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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-15

given to Elmer who showed unusual
concern over its health and genear
condition. Elmer says that he has
brought the rabbit to place where
it stands good chance of surviving
At least one Bluffton woman will
not have to worry about moving
day." While his wife and infant
daughter, born last week, remain at
the Community hospital, Kermit Kib-
ele is moving their household goods
from the Fett apartments to the new
Kibele residence recently completed
on the Dixie highway north of town.
There's an opportunity for advance
ment in the army for a young fellow
who vans to get along, writes Fran
els Wilkins from Camp Shelby. Will
kins says George Duffman lives right
back of him and when Herb Kindle,
also nearby, gets the Bluffton News,
there is reunion of the clan to see
what the folks back home are doing.
One way of getting a Moother's day
bouquet is to go out to the woods
and pick the flowers. Alice Santschi
says that she assembled together as
pretty a bouquet as anybody could
wish. She picked the flowers, mostly
Sweet Williams, at fox hill last Satur-
day and presented them for a Moth
er's Day gift to her grandmother
Mrs. Chris Santschi of Kibler street.
Roberta Wenger, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Wenger, admits she
needs good deal more practice in
the sport of golfng. While practic-
ing at the golf course located ON their
farm she tore up the turf about half
the time and famed the air the other
half. But this doesn't deter her in
her ambition to- become a good golfer
like her dad some day?
*x
Members of the religious education
classes in the junior high school are
writing to various foreign mission
aries as regular class project. Miss
Tiefenthaler, instructor, wrote on the
board names of VARIOUS missionaries
from India, Africa, Alaska and other
countries and the students were al
lowed to choose which they preferred
for correspondence.
Walking home from the municipal
light plant Friday night, Kenneth
Finton heard crickets for the first
time this year.
Working on the hay baler isn't such
a tough job, but when you encounter
rats and mice in the hay loft it's not
so pleasant, SO opine Eugene New
Ian and Robert Watkins, Bluffton H.
S. seniors.
The boys work on Saturday and
after school for Lester Mis-
well known Bluffton hay bal
er. It's hard work, say the boys, es-
pecially stepping right out of the
school room into the back breaking,
muscle straining job. The boys have
been doing the work for several years
and once they are broken into the job
they don't mind it.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-15

News Want-Ads Bring Results.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-27

and give up the idea Of having lamb-chops-
to-be within arms reach
He wound up his creation with:
This world is so bloody and full of tears;
silly edict wifi stand for years
l respectfully join my little lambs,
Spic and span in saying BAH Bah! BAH"
The poem was widely read and Henry
found worthy foe at last.
1t none other than William H. Webb
son OF the local undertaken and member of
the volunteer fire department.
Between burying people and putting out
fires Mr.. Webb never had much time for
poetry. But when he read Henrys effort he
decided he could match it without straining
himself
He rushed to the defense of the Village
Board as quickly as his ancestors had de-
Tended Bethel against the British. He was
determined to show Henry that the intricacies
of versification were not confined 20 a man
who kept his lights burning all night.
He summoned from his heart sentiments
worthy of a Patrick Henry
He starts off:
Through our town fathers lack of justice,
Mr.. Rogers no longer trusts US
In our whole town there isn't one
Who could do the things he's done"
Mr.. Webb then outlined the townsfolks'
grievances and their pride in their historic
village He hints that ne doesn't think much
of the gentle shepherds" plan to cut up his
pet lambs into chops. He concludes:
II gladly join your bah bah, bah,
The law is passed. so ha. IA. ha.
Whether this is prose poetry, 1 don't
know.
Regardless. them there lambs have TO CO."
He signed his contribution 10 the battle
Up. T. Barnum, Jr."
The two sheep disappeared from Juniors"
front lawn and their places were taken by
two local youths with sheepish grins and
lawn-mowers.
In the end Henry had TO pay 20 have his
lawn moved and while the town council can
outlaw two white sheep, they can't do much
with a black one
Henry left town with his sheep and he has
not returned. once again. Bethel has settled
down TO its Summer slumber. from which IL
arouses itself TO stare at the tourist freaks
from the big cities.
According 20 a houscpainter who is busy
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-27

refurbishing Henrys shingles, the house is to
be sold, mo reasonable offer refused" He
also said that the Jolly Rogers" as they
have come TO be known, have left for Caifor-
nia as far from Bethel they can go. The
townspeople didn't know where the Rogers had
gone and didn't care, as long as they weren't
in Bethel
Tiffs with the law are nothing new to
Henry and the rest of his family. Henry
whose first ambitions were TO start at the
bottom of the ladder like his father had done,
got job mechanic in overalls when he
was still in his early twenties.
Virginia Lincoln, of Cleveland, Ohio,
wanted TO marry an honest worNng-man be-
cause she was member of the Junior League
and fed up with society She met Henry and
they fell for each other like two tons of bricks.
Imagine her surprise when she found he was
THE Henry Huddleston Rogers. Junior-the
biggest catch of the season.
Rogers gave up his Job as the millionaire
motor mechanic" and bought huge farm near
West Chester, Pa.
A frequent guest was Evelyn Hoey. pretty
blond torch-singer and musical comedy star.
One night after drinking party which lasted
for hours. someone heard a shot. Evelyn was
found alone in a room with a bullet in her
lovely head. A revolver lay nearby
Inc ponce arrested fteiTy Dut the county
grand jury returned a unanimous verdict
generating him and finding that Evelyn had
committed suicide.
After Henry had been cleared Of any inn
pcation in the affair, he promised his father
to give up drinking. The elder Rogers prom
sed him $4,000 II he would keep his word.
He died before Henry could collect and Henry
sued his estate.
Henry's wife who had been away at the
time of Evelyn's death. decided 10 stay away
and get divorce. But she testified for her
ex-husband in his attempt 20 collect on his
fathers promise.
a few years ago he met Florence Taylor,
a hat-check girl in a New York night-club.
whose folks had come from Bethel. He re-
fused to say when and where they had been
married. Three months ago. Florence's aunt
died and left her the house in Bethel. But
without his sheep. little "Bo-Peep' Rogers
may not wish TO 60 back and live there.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-27

long suffering victims.
No one in town had ever fenced in their
houses because It was considered disloyal even
TO lock the doors at night. The last intrIders
Bethel had known were the invading British
during the American Revolution They dealt
with them in short order and haven't been
threatened since
The fence was no work Of art
In some places IL was fourteen feet high,
tall enough TO restrain giraffe In others II
was barely high enough 10 keep in a duck.
BY this time, Henrys fame was growing
and the curious came from miles around TO
stare at the house.
1t was then that Henry fired the shot that
was heard around Bethel The war between
Park Avenue and Greenwood Avenue began.
BY the time the battle got under way,
Henry's actions were thought 10 be so childish
that the neighbors dropped his first three
names and called him Junior Their COM
plants about the way the house was run
hadn't so much as dent Henrys aplomb.
When you have a bank balance almost as big
as the National Debt. you don't worry about
prestige. Henry didn't.
But he was worried about his lawn.
II was so overgrown with weeds and tall
grass that IT looked like the jungle. To get
from the house 20 the sidewalk one had TO go
on "safari."
Doubtless. Henry had heard of lawn-mow-
ers and gardeners, but evidently the idea didn't
strike home. He racked his brains TO think
Of something that would cut grass and cost
nothing.
tie thought of sheep. A splendid idea! lie
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-27

lawn That was the last straw.
AS the news spread the townsfolk one by
one. paraded by the Rogers homestead,
scarcely believing their eyes-or noses. There
were the lambs, as innocent as could be of the
storm gathering over their woody heads, right
on the main street. It was unthinkable
They decided 10 do something about ii.
The Village Board of Commissioners met in
solemn conclave. They decided that Henrys
two white sheep had made a black sheep out
of him The town would "disnherit' him,
Just as his father had done.
They passed an ordinance prohibiting the
keeping of pigs, sheep or goats within 200 feet
of any dwelling in the village. They provided
for fine Of not more than $50 and imprison-
mcnt for not more than 80 days or both, for
those who violated the ruling.
They posted the notice on the bulletin
board in Fountain Square where all could
come and wonder
Nobody wondered more than Henry. He
knew that his sheep would have to go but he
felt that the town fathers were making
goat" Of him
That night he went home and burned the
midnight oil even later than usual.
He was writing a poem. This may seem
like an Improbable way Of expressing an
opinion because poetry doesn't pay much any
more Like charity it is its own reward.
When Henry finished his epic he was sat
isfed. II was not Shakespeare. nor Shelley.
Their regulations were secure but Henry said
what he wanted to say at no expense other
than the tax upon his brain-power.
He called his poem Tempest in the Lamb
Stew"
by American Weekly Inc. Great Britain Rights Re.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-27

- o TWO white sheep make one black
sheep"
sleepy. old Bethel, Connecticut, and when they
say black sheep" they mean Henry Huddle-
ston ,'Bo-P eep"I Rogers, Junior who has
lust lost his two thite sheep-by order Of the
Village Council
II you don't ktew who Henry is, give him
tine 10 get acauaArled He is trying hard TO
become as famous al the other members Of his
family Some day heNJRay make the grade, trit
it is uphill all the way.
Henry's father as you've probably guessed,
R-vas Colonel Henry Huddleston Rogers and
= because he dug for oil in the right places he
left fortune of S2i 100000
-F4crrryis sister is the much-married MILF
cent Rogers-Salm-Ho ogstratenR amos-Balcom.
Henry was born with god-plated check
book in his mouth and no strings attached. al
though his father "disinherited' him with "A
measy $500 600 when he died
At an early age, Henry believed that money
could buy anything. These last three months
have taught him differently. His neighbors
did the teaching.
Last Winter. Henrys wifes aunt died and
left her a house on Bethels main street,
Greenwood Avenue
Bethel was the birthplace of p T. Barnum
who made the circus what it is today local
wit has said:
put fence around Bethel and you could
charge admission TO the biggest freak show in
the world"
In all fairness to the good townspeople, the
humorist was thinking of the Summer tourist
trade who parade down the historic streets
in form fitting slacks and curious hair-dos.
When Henry and his wife moved In the
town didn't bat an eyelash.
In spite Of his wealth, Henry was consd-
cred tourist To be thought a resident one
must have had ancestors who have lived in
Bethel for 800 years.
Henry started right off to enjoy life and
make il miserable for his neighbors.
He collects old motor cars. Anything Of
vintage age will do and it doesn't make any
difference TO him whether an engine is noisy
or not II is music 10 his ears
He stored his prizes in the backyard and
to entertain himself kept their engines run
ming all night The sputtering and backfiring
was like symphony to him.
The neighbors didn't object at first. They
! thought Henry was getting ready TO leave
Ftown and would gladly have driven him wher-
ever he wanted to go--as long as he went.
Henry too, would keep the lights on in the
house all night. His neighbors thought he was
burning the candle at both ends and the sooner
he reached the middle the better. The lights
reflected in the windows of adjoining houses
and made sleep more impossible than ever.
Someone suggested maybe Henry was
afraid Of spooks and that he kept the house
illuminated to scare them away.
II was also suggested that Henry and his
wife slept all day and stayed awake all night
This was logical, too, since there was nothing
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-27

Henry had two little lambs
Their fleece was white as snow
And every day they ate the grass
That Henry wouldn't NOW.
They didn't bah at the village pops
Who ordered them be gone;
II nearly broke poor Henry's heart
To stir himself 10 NOW the lawn.
The law was passed; il got the vote;
1t got the lambs and Henry's goat
-Petunia Greenleaf.
In THE Dsnbury Record"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-27

lambs and let them feed on
the grass. Their healthy.
young appetites should
keep the grass down TO a
velvety green crust.
The lambs arrived in
style and were soon en-
-scouCed on the front lawn.
Henry became attached
10 his lambs. In fact he
preferred them to human
beings. Love me, love my
lambs" became Henry's
motto.
In Bethel, the smooth
lawns are tended as care
fully as a new born baby.
They are watered, fed
and groomed. Their owners
take pride and lavish many
hours OF care on them.
1t was bad enough,
thought the townsfolk, 70
be Kept awake all night by
noisy old autos. shining
lights and barking dogs.
But sheep on the front
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-27

70 do in the way
or amusement IN
Bethel during the
day. There Is stin
less 20 DO at night
T h C n II e n ~
really put his foot
in the soup,
His police dog
We birth to
t Give puppies.
This was "A per-
fectly natural turn
OF events. except
that in Connecti-
cut If you keep
more than a cou-
pie Of dogs you
have 10 apply for
a kennel license.
The grand total
Of thirteen dogs,
an ominous num-
Der which should
have w a r n @ q
Henry, yowied and
yapped the sleep
less neighbors into
4 frenzy. Maledic-
tions and curses
poured down on
the Rogers house
hold in the early
hours Of the morn
ing from near by
windows.
In order TO keep
the puppies from
straying, II enry
put a picket fence
around his prop
erty
This was almost
the final insult fer
the townspeople
I h e coup d e
ce" for the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-27

He said, in verse,
that now that the
t o W n fathers had
passed the law, he
would have to NOV
the lawn himself
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-27

by Weekly Rights
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24
ATTICs REMoDELED

dASCONAIRE COMPANY GasconAire
furnace on basement ceilings. Elizabeth
Third. Cadillac 1914.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24
xS,0e4t .SeMGcp DEzecz1Y
BUYERS GUIDE
ADVERTISING DISPLAY
AIR CONDITIONING. HOME HEATING
UphoIstering

CARLSON sTUDIOs-Advertislng displays.
posters. 1909 Brush Street. Telephone
Randolph si14.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24
Musical Instruments

ACCORDION 100 base Bertini 2-shft
beautiful tone; reasonable. Niagara 4osf.
ACCoRDIoNs-sav 25es. Lessons by J
MAssimino: % years eXper. 1915 Harper.
PIANO - Upright, used. $40: good con-
dliInn. CITY MnElc TA1o Mack
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24
Wanted Miscellaneous

ACCORDION full size. brand new hnish.
! 81 % n you're wise see this $3.50
Grafint
ALL kinds OF used furniture hought nigh
est prices paid. Temple 2-673i
ALL kinds furniture and household goods
wanted Cash waiting. Terrace 2-9j2f
FURNITURE WANTED - VIII pay hes,
] prices. YOckey Bros Temple i-s296
WANTED-Junk tiresI any size. Sc up
Lafayette 5l70. $3.50 Michigan
WILL buy collections 81 Old cigarette
I baseball cards issued between 1al0-iels
ny Piedmonts. Sweet Caporais. etc VEr-
mont 5-6532.
$40 CASH for good round bobbin singer
machines sunday Murray 6ff6
CONSULT the enlarged Rea Estate lstings
IN the pg sunday Times Want Al
Section
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-03

Only LH1baa OtSr-
eoafi excepted, BY
agreement uifb the
walker.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-03
1888 Standard $3.50, SIS ALL-Wo0L 0'C0ATS

belongs reduced
you've bergrad coats! AT only
nd ercoatsnoluding plenty
of VCUNA SHADESand everything else
in trulyf real BrDh-type ulss!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-03
OUR ENTIRE STOCKS AT DRASTIC
1874 Standard $3.50, SIS ALL-WooL o'coAT!

includes of that
long well fine
appearance variety ~ models and brcsevery
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-10
Stay Citizenship
For Axis Aliens

United States citizenship will be
denied, at least temporarily, 10
approximately 1000 Germans and
Italians in the metropolitan De-
troit area who have received their
first naturalization papers but not
their final DEGREES, il was an
nounced today.
The suspension of the naturali-
zation processes for German and
Italian aliens was announced in
Washington. and the first to be
effected here will be IL Italians
and 10 Germans who were to have
received their final papers Friday
Paul c.. Warner, assistant dis
trict director of naturalization
here. said that German and Italian
nationals who have filed their
declarations of intention to be-
come American citizens will be
placed in pending" status until
further orders from Washington.
Nationals of Germany and
Italy who have received notices
TO report for n final hearing
should disregard them for the
present" Warner said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-10
7-Ddy Week
Hinges on Pay
BY SILER FREEMAN
Detroit Times Automobile Editor

The seven-day. 24-hour work
week proposed by President Roose-
welt has been under discussion for
some time among the labor divi-
sion of the OPM. union and auto
manufacturing executives. II was
one of the main topics taken up
at the recent UAW-CIO executive
session in Chicago.
The four-shift plan has been &C
to the unions but the
bone of contention has been the
overtime pay for Sunday work.
The union has insisted that over
time be paid but the auto manu-
facturers have been unwilling 10
agree TO this.
This issue was not clarified in
President RooSevelt'S speech. In
duStry leaders state that il is up
TO the government now. since the
plants will be working almost en-
tirely on government orders.
whether overtime will be paid OF
IL labor will be asked for seven
day operation at regular rates.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-10
Pocket Batt|eship
Seen Off Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 10 (INS)
The newspaper Ell Pals in Mon
tevideo, Uruguay, today published
a report that the 10.000-ton Ger
man pocket battleship Luetzow,
formerly the well-known Deutsch-
land, had been sighted cruising in
the south Atlantic off the Argen-
tine coast
Naval and maritime circles in
the Argentine seaport capital of
Buenos Aires, however, expressed
doubt as to the authenticity of
this report.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-10
Driven Off LuzloI|I1',
Lose Transports

WASHINGTON, Dee. 10. QNS).- The
war department in the first official commu-
nique of the war today announced the defeat
of hostile attack" against the west coast
of Luzon in the Philippine Islands.
The attack occurred between the cities of San
Fernando and Vigan the war department said.
The communique also disclosed that bombing
attacks on six enemy transports on Vigan resulted
in direct hits on three Japanese ships and damage
to the remaining three.
Our first bombing attacks six transports re-
suited in direct hits three hostile ships damage
the remaining three, ship capszng and sinking mme-
diately.'
The war department communique said the information
received last night from Gen. Douglas Macarthur head
of the Far Eastern command
The air force participated in the attack close
cooperation with the army, the communique said
Following is the text of the official war department
communique issued shortly before IL o'clock today:
information received last night from the commando
ing general Far Eastern command reveals the defeat of
hostile attack against the of Luzon between
San Fernando and Vigan
THE navy air force participated in the attack in close
cooperation with the army No operations have as vet
maeriaized i'm the southern island"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-10

IBtI News Service stan Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Dec. 10.-Pres-
ident Roosevelt today had rallied
behind him every man. woman and
child in the United States for a
long. hard war not only against
Japan but Germany and Italy as
well-a war in which no result
can be accepted save victory.
final and complete.
The Chief Executive officially
recognized both Hitler and Musso-
I'M as undeclared enemies after
taking every possible step to ham,
string their agents and nationals
in American territory.
Meanwhile, official Washington
awaited Hitlers appearance before
the Nazi Reichstag today for an
anticipated war declaration against
the United States in. line with the
Axis joint war plan.
Mr.. Roosevelt frankly said all
plans are being laid on the basis
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-10
President
COnV0neS
War Aides

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (INS).
President Roosevelt today con-
vened his war cabinet shortly
after II a. m. Detroit time for a
special meeting.
Those attending were Secretary
of State Hull, Secretary OF War
Stimson. Acting Secretary of
Navy Forrestal, General Marshall.
army chief of staff. and Admiral
Stark, chief of naval operations.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-10

one.
URGES SPEED UP -
That is the yardstick by
which we measure what we
shall need and demand" he
asserted, money, materials,
doubled and quadrupled produc-
tion-ever-increasing.
"The production must be not
only for our own army and
navy and air forces. 1t must
reinforce the other armies and
navies and air forces fighting
the Nazis and the war lords of
Japan throughout the Americas
and the world"
To this end, the President an
nounced adoption of two broaC
policies.
1.-THE first is TO speed up all
existing production by working
on a seven-day week basis in
every war industry. including
the production of essential raw
materials" he said.
The second policy, now being
put into form, is to rush addi-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-10
Japs Sink 2 Huge Warships
NaZis Dust
American
Reporters

BERLIN. Dec. 10 uNSl.-All
American correspondents in Ber-
lin were barred from foreign Of
flee confe- noes today and in
structed TO proceed to their
homes.
This action was taken. an Of
fetal statement said. because OF
the arrest Of German correspond
ents in the United States.
There was no indication as to
what future action might be
taken.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-10
Bombers Destroy
7 Mighty Vessels

BERLIN, Dec. 10 (INS). The Japanese naval office
that the gigantic British battleship King
George has been sunk the German wireless reported
from Toxic today.
The King George was launched on Feb. Il, 1889
and is of the mghtes vessels in the British fleet
Displacing $4,000 tons and with a complement of
1900 she is sister ship of the Prince of Wales
The King George made appearance in American
waters when she carried discount Halifax British
bassador to Washington, to the United States.