While engaged in cutting down an
apple tree in his yard on Cherry
street George Benroth was severly
injured Sunday morning.
The class of 1911 of Bluffton High
school held reunion at the home OF
Miss Ethel Steinman of Jefferson
street Thursday night.
Mrs. Augusta Steiner will deliver
an address on Suffrage at Beaverdam
Wednesday night. She attended g
banquet in Van Vert, Friday, giver
by the women's clubs of that city in
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Mennonite Youth From
Paraguay At College
Continued from page u
HIGH SCHOOL IN SOUTH DAKOTA

HIGH SCHOOL IN SOUTH DAhOIA
He took his high school training
at Freeman Junior college in Free
man, South Dakota, and will remain
at Bluffton college for two years
after which he will transfer to Beth
el college in Newton, Kansas, to
complete his education.
Harder was born and raised in a
German colony in Russia but was
forced to flee with his parents to
Germany where they lived until 1885
when his father was called to a
teaching position in the South Amer
lean Mennonite colony.
Most of the colonists are Russian
Germans who fed the Soviet to es-
cape prosecutions of the of the Rus
sian communists. Most of the Men
nonites in Russia were wealthy
farmers and were the type of land
holder the Communists desired to
eliminate when the collectives were
established.
CONCENTRATION CAMP
Many of the Mennonites were
sent to Russian concentration camps
and others to the frozen wastes in
Siberia. Harder stated that many
of his relatives are either dead or
in the custody of Russian authorities.
Some few of the Mennonites re-
mained in Russia to take up farm
ing as members of the Russian col
lectives.
When the invitation to come to
South America was extended by the
Paraguaian authorities, hundreds of
Russian families took advantage of
the opportunity for settlement. The
government agreed to exempt the
Mennonites from military training to
allow them to establish cooperative
living arrangements in the various
settlements. There are also non
Mennonite settlements of European
refugees in the area, Harder stated.
WRITES TO GRANDFATHER
Harder cited the case of his grand
father, still living in Russia, who op-
Grated large orphan home in con-
nection with his land holdings. All
of his land was confscated by the
communists as well as the orphan
home and today he is living in a
sod house formerly chicken
barn. He still receives letters from
his grandfather, although they are
always censored by the authorities.
The climate in Paraguay is large
ly tropical and is we'll suited to the
raising of cotton which is the main
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brides parents on South Main street.
The brides going away costume was
a brown woolen suit with matching
accessories. Her corsage was of
pompoms and gypsophelia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren left by mo-
tor for a short wedding trip after
which they viii be at home in the
Fett apartments.
Out of town guests were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Memo Bixel, Bellefontaine;
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Steiner and Mr..
and Mrs. Harold Thutt of Sterling;
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Thutt and daugh-
ters of West Liberty; Mr.. and Mrs.
II. T. Vernier, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Gale Vernier, Robert and Miss Betty
Vernier all of Toledo.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Hagan and
daughter Leila of Ft. Wayne; Miss
Lucille Graham of Steubenville; Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Hilty and son David,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Reed and Miss
Frances Wood of Columbus; Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Ream, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Stryker, Harold Strahm and
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Strahm of
Lima.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. NJ. Reehling
and Miss LaVaun Reehling of In
dianapolis; Stanley Steiner of De-
troit; Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Slower
of Dayton; Miss Jean Schultz of
Mountain Lake, Mimi, and Myron
Brown of Warren.
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County Board To
Add Another Precinct
Continued from page u
New Boundaries

New boundaries
Precinct A-West of Main street
between Washington and Franklin
streets.
Precinct B-West of Main and
south of Franklin street.
Precinct Cast of Main and south
of Cherry street.
Precinct D-East of Main and north
of Cherry street and west of Main
and north of West Washington
streets.
Creation of the new precinct is con-
tempIated to relieve congested condi-
tions in the towns present three pre-
cincts, all of which had more voters
in the last election than the maxi
mum under state laws.
Ohio legislation requires rear
rangement of precincts when more
than 400 votes are cast in any one
precinct during the last preceding
state or national election.
Last November each Bluffton pre-
cinct reported vote totals of more
than 400. Precinct B had Ais voters;
Precinct A, 416 voters, and Precinct
c, 410 voters.
Bluffton had four precincts in 1922
but one fell below 200 votes severa
years later and the number of polling
places was again decreased to three.
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Niswander-
Nuptials Sunday
Continued from page IL

and aIntermezzo" by Provost. Mar
vim Hilty of Cleveland, cousin of the
bride, sang | Love Thee" by Grieg
and "Because" by D'Hardelot.
The bridal party entered the
church to the strains of Lohengrin's s
wedding march. The bride was on
the arm of her father who gave her
in marriage. She was attired in a
gown of white satin and carried a
bridal bouquet of snow white roses
and gypsophelia.
The maid of honor, Miss Martha
Niswander, sister of the bride, wore
a forest green taffeta gown and car
ried a bouquet of pink asters and
white pompoms.
The bridesmaids, Miss Letha MIS-
wander, cousin of the bride and
Miss Ruth Steiner, a close friend,
wore gowns of rose taffeta and car
ried bouquets of mixed colored asters.
The bridegroom and his best man,
Melvin Yoder, a college classmate,
wore boutonnieres of white asters.
Ushers were Gary Todd, Carl Mar
shall, Melvin Long and Byron And
erson.
For her daughters wedding Mrs
Niswander wore a green crepe dress
with navy accessories. Her corsage
was of talisman roses. Mrs. War
ren, mother of the bridegroom, wore
a gown of black crepe with match
ing accessories. Her corsage was Of
Columbia roses.
The bride is a graduate of Bluff
ton High school and attended Bluff
ton college. Mr.. Warren is also /;
graduate of Bluffton High schoo
and Bluffton college.
Following the ceremony a recep
ton was held in the home of tht
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Town Moves On Two
Fronts In Sewer
Problem
{Continued from page II

Y
court at Lima the first of the week
in answer to the original motion
asking for more specific information
from the plaintiffs.
EXPLORE SEWER POSSIBILITIES
Meanwhile possibilities of sewer
system were being explored by the
town administration which has asked
the Toledo engineering firm of
Champe, Finkbeiner and Associates
for report. This organization
drafted plans for a sewer system
here two years ago at, which time
the proposal was submitted to a
vote.
According to word received by
Mayor Howe, c. S. Finkbeiner of the
Toledo engineering firm stated that
he would contact w. P. Schmuhl,
district WPA head to ascertain the
possibility of a grant of federal aid
similar to that which was available
two years ago.
Although refusing to make any
official statement until after con-
ferring with Schmuhl, Finkbeiner
privately expressed doubt as to pos
sibilities of WPA aid. A report on
the situation is expected at meet
ing of the town council next Mon
day night.
SOLICITOR FILES REPLY
In a motion filed by City Solicitor
Durbin in the common pleas court
at Lima, more specific information
was asked on the following points: !:
THAT the plaintiffs advise what
property was destroyed and the
time when the damage occurred.
2-That the plaintiffs set a fair
and reasonable value of the prop
erty prior to the damage, and to
state a reasonable market value at
the time of filing the suits.
3-That the plaintiffs list livestock
injured; the extent of the injury
and the time.
Too LATE FOR NOVEMBER
Should sewage disposal vote be
taken here this fall, special cleo
tion must be set, because it is too
late to get the proposal on the bal
lot for the regular November elec-
ton.
Suits filed by Locher and Huber
claim pollution of the stream by un-
treated sewage has created an odo1
nuisance and impurities of the water
make it unfit for dairy cattle and
other livestock to drink. The plaint-
ifs are represented by r. S. Steiner
Lima attorney.