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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-27
Worry Over Future
Ends In Death

Worry over the future of the
United States after the defense boom
collapses was given by Coroner ]. A.
Mooney as the reason for the suicide
last week of l.. c. Povenmire, Sc,
Ada grocer.
Mr.. Povenmire, a former village
councilman, 32nd degree Mason
and a vice president of the Ada
Liberty Bank, shot himself in the
head with a pistol, the coroner said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-27
Three Soldier Sons
Widely Separated

With one son with the English
forces overseas, another serving
with the Canadian army and third
in training at Camp Shelby, Miss,
a Lima father, who always yearned
for army service but who never
was called, passes away his time
hoping for the day when all of his
family can be gathered around him
again.
Nearing 20 years of age, Thur
man Hight, 1855 Reese avenue, a
retired chef, recently received word
that his son, Clarence, who is serv-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-27
Water Works Expan-
sion Dropped

A two-year-old proposal for ex-
pansion of the Lima waterworks
system was sidetracked again last
week after city council refused to
approve employment of a consultant
engineer to study proposed sites for
a reservoir, as recommended by
Mayor Frank McClain.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-27
PUTNAM COUNTY
County Indebtedness
Reduced

Governmental Indebtedness was re-
duced $35, 5,996.64 in Putnam county
during 1910, it was learned from the
annual debt statement completed by
County Auditor Carl Frick.
At the close of 1910 there was a
total Indebtedness of S424, ,955.93 in
the county and all its subdivision
funds as compared with S460,952.57
at the close of 1889, according to the
report.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-27
so Examined At Chest
Clinic

DR.. Paul Holmes of Toledo and
DR.. Edward Laboe of Lima exam
ined so patients in the annual chest
clinic held in Ottowo by the county
health department. Treatment for
those found to be tubercular cases
but durable will be provided for the
next year by the county health
nurses.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-27
Kerosene In Radiator
ExplOdes

Two Foraker persons are recover
ing from painful burns suffered
when kerosene in the radiator of the
automobile in which they were rid
ing, exploded. The mishap occurred
about seven miles west of Kenton on
Route 30-S.
More severely burned were Mrs.
William Moore and Francis Burd,
who were treated at McKitrick hos
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-27
Falling Limb Causes
Death

Harry Lewis, Allen county cor
oner, returned a verdict of accidental
death by a fractured skull after in
yestigating the death of Harold
Musser, SO, in Memorial hospital
Tuesday, a few hours after he was
struck by a falling tree limb near
his home south of Lima.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-27
800 Chicks Lost In Fire

Fire Sunday destroyed a brooder
house on a farm two miles north of
Conner operated by Lloyd Mericle.
He said 300 chicks which he had
placed in it a week ago also were
lost. The fire started about a. m.
Mericle said the building was in
sured.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-27
Work Assured For 227

Work for 227 idle WPA clients in
Hardin County appeared assured this
week after Hardin and Wyandot
County commissioners joined in pro-
viding $4,000 for a $125,000 road
Improvement project. The work
would cover seven miles of a road
between the two counties.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-27
Photograph 1900
Employees

Work Of photographing each of
the 1900 employees in the Westing-
house Electric and Mfg. Co., Lima
plant started Thursday morning.
G. F. Herbold head of the indus
trial relations department for West
inghouse in Lima, said the move was
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-27

Allen county has been given an
April enrolment CCC quota of Al
white and two colored youths, Fl. F.
Comstock, county selectee agent, an
nounced.
Half of the white quota and both
colored youths will be accepted April
9, and the remaining % will be in
Quoted April 18. Physical examina-
tions will be in Memorial hall, Com
stock said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-27
Many Spring Birds
Are Here

Mrs. F. A. Dyne, of Findlay, may
or may not have seen the first robin
in her yard the past week, but there
is one thing she is certain of, she
has a regular aviary in her. back
yard.
Friday she saw robin, two cardi-
nails and several blackbirds. Mrs.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-27
County Roads To Be
Improved

A force of 90 county workmen
using four tarkettles, will be busy
during the next few weeks repair
ing damage to surfaced roads caused
by the winters freezing and thaw-
ing, it was announced Saturday by
Allen County Engineer Hobart Mu-
maugh.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-27
1O8 Register For De-
fenSe Classes

One hundred and eight persons
registered at the high school for the
fourth series of defense industry
vocational classes which will open
in Findlay March 81.
The registration was as follows
machine shop course, 62; welding, 80,
and auto mechanics, ID.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-27
Cafe Employe Is
Slugged

Marion Daniels, 62, cafe employe
Of Kenton, was slugged, robbed of
more than 500 and left lying un-
conscious on the floor of his home
where he lived alone, last week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-27

jumped on a cow which carried him
outside the barn and threw him un-
der the tractor being driven by his
brother, David, who said he stopped
almost instantly. Sylvester's head
was crushed by one of the tractors
lugs.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-27
Attorney Is Drafted

Thomas Guernsey, Lima attorney
and son of Judge Charles Guernsey
of the Third district court of ap-
peals, will be among 80 Lima men
leaving Friday for induction into
the army, Allen county selective
service board No. 2 disclosed today.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-27
HARDIN COUNTY
May Donate Radios
To Soldiers

A plea for voluntary donations to
equip each ten of Company E boys
at Camp Shelby, Miss, with small
radio was made last week by Ken
ton business leaders who urged don
ors to leave their contributions with
Mack Trent, radio committee chair
man, at the Trent Shoe Shop.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-27
$271,369 For Highway
Program

Churchill Brothers, Lima, bid low
on the construction of 6.237 miles of
State Route 81, south of Kenton.
The project, including construction
of two bridges, was estimated to
cost $329,200. The Churchill bid
was $271, 1863.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-27
Masonic Temple To
Be Sold

Saturday, April 10, at 10 a. m.
has been set as the date of the sale
of the Ottawa Masonic Temple at
public auction in the court house.
The date was set by Judge A. A.
Slaybaugh of the common pleas
court.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-27
Cow Throws Man I'm
der Tractor

Funeral for Leo Sylvester, %,
who died Wednesday night from
skull fracture received earlier in the
day when he fell under a moving
tractor at his home near Kiefersville,
was held at p. m. Saturday in
the Kiefersville U. B. church.
1t was reported the young man
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-27
Tax Payments Slower
This Year

With only three more days before
the April l deadline for payment of
personal and classified taxes without
penalty, collections this far still
amount to less than a third of last
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-27
Slugs Bandit And
Escapes

When a robber commanded B. E.
Zimmerman, Kenton truck driver, to
"stick 'em up, Zimmerman let fly
with his right hand, which struck the
bandit on the jaw. He fled.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-27
Hancock Selectees Are
Sent To Texas

At least 10 Of the 16 selectees who
left Findlay March 6 have been as
signed to Camp Wolters near Min
eral Wells, Texas, according to infor-
nation received Monday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-27

pital. William Moore and Clifford
Burd were less seriously burned,
Mrs. Moore was burned on the body
and Burd about the face. They were
removed to their homes.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-27

Dyne places food at the disposal of
her feather friends. She's confident
spring is here. We hope she knows
how to tell.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09
Virginia Dare Stones Accepted,
Rejected As Controversy RACES
BY NOEL YANCEY

MANTEO, Feb. 8.-lR-A iveIy
row has been simmering in the
South over ownership of Sir Wal.
ter Raleigh's lost colony of Roa-
noke Island, all because novel
written on stones, purporting to
prove that the colony moved from
North Carolina to Georgia has been
discovered.
Some residents of North Caro-
lima, hitherto sole owners of the
lost colony and it's story of Vir-
ginia Dare, first English child born
in the new world, have been up
in arms, claiming the author of
the stone manuscript was the hard
est-working hoaxer who ever lived.
Some Georgians, on the o t h r
hand, believe Eleanor Dare, Vir-
ginia's mother, chiseled on stone
the story of the colony.
The stones-7 of them weighing
more than a ton-were collected
and deciphered by President H.
]. Pierce, Sr., of Brenau College,
0oAAGoVl41C, 1d., o1lO Ills sui, II.
j. Pierce, Jr. They tell a bloody
tale of hardship and sudden deatl.
in the days when all of North
America was a wilderness and the
1T colonists were the only English
this side of the Atlantic.
The first of these stones was
found on the banks of the Chowan
river near Edenton, N. c., in Oc-
tober, 1887. A tourist, L. E. Ham
mond of Alameda, Calf, happened
to stop his car to stretch his legs.
He stumbled over a stone, noticed
it bore strange markings, and car
ried it away. Hammond turned it
over to the younger Pearce, then
professor Of history at Emory Uni
versity, Atlanta.
The stone appeared to be a mes
sage from Eleanor Dare to her
father, Governor John White, who
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09
BY DAVID ]. WILKIE
Associated Press Automotive
Edifor

DETROIT, Feb. 8.-Have you
ever thought what would happen
if the motorcar industry had to
suddenly cease all passenger car
production at any time within the
next three months?
The question has come up with
increasing frequency during t h e
last few weeks aas the probable
impact of defense production upon
the industry's normal manufacture
ing activities became more ap-
parent to the general public.
The answer, according to auth
oritative sources is that the first
reaction would be an enormous
bulge in an already swollen con-
sumner demand for new cars the
next result would be a quick clean
ing out of the reserve" stock.
The industry has been slowly ac-
cumulating since 1941 model pro-
duction topped the 100000 units a
week mark. That would be fol-
lowed by a rapid dwindling of the
used car supply.
The stock of new vehicles now
On hand is not far from the half
million unit mark, but it wouldn' t
last six weeks if all output were
unexpectedly halted for an indef-
mite period. ....
However, the most authoritative
guesses among industry observers
right now is that there will be no
suspension of normal productive
activities until the current model
output has run it's customary
course.
When the 1941 model year began
last October the car makers gen.
orally indicated they expected to
top the 1910 model output by at
least 10 percent. That would bring
approximately 4,700,0O0 ars and
trucks from the assembly lines
during the IL months ending next
September 30.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09
Only Six Weeks Supply OF Autos
On Hand IF Production Stopped

But for the uncertainties grow
ing out of the defense emergency,
that task does not seem very diff
ficult. Already the industry in four
months of the 1941 model year has
rolled out more than 2,OOO,0OO We
hicles under the impetus of a
continued high level of consumer
demand and the determination to
be prepared for eventualities, the
assembly plants are maintaining
record-breaking production sched-
ules.
Throughout the industry project
ed output has been revised upward
for the second time this year. The
schedules are tentetive of course,
and they look forward only as far
as the end of the years first quar-
ter. By that time the 1941 model
output will have passed the 81
600, 1000 unit mark with six months
of the model year remaining.
AAASAaoCu Ill tllC pIOJCClSu output
programs of the remainder of the
1941 model year are plans to turn
cut many thousands of supplement
tai models already introduced or
in contemplation as additions to
present lines. Buick, Pontiac, and
Willys-Overland already have in
troduced these supplemental units
Ford's new six-cylinder engine is
about ready and gossip in trade
quarters has it that Chevrolet and
Packard also are working on ad-
ditions to their 1941 model vehicles.
In each instance where prices
have been announced these new
models bo more deeply into the
lower price field. The suggestion
has been advanced in some quar-
ters that the manufacturers, in
bringing out supplemental models,
have sought not only to widen their
competitive fields but also to in
sure availability later on at prices
no higher than present listings for
the models with which they start
ed the 1941 season. 1
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09
KILLED

LEAKSVILLE- James Thomas
Kallam, 10, Of near Mayodan, was
killed, and two companions injured,
one seriously, in an automobile ac-
cident two miles from Leaksville
on the Stoneville highway early
today.
Deputy Sheriff Thomas S. Meeks
said he and Deputy Sheriff S. w.
Carter had arrested Deputy B. r.
Webb on warrant charging Webb
with manslaughter and drunken
driving in connection with the ac-
cident. The three deputies are
Rockingham county officers.
Bobby Stone suffered a broken
back and was in serious condi-
ton at Leaksville hospital. John
Smith, also riding in the Kallam
machine, received minor injuries
Webb was not hurt.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09
SELECTIVE SERVICE

RALEIGH. - Local draft board
examining physicians, members of
medical advisory boards and state
and federal Selective Service Of
ficials will meet in a series Of six
conferences to clarity and coor-
dinate their viewpoints, Major E..
D. Peasley, medical officer in state
headquarters, announced today.
The schedule of the meetings.
one in each medical advisory board
district-folloWs:
February IL, Charlotte; Febru-
ary 13, Asheville; February IA,
Winston-Salem; February II, Fort
Bragg, induction station; February
18, Washington; and February ~,
Raleigh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09
Hudson Motors Union
Votes Against Strike

DETROIT, Feb. s.-(P)-Officials
OF the United Automobile Workers
(Clo) announced today the mem
bership of it's Hudson Motor Car
Co. local union had voted down a
strike proposal and agreed to ac-
cept the results of negotiation. The
union, which had filed a formal
notice of intention to strike, charged
the company with discrimination in
discharges.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09
RROUGHTON

RALEIGH Governor Brough-
ton today displayed a $4,000 check
payable to the State of North Caro-
lima with the remark that he was
doing pretty well as collecor.
The check was payment for for
est fire damage done to land in
landing township, Hyde county, in
which the state has an interest.
The Governor related that at q
dinner he attended in Washington
during President Roosevelt's in
auguration, he was told by Lind
say c. Warren, former first dis
trict representative and now comp
troller general, that the money
was just waiting for the state to
claim it. .....
II assured him 1 would make
claim, and did so as soon as I got
back Broughton said.
That's half of my first years
pay" he added.
He said the money would be
used as the council of state d.
rects.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09
MT. AIRY FIRE

MT. AIRY Two fires, one OF
which swept a business block and
destroyed nine business h ou S e S,
caused damage estimated by Fire
Chief J.. S. Belton at $165,0oo early
today. ,x
A tobacco warehouse, two lea1
houses, fertilizer storage Ware
house, and several small business
houses were destroyed in the basl-
ness district blaze. Heat caused
the sprinkler system in a nearby
hosiery mill to open and the three
story structure was flooded.
Belton said a 45-mile an hour
wind subsidized less than an hour
before this fire was discovered,
probably saving more than half of
the business area.
Four hours earlier another fire
caused damage estimated at $40,-
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09
CAROLINA
NEWS SHORTS
(By The Associated Press)

RALEIGH. While photogra-
piers flashbulbs flashed, Cover
nor Broughton today nibbled a
huge oyster brought to him by d
Hyde county delegation appearing
in behalf of a bill to establish
oyster test farms in coastal North
Carolina.
P. D. Midget, I. B. Watson and
B. c.. Spencer, all of Englehard,
brought the Governor half a bushel
of oysters.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09
SURRY ROADS

RALEIGH.-The state highway
and public works commission an
nounced today work will start in
Surry county within two weeks on
a $275,002 leg of the state-WPA
$17,000,000 farm-to-market roa d
building project.
The job will require year to
complete and will give employment
to $40 men. 1t will provide for
construction, reconstruction and
improvement of roads damaged in
the 1910 floods.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09

600 to the S. l.. S. A. Hennis freight
lines terminal and offices, several
miles from the center of town.
The blaze, famed by the heavy
wind, made the structure a total
loss.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09
NOMINATED

RALEIGH The Halifax county
democratic executive committee
has unanimously nominated Ed L.
Travis for the vacancy in the state
senate created by the death of
State Senator T. w. NJ Long of
Halifax last Monday, Representa-
tive Everett of Halifax informed
Governor Broughton today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09

Sibbald's rorqual is the world s
largest mammal. It is a whale
whose length may exceed 100 feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09

Approxim m tely1 10G 00O,-
100000 pounds of milk are pro-
duced annually by the IS 0o0000
dairy cows in the United States.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09

MARsHAL's NOTICE OF SEIZURE
Whereas on the 18th day of January,
1941, the United States filed a libel in
the District Court Of the United States
for the Eastern District of North Caro-
lima, in the Wilmington Division,
against One Plymouth Sedan, 1910
Model. Motor No. P10-340750, Serial No.
11075770, Fred Bunting and c. J. Car
roll, Claimant, described therein, alleg-
ing the right of forfeiture, and, by vir-
tue Of process issued in Cue form to
of February. 1941. have seized and
taken the said property into custody.
Notice is hereby given to all persons
claiming said property or any interest
therein. to appear in the United States
Court Room in the City of Wilmington,
North Carolina, on the 18th dayAof Feb
ruary, 1941. and assert their claim or
default and condemnation will be Or
Gered as prayed for in the libel.
This the .4th day of February, 1911.
Ford S. Worthy, United States Marshal,
By Walter G. Hatch, U. S. Deputy
Marshal. Stored at Mcmillan & Gamer
on Garage, Wilmington, N. C.
MARsHAHs NOTICE OF SEIZURE
Whereas on the Goth Cay of January.
1941, the United States filed libel in
the District Court of the United States
for the Eastern District of North Caro-
lima, in the Wilmington Division,
against One Pontiac Coach, 1889 Model,
Motor No. 6-556365, Serial No. 6-EA
266s6, N. c. License No. THOSE (1940)
Joseph Gree Duncan, otherwise known
as Gree Duncan, Henry Clyde Smith
and Empie Watts, Claimant, described
therein, alleging the right of forfeiture.
and, by virtue of process issued in due
form to me directed, returnable on the
18th day of February, 1941, have seized
and taken the said property into Gus
tody.
Notice is hereby given to all persons
claiming said property or any interest
therein. to appear in the United States
Court Room in the City of Wilmington,
North Carolina, on the 18th day of Feb
ruary, 1941. and assert their claim or
default and condemnation will be Or
Gered as prayed for in the libel
This the 3rd day of February, 1941.
Ford s. Worthy, United States Marshal,
By Walter G. Hatch. U. s. Deputy
Marshal. Stored at Mcmillan & Gamer
on Garage, Wilmington, N. C.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09
NOTICE

NOTICE
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER.
In the Matter of the Administra.
ton of the Estate of M. T. Craig,
Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned duly qualified as Exec
utrix under the Will Of the late M.
T.. Craig on the 23rd day Of Decem-
ber, 1910. All persons indebted to
said Estate are hereby requested to
make immediate payment Of such
Indebtedness to the undersigned. All
persons having claim against said
Estate are hereby notified to file the
same with the undersigned, in writ
ing and duly verified, on or before
one year after the date of this Notice,
or this Notice may be pleaded In
bar of any recovery.
This 3rd day Of January, 1941.
VANNIE CRAIG,
Executrix under the Will of
M. T. Craig. Deceased.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09

London's telephone automatic
time signal is rung up 5000 times
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09

10 ROOM HOUSE, EXCELLENT
CONDITION, located on 213 Acre Farm
tract, Whortonsville, N. C. IA mile
from Broad Creek, miles from
Pamllco Sound. about Z miles from
oriental. 80 acres cleared, finest
soil in Eastern Carolina. Excellent
art road; electric power available.
Prlced reasonable for quick sale.
owner selling because of other in
terests' For inspection appoint
ment, and further details write
Your Gain" care of Star-News.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09

WANTED - TO RENT FURNISH
ed cottage at Carolina or VIII
mlngton Beach. Must be suitable
for year residence. State price,
name or location. P. O. Box Il,
Carolina Beach, N. c.
WE HAVE CLIENTS WAITING! |!
Can rent your vacancies now.
Marshall Realty Co. ZIG Princess
st. Dial 5092.
CASH PAID FOR GOOD USED
furniture, all kinds. Call $40.
BUSINESS COLLEGE GIRL
Would like board and room in pri-
vate home in exchange for helping
with household duties. Dial 3318.
LIST YOUR VACANT HOUSES OR
apartments with us. We have a
long list Of army officers desiring
furnished or unfurnished homes or
apartments. Our service will please
you. Foster-Hill Realty Company,
Dial 1871. II .,....,
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09

10 50. WATER ST, LARGE TWO
1.ofy 1o, brick building, on lot 35-
l0i' II. E. Wilder, Phone 1892.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09

CASH PAID FOR GOOD USED
furniture, all kinds. Call $40.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-28

Nit. and Mrs. ]. S. Dongo, ac-
k1mpanied by their daughter and
son-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent
sfemata. and grandson, Young,
3no have been on a three-week
vacation returned home Sunday
afternoon.
The party first visited with
afs Dopgo's I daughter law,
Mrs.. Harry Dongo, in Portland,
mas and then proceeded on to
Richmond, va. @Kafe they spent
some time with another daugh-
feE. Mrs. Louis Cruickshanix.
While enroute from Maine to
Virginia, they stopped at Wash
ington and ; New York for a
short stay.
Practically on the 60 all the
time, the party reported having
travelled in Ia states before re-
turning home.
On the return trip they were
accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Dongo's niece. Beverly Chuck
shank, who will remain here for
an indefinite stay. :.
All report having had a very
pleasant vacation, enjoying
every minute of the trip.