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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-17
The Japanese Invasion
BY LOUIS M. DORsCH, Stan WriteE Waterbury Democrat Washington Service Bureau

Actual invasion of the western hemisphere by the Japanese might be dismissed as @ pipe dream" !" but the fact is that the U9.A. is right now suffering 8 Japanese in. vasion of serious proportions.
 The invaders from Nippon are the Japanese beetles, accidentally introduced here some time prior to 1916, and first found near Riverton, N. J. These dangerous insect in. vaders are believed to have found their way here as larvae in the sol about the roots of certain nursery plants imported from Japan, pre-. surnably azalea of Japanese iris.
 The invaders have spread since 1916 at the rate of five to ten miles a year. The present infested area covers l6,300 square miles in portions of Pennsylvania, New Jer- sey. New York, Connecticut, Della. ware, Maryland, and the District of Columbia, and there are local col- ony centers in most of the states east of the Mississippi.
 The adult beetle is nearly half an inch long, about one-fourth inch wide, broadly oval, and shining metallic green. The hard outer wings are coppery brown. There are two small tufts of white hairs just behind the wing covers and five patches along each side of the body, which makes the Japanese beetle readily distinguishable from other beetles often mistaken for 1t.
 The eggs are elliptical, translucent, one-sixteenth to one-eighth inch in diameter. and white or crea1n.col. ored. The newly matched larva, or grub, Is about sixteenth inch in length, has three pairs of legs. and has the general shape of Q blunt.ended crescent. When fully grown, 1t Is about an inch long and resembles in general appearance the larve of June beetles, commonly known as white grubs."
 The pupa, or the stage in which the grub tranSforms to the adult beetle, has c pale-cream to tan color and is about one.half inch long and one-fourth inch wide.
 The life cycle normally requires one year. The larval stage contin- ues from the time the eggs hatch in summer through the fall and win- ter and until the latter part of May or early in June of the following year. During the summer and early in the fall the larvae are mostly in the upper three inches of the soil, feeding on plant roots; as winter approaches they go down to depth of { to inches, moving nearer to the surface the following spring.
 Tn the latitude of Philadelphia the first Japanese beetles usually begin to emerge from the soil between June 10 and 20, and in an average season they are present in consid- erable numbers by July 5. The peak of the feeding season usually occurs the last of July or the early part of August. and thereafter the dead
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-17
WAR IN EUROPE A YEAR AGO,
 JULY 17, 194O
(By United Prcss)

NOy SAAHWSNA 6GGD8I
 Generalissim0 Francisco Franco, In . speech to the armed forces of Spain, warned Britain that 'there remains for us as q duty and . national mission, control of Gibraltar, expansion in Africa and continuance of the policy of unity"
 Joseph stain was reported to have advised Britain that Soviet Russia was determined to re- main neutral.
 Air Secretary Sir Archibald Sinclair warned the British that they might expect . German air attack of gigantic proportions.
 British naval auxiliary vessel Vandyck, ls,241 tons, was sunk by German bombeES Off the coast of Norway.
 Italy admitted the loss of Q submarine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-17

The pageant of color filling the sky at theend of a sultry day, the only good thing about the heat |. The trucks of spraying water cool ing off the streets, and the urchins running into the spray and having themselves @ wonderful time The cabbies who play the modern version of finding c needle in haystack, by finding ways to speed through clogged midtown traffic. The high-hatmosphere of the uppity eateries where people act as if everybody else should roll out Q red carpet for them The vita. mtns in the air Saturday evenings when the youth of the city descend on Broadway, pile 1t with joy, and make the spirit of the street do d jig Levine and Lings" on low. CT Fifth avenue, dealers in Chinese art The lady shoe -shiner ct City Hall, the only enc we have ever seen j. Musical bouquets thrown into the air by birds Iflits ting through the trees In the parks during early morning before the rush of park visitors scare them into silence .. The parade of happy faces you see during the weekend. The time when people can live and forget they have to make 6 living. :. . New York at c ayem: When the streets are quiet and clean. And the day is just c fresh little baby, cradled in the arms of an amazing city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-17
TELEPHoNE PoLR TAKE RooT

Butte, Mcnt. (UPl-WoTkmen, digging . draining ditch here. un- covered Q telephone pole which they found was growing roots. Called to investigate, County CommiGsloneE Joe O'Cornell cpisaed it was prebr abiy q "dle-hard" tree which wns not quite dead when converted lnbo q teiephcne pole.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-17
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-17
SCHOLARSHIP FOR
 RODNEY w. REDER
ROOsevelt.

Prof. Milton J. schlagenhauf, dis rector of admissions at Northeasta ern university, recently announced the award of scholarships to Rod- new w. Reder, Waterbury, and Nor. man Kiesel, Torr2ngson. The two were among a group of 42 receiving the awards for outstanding scholaS- tic ability,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-17
ODD DISH

A dish always served at formal dinners in Japan is osashimi. It is made up of slices of raw fish which the diners dip into mustard and soy sauce and eat with great relish.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-17

The motorists who get downtown in . hurry and then lose all the time they've saved looking for q place to park The Main stem orchestra of noise striking up an overture for tangled nerves {, Strangers sitting next to each other in eateries, trying to avoid each others eyes by concentrating on their food .... The unfinished iigs saw puzzle Of lights that form the skyline; one of the stars Of the towns best peep show The boystrouS college lads trying to win 2 diploma for bad manners with Meir hi.jinks Lovers dipping sodas in drug stores, being happier than lonely big shots in silk and satin joynts-because they have each other The tough little usl1. erettes atthe burlesk shows, who know how to handle many Of the H11orons who inhAbit those gai-lerles The soprano thunder of ncise that greets home runs during ladies' day at the bali park. The gals are versatile. They knit, talk to their neighhors and follow the game At the same time Gamblers chok. ing cigars between their teeth and looking over the passing parade, holding an invisible monument for suckers.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-25

At the meeting of the board of
health last week, DR.. R. E. Hughson
was appointed health physician and
A. <. Temple, sanitary police.
Frank Ludwig, who visited his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Ludwig on
Jackson street for several weeks, left
Sunday for Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Rev. Jacob Quiring of the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago, ILL.,, who
is conducting evangelistic services at
the St. John and Ebenezer churches,
will preach at the First Mennonite
church, Sunday night in German.
Miss Minnie Amstutz, daughter of
Mrs. Rudy Kempf, and Lanci,e Powell
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Powell, of
near Rawson, were married at Lima
last Saturday.
Miss Mebel Wyre, member of the
Sophomore class in Bluffton High
school, invited a number of her class
mates to spend Friday night at her
home in Mt. Cory. The guests were:
Misses Martha Davis, Inez Doty,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-25
News Our Grandfathers Read
From Issue OF January 16, 1908

Will Watkins of Columbus Grove
purchased the Bluffton laundry outfit
of Frank Holmes last week.
The Olive Branch u. B. Sunday
school elected the following officers
Mrs. Jennie Fisher, supt.; assistant,
w. B. McGeorge; secretary, Gladis
Burns, assistant, Mary Kidd; treas
urer, Bertha Williamson; chorister,
Nora Stratton; librarians, Clayton
Rupright and Audrey Kidd.
Martin Watkins purchased the Odell
five acre lot near the north corpora
ton line, Saturday for $3.50.
Guy Hawk who has had consider
able experience in laundry work in
Toledo and other places during the
past year, will be in charge of the
new Bluffton laundry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Zehrbach are
home from their wedding trip.
Miss Flora Green, who was home
during vacation returned to Cleve-
land last week where she holds a good
position with a commercial agency.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-25
4 ITC 1CCsItUssCTIy 10
Next Step Here

Unrestricted sale of automobile
tires will not be resumed for the
duration of the war, and a tire ra-
tioning committee will be named to
function in Bluffton under the local
civilian defense council.
Sale of new tires and tubes was
banned Immediately after the out
break of war with Japan, and these
products will not be released until
community rationing plans are
worked out, it was learned this week.
Mayor w. A. Howe, chairman OF
the defense council, expects to call
a meeting this week of the Id Bluff
ton tire dealers, after which ra-
tioning committee will be organized
for the town.
State recommendations for the
committee suggest the appointment
of from five to eight persons repre-
senting a cross section of tire pur-
chasers from institutions, industries,
the public in general, plus one tire
dealer or distributor.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-25


Beeshy. Luella Geiger, Rosa Amstutz,
Carrie King, Harry Beach, Armin
Hauenstein, VIM. Smith, Clarence
Biery, Glen Spangler, Oliver Kitchen,
Turley Rupright, Earl Heckathorn and
Wade King.
DR.. Reuben Hilty is attending the
Ohio Veterinary Medical asso citation
meeting in session at Columbus.
Peter Hankish entertained a party
of his friends at his fruit store last
Wednesday night in honor of his
birthday anniversary. Guests were J.
C. Burkholder, Scott Edinger, wife
and son, Misses Bertha Edinger, Ern-
est Gratz, wife and sons.
Enoch Basinger and wife are the
proud parents of a new baby girl.
Harvey Steiner has just completed
his gasoline engine and says that ne
will make work easier at his fathers
farm.
The enrolment at Bluffton collge
| is now 10. DR.. S. K. Mosiman's lee
ture series on the New Testament be-
ing given Tuesday evenings in the
college chapel are being well re-
ceived.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-25
In Peru, Christmas is Occasion
For Noisy Revel Until
Mass Starts
All Countries i'm Accord that
Yuletide Season is Time
For Rejoicing

Celebrations ranging from impress
sive solemnity to hilarious gaiety
characterize the observance of the
Yuletide season in the various cl;mes
and regions of the world.
In no land is Christmas more gen.
orally celebrated than in the Scan
danavian peninsula. This is the land
of the Yule log of Christmas stories
and the legends of Thor and Odin.
1t is customary for every member
of the family to take bath on the
afternoon preceding Christmas and
oftentimes it is the only thorough
bath received during the year.
When evening comes the Bible is
read in nearly every household and
family service is held. In most vii
lages candles are left burning in
the windows all night in order to
give light to Kristine who brings
the gifts.
XMAS OFFERING
1t is also customary to set a cake
of meal out in the snow as a Christ
mas offering. The birds of the air
are thought of also and a sheaf of
wheat is placed on a pole in front of
each house to provide them with
food
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-25
Report To Highway
Heads Made Here

Bluffton municipality used $50
man hours of labor in 1941 for
maintaining the streets of the town,
it was reported by Mayor w. A.
Howe this week to o. C. Kohl, of
Lima, divisional resident engineer of
the state highway department.
Other materials used were: rs tons
of bitumen, an asphaltic road top
dressing; 1412 barrels of cement. A
large supply of stone, gravel and
sand were also used but since they
were purchased locally they were not
listed in the report.
The report is required in national
defense survey of materials used and
will be included in state and ma
tional figures on defense materials.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-25
THE BLUFFTON NEWS. BLUFFToN. OHIO


Do they read the News Stock
Sales-well J. E. limerick of Bea-
verdam says they surely do. He
received sixteen inquiries last Thurs
day in response to small advertise
ment which he inserted in the Stock
Sale column last week.
Word received by Walter Hoch-
stettler from his son LaVerne in
the army air corps that he would
be unable to eat Christmas dinner
with home folks this year. LaVerne
is in training at Muskogee, Okla,
and is enthusiastic about the air
service.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. d. Garlinger have
received an unusual Christmas gift
a photograph recording of the voice
of their daughter, Mrs. Gladys Kali
tenbauch, granddaughter, Mrs. Bern
adine Van Black and great-grand-
daughter, Carol Linn Van Black, all
of Englewood, Calf. Included in the
record were two Christmas songs
Jingle Bells and Holy Night by Carol
Linn, aged five.
Although he couldn't come home fol-
Christmas, Homer Steiner, in training
with the navy called by long distance
telephone from Norfolk, Va, to say
Merry Christmas to his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John E. Steiner of Thurman
street. While Homer is in Norfolk
his brother, Cleon is way out on the
Pacific coast at Everett, Wash.
1t was something of a problem
when Mr.. and Mrs. Salame Cordovs
of South America speaking nothing
but Spanish, arrived here the first
of the week on a business trip al
the Triplett plant. The Cordovas
come from Lima, Peru, and this
was their first visit to the States
With no Spanish interpreter avail
able, conversation was effected prin
cipally by sign language and 6
Spanish-English dictionary. Cordovs
saws that the next time he come!
he will first take a preliminary
course in English.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-25
zIIldS OCICUI dIIUIlo uUuL uUIIu
Range From SOlemnity To Hilarity

In Peru the celebration of Christ
mas takes on peculiar features. In
the cities, and more especially Lima,
there are bewildering scenes of noisy
activity. The streets and squares
are crowded with gayly dressed
people. Droves of donkeys are to
be seen in every direction laden with
fruits, boughs from the mountains,
liquors and colorful merchandise of
various descriptions.
As night approaches the streets
are packed with noisy people who
constantly joke and jest with each
other. Music of guitars, Gathering
castanets and pebbles rafting in
gourds fill the air with minded dis
cordant sounds. No door is closed.
There is music and dancing in every
home and all are welcome to enter
CHRISTMAS Mass
Suddenly all the gaiety ceases
The midnight bell at the cathedral
summons everyone to mass. The
churches with their decorations anc
blazing tapers are thronged with
reverent church members.
Worshippers are kneeling before
the many shrines that line the walls
The organ peals in dignified solem
nifty as the richly vested priests ane
plainly attired monks enter the ca
thedral and the celebration of tn,
mass is begun.
Every region and every country il
the Christian world has a differen
version for the celebration of tn,
joyous Yuletide season, but all ar,
in accord on the fundamental truisn
that the anniversary of the mos
solemn event in all history should b,
time of thanksgiving and rejoicing
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-25
Farm Women Want
Demonstration Agent

Allen county commissioners have
been petitioned to provide funds for
the employment of home demon
stration agent, the request coming
from representatives of farm women's
groups.
Mrs. Herbert Marshall, of Rich
land township, president of the Al
len County Farm Women's Fedora
tion, headed by the committee pre-
senting the petition.
Under the proposal, the county
would supply office space and sup
plies for the home demonstration
agent, who would work in connec-
ton with the state and federal agri-
cultural extension service. The lat
ter agencies would pay her salary
Don't forget to look at your yellow
label, if it reads Jan. 1912, your sub,
scription is now due for next year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-25
STOCK SALES

Wanted-Stock cattle, weight 300
to 600 pounds. Give breed and price.
INQUIRE Bluffton News.
Service bulls delivered any time;
also male hogs. C. N. Long & Son,
phone Ada Red 1860. II
Call for G. H. Edwards, Route |,
Findlay, Ohio, phone 40o7-R-4, for
dehorning cattle, masculating arter-
les; no breeding. 80
For sale-Roan shorthorn bull,
breeding age. See S. H. Pifer'
Rawson. %
For sale-Cow, fresh next month.
Harry Marshall, 1 mile south and
Az miles east of town.
For sale-Week old calf. Albert
Geiger, 442 Cherry street.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-25

sits on the piano ucIICII Will li1o
hind legs and pounds the keys with
the paws of his front feet. The
dog is very responsive to commands
and does a variety of tricks. In
one of them the dog will lie down
at the command and will not get up
until he hears the number five re-
peated. When counting, if number
five is left out the dog will lay
prone until the proper number is
called.
We are we'll aware that children
often give names to the various
farm animals but we never heard
of giving names to musical instru-
ments until number of high school
students started the fad this year.
For example Mary Margaret Bas-
niger calls her cello, oscar" and
Beverly Biery designates her flute
with the name, Nelson.
Peggy Young, nine year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Young of Lake street, had real
treat Sunday when her parents
took her to a nearby woods in
Orange township to see Santa Claus
reindeers. True enough, just as her
father said, two splendid looking
deers were sighted about three miles
from Bluffton.
Tradition has it that Santa Claus
is a man but not so at the party
held at Joan Buckland's home re-
Gently. At the height of merriment,
| Mrs. Foster Buckland, mother of
Joan appeared in the room playing
the role of Santa Claus to the girls
assembled. At the party were: Le-
Won Which, Joyce Young, Miriam
Schaeublin, Helen Burkholder, Flor
ence Ann Blome, Alice Santschi
Imogene Bronson, Frieda Fritchie
and Joan Buckland.
/
A letter received by Mrs. Emmett
Scoles south of Bluffton from Mrs.
| w. H. Scoles, of West Los Angeles,
Calf, says that extreme precautions
to insure complete blackouts are
being taken in that locality. Viola
tion of the blackout regulations is
subject to heavy fine and prison
sentence. Los Angeles with its
large harbor facilities, oil reserves
and shipbuilding and airplane fac
tories is heavily guarded by air
craft against enemy bombing attack.
A coon, light brown in color,
about the shade of an angora
persian cat, was shot by Albert Gar
matter, south of town early last
Thursday. The coon, weighing 14&
pounds has been an attraction to
hunters here because of its unusual
color.
Comes a card from M. M. Murray
who with Mrs. Murray arrived in ST.
Petersburg, Florida where they will
remain for the winter. Dode says
the green benches are full, people
all sober and SunShina hriuht with
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-25
Mi~|
DeAotsoI

Some of the old timers will recall
the visit here last summer of M. B.
'Mose" Cullom of Hartford, Mich,
pioneer Bluffton resident. Mr.. Gull
lom renewed lot of friendships on
that visit and now has subscribed
for the Bluffton News, just to keep
in touch with old friends.
Found in an old book by c. E.
Greiner, living northwest of town
on the former Clymer farm, now
owned by Waldo Hofstetter, was a
literary society program of seventy
three years ago. The program was
that of the Excelsior Literary So
ciety of Vermillion institute at
Hayesville, Ohio, near Wooster. The
date was September 20, 1868. 1t
consisted of an essay, lecture, three
orations and debate. Paper on which
the program was printed showed no
signs of fading or discoloration.
Here's another Merry Christmas
to add to the dozens you've already
received.
And while we're on the subject of
Christmas, it just occurred to US
that it would be nice to believe in
Santa Claus-for it would make
Christmas shopping unnecessary.
And every Christmas someone will
recall the remark made by a small
Bluffton girl not so many years ago
that she did not believe in Santa
Claus-but her mother did.
Maybe it's the war-but what has
happened to Bluffton's Community
Christmas observance so popular
about six years ago-we need COM
munity spirit these days and a
Community Christmas observance is
worth reviving.
Postmaster Ed Reichenbach who
handles SO many holiday greeting
cards that he even dreams about
them in his sleep, firmly resolved
after the holiday rush last year that
he would send no greeting cards this
year-but weakened and according to
the most reliable figure available to
this column, he sent about rs the
other day.
Those armed guards at the Meter
works will be plenty hardboiled now
since pilferers ransacked cars in
the plants parking lot Monday
night and even stole one of the
guards lunch-which is just about
adding insult to injury.
You should see "Frisky" the pet
dog belonging to Charley Kaufman
of RiIev street nlav the niano He
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-25
Birthdays Unimportant

No Importance is attached to In
dividual birthdays in Japan; ages
in that country are computed from
the first day of the year, rather
than from the day of birth. Thus,
two Japanese children, although
born 364 days apart, are legally the
same age.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-25

News want ads bring quick results.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-25

Comes a card from M. M. Murray,
who with Mrs. Murray arrived in st.
Petersburg, Florida where they will
remain for the winter. Dode says
the green benches are full, people
all sober and sunshine bright with
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-25

You should see "Frisky" the pet
dog belonging to Charley Kaufman
of Riley street, play the piano. He
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-12-25

A coon, light brown in color,
about the shade of an angora
persian cat, was shot by Albert Gar
matter, south of town early last
Thursday. The coon, weighing lax
pounds has been an attraction to
hunters here because of its unusual
color.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-07
Greyhound Bus
Crash Kills Three

TULARE, Cal. Nov. up -
A sedan and a Grehound bus col
lided headon today three miles
south of Earlimart, killing three
persons in the car and critically
injuring a fourth man.
The dead Lloyd Branham. q
driver of the car; Willard Mercer
20, and Melvin Barber, 81, all OF
Pxley. Raymond Dutton. l9, PiXley.
was taken TO the Delano hospital
where his condition was pronounced
critical.
The accident occurred on High
way SO. just north of the Kern
Tulare county line.
There were 90 passengers aboard
the southbound BUS. Three or foGl
OF the passengers were reported tC
have suffered bruises but all were
transferred to another bus.
Investigating highway patroimen
said the bus driver sWerVed Off the
highway in an effort 10 aFold TIE
collision. They believed the duYel
OF the car may have fallen asleep
The four men IN the car were al
civilian workers at Camp Robert
who were returning TO then Aomc-
at Pixley tor a Visit.