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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-09
Lieut.. David Kliewer Believed Among Jap
Prisoners Reported AS well Treated

weight and the old and idle prisoners
are gaining weight, the report con-
tinued.
Cooks are chosen from among the
prisoners and work in separate kitch-
ems described as large and clean.
Tobacco ration is 10 cigarettes
every one to three days according to
rank. A large hot bath is allowed
daily for workers and weekly for
others. Latrines are clean and iso-
lated.
In the infirmary are housed 10
wounded men, seven by bombs. One
had his leg amputated above the
knee. The American dentist in the
group wants to practice and the Red
Cross organization indicated will
ingness to procure the proper instru-
ments.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Religious services are conducted at
the camp by one of the prisoners
who is minister. Two hundred of
the prisoners work voluntarily to
clear a nearby hill for potatoes,
sweet potatoes and wheat. They are
paid 60 to 80 yen according to rank
Principal need at the camp seems
to be that of corresponding with
families but with lack of communica-
tions it is impossible to send letters
Rev. and Mrs. Kliewer received a
letter from David in February with
the likelihood that it was sent from
some other station or enroute to the
island of Shikoku.
At the beginning of March, the
officers were authorized to send per
sonal messages to their families in
America by radio but were to re
main without answer
WELL TREATED
There was no complaint made a
the camp on the matter of treatment
with the discipline and cooperation
reported as excellent. The command
ing officers were found to be com
petent and friendly. The prisoner.
were sensible and the general i'm
preston given to the investigator,
agent was good, according to tn
press dispatches.
The prisoners have requested fnan
cial assistance by cable from thei
families thru the intermediary of tn
U. S. Navy department or the Re,
Cross. They have already asked b,
radio for packages of preserves
meat, fruits, sweets and American
tobacco.
| Kliewer graduated from Blufftol
High school in the class of 1885 an
was valedictorian of his class. H
enlisted in the marine air corps il
1889 and was stationed for a tim
at Hawaii where he was an air corp
instructor. " ~pslal
Word from the marine corps wa
the first announcement that he wa
stationed on Wake island at the tim
of the Japanese attack.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-09
Stickers To Suppla1,t
Auto Tags For 1913

With shortages of critical metals
barring the issuance of new automo-
bile tags for 1943, the state motor
vehicles registration department is
planning to use a sticker, perhaps
similar to the federal auto use
stamps sold in January.
The stickers would be affixed to
the windshield of the car,and in ad-
dition 1912 auto tags would have to
remain in use, it was pointed out.
State officials are opposed to add
ing a small metal tag to this years
license plates, and substitutes, such
as plastics, are said to be in the ex-
perimental stage.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-09

Starting this week it was found
necessary to operate the high school
cafeteria on cash basis. So many
students had charge accounts over
due that no further credit could be
given.
Members of the senior sociology
class visited the Lima State hospital
for the Criminal Insane Tuesday
afternoon. The class is studying
problems of mental health. Making
the trip were:
Betty Bish, Harriet Burkholder
Margaret Burkholder, Virginia Geig-
er, Ruth Hankish, Rosann Hilty
Rebecca Hofstetter, Betty Holtkamp
Glenna Kohler, Marjorie Moser
Treva Matter.
Marjorie Ream, Ruth Schumacher
Mary Stearns, Marcene Stonehill
Wava Stotts, Kathryn Swick, Mar
jean Todd, Eileen Wenger, Roberts
Wenger, Elaine Mitchell, Bill Am
stutz.
Richard Balmer, Robert Cooney
Harold Grouse, Wayne Daley, james
Deppler, Russell Gratz, Roger Howe
Neil Neuenschwander, Ned Schultz
Carroll Tschiegg.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-09

Purchasers of toothpaste and
shaving cream in the future must
turn in an old tube for each new
one purchased.
Rigid requirements covering the
tradein were announced last We'd
nesday by the War Production Board,
and no retailer in the country is to
release new tube of either tooth
paste of shaving cream without first
obtaining a used collapsible tube
from the buyer.
Old toothpaste tubes may be
turned in when buying shaving
cream or vice versa, but you must
have an old tube for exchange or no
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-09
Free Mailing Privileges Granted
To Men In Nations Armed Services

Free mailing privileges covering
letters and cards written by members
of the nations armed forces went
into effect this week in an order
from the post office department.
The order, however, does not apply
to airmail letters or packages and
parcels, it was pointed out in the
announcement received here by Post
master Ed r. Reichenbach.
To take advantage of the free
mailing privileges, servicemen should
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-09
Waltz Guernsey Herd
Makes Good Record

The herd of registered Guernsey
cows belonging to Clyde Waltz &
Son east of Columbus Grove made
a very good record in the Dairy
Herd Improvement association for
the month of March.
There are nine cows in the herd,
one being dry at this time. The
eight cows in milk gave total of
$500 pounds of milk and 356 pounds
of butterfat.
Average for the month was LOTS
pounds of milk and 44 pounds of
butterfat. There were five honor
cows, each giving over 1000 pounds
of milk. The high cow in milk gave
1,674 pounds and the high COW in
butterfat made CTS pounds.
The second highest COW gave 1876
pounds of milk and the second high
est in butterfat made 63.7 pounds.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-09
Cable From international Red
Cross Says Camp Condi-
tiOnS are Good
Prisoners Request Financial
Assistance to be Cabled by
Families

With reports from International
Red Cross headquarters announcing
that the 366 United States prisoners
of war, who were captured on Wake,
Gilbert and Guam islands, by the
Japanese, are being we'll treated, il
is assumed here that Lieut.. David
Kliewer, 25, formerly of Bluffton, is
safe and in a good condition of
health.
Lieut.. Kliewer, the son of Rev. and
Mrs. P. A. Kliewer of Albany
! Oregon, and formerly of the Eben.
ezer Mennonite church west of town
was known definitely to have beer
among the prisoners taken by the
Japanese, according to communica-
ton received by Rev. Kliewer from
the United States Marine head
quarters.
! INFERRED AT SHIKoKU
The prisoners are being internee
at Zentsuji island of Shikoku lying
east of the southern tip of Hondc
island, largest of the japanese group
the report of the welfare of the pris
oners was made public in press dis
patches by Rep. White, 3D., Idaho)
The cablegram was sent to th'
United States navy department b.
an agent of the International Rec
Cross who was permitted to max,
an independent investigation of pris
on conditions.
The agent made the visitation OF
March IL accompanied by Japanes
information bureau aids and rep
resentative of the japanese Re,
Cross. The camp is located on tn
northern part of the large island o
Shikoku near an inland sea in a.
area of fertile plains between hill
covered with pines. The climate
reported as good with no endemica
diseases.
ZENTSUJI
The market town of Zentsuji, wit
$4,000 inhabitants is located nearby
The camp covers six acres and i
surrounded by barbed wire and
wooden fence. There are two arm
barracks two stories high with
capacity of 500. There are 374 me
there at the present time.
In the group reported are: on
Englishman from Shanghai; tw
Dutchmen, five Australians and til
rest Americans of whom eight ar
from Gilbert island, 20 from Wax
and the rest from Guam; 45 officer.
! 10 doctors, two druggists and on
| dentist.
: The barracks was recently divide
, into rooms of from one to IA cam
: beds, each having five blankets, a pi
low and mattress for officers. Hea
ing is by modern stoves, the repol
| stated.
DAILY RATI0NS
J.. The daily ration consists of brea
rice, wheat, potatoes, sweet potatoe
green vegetables, fish, eggs, etc. tt
young and active prisoners are losin
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-09
Button College Notes

secular music will be presented in
high schools and churches through
out that district.
Included in the ensemble are:
Laurence Burkhalter, first violinist;
William Boorse, second violinist;
Harold Theissen, violist; Arthur
Theissen, cellist; and Robert Neuen-
schwander, pianist. They will be
accompanied on the trip by Pres. l..
L. Ramseyer, and Rollin w. Moser,
field secretary.
Members of the Bluffton college
Vesper choir will appear in concert
at the Ebenezer Mennonite church
Sunday evening, at 7:45 o'clock
Prof. Russell A. Lantz, head of the
Department of Music, viii direct the
group.
Miss Magdalene Oyer, Blufftor
college junior has been elected presi-
dent of the campus Y.W.C.A. fol
the coming year. She is the daugh,
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Oyer, OF
/ North Lawn avenue. Miss Ruth
Neuenschwander, Quakertown, Pa.
was chosen as vice president; Miss
Wilma Nonnamaker, Bluffton, secre
tary, and Miss Frances Beckenbach
Garfield, treasurer.
J. Herbert Fretz, from Lansdale
Pa, has recently been selected al
president of the Bluffton collegt
Mems Gospel team for the coming
year. Assisting him will be Ellis
Guthrie from Lafayette, vice presi
dent; and Arthur Kaiser from
Quakertown, Pa, secretary-treasurer
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-09
Strong Root Growth

Encourage strong root growth, so
that plants will not be easily uproot-
ed. Dig deep and make a good soil
bed, so that roots will spread down
and out, making an anchor against
the wind. Give deep and thorough
soakings, especially in areas that
call for almost daily summer water
ing. Remember that light sprin-
kings make for surface root-growth
and that shallow roots make for
plant heaving when the high winds
come.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-09

mark the word "Free" in the upper
right hand corner of the envelope.
In the upper left hand corner the
sender should mark his name, rank,
and the branch of service to which
he belongs.
Letters and cards so marked will
be accepted without postage any
place where the United States mail
service is in operation, and may be
dropped in any mail box in the
country.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-09

'Our Town." Thornton Wilder's
Pulitzer prize play conspicuous for
its lack of staging and properties,
will be presented in the chapel We'd
nesday and Saturday evenings, as
the annual junior class dramatic
production.
Miss Genevieve Fett, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Fett, Bluffton,
is winner of the recent double
elimination table tennis tournament
for women held at Bluffton college
during the past month. She emerged
victorious over fifteen other contest
ants, being undefeated throughout
the tournament. Miss Margaret
Berky, daughter of Prof. and Mrs.
H. w. Berky, Bluffton, was runner
up. Miss Fett will receive gold
pin in recognition of her victory,
and will have her name engraved
on a small wall plaque. The pin will
be presented on April 1S, when open
house is observed at Ropp hall, wo-
mems dormitory. The plaque will
be displayed at the same time.
Ropp hall, women's dormitory at
Bluffton college, will observe open
house Saturday evening, April 18
All rooms in the dormitory will be
open to visitors throughout the
evening, and short program will
be presented.
Members of the Bluffton college
string ensemble will make ten-day
spring tour of eastern Ohio anc
Pennsylvania, beginning Saturday
April 18. Programs of sacred an6
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-09
Durbin On County
Board OF Elections

Francis w. Durbin, of Lima,
chairman of the Allen County Demo-
cratic Executive committee, last week
was named to fill a vacancy on the
County Board of Elections.
Durbin will complete the term of
Ralph Lindemann, Democratic
member of the board, who died re-
Gently. The term expires Feb. %,
1916.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-09

this 9th day of February, nineteei
hundred and forty-two
John w. Brieker.
Governor of Ohio
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-09

News Want-ads bring results.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-29
Speed Administrative
Setup for Wage Controls
Expect Machinery to b in
opsrotion Within 10 Dogs

lower-salaried professional and
executive brackets.
The primary function Of the
hrldred-odd field offices Of the
Wage-Hour Division will be to
answer specific questions of en-
ployers and as to the application
Of the executive order. The
Wage-Hour offices, when fully
stated, will be able to tell an
individual employer, for in
stance, whether an individual or
blanket wage increase in his
plant must be approved by the
Board to make it legal. Since
some exemptions have been pro-
vided, 1t Is expected many ques-
tons for specific interpretations
will be asked.
EXEMPT BRACKET
Exempted from the regula-
tons, for example, are employ
ers Of eight or fewer workers,
provided price ceilings would
not be affected by any increases.
Other exemptions are "indi-
vidual promotions or reclassifi-
See WAGES-Page 3
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-29

WITH U. s. NAVAL FORCES
IN A UNITED KINGDOM PORT
= Delayed) -(P)- Americans
who are fighting the battle Of
supplying Russia through the
dread bomber lane" Of the Arc
tic take their ordeals of fire and
frigid waters In workaday stride.
u. S. Navy gunners and mer-
chant seamen interviewed In this
nerve center Of convoy control
were all survivors Of attacks by
U-boats that hunt in packs and
torpedo bombers that swarm
like bees - but they have but
one theme: To fight through to
victory, whatever the odds.
Among more than 100 naval
personnel survivors b roug h {
here after their ships were shot
out from under them were Will
liam Harkins Of Gloucester, N.
j., and Albert D. Friday Of West
Point, Miss, u. s. Navy gum
ners on q merchantmen.
SPRAY OF DEATH
Their vessel was dive bombed,
then attacked by q level bomber
and finally sprayed with incen-
diary bullets by q strafing plane.
When she could stand no more,
her crew and gun crews took TO
lifeboats.
They sailed m rowoa 1or 10
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-29
LauI!nth.Probe
oiBus(rash
Toll Revealed
as Is Persons

DETROIT, Oct. 29-(P-In
company with railroad officials
and the police, heads of Detroit's
war burdened transportation
system pushed an investigation
today into the horrifying grade
crossing crash which killed 16
notorious passengers.
Authorities arranged to take
official statements from witness
es and survivors of yesterdays
tragedy, the worst in the sys-
TENS history, in which a Grand
Trunk Western passenger train
demolished a crowded bus.
Meanwhile the bus driver, 25-
year-old William Clos, was plac-
ed under automatic suspension,
the customary procedure in acct
dents, and was instructed to ap-
pear at an inquiry. He was one
of ~ occupants Of the bus to es-
cape with injuries.
FOUR STUDENTS
The victims, bodies of some Of
whom were damned against the
locomotive boiler when the train
came to stop, included three
school children and a University
See TRAGEDY-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-29
'probsfjlsIeryi
In Car Death
Body Cold Six
Minutes otter 'Crash'

Assistant Prosecutor Howard
r. Carroll sought to determine
this afternoon whether q 60
year-old Detroit war plant work
er was killed In q traffic acct
dent early today or whether he
was already dead when struck.
Carroll sought solutions to
these mysterious circumstances:
/. The body Of James w. Blu
shart, 20111 M o n h ar {, was
cold as ice" six minutes after
Bushart was struck by q car
driven on Eight Mile road 1t
Panama, by Scott Goodman, IL,
333 Pearson, Ferndale.
2. Joseph Poma, 81, Of cor
Engle, Detroit, Bushart's COM
panion, had been too daxed to
properly answer questions. He
mentioned q third man
and told Warren township po-
lice he Had left Bushart at his
home before the accident occur
according to Warren Town
ship Patrolman Clarence Poikey,
Poma and Bushart were on the
repairing . punctured
See MYSTERY-Page 3
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-29
Sailors Undaunted
by Bomber Lane
Fearsome Route TO MurmansI<
Taken in Stride by Americans

days before reaching sanctuary
In Russia $50 miles away. They
were two months In q Soviet
hospital under treatment for
frozen feet. Then they returned
to Britain over the same sub
marine-ridden route.
And Of their 10 days in IN
open boat with n other men In
Arctic waters 90 cold q mans
flesh would turn dead white in
mere minutes, Friday only said.
quietly:
1T wasn't - bad, except for
two days il showed"
Harkins, looking on the bright
side of things, too, explained:
I'VE were lucky. We had q
See BOMB ALLEY-Rage -
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-29
More Marines
Reach Britain
Botoon Veteran
Commonds Unit

LONDON, Oct. 29-R)-Unit-
ed States Marine units in the
British Isles have been reinforc-
ed by the arrival of additional
contingents under the command
of Col. William T. Clement, a
veteran of action at Bataan and
Ccrregidor in the Philippines.
Their arrival was announced
last night after the troops had
been safely disembarked and
had taken up their new stations.
Marine units have been training
See MARINES-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-29
Men, Supplies
Move North in
Steady Stream
Great Hishwoy Link
Completed Weeks
Ahead Of Schedule

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29-(R
The entire Alaskan highway
is now open to traffic, Secretary
of War Stimson announced to-
day, weeks ahead of schedule.
Motor trucks started this
week moving supplies and
equipment to the garrisons in
the North Pacific outpost, using
the entire 1871 miles of the
roadway, the secretary told his
press conference.
Thousands OF trucks will op-
crate over the route all winter,
carrying soldiers and supplies to
Alaska" Stimson said. "Plans
are under way to bring loads
of strategic materials on their
return"
The formal opening has been
advanced tentatively to Novem-
Der Is, instead of December /.
Ceremonies are planned for a
point on the Alaskan Canadian
border.
EXPAND WAACs
Stimson also announced:
A second and larger training
school for the WAAC's will be
opened December l at Daytona
Beach, Fla. Hotels and apart
ments to. be taken over by the
army pin provide facilities for
more Than 5000 trainees. In
temporary command will be
Colonel Don C. Faith, now
commandant at the original CEN
ter at Fort Des Moines, Ia.
Changes soon will be an
nounced in the Army Special
ist Corps, set up shortly after
the japanese attacked Pearl
Harbor. Major General Dwight
F. Davis organized the corps to
Sec ALASKA-Page IL
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-29

II Mother Nature withholds
the rain that has, in the past,
seemed to hold off until the eve
of Halloween with malicious
regularity, the annual hobgob-
lin celebration here Friday night
is expected TO reach the same
high standard that has marked
the affair In past years.
Preparations are complete to-
day for the parade and program
under the direction Of the Mount
Clemens Department Of Recrea-
ton, and officials again stressed
the importance Of entering the
parade early to qualify for
prizes. Although the parade will
not begin until 7:30 p. m, en-
trants are urged TO form up ct
TOO p. m. sharp VIII Q n the
judges, headed by Mrs. Carl
Schimmel. make their selections.
Boy Scouts planning On enter-
inG the parade are alkod 70 ap-
pear at Gas p. m. 1t North ave-
nue. ana MacUmb Stroot where
the marchers viii form.
The parade win b hooded By
Police Chief Arthur HosDo. with
Maicslm Ttsobley See
Proooeutoe Z
Canah1o COnno2omt2Gua /. C1nom
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-29
Live Tank Shell
Removed from
Yamk'S Chest

CAIRO. Oct. 20 - up - A
live anti-tank shell eight inches
long and two inches in diameter
was removed from the chest of
Gunner Louis Radlmeyer of
Hertfordshire, England, in q
surgery tent behind the FL AL
amein line Sunday.
Today Radlmeyer was sitting
up in bed and talking cheerfully
between occasional spells Of
heavy breathing.
The surgeon, Mai. Donald
Mackenzie Of Auckland, N. T.,
said the she'll entered Radlmey-
er's back near the spine, mar
rowly missed his heart and lodg-
ed in the pleural cavity with its
nose tightly enclosed In the skin
of the gunner's side.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-29
Macarthur !!!!![!!
DisavOwS
Ambition
BY G. YATES MCDANIEL

BY G. YATES MCDANIEL
G e N E r A L MacARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS, AUSTRAL-
La, Oct. 20 - (APAL) - Gen.
Douglas Macarthur. who has
been mentioned as possible presi-
dental timber in the United
States, declared today II have no
political ambitions whatsoever"
and said he planned to retire
again if he survived the cam
paign.
II started as a soldier and I
shall finish as one" the Supreme
Commander of Allied forces in
the Southwest Pacific said in a
statement. THE only hope and
ambition / have in the world is
for victory for our cause in the
war. If ! survive the campaign
! shall return to that retirement
from which this great struggle
called me-"
It was his first reference 20
various suggestions in the United
States that he might be a likely
candidate for the presidency in
1914 or later.
The Generals disavowaN Ct
political ambition was preface0.
by the observation:
II have noted the statement
quoted in morning newspapers
from the Christian Science Mon
itor's Washington correspondent
t''at political Washington. was
largely responsible for the e3
Enlistment of two separate
commands in the Pacific, partly
because of the conservative OPP
position which launched the
Macarthur for President cam
paign.'"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-29

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -R
Decentralied administrative
-Decentralized administrative
and most salaries up to s. 5000
will be operating in 10 to Is
days.
The War Labor Board an
nounced it had arranged in CO.
operation with Secretary Per-
kins of the Labor Department to
use the Wage-Hour Division
field offices to help administer
the responsibilities given the
Board under the Presidents ex-
ecutive order of Oct. 3 and by
James J. Byrnes, director of
economic sterilization.
Treasury officials were ex-
pected meanwhile to announce 4
formula for limiting salaries to
q maximum Of $25, 900 . year,
after deduction Of Federal in
come taxes, customary charita-
BILE contributions, life insurance
and fixed obligations.
It will be the Treasury's task al
20 to control payments in the