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Evening star., 1941-10-05
Eliot Cpc7ses Any Reduction
In Army As It Now Stands
Military Force Held BoreIy Sufficient
To Perform Tasks Likely TO Arise

the poor troop leading Of small
units, squads, sections platoons and
compa nies on whose efficient eXecu-
ton of their missions the whole sue
cess of the Army depends. Every
critique on the recent maneuvers
has emphasized this deficiency. 1t
can only be rectified by further eX-
perience in the field: leaders can
not be trained without troops.
Nor can new weapons and new
tactical methods be developed with
out actual experiment and work In
field exercises. Much of the equip
ment of our Army is new: the prop
er use of the new weapons. their
coordination on the battlefield, the
changes necessary to make them
fully efficient, must all be worked
out with the actual weapons in the
hands of troops
The same is true of changes in
organization to permit these weap-
ons to be employed swiftly. efficient
ly and smoothly Modern war
moves very fast, and the American
Army has had no experience of it..
Take the cooperation between air
forces and ground troops, for ex-
ample, which is the most impor-
tant tactical development of this
war. 1t requires the most thor
ough coordination. the most care
full working out of methods and
doctrines; its success depends not
so much on higher direction as on
quick and correct decision and ac-
ton by very junior officers. The
ability so to decide and act is to be
gained from no other source than
practice in the field with troops
With all these considerations in
mind. it does not seem that for the
present, any reduction in the size
of the Army Is advisable. We do
not know what the Army may be
called on to do, or when, or where.
At any moment it may be called on,
for example, to send heavy rein
forcements to one or more of our
outlying bases, few of which have
adequate garrisons even now.
Establishments Now Modest.
The training of the troops now
/ in service is by no means complete,
nor is their equipment. We are
maintaining a comparatively mod
est establishment; our actual mo-
bile ground force in the continental
United States is only about one
eighth that of GERMANY. and il
may be subject to severe drains a
any time to maintain bases for oul
fleet and aviation over an area Gov
ering fully one-quarter of the sur
face of this planet. We canno
tell in what direction the war i
Evening star., 1941-10-05

the country speaking to informal
groups.
Arriving in the United States
Friday in time for cocktails with
Nelson Rockefeller, Sonora de Mar
tinez Guerrero began her informal
talks with a press interview yester-
day at the home of Miss Mary
Winslow. American delegate to the
commission, who lives at 3O5l @
street NV.
Sitting in the front room in a
simple brown dress and pumps with
raised soles to make her appear
taller, Sonora de Martinez Guerrero
showed no effects of the automobile
accident which smashed her face
and leg recently and kept her for
two months in the hospital.
Has Busy Schedule.
They have arranged me pretty
no?" she laughed. I'VE have good
doctors in South America, too"
Her hospital seige was the first
time in several years that the sonora
has not spent from o'clock in the
morning to 9 o'clock at night, work
ing in her Office on several causes
at once. She recently organized a
model institute to provide medical
care for children, heads a secondary
school and is working to construct
new laborers' hospital. Last month
she organized Argentinas Victory
Committee which will pledge CO.
Evening star., 1941-10-05

Janeiro and music by a Brazilian
composer to suggest Argentina
Wednesday the good will envoy
will receive an honorary degree from
Russell Sage College in Troy, N. Y,
and start her tour.
Unlike many ENJOYS, bristIing with
papers and purpose, Sonora de Mar
tinez Guerrero carries but one paper
besides her scroll. 1t is a tiny car
toon of Pluto the dog, drawn and
indorsed for her by the author,
Webb Smith. If she gets near Holly
wood, she may return the visit Walt
Disney made to her few days ago
at her home in Buenos Aires.
Evening star., 1941-10-05
Vichy Consulate General
Planned by Germany

BY the Associated Press.
VICHY, Unoccupied France, Oct.
A. Germany plans to open a
consulate general for Unoccupied
France in Vichy in November, in
formed sources said today.
Krug Won Nidda. former cores
pondent of the Deutsche Allgemeine
Zeitung. who has been named for
the post of consul-general, was re-
ceived by Marshal Petain today.
Evening star., 1941-10-05

with those of the nations with whom
we are associated in this great
struggle for the preservation Of
human rights and liberties.
Not until we attain this goal will
We be able to determine just how
our resources should be allocated
amongst the various branches OF
national effort.
Evening star., 1941-10-05

New standard make sewing machines to make sewing
genuine peasure Equipped with adjustable knee control
and sewing lamp Beautiful console style smarty finished
These machines fully guaranteed by the makers of Free
Westinghouse machines
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20
-Four From College
In AU-OhiO Band

Four Bluffton college musicians
played in an all-Ohio college band
in a concert at Bowling Green State
university Saturday night. Included
in the Bluffton group were: Paul
Emmert of Goshen, Ind, and Rich
ard Holenstine of Fredericksburg
both playing the string bass; Delbert
Gratz of Bluffton and Harold Leh-
man of Berne, Ind, both playing
clarinets.
Rehearsals of the combined col
lege orchestras were Friday evening
and Saturday morning and afternoon
in anticipation of the concert in the
evening. Colleges represented at the
meeting were: Western Reserve uni
versity, Oberlin college, Baldwin
Wallace, Capital university, Bowling
Green university, Miami university
Hiram college, Kent university and
Bluffton college.
Prof. Sidney Hauenstein, of Bluff
ton college, accompanied the group
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20
News Our Grandfathers Read
From Issue OF August ~, 1907

where Mr.. Doty has been offered a
good position.
Miss Florence Bowman, of Gin
cinnati, Miss Maud Bowman, of
Columbus Grove, and Clyde Leidner,
of Ada, were the guests of Miss
Hazel Mckinley, Monday afternoon.
ROCKPORT
Mrs. Robert Marshall and daugh-
ter Gail expect to leave Saturday
for Muncie, Ind, to visit Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Zeiders, Mrs. Marshall
and Mrs. Zeiders being sisters.
Charles Kidd and wife, are the
happy parents of new son, Robert
Harold, who came as a birthday
present to their other son, Warren's
18th birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Eversole
opened their fine large home west of
town, for the entertainment of the
family relationship Sunday, in honor
of Jessie Auchmuty.
The funeral services for the late
John Kunneke, a prominent business
man of Columbus Grove, was held
at the home of his father in that
town, Monday afternoon, and was
largely attended by several from
that place. -~~
z. S. Vertner, wife and daughter,
Helen, of Indianapolis, Ind, were
dinner guests of his aged grand
mother, Mrs. Ellen Vertner, Sab
bath.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pharaoh have re-
turned from their wedding trip and
will make their future home ir
Beaverdam.
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vices in adjoining organizations, so
that attendance is made possible and
convenient.
I'VE have no Jewish chaplain in the
37th Division but we have made ar
rangements with the Jewish Rabbi in
the city of Hattiesburg for the men in
camp of Jewish faith to be given an
opportunity of attending his services
in town, also for the Rabbi to hold a
Jewish service in camp on Sunday
morning. A church bulletin is put
out each week and placed on the bull
letin board of each company in the di-
vision.
with kindest personal regards to
friends back home and assuring you
that everything is being done for the
welfare and happiness of Ohio men
here in Camp Shelby"
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NEWS OUR FATHERS READ
FROM ISSUE OF MARCH 5, 1914

burger, Hilty; Third, William Grif-
fifth, Gratz.
Sixth Grade--First, Sarah Sylves-
ter, Hillville; Second, Adella Steiner,
Bucher; Third, Sarah Amstutz, Hill
vile.
Fifth Grade-First, Paul Steiner,
Diller; Second, Paul Neiswander'
Huber; Third, Melvin Amstutz, Hill
vile.
Fourth Grade-First, Grace Rade-
baugh, Huber; Second, Grace Steiner,
Diller; Third, George Bixel, Gratz.
Third Grade-First, Florence Dun
lap, Hillville; Second, Stella Burk-
holder, Hillville; Third, Alice Neis-
wander and Della Gromann, both OF
Stager.
GERMAN SETTLEMENT
Miss Laura Danger, teacher OF
the Victor school, resigned and
Hiram Kohl is finishing the term.
A. G. Badertscher and wife moved
from Pandora on the Gottlieb Bad
ertscher farm to take charge OF the
home farm.
The Zion Women's Missionary So
ciety will meet at the home OF Noaf
j. Basinger, next Thursday.
Mrs. A. H. Leaman and little
daughter, Gladys, of Chicago, ar
rived last Friday to spend weei
with Mrs. Leaman's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. 7. S. Ely
B. F. and Adam Welty, of Lima
called to see their mother, over Sun
day.
A sled-load of people from th'
southern part of Richland spent Sat
urday evening at the Freyman home
Peter B. Amstutz, the man wh'
started the hay fork business, am
put the factory on successful
basis, comtemplates trip to Europ
and the Holy Land.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Basinger wei
coined a boy into their home las
week.
Melvin Zimmerly, Roy Hoffer, Cal
vim Amstutz and Chris Augsburge
have purchased rolling stock in tn
shape of rubber tired buggies.
Nearly the whole student body o
Bluffton college composed a sleighini
party that enjoyed delightful even
ing at the Noah Moser home, las
Wednesday.
Clarence Diller, Jesse Diller an
Wilbert Schumacher are among tn
prize winners at the state corn sho,
at Mansfield.
Ed Lora is at Berne, Ind, assist
ing his uncle for several weeks
auctioneering. Ed is the third ger
Grafton in the Lora family of aut
tioneers and he has the qualification
of good crier. sN
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Miss Zoe Lugibill, one of Bluff
toms most popular young ladies, was
given a genuinely happy surprise by
a number of her close friends,
Thursday evening, on her 21st birth
day.
At the joint meeting Thursday
evening of the Bluffton and Rich
land township school boards, it was
agreed that pupils from the town
ship should be received into the
high school when said pupils have
satisfactorily passed the eighth
grade examination.
The Beaverdam village council pc
titioned the court for a special
school election for a $4,000 bond
issue for the purpose of erecting a
new school building. The same was
granted and will be held September
Z. The old school building was con-
demned some time ago.
The Bluffton Board of Education
has decided that all children who be-
come six before next January may
enter school at the opening on
September 2.
Fletch West purchased a half in
terest in the Jasper Hall water well
drilling outfit and the firm will be
known as Hall and West.
Arthur Green and wife, who spent
several months along the California
sea coast, returned Tuesday evening
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. F
Bauman, two miles east of town
was the scene of pleasant gather
ing last Sunday, in honor of Mr.
Bauman's nephew and wife, Mr.. ans
Mrs. ]. E. Kraft, of Orrville.
Cards announcing the marriage o.
Oliver K. Bentley to Miss Lucy Z
Folsom, which took place at Frencl
Lick, Ind, Monday, Aug. 10, wa
recently received here. Mr.. Bentle.
is the son of w. P. Bentley.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Begg ant
daughter, Eleanor, of Columbus
Grove, are spending the week at tn,
home of Mr.. and Mrs. T. H.Mohler
H. L. Eby, who visited his parents
and relatives here the past week
left for Bellvue, yesterday, to re
sumo his duties as superintendent o.
the schools at that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. d. Lugibihl lef
Tuesday evening for Bowerstown, tt
spend a week at the home of B. C
Mann and family. Myron Lugibih
also is visiting there. September
will be an important date for thi!
small family reunion, as on that day
Mr.. and Mrs. Lugibihl celebrate
their thirty-third wedding anniver
sary and their daughter, Mrs. B. C
Mann and husband, celebrate theil
fourth wedding anniversary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff Doty, who have
been in St. Louis, Mo-, for some
time, where the former took spec.
ial plumbing instructions, expect tc
locate at New Iberia, Alabama
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Church Plays Role In
Life Of Draftees
Continued from page u

months and are enjoying very much
the relief from the Ohio winter.
The nights are often cold but the
days are beautiful. Conditions in the
camp have been gradually improved
so that at present time the men are
in large measure comfortable and con-
tented.
I'VE have been very much interest
ed in the new selectees who have re-
Gently come to us from Ohio. All
who have come in contact with these
men have been impressed by their
high quality, their fine attitude and
their desire to make good during their
year of training. The people back
| home have every reason to be proud
of these men and the feeling here is
that the 37th Division will be greatly
helped by having them.
1t might be of interest to some to
know that of the selectees who came
here from Ohio, | was privileged to
extend a word of greeting to nearly
5000 of them meeting them at the
Reception Center each morning as
they came from the trains. | was
especially glad, at these meetings, to
contact the men who came from the
Bluffton community and from Allen
county, many of whom had known in
the Bluffton schools.
No doubt the people back home are
| interested in the work being done by
the chaplains in an army camp. A
division chaplain and an assistant, at
present Chaplain O'Connor and my
self, are on the division staff and have
general supervision of the work of
the chaplains in the division operat-
ing; an assistant to the chief-of staff.
We have at present in the 37th Di-
vision fourteen chaplains, six of whom
are Catholics and eight are Protes-
tant, and expect several more in the
near future.
"These chaplains are assigned to
the different regiments and cooperate
with those in charge in building up the
morale of the personnel of their or
ganizations. The chaplains have been
active in contracting the selectees, as
they were assigned to their respective
regiments, helping the men to adjust
themselves to the new situation ano
to meet any personal problems that
may arise.
at is impossible to describe in de-
tail the work done by regimenta
captain but we would like to get te
the home folks some conception OF
what is being done for these men il
the way of religious services.
"We feel that relious services art
of Importance to the men in camp ant
an effort is being made to afford al
opportunity for all, who so desire, t,
attend religious services of their owl
particular faith. In organization
that rate more than one chaplain, al
effort is made to have both Catholi
and Protestant faith represented. Il
organizations having but one chap
lain, an effort is made to combine ser
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20

Famed by a stiff March wind, an
early morning fire last Thursday
razed the Stanley Vertner restau-
rant and filing station at the east
edge of Beaverdam, forcing four per-
sons to flee for their lives.
Clothed only in night apparel, Mrs.
L. l.. McElwain and her three child
rem, Robert, II, Donald 13, and Janet
Lou, II, ran from the burning struc-
ture when they awoke to find it
ablaze shortly after 7:30 a. m.
Flames were believed to have orig
mated in the kitchen, but the cause
has not been determined.
McElwain, who has been operating
the business for Stanley Vertner,
Beaverdam mayor, now vacationlng
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Uncommon
Am ericanS


OF COURSE, we all know we
~ owe the observance of Thanks
giving to the Pilgrim forefathers.
But if it hadn't been for the persist
ence of a woman editor the chances
are that it would still be only a New
England festival instead of a ma
tionwide holiday celebrated in all
states on the last Thursday in No
vember. Sara Josepha Hale was
her name and she was the editor
of Godey's Lady's Book, the most
popular woman'S magazine of the
Nineteenth century.
She was born in New Hampshire
in 1888, and, like all New England
ers, the celebration of Thanks
giving, even though it's observance
was not regular event, was very
dear to her AS early as 1927 she
began advocating that "Thanksgiv-
ing, like the Fourth of July, should
be considered a national festival
and observed by all our people"
But it was not until 1846 that she
began her campaign through the
columns of Godey's Lady's Book, of
which she became editor in 1928.
Early each spring she began writ
ing letters to governors of all states
and territories asking their assist
ance in making the last Thursday
in November, which had been Wash
ington's choice for the first Thanks
giving Day, set aside by Presiden-
tial proclamation. BY 1849 most of
these commonwealth were keeping
individual festivals but no attempt
was made to have the date uni
form. So Mrs. Hale started on the
Presidents.
She wrote to Fillmore, Pierce and
Buchanan again and again. But all
of them ignored her, for they felt
that such feminine meddling in
public affairs" should be frowned
upon. However, in 1868, as the re-
suit of letter which she wrote to
President Lincoln, he issued the
first national Thanksgiving day
proclamation since Washington's
day. Mrs. Hale had won her battle
after II years effort. With the
precedent thus established other
Presidents, as well as governors of
states, have never deviated from
the custom which Lincoln thus es-
tablished.
Being thus the Mother of
Thanksgiving" was not, however,
Mrs. Hale's only claim to distinc-
ton. She was the author of that fa-
nous poem, MARY Had a Little
Lamb she started the first day
nursery; she founded the first So
ciety for the advancement of wom-
ems wages, and her demands that
housekeeping be given the dignity
of a profession put the term do
mestic science" in our language.
@ Western Newspaper Union.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20

Sunday, Feb. %, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick Geiger celebrated their
Golden Wedding at the home of
their son, Amos A. Geiger, on
Cherry street.
Mrs. Florence Bogart and daugh-
ter, Pearl, spent Sunday night in
Findlay.
On last Wednesday, Isaac Thomp-
son enjoyed his eighty-sixth birth
day anniversary. Mr.. and Mrs. c.
E. Thompson planned a six o'clock
dinner in honor of the event. Those
present were d. F. Thompson and
wife, Jennie Crawford, Allen Thomp-
son, and son, Cecil, Willow Thomp-
son, Jesse Thompson, Thomas
George and wife, Ardis Bird and
Miss Bertha Thompson.
The leading address given at the
eleventh annual banquet of the
Bluffton Travel Class, held at the
home of A. L. Baumagrtner, on
Wednesday evening of last week,
was on the Poetry of German, by
Mrs. S. X. Mosiman.
A son was welcomed into the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. George Ayres,
Sunday night.
John Garlinger and family spent
Saturday and Sunday with Ada rel
atives.
Mrs. M. M. Kibler spent over Sun
day with her daughter, Helen, at
Oxford, where she is attending
Miami university.
Mrs. Fred Zehrbach and Miss
Anna Ludwig are at Cleveland this
week, attending the style show and
buying their spring line of millinery
goods.
Misses Edna Kimmel, Edith Hall
and Hazel McGriff attended house
party given by the Sigma Phi
Epsilon fraternity at Ada, Monday
evening.
Taking advantage of the fine
sleighing, a jolly crowd gathered at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jay
Henry, Saturday evening, Feb. 21.
At the close of the evening oysters
were served. Those present were
| John Warren and family, John
Ewing and family, Fred Battles and
family, Asa Battles and family, Ray
Guider and family, Brice Ewing and
family, Clarence Boedicker and wife.
At the end of the first half of the
school year, examinations were CIV
en- to the pupils of Richland town
| ship schools. The three highest in
each class are: Eighth grade, first
Luke Steiner, Diller school; Second
Lloyd Niswander, Huber school;
Third, Monroe Lora, Gratz school.
Seventh Grade-First, Victor Mos
er, Hillville; Second, Elvina Augs.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20
|'Twas This Way

By LYLE SPENCE
@ Western Newspaper Union.

AOI ANA&hSAc
IN THE romantic days of Queen
Elizabeth, courtiers and wealthy
citizens went to church wearing
boots and long coats because they
were ashamed to show their crooked
bow legs. Their crooked legs and de-
formed bodies were caused by rick
cts.
We know now that ricketts, come
from lack of sunlight and good food,
but up until about 1900 its cause
was unknown. Most people thought
it was a visitation from the devil,
and doctors gave hot mud baths to
children to avoid it. Another stand
ard remedy was to wrap babies in
swaddling clothes. Although over
half the children treated in this way
died in the first year of Infancy, it
rickets. It malformed and contract
Women were especially hard hit by
rickets. 1t malformed and contrac-
ed their pelvic bones in a way
which made it almost impossible
for them to have children. DR.. Ed
wards, an Englishman, was one of
the first to show the connection be-
tween lack of sunlight and rickets.
He noticed its absence among even
the poorest Mexicans who lived re-
gularly out in the sun.
Later, scientists showed that the
actinic rays of the sun, the same
rays which cause sunburn, can pre-
| vent rickets. This is one of the rea-
sons why children and adults alike
should keep out of doors as much
as possible. In the wintertime when
we can't get out, good substantial
food, especially when supplemented
by animal products like cod-liver
oil, serves much the same purpose.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20
Four Flee From Beds AS Fire Races
Vertner Filling Station In Beayerdam

in Florida, said he left at a. m.
for his employment in Lima, leav-
ing his family in bed.
Altho the structure was burned to
the ground, gasoline tanks located
near the building did not explode,
and cottages located to the west
were all saved.
Several hours previous to the Vert
ner fire, a Texaco filling station, di-
rectly across the street, was damaged
slightly when it was struck by a
large truck.
Charles Servis, proprietor of the
station, said gas pump was
knocked over by truck operated for
Terre Haute Ind, firm by James
Jewell of Clyde, Ohio.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20
Boy Scout News
By Floyd Herr

Reorganization of Troop Sc Bluff.
ton Boy Scouts has been completed
and a new charter has been received
by the group.
Members of the troop committee
include Gerhard Buhler, chairman;
DR.. Waldo Niswander, Rev. H. T. I'm
rub, Millard Oberly, Joe Fisher and
John Tosh.
Merit badge awards passed at the
board of review last week were: First
Aid, Athletics and First Aid to An
imals, Richard Oberly; Scholarship,
Floyd Herr and Kenneth Oberly; Ath-
letics and Scholarship, Robert Oberly;
Public Health, Otto Klassen; Music,
First Aid and First Aid to Animals,
Raymond Schumacher; Public Health,
Harry Minck; Athletics, Woodwork,
Public Health, Horsemanship and Ma
chinery, William Mericle.
Three scouts were passed to second
class rank by the board of review.
They were Evan Herr, Donivan Augs-
burger and Charles Tripplehorn.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-03-20
Love PuIps

It Is estimated that over a mil
lion copies of love pulps are sold
monthly.
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Grazing Land
Australia plans to open 100000
square miles of grazing land to set
tlement.