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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-31
EDITORIAL &c
A Step Backwards


w At least that's the way we seem be going after
reading the latest of Undersecretay of State
Sumner Weles
In speaking of postwar aims he demands the
abolition of offensive and the limitation and
reduction of defensive ornaments"
Now that is precisely why have only a one-ocean
navy at the present time
In 1922 at the behest with the connivance of
England we sank or destroyed at least third of our
navy We even invited the great predatory powers of
Europe to Washington to show how to do it!
Now the progressive" Mr. Weles wants to repeat
the same disastrous bunder
LIE GOES further into the mre of quxotsm with
demand that the raw materials" of the world
should be open to all peoples
Does that mean that the United States is to throw
open to the rest of the world free gratis those
materials that have greater quantities than other
nations?
That would be going back to the ong-expoded doc
tne of free trade Or does the daydreaming Mr. Wees
give away the natural of this country
which has already given much away to Europe and
Asia that it is well-nigh bankrupt?
Still racing backward the undersecretary of state
revives the old League of Nations scheme if there is
not enough trouble in the world as it is.
He says that the League of Nations went under be-
of he blind selfshness of here in the United
States as well as in the rest of the world"
AS matter of historic fact it failed to operate
because it by the old gang of European
thmberiggers that have caused every there.
THE United States more the Z. S A. than
when it, for purely sefpreservave refused
to be hornswogged into that league for the pepetuaton
of hate and strife.
If the United States had gone into that caba it would
have been in every since 1918 and lot that
only be guessed at.
What Mr.. Welles advocates then are plainly:
ABOLITION OF OUR NAVY, FREE TRADE AND
OUR ENTRY INTO A NEW LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
AS postwar program nothing more completely
rnous the people of this country could be thought out
In fact, Mr. Welles didn't think it out at ALL He
merely walked backward and picked up what the Ameri
people have discarded WORKOUT ideas.
The kind of dangerous ideas have fastened
themselves the brains Of the New Dealers that brought
France to the dust
Yes we are heading straight BACKWARD, and have
La.r IL; f1~ 49, act ;0ht
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ONE YEAR AGO TODAY
July 81, 1910

United States Secretary of
War Stimson says If British
fleet falls into the hands Of the
Germans, we are in great danger
of being attacked.
Raj battles German raiders
over the English Channel, both
sides lose heavily
British merchant cruiser Al
cantara engages German COM
merce raider GOO miles off
Brazil.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-31
Connolly Answers
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Crcfie. (cl Eleanor pnoca.

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GUSTS; (c) Eleanor Roose-
welt.
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Milan" Bishop; tb)
Martha" Flotow; (c) The
Bohemian Girl" Balfe.
3-ta Germany; (b) Hungary;
(c) Russia.
IA America the Beautiful"
Bates; OBJ The Charge of
the Light Brigade" Tenny-
son; (c) "Recessional," Kip
ling.
5-(a) Moby Dick; Oh Rikki-
tikki-tavi; (c) Flag.
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grims." Mrs. Hemans; OBJ
"A Psalm of Life" Longfel-
low; (c) Lucy" Words
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Hans Fallada; (c) J. w. Won
Goethe.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-31
BAERING DOWN ON THE NEWS:
HOneuxliOOH EHh
By ARTHUR BUGS" BAER

srangest thing about this European the defeated
taking by like it vaccination line.
Instead of a free-for-all it is actually elimination
tournament.
1t looks like it arranged by tennis committee
II has been mysterious the back Of drugstore
And don't think will understand it my pet radio
expert didn't his cpy cunchy cracky option renewed
I've heard Of snakes hypnotzng birds and that must be
the explanation Anyway I'm just Waiting for the day when
Adolf with that cold habut eye and tells
him the honeymoon is over
By
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-31
Quiz Answers

1-Petrograd and st. Peters
burg.
2-Gulliver.
3-May 81, 1889.
maryland and Massachusetts.
petroleum.
6-Their tails.
THE Netherlands, Sweden
and Great Britain.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-31
MRS. MADELEINE. LARGENT,
4l02 Springle avenue.
TO THE EDITOR:

~ HE EDlIOR.
MAY l express the apprecia-
'A ton of the entire Boy Scout
organization Of Detroit for the
splendid help The Detroit Times
gave us in the recent aluminium
for defense campaign.
Our boys in khaki are only too
glad to render this public serv-
ice in time of national emer-
gency. In other undertakings
now being set up. the Boy
Scouts are to render further
assistance through projects, an
nouncement of which will be
made later.
AMOS X. SHIELDS.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20
State Speakers At
Community Council

DR.. H. w. Nisonger, professor of
adult education at Ohio State uni
versity, and Harrison Sayre, chair
man of Governor Bricker's state COM
mission on democracy, will conduct
an informal forum session at the
newly formed community co-ordinating
council to be held at the high school
cafeteria Sunday afternoon at 2:S0
o'clock.
Both of the speakers have wide
experience in the organization and
problems of community council work
and will assist the local group in
setting up an effective organization.
Purpose of the council is to serve
as a clearing house for community
problems and to work out solutions
for difficulties in terms of commun-
ity improvement and civic welfare.
The council is composed of rep
resentatives of the various clubs, in
dustries, service groups, churches
and other agencies of the community
The public is invited to attend the
meeting and any representative OF
any organization may make sugges-
tons concerning needs and problems
existing in the community.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20
Ridge-Hdrris Wedding
Held Sunday Morning

Marriage of Miss Nellie Ridge,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Rex Ridge
of Benton Ridge, and Donald Harris,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Harris
north of town, took place at the
home of the officiating minister, Rev.
Clayton Landis of Rawson, Sunday
morning at $3.50 The single ring
ceremony was used in the presence
of the attendants, Miss Dolores
Schoonover of Benton Ridge and
Howard Frantz of Rawson who
served as bridesmaid and best man,
respectively.
The bride wore a rose suit with
hat to match and corsage of white
sweet peas and pink roses. The
bridesmaid wore a blue suit with
rose hat and corsage of pink sweet
peas and yellow roses. The men of
the party wore boutionneres of white
carnations.
The couple left for short we'd
ding trip to Montpelier and Chicago
returning Tuesday night. They will
reside on farm north of Mt. Cory.
The bride is graduate of Liberty
Township High school and also at
tended Bowling Green university. The
groom is a graduate of Mt. Cory
High school.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20
Tulips And Hyacinths Will Be Missing
From Easter Floral Parade This Year
Pheasant Raising
Planned At Rally

Plans to raise pheasant chicks in
Bluffton as a part of the areas
game bird restocking program were
aired at sportsmens' rally in the
Legion hall last Wednesday under
auspices of the Bluffton Community
Sportsmen's club.
Pens for the raising of chicks are
under construction and it is planned
to obtain baby pheasants from the
state conservation department.
With more than 90 men in attend
ance, the sportsmen's rally was a
successful event and marked the
opening of the local organization
spring and summer activity drive.
Clarence Clark, fish management
agent for st. Marys, Loramie and
Indian lakes, gave an interesting
talk on fish conservation, and movies
were shown of the development of
Van Buren, lake.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20
Death Takes Wife
OF School Head

Serious illness of five weeks re-
suited in the death of Mrs. A. j. B.
Longsdorf, Sc, wife of the superin-
tendent of Bluffton public schools,
Sunday morning at o'clock in her
South Lawn avenue home.
An active leader in church and
civic affairs, Mrs. Longsdorf be-
came critically ill last Friday.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday morning in the First Metho-
dist church and final rites were in
the afternoon at the Mcintyre Fun
eral Home in Wooster. Rev. j. A.
Weed, pastor of the Bluffton Metho-
dist church, officiated assisted by
Rev. Chas. Armentrout of the Pres
byterian church. Burial was at
Wooster.
Bluffton public schools were closed
Wednesday and the flag was at half
mast throughout the week as a
mark of respect.
Mrs. Longsdorf came to Bluffton
in August, 1925, when her husband
assumed the superintendency of the
Bluffton schools and she soon be-
came active in community affairs.
Born in Springville, Wayne county,
Mrs. Longsdorf served at one time
as one of the supervisory directors
of the Methodist Westminster home
in Wooster.
Before coming to Bluffton she had
lived six and one-half years at Cyg-
net and seven years at North Balti-
more, where he husband served as
superintendent of schools.
Organizations of which Mrs. Longs.
dorf was an active member included
the Alice Freeman club, Order OF
Eastern Star, Bluffton lodge No. $50
Bluffton Methodist church, Mary
Martha Sunday school class of the
church, and the Women's Society OF
Christian Service.
Besides her husband, her 92-year
old father, Martin Lands, of Woos
ter, also survives. Others are foul
brothers, William Garfield Landis
Edward M. Lands, Sherman L
Lands and Karl M. Landis, all o.
Wooster; and three sisters, Miss An
ma Belle Lands and Mrs. Effie M
Butler, both of Wooster, and Mrs
Mary Ellen Winter, of West Salem
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20
Men in Training Given Oppor
tunity to Attend Services
Of Their Choice
Chaplain ]. Norman King, for.
merly of Bluffton Writes of
Life in Army Camp

Life at Camp Shelby, Miss, where
most of the Bluffton area draftees
have been assigned, is described in an
interesting letter received this week
from 1t. Col. ]. Norman King, form
rly of Bluffton, who is serving as as
sistant 37th division chaplain.
The letter follows:
'Due to the fact that quite a large
number of men from Bluffton and
community are now in training at
Camp Shelby, l thought you might be
interested in knowing something
about the conditions that prevail here.
No doubt reports have been received
by folks in Ohio regarding the eli
mate here in Mississippi and how it
differs from that to which we are ac-
customed in Ohio.
'Most of the men from Bluffton and
community have come to Camp Shelby
only recently and may have found
some difficulty in adjusting themsel-
yes to this change of climate, but
some of us have been here nearly four
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20
FFA Wins Judging
Contest SATURDAY.

First place was won by the Bluff
ton High school stock judging team
at the Allen Judging Circle held at
Waynesfield, Saturday.
Hereford steers and Brown Swiss
cows were judged at the meet in
which Bluffton topped the honors.
Judging for Bluffton were: Wayne
Bader'tscher, Kenneth Winkler, We'll
don Deppler and Edgar Huber.
A handsome rotating trophy was
awarded the Bluffton team. This,
however, is not the permanent pos
session of the school and will remain
here only until some other school
wins again in the series of IL judg-
ing meets being held in the area.
The trophy was donated by the Lima
Kiwanis club.
Included in the Saturday competi-
tion were teams from Harrod, La
fayette, Shawnee, Waynesfeld, Spen-
carville and Bluffton. The next con-
test will be held in Bluffton on April
20, it was announced by Harry
Barnes, instructor.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20
new FIRE ALARM
SYSTEM PROPOSED
TO TOWN COUNCIL
Proposed Plan Would Place
Alarm Boxes in Various
Parts of Town
Advocates Claim System Would
Give Speedier Action in
Event of Fire

Bluffton may have a system of fire
alarm boxes if a proposal presented
at the town council meeting Monday
night should go into effect.
Lester Niswander, representing the
Bluffton fire department, explained in
detail the operation of the proposed
system as it has worked in other COM
munities and the nature of the local
application.
The fire alarm boxes would be To-
Gated in various parts of the town
and would all be connected with the
telephone central office. An alarm
bell would be located in each fire
mans home and place of business.
A signal from central would ring
all bells simultaneously and indicate
to the fireman in what part of town
the fire is located. The person put
ting in the call would deal only with
central who would relay the message
to fire department members.
Estimate Cost $500
Niswander estimated that COM
plete system of boxes and bells could
be installed in Bluffton for approx
mately $500. This would represent
the cost of materials alone since in
stallation would be made by the mu-
nicipal light plant, according to pres
ent plans.
The advantage of the system would
lie in the speedier action that it would
provide through the use of pre-ar-
ranged signals and the greater ac-
feasibility of the boxes.
Under the plan proposed the gen.
eral alarm would be given by the wat
erworks whistle to notify firemen who
might not be near an alarm bell.
Ringing of the fire bell at the town
hall, however, would be discontinued.
The matter was discussed by the
council and was referred to the fire
and light committee composed of DR..
M. r. Bixel and Cleon Triplett. 1t
will be presented again at future
meeting of the council for further
action.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20
Many Farmers Sign
AAA Program Here

The majority of the farmers in
this area are signing for participa-
tion in the Agricultural Adjustment
Act, it was announced Wednesday by
Willard Jennings, chairman of the
committee in charge of the local par
ticipation.
Although not all of the farmers
have been visited by the committee,
preliminary indications are that the
record total of II per cent of last
year, will be exceeded this year.
Members of the committee in addi-
ton to Jennings are: S. E. Steiner
and Walter Schaublin. -
The committee has been advising
with farmers in the area concerning
the most effective methods of farm
production within the limitations of
the program.
The farmers are especially inter-
ested in the marketing quotas opera
tions which may be used in this area.
A meeting on this matter will be
held in Lima in the near future.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20
HIGH SCHOOLS TO
BRING ORCHESTRAS
FOR CONTEST HERE
Northwestern Ohio Event to be
Held in Gymnasium, Fri
day, March 2S
Programs, are Being Arranged
For Afternoon and Even
ing Sessions

Bluffton will be host to the North
western Ohio High school Orchestra
contest to be held in the high school
gymnasium Friday afternoon and
| night, March 2S.
Orchestras from schools in north
western Ohio will participate in the
event. Likely participants, so far, in
clude: Findlay, Paulding, Shawnee,
Ottowa Hills, Ada and Bluffton. Sew
eral more schools will probably enter
the competition, according to Prof.
Sidney Hauenstein, director of the
Bluffton orchestra.
The Bluffton college music depart
ment is sponsoring the competition
and Prof. Russell Lantz, head of the
department, will preside as chairman.
Compete With Larger Schools
The orchestra will be grouped in
to several classes depending on the
size of the high school from which
they come. The classes are A, B, BIB,
c, and &C. Blytfton ordinarily
would be placed in class c but as in
the past the Bluffton orchestra has
elected to compete in class B with
schools nearly three times as large.
Judges for the contest will be Pro-
fessor Don Morrison and Arthur Will
Jams of the Oberlin Conservatory of
Music faculty. The Blufftop High
school orchestra this week is starting
special rehearsals in anticipation of
the event. Instrumental sections are
being heard by Prof. Hauenstein in
order to give concentrated instruc-
tion.
Last year the competition in the
Northwestern Ohio contest was in
band. Two years ago Bluffton High
won the orchestra contest at Ada and
in state competition at Columbus the
orchestra placed second in class B
division in which much larger schools
were entered.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20
In New Locations

E. T. Reagan and family will
move the coming week into their
new home on West Kibler street
which is now being completed.
The Moses Steiner property also
on West Kibler street to be vacated
by the Reagan family will be oc-
cupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Bruce who will move from rooms
in the A. L. Baumgartner home on
South Main street. Mr.. Bruce is in
charge of northwestern Ohio real
estate holdings OF Cincinnati in
surance company.
Walter Niswander and family are
moving this week from the Jacob
Hochstettler property on High street
near Ropp hall into the former
Mrs. Martha Radebaugh property
which he purchased and moved to
his lot On Grove street near the
Jackson machine shop.
Chris Schnegg who occupied the
Mrs. Anna Groman farm northwest
of Bluffton will move into the Hoch-
stettler property vacated by Neis-
wander.
John Hilty will occupy the Gro
man farm vacated by Schnegg, NOV
ing from the Mrs. John Ewing farm,
the former Frick place in Orange
township recently purchased by
Clayton Bixel. Don Eddy who is
moving from Findlay, will occupy
the place vacated by Hilty.
Mrs. Coza Rauenbuhler is moving
from an apartment in the Memo
Badertscher residence on Poplar
street to the residence on East
Kibler street formerly occupied by
the late Frank Scott.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eldon King will
move from the Jesse Welty farm to
Mt. Cory soon. Rev. A. F. Albro
and family will move on the Welty
farm vacating the Ezra Basinger
property on jefferson street. Bas-
niger will occupy his property va
Gated by Rev. Albro and Don
Cupples will move into the Cherry
street property vacated by Basinger
which Cupples recently purchased.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Wilson have
moved on the Hiram Locher farm
north of Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20
School viii Enter
Music Meet FridQu

Bluffton High school glee clubs will
enter the district choral contest to be
held at Bowling Green State univer-
sity, Friday. The meet will be under
the supervision of the Ohio Music Ed
ucation association.
Button will enter the class BIB
competition which, as in orchestra
competition, is with schools much
larger. The mixed chorus will not
enter the competition this year, it
was announced by Miss Elizabeth
Higley, music instructor.
There are 81 in the boys glee club
and "a in the girls glee club. The
boys will sing "Song of the Ships" by
Flagle, when Morning Light Awak-
ems Me" by Bach and "As Off to the
Southland We Co." The girls will
sing 'The Smiling Dawn by Handel,
"My Mother Bids Me Bind My Hair
by Haydn and "In My Own Home
land" by Trunk.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20
ReDiDaL Services At
Church OF Christ

Revival meetings will open next
Sunday at the Bluffton Church of
Christ and continue each evening ex-
cept Saturday until Sunday, April 6.
Services will open nightly at 7:45
p. m. with the. pastor, Rev. Lee B.
Remaley, of Arlington, in charge.
Carl B. Pearson, evangelistic sing
er of Dixonville, Pa, will conduct
the singing during the services.
Pearson is an experienced conductor
of revival service music.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20
LACK OF INTEREST
may SCuTTLE WPA
SIDEWALkk PROJECT
Few Sign Up Tor Proposed Pro-
gram as Saturday Dead
line Nears
Absence of support Will Result
In Drastic Revision, Mayor
States

Buttons proposed WPA side
walk construction for the coming
summer may be dropped because of
lack of interest, il was stated by
Mayor w. A. Howe, the first of the
week.
With Saturday as the deadline for
property owners to sign requests for
the federal aid project, large in
crease in the number of signers will
be necessary if the proposed side
walk construction Is to be under
taken this summer, the mayor de-
clared. Forms may be signed at
the mayors office. In the building
of walks as a WPA project, labor
will be provided without charge and
the only cost to property owners
will be for materials.
May Make Drastic Change
In event WPA aid is not forth
coming, it will be necessary to re-
wise drastically the program, the
mayor stated.
The entire program as proposed
with WPA assistance includes grad
ing and surfacing of Huber street
and also short stretches at the south
ends of Jackson, Geiger and Mound
streets.
Huber street which joins jefferson
street at the Allen McCluer resi-
dence will be continued until it
reaches Cherry street at the resi-
dence of Mrs. VIM. Underwood.
Huber Street Improvement
AT present, Huber street stops at
the junction with Mound street at
the Fred Hofer residence. Construc-
tion of sidewalks is also proposed on
Huber street from Jefferson to
Mound street.
Other street construction will in
c1ude that portion Of Jackson street
south of the Kibler street intersec.
ton at the Moses Steiner residence
and on Geiger and Mound streets
south of the East College avenue
intersections.
Construction of sidewalk on Kib-
Ter street road from South Lawn
avenue to Grove street is also in
the program. A number of new
residences have been built in that
area during the past, summer.
A concrete curb for nearly a mile
stretch of the full length of Lawn
avenue from Kibler to Riley streets
also is proposed tentatively.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20
Nazi Occupation of Holland Re-
suits in Shortage of Bulbs
And Flowers
American Supply Far Short of
Heavy Demand, With Sub
stitutes Required

Tulips and hyacinths-long asso-
ciated with Casters floral parade
will be missing from the scene this
year.
Nazi occupation of Holland, prin-
cipal source of the worlds supply
of bulbs of the two flowers, has
brought an end to export trade and
resulted in the shortage for this
Easter, according to Elmer Short,
proprietor of the Grove Street
Greenhouses.
Holland, Mich, Dutch settlement,
is the only place producing tulips
and hyacinths in quantities in this
hemisphere and their output falls
far short of meeting the customary
demands, Short said.
Tulips and hyacinths are raised by
methods similar to onion culture,
and the industry reached its peak in
Holland where the soil, climate and
years of experience resulted in un-
usually fine bulbs.
Cut flowers will not be affected by
the change in the floral picture for
Easter, and many potted plants are
expected to be in demand. Lilies
grown from bulbs imported from
Japan will be available also.
Principal substitutes for tulips and
hyacinths likely will include hy-
drangeas, lilies, jonquils, spirea, cal
ceolaria, cineraria, violets and roses,
according to Short.