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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-17
Bridge Work Will Be
Ended In TlUO Weeks

Work on the Jefferson street
bridge crossing Big Riley creek will
not be completed until the end of the
month, Mayor w. A. Howe an
nounced this week.
Repair of the structure has been
under way for a week, and traffic
over Jefferson street and Route 103
is being detoured over Vance street
to Cherry, down Cherry to Mound
street and over Mound to jefferson.
Improvement work will consist of
the placements of new steel string
ers" for the support of the floor of
the bridge, a new wooden floor and
painting of the structure. Work is
being done by the state highway de-
partment.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-17
FIRST MENNONITE CHURCH

III. t. Unruh, Pastor
Thursday, 7:15 p. m. Choir re-
hearsal.
SUNDAY:
900 a. m. Church school.
1000 a. m. Church worship.
600 p. m. intermediate c. E.
7:30 p. m. Junior c. Z. and even
ing services.
Come and worship the coming
Sunday and every Sunday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-17
liz This Sunday in 1he
1fll1rrhR8H

EVANGELICAL AND REFORMED
Emil Burrichter, Pastor
EmmanueI's:
Sunday school at 9:30 a. m.
Public worship at 10:45 a. m.
st. Johns:
Public worship at 9:15 a. m.
Sunday school at 1890 a. m.
Junior c. E. at $3.50 a. m.
Choir practice Thursday at 7:30
p. m.
The WINS. will meet on Thurs
day evening with Mrs. Oda Kempf
at 500 o'clock, with Mrs. Della
Hilty assistant. Note the change,
please.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-17

Charles NJ. Armentrout, Pastor
Rockport-
9:30 a. m. Morning worship.
10:30 a. m. Sunday school, Guy
Mayberry, Supt.
7:30 D. m. Christian Endeavor.
Bluffton:
9:3O a. m. Sunday school, Norman
Triplett, Supt.
1850 a. m. Morning worship.
600 p. m. Tuxis.
7:30 p. m. Evening Service, DIR.
Henry Lampe of Syenchun, Chosen
will speak concerning his work in
Chosen.
The subject of the morning sermon
is: 81 Believe in Jesus Christ" The
public is cordially invited to attend
the services of the church.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-17
Grand Jury Works
In Record Time

Two Bluffton persons were mem
bers of the Hancock county grand
jury for the April term which had
one of the shortest sessions on
record when it completed its busi-
ness between 10 a. m. and p. m.
Tuesday of last week.
Among the Is jurors were Opal
Edinger and James Fisher, both of
Rural Route No. 1, Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-17
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Lee B. Remaley, Pastor

9:15 Sunday school.
1915 Communion.
$50 Christian Endeavor.
Thursday evening: The Ladies
Aid Society will meet in the home
of Mrs. Gwendolyn Patterson.
The Ever Ready" class meeting
is in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Emans.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-17
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY

Sunday services at 10:30 a. m,
subject: Doctrine of Atonement." /"
Testimonial meeting at 7:30. We'd
nesday evening.
The reading room at the church
is open every Wednesday from 200
to 400 p. m. The public is invited
to all services and to visit the read
ing room.
This society is branch of the
Mother Church, the First Church of
Christ Scientist, Boston, Mass.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-17
To Speak At Lima

Orden Smucker, instructor in social
science at Bluffton High school, will
speak at a dinner meeting of the
Allen county Mental Hygiene council
to be held at the Barr Hotel in Lima
Thursday night at 6:15 o'clock. The
subject of Smucker's address will be
Sociology and Mental Health.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-17
Wednesday Morning

Wednesday Morning
Hogs-160 to 100, $8.25; 100 to
24O, $8.40; roughs, $6.75; stays,
$3.50.
Calves, $10.50; lambs, S10.25.
Grain (bu. prices)-Wheat, No.
/, $87; wheat, No. 2, SEC; old corn,
661sc; new corn, 64c; oats, 38c;
soys, s1.10.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-17
DEFENSELESS MENNONITE
r. G.. Steiner. Pastor

DEF ENSELESS MENNUNIIE u
f. G.. Steiner, Pastor
$3.50 Sunday school.
10:30 a. m. Preaching.
7:30 p. m. Christian Workers Band.
This will be followed by message.
Thursday evening at 7:45 Bible
study and Prayer service. Leader
Levi Mellinger.
You are always welcome. Come
and worship with a congregation
where young and old are interested.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-17
MISSIONARY CHURCH
A. F. Albro, Pastor

~ 4 ~kEUHVt H1N'NOH
SUNDAY:
$50 Sunday school.
1920 Morning worship Rev. VI.
TOO p. m. Children's meeting.
700 p. m. Young peoples society.
7:30 p. m. Evangelistic service.
Rev. vi.
Wednesday, s p. m. Prayer meet
ing. @
900 p. m. Choir practice.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-17
EBENEZER MENNONITE

A. c. Schultz, Pastor
THURSDAY:
7:45 .. m. Teachers meeting.
$3.50 D. m. Choir rehearsal.
SUNDAY:
9:30 a. m. Sunday school.
10:30 a. m. Morning worship.
7:30 p. m. C. E. programs.
$3.50 p. m. Evening service.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-04-17
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
The State of Ohio,
Allen County, SIS.
Estate of Adam ID. Freet. Deceased.
Charles E. Erect. of r. ID. No. q Columbus
Grove Ohio, has been appointed and qualified
as administrator of the estate of Adam ID.
Erect, late of Allen County. Ohio. deceased.
Dated this 10th day of April, 1e4l.
RAYMOND P. SMITH.
l Probate Judge
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-10-22
|TNEC POINTS TO CO. OPS
AS A WAY OUT

WASHINGTON. = The Temporary
National Economic Committee headed
by Senator O'Mahoney declares in its
final report just completed that Con
sumner Cooperation may prove to be
the one sound answer to the consum-
er demand for an abundance of prod
ucts, priced for use, and for reliable
information about commodities"
The report outlines the present con-
centration of control over the present
economic system by few families
and huge financial interests. In many
fields, the report declares, the individ-
ual consumer is virtually helpless
against financial combinations and
monopoly. Only when consumers
band together in co-operatives do
they have sufficient economic power
to secure the goods and services they
need at the prices they ought to pay
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-10-22
|N0N-CITIzENS
MUST REGISTER
ALL PROPERTY

| In a statement issued today, the
American Committee for Protection Of
Foreign Born, 70 Fifth Avenue. New
York, ~ Y, called special attention
to the fact that, under the Executive
Order of April 10th, all non-citizens
who own property in excess of $1,000
in the United States or its possessions
must register their property holdings
with the government before October
81, 1871.
Time for the registration of foreign
owned property expired September
Both but has now been extended to
October 81, 1871. The Executive Or
der affects all property owned by nom
citizens, which was subject to the
Jurisdiction of the United States on
the opening of business on June l.,
1910. Additional reports are required
of nationals of China and Japan who
owned property subject to the juris-
diction of the United States on July
26, 1941.
Reports must be executed and filed
in quadruplicate on or before October
81, 1871, with the Federal Reserve
Bank of the district or the Governor
or High Commissioner of the terri
tory or possession of the United
States in which the person filing the
report resides or has principal place
of business or principal office or
agency. If such person has no legal
residence or place of business or
principal office or agency in a Federal
Reserve district or a territory or
possession of the United States, then
reports must be filed with the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York or the
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francis
co. Persons reporting must retain a
copy of each report filed by them.
Copies of the Executive Order (No.
$3.50, regulations issued, and required
forms (Form TFR-300) may be OBJ
tanned from any Federal Reserve
Bank, the Governor or Commissioner
Of any territory or possession of the
United States, or the Secretary of the
Treasury, Washington, d. G.
Information and assistance can also
be obtained by writing to the Amer
can Committee for Protection of For
eign Born, 70 Fifth Avenue, New
York, N. Y.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-10-22
MURRAY
ANNOUNCES
STUDY RELEASE

Senator James E. Murray, chairman
of the senate special committee tt
study the problems of American small
business, announced today the release
of committee print No. 7, Part 1, Oh
Small Business Research and Educa
ton prepared by Charles G. Daugh-
ters.
The senator stated that this com
mittee print Of fifty pages is sum.
mary of the background agitation,
precedent, and need of program of
Small Business Research and Educa-
ton sponsored by the federal govern
ment and the various states through
their respective agencies and educa-
tional institutions. He said, "Mr.
Daughters study, supported by docu-
mentary evidence, showed a wide
spread interest and agitation for a
program of Small Business Research
and Education over the past several
years supported by high government
officials, small businessmen, educa-
tional leaders, trade associations,
scientific research foundations, and
small business organizations"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-10-22
FRATERNAL
SOCIETY
EXCEEDS QUOTA

NEW YORK.-The members of the
International Workers Order, by rails
ing $500 Of the total 100000 fund
for medical aid and articles of COM
fort in behalf of anti-Hitler front-line
fighters, more than doubled their orig
inal quota set for the first month of
the campaign, it was announced here
today by Herbert Benjamin, executive
secretary of the TWO and chairman
Of the Front Line Fighters Fund COM
mittee. OF this amount S31 1000 has
been converted into purchases of med
ical equipment and supplies and arti-
Giles of need and comfort for front
line soldiers, sailors and air fighters
of the anti-Hitler forces. Another
$1,000 has. been appropriated for Chi
nese war relief.
Three million cigarettes have been
purchased by the committee which
has allotted 100000 cigarettes each
to the British and Russian war relief
agencies and the remaining 100000
to Polish, Czech, Free French and
other anti-fascist armies, to be dis
tributed through their accredited war
relief bodies in this country in line
with the IWO's policy of not Compel
ing with the campaigns of these
agencies.
The TWO Front Line Fighters Fund
committee, in disbursing moneys
raised as rapidly as they are received
in order to speed-up aid activities, has
spent $4,000 for medical supplies and
equipment, $4,000 for yarn, and $4,000
for cigarettes.
1t is expected that the shipment of
medical supplies and equipment will
be made this week and will include
one-half ton of iodine, 100000 sulphur
piroden tablets, 5000 ounces of qui-
nine, ten complete hospital outfits and
500 rolls of 10-yard wide adhesive
plaster.
The largest sums raised by the in
iividual TWO sections are reported as
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-10-22
W. P. A. HAS
TRAINING
FOR YOUTH

In line with congressional action as
set forth in the 1871 ERA act, WPA
is training needy persons in occupa
lions essential to national defense in
dustries, State WPA Administrator
Joseph e. Parker reports In Mon
tana, 152 WPA employees are receiv-
ing training and PA have completed
training at centers in Billings, Boze-
man, Butte, Great Falls, Helena and
Miles City.
Courses offered are sheet metal,
Billings; automotive mechanics, Boze-
man; arc and acetylene welding,
Butte; machine shop practices, Great
Falls; arc and acetylene welding,
sheet metal, aviation mechanics, radio,
machine shop practices, Helena; and
automotive mechanics, arc and acety-
lene welding and drafting, Miles City.
Other proposed subjects for incor-
poration into defense training schools
are courses for such helpers as boiler
maker, shipwright,, electrician, ship
filter and pipe filter.
WPA employees are selected for
training upon application by the WPA
after reviewing the workers record
of employment and upon recommends
tons of project supervisors. After
workers are instructed to
contact the county department of pub
lie welfare to secure a medical ex-
and the county office of
the Montana state employment service
to secure an employment service re-
feral form.
Training is usually completed in ap-
three months, with
certificate of completion issued upon
successful and final completion show
ing the hours of training completed
Trainees then are referred to national
defense industries desiring skilled
workmen. Many trainees are hired
before their training is completed.
The national defense training prof.
ect is sponsored by the Office of Pro
luction Management and co-sponsored
by the United States office of educa-
ion. The WPA furnishes funds for
he payment of trainees, selected from
heir rolls, while they are attending
vocational schools. Transportation
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-10-22

acteristic on the part OF the
members of this organization
prevailed throughout the con-
vention, with total absense OF
strife. Debates on differences
of opinion were few, and when
they arose, were carried on in
a friendly attitude of sound re-
spect for opinions expressed,
and unquestioning acceptance
of the decision of the majority.
Visitors
James Patton, national president of
the organization visited the conven-
ton as he has for the past several
years, and addressed the delegates
and visitors on Thursday afternoon.
While his address was broadcast over
the Kalispell and Great Falls radio
stations, The Voice this week starts
publication of the speech in full, know
ing that many readers of The Voice
will be interested in having it in
printed form.
NJ W. Thatcher general manager
of the Farmers Union Grain Terminal
Association was the other featured
speaker during the convention. He
addressed the convention on Friday
and his address like Mr.. Patton's was
broadcast. A complete copy of this
splendid speech has not been received
as yet by The Voice, but when re-
ceived will be published
President RoIph Reports
In his annual report to the con-
vention, State President Rolph empha-
sized the threatened danger of elimi-
nation of family-sized farms with re-
sultant loss of farm families and
homes and urged the pressing need of
more organization to combat this dan
ger Mr. Rolphs report will be car
ried in later issues of The Voice.
The executive board members in
their reports to the convention also
dwelt on the need for more effective |
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-10-22
MONTANA
WORKERS GET
BACKPAY

MINNEAPOLIS hundred work
ers in Montana, Minnesota and the
Dakotas received backpay totaline
$21, S51.35 in September resulting from
enforcement of the Wage and Houl
| law, according to L. A. Hill, Regional
| director of the wage and hour divi
sion, U. S. department of labor. The
restitution represents the difference
| between wages and overtime pay re-
ceived and what the employees were
entitled to under the law.
Adjustments by Montana employers
| in September totaled $2,942.47 to 112
workers; Minnesota, $9,S76.S2 to 434;
North Dakota, s2,43166 to "a; South
Dakota, $313.03 to 20. In Kalispell,
S1,21O.12 was paid to is employees;
Libby, $5S493 to 2; Shelby, $53S.O4 to
II; Whitefish, $3.50 to a; Eureka,
$197.93 to one; Cut Bank, $119.13 to
6; Billings, 1922 to 5.
New wage minima in lumber mills,
furniture factories and gray iron
foundries will be effective on Novem-
Der 8, Mr. Hill announced. On that
date and thereafter, the general 30
cent an hour minimum will no longer
apply to those industries. The new
rates will be 35 cents an hour in saw
mills and planning mills and 40 cents
an hour in furniture factories and
gray iron foundries, as the result of
wage orders issued by Gen. Philip B.
Fleming, administrator of the division
in Washington, approving industry
committee recommendations.
Hundreds of workers in this region
will have their earnings increased by
the wage orders. In Montana alone,
there are more than 2,450 workers in
the largest SO lumber mills of the
state, with additional hundreds work
ing for smaller operators. 1t is esti-
mated that the rates of 10000 lumber
mill employees throughout the nation
will be raised to comply with the
order.
ut is believed that manufacturers
as we'll as employees in this area will
benefit particularly from the new
Mr. Hill said, "as average
rates paid here have been consider
ably higher than in other parts of the
chiefly in the south"
The rates of about $4,000 workers
IN the nations furniture industry will
be increased, while an additional A.
300 in the gray iron foundry industry
will be raised
The forty-hour week applies equally
@ all firms engaged in interstate
commerce or in the production Of |
goods for interstate commerce, re
Iuiring that employees receive time |
ind one-half their regular rate of pay
or overtime hours worked.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-10-22
". P. A. REPORTS
UNEMPL OYMENT
DROP In SEPT.

Unemployment stood at 100000 in
September, a drop of 100000 from
August, it was reported today from
Washington by Commissioner Howard
o. Hunter ON the basis of the regular
WPA Monthly Report of Unemploy-
ment. The September drop was be-
low seasonal expectations, however,
being less than half the decline regis
tered for the same period a year ago.
At the same time, a seasonal de-
cline of 100000 was reported in the
nations total labor force, attributed
in large measure to the reopening of
schools. This large reduction in the
labor force would have resulted in a
much sharper drop in unemployment
in September had it not been for the
fact that there was also a reduction
of 100000 in the number of persons
actually employed. The decrease in
was contrary to seasonal
total employment having
increased by 100000 during the same
period a year ago.
The September figure of 100000
for unemployment is the lowest shown
since the series was inaugurated by
the WPA Division of Research almost
a year and a half ago. The report
warns, however, that a reversal in
this downward trend may be expected
within the next few months and that
probably will climb up
ward as seasonal influences and the
effects of priorities in strategic mate
rails are felt
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-10-22

ldering the Lewis and Clark
county sheriff and county at
torney to close gambling con-
Quoted in the club rooms of
the Eagles and Elks lodges in
Helena.
The complaint alleges that pan
gingi, poker and other games of
chance are played" and that slot ma
chimes are operated in the lodge
rooms.
The charge is made in the COM
plant that the sections of the law
which exempts charitable, religious
and fraternal organizations from the
prohibitions of the state gambling
laws are unconstitutional because the
exemptions provided for such organi-
cations ARE not mentioned in the title
of the act as passed.
The complaint charges that sections
of the hickey law are so ambiguous,
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-10-22
thatcher
URGES MORE
ORGANIZATION
Stresses Need of Organiza-
ton for Self-protection; Says
They Will Pay Double for
The Present War in Which
Everyone Asked to Sacrifice.

Analysing the present world situa
ton and the probable postwar condi
lions, M. W. Thatcher, general man.
ager of the Farmers Union Grain
Terminal Association, in an address
delivered last Friday before the an
nual convention of the Montana Farm.
ers' Union, earnestly urged that the
membership of the organization give
the greatest amount of time and effort
possible to increased membership and
Strengthening of the organization.
Working people, said Thatcher, will
pay double for the present war in
which everyone is asked to sacrifice,
and for what-no one seems to know.
We will pay, not only through price
topling in the postwar depression, but
also because we will be held respon-
sible for war debts.
For self-protection we must have a
militant farm organization. Thatcher
commended leaders in the Montana
Farmers Union for their organization
al work, but re-emphasized the i'm
portance to each member of greater
organizational, interpretive and edu-
cational activity.
A militant organization is the farm
ers only chance to acquire legislation
such as crop insurance. Without a
organization it will be impos-
sible to prevent the mortgage fore
closures and other injustices to the
small farmer that followed the last
war.
Wheat farmers in Montana are now
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-10-22
RECREATION
BOOKLET FOR
MONTANA OUT

The Montana Recreation booklet,
written by the WPA Writer'S project,
has been released by its publishers,
Bacon & Week, Inc. of New York.
and is now on sale at leading book
stores. The 32-page booklet is unit
of the American Recreation series,
one of which have been written for
each state. The series, designed to
stimulate tourist trade, is sponsored
nationally by the Virginia Conserva-
ton commission.
Recreation in Montana necessarily
remains close to the frontier" the
preface of the booklet states 1T is
spontaneous rather than developed. 1t
is generous and free rather than SUI
pervised or exploited. 1t is as natural
and inevitable as the Rockies"
Written in comprehensive style,
the pamphlet treats in turn statistics
and facts concerning the state, annual
events, sports and recreations and a
guide to outstanding recreational
areas. The latter division gives trav-
ell and recreational information con-
corning Glacier National park, the
Beartooth mountains, Flathead lake,
the Bitteroot valley, the Absaroka
Gallatin canyon, the Koot-
enai country and the Blackfoot- Clear
water area.
Word has been received that the
United States Travel Atlas" in which
the Montana projects material is rep
resented, will be published by Duell,
Sloan and Pearce in January. Mon
tana He'll to Breakfast Tales" has
been submitted to Caxton Printers,
Ltd of Caldwell, Idaho. Other pub
locations of the writer's project being
read by nationally-known publishers
at the present time are Men at
Work" and History of Grazing"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-10-22
whitney
HITS WATERED
R. R. STOCK
Claims That Railroads Make
Tremendous Profits Which
Go To Pay Dividends on
Dishonest Capitalization;
Charge Fast Bookkeeping.

A. F. Whitney, president of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen-
largest of the Big Five Operating
otherhoods-today appeared on the
witness stand before the president s
Fact-finding board conducting hear
ings on the wage case in Kimball
Hall, Chicago.
Speaking in behalf of more than
10000 railroad workers, members of
the Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men, Whitney told the board that
railroad employees had not received
wage increase since October, 1887
He said that their pay at that time
was below wages paid for comparable
work in other industries and was now
far behind because workers in other
industries had received wage in
creases up to 500 (1941 compared
with 1870
He told the board that he had in
his pocket authorizations to withdraw
the men from the service unless de-
mands for wage increases were
granted and that the men who had
been patient were growing restless of
the delay. He referred to the recent
strike vote when 98.S percent voted
for a strike.
7 Whitney estimated that the rail
roads would earn a billion and half
dollars in 1871 and more than that
in 1912. He said they were paying
fixed charges that were far too high
on capitalization that was twice as
large as it should be.
Continued on Page Four)