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Evening star., 1941-04-02

Fleming Mrs. P. q. Frederick, Miss p.
Flynn, Mrs. E. j. Freeman, Mrs. P.
Forbes es-Robertson. Fries. Mrs. Amos A.
Miss Diana Frost, Mrs. K.
Ford, Mrs. Francis j. Funk, Mrs. W. T.
Ford Miss M. z. Furman, Miss Lucille
G
Galbrsith, Mrs. J. X. Gore. Mrs. Albert
Gardner. Mrs. H. W. Graham. Mrs. Philip
Gasch Mrs. Marie M. Green, Miss G.
George Mrs. A. Green, Mrs. Jean
Gerry. Mrs P. G.. Green. Mrs. W. r.
Gillett, Mrs. F. w. Gridley. Mrs. c. Q.
Giliis, Miss Ann Griffin, Mrs. B. 8.
CIollan. Miss Ada Groncke, Miss C..
Goodykoontz, Miss B. Gudger, Mrs. E. c.
lIJidSCel.I. MI . Gunterman,
Gordon, Mrs. English Miss Gertha l..
Gordon, Miss E. P.
H
Haser, Mrs. A. r. Hines, Mrs. Frank T.
Haidar. Nine. Maria Hiss. Mrs. Donald
Halifax, Hochschild, Mrs. w.
The Viscountess Hoes, Mrs. Gouvernor
Hall, Mrs. Frank A. Holcomb, Mrs. T.
Halloran. Mrs. Helen Holland. Miss Katrin
Hamill, Miss K Hollander, Mrs. r.
Hand, Mrs. Fred e. Holmes, Mrs. G. s.
Hardy, Mrs r. T. Holton, Mrs. ]. NJ.
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taken a chauffeur elizabeth ForO
for a duke or an envoy, had dis
patched a social climber Beth
CampbelD on her way and had
borne with Mrs. Dimwitte elizabeth
May Craig) of pillowing bosom and
striking costume.
Two brides Carolyn Bell and
Helen Vogt) also sought to have
their pictures on page one before
the society columnist. who does the
bettah shopping at the bettah sawt
of teas" finally became the victim
of their rage.
Special Guests introduced.
Among the clubs special guests,
each of whom had been introduced
by Mrs. Helen Essary, president OF
the club, during the evening, were:
Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, Mrs. Cor
dell Hull, Mrs. Henry L. Stimson,
Mrs. Robert Jackson, Mrs. Frank
Walker, Mrs. Frank Knox, Mrs.
Claude Wickard, Senator Hattie
Caraway, Representative Mary T.
Norton, Representative Edith Nourse
Rogers, Representative Jessie Sum-
ner, Representative Margaret Smith
and Representative Jeanette Rankin.
Lady Halifax, wife of the British
Ambassador; Nine. Ciechanowska,
wife of the Polish Ambassador;
Mrs. Daisy Hartman and Mrs.
Wendell Willkie were others.
Among the achievement" guests
were Ilka Chase, fashion writer;
Eve Curie, author; Katharine Dun
lap. author; Harriet Elliott, Nation
al Defense Council: Diana Forbes
Robertson Mrs. Vincent Sheean);
Judge Marion J. Harron, only
woman member United States Board
of Tax Appeals; Hedda Hopper,
movie star and writer (and club
member); Josephine johnson, Pu-
liter Prize winner; Mary Martin
of MY Heart Belongs to Daddy"
fame, Sonora Martins, sculptress,
and Lily Dache.
Also DR.. Margaret Mead, assist
ant curator ethnology, American
Museum of Natural History; Mar
garet Mitchell, author of Gone
with the Wind; May E. Penning-
ton, winner 1910 Garvan Medal for
chemistry; Marjorie Kinnan Raw
lings, author Of "T'he Yearling",
Nine. Valentino Schlee (Valen-
tina); Nine. Genevieve Tabouis,
French journalist; Leila Warren,
author; Margaret Webster, director
of Maurice Evans Shakespeare
performances, and Mrs Matthew
j. Whittall, music patron.
Also guests were Mrs. Dorothy
Dorsey, Miss Gretchen Green, Mrs.
Thomas Holcomb, Mrs. William F.
Santelmann, wife of the conductor
of the Marine Bard, which pre-
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Babcock. Miss Muriel
Backer, Mrs. George
Bacon, Mrs. r. F.
Bacon. Mrs. r. L.
Balm, Mrs. M. A.
Banister, Mrs. Blair
Barber, Miss Mary
Barney. Miss NJ.
Barney, Miss M. e.
Baxter, Mrs. N. W.
Bedell. Mrs. Harry
Bell, Mrs. Brian
Bell, Mrs. Samuel
Bell. Mrs. Uric
Bender, DR.. Dorothy
Bennett. Mrs. Jean
Bernard, Mrs. D. NJ.
Berry. Mrs. Frank
Bingham. Mrs. H.
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Black. Miss Ruby A.
Blackwell. Mrs. B. 7.
Blair, Mrs. E. N.
Booker. Miss Edna l..
Bourne, Miss K.
Boysen, Mrs. G. c.
Bra dshaw. Miss r. v.
Branch, Miss Zelda
Brandt. Mrs. r. P.
Brayman, Mrs. II.
Brewster, Mrs. v. Fl.
Brown. Miss E. M.
Brown, Mrs. Stewart
Bruce, Mrs. Edward
Buchan, Mrs. L. e.
Buckles, Mrs. NJ. w.
Bugbee. Miss Emma
Burchard. Mrs. r. D.
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Thompson. Miss H. Turlinston. Mrs. Il.
Thorpe. Mrs. Merle
Van Deman. Miss r. Van Horn, Miss T.
Valentino. Nine. VarRa, Miss Margit
Vandenberg. Vogt, Miss Helen
:. Mrs. Arthur H., Worse. Mrs. Mary H.
Van Dusen, Mrs. w. ].
Waldrop. Mrs. Frank Wheaton, Mrs. A.
Wall, Miss Constance Whiteford, Mrs r. J.
Wallace. Mrs. H A. Whitman, Mrs C. S.
Warren, Miss Leila WhittaIl, Mrs NJ. J.
Watson. Mrs. Z. M. Wickard, Mrs. c,
Waymack, Mrs. z. Williams. Mrs. J. T.
Webb Mrs. T. D. Willis, Mrs. r. E.
Webster. Miss M. Willkie, Mrs wendell
Wecksler. Mrs. A. N. Wilson, Mrs. John
Wecksler, Mrs. NJ. s. Wilson Mrs. K. M.
Weed, Mrs. H. H. Wilson, Mrs. " P
Welsh, Mrs. e. G.. Winner, Miss " A.
Vessel. Nine. Karl Wood. Mrs T. r
Wharton. Miss A. H. woodward Mrs T. s.
Wharton, Mrs. A. Woollen, Mrs. E. jr
Wharton, Mrs. G. w. Wright. Mrs. c. J.
Y
Young. Miss M Youngman, Mrs M z.
Younsman, Miss A. p
Zeller. Mrs. Simon zelov. Mrs. Victor I.
Evening star., 1941-04-02
Transoeean News Agency
Is Barred From Peru
By the Associated Press.


LIMA, Peru, April 2.-Peru last
night barred the German news
agency Transocean from operations
in this country on the ground that
its dispatches are spreading news
that may disturb the good interna-
tional relations of Peru"
The interior ministry's decree
added that the agency might also
hurt the national sentiments of
other countries and affect our demo-
cratic institutions. Therefore it is
resolved to cancel the permit given
Transocean to operate in national
territory as a news agency"
A Federal grand jury in Wash
ington indicted Transocean, a Ger
man news agency; its manger,
Manfred zapp, and Guenther Tom,
an employe, March II for violation
of the foreign agents registry law
of the United States. Zapp and
Guenther were arrested and released
in $1,000 bail to appear in Wash
ington.
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Coleman. Mrs. Ola
Common. Miss c.
Condor, Mrs. Arthur
Conway. Mrs. P. A.
Cook, Mrs. Helen F.
Cook. Miss Lillian Z.
Cookman. Mrs. Mary
Corle, Miss Deborah
Coston, Miss Mary
Cottrell, Mrs. Mary
Cowan, Miss Ruth
Cowell, Mrs. T. r.
Cox, Miss Alice
Coyle. Mrs. r.
Craig, Mrs. Z. M.
Culkin, Mrs. r. c.
Cullinane, Mrs. Jas.
CUNNINGHAM, Mrs. M.
Curie, Mile. Eve
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Taft. Mrs. Robert A. TirreiI Miss D.
Taylor, Mrs. e. c. Tiller, Mrs. T:
TaylOr' yIsI MI Miss rs 2 C. TtlIett, ss,S Mrs G. "
TEX. Mile. Emel Toombs Mrs. Alfred
Terrell, Mrs. Dan Tufty, Mrs. z. v. w.
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Page, Miss Celeste W.
Page, Mrs. II. w, 3d.
Park, Mrs. Kenneth
Parker, Mrs. G. B.
Parker. Miss Mildred
Parkinson. Miss N. A.
Parten, Mrs. Nina
Patee. Miss Doris
Patterson, Miss Alicia
Patterson, Mrs. z.
Patterson, Mrs. ]. M.
Evening star., 1941-04-02
108,115 Dozen Eggs
Produced Here in Yeur

On April l, 1910, % District farms
were engaged in poultry produc-
ton, the Census Bureau reported
today Production is 1899 included
108,1l5 dozen eggs and 22,05O
chickens.
Virginia's 1889 output included
more than 5O,OO0,OOO dozen eggs,
22,l16,000 chickens and 705,00O tur-
keys. Maryland farms produce 22.-
780 900 dozen eggs, IL 1923 900 chickens
and nearly 350,000 turkeys.
Evening star., 1941-04-02
lurqe Red Cross Shipment

The largest shipment of new gar
ments since the outbreak of war left
the District of Columbia Chapter of
the American Red Cross yesterday
destined for England and Greece.
Supplies included 3,444 knitted and
sewed garments and 377 layettes.
At the same time 1880 surgical
dressings were shipped to England,
local chapter officials announced.
Evening star., 1941-04-02

vided music for the occasion, and
Mrs. Harry Sommerville.
The complete guest list was as
follows:
Adams. Mrs. c. M. Archibald. Mrs A.
Adams. Marshall Armstrong. Mrs. 3. r.
Ahnstrom, Miss Doris Arndt. Miss j. A.
Allender. Mrs. Nina Arne: Miss Sigrid
Anderson, Miss Mary Arnold. Mrs. I.
Ansell, Mrs; S. r, tr. Atwater; Miss II. W.
Anthony. Mrs. Benz. Atwill. Mrs. Lionel
Babcock Miss Muriel Black, Miss Ruby A.
Backer. Mrs. George Blackwell Mrs. B. r.
Bacon Mrs: r. L. Booker. Miss Edna L.
Balm, Mrs. M. A. Bourne, Miss K.
Banister, Mrs. Blair Boysen, Mrs, c. c.
Barney. Miss M. Branch, Miss Zelda
Barney, Miss M. e. Brandt Mrs. r. P,
Baxter, Mrs. n. w. Brayman, Mrs. 7.
Bedell. Mrs. Harry Brewster. Mrs. v. n.
Bell Mrs. Brian Brown. Miss E. M.
Bell. Mrs. Uric Bruce, Mrs. Edward
Bender. DR.. Dorothy Buchan, Mrs. L: E.
Bennett. Mrs. Jean Buckles. Mrs. NJ W.
Bernard, Mrs. D. NJ. Bugbee Miss Emma
Berry. Mrs. Frank Burchard, Mrs. r. D.
Bingham. Mrs. H.
G.
Caldwell, Mrs. Irene Coleman. Mrs Ola
Campbell Miss Beth Common. Miss C.
Caraway. Senator H. Condor, Mrs. Arthur
Carroll, Miss Eleanor Conway. Mrs. p A.
Ms MISS eook eook MISS MISS Esn Hfsn
Casey. Mrs. r. G. Cookman. Mrs. Mary
Chase, Mrs. Edna W. Corle, Miss Deborah
Ghase Miss IIka osh Coston Ms Miss Mar Mary
Chestnut, Miss G. Cowan, Miss Ruth
Ciechanowska Nine. Cox, Miss Alice
ciarS. MIS-. i - B. J. G. e. cTsis. Mrs. Mrs IN.
Clarke, Mrs r. D. Culkin. Mrs. r. c.
GSts6 Mrs Mrs SaPsipshsm SgTie MIe E2. Mrs M
palrymple, Miss NJ. De sayn,. Miss Elena
Davis, Mrs. Birdie c. Dewey. Mrs. c. s.
Davis, Miss Emily C. Di zoppola. Countess
Davis, Miss Florence Donnelly. Miss A.
Davis Miss Maxine Dorsey. Mrs D H.
Dawson; Miss Eloise DOUGLAS. Mrs. VIM, o.
Dean Mrs. WIN. r. Briscoll. Miss Betty
Dees. Mrs. Theo. A. Dusas Miss Mona
De Michels, Sonora Dunlap Mrs. K.
Dennis, Mrs. Frank
Eads. Miss Jane. Ertesun. Nine.
Early. Mrs. Stephen Essary. Miss Elens
Edgar, Miss H. G.. (Mrs. J. Fred)
Ellingwood. Mrs. j. Essary, Miss Peggy
Elliott. Miss Harriet Evans. Mrs. j., jr.
Elliot Mrs. j. D. Eversman, Miss Alice
Ellis, Mrs. Howard
Ferguson, Mrs. A. H. Forrestal. Mrs. j. v.
Finney, Miss Ruth Foster, Miss Louise
Fischer, Mrs. F. C. Fowler, Mrs H. N.
Fisher, Mrs B. s. Franklin. Miss Una
Fitzgerald Mrs. j. T. Fredenhagen,
Fleeson. Miss Doris Mrs. Martin A
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Harmon, Miss Dudley Hopkins, Mrs R. D.
Hartman, Mrs. J. B. Hopper. Miss Hedda
Harris. Mrs. N. B. Hornaday, Mrs. J. p.
Harron, Judge NJ. Hornaday. Miss Mary
Haven, Miss v. s. Hornbeck, Mrs S. K.
Haworth, Miss Mary Houghteling, Mrs. ].
Heald, Mrs. H v. Howe, Mrs H E
Helm. Mrs. James M. Howerth, Mrs. D. p.
Hemphill, Miss j. Howorth, Mrs. j. w.
Hendricks, Mrs II. A. Howry. Miss E.
Hendricks, Miss M. Hughes, Miss Alice
Henney, Miss E. Hughes, Mrs, c. B.
Henry, Mrs. r. S. Hulen, Mrs B. D.
Herrick. Mrs. John o. Hull Mrs. Cordell
Harrington, Mrs. A. Humphrey, Mrs A. ".
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-22
Date And Purpose
OF Poppy Day

Memory of Americas war dead in
the first World War will be honored
here on Saturday, when everyone will
be asked to wear a memorial poppy
In tribute to their service and sacri-
fee.
Plans for the Observance of Poppy
Day are being completed by the
Bluffton Unit of the American Le-
gion Auxiliary under the leadership
of Mrs. Harry Turner, Poppy Day
Chairman. The memorial flowers,
made by disabled war veterans, will
be offered on the streets throughout
the day by the Auxiliary women.
This. year, with the threatening
shadow of a new World War falling
across America, the memorial poppy
has new significance, said Mrs.
Turner. 1T shows that America still
remembers and honors those who fell
in its defense twenty-three years
ago; that Americans still believe
that Americas free way of life is
worth any sacrifice, and that the
spirit of patriotism still burns
strongly in American hearts.
"The poppies which the Auxiliary
will distribute here have been made
by disabled veterans at Sandusky
Home. All Poppy Day workers will
serve as volunteers and all of the
money contributed to them for the
flowers will go into the welfare funds
of the Auxiliary to carry forward
the Auxiliary's work for the disabled
their families and the families of tn.
dead during the year ahead"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-22
Girl In The Wheel Chair" To Get
Her Degree From Bluffton College
-Four School Youths
In Automobile CrasE.

Four Bluffton High school youths
were injured, two of them seriously,
when their car collided with two
other automobiles, on the Dixie high
way, two miles south of Lima, short
ly after midnight Sunday morning.
Injured were Clayton Weiss, IT,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Aldine Weiss,
scalp injury; Byron Fritchie, Is,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Fritchie,
facial decorations; Evan Burkholder,
cuts and body bruises; James Stein
er, is, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Noah
Steiner, minor bruises. They were
treated at st. Rita's hospital, Lima.
: Earlier ii the evsning the youths
had attended the annual junior-senior
banquet at the high school. Return
ing home from RusselPs Point on In
dian Lake by way of Lima, the acci-
dent occurred as the driver, James
Steiner, made a left hand turn.
An Airport cab driven by William
Johnston, %, of Lima, enroute north,
collided with the Steiner car as the
turn was made. Also involved was
car driven by Robert Monroe, %, of
Lima, going south.
Most seriously injured were Byron
Fritchie, who is still confined at the
Lima hospital, and Evan Burkholder,
who is recovering at his home. Weiss
and Steiner returned to school Mon
day morning. The Steiner auto and
the Lima taxicab were badly dam
aged in the mishap.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-22
Infantile Paralysis Fails to
Deter Ambitions of Miss
Betty Lesson
Outlook Bright as Physical Con-
diti0n Improves and Her
Schooling is Ended

A courageous battle to regain
health and to earn a college degree
despite an attack of infantile pa
ralysis is nearing the two-fold goal
set by Betty Lesson, daughter of
Rev. E. a. Leeson, former Methodist
pastor at Beaverdam and Pandora.
Treatment in ) Chicago clinic and
exercise have resulted in improve
nent to the girls physical condition,
and her desire for higher education
will be climaxed this June when she
is graduated from Bluffton college.
Betty enrolled as a freshman at
the college in 1886, and attended
classes for two school years. She is
remembered by many as "the girl
in the wheel chair.
Following the close of the second
term she went to Chicago for treat
ment in a clinic, and during the
time she was there Bluffton friends
remembered her at Christmas with
a donation of funds to help her con-
tinue her treatment.
COURSES BY CORRESPONDENCE
During the time she was at Chi
cago and after she returned home,
the courageous girl has continued her
college work by correspondence and
will receive her degree this summer.
In addition to her. college CORES
pondence work, she has for many
months been delivering sermons
for her father at his church at
Bethany, Ohio, near Middletown.
Rev. Lesson has been bed-ridden by
heartail ment, altho he writes the
sermons given by his daughter.
Betty no longer uses the wheel
chair, for since treatment she can
stand upright and walk with the aid
of a cruth. Her condition is ex-
pected to improve further as she con-
tinues to exercise.
She suffered the attack of infan-
tile paralysis while attending high
school at Beaverdam
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-22
High School Wins Highest Honors At
National Music Meet In Flint, Mich.

Bluffton High school musicians
won highest honors at the national
regional music competition in Glass
B by winning superior ranking in
instrumental and vocal numbers at
Flint, Mich, Friday and Saturday
Winning top honors for Bluffton
were the superior ratings received by
Barbara Jean Triplett for the ma
rimba solo and by Roger Howe for
the baritone solo. Ratings of excel
lent were given to Betty Steinman
in the cello solo and to the boys vo-
cal quartet consisting of Norman
Beidler, Leroy Luginbuhl, Roger
Howe and Wilhelm Amstutz.
Betty Holtkamp, mezzo-soprano, re-
ceived rating of very good. Ac-
companists were Jean Ann Steinman
and Mary Margaret Basinger. Con-
testants received instruction from
Prof. Sidney Hauenstein and Miss
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-22
SPECIAL MORNING
EXERCISES HERE
ON MEMORIAL DAY
American Legion Plans Include
Decoration of Soldiers
Graves i'm Area
Parade Will be Followed by
Services in Cemetery and
At High School

Decoration of the graves of war
veterans and commemorative exer-
cises at Maple Grove cemetery and II
the high school auditorium will feat
ure Bluffton's observance of Memorial
Day, Friday morning, May 80.
Preceding American Legion ritual
istic services at the cemetery, a pa.
rade will be held thru downtown
Bluffton. Special music and other
features will be included on the pro
gram.
After exercises at the cemetery, 9
Memorial Day service will be held il
tn high school building, with Rev
Charles T. Martz, pastor of Rose
wood Presbyterian church, Toledo, de
livering the address.
Another feature of the Memoria
Day observance will be the decoration
of the graves of Blufftons areas sol
dier-dead.
Arrangements for the days pro
gram are being made by Biufftor
post, American Legion, with the as.
sistance of the Legion Auxiliary
Commander Ralph Stearns is direct.
ing work of committees.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-22
Mrs. Floyd Pannabecker and
Family to Live in Bluffton
During War in China
Rural Areas of Japanese Oc-
cupied Northern China Con-
trolled by Communists

Rendered unsafe by ruthless COM
munistic activity in the rural areas
and strong japanese military domin-
alton in the cities, the situation in
China has become unstable enough to
necessitate wholesale evacuation of
all women and children missionary
workers, according to Mrs. Floyd
Pannabecker, recently returned mis-
sionary from Kai Chow, China, in
the province of Chilli.
Mrs. Pannabecker, and three child
rem in China for the past six years,
arrived here last week and will re-
side in Bluffton for the duration of
hostilities in the Far East, staying
temporarily at the home of her moth
er, Mrs. ]. H. Tschantz, of Kibler
street. Mr.. Pannabecker together
with his twin brother DR.. Lloyd Pan
nabecker will continue work at the
mission station in Kai Chow.
ADVISED TO LEAVE
All women and children of the
American mission stations in China
were advised by United States diplo-
matte representatives to leave the
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-22
China Rendered Unstable By Communists
From Within And Japanese From Without
Soy Price Of S1.21
Is Record; Hogs Are
Highest Since 1888

COY beans and hogs were the
~ star performers Wednesday
in the upswing of prices for
farm products on the Bluffton
market.
Soys, quoted at S1.21 per
bushel were the highest in
history of the market here,
dealers stated. Wheat quota
tions also advanced to 96 cents.
Hogs, which have been push
ing upward since early spring
made a top price of $500, the
highest since the fall of 1898,
livestock buyers announced. The
price Wednesday represented an
advance of ten cents per hum
dred over Tuesdays top. Not
withstanding the high price,
offerings were reported light.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-22
Senior Play Monday
And Tuesday Nights

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom
Come, a three act play by Charles
George, will be presented by the
senior class of Bluffton High school,
in the auditorium Monday and Tues
day nights at 500 o'clock.
The entire action of the play CEN
ters around the activities of Chad,
the little shepherd, who is kicked
around from family to family and
finally is reunited with his former
sweetheart.
The play is carefully costumed
and staged in the authentic and col
orful manner of the southern set
ting. The high school dramatics
class has been working on the cos
tunes and staging for the past sew
eral weeks.
The cast follows: Chad, Ray Mis-
wander; Nathan Cherry, Harold
Santschi; Betsy, Olive DeCamp; Me-
lissy Turner, Marjorie Stratton; Ma
jor Buford, Harlan Swank; Lucy
Buford, Wanda Diller and Doris
Garmotter; Old Tom, Dale Grismore;
Thanky, Winifred Fett; Mrs. Caro-
line Dean, Helen Soldner; Margaret
Dean, Harriet Blome; Richard Hunt,
John Stettler; Nellie Hunt, Betty
Steinman: Jennie 0vprstrpet Carolxy,
Stonehill.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-22
Turkey To Repudiate Ties With England
Due 10 Russian Influence, Speaker Says
Natural Ally of Turkey is
Russia, Speaker at Lions
Meeting Declares
Axis Attempts to Create Arabic
Revolt Against British
Unsuccessful

Belief that Turkey will repudiate
agreements with England due to
close ties with Soviet Russia, was ex-
pressed by Maurice Boyajian, Detroit
attorney of Armenian extraction, who
addressed the Lions club at the Wal
nut Grill, Tuesday night.
Boyajian came to this country
from Armenia 25 years ago at which
time he made application for citizen
ship and became a naturalized citi-
zen five years later. Having lived
under the cruel prosecutions of Turk
ish aristocrats for % years the
speaker pointed out that by way of
contrast he was in a special position
to appreciate the democratic freedom
enjoyed in this country.
ARMENIA
Armenia is located in the north
eastern part of the near east with
part of the country lying in the
Balkan area.
Of the 100000 Armenians in the
near east 100000 of them live in
Russia, the speaker declared.
Born and reared under the Turk
ish flag the speaker pointed out that
the hereditary aristocracy, composing
only three per cent of the population,
looked upon the rest of the country
as chattels. Sixty per cent Of the
population was forced to work foi
the pleasure of the aristocratic
group.
Often prominent people of position
and some wealth were thrown into
prison for an imaginary offense
trumped up by a petty official. Their
property would be confscated and
their wives and daughters carried off
to Turkish harems.
TURKISH ATTITUDE
Commenting on the Turkish atti-
tude towards Great Britain the
speaker declared that not much in
the way of Turkish loyalty could be
expected. Russia is their natural
ally and that is where the country's
sympathy lies.
In the last great World War,
Turkey joined with the Central pow
ers and when Germany lost, Turkey
suffered heavily in the division of
the Turkish empire. This weakened
the Turkish imperial regime and
paved the way for the rise to power
of Mustapha Kemal Ataturk, the
ruthless dictator, responsible for the
revolutionary westernization of the
country.
IRAQ
Iraq, now very much in the inter-
national limelight, was a part of the
Turkish empire before the last World
War. In Biblical times Iraq was a
country with teeming population of
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-22
Births

The following births at the Bluff
ton hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Niswander of
Pandora, boy, last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Hilty of
Pandora, boy, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Kennedy, a
boy, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brice Watkins, Of
Orange township, are the parents of
son, Harry Albert, born April "a.
Announcement has been made of
the birth of daughter to Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Locher of Maracaibo,
Venezuela. Mr.. Locher is employed
by the Standard Oil company as an
electrical engineer at Maracaibo. He
is the son of the late Eph Locher of
this place.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-22

Noah NJ. Niswander, 70, prominent
retired Richland township farmer,
was found dead at a. m. last Sun
day at his residence, three miles
south of Bluffton. Death was caused
by heart disease.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon in Emanueps Re
formed church of which he was a
member. Rev. Emil Burrichter, pas
tor, officiated. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Born in Richland township Oct. IL,
1862, Mr.. Niswander was the last
of family of II. He was the son
of John M. and Magdalin (Lehman)
Niswander.
Mr.. Niswander was married 80
years ago to Sarah Kohler, who sur
wives, with two children, Mrs. Russell
Huber, south of Bluffton, and Edwin
Niswander, north of Bluffton.