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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01
Sisters Meet First Time
In so Years

Mrs. E. L. Swope Of near North
Baltimore had been told by members
of her family that she was soon to
have surprise, but she didn't real
ize what a pleasant surprise it was
to be until Sunday when her sister,
Mrs. P. J. Kelley, whom she hasn't
seen for the past so years, came to
visit her.
Mrs. Kelley has been a resident of
Alaska for the past 45 years.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01
Independent Union
Starts Drive


The Metal Trades Association, an
independent company union, open to
all employees of the Buckeye Trac-
tion Ditcher Co., has been incorpor-
ated under the laws of Ohio, Donald
R. Dietsch, attorney, announced last
week in Findlay.
Attorney Dietsch said 286 of 600
eligible employees have signed petit
tions for membership.
Organizers have been in Findlay
several months, it was learned, or
ganizing American Federation of
Labor locals for machinists and
moulders' unions.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01
Champion Steer In
Lima

Nearly 400 farm youths from five
counties have been invited to visit
Lima on Kiwanis Urban Day, April
20, when the grand champion steer
of the 1910 International Livestock
exposition will be exhibited in Public
Square.
The exhibition, to be accompanied
by lecture on Selecting, Feeding
and Developing Better Livestock" !"
will be one of a series of annual
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01
Strike Settled At
Lima Plant

Production was resumed at The
Westinghouse Electric and Manufac-
turing Co., plant in Lima Thursday
after a temporary shutdown due
to walkout by 80 tool room en-
ployes.
C. c. Shut, plant manager, said
that after an all-day meeting with
the union grievance committee, "we
arrived at a decision satisfactory to
the committee and the manage
ment."
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

Sundays ham and jim ate more
smoked pork.
Wednesday at the weekly Lions
club meeting-more ham.
Thursday he attended Al leaders
recognition banquet at Perry school
and you guessed it-they had ham.
But that isn't all. Late Thurs
day afternoon Jim received tele-
phone call inviting him to another
dinner meeting Friday. The menu
choice of fish and above all things,
ham.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01
HARDIN COUNTY
Swastika On @. n. IT.
FlagpOle

Sight of swastika emblem fly
ing in the breeze from the main
fagpole on the Ohio Northern uni
versity campus Wednesday morning,
all but caused "riot" among Ada s
citizenry who later speculated no
little on the possibility of Hitler
and his hordes pulling a "bliz" on
this peaceful college town.
Culprits CREASED the pole after
placing the Nazi emblem atop it.
The general opinion is that the act
was the work of college pranksters.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01
Farmers Pool $4,000
Pounds Of Wool

Approximately $4,000 pounds of
Hancock county wool have been con-
signed already this spring to the
Ohio Wool Growers Cooperative as
sociation.
The association is advancing 33
cents a pound as compared to only
25 cents last year. Average net
price received here last year by
farmers who marketed comparatively
was around 36 cents.
With about $4,000 head of sheep
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01
Watchman Found
Dead In Factory

When employees of The Autokraft
Box Co., of Lima reported for work
Wednesday morning, they found the
night watchman, Ernest Howard
Hammons, 64, dead in the basement
of the plant.
Hammons, who resided at 313 W..
Elm street, died of heart attack
about 2 a. m. Coroner Harry Lewis
reported.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01
Lima WOOlen Mills
To Reopen

Termination of receivership pro-
ceedings against the Lima Woolen
Mills Co. was announced last Fri
day coincidental with disclosure that
the mill will be reopened May /
with about 120 employees.
The plant has been closed for
more than a year, but Receivers j.
Arthur Claypoole and j. Norman
Claypoole reported new capital has
been introduced. They withheld the
source of the new capital.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01
Burned In Kerosene
Explosion

Wallace Montgomery, 80, farmer
of near Belle Center, suffered body
and facial burns when he attempted
to start a fire in the farmhouse
stove with kerosene. The blast fail
ed to start a fire in the building.
Montgomery was brought to Antonio
hospital where his condition was
termed mot serious.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01
County Third High In
Tax Spending

Allen county's per capita expendi-
ture subject to sales tax was ex-
ceeded only by Columbus and To-
ledo in 1910, Association of Com
merce officials reported last week.
The average monthly payment for
each citizen was S21.66, statistics
showed, compared with SIS at To-
ledo and $27.50 at Columbus. Com
paratively, Richland county, with a
population approximately the same
as that in Allen county, paid S21 40,
the report said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01
Uses Tractor Is Years

The life of a farm tractor depends
much on the man who uses II.
Forest Freed of Portage township
has one that>i is now being used Tor
the 18th consecutive season. lt was
purchased at a McComb hardware
in 1923 and is now working as Wen
as when first harnessed to farm i'm
plements. Some repairs have been
made from time to time but this
has small relation to the first cost
of new tractor.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01
PUTNAM COUNTY
Hurt Twice In
Same Day

Mrs. Hiram Fundum of Leipsic
was the victim of two serious ac-
cidents Sunday.
In the morning while tending to
her household duties, she fell and
fractured her left arm. Then, later
in the day, her right foot was crush
ed when it was run over by an
automobile. She is confined to the
Miller-McComb hospital.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01
Three Arrested For
Gas Theft

Three men have been arrested by
Sheriff Arnold Potts of Putnam
county in connection with the theft
of gasoline, oil, grease and wrenches
from the cab of a ditching machine
owned by the Meyer Excavating Co.,
of Leipsic few days ago.
John Drew, %, of Miller City, his
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01
Escapes AS Engine
Hits Truck

In a narrow escape at a Carey
railroad crossing Monday night,
Wayne Rayle, %, of Leipsic, leaped
from his stalled hay truck in time to
escape injury as a railroad engine
demolished the truck.
The locomotive was damaged bad
ly and another was sent to Carey
from Columbus.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01
1,207 Classified For
Draft

Of the total of 2,949 Hardin-co
men of draft age registered, 85 have
been inducted into the service and
13 were rejected, it was revealed in
figures released by the local draft
board today. The classification is
complete on 1907 men and 343 have
been physically examined, the re-
port of the board showed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01
Boy Pushed Into Nov
ing Vehicle

When another boy showed Danny
Mills, 5, of North Baltimore, into a
street while they were playing last
week he was struck by trailer be-
hind car operated by Jess Yeager.
The child suffered a broken leg
and fractured hip. He is in Find
lay hospital.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01
Pandora Cleanup Date
Is Set

Cleanup Week" will be observ-
ed in Pandora April % to May 8,
it has been announced by Mayor L.
G. Steiner after village councilmen
approved plans for the annual event.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01

affairs sponsored by the Lima
Kiwanis clubs agricultural COM
mittee to promote interest among
All and FLA. members in the
raising of better stock.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01
Two Weed Mowers
Bought By County

With spring weather bringing life
and growth to all vegetation-in-
cluding weeds-the county commits
sioners Wednesday purchased two
roadside moving machines for use
in the county engineers department.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01

in the county the wool clip ilkeiy
will amount to 100000 to 45o.ooO
pounds.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01

brother, Morey Drew, Is, and Donald
Stattler, 10, both of Continental, are
the trio.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-05-01
Dionne Quints

The Dionne Quints are the great
est human interest subject in the
history of newSreelS.
Evening star., 1941-06-06
u. ). Friends Occupy
.SchmeIing's S Mind
As Stomach AiIs
Believes FouIty British
Chocolate Nailed Him;
Describes 'Chuting
Py the Associs ted Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June g. Max
Schmeling, former heavyweight box
ing champion who now is a Nazi
parachute trooper, says he hopes the
war ends soon and that he can get
together again" with his friends in
the United States.
In a hospital ward set up at the
former American College outside
Athens, Schmeling is recuperating
from a stomach disorder and from
affects of fighting in Crete, Harry
w. Flannery. c. B. S. correspondent,
reported last night in a broadcast
from the Greek capital.
His illness probably had been due
to drinking some chocolate aban-
doned by the British" Flannery said
Schmeling told him in an interview.
The milk in it may have soured."
Schmeling said he had lost 25
pounds from the fighting and his
illness. but that he expected to get a
leave shortly and join his actress
wife on farm outside Berlin, Flan-
merry reported.
In describing his descent on Crete
early May 20, Schmeling was quoted
as saying:
I'VE swooped low before we
jumped out, then We opened the
chutes right away, and, as a result,
there were only about II seconds
that we could be shot at"
Evening star., 1941-06-06
BY BURTON HAWKINS,

DETROIT. June Elm move
which isn't calculated to create a
quiver of excitement among fol-
lowers of the Nationals, Washing
tons spare outfelder was to OBJ
tain employment here today. Johnny
Welaj was to lug his shriveled .143
batting average plateward against
the Tigers, with George Case re-
quested to decorate the dugout
for an indefinite period.
Manager Bucky Harris has no
choice in his selection of talent.
When he surveys the Washington
bench for utility outflelders. his
scanning starts and stops at Welaj,
who is injecting no fear into op-
position pitching. Case, though,
requires a rest and Harris, in his
sorry plight, has nothing better than
a .143 hitter to replace him.
Outfelder Sammy West recently
submitted to an appendectomy and
Fermin Guerra. who claimed he
could play chunk of outfield as
we'll as catch, elected to skip the
skidding Mats before they en-
barked on their current western
journey. His first pay check with
the Mats also was his last, for he
is reported to have headed for his
native Cuba after complaining to
President Clark Griffith about his
prolonged siesta on the bench.
Cases Bunts Fizzle.
Harris is inserting Welaj on the
assumption he can't be much more
futile than Case. While the Mats
have been dropping Is of their
last 18 contests, Case has been
swatting at timid .210 clip, lower
ing his average for the season to
PAT.
No longer is Case improving his
average at the expense of en-
barrassed infelders. He simply isn't
beating out those infield taps. He has
lost that split second that hustled
HIM to first base ahead of in
f1elders' throws in previous seasons
and those push bunts he once
executed rather neatly now are
f1zzling.
How long Case remains benched
Evening star., 1941-06-06
Red Sox Tighten
Scrap for Flag
By yNewSpurt
Run Winning Streak
To Five Games by
Rout of indians
By JUDSON BAILEY.
Associated Press Sports Writer

Recognition already has been
given the Philadelphia Athletics as
a te-blooming miracle Of the
spring, but the AS should move over
to make room for the Boston Red
Sox
Joe Cronin's gilt-edged American
Leaguers have done lot of aimless
wandering, some Of it in the second
division, since winning five in row
at the start of the season.
Just nine days ago they slipped
to sixth place, the mighty Jimmy
Foxx benched himself because Of a
batting slump. and the future was
clouded with uncertainty.
Yet today they are up In third
place with a brand-new five-game
winning streak and are only three
games behind the pace-making
Cleveland Indians, whom they
crushed Yesterday, AL.
Since May 81 they have not failed
to get 10 or more hits in every con-
test. their pitchers have come
through with four complete games
and the whole club is geared at
high speed.
Harris Battles Indians.
Mickey Harris, the 23-year-old
New York City southpaw who is
about to be drafted into the Army.
has provided perhaps the biggest
spark. He started the present streak
by pitching a two-hit shutout Me-
mortal Day against the New York
Yankees. Yesterday he smothered
the Indians with siX-hit pitching.
The Sox backed him with a 16-
hit assault on four Cleveland
hurlers. Ted williams hit his ninth
homer of the year, Dom Di Maggie
collected his first. Cronin tripled
with two on. Foxx doubled with the
bases loaded-and the firing went
on all afternoon.
It vas the worst rout of the year
for the Indians, who didn't score
until the eighth and wouldn't be in
first place today except that the
Athletics took care Of the Chicago
White Sox, 9-3.
The AS reeled off six runs in the
second inning on four bases on balls,
a triple by Wally Moses and doubles
by Sam Chapman and Frank Hayes.
After that Jack Knott checked the
Sox with seven hits and the AS
treated themselves to another three.
run splurge in the eighth.
Tigers Nose Out Yankees
The Detroit Tigers took ragged 54
decision from the New York Yankees
in 10 innings to complicate the
American League race further by
punching no fewer than six teams
within a range of four games.
The Tigers scored three runs In
the sixth when Atley Donald went to
pieces with the bases loaded. made
two wild pitches and dropped a
throw at the plate to let in all
three runs. The Yanks tied the
score on Tom Henrich'S tWo-run
homer in the ninth, but we're beaten
III the 10th when Rookie Pat Null
lin opened with a double. two walks
loaded the bases. and Pinky Higgins
beat out bounder for a single.
The St. Louis Browns sent Luke
Sewell off to a good start as man
ager by whipping Washington. 4-2,
for a sweep of their three-game
series and their longest winning
streak of the season.
Rain washed out the National
League program.
Evening star., 1941-06-06
World Marks Hoped
For as Track Aces
Clash on Coast
Some of Nations Best
Vie in Compton 400
And | 500 Meters

By the Associated Press.
COMPTON, Calf, June 6-Keen
competition with possibly world rec
ords for the 40O-meter and 1900
meter races with several of the Ma
tion's finest runners entered is due
tonight in the annual Compton in
vitational track and field meet.
Officials, hopeful that world rec
ord might be run in the 400meter
event, decided to clock the race at
both that distance and at 440 yards.
Slated to compete were such stars
as California's Grover Klemmer,
Cliff Bourland of Southern Cali
fornia, Eugene Littler of Nebraska
and James Herbert of New York
Klemmer has done 46.4 seconds for
440, while Bourland has an unofficial
relay lap of 45.8 seconds.
The 1,500-meter run brings to-
gether Leslie MacMitchell of New
York University, Walter Mehl. for
mer Wisconsin star; Dick Peter of
California. Leroy Weed of U. S. c.,
Mushy Girard of the San Francisco
Olympic Club and others.
The 100-meter dash attracts a
coterie of Far Western sprinters,
headed by Hal Davis of Salinas.
while the pole vault shapes up as a
contest between Cornelius Warmer
dam and himself.
Absence of Les Steers of Oregon
robbed the high jump of its chief
star, but there are other field per-
formers worthy of attention. In
cluded are Bob Peoples. U. S. c.
javelin hurler, and Phil Fox. the
Olympic Clubs discus champion.
Evening star., 1941-06-06
Mats Are in Such Sorry Plight
They Call WeIoi .743 Hitter,
To Replace Case in Garden

I will depend on Welaj. and Harris
isn't predicting Johnny is qualified
to gouge George out of job. Welaj
has been tested repeatedly with the
same sour results and the tip of
on him is that Harris lately hasn't
deemed it advisable to use him as
a pinch hitter despite the sorry
status of the Mats.
Washington is nestled in the eel
lar but it doesn't seem to be dis
turbing many of the Mats illustrious
athletes. With few exceptions, they
are giving the impression that
everything will be rosy on the first
! and 18th of each month. all of which
tends to zoom the blood pressure
of such a scrappy Irishman as
Trainer Mike Martin.
Basement Finish Indicated.
These are miserable days for the
Mats muscle manipulation Mikes
blood has been simmering for weeks
at the tepid conduct of the Mats, but
his wrath seems wasted. Mike has
seen some bad Washington clubs
come and go, but never has he seer
the Mats finish in the cellar since
he joined the team in 1912. There's
the first time for everything, though
and now the Mats are giving an eX-
cellent imitation of a team destined
to remain in the basement.
Not since 1909 has a Washington
team finished last, but the collection
of calm performers now operating
under Harris is likely lot of cellar
inhabitants. The only missing item
in the complete collapse of the Nat:
is the drafting of either Outfieldel
Buddy Lewis or Third BaSemar
Cecil Travis for military duty.
Washington's latest losing streak
jSee HAWKINS PAGE ca
Evening star., 1941-06-06

Mitchell, Durham IN. c., Morn
ing Herald: Before the Cleve-
land Indians can hope to win
the American League pennant,
they are going to have to plug
up the Dykes
Sports cocktail-How-th they-do-
things in-Texas: The green on
the 18th hole of the national
open course was laid down only
six weeks ago.
Flint Rhem, the old Cardinal
pitcher remember when he once
downed couple of quarts to
keep Grover Cleveland Alexander
from doing same), is trying a
comeback with a South Carolina
semi-pro team.
Rupper Stadium at Newark is
the only baseball orchard in the
country with a cocktail bar.
Billy Conn's request that he be
allowed to remain in his dressing
room until after introductions,
Evening star., 1941-06-06
Score Card Waving Not Only Good in Dads Day

We saw there almost everybody IN CONNIE MA
lifetime because tolerance and good taste ana
didn't to be among ese
vs conceded his high collars ana MS
WOW in argued ua
baseball called who could ouooze up
players
Managers sometimes quickly in baseball some 1e" are
,d lacking in leadership Some seem to wear ou
o1d their
tbout respect for their players nlaon oon
Mack is nearly hasn't produced winner IN aIos -
ne stlA sht eeaC
manager? , - ~. . Duoroo+o He is Macks
the street who is Brahcato ne s N"CA
Davis Knott ooelU
lot of others on Except to the rabd ian hey are
they part OF CONNIE ne" ma
hine which is making the favore we nope MI N"N
.corecsrd will forever
Evening star., 1941-06-06
Prize for Bosox Seen
In Keating, Stellar
Dickinson HurIer
Bernie Wins u of 29
College Tits, Yields z
Earned Runs Per Gume
Nv the Associated Press.

ky the AsSOCIaNeu EACSS'
CARLISLE, Pa, June 6.-lt a COL
iege record means anything, Big
Bernie Keating should be a prize
package for Joe Cronin's Boston Red
Sox.
The strapping hurler, from Wood
bridge, N. j., probably the greatest
baseball player to don a Dickinson
uniform, winds up his intercollegiate
athletic career tomorrow when he
goes to the mound for the last time
in a commencement game with Drew
University.
After receiving his bachelor de-
gree Monday, Heating reports TO
Boston for tryout and behind him
will be a college record of % vic
tories out of 90 starts. This season
has been his best, with seven straight
triumphs. He has an earned run
average of two per nine-innlng
game.
When not on the mound. the
husky youth, standing an inch over
the 6-foot mark and weighing 18O
pounds, plays in the outf1eld. He
tops the Dickinson team in batting
with an average of 1864.
Evening star., 1941-06-06
BY EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, June 6.-Broad-
way is saying Arthur Donovan
won't be in there when Joe Louis
goes against Billy Conn. Arturo
seems to be in very Dutch since
the Buddy Baer fight.
One of the floral pieces at the
Lou Gehrig funeral came from
President and Mrs. Roosevelt-a
swell gesture. There isn't a thing
wrong with Jimmy FoxX that a
few lusty base hits won't cure.
We're still sticking to Byron
Nelson to come through at Fort
Worth.
Fellows who knew Bud Taylor
when he was going good say he
earned nearer S1.000,000 than
100000, as we had it. Anyway,
old Bud would be glad to settle
for the latter figure now.
Busy mans newspepsr-This
Evening star., 1941-06-06
Golf Pros Stagg Open S Sets Pace With Lone par Score
Win, Lose or Draw
Old Connie: He Isn't Outduted Yet
BY FRANCIS {. STAN.

With his high Buster Brown collars his 9ye suits Connie
fuls
ball modern
younger who uniform always
Cronn and Jimmy Dykes and Casey Stengel.
This then, be point to the
peopethose between Cornelius
McChcuddy something than kindly old gentleman
30 baseball
long anything earthly than his
Gracious Connie Mack the
the
His Philadelphia Athletics picked finish place
Mr. the ball players striking
AS fourth
and they
behind equally astonishing White
have this
EarnShaW PankS,
something
this calls for ability.
Evening star., 1941-06-06

years Penn State-New York U.
football game will be played at
night. Bill Corum of the N. Y.
ournal-American and Don Dun
ply will be the broadcaSting team
for Mike Jacobs fights beginning
with Conn-Louis when the Mu-
tual chain takes over.
A lot of folks are going to miss
good. old Sam Taub, but he'll
continue to pair with Bill Stern
on spot" fights throughout the
country via the N. B. C. lines.
To date this column has re-
ceived 178 tributes to Lou Geh-
rig (both prose and poetry,
which gives you an idea how the
old Iron Man rated all over.
Eleven members of Washing
tons varsity and junior varsity
crew which will row at Pough-
keepsie have yet to participate in
a losing race.
Todays guest stAx-Ddward v.
Evening star., 1941-06-06
Wakefield of Michigan
Ready for Pro Offers
By the Associated Press.

By the AsSoclated Press.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. June g.
Dick Wakefield, Michigans slug
ging sophomore outfielder, said to-
day he was through with college
baseball and expected to sign a
contract with a major league club
within a few weeks.
He plans to discuss contract terms
with the Cleveland Indians this
week end, and later will talk with
representatives of the Cincinnati
Reds, New York Yankees and De-
troit Tigers.
His father, the late Howard Wake
field. was a catcher with Cleveland.
Evening star., 1941-06-06
McRoe, Redskin Droftee
Hos Gone Into Army

The Redskins have learned that
one of their 10 unsigned draftees,
Stan McRae of Michigan State. has
enlisted in the Army and. naturally.
won't be available for service with
them next fall.
McRae was an end, but the Red
skins knew that his draft number
was due to be called in September
and were not banking on his re-
porting.
Evening star., 1941-06-06
PhiIy Fans Wouldn't Potronize Greet Team

that Connie Macks lifetime baseball manager
there everybody Phadephias the
As know there large demand for
from 1915
pennans world championships
Anne Leagues second back
1911 1913 and 1914 Then
a cellar
people behind After winning four
pennants sureted with
field
Mean
alternative that
for to reak
would have patiently through the IA futile
old He
was PLAYING men sempros
good em-pro
ball conditions? The
St Louis Brook
lyn?