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The Nome nugget., 1941-11-26
Wins Annullment
 From "Squawman'

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26 i4) = Mrs. Virginia Edwards object ed, as a bride of few hours, to the idea of competing with an Eskimo rival for her husbands affections, she testified in win ming an annulment of her mar riage to M. E. Edwards, a miner, in Anchorage, in January, 1888. The Eskimo rival showed up al the wedding supper Mrs Edward told Judge Foley. She testified hat She left her husband ten days later when people started pointing her out as the wife of a "squawman."
The Nome nugget., 1941-11-26
Navy Recruiting Goes Into Slump
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (P)

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (P) - Secretary Knox said the torpedo ing of the Kearny and the Reub- en James, with a total loss of life of 112 men, caused a decline of IS percent in the rate of navy en
 listments. The decline set in with the kearny incident on October 17th and speeded up with the tor pedo sinking of the Reuben Jam es on October 31, but Knox said now the tendency is returning to the old level of recruiting ten to eleven thousand men a month. The rate is still about two or three thousand men a month short of the Navy's actual needs.
The Nome nugget., 1941-11-26

the point of being sold and ev- erything was agreed excepting he signing of formal papers which was put og until Monday.
 Edward T. Leary of Butte, Montana, enlisted man, was the hero who assisted three officers to plant dynamite charges. In the Northern Bar he found a 4th charge left out and rushed to the burning building and threw in the charge with his bare hands, running into great danger, in an effort to demolish the structure to halt the fire.
 Seward is still under martial control and all bars are closed, situation that may last for some days.
The Nome nugget., 1941-11-26
Placer Mines Get A-lO OPM Rating


 The following wire was receiv ed by the Nugget from B. D. Ste war Emergency Coordinator of Mires Priorities, al Anchorage;
 Have received by wire from Administrator of Mines Priorit- ies, OPM, Washington, D. C., con frmation that all mines not cover ed by serial numbers under pre- ference rating order P-56, are covered by order P-22. This in c'udes gold placer mines and gives an A-10 rating on materials required for maintenance, repairs and operating supplies.
The Nome nugget., 1941-11-26
Citizens Prepare Rebuild Burned City of Seward

SEWARD, Nov. 26 lzP) - A bit ter northeast gale is blasting ever the bleak burned area of SeWard today as catnen and bull dozermen, muffled 10 the ears, are clearing away he debris and leveling eff in readiness fer re- bui ding. Dining cars and rail way kitchens on the waterfront tracts are doing a rushing busi- ness. The food and medical sit uation are well in hand. The big problem is 10 house the people still occupying the halls. gym nasiums and lodge rooms. Elm ergency feeding of the people has been ne temporarily.
 All business men, burned out. and representatives of the Red Cross and Army met with the city council last night formulat- ing plans for rebuilding. All are anxious to get started. Local fin ances are inadequate to handle the situation and REC aid is be- ing sought with a request for immediate priorities on ship ment of materials planned on a transport with full cargo of materials, whi.c thc army aids in the building sites being pre- pared.
 The present water system is to be supplemented with aslt wa ter system and other improve metns which can be tied in. in- cluding improvement of lighting distribution in the burned area. Urged was a city ordnance to provide concrete fire proof walls on both sides of the sreet, and also to prohibit so-ca led meth ods in safety fues.
 Director Mccoy of the Anchor age Red Cross formally took ov- CT handling the situation of ad- m!nisering to the homeless.
 An effort is made to discourage others from coming to Seward at this time. Transportation is un- interrupted. There is no damage to railroad or steamboat facil- ties for landing and departure. The Alaska Steamship office in the Arcade building was a com plete loss.
 The fire proof building, Me Mullen's Stor which halted thc fire northward inspired the plar for complete fire proof construc- ton in the futue.
 With few exceptions, apart ment dWel CTS lost everything in the fire. A newly welded couple, the Russell Fathers, living in the Arcade are broken hearted over the loss of a great array of wed ding presents.
 J. w. Kehoe, District Attorney was completely burned out, in cluding a marvellous collection of paintings, many of his own, cov- ering a life's work.
 Bob Trotter hardware man, at the first intimatin that the Ar cade mhght go, backed laundry car and threw in his household ecects and saved everything. Top floor dwellers gave full thought to saving themselves and fam lilies. One mother promptly wrap ped her two babies with blankets and a fireman seized the precious bundle and escorted the family out of the blazing building
 One restaurant, Sunday was at
The Nome nugget., 1941-11-26
Red Cross Sends $2,O00 Emergency Sund Seward

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26 (4o) - The Red Cross authorized an emergency grant of $2,000 to supply food, clothing and tenn porary shelter to the residents of Seward. Keith Mccoy reached Seward by plane and reported 250 were homeless as a result of the fire.
The Nome nugget., 1941-11-26
Small British Patrol Lands on French Coast

UNDATED, Nov. 25 lPD- Mass es of British and Axis tanks sWirled in a chaotic battle on the sands of North Africa, as Rus sia's Red armies fought to stem the German onslaught within 50 miles of Moscow.
 Berlin tersely reported a Brit ish attempt to land troops. Sum day night, on the coast of France
 Brit sh front inc dispatches. claiming a victory over the Ger mans in at least one sector in inc Rezegh battle zone 10 miles sou.h of Tobruk, seli the N9zis were gradually cut oG from sup plies by Imperial columns driv-
 ng westward 10 the Mediter- ranean coast. Cairo reports said the great three day battle of Rczegh has begun to de down as 8 result of heavy losses to both sides but British infantry endorsements are pouring into fighting bases in the east and south.
 As pictured by the British, Ger man General Rommels' tank fore es are badly crippled but there is no indication that fresh Ger man troops were sent into action.
 On the Ukraine front, Soviet dispatches reported a powerful Russian counter offensive, west of Rostov on the Don. hurled the Germans back 62 miles. The in vaders are rushing new troops to the threatened area. Nazi losses were described as enormous" '" The sixteenth German tank divi- sion was almost completely smashed
 The German command Satur- day claimed the capture of Ros- tov northern gateway to the Cau casus oil fields, but the Russians reported Sunday that a fierce tank and machine gun battle is still raging in the city's streets. Today's dispatches indicated that the Russians are making a new furious attempt to recapture Ros- toy after breaking the initial Ger man drive beyond the strategic Don river port.
 A bulletin from Hitler's head quarters gave this brief account of the purported British thrust across the channel: "A British at tempt to effect landing on the French channel coast in some boats but they were repulsed with heavy losses by German coastal defenses.
 In London, the ministry of in- formation said "A small British patrol' landed on the Normandy coast Sunday night, with a lone casualty, a man struck on the arm with a machine gun bullet. The ministry added "The enemy is betraying his anxiety about our intentions as regards the coast of occupied territory and hopes by making exaggerated claims to elicit the information which we have withheld from him."
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-08-28
Richland Center

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Dillman, Mr..
and Mrs. Donald Dillman, Mrs. Ella
Dillman and Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Yerks were Sunday evening supper
guests at the Amos Luginbuhl home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer Badertscher
and family were Sunday dinner
guests of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Glen Hathaway.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donavin Gratz of
Souderton, Pa, are spending a ten
days vacation with their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Gratz and Mr..
and Mrs. Otto Amstutz.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hilty and
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Schaublin at
tended the Ohio State Fair at CO.
lumbus over the week end.
Mrs. S. c. Daley of Findlay spent
last week with her son, Dwight
Daley and family.
Carol Jean Frantz spent last week
with her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam Badertscher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Springer and
daughter of Berne, Ind, and Mr.. and
Mrs. William Habegger of Monroe,
Ind, spent the week end with Mr..
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RawSOn

Miss Pauline Doty, of Cincinnati
is spending a two-weeks vacation
with her mother, Mrs. Sylvia Lane
and daughter.
Mrs. Olive Crozier spent Tuesday
and Wednesday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Hartman and son Fred of
Eagle township.
Recent callers on Mrs. Margaret
Bum and Miss Ruth Williams were
Mrs. Ed Stainbrook and Mrs. Erwin
Bum and family of near Benton
Ridge and Mrs. Olive Blond and
Mrs. Olive Walters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Trask of
Akron and Mr.. and Mrs. r. S.
Trask were Tuesday evening sup
per guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson
Trask and family of Findlay.
Misses Pauline and Mary Doty
spent Friday with Miss Ruth Middle
ton of Toledo.
Miss Ruth Williams attended the
Benton Ridge school reunion held
Sunday at the schoolhouse.
Miss Betty Lootens and Richard
Smith accompanied Mr.. and Mrs.
Oscar Steinman and son Larry Dean
of Findlay on a trip through the
southern part of Ohio, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Trask of Akron
spent several days last week with
Mr.. and Mrs. R. S. Trask.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Stager at
tended a family reunion at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Schnegg in
Bluffton, Sunday.
Mrs. Jennie Cameron, Mrs. Ella
McClelland and Mr.. and Mrs. r. S.
Trask attended the program at Mt.
Cory which was given by the john
son family of Cygnet.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Steinman and
son Larry Dean of Findlay We're
recent callers on Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Smith.
Mrs. Max Oman of north of Raw
son was a Sunday afternoon caller
on Mrs. Olive Crozier.
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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-08-28
FAMOUS OHIO BATTLEFIELDS
British Squadron Meets Defect in Lake Erie

land station and sent to Presque
Isle, at what Is now Erie, Pa, to
build, equip and man a fleet to
challenge and destroy England's
naval might on the Great Lakes.
From the faraway East came
carpenters and all types of skilled
workmen-ships' stores, cannon,
ammunition and supplies of all
kinds. Then trees were selected
in the dense forests, cut down and
shaped into timbers. 1t was task
for Hercules himself.
AS the ship neared completion,
sailors came over the same back
country streaks of mud that were
called roads only out of courtesy.
After seven months the fleet
was completed-10 ships mounting
SIS guns and two swivels-and
put to ssea."
Westward, Perry sailed, search
ing for the British. Early on Sep
tember 10 the lookout on the
Lawrence" called out "Sail Ho."
The British were in sight.
Then nature took a hand. Light
breezes gave the British a sail
ing advantage. Their long guns
began to fire, concentrating on the
Lawrence. with devastating eff
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feet. The flagship was out OF the
battle.
Then Perry made a daring and
unprecedented move. A small
boat was ordered, manned and
rowed in a rain of shot to the
Niagara" Suddenly the wind
strengthened. Perry now decided
on another daring maneuver. He
would crash the British line.
Only yards away, the British
ships reeled under the impact of
the broadside. Other vessels of
Perry's fleet closely engaged por-
tions of the British squadron.
Captain Barclays position was
helpless. A white flag was hoisted
and, for the first time in history,
an entire English squadron sur
rendered.
Beaten on land and beaten on
the water, the British power was
broken and Ohio was again safe.
The next day the bodies of the
dead-American and British
were taken ashore to Put-in-Bay
and laid side by side in a long
row of newly-made graves.
Next Week - General Morgan
brings the Civil War to Ohio.
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fire drill at the Mennonite church
Monday night and were asked to
climb over chairs placed at inoppor-
tune places in the dark. Robert
Stratton and Bill Mericle both suf-
fered bruised shins from the ven-
ture. e
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Gable believe
in spacing their family at equal
intervals. Daughter Helen lives II
houses from them on South Jackson
street and son Karl lives II houses
farther down South Jackson and
they all live on the same side of the
street.
Comes word from James West
who is in training at Camp Callen
near San Diego, Calf, asking space
in this column for a big thank you
to all his many friends who sup
ported him at the primary three
weeks ago. James, who is with a
coast artillery unit, is also Bluffton
corporation clerk, having been given
leave of absence by the council while
in military training. His term as
clerk will expire at the end of this
year. However Bluffton Republicans
have nominated him again for an
other term for the office.
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Settlement

Rev. John Neuenschwander preach
ed at the Ebenezer church on Sun
day morning. Rev. and Mrs. Neu-
enschwander daughter Ruth Ann
and Margery Gratz left Monday
morning for their home in Creston,
Iowa. They plan to take a southern
route to visit points of interest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Schey and
other folks from Leipsic spent sew
eral days last week in the Smoky
Mountains of Kentucky.
The organ-piano recital presented
by Miss Ruth Bixel at the Grace
church Sunday evening was greatly
appreciated.
Rev. and Mrs. Harley King and
daughter, Ethella May left the fore
part of the week for their home at
Colfax, Washington. They expect
to stop at Denver, Colorado to spend
several days with relatives.
The -Welty reunion was
largely attended in Pandora, Sunday.
Ralph Basinger was elected presi-
dent for the next meeting of the
group.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Schumacher
and family of Findlay and Mr.. and
Mrs. H. M. Kohl and family took
Sunday dinner with Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed. E. Miller and family.
The conference of the Defenseless
Mennonite churches was largely at
tended in Bluffton the past week.
Mrs. p. c. Steiner and daughters
and son Hayden who spent the past
several weeks in the West, returned
home Friday and report a very en-
joyable trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Neill have
purchased two buildings recently
from Z. E. Miller. One of them, in
which was housed the cider press
for many years has already been
moved to the Shellar farm which
they purchased some time ago. The
other building is the summer house
which is to be moved in the spring.
The farmers who are furnishing
tomatoes for the Pandora cannery
are beginning to pick of their crop
Mr.. and Mrs. John Boehr and SON.
Billy and Dicky and Lila Wiebe
were in Detroit last Tuesday.
Rev. Paul Z. Whitmer, former
pastor of the Grace church is sup.
plying the pulpit again there in the
absence of Rev. Forrest Musser who
with his family is spending some
time in the East among relatives.
| The delegates from the local Men.
MONTE churches who attended the
General Conference the past week
at Sauderton, Pa, report very fav.
orably of the sessions held there.
Levi Welty is expecting to exhibit
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-08-28

his Guernsey cattle at few of the
county fairs during the next few
weeks.
James Geiger, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Tillman Geiger is to leave for
Columbus, Ohio, where he is en-
ployed by the Davies Meat Packing
firm of that city. His brother, Win
ford has been employed by this firm
for several years.
Omar Gratz and Eugene Kohl
were in Cincinnati last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gottlieb Schnegg of
California are spending some time
visiting here among relatives. On
Sunday members of the Schnegg
family had gathering at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Schnegg.
Wayne Amstutz recently returned
home from Wichita, Kansas, where
he had taken instruction in aeronau-
tics, has left for Detroit, Mich.
where he is continuing similar work
Milo Herr and his two daughters
from Dayton, Ohio, have spent sew.
eral weeks in the home of his par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Herr. Mr.
Herr is instructor in a high school
in that city.
Jerry Basinger has purchased 8
property in Bluffton and expects tc
occupy it in the near future.
Farmers in this locality are anti.
cipating a bumper corn crop this
season. An unusual amount OF
rainfall during the month of August
has kept the growing crop in ex.
cellent condition.
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and Mrs. Francis Basinger and
daughter and also attended the De-
fenseless Mennonite Conference at
Bluffton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Stevens and
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Amstutz have re-
turned from southern trip. They
visited Mrs. A. r. Lee of Oden,
Texas, a sister of Mrs. Amstutz.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. Niswander and
son Dean spent Sunday evening with
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Schaublin.
Mrs. Herbert Luginbuhl and son
Raykeld of Detroit were Monday
evening supper guests at the ]. |.
Luginbuhl home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Marquart and
son Melvin and Mr. and Mrs. Brice
Main spent Sunday evening with
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Marquart, Sr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Moser, Mr..
and Mrs. Dana Moser and Mr.. and
Mrs. Weldon Luginbuhl spent the
past week on fishing trip in
Michigan.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. II. Strunk and
son spent last week at Caldrock, KY.
His mother returned home with them
for a visit.
Miss Glenna Swick is spending
this week with her mother, Mrs.
Arthur Yerks of Lima.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Badertscher
and son were Sunday guests of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton
Moorehead.
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Al".ough the dictionary definition
sums UP "turncoat' as zone who
forsakes his party or his principles;
a renegade: apostate" the story of
its origin gives better connotation
of the word. 1t was in use in Eng
land as early as 1857 and was APP
piled to a certain duke of Saxony
who occupied a particularly dam
gerous location between Spanish and
French possessions. He had re-
versible coat made which was blue
on one side (for Spain) and white
on the other (France). Depending
upon which army appeared more
potentially dangerous at particu-
lar time the coat was turned to suit
the threat.
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THE BATTLE OF
LAKE ERlE-1813

Floating helplessly on the calm
waters of Lake Erie, the LAW
renee" flagship of the hastily
CONSTRUCTED feet of 28-year-old
Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry,
twas a helpless, battered hulk.
| All but four Of her effective
crew of 81 were dead or wounded
All but one cannon had been dis
mounted. One of her masts was a
shattered stump. Her rigging was
torn to shreds.
! With the flagship gone, the fleet
must surrender; so, at least,
thought Captain Barclay who
commanded the British fleet in
the Battle OF Lake Erie on that
fine Indian Summer day in Sep
tenber, 1918.
The British were playing their
trump card for the control of Ohio.
A feet on the Great Lakes would
be constant threat against the
peace and security Of the border
ing states.
1t was 10 meet and eliminate
this threat that Commodore Perry
was detached from his Rhode Is
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-08-28

kind should 60 to Hiram Kohl
who judged the Merino sheep class
at the fair Tuesday. Kohli's job
consisted of picking out the best
animals of several hundred potential
prize winners, but also making de-
cisions which would appear fair, i'm
partial and reasonable to each one
of the owners of the several hundred
entries. If you think that's easy
we'll, you just don't think much.
It's pretty monotonous riding
bicycle all day-and a resourceful
youth, with luggage strapped on his
wheel, evidently on long trip was
seen the other day going thru town
playing lively tunes on mouth
organ-not bad substitute for a
radio in an automobile, thought we.
Another reason for keeping your
mouth shut is given by A. E. Lich-
tenwalter. Last Saturday at the
Bixel Motor Sales a large grass
hopper rested in flight by alighting
on Dick Klay's hand. Lich stopped
over to get closer look at the
insect, when it surprised him by fly
ing directly into his mouth.
"Super-critical' was Sid Stettler's
analysis of his dealings as high
school athletic manager with one of
the schools Bluffton will play in
football this fall. Sid sent a sug-
gested list of 81 officials to the
athletic board of the other school.
They marked out 55 of the names
as unsuited to them.
If you want to know how much
rain fell in the near-cloudburst of
Monday noon, look at the high
water mark on Gene Benroths car.
The auto was parked in front of his
home on Lawn avenue, and the
water rose so fast in the gutter that
it was higher than the running
board and trickled under the door
into the car.
They say that the army and navy
are not on speaking terms but there
certainly was no evidence of this in
town Monday morning as Joe Swank
and Marion Fisher of the Great
Lakes Naval training station and
Bob Dillman of Ft. Eustis, Va,
walked down the streets arm in arm.
Swank and Fisher were attired in
the immaculate white dress of the
navy and Dillman was dressed in
| the trim khaki uniform of the coast
guard artillery. The boys were
overheard exchanging anecdotes and
comparing experiences in their vari-
Gus lines of endeavor all on very
friendly terms despite the tradi-
tional antagonism of the two fight
ing units.
In the deluge of rain that came
with such suddenness Monday morn
ing, Cal Steiner was seen walking
ankle deep to gain access to his
truck parked on Main street. The
rain poured in such torrents that
the drains were unable to carry il
away and Main street was a verit-
able river.
Charles Alderman, manager oi
the Bluffton A & p store, was
caught in the midst of the deluge as
he was crossing the Presbyterian
church yard. Although in the down.
pour less than a minute, Aukermar
was as drenched as if he were ir
the rain an hour.
| The Boy Scouts were holding 9
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-08-28

A number of American lawyers
not only handle the legal affairs OF
their clients, but are also requested
to take charge of such personal de-
tails as buying and furnishing
homes, advising on marriage part
ners, paying bills and even select
ing servants.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-08-28
New Color Effect

Wilt minced parsley in hot butter
to serve over boiled or steamed car
rots. It gives a similar color ef-
feet found with the customary car
rot-and-peas combinations, but
avoids the triteness of their some
what ordinary use,
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In Place of Raisins

Dried prunes can be used in place
of raisins or currants in bread and
cookies, cakes and other deserts.
Wash the prunes, then cut off the
pulp with a sharp knife or put
through food chopper.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-08-28
Incas Were Surgeons

The Incas practiced skull surgery
in prehistoric times. When an in
jury resulted in pressure on the
brain, they sawed out a piece of
the Skull, and often these operations
were successful.
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Both First

Both the marine corps and the
navy were provided for by the Con-
tinental congress in ITS. The first
appropriation for ships for the navy,
however, was made in, 1894. The
coast guard dates from 1890.