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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09
No. 4--Toies
of fhe OId-Time
CrimPs

that ever dirted up the Barbary Coast. Know
what a spit-kid is? Well sailors chew tobacco,
even when they're aloft and woe betide the man
caught splitting on deck, they carry their GUS
pidors everywhere they 60
Yes, shanghaing started in San Francisco
Just about the time gold was discovered in Cali
fornia.
Shanghaied whole ships crew myself once;
thrty-six of them, and they still talk of that trick
in some of the older dives
In those days San Francisco harbor was full
of deserted ships. Their crews would sign on in
New York most of 'em signed for the trip only,
they weren't sailors, they just wanted a cheap
passage to the gold fields) Some of them Jumped
ship soon as she anchored; captains, mates bosuns,
down to the deckboys, and left their craft to rot
Masters looking for crews would offer up to
$4,000 month for foremost hands even But
do you think they could get EN-? Not they. The
boys were too busy scratching the yellow pay
dirt up in the gold camps
Well the time | was there, my jumped
snip like rats and left me to hire StevedoreS to
make all fast well as to discharge. When time
came for me to sail there wasn't man to be had
for love or money
But had to sail "Obey orders if you break
owners is old law Of the sea.
x l went up and down the Coast looking for men
but they all laughed at me. Those VINO were in
town had found that it easier to pry gold
from miners on spree than 10 dig it themselves
The crimps wanted too much to ship me a crew
so II was up to
had gam with Mr. Moody. my mate Now
Moody was quite man; good officer but
hard case If there ever was one. and he
known in every sailor hangout from Portland,
Maine TO the BarbarY Coast savage fighter
who feared neither god man nor devil He was
all right II you did your work and jumped when
he spoke. But heaven help the surly hand and the
Stacker. He could take anything with two arms
and legs and spoonful of brain and make it into
a sailor inside month. l kinda suspected that
Moody didn't help my problem any; sailors won't
ship with tough mate when there easy pick
ings ashore.
eve got the holds full of grain" told him.
Cant wait for this gold fever to settle; the
cargo'l be sprouting through the deck"
Cant help ye' he said Get EN- aboard
and I'll make seamen of EN-. But | can't go
ashore and drop salt on their blasted tails
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09

went ashore to a crimp on kirkdale Street;
I had done business with him before. He was a
fast talking. weasel faced Florida cracker, and
how he hated California
"Only stay here COS I'm too blamed poor to
get out" he told me- And him with thousands
of gold dollars in the bank.
"Lsten." says to him. II need SO men, And
if you can't deliver EN- aboard my ship I'll get
EN- myself"
Yeah? How" he drawled.
Everybody knows l got cargo of grain. l
want 36 stevedores to trim it Get me good,
husky ones"
What va goin to do?'
"None of your damn business. You get me
the men,"
"Okay"
spent the rest of the day talking loud in bars
of how badly my cargo was trimmed Then
bought SO shovels and went aboard.
Next morning my SO bonny buckos were on
the wharf waiting. l loaded them in a tug and
brought them alongside They stood about the
deck watching the tug cast off and gave out
the shovels.
Get below, boys, and trim that blasted wheat"
l ordered
Down they went and | gave them few min
utes to get settled Then called the mate steward
and cook
"Sap them matches on, quick the devlll let
you" said softly We've got crew
Well sir you should have heard the kick-up
when thew heard the hatch battens falling. Shouts
cussing screams and the banging of shovels. But
we got those matches on and | signaled the tug
to come back
Take us out I ordered, "and cast off out
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09

side the Golden Gate"
That ship sounded
like a beehive with all
the racket in her in
nards. But there was
nothing ( h os c long.
shoremen could do. |
served out guns to the
mate, cook and stew
ard, and took one my
self. We set light sails
enough to give us
steerage-and the tug
cast off. Waiting I'M
til the land Was a
smear fan astern |
banged on one of the
matches.
Let us Urrtta here.
you so-and-so,' yelled
someone.
"One at a time |
yelled back, land
come up without the
shovels."
We lifted a batten
and the first came up
all covered with grain
dust and sweating like
a bull. He lost his
fight when he saw our
guns though, and went
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09

Another Colorful Sailing Card from the Peabody Mu
scum Picturing the Extreme Clipper Storm King. or
1899 Tons Register. She Was Built at Chelsea Massa
chusetts In 1853. Under Her Famous Captain Calaghan
Made Many Fast Runs Between New York and San
Francisco Noted as One of the Most Reliable of the
Clipper Ships the Storm King Carried Thousands of Gold
Hungry Passengers to the California; "bggings and
Returned with Tons o Valuable Freight. She Was Sold
to the British I'm 1868 and Maintained Her Excellent
Reputation Under the Union Jack She Was listed as
Lost in 1875.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09

In the Days of the Clipper Ship Elaborate Cards Adver
Using Sangs Were Distributed in Shipping Offices Banks
Mercantile Houses and Hotels. These Cards Were Remark
able Specimens Highly Colored Art and Their Texts
Spared No Adectives in Prasng the Ships Especially
Their Comfort and Speed This One From the Celebrated
Collection in the Peabody Museum OF Salem Is of the
Drima-Danna- Famous Cape Horn Clipper. Built at
Mystic, Conn. 1853. She Was Communicated by the
Government During the Civil War and Mounted One OF
the First Rhed After Honorable Career She
Was Sold Austria 1883.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09

TN all the thrilling than
perous through weather and foul
o tars and
Clipper
s
he as been
spokesman telling
oil sailor
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09

keep Yer Distance. Va Scum, Shouted
Stick o. Wood.
"'Put That Mutineer in IrOnSP BeIiODed
Mike and the BOsun approached CduI
Dodge That ScantIing Which the NeU Hand Br|
"'HoIy Cats IFS Female" the Captain
"'Whaja Think II Is, Va BdbOon" Scree|
those guys found that there money in find
ing crews for ships Some they'd sell to masters
for their overdue board bills. But at first they
were scared of dragging white men they used
to get hold of the Chinese who'd made bit IN
the mines.
Now the one thing a Chinese thinks most
is getting back to his country; they all want -
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09

Shanghai Brown has gone aloft
In the royal nain-yard you'll find him.
In spHt-taH coat buttoned up TO his throat
And his Spit-kid hanging behind him.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09

kidnapping Sailors Fourshed in
the the Clipper, Was Waterfront Dives Like This
Sailors Were Trapped Being Made Heplessy Drunk and
Sleep With Choral Hydrae Then Knockout
Constituting Original Mickey Finn Places Like
This Usually Trapdoor Through Which the Unconscious
Men Were Small Rowed to ships Waiting
TO Fully Manned Church Institute of N W
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09

4 4 A N Y'S t h e
IN tt m e w e
heard that
old sea chantey. 1t
tells of one of the
best known crimps
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09

BY CAP'N DAVE LANDERS
1874, by American Weekly Inc Great Britain Rights Reserved
La gaceta., 1941-08-26
AUMENTA LA OPOSICION
EN- CUANTO A H WA-
YORES CARACAS SOBRE
LOS PoBREs

Washington. agosto 26.-Au-
mnta Ia opoaci6n al plan del co
mite de hacienda para acortar
las exencion4s que ahora disfru
tan, en- cuanto a los impuesto E.
lectorales, los obreros s~olteros y
casados,
FL comite desea I'm Unite de
$3.50 para los solteros y de
$1500.00 para los casados.
Desarr6llase tambien oposi-
ci6n sobre una clausula que pom
drfa fin al sistema de propiedad
en- comGn, que actualmente exis
te en- Texas, Luisiana, Arizona,
lNUevo Mejico, Idaho, Califor-
MIA, Nevada y Washington.
Con esa elimination los ingre
SOS Sc humanitarian en- $1,000
600.
lMaridos y mujeres, bajo csc
sistema, presentan declaracio-
mes por separado. ST Ell marble
CANA $4,000, por ejemplo, pure
La gaceta., 1941-08-26

%Era listed la persona que
manejaba ell tim6n del coche?
lie Dire. Yo 81 manejaba
el volante; pero mi mUjer me
decia 10 que tenia que hacer,
La gaceta., 1941-08-26

Isl tn padre ganara $50 pesos
por mes, niho, jque tendrfa en-
dos meses2
No Sc cue tendria mi pa
DIRE; pero mama tendria I'm ira
je nuevo y un sombrero nuevo.
La gaceta., 1941-08-26

edificio fue volado-sigo las
mismas paiabra de la historic
Official de la guerra-con dina
mita o quemado por ell fuego.
Todo arbol, incluyendo los arbo-
les frutales, fueron derribados.
La caballeria recibi6 orden de
conservar suficiente esti@rcol
cerca de los pozos a fin de ha-
cerlos inserviciables en- ell 1lti-
mo momento 81 no habian sido
llenados antes.
Solo tres pueblecitos, escapa-
ron a la destruction general,
Nesle, Ham y Noyon. Su escape
no fue debido a ningln senti-
miento humanitario de los ale
names sino al hecho de que ha-
bian agrupado ALI a todos los
viejos, mujeres y nihos, $4,000
en- total, que no Iquerian llevarse
consigo y mantenerlos.
La diferencia entire 1915 Y
hoy, es que la devastation de
Ludendorff no tuvo eficacia y
no pudo detener la ofensiva de
Nivelle. Hoy Russia esta usando
la tactica de devastation total
para defender su patria contra
Ell ataque de un enemigo grutal.
"Hoy, como contra Napoleon,
dice ell coronel alem6n Bode-
nuestro avance destruyendo sus
dep6sitos, quemando y devas-
tando ell pals. La fuerza aerea
enemiga tiene una preferences
especial en- atacar nuestras ba'
SEES Y columnas de aprovisiona'
miento. Ell chofer de un cami6r
de a-bastecimiento no puede pc
nerse a salvo. Tiene que cont
nuar su canine hacia sus cana
.radas que lie estan esperanto
para sus municiones y where's
Muchos de ests ch6feres han p;
gado con la vida su devotion a
deber".
La guerra de ia terra abr
sada" es un arma de dos filos
Y como todas las armas de do
filos hoy here a su inventor
La historic y la ~justicia esta.
pesando con un cuidado delics
do los hechos que ante elias s
colocan, Y Ell fiel de la balanZ
va cayendo despacio, muy des
pacio, pero con seguridad mex
rable contra los Nazis.
La gaceta., 1941-08-26
PARA La MUJER DEL HOGAR

Pensando en- clio, abpclito, .
quo q gusto 10Y q dormir7ne.
que esa irnagen presida
tn despertar.
iDichoso aquel que en- la vida
tiene la illusion querida
de un manana que esperar!
Aurelia Ramos.
La gaceta., 1941-08-26
CENTRO ASTURIANO
CONVOCATORIA

Sc avisa que la session de jun
ia General ordinaria correspon-
diente al segundo trimestre de
1941, citada para ell % del &C
tual, fue suspendida. Por Sc
.gunda convocatoria Sc cita a di-
cha session para ell jueves % de
agosto, a las 8 P. NJ, en- ell salon
teatro, rogandose puntual asis-
tencia.
J. GOnzdlez, Sec.
Agosto 25, 1941.
La gaceta., 1941-08-26
Sc LASTING LA ACTRIZ
MARLENE DIETRICH

Hollywood, agosto 26-CUan
do .llevaba un niho en- sus bra
los, la actriz Marlene Diatrich
trepez6 con una paluena bomba
juguete y Sc lastim6 un tobillo.
~..ira que llevarlo entabiillado
iurante I'm mes. La criatura sa-
li6 ilesa.
Asisti6 a la artista ell DR..
Stanley zimmerman.
La gaceta., 1941-08-26
coRTEN DE 10 CRIMINAL

Fl jnez Hines conien6 hoy a
Manuel Blanco, obrero de los
astilleros. uno de los autores del
asaho y robo al teatro Royal, a
diez aios de preside.
Santiago Posadas, un maca-
nico, compaiero del anterior,
a Is amos de reclusi6n en- Raj
ford.
Blanco fue declarado culpel
BILE de atraco, sin .armas, y Po-
sadas del mismo delito, psrO.
con armas,
La gaceta., 1941-08-26
RECOGERAS 10 QUE SIENIBRE
La guerra de la "tierra abrasada"

Londres, Agosto 26.-Mucho
Sc ha hablado recientemente de
la politica que siguen los rusos
de quemar y destruir TODD aque
llo que pudiera ser de utilidad
a los i~nvasores alemanes. Stain
mismo orden6 que no solo los
campos de trigo y abasteci-
miento de where's, sino tam
bien las casas que podian servir
de abrigo y albergue a las tro-
pas alemanss tenian IQpe ser
destruidas. Por la primera vez
desde septiembre de 1889 los a
lemanes Sc encuentran con un
enemigo que conoce como con-
ducir una guerra tan minuciosa
mente como los mismos alema-
mes.
Ludendorff, ell abogado de la
teoria de la guerra total, fu6 ell
primero en- emplear la tactica
de "Tierra abrasada" en- una
guerra-moderna. Lo que Kutut
SOW obtuvO con su celebre reti-
rada ante Napoleon en- 1912,
quemando algunos pueblos y
ciudades, fue juego de ninos
comparable con las operaciones
que Ludendorff llev6 a cabo en-
septiembre de 1916 a MARIO de
1917 en- ell norte de Francia.
Cuando Hindenburg y Lud-
endorf tomaron ell mando del
oeste, despues de la derrota de
Falkenhayn, los alemanes ha-
bian lanzado dos salientes entire
Arras Y Bapaume y entire ell
Somme, cerca de Perronne, y ell
Aisne, cerca de Vailly. Cuando
ell servicio de espionage aleman
recogi6 la poticia de que ade-
mas de este, ell successor de Jof-
fire, General Nivelle, estaba ha-
ciendo preparativos para un a.
taque en- ell Somme, Sc decide
efectuar una retirada estrate
gica, enderezando ell frente. Pa
"a este prop6sito Sc %construye-
ron nuevas posiciones con una
profundidad de A a 5 millas, po'
sici6n que ] os aliados llamaror
la Inca Hindenburg' y los a
lemanes "Linea Siegfried-Stell
ing. Violando ell artieulo 6 d.
la convention de la Haya sobrO
ell empleo de prisioneros de que.
ira, esta Inca fue ~construidt
por prisioneros de guerra ru'
SOS. Uno de ellos logr6 escapal
a traves de las lineas alemanas
hasta las lineas aliadas Y des-
cubri6 los planes alemanes.
"El enemigo debe encontrar
ante el un pals completamente
devastado."
Para la ejecuci6n de este
plan, la completa region entire
la Inca alemana y las posicio-
mes de la Inca Siegfried fue
transformada en- un desierto.
Todo ell equipo militar fue eva
cuado, los dep6sitos retirados
mas atras, los rieles del ferro-
carril Sc levantaron y llevaron
a Alemania. Cada ciudad Y ca
da pueblo ash como toda casa Y
La gaceta., 1941-08-26

Para pintar
casa, compre IaA
2. L. p, yendida
silva nente por K-iR
Hardware. 81. aveniM
= cslie IL.
La gaceta., 1941-08-26
Caentos del A5aelo

Cuentane I'm cuento, abueiito,
para poderne d%ornir,
que sin IN cuento bonito
no quiere Ell sueho venir
"Naci6, poruue Dios 10 quiso,
una princesa muy bella;
r su padre un narciso
Y era su madre una ~estrella.
Que en- ell mundo de las hadas
Y los cuentos de dolores
no estan, como aqu. alejadas
las estrellas de las flores.
-JY hay luz IN las IS grana
y en- las estrellas rocfo?
va telo dire manana;
ahora duermete, hijo milo.
"A la bella princesita
Blanca Nieve lie llamaban,
y por buena y por bonita
sus snbditos la adoraban.
Era su porte sencilfo,
luciendo con gran primer
de la linda estrella el brillo
y ell perfume de la flor,
Tenia un jir6n de cielo,
un buf6n y un chimpance".
--iQue es IN button, abuelo,
-Mahana tie 10 dire,
"Con aquel jir6n azul
hacia muy lindas cosasI
bellas t1nicas de tut
y alas para mariposas.
Su palacio era un diamante
e~ngarzado en- luz de sol,
que al ocaso deslumbrante
Sc vestfa de arrebol.
Esa flor con las flores,
jilguero entire los jilgueros,
color entire los dolores
y estrella entire los ~luceros.
Abandonando en- verano
su alcobita primorosa
dormia, como un gusano,
.en Ell caliz de una rosa.
Y en- las crudas ~invernadas
iba su cuerpo aterrido
bajo las alas templadas,
sobre Ell plum6n de alg1n nido.
En- las fiestas de gran gala
saba ponerse a tono,
y al atravesar la sala
para dirigirse al trono
lucia con recio porte,
graciosa como ninguns,
un Undo mantle de Corte
hecho con rayos de luna.
-LUn manic de Corte, abuelo?
IQue es ESQ? Yo no 10 Sc.
-Callate y duerme, mi cielo;
manana tie 10 dire,
-iQue manana mas bonital
iCuanta cosa has de decirme...l
La gaceta., 1941-08-26
Did diamond Jim" Have
Stomach or Ulcer Pains2

It is hardly likely that Diamond Jim
Brady could have eaten so vora-
ciously II he suffered after eating
pains. Sufferers who have to pay
the penalty Of stomach or ulcer
pains, indigestion, gas pains, heart
burn, burning sensation, bloat and
other conditions caused by EXCESS
acid should try a Csc box of Udga
Tablets. They must help or money
refunded.
La gaceta., 1941-08-26
CHISTES

FL Marido-Aihi tiene listed
a mi mujer, Doctor. les encan-
tadora. I'm angel. Tn tesoro
inapreciabl0..
FL Medico-G BESIDE cuando
esta delirando, ~senora?a
La gaceta., 1941-08-26

Se prcoentar pra dedaraci6R
Dor 5000 Y Ia mujer per otros
$4,000.
La gaceta., 1941-08-26

Sonora: iEs buena la pelicu-
la que estrenan hoy?
Acomodador: Tan buena, Sc
nora, que puede listed verla con
los OjoS cerradoS...
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
PUTNAM COUNTY
Villages Can't Pay For
Highway

The question of whether State
Route 65 is to be rerouted through
Putnam county was placed in the
hands of state highway department
officials last week as the Putnam
county commissioners fatty refused
to pay "large percentage" of the
cost of purchasing a right-of-way
for the road through four villages,
unofficially estimated at $4,000.
The commissioners declined to dis
close the exact percentage that they
were asked to pay.
The state department has proposed
to reroute the highway along the
former Cincinnati & Lake Erie Trac
tion Co. right-of-way to provide al
improved road from Lima to Toledo
1t holds an option on this property
outside the villages, and asked the
four villages to provide right-of-way
inside the municipalities.
Columbus Grove, Ottawa, LeipsiC
and Belmore are the villages affect
ed. None feel that they can pur-
chase the right-of-way, the com
missioners reported.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
ALLEN COUNTY
Lima Loco Has Busy
Season

Net profit of The Lima Locomotive
Works, Inc., for 1910 was $S7,O07,
it was reported Friday in an Asso-
ciated Press dispatch from New York
City, where the company's main Off
ces are located.
This compares with net loss of
S134,326 marked up in the firms
1899 financial report, the dispatch
said.
Company officials attributed the
profit report to the fact that the
firm booked orders for 81 locomotives
during 1910 against only Ia in 1899.
At the close of the year, there was
a backlog of 80 engines on order
with 10 having been delivered during
the year. Since the first of the year
orders for 18 other locomotives have
been booked-four for the Detroit,
Toledo and Ironton, II for the Pere
Marquette and two for the Chesa-
peake and Ohio.
The plant is now operating at
capacity production with close to
1900 employees, the highest payroll
in the past 10 years, officials have
stated, and indications are that 1941
earnings will be the best in several
years.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Mackey Ferries Bomb.
ers To England

The FindIay airport is buzzing
with praise for 1t. Joseph Mackey
former manager of the port, who
now is reported reliably to be flying
Glen Martin bombers from Canada
to England.
Several months ago it was rumor-
ed the the former Findlay flyer was
''in the thick of things" for the
British, but the fact Mackey is said
to have made five roundtrips tc
England during December, alone
disqualifies this rumor.
For these trips across the broad
Atlantic, a pilot is said to receive
$3.50 cash.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
HARDIN COUNTY
Ada Water Battle
Continues

Okey Van Dyne, Ada attorney, has
filed answer to a taxpayers man.
damus suit against village officials
in the tangled legal actions in con-
nection with the villages purchase
of the now privately-owned water
works.
The suit, filed last week by Will
liam J. Tietje, calls for Mayor
Charles Collet and Clerk Rodney Ho-
yer to order the sinking fund officer
to offer the mortgage revenue bonds
for sale in order to buy the water
plant.
Van Dyne will ask that Tietje's
suit be denied since there is petit
ton signed by ten per cent of the
village citizens on the purchase plan
be held at the next general election.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Welfare Needs Are
Lower

Application for $4,S75 for aid to
dependent children and $1,000 for
blind persons was made last week by
the board of public assistance to the
Putnam county commissioners.
This is a reduction of $5,125 from
the request made in 1910 for depend
ant children funds aTd $4,000 from
the blind application last year, ac-
cording to County Relief Director
Bonnie B. Corns.
Decline in applications came as a
result of the study made during 1910
of needs, she explained. BY study
ing individual cases more completely,
it was possible to reduce the expend-
itures for these two groups in the
county, the director reported.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
PAGE THREE

mattresses but one of the instructors
himself learned a valuable lesson.
The instructor struck match to
light cigaret after bale of cotton
had been fuffed in the south room
of the Trading Post here. A bat
of cotton was ignited.
Blazing instantly, the cotton fire
spread to two tables and a sewing
machine, a leather davenport and
various articles in the room made
by relief workers
Ottawa volunteer fremen ex-
tinguished the blaze. They said it
was impossible to estimate the loss
because so many small items were
destroyed. The building was not
damaged. 1t is owned by John
Sheafer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
HANCOCK COUNTY
Aged Cyclist Exhaust
ed In Snow

When 87-year-old Zack Fields, col
ored, failed to return home late
Monday afternoon, his granddaugh-
ter Emma Ballard, became alarmed.
She notified police headquarters of
his disappearance after leaving the
home of a neighbor, George Tombs,
at 5 p. m. Fields had ridden away
from the Tombs home on his bicycle.
That was the last any of his kin
saw the aged man until the marshal
of Bloomdale found him shortly after
a a. m, Tuesday lying in the snow
exhausted near that village with his
bicycle nearby
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Lima Loco May Build
Tanks

Confirmation of rumors that the
Lima Locomotive Works is preparing
to switch at least part of its activi-
ties to defense production was seen
Saturday in announcement that the
industry has under construction a
new $290,000 factory building.
Reliable sources in New York
credited the Lima plants expansion
to the defense program of aid to
Great Britain
While it was rumored that Lima
Locomotive will build at least 300
medium tanks at a cost of several
millions of dollars, inquiries to the
British purchasing departments in
Washington and London met with a
statement that "no comment is advis-
able at this time".
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Ohio Oil To Expand
Quarters

The Ohio Oil company has ac-
quired ownership of additional Main
street frontage north of its present
buildings and plans are underway
for the erection of additional office
facilities in Findlay.
The property just purchased in
cludes the two buildings at 523 and
525 South Main street, giving the
Ohio Oil company ownership of the
entire frontage between East Hardin
street and the first alley north.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-02-20
Chemistry Blast In
jures Youth

Richard Kemerer, 17-year-old Find
lay high school junior is in the
Findlay hospital with badly lacerated
hands, face and injuries to both eyes
as the result of an explosion in the
laboratory of the high school Tues
day afternoon.
Kemerer, who had been absent re-
Gently, had been granted permission
to make up his laboratory work. He
was afforded the opportunity to make
an experiment of his own, a mixture
of sulphur and potassium chlorate,
which exploded.