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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-02
Pleasant Hill

Mrs. X. X. Kaufman and son of
Chicago and Mrs. Harold Kennedy
and Mrs. A. L. Baumgartner of
Bluffton called on Mrs. Raymond
Stratton Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Kenton and
son of Ada spent Wednesday even
ing with Mr.. and Mrs. Clate Scoles.
Mr.. and Mrs. 0. L. Stratton, Mr..
and Mrs. Morris Bell and family
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond Stratton and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Althauser spent
Sunday evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
Homer Lung.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Phillips
spent Sunday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Amstutz and family of
Bluffton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis Brauen and
family visited friends at Decatur,
Ind, Sunday.
Miss Anna Evans of Sandusky is
visiting with Miss Marilyn Stratton.
Mrs. Lyman Barnes and 10 Ann
Seigg spent Sunday in Cleveland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Jennings at
tended the funeral of Mrs. Verly
Fleming Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Harold Younkman and son
spent Friday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Phillips.
Mrs. Flora Scoles spent Saturday
with her daughter Mrs. Norman
Offenbacher at Lima.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hess and
family of Findlay, Mrs. Lille Fett
and Miss Nellie Huber spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Hawk
celebrating Mrs. Hawks birthday
Mrs. Howard Smith spent Thurs
day afternoon with Miss Nellie
Huber and Mrs. Lille Fett.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. X. Huber called
on Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Lugibihl and
family Wednesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Avery Watt and
family of Lima and Mr.. and Mrs
Raymond Stratton and family spent
Sunday evening with Mr.. and Mrs
Willard Jennings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Amstutz and
daughters of Pandora, Mr.. and Mrs
Clifford Montgomery and son of Ft
Recovery and Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne
Lugibill and daughter of Blufftor
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs
VIM. Lugibihl and family.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-02

DR.. and Mrs. NJ. r. Bixel and
family of Bluffton and Mr.. and Mrs.
F. c. Marshall and son Robert were
Sunday dinner guests of Miss Made
line Bixel in Pandora.
Mr.. Homer Cook of East Orwell
and son Mr.. Alfred Cook of Jeffer-
son visited relatives in this vicinity
Monday and Tuesday of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Begg and
sons William and John were Sunday
dinner. guests of Mr.. Harley Van
Meter and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Wells and daughters.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. C. Marshall and
son Robert entertained a family
group at supper Wednesday evening
in honor of Miss Magdalene Bixel
whose marriage to Erwin Albrecht
of Chicago, Illinois was an event of
Sunday in the Ebenezer Mennonite
church. AT the close of the evening
gift was presented to the honored
guest.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-02

The WPB on May 26 ordered can
ners to set aside for the government
their entire 1912 pack of salmon,
sardines, Atlantic herring and an
chovies. Supplies not needed can be
released for civilian use.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-02

The June / U. S. crop report said,
Growing conditions are so generally
favorable that another year of heavy
production of crops and livestock
seem possible. If the weather con-
tinues favorable, previous records of
agricultural output in the United
States may be considerably exceed
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-02

Sugar does not prevent food from
spelling butt it does help fruit re-
tain its color and flavor when can
ned.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-02

Troop Sc by Robert Stratton
The meeting Monday night was
held at Buckeye lake. A talk was
given by Otto Klassen on different
swimming strokes.
Five boys were picked as guides
for the Presbyterian conference to
be held at the college next week.
These We're: Don Augsburger, Otto
Klassen, Maurice Kohl, Robert
Ramseyer, Robert Stratton.
The Court of Honor was held at
Lima Central High school last Tues
day night.
Troop 81 by David Stearns
The meeting started with the oath
being led by Robert Coon. Next
came the scout laws led by John
Bracy and the pledge of allegiance
led by Roderick Nonnamaker. The
troop then checked on the equipment
to be used for the camping trip to
Defiance.
A first aid demonstration was
presented by Maynard Pogue, Don
Fritchie and John Bracy.
Troop 80 will be 100 per cent in
uniform when they attend Camp De-
fiance.
The troop will assemble at the
Legion hall at 1890 p. m. Sunday
for the 5th inspection before going
to camp. The troop will leave for
Camp Defiance at l o'clock.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-02
Troop 80 by David Stearns

A first aid demonstration was
presented by Maynard Pogue, Don
Fritchie and John Bracy.
Evening star., 1942-04-27
Chicago Grain
Ry the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 27.--Grain prices
f1uctuated violently today as the
market digested the Presidents
anti-inflation message along with
the latest development in the Gov
ernment's program to handle the
huge domestic wheat surplus. Wheat
prices tumbled to net losses of al
most 3 cents in the final hour, with
quotations near fiye-months lows.
Wheat fell more than cent early
in the day following announcement
that the Government will accept
offers for purchase of any or all
1941 stored wheat it acquires through
default of loans to producers. Later,
there was a brisk rally following
the Presidents speech which many
traders interpreted as being less
bearish marketwise than they had
expected. In the final hour, how
ever, there was another sharp break
attributed TO stop loss selling, with
the wheat sales program, the Presi-
dents request for revision of cell
ings on farm commodities to 100
per cent of parity, and his recon-
mendation that the Government be
permitted to continue sales of sur
plus farm commodities at market
prices bearish factors.
Wheat closed 23s-27s cents lower
than Saturday, May, i19, July
121A-1-211s; corn, ss-1 lower. May
8412, July 8714 -87l2; oats, h-M
lower: rye, B-l1s down; soybeans,
23A-4 lower.
Evening star., 1942-04-27
Supreme Court 10 Review
Western Pacific Plan
3, tbe Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Supreme Court agreed today
to review decision which set aside
an Interstate Commerce Commits
sion plan for the reorganization Of
the Western Pacific RAILROAD Co.
under the Federal Bankruptcy Act.
Approval Of the plan was given
by the Northern California Federal
District Court, but this action was
reversed by the Ninth Federal Cir
cult Court.
A Supreme Court review of the
Circuit Courts action was sought
by the Reconstruction Finance
Corp, Institutional Bondholders'
Committee, representing a group of
insurance companies and the Chase
National Bank of New York, and
the Crocker First Natinoal Bank of
San Francisco. The committee rep
resented "a per cent of the railroads
$49, 200, 100 Of first mortgage bonds.
The commission plan was chal-
lenged by the Railroad Credit Corp,
the Irving Trust Co. of New York,
as refunding mortgage trustee; the
railroad and A. G. James Co., which
claims $6.249, ,750 from the railroad.
Evening star., 1942-04-27
Taxes and Costs Cut
Nets Of $50 Firms
In First Quarter
rs Per Cent Decrease
From l94l Period
Shown by Survey
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 27-Earnings
of the first $50 leading manufactur-
ing companies to report for the
March quarter showed declines in
the majority of cases after allowing
for Federal taxes, a compilation
prepared by the National City Bank
of New York disclosed today.
The combined net income of these
companies was s107,oo0,o0o, or l6
per cent below the first quarter of
1941 and 20 per cent under net in
the final quarter of 194l.
Sales volume averaged 26 per cent
higher than a year ago. but sharply
boosted taxes and rising costs Of
materials and labor cut into the
profits, the tabulation showed.
"Tax details available for n of
the companies disclosed that COM
bined net income before taxes in
creased from s102 900 900 in the first
quarter of 1941 to s171 100000 IN
1912, or by $50 ,o00. .00o," the report
said. Charges for Federal income
and excess profits taxes for the two
periods, however, increased from
$40 900 900 to $125, 900 900, or by
SIC, 6,000,0 900. Such taxes absorbed 48
per cent of the net income before
taxes in the initial quarter of 1941.
but 70 per cent in 1912"
The taxes taken into considera-
ton in the tabulation were income
and excess profits taxes only. eg-
cludins levies5 of States and other
forms.
Evening star., 1942-04-27
Cool Leaders Open
Cincinnati ConcIoye
~ the Associated Press.

3-aS8kA&~@t@
CINCINNATI, April 27.--Tf1e
American Mining Congress con-
vened today conscious of It's prob
lems in fueling the fires Of a nation
at war.
Julian D. Conover of washington,
congress secretary, said representa-
tives of the coal industry would hear
discussion ranging from technical
papers to "buy now" coal campaign
promotion.
Admiral Thomas G. Hart, former
commander of the compined naval
forces of the United Nations In the
Far East. will speak tomorrow night
on "The Situation in the Far East
ern Theater Of War;
For the first time In 10 years, the
mining machinery display is not
exhibited. A War Production Board
request Cancelled 1t.
Evening star., 1942-04-27
Stock Market Edges
Fractions Higher
In Slow Trading
Few Soft Spots Seen
Among Blue Chips
At Days Close
BY VICTOR EURANK.


NEW YORK. April 27y--The stock
market got one foot on the recovery
lsuoer today but buying timidity
still was sufiicient to prevent real
ascent.
Improved prices were the rule
at the start and fractional advances
we're well distributed at the close.
There were a few soft spots In the
blue chip column and scattered early
plus marks eventually were erased.
The ticker tape frequently halted
for a minute or so at a time and
transfers for the full proceedings
dwindled to approximately $50, 900
shares.
Reinstatement of sold-out COM
mitments here and there, brokers
said, was based partly on somewhat
more bullish war news and the belief
the market had done O lot of dis
counting In the sharp decline of past
weeks. The presidential message to
Congress on national economy legis-
lation was taken In stride, being
about what most in Wall Street had
expected.
Favored stocks most of the ses-
sion included Bethlehem, Santa re,
Johns-Manville, Goodrich, Boeing,
Anaconda, Du Pont, Standard oil
New Jersey, Chesapeake 81 Ohio,
Montgomery Ward and j. I. Case.
American Telephone was an ex-
ception, falling to a new bottom
since 1885 as Washington dispatches
indicated administrative opposition
to any attempt Of the corporation
to boost rates In order to maintain
the So annual dividend.
Among falterers were Douglas
Aircraft, Norfolk e. Western, East
man Kodak. Kennecott and United
States Steel.
Junior Bonds Gain.
A stable group Of lower priced
railroad bonds moved higher In the
bond market, some registering gains
OF around a point toward the final
hour.
There were some losses of more
than a point but In most of those
cases volume was too. light To un-
steady the market.
Evening star., 1942-04-27
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK. April 81 P-Late for
eign exchange rates follow tGreat Britain
in dollars. others in cents:
rates for United States dollars; buying, 10
per cent premium: selling. 11-per cent pre-
mlnms equivalent TO discounts on Canadian
cent: selling. 3. .O9 per cent. Canadian dol
lar in New York open market, 12is per
cents.
Europe: Great Britain. official Bankers
Foreign Exchange Committee rates.: buy
ing. 4.O2: selling, .04 open market; cables,
Latin America: Argentina official. 2977;
Iree 3:o9; Brazil. official 6.05n; free,
5.2on; Mexico, 20.67n
Rates in spot cables unless otherwise
Indicated. Nominal
Evening star., 1942-04-27
Oil Prices

TULSA, OKLA. April "a Pl---Base crude
OIL prices: Midcontinent area. Illinois.
to 25: North. North Central and west
East Texas. IFS; West Texas. Srayity
scale. 10 to liz: North Louisiana
Arkansas, gravity scale 0S 70 f.30.
Rocky Mountain area, Salt Creek Wyo.
grayity scale. 96 TO 40.
Eastern area, Pennsylvania grade Brad
Southwest Pennsylvania lines. ass. same
grade in Eureka lines. 2-59; corning. 1-3I.
Evening star., 1942-04-27
Payment Authorized
For Rockville Bonk
Hs the Associated Press.

Fs The ASsOt1httd Prtss.
BALTIMORE, April 27.-State
Bank Commissioner John w. Down.
ing said he had authorized O 10 per
cent payment by the Farmers Bank
ing & Trust Co. of Rockville on its
certificates of beneficial interest
issued by that institution In 1888.
Amount Of the payment, including
interest, totals si6,220. Downing said
this was the sixth payment on the
certificates. and that the bank now
has repair 90 per cent of the face
amount of Its certificates.
Evening star., 1942-04-27

Chfcaso Cash MARKET.
1.2c: Corn. NO. / yeiliox, s4is-soss; No. :,
s1A No. 5. 1873. SAMPLE grade. yellow.
Oats. No. j. mixed. 5s-5si&; No. I white.
56h-z; No. 2, 5sh-4s; No. 3. 56sz-
57ia: No. 4, 56h: sample grade white.
NAL: feed and screenings. 55-63 nominal.
Soyheans. No 2 yellow, Is4:. No. 3.
1f7a-l.s0h: No. Z. 1f70-1.7sls.
Evening star., 1942-04-27

When you've enjoyed reading the
paper. pass II along to the junk
dealer. Then you can enjey h again
when you read that mare shells
have reached the front. Shells are
shipped In cardboard made fro4
waste paper.
Evening star., 1942-04-27
Junior Bonds Gain.
New York Cotton
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 27-Cotton
futures were carried to the lowest
levels Of the day during the final
half hour OF trading. Reselling by
early buyers together with increased
hedging and liquidation In May &C.
counted for the drop.
Futures closed 80 to so cents q
bale lower.
Evening star., 1942-04-27
FoiIures Totol Up

NEW YORK. April ~ Qp--Business
failures in the, week ended April % to-
tailed 233, comrared with 224 the previous
week and 2T2 Q year ago. Dun Brad
,s street j Tseo.tss se Today Thss Ths ,esh toT .hs
IN the samef period Of ie4I.
Evening star., 1942-04-27
Freight Loodinqs

NEW YORK April 27 dp.--R.Veaue
freight carloads handled by railroads re-
porting for the week ended April e5. 1912.
included.
April 25 Pvwk Yr.aao.
Baltimore a. Ohio 70.365 67.697 47,61C
Evening star., 1942-04-27

New 0risahs Prices.
NEW ORLEANS. April ~ fl,s.--After
early advances here today. cotton futures
attributed 70 the President's niessase re-
marks on farm prices Clozina prices
were barely steady, O. 70 IA points net
Evening star., 1942-04-27
Steel Quotations

NEW YORK April 81 fp.--steel
prices per 100 mounds for PittsburEh:
Hot rolled sheets. base price. 2.I0; gaI-
Evening star., 1942-04-27

tUnit of trading. ten shares: sales
printed in full In bankruptcy or receiver
ship or being reorEanized under Bankruptcy
panies. Rates Of dividend In the foregoing
table are annual disbursements based on
the last quarterly or semi-annual declara-
extra dividends are not included. xd tx
dividend, xr Ex rights 9 Also extra or
so far tiiis year. fPaysble in STOCK. Paid
last year. h Payable in Canadian funds
Accumulated dividends paid or declared
this year
Evening star., 1942-04-27

Spot cotton closed quiet. 12 poin
iEsii middiins. 10. .7s; good mIddiins. tsSl sSi
receipts, ZIG; stock. 4gl ,423.
Bid. Nominal
Evening star., 1942-04-27
Dividends Announced

NEW. YORK. April 27 P,.-Dividends
declared:
Evening star., 1942-04-27
Baltimore Stocks

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. April ~
Evening star., 1942-04-27
Today's Trading on Exchange.

washington Gas Light common
stock registered q small sale on
the Washington Stock Exchange
today at Is, ex-dividend. up u from
last weeks close, which was the low
for the year. The market closed
with Is bid. ex-dividend. and is
asked.
The bid for Washington Railway
b Electric common stood at $3.50 a
share today with $3.50 asked. The
bid for Capital Transit was 20 with
a asked; for Mergenthaler 81, with
3 asked.
bank Joins Federal Reserve.
The Merchants g. Planters Bank,
Norfolk, Va. has been admitted to
the Federal Reserve System, Hugh
Leach. president OF the Federal Re-
serve Bank OF Richmond. announced
tTsy.
Evening star., 1942-07-12
A little man" makes big decision
bv Leslie Gordon Barnard

Listen, Nick, I'm just obliging few
friends that's all.
Nick nodded. He felt sick.
Whats few tires, Nick? Or few hun
dredweight of sugar."
Nick said nothing.
The boss shifted his feet. 1t was hot in
here, but Nick felt coldness inside him. The
Dit of his stomach seemed to have caved IN.
The two bluebottes droned in the sunny
windows.
The boss said, The guys I'm doing this
for are big guys, Nick. They're good friends
to have in pinch Got influence, see? They've
done me favors. l can't afford not to do 1t,
Nick After all, fellow has to eat, Nick.
Has to know what side his breads buttered
on" In the silence, the boss looked up. His
voice had a rasp to it. well, he has, hasn't
he?"
Nick had nothing to say. His mouth and
his tongue felt thick.
Il suppose, the boss said, YOU'RE figuring
to tip the authorities off,"
Nick shook his head. He didn't say that
he wasn't one-man Gestapo. He didn't say
he owed the boss too much. This job -s 50
much better paid than any he could get else
where in town. And those flowers for the wife.
You can't forget.
They both waited. After time Nick
looked at the clock above his desk, but only
minute had passed. The boss sat on corner
of the desk and smoked, which was against
the insurance rules posted up on the wall, and
Evening star., 1942-07-12

you could hear the two flies buzzlng round
Nobody came in. 1t was just the two of
them The boss and Nick. Joe wasn't IN yet
Nick figured Joe must have been working
bit nights helping the boss get the stuff in
while it was dark. Joe didn't matter. But the
boss did.
Listen, Nick, can make things easy for
you guess you're pretty much IN Jam, eh!
Sickness costs money Bread'll have to be
buttered pretty thin for a while. can help
out there. Be glad to-
Nick wished he could say something, but
nothing came. He thought of all the people
he knew here in town - who respected hlr1,
whom he respected in turn. The women work.
ing at the Red Cross place he passed every
day at the corner of Main and Maple. The
people training in spare time for civil defense.
Kids out with their little carts on salvage
rounds Homes from which so many boys had
already gone to fight.
j HIS was his country. 1t was at war. 1t was
going tc help nightly to win the war. To
help free the oppressed peoples of the earth.
People who now were dying - like flies -
execution, starvation. Beaten down, but not
subdued. His people :. . back on hillsides he
knew above the Aegean.
Now it was the boss who looked up at the
clock, and then at Nick. In the silence the
two bluebottles zoomed like planes angry
for battle.
Nick went into the little washroom, ran
Evening star., 1942-07-12

from the hospital that this happened. After
Il touch-and-go time of it they'd saved
both his wife and the kid, and Nick was feel
ing good about that.
"Hullo, Nick" said the boss. "Glad to see
you again"
Nick punched the clock. 1t felt good punch
ing the clock again. Thanks for sending the
flowers, boss" he said. They were swell all
right"
That's nothing, Nick"
1t warmed Nick to think of his wife and
kid He was glad he'd given them everything.
The best doctors. A private room. All that.
And they'd pulled it off. 1t was going to set
him back lot of money, but what is money
when your wife's life is at stake - and the
first kid? He'd work and slave to catch up,
to pay it ALL
1t was good to get back to the warehouse,
too He was still dazed a bit with his two
weeks in the city, the loneliness of lodgings,
the long waits at the hospital. Queer way to
take your two weeks holiday, but he couldn't
ask off any other way. And he had to be near
his wife
Small-town life had looked pretty good to
him again: the SUN shining on his own small
house on Maple Street, the busy traffic on
Main, with people stopping him to say, Glad
to hear things went all right, Nick. Congratu-
lations." And, three blocks along and two
down, the warehouse where he had pretty
responsible job One of those jobs man
works into; finds his niche, begins to be appre-
ciated. Joe, of course, had carried on in his
absence Nick wasn't keen on Joes type, but
the boss got on with him all right.
Your newspaper came, Nick said the
mail clerk. "Why don't you read plain Eng
lish?"
Nick grinned. They liked to kid him about
his Greek-language newspaper. He had been
naturalized long time now He was part
of the pattern of the sprawlng New World
He was proud of his citizenship. But once
he had been a boy on an olive-clad hillside
above blue waters, his home one OF straggle
of white cottages. You can't quite forget
He took the paper with him to his own
little office, one floor up. The place was shut
and plenty hot, but it felt good to get back
Two bluebottles buzzed in the windows,
avoiding spider webs that had formed since
Nick was away
First he thought he'd keep the paper to
read later; then he decided to take quick
glance at it now Right away he was thou
sands of miles from this Office. He was seeing
olive trees on mountain slope above the
blue of the Aegean. The village OF his boy
hood was in the news. So brief mention,
but it was there. He knew what was happen
ing. there as elsewhere He was proud. with
an aching, terrible pride.
Nick put down the paper He must make
his rounds see that everything was all
right since he left He didn't trust Joe over
much.
Hi Nick!' everybody said. "Congratu-
lations'
Up in the dead storage on the fourth
floor - tomblike place where nobody went
much he suddenly wondered: Whats
Evening star., 1942-07-12

warehouse CRIME off his hands and face. He
filled it again with cold and plunged his face
and hands into it, sharply remembering how
as boy he had plunged into those far blue
waters where cottages were white on the hill
side. He dried himself on the paper towels
then came out and slowly took off his overalls
and drew on his street jacket.
Pm sorry, boss" he said.
you're damn fool. Nick" said the boss.
Nick picked up the Greek-language news
paper, his hands Tightening on it until the
knuckles showed white He walked to the
door of the little Office, for the last time. He
had been very happy here. Thered never be
another job where he'd be as happy as this.
At the door he turned 1t seemed to him
there was something still to be said, some
thing he wanted very badly to say. He felt
the newspaper in his fingers, and the words
came to hum.
Answering a question you asked, boss,
he said. mo, you don't have to eat"
He went down the stairs, punched the
clock for the last time, and went into the
street.
1t was hot outside, but there was breeze
on Nick's cheeks "a breeze blowing fresh
through olive trees above the blue Aegean;
whispering through remembered branches
to sing requiem above white houses in which
women and children had died rather than be-
tray trust; and above roads on which full
rationed service with Nazi overlords was
offered in vain to gaunt skeletons of men who
knew that bread is not everything; that there
is also honor even unto death.
The End
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
The Kind of a Game
Fans Like to See
BY EDGAR HAYES

NOFRE DAME, Ind, Nov. IA
Michigan and Notre Dame re-
sumed football relations here
today, and il the behavior Of all
CONCERNED is any criterion, the re-
lationship should be Q happy one.
It was a great bali game, one
of the most exciting OF recent
years. 1t was an offensive ball
game, eight touchdowns, the kind
Of q game the fans want to see.
But most Of all It was Q hard
fought, clean ball game. At no
time was there unnecessary rough
ness. There was no piling on after
q player was stopped or any
tackling of players after they had
been run out OF bounds.
There was only one holding pen
atty and that was an anxious
player handling Notre
Dame would-be tackler on the
goal line while Don Robinson was
racing for touchdown. The OIL
Gals at no time had to warn the
PLAYERS.