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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Alger May Take Over
School Buses

That the Alger board of education
take over the operation Of its own
school buses to slash expenses was
the recommendation of c. Fl. Hutch
ins, auditor of the state department
of education, who met with the board
last week. Hardin County Superin-
tendent Frank c. Ransdell also was
at the meeting.
School finances have become a vital
matter in the Alger district and il
was necessary to close the school
for a period of a week recently
when 3-mill special levy for oper-
alton expense was voted down by
electors of the district. The school
was opened last Monday following a
conference of the Alger board with
state officials.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

route around the edge of the city
began work Saturday.
At the call of O. c. Kohl, division
engineer of the State Highway de-
partment and chairman of the COM
nittee, the five members spent two
hours Saturday afternoon touring 30
miles of roads on the outskirts of the
city in search of a suitable route.
The tour disclosed one important
fact, that the committee will con-
Germ itself with immediate steps to-
ward eliminating thru Dixie highway
truck traffic from Lima over an
auxiliary Dixie route to the east and
south of the city.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20

improvements and community service
programs in Hancock county will
total $l62,5l0 thru June l, 1941.
1t is estimated that WPA will
provide 1854 for labor on con-
struction jobs while furnishing
S1,497 for wages on white collar"
projects. Sponsors are expected to
provide $3s,400 for supervision,
equipment and material on construc-
tion jobs and $3,043 for community
service programs.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Judge Crow Begins
Sixth Term

Judge Phil M. Grow, of Kenton,
Monday began his sixth term in the
Third district appellate court seat
ed in Lima.
The veteran jurist has rounded out
80 years of continuous service on
the appellate bench. His 80 years of
service is believed to set a record
for continuous service on one bench
in Ohio.
Judge Grow was first elected to his
present office in 1910 when the court
was known as circuit court.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
t. B. Testing In Schools
Completed

The main part of the tuberculosis
testing program in the Putnam coun-
ty schools has been completed, it was
reported by DR.. Harry A. Neiswand-
er, county health commissioner.
A total of 80S pupils have under
gone the tests in the IL high schools.
Results of the tests conducted on AIT
pupils last week showed % positive
cases, it was reported. The tests
given 391 pupils this week will be
read Friday
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Puzzle Of Skull Is
Solved

Findlay police had mystery on
hands Tuesday, but it didn't last
long.
Central Ohio Light and Power Co
linemen, digging a utility pole hole
at the rear of a North Main street
dwelling, believed they had uneartheo
the corpus delecti and promptly re-
ported it to police.
Recalling that DR.. Tom Belts had
lived nearby at one time, Police
Chief Leo M. Larkins called him and
learned the skull was a relic of the
physicians medical school days.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Rescuers Have To Be
Rescued

A Good Samaritan" act backfred
and the rescuers become the rescued
in dramatic, but dampening scene
enacted in the Blanchard river.
A small "pooch" of uncertain pedi-
gree and unknown identity wandered
out on the weakened ice of the river
and fell in. His struggles in the icy
waters apepared to weaken him, so
Bruce Houser and Bert Longbrake,
who were watching the episode, went
to the rescue.
They laid planks out on the ice
and just as they were about to reach
for the dog, both fell into the water.
About that time the dog, unaided,
scrambled to safety and scampered
away.
The two men were left in the
water and had to be rescued by city
| firemen.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Catches Gum-Chewing
Fish

William Bish, of Findlay, whose
recreation consists in sitting by the
banks of the Blanchard and fishing,
relates this story of his experience in
catching the finny tribe. Zone day l
baited my hook with doughball
wrapped in cotton. BY way of ex-
pertinent | placed piece Of chewing
gum in the dough. The first fish /
caught in this manner got away in
the landing. Just 10 days later
while fishing in that locality / caught
this fish and he was still chewing
that piece of gum" Mr.. Bish's YER
acity usually is unquestioned but you
can take it or leave it.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
County Once Had Fine
Walnut Trees

The section of Hardin county
some twenty miles east of Kenton,
was once famed for its fine walnut
trees. An old Indian scout named
johnson, reported that walnut was
cut in 1889 by a white man for bees
or honey, and that the stump was
standing in 1879. The tree was four
and half feet in diameter and was
probably the first tree cut by a white
man in Hardin county.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Widow Gets Steiner
Estate

Filed in Allen county probate
court. Friday, the will of Noah Stein
er, co-founder of the Steiner Bros.
Machine Shop, provides that his
widow, Mrs. Minnie Steiner, shall
receive all of his real and personal
property and the entire proceeds
from sale of his interest in the COM
pany to the other partners.
Steiner, who resided at 914 Richie
avenue, died January 81.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Resort Operators Buy
Lima Hotel

The Norval Hotel, one of the larg-
est in Lima, was purchased last
week by J. r. Beatley and Tom C
O'Connor, proprietors of vacation re-
sorts on Indian Lake, Ohio.
The purchase price was not dis
closed. The hotel was bought from
heirs of the estate of J. c. Linneman
after the third district court of ap-
peals ordered postponement of an
auction of the hotel equipment.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
S121,306 Paid By AAA

Checks for 1925 Hancock county
farmers totalling $121, ,306.94 are now
in the hands of the county AAA
committee for distribution this week.
The checks represent the first
transmittal of benefit payments for
those who complied with the 1910
conservation program. The present
batch of checks represents rs per
cent of the total to be received. The
remainder are expected later.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
S2,463 Raised In Seal
Sales

The Christmas health seal sale in
Findlay and Hancock county exceed
ed its quota of $4,000 and topped
last years figure by more than $400
according to Mrs. j. E. Ranes, execu.
tive secretary of the drive. The
amount raised in Findlay was 81,
797.4S while contributions in the
county reached $665.S0 for a tota
of S2,463.28.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
County Has S237,056
On Hand

Allen county started the year with
balances in all funds totaling $237,-
056.66, according to the annual finan-
cial statement prepared by Deputy
Auditor L. E. thinner and mailed to
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson.
The Jan. l balance compares with
1921 ,233.07 available at the start of
the previous year, thinner announced
Tuesday afternoon.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Lima Whittles S276,90O
From Debt

Lima whitfield its bonded indebted
ness by S276,9O0 during 1910, City
Auditor Clyde Welty reported in an
annual statement.
The debt now stands at $2,806, 500
and present schedules call for pay
ment of $277,400 on the debt dur
ing 1941.
The city has no special assessment
debts, and the largest single totals
still owed are for a sewage disposal
plant and Memorial hospital.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Thief Not One-Legged +;
DiScardS Loot

The thief who stole a case of shoes
from Walter Watkins, Toledo sales
man, apparently gave up in disgust,
as the loot was recovered by Kenton
police short time after the theft
was reported.
In the case were rs shoes-all for
the right foot.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
1914 Motorcycle Saved
From Fire

Altho Mark Cessna, 10, recovered
his 1914 motorcycle from his burn
ing home near Foraker, he received
minor burns when he again attempt
ed to enter the blazing two-story
frame structure to rescue his pet
dog. 1t later was discovered that
the dog has escaped.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Morphine Stolen From
Doctor

Theft of 3SS quarter grains of
morphine from his office in Contin-
entail was reported by Sheriff Arnold
Potts by DR.. H. ]. Wenzinger.
The physician said that tramp
called on him Thursday shortly be-
fore noon and requested some NOR
phine. The doctor refused the man
who left the office When DR.. Wen
Finger returned from lunch he found
the morphine missing, he told the
sheriff, leading him to believe that
the tramp returned during the noon
hour and took the drug from his
cabinet.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20

rested by Kenton police last week on
charges of being absent from his
outfit, now in training at Camp
Shelby, Miss, without leave. He has
been gone from the southern camp
since Feb. 3, officers said.
Downing claimed he wanted to
come home to see his mother, who
was i'll, and that was his reason for
leaving his duties with the army.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20

terests of the soybean industry, will
visit Findlay Saturday, March l, as
one of Is stops scheduled for the
state of Ohio.
The train will be located on the
B. & O. tracks along High street
west of the north side FIRE depart
ment. 1t will be there from 8 a. m.
until D. m. and will be open to the
public throughout that time.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Death Follows Infu-
enZa Attack

Funeral services were held in
Leipsic last week for James Kuhl-
man, year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs
Carl Kuhlman, who died of spinal
meningitis, contracted after an at
tack of influenza.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Post Office Closes
After 60 Years

After more than 60 years of exist
ence, the Foraker post office was
discontinued Wednesday and persons
living in that territory will now be
served by rural routes out of Alger
and kenton. Robert Chalfin, post
master since Feb. l, 1910, has re-
tired.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Corn Donations To Fl.
nance Institute

A bushel of corn or its equivalent
will be solicited from each farmer in
the Mt. Blanchard school district to
finance the farmers institute to be
held there Wednesday and Thursday
February 1920.
c. o. Tippin, member of the
finance committee, said the committee
has made arrangements to visit
every farm in the school district.
The corn will be used to finance the
institute.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Guy Anderson Heads
Mt. Cory Institute

Guy Anderson, of two miles north
of Bluffton, secretary of this years
Mt. Cory farmers institute, was
elected president for 1912 at the
closing session Tuesday afternoon in
the school auditorium.
Lloyd Arnold was named vice
president; c. D. Reiter, secretary;
l.. w. Dukes, ST., treasurer, and
Mrs. Ray Bowersox, hostess.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Influenza Gets More
Serious

According to the announcement of
Carl ID. Vermilya, county school
superintendent, three schools, Miller
City, Continental and New Cleveland,
have been closed indefinitely because
of influenza.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Population Of County
27,061

With the entire population of
Hardin county set at 27,061 persons
in the 1910 census, announcement
has been made of the populations OF
the various townships in the county
The figures include any parts of
municipalities in the townships.
Liberty township, with Ada, has a
population of 3,448.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Holdup Man Gets
Only $3.50

Lima police are searching for the
armed bandit who held up the Green
Lantern Tea room there late Mon
day night and escaped with $3.50.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Mattress Project Goes
"Up In Smoke"

Two representatives of the Farm
Securities Administration came to
Ottawa last week to teach the first
group in Putnam county to make
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Study Truck Routing
Problem

The committee of Lima and Allen
county officials appointed recently to
investigate the possibility of truck
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
SOybean Special To
Stop In Findlay

The soybean special, a six-coach
train being operated by the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad in the in
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Ada Army Deserter
Arrested

Clarence Downing, a private in Co.
H, 14S Infantry, of Ada, was ar
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20

NEW COMFORT was the keynote as
we made plans for this years Ford.
Getin, through the new wide doorsi
Stretch out, in room to spare! Seating
width has been increased as much as
7inches. Knee-room and inside length
are greatest in the low-price field.
Then take the road and try its ride!
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
WPA To Spend $780,
$40 In County

Word was received that WPA and
sponsor expenditures for construction
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20

A soft, steady, gliding new Ford ride
that takes good road or bad in sat
isfying new kind of stride. And notice
the quietness of this big Ford!
There's news at your Ford Dealers
that's too good to missl News in COM
fort. News in value. And news in a
IDEAL" that you'll find easy to takel
Evening star., 1941-09-15
Randolph Opens Quiz
OF Infant Dysentery
Deaths in District
House Committee Head
Queries Two Hospitals
And Health Officer

A preliminary survey was started
today by Chairman Randolph of the
House District Committee to de-
termine how many infants have died
here in the last two years from
dysentery.
Oficials at Sibley and Children's
Hospitals were called on for infor-
nation showing how many new
born babies have succumbed in each
Of these institutions from this all
ment in the two-year period. Health
Off1cer George c. Rutland was asked
for vital statistics covering such
cases for the same length of time
Representative Randolph said if the
information received from these
three sources justif1es such action
he would direct the Public Health
Subcommittee to make an investiga-
ton.
I'VE want to ferret out the facts"
he declared. I'VE are not ready to
say where the fault lies but we are
going to find out if possible"
Mr.. Randolph moved to look into
the situation following closing Of the
maternity ward at Sibley Hospital
after an outbreak there of infant
dysentery and the receipt by his Of
nee of several complaints from par
ents of babies born there that later
died.
Evening star., 1941-09-15
Church Should Stay Out
OF War, Minister Says

"The church as an institution
should stay out of war;" DR.. William
r. Barnhart told the Methodist
Ministerial Union at a meeting to-
day in the Methodist Building, 100
Maryland avenue NE. DR.. Barn.
hart, executive secretary Of the
Washington Federation Of Churches,
spoke on "The Role of the Church
in Time Of War"
Regardless of what we consider
to be the justification of the war"
said DR.. Barnhart, "the church
should uphold the distinction be-
tween the mind of Christ and the
mass murder of war. Christianity
is being nationalized instead of
nations being Christianized."
Declaring that America had great
chance to act for peace at the close
of the last war But failed, DR.. Barn
hart asked his audience whether
America is preparing morally to
render Christian leadership at the
close of this war.
The one word that Jesus used
more than any other was the word
compassion. We must have genuine
compassion and pity for all suffering
humanity" he said.
Evening star., 1941-09-15
Meeting 10 Discuss
Airport Jurisdiction

The controversy between Virginia
and the District over jurisdiction of
the new Washington National Air
port territory will be discussed by
special subcommittee Of the Board
of Trades Aviation Committee at
a luncheon meeting at 1890 pm.
Friday at the Harrington Hotel.
10 v. Morgan, chairman of the
subcommittee. has invited all mem
bers OF the Aviation Committee to
attend the meeting.
Five other committees and sub
committees OF the trade board will
hold meetings this week. The sched-
ule follows:
Executive Committee. at noon to-
day in the boards ofices in The
Star Building; Lanier P. McLachlen,
chairman.
Clean Streets Subcommittee of
Highway Committee, at 4 pm. to-
day in the boards ofices; Dumont
Beerbower, chairman.
Subcommittee on Cooperation
With Health Department, at 1890
pm. tomorrow at the old O'Donnell
Restaurant: E. M. Pusey, chairman.
Membership Committee, at 12:40
pm. tomorrow in the boards Of
fees; Thornton w. Owen. chairman.
At 1890 pm. Thursday at the
Raleigh Hotel George Pitt will meet
with the chairmen of the five COM
mittees operating under his direc-
ton. The chairmen are Odell S.
Smith, public order; P. Y. K. How
att, traffic; Charles A. Robinson,
American ideals: Everett C. Critics,
highways, and Henry j. Saunders,
public utilities and transportation.
Evening star., 1941-09-15
DC. Will Send
Group 10 Legal
Aid Gathering
18th Conference
Opens Wednesday
In Baltimore

Local Community Chest agency
executives and other civic leaders
of this city will take part in the
10Th annual conference of the Ma
tional Association of Legal Aid Or
CARNATIONS, to be held in Baltimore
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
| Welcome addresses will be made
by Gov. O'Conor and Mayor Jack
son of Baltimore. On opening day
William H. Savin, director of the
local Family Service Association,
will speak on The Treatment of
Domestic Relations Problems by
Family Agency"
The three-day program is de-
signed to evaluate the way in which
legal aid services measure up to the
emergency character of the present
time"
Justice Miller to Speak.
Justice Justin Miller of the Dis
| trict Court Of Appeals will speak at
luncheon Friday in the Emerson
Hotel. On Friday morning Miss
Beatrice Clephane, director Of the
local Legal Aid Bureau will report
as chairman of the National Pub
licity Committee of the national
body.
Other speakers Friday will in
clude George Scott Stewart. jr.,
chairman of the Committee on Ma
tional Defense. and Edmund Rufin
Beckwith, chairman of the American
Bar Association Committee on Ma
tional Defense.
Justice Miller and E. Barrett
Prettymap, president of the District
Bar Association. will be honor
guests at a conference dinner Fri
day evening.
Capital Tour Planned.
The Legal Aid Bureau Of the
District of Columbia will sponsor
a tour of Washington, a luncheon
and trip to Mount Vernon on Sat-
urday for conference delegates. The
local bureau, Community Chest
supported agency, is one Of more
than 80 such agencies which make
up the National Association of Legal
Aid Organizations.
Representatives Of the local legal
aid agency who will attend the en-
tire conference include Dr. Charles
Pergler, board member; Miss Gle
phane. director and staff members
Mrs. Pearl B. Klein. Miss Regina
Elizabeth Zies and Mrs. Elizabeth
M. Cox. Additional staff and board
members who plan to attend the
Friday sessions and dinner meeting
on Friday include Dean Hill Stanley,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur L. Gray, Mr..
and Mrs. Seiforde Stellwagen, Ar
thur HELEN, Adam c. Wenchel, j.
Roy Thompson, jr, ]. Grahame
Walker, Francis w. Taylor, James
B Hogan, Andrew D. Vo1eolas,
George A. Didden, jr., Mrs. Willie
N. Gauss, Allan Fisher, Mrs. Dor
othy Folsom, Mrs. Eunice Hessick,
Wilbur Gray, jr., Col. Ellis B. Miller,
Mrs. Lorena H. Galbraith and Mrs.
Ruth Hagerty.
Evening star., 1941-09-15
District Nurses Make
Fort Meade Tour Today

Between so and go nurses from
graduating classes of District hos
pitals will be taken on a tour Of
Fort Meade this afternoon by the
Nursing Committee of the American
Red Cross to encourage them to take
up Army nursing.
The trip, it was explained, has
been sponsored because of the
shortage of nurses in military serv-
ice. At Fort Meade, the girls will
be shown the hospital and other
medical facilities. They will be ac-
companied by Miss Florence Blanch-
field, assistant chief of the Army
Nurse Corps; Miss Lillian Bischof,
chairman, and Mrs. Bertha B. Jones,
executive, both Of the Nursing Com
mittee.
Evening star., 1941-09-15

weight Increased by the milk
order amendment from sl.995).
The farmers got basically $50
583.69 for the milk distributed
free in the schools last year.
If this program were taken
over by the Federal Government
this coming school year the
farmers with the s2395 price in
effect would get only s46,015.73,
while they can figure under the
other program to receive almost
$50, 900 with the new class ! price
operative.
So the Agriculture Department.
determined that the introduction
Of the Federal program shall not
injure the farmer, has told the
District Board of Education that
an increase of 270 per cent in the
school milk consumption must be
in prospect before the Federal
Government will introduce its
Evening star., 1941-09-15
Two Maryland Cases
Bring Polio Count
In D. {. Area 10 79
Cooler Weather Due
To Curtoil Incidence
Of Paralysis

Two new cases reported over the
week end in Maryland brought to
70 the total of poliomyelitis cases
reported this year to public health
officials in Washington and nearby
areas.
The new cases were reported in
Edmonston, Prince Georges County,
and in the Bethesda area, Mont
gomery County. The latter case
had previously been reported as
suspicious" last week.
The number of cases reported to
health officials this year show
Washington, 80; Prince Georges
County, 20; Montgomery County, 8;
Fairfax County, Va, s; Alexandria.
4. and Arlington County, Va, 2.
There is also another suspicious"
case in Alexandria which has been
under observation for several days.
Public health authorities in all
Jurisdictions reiterated that there is
no cause for general alarm and that
the arrival of cooler weather will
sharply curtail the incidence of
the disease, based on previous years
experience with the malady.
The new case at Edmonston was
determined late Saturday and
brings to two the number of cases
reported in Prince Georges County
last week. The new case, described
as mild, occurred in an area where
previous cases had been reported.
The suspicious case in the Be-
thesda area which was diagnosed
as infantile paralysis also occurred
in an area where previous outbreaks
had been reported. One other case,
in the Sandy Spring -Glenmont
area, was reported in Montgomery
County last week.
The last case reported in Wash
ington was Thursday. DR.. James G.
Cummings, chief of the epidemiol-
ogy division of the Health Depart
ment, said. The two Arlington
County cases have recovered and
have been taken out of quarantine
No new cases were reported in
Fairfax County last week and one
of the illnesses in Alexandria was
reported last week, but had its
inception August II, it was an
nounced
Meanwhile, a meeting Of Prince
Georges County Red Cross workers
and chairmen, which had been post
poned a week ago because of the
outbreak of infantile paralysis in the
county, will he held topipht
The meeting will he at 8 pm. at
st. Andrews Episcopal Church Par
ish Hall, College Park, to open the
annual county Red Cross campaign.
Speakers will include J. Raymond
Fletcher, Mayor of Cheverly and
chairman of the county Red Cross
Committee, and Charles S. Richard
son, former professor of public
speaking, University of Maryland.