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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
Board Refuses To
Name Union

The Associated Press reported Sat
urday from Washington, ID. c., that
National Labor Relations board had
refused to certify Lima local No. 90S
of the international Brotherhood of
Transfers, Chauffeurs and Helpers
"a. F. of L. as bargaining repre-
sentatives of employees of the Lima
Kenton Grocery Co.
Eight truck drivers and warehouse
workers employed by the company
all members of the A. F. of L. union
went on strike Dec. 2 to enforce
demands for closed shop contract.
The NLRB held a hearing Dec. 16
and the workers returned to their
jobs the next week under terms of
a compromise agreement pending the
boards ruling.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
HARDIN COUNTY
Wins Suit In Mans
ElectrOcutiOn

A verdict of $1,000 in favor of the
plaintiff was returned by jury in
the case of Annabelle Hetrick, adj
ministratrix of the estate of Richard
Hetrick, against the Marion Reserve
Power Co. The plaintiff sought $780,
900 in the suit which started Mon
day in common pleas court in Ken
ton and continued thru three days.
Hetrick was killed April 25, 1888,
near Roundhead when the caterpillar
tractor and road grader which he
was operating in the employ of the
Hardin county commissioners struck
a pole and broke it off. The high
tension line which was carried on
the pole fell over the cab and Tet-
rick was electrocuted when he
touched one of the wires as he at
tempted to get out of the tractor,
the plaintiff claimed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
House Built In Is Days

Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Miller, south
of Delphos, are now occupying a
nine-room, one-and-one-half story
farm home, which was built in Is
days by neighbors and relatives
The Miller home was destroyed by
fire last month.
In a short time, Landeck branch
Catholic Knights of Ohio, took the
initiative and with the aid of the
neighbors had 81 loads of logs hauled
from Eugene Miller's wood at South
worth to Alfred Williams sawmill
That took 10 days and in another
Is days the home was completed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
1941 Fair Dates Set

Altho the harvest time is many
months away the State Department
of Agriculture has been busy for
several weeks preparing fair sched-
ules for 1941 and Saturday it was
announced that the Allen county
event will be staged at Delphos
August 1928.
District 1941 fairs, with exposition
places and dates follow: Auglaize at
Wapakoneta from Aug. 24-29; Han
cock at Findlay from Sept. 3-6;
Hardin at Kenton from Oct. $40;
Mercer at Celina from Aug. 1915;
Shelby at Sidney from Sept. 9-12;
Van Vert at Van Vert from Sept.
1920; Bluffton at Bluffton from
Dec. 3-5; and Putnam-Allen at Co
lunbus Grove from Dec. 1919.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
Jailed For Drunken
Driving

Lewis B. Richardson of Findlay
was in the county jail last week be-
ginning 60-day sentence assessed
by Mayor Cloyce C. Duttweiler when
the defendant pleaded guilty to a
charge of drunk driving. He also
was ordered to pay costs of $10.75.
Mayors court records revealed
Richardson had drawn a $108.85 fine
on a plea of guilty to a similar of
fense on April Il, 1910. Altho his
drivers license was suspended, he
had it restored by furnishing S11,-
900 bond thru a Cincinnati insurance
company.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
Urges Redemption
Of Wheat

Warning that wheat stored in
warehouses and country elevators
under the federal wheat loan pro-
gram in Putnam county must be re-
deemed by the borrower before the
maturity date of the loan was issued
by Isidore H. Niese, county AAA
committeeman in charge of the loans.
If the borrowers fail to redeem
the wheat, it must be turned over
to the Commodity Credit Corp, il
payment of the loan, he pointed out
Many of the loans expire in Febru
airy, March and April.
Approximately 14,439 bushels Of
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
New Union Center
Bridge In Use

The Union Center bridge spanning
Tawa creek was thrown open to the
public traffic recently and two Union
township women were the first to
drive over it. Mrs. Myrtle Bowersox
and her daughter Mrs. Lura Bell
Basinger drove their car across just
after the bars were removed. The
workmen were still there and in
formed them that they had the hon
or of driving the first car over the
new bridge.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
$4,000 Loss In GilbOa
Blaze

Gilboa was aroused from its sleep
early Saturday morning by fire
which swept thru three buildings and
and for a time threatened to level
several residences.
A barn and blacksmith shop owned
by Mrs. Harvey Tobias and a barn
owned by Mayor L. E. Ekleberry
were destroyed by the fire at total
estimated damage of $4,000.
John Bard discovered the fire when
he noticed the Pickering light thru a
window in the home of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. l.. Bard, local school
superintendent, about 1880 a. m. He
Immediately awakened Mayor and
Mrs. Ekleberry and Mrs. Tobias and
spread the alarm around the neigh
borhood.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
Heart Disease Causes
Most Deaths

Heart trouble caused the most
deaths III Putnam county during 1910
when 1872 persons succumbed from
q causes, according to the annual
report issued by Miss Nora Meyers,
secretary of the county health dis
tricS.
However, the population of the
COUNTY increased 159 last year as 35(
babies were born, the report shows
The second largest cause of death;
were cerebral hemorrhages which
struck down 80. Following this was
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
Tuberculin Tests
Planned

Announcement of plans for con-
Quoting tests for tuberculosis in Put
nam county schools was made We'd
nesday by DR.. Harry Neiswander
county health commissioner.
Before the tests are made, a Wis
ual education program to demon.
strate the value of the testing viii
be conducted in the schools. Thi:
will start Monday, Jan. 27, but DR.
Neiswander does not have the sched
ule of showings completed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
HANCOCK COUNTY
81 Drafted From Han
cock County

A total of 9,95S men from Ohio
will be taken into the army from
January 20 to February with 81
men going from Hancock county on
January 80.
The Findlay draft board will send
20 men and the board for the rest
of Hancock county will send 28 men.
They will be inducted into the army
at Toledo where an induction center
has been established in the Western
Union building.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23

35 years, reported the best year he
ever had in the business in the sea-
son just closed. In addition to hav-
ing purchased about 1000 muskrats.
Sims also has handled many mink,
skunk, weasel, raccoon and opposum
hides this year, he stated.
With the price of $1.85, the best
paid in years, many local trappers
have been selling muskrats during
the last few days. The top prices
being paid locally for pelts follow
racoon, $4.25, mink SO, muskrat S185
red fox SO, skunk $1.30, weasel 60c,
gray fox 81, and opposum doc.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
Gold Stock Trial In
Findlay

Trial of three men on Ohio Securi-
ties Division charges of selling un-
registered gold mining stock in Ohio
will be held in common pleas court
at Findlay February 3.
The three indicted in connection
with sale of stock of the Planet Min
ing Co. of Montana are: Earl Par
dee, Findlay; George Reinwald, Mar
ion, and C. w. Litten, Fargo, N. d.
They are at liberty under bond.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
81 Taken In Janu-
ary Draft

EleFen volunteers and twenty-three
selectfl men left Putnam county
MonAys morning for a years train
ing bericqd in the United States army
This group of men will make up the
codnty'ss quota in the second draft
call for national defense. The first
quota was filled by three volunteers
who left OH November %.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
Mt. Corn Men Win
Corn HOnOrs

Mt. Cory farmers took top honors
at the annual corn show held in con-
nection with the Findlay Farmers
and Merchants institute which OPP
ened last Wednesday.
Raymond Sibold of Mt, Cory won
the grand championship in the 10
ear classification with open pollinat-
ed yellow corn and J. H. Thompson
also of Mt Cory, won the 10-ear
class with Iowa-339 hybrid.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
Mattresses To Be Made
In County

Decision to proceed with a mat
tress making project in Putnam
county was made last week during
meeting of AAA, farm extension
and other rural organization leaders
in the courthouse.
Committees to be in charge of the
work in each community will be Sc
lected by the representatives who
attended the meeting last night.
Membership of these committees will
be completed by Saturday and hand
ed to County Agent L. C. Holtkamp.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
Chiropodist Is Drafted

Among the 81 men named for the
second Hancock county draft call,
scheduled to leave Jan. so, for To-
ledo to be inducted into the army,
will be DR.. Charles Myers, who has
practiced chiropody in Findlay for a
year and a half.
He expects to leave next week for
Cleveland where he will remain until
about Jan. 20 when he will return to
Findlay. He plans to reopen his
office there after his years term of
service.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
Schools Closed By
Influenza

With 800 pupils absent from all
grades Wednesday, due to influenza,
Supt. f. L. Kinley announced that
all of the Findlay public schools
would dismiss at noon and would not
resume till Monday morning.
Approved by the board of educa-
tion, the move was described by
Supt. Kinley as a precautionary
measure Many pupils, he said, were
returning to school without having
fully recovered, thus helping to COM
municate the infection to the others.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
Lights Stolen From
Mayors Car

Two fog lights installed on the
Buick sedan owned by Mayor o. t.
Finster, of Ottawa, were taken from
the car some time Sunday night The
theft was not noticed until Monday
afternoon.
Mr.. Finster had the car parked in
the garage Sunday night and it is
believed that the thief removed the
lights during that time.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
Scab Breaks Out In
Sheep FlOcks

Scab has broken out in one flock
of sheep in Monroe township, Coun-
ty Agent L. c. Holtkamp reported
last week.
He warned other farmers in that
section as we'll as the rest of Put
nam county to watch their flocks
closely SO that the scab does not
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
Nine Schools Are
Closed

Dola and Roundhead schools last
Thursday were added to the seven
other Hardin county schools closed
to prevent spread of an influenza
epidemic in the various communities.
Schools closed include: Ada, Forest,
Ridgeway and Hardin Central. All
opened Monday.
All four Hardin county high school
league basketball games, scheduled
for Friday night We're postponed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23

spread. Caused by a very small
mite, the disease is highly contag-
ious, he declared.
An owner can detect the scab if
his sheep, when let out, begin rub
bing themselves on posts and other
objects. The sheep that have the
scab lose their fleece in patches.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
Auto Hits Train In Fog

Marl Clevenger, II, and Lew Rob
ert Fritz, 10, both of near Findlay,
were injured severely last week when
fog prevented them from seeing a
freight train with which their auto
mobile collided two and one-half
miles west of Touchdown. The auto
mobile was dragged about 100 feet.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
Theatre Audience I'm
ware Of Fire

A Majestic theater audience in
Lima remained unaware of a blaze
in the projection room which de-
stroyed roll of film and damaged
equipment.
An amateur show in progress on
the stage was uninterrupted, but
closing of the theater was necessary
at the conclusion of the perform
ance.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
Findlay Plans Mar
riage Course

Plans were completed for the
Findlay college marriage course
which will begin Wednesday night,
February 10, with DR.. B. B. Chap
Ian, Toledo psychiatrist, in charge.
Following classes will be held on
each first and third Wednesday of
the month.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
PUTNAM COUNTY
S1,432 Raised For
Red Cross

Harold e. Heizman, president of
the Putnam County Chapter of the
American Red Cross, has announced
the results of the 1941 Annual Roll
Call. The president reports that
S1,432.18 was collected from the
thirteen townships of Putnam county.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
Parking Meters Urged
In Lima

Installation of limited number of
parking meters on downtown streets
headed a list of recommendations
for improved traffic conditions being
considered by Lima officials. The
proposal was included in a summary
submitted by Police Inspector Don
Miller, in charge of traffic.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
Oil Well Drilling Is
Started

The oil well being drilled on the j.
G. Severns farm, seven miles west
Of Spencerville, is expected to reach
the Trenton rock the latter part Of
this week.
The well is being drilled by the
Eastern Royalties, Inc., Company of
Bradford, Pa, which has under lease
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
ALLEN COUNTY
Injured By Dead Hogs
Kick

Arthur Sawmiller, living two miles
north of Spencerville, had his right
foot painfully injured, and is now
using crutches, when he was kicked
by a dead hog in butchering acci-
dent, Thursday.
The hog had been stuck and was
thought to be dead. Sawmiller step
ped behind the hog, the hog kicked
and the death blow caught the farm
er on the right foot.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
Fur Buyers Report
Coed Season

Fur buyers in Hardin county re-
port one Of the best trapping sea-
sons in many years with high prices
paid for pelts of various animals.
John Sims of Goshen township who
has been buying pelts for more than
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
Body Found In Quarry

Efforts were being made to con-
tact Pine Knot, KY, after Mans
field resident, Mrs. Charles T. Skiles,
said she believed the body found in
a stone quarry east of Lima to be
"Jim" Allen, of that town, Coroner
Harry Lewis reported.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
Findlay College Gets
Gifts

Announcement that Findlay college
received $4,000 from gifts and an
nuities and a 90-acre farm during
the month of December was made by
President Homer r. Dunathan at a
meeting Thursday afternoon in ex-
ecutive office.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
S7,975 Appropriated
For Relief

Lima and Allen county stand to
share $7,975 under a proposed Ohio
bill to appropriate $2,209,210 to re
imburse counties and municipalities
for funds spent for relief last year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23

1910 wheat have been stored by Put
nam county farmers under this pro-
gram. They have borrowed about
S11,312 at an average loan rate of
SS cents per bushel.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23

cancer which took the lives OF e.
Communicable diseases which killed
people included pneumonia with nine,
scarlet fever with three and influenza
and whooping cough with one each.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23
Uses Muzzle Loader
To Pull Tooth

Iany of the older resident of Big
lick township recall one of its ec-
centric characters, William Afford,
whose home was along the New
Haven road. Mr.. Afford was a
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23

1900 acres in the southeast section
of Van Vert county, and the north
west part of Mercer county.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-23

News Want-ads bring results.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-23

IL this we're poem, II would Dc On
ode. 1t would be about hero and
heroine. Il would march in majestic
measures, like bigger boys ployin9 at
soldiers. II Mother or Dad should read
it aloud to the hero and the heroine,
everybody would be up long otter bed
time. This isn't on ode. Yet it is about q
hero and heroine. They ore five years
old, or six or seven. They have just
found brave new world, and had to
be brave to do so.
There was really nothing to be
ofroid of, even right at the gate. But
stiII-whot whirlpool Of sovo9e hu-
mainly rushed around inside the fence!
One must swim in that! II not right now
then soon; this very day. Till now this
had been something to talk about. 1t
had been in the soft, dreamy realm Of
unnamed tomorrows. But now you
we're going in there. You felt the
strong, warm, dependable hand with
draw from your tightening grip. You
felt it gently on your shoulder, urging
you to the brink Of this, your first
unknown.
Behind you was all the dear GER
tointy that q more seasoned hero might
not willingly surrender. Ahead Of you
Well :. Perhaps you kept your
chin up. Perhaps your chin had notions
Of it's own. Your lips may have acted
less broveIy than your feet. Perhaps
you even cried some, on that first
morning at school.
You are hero just the same. And
if this could be poem, it would be on
ode. And don't for one moment think
it would neglect to soy something
about the fother and mother who may
be laughing at themselves now, but
who we're just managing to preserve q
brave smile when the lost bell sounded
the other mornine.-From the Chris
tion Science Monitor.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-23
. MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE

East position also passed. Now
the discussion began. Fishbein
said, mot vulnerable and with
vulnerable opponents, I think
you should have kept the bid
ding OPEN"
When Mrs. NICK e n n y
brought the hand to me, ! said
that I would have bid two clubs
If I were playing with Fishbein
against vulnerable opponents, as
I know he is inclined to trap In
that situation.
Then Mrs. Mckinney took
the hand to Waldemar Won
Zedtwitz, rated one Of the
worlds greatest players. and he
was just as emphatic that the
correct thing to do was to pass.
Won Zedtwitz Is known as a
light bidder who will keep the
bidding open il he can find any
justification for doing so.
You will admit there isn't
much In the East hand, but
also note that II East does keep
the bidding open, East and
West will have no trouble at all
making Ave clubs, and with
careful play six can be made.
So IL does seem rather tough to
pass a hand out at one spade on
which six clubs can be made.
Can you figure out how South
made two spades on this hand'
He did IL by trumping the Sec
ond diamond and leading a
small spade toward the eight.
West played low and rs result
made only two spade tricks.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-23
on 'coNFUsIok'

There is q certain confusion in in
dustry. Gronted.
There is certain confusion in
Washington. Granted.
There is good reason to hope thot
the new Supplied Priority and AIoco-
ton Board tSPAB) will gradually iron
il out.
Patience is necessary 1t is not only
useless. but probably wrong to assume
that this Confusion" results from
ydsn1perotie inefficiency," thot there
IS less Confusion" in dictatorship.
Does anyone think for q minute
thot Germany, beginning in 1888,
mode the transition from peoce to q
Wor economy without "confusion"? 1t
is an illusion. Manufacturers and work.
ers were subjected to worse checks and
chonees than they have been here. But
they were never obIe to squowk about
Il or protest obout it.
Much Of the illusion of "dictotoriol
(fficjsnc comes from simply not per-
tnittjno HE world to know thot ineffi-
& jency exists, whereas we shout our con-
(blslors 70 HE universe. Let the Ger
nons trysto fool the world, but LET'S not
q ~ cslsp
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-23
s>vAsr,KA SETTING SOUTHWARK

BroziI and Argentina, the most pow
.rf,L notions Of South America, ev'.
IDENTITY believe thot the tide OF world
events IS swinging against Nozi Ger
many and in fovor Of the democroe'es.
Otherwise, responsible Officials OF those
two countries probably would not oore
"a 40 as far as they have toward oct'ons
thot ore clearly onti-Nozi and pro-
United Stotes.
BroziI in particular has come long
wov beck toward it's traditional moor
mos. The change is significant because
only q little more than year ago, on
June II, 1910, President Vargas te't
fhot events in Europe, ond opinion in
broziI, necessitoted tribute to the
then rising stor Of Nozi-Foscism.
A series Of recent octions in Rio de
Joneiro indicates that Brozl sees q
new-oId stor Of the supposedly deco
dent democrocies rising steodly higher
thon the temporary skyrocket'n9s OF
Noziism.
Relaxation of banking DEGREES to
rescue American banks Of deposit from
extinction is promised.
SUSPENSION Of foreign language
newspapers unless they publish in
PORTUGUESE is q measure striking hard
est at the many German. ltoIion, and
japanese papers.
i Lotest Argentine blow to Berlin is
the Chamber Of Deputies vote, 81 to 4.
censurino Reich's Ambassador Edmund
Won Thermonn and decreeing the ex-
pulsion Of Nozi oeitotors. Demands tor
Boron Won Thermonn's removal have
reached crescendo.
The older tendency Of South Ameri-
can Officials to deal tenderly with Ger
many, either because Of sympathy with
Noziism or through fear Of what O
victorious Reich might do, is illustrated
in the dilemma focing Acting President
Costello in Argentina. He has odvo-
coted strict neutrality. Congress insists
on action.
h Exposure Of Nozi intrieues in Ar
uentino and throughout South America
convinces more South Americans each
doy that strict neutrality" toward
Noziism is like neutrality toward some
creeping danger. Aroused, they are
octina while the danger still can be
overted.-From the Christion Science
Monitor
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-23

stories. Orson Welles has q
script for Its All True" involv-
ing several yarns. David SELF
nick is selecting four from 10
potential stories for "Tales of
Mystery and Imagination" a
deadly title if ever ! heard one.
Boris Morros is about ready to
film a seven-chapter saga Of the
adventures of an evening suit.
He'll call it Tails of Manhat-
TAM"
LINE BLOWERS
Subconscious ideas sometimes
spout from players when they
blow up in their lines. In Para
mounts Midnight Angel" Mar
tina O'Driscoll was supposed to
say to Robert Preston: "Never
marry the moody type. They'll
drive you crazy" What she &C.
tually said, on the first take, was,
Never marry the movie type.
They'll drive you crazy"
And out at 2Oth-Fox, Carole
Lands was playing a scene in
Hot Spot" that called for her to
say, I'm wasting my time just
being an ordinary waitress" But
when the camera began grinding,
she announced: "Tm wasting my
time just being an ordinary ac-
tress."
And then there's the deliberate
crack written into Republics
Down Mexico Way" A shyster
posing as motion picture pro-
Queer says to Gene Autry: "Say,
son, how'd you like to play in my
new mower" And Autry rep
lies: mot me. I wouldn't be an
actor for q million dollars.
Orson Welles Is raising an
other beard. Marpo Marx,
alone, is being urged to return to
Hollywood and become a talking
actor. =. Director Carson Kanin,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-23
PROBLEMS OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT

INDIANAPOLIS Policeman
Norval Bennett saw a young Ne
gro he'd been shadowing sell a
half-pint of whiskey to two men.
He walked up and said, "You
men are under arrest"
Then he recognized two fellow
officers in plain clothes.
They had bought the liquor,
they said, for evidence against
the bootleg suspect.