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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-22

army and navy refuse to take me
because i have been In Jail. II /
wait for the draft board they will
put me In some service that won't
be what 1 want, what can 1 do:
ALL you can do is wait until
your draft board Classics you and
then 60 where you are ordered.
w. ]. S.: Q-In what order ac-
cording to their classification GA,
LIB, etc. are men being called
into service.
AIT present and until the war
department issues further orders,
only men in la classification are
being indicted into the service.
However, draft boards are now
engaged in reclassifying men who
were originally placed in classes
other than la and a man who
was formerly in LIB or PA or ga
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-22
Quiz Answers

Colorado. Mean elevation is
$500 feet.
2-Howe.
3-When it's the instrument
used by a carpenter.
4EYale, eliptical; Ohio State,
horseshoe; Brown, trape-
zoidal.
5-Rice.
6-War department figures show
it TO be an average of AZ
cents.
THE first strike in Ameri-
can history took place in
1876 when the journeymen
printers of Philadelphia quit
work to enforce their de-
lniand for a minimum wage.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-22
PITFALLS OF LOVE
A Sequel to Marriage Meddlers

! STARED at my father in al
most terrified bewilderment at the
uncanny guess he had made.
eff this were 200 years ago"
I said. making a sorry attempt
at smile. "you would be burned
at the stake as q wizard. How
ever did you guess that 2"
Then It's true" he asked.
~Yes, unfortunately, 1t Is" I
answered.
you mean" he said, quick
alarm In his voice, "that she re-
fuses to 20 on with IT,"
mo, no." 1 almost shouted.
But had TO employ n little un-
holy blackmAil, In the form OF q
threat 10 make her voice her re-
fusal TO you personally, instead
Of TO me, before she agreed 10
20 on"
My father laughed. a sound SC
rare with him that I looked at him
uneasily.
SPENCER PRAISES MADGE
~No, I am still In my right
mind" he said. "And I'll answer
your question by saying that the
reason / could guess Mary's re-
action was because I know you
90 thoroughly, my darling"
He stopped and looked al me
with eyes tender, yet keenly
searching my face.
"You are extremely efficient
and clever ut a task such rs
getting Noel TO agree TO this
arrangement" he said. "And
the fact that you also kept Mary
In line In further proof of your
ability. But you are apt TO spoil
your own work by your-senti-
ment, shall we say. IL Is dis
tinctly not sentimentslity. and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-22
Connolly Answers
On the Planet Mongo
By Fran Striker
By Zane Grey

la Northeast China: (b)
southeast Asia in Malay
Peninsula; (c) western China.
2-(a) Divide by 8; (b) divide
by a: (c) divide by 160.
3-ta) Caspian Sea; (b) North
Sea; (c) Atlantic Ocean.
IA Spain; (b) Norway; (c)
Russia.
5-(a) Commerce Department:
OBJ Federal Security Agency;
(c) Federal Works Agency.
6-(a) Athens; OBJ Taihoku;
(c) Helsinki.
la Inventor; (b) poet; (c)
orator.
Buy q Bomber
For the Inside News" Of
Washington, Follow Paul Nal
Ions Column In the Tines.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-22
BY Adele
Garrison

II does your heart credit, II not
your Judgment.
II suppose you felt so sorry
for Noel that you wanted 10 I'm
press Mary with the necessity
for being kind and gentle with
him."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-22
HAMBURGERS

cannot be sold on Sunday in
Evansville, Ind. Believe it or not,
a city law forbids such sales,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-22
Fighting Mems Friend:
Call Volunteers
Anew 10 Enroll
Drdftees Feb, Is
Fighting Mems Friend:

II you registered for the first
draft, and have not been called up,
you do not have to register again
on February is, but IL you are
within the age limits Of 20 and "a
you must register.
Registration places are now
being prepared in schools, indus
trial plants, government buildings
and other convenient places. Loca-
ton of these will be published
within a few days.
Volunteer workers are required
= almost 10000 throughout the
state-for registration day. II you
can serve on February Is. offer
your services to your local draft
board. In Detroit get in touch with
the draft officials in the Cadillac
Square Building.
REGISTER, THEN ENLIST
MRS. FRAZIER SNAVELY: O.
Can my son, who will be 81 Febru-
airy 81, enlist in the navy after he
registers February 18:
Ayes. II he is able to pass the
mental and physical tests he can
enlist IN either the army. navy
marine corps or coast guard up TO
the time he receives his order for
induction from his draft board.
"A FUTURE FLIER:" OF a
boy II IL (1S in 6 months) and
physically Al, can he enlist In the
air corps:
Ale cannot enlist until he
is 18.
HOPE TO MARRY
SOLDIERS SWEETHEART: :"
Q-My boy friend was to get 10
days leave to come home TO be
married. Does he still have n
chance TO get the leave: haven't
heard from him for IL days.
A-Probably his leave was can
celed because of changed condi-
tons in his regiment. II he applies
to his commanding officer, stating
fully the circumstances, he may be
able to obtain leave long enough
for him to come TO Detroit and be
married. The probate judges at
the County Building will waive the
five-day requirements in special
cases like yours. so II you both
have your health certificates you
can obtain your marriage license
and be married within an hour
or two.
c. F. NJ: Q-Whom should I
contact for a position having TO do
with traffic work In any of the
armed force:
A-See Captain Gillespie at the
army recruiting office in the Fed
eral Building.
ALICE: OF q man Il granted
deferment because of his depend
ents and then refuses to support
them, who should one report the
matter to?
A-Go to his local draft board
in the Cadillac Square Building.
Z. B. M: Q-How much do first
lieutenants draw?
"A first lieutenant with less
than three years Service draws
SIPS monthly and is allowed an
ADDITIONAL $50 monthly for rent
and subsistence.
Editors note: Your second
question should be taken up in
a letter to his commanding Of
hcer)
TIMES READER: Q-I am n
single man and willing to offer my
services to my country, but the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-22
KEEN INTUITION

you are being uncanny
again." 1 said, though with lips
a little stiff. for his reproof was
cutting, although 1 knew he did
not mean il to be.
"No, only compromising" he
answered, but, thanks TO you,
everything IL all right Noel
will raise no objections and
Mary will 60 on with her en-
gagements with Redheld. But
where IL Mary? Busy being
kind and gentle to her husband,
suppose"
I knew that he did not mean his
words 10 sound like q sheer, but
to my overweight imagination
they had exactly that intonation.
/ flushed painfully, not only be-
cause Of what he was saying, but
because of my consciousness of the
Disappointing answer l must give
him.
Eyes, she IL over with Noel"
said. land 1 am afraid you will
be angry at what must tell you
now"
He gave me another keen
glance. and I knew that my flushed
face and slightly trembling hands
did not escape his observation.
II think you may tell me al
most anything" he said, "after
the almost insuperable task with
Noel and Mary you have just
accomplished"
My spirits leaped from nadir to
zenith in a trice.
you really mean that?"
asked banally-and TREMENDOUSLY.
II really mean IT," he said, 80
tell me your piece of news at
once. But first, when IL Mary
going to see Redfield? i hope
there Is going TO be no delay on
that"
Nadir and zenith changed places
again, so far as my spirits were
concerned, but there was no use
lodging the issue and l girded my.
self for the fray.
I'VE do not even know where
Stephen Redfield Is" 1 said. T
shall have to find that out from
Philip Veritzen, who spirited the
actor out of Noers way last
evening. And / have promised
Mary that 1 will see him first
and pave the way for her first
meeting with him, since the
scathing verbal dressing down
she gave him last night"
"Yes, that's wise pre-
caution" he assented quickly.
OUTLINES HER PLAN
81 have a talking point of APP
proach which I want to submit
to you later for your approval"
Presently, presently" he said
a bit impatiently. "You haven't
told me yet when Mary Is going
TO stage this reconciliation with
her leading man."
There was no use lodging the
issue any longer. / gave him the
only answer / had
"She Il going to get In his
way, and make IL look acci-
dental, tonight ut the theater
when they are getting ready for
the play"
Continued tomorrow
Buy n Bomber
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Washington, Follow Paul Nal
Ions Column IN tina Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-22

classification you will be placed
by your local draft board or
whether you will be granted de-
ferment. These matters are en-
tireIy in the hands of the local
draft boards.
Buy n Bomber
Simple Cookery for Tasty
Dishes, as Well as Other Prize
Winning Recipes, Including
Corned Beef Spoon Bread, Sour
Cream Ice Cream, Pepper
Onions, and Parsley Mullins. All
in The Housewives Food Alma
mack, That Unusual Feature
Appearing In The American
Weekly. the Magazine Distrib-
uted With This Sundays Issue Of
The Detroit Sunday Times. =
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-16
ReU. BigelOU Will Be
Installed As Pastor

Installation services, under the di
rection of the Lima Presbytery, will
be held in a joint meeting of the
Bluffton and Rockport congregations,
for the Rev. Ernest n. Bigelow, at
the Presbyterian church of Bluffton,
Sunday night at $50 o'clock.
Presiding at the service will be
the Rev. H. Willard Lampe, of ST.
Marys, Moderator of the Presbytery,
who will PROFOUND the constitutional
questions to the pastor and the
churches. The installation sermon
will be preached by the Rev. Charles
w. Muir of Findlay.
The charge to the pastor will be
given by the Rev. Gibson Wilson of
Ottawa. The charge to the Bluffton
congregation will be made by the
Rev. Otis Harter of Lima. The
charge to the Rockport congregation
will be made by the Rev. Chester
Armentrout of Columbus Grove.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-16
American Born Japanese Youth Will
Attend Bluffton College This Fall
Former Student i'm California
College Now i'm Interment
Camp
Federal Plan Permits Transfer
Of Students to Midwest
Colleges

Shigero Matsunaga, 21, an Ameri-
can born student of japanese par
entage, will attend Bluffton college
next fall, in accordance with the
policy of the War Relocation Author
ity and the War Department, it was
announced this week by DR.. l.. l..
Ramseyer, president of the institu-
tion here.
Matsunaga was student at San
Mateo Junior college at San Mateo,
California, when the government
evacuation regulation was announced
ordering all Japanese nationals and
citizens of japanese ancestry to mid
western zones.
The japanese youth, born and
reared in Honolulu, Hawaii, will take
general course at the college here.
He is paying his own way and is re-
ceiving no financial assistance from
the college, it was stated by DR.
Ramseyer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-16
American Heroes
Day This Friday

Bluffton will join the rest of the
nation this Friday in celebration of
american Heroes Day., dedicated
to the honor of men in the armed
services of the nation.
AS a feature of the observance of
the day, residents of the community
are being asked to show their sup
port of members of the armed forces
by increased purchases of war saw
ings bonds and stamps.
With a goal of $4,000 set for Fri
day, the sale of stamps and bonds
will be pushed thruout the day by
local retail merchants, working under
the direction of the business COM
mittee of the local war savings staff,
headed by Chairman E. S. Lape.
Everyone making purchase in
local stores on Friday will be asked
to buy savings stamps or bonds in
the drive to put Buttons "Ameri-
can Heroes Day" quota over the top.
Posters calling attention to the
sacrifices made by our heroes on the
front line will be displayed through
out the business district, and every
retailer is being asked to participate
in promoting sale of bonds and
stamps.
Bluffton lodges, churches, service
clubs and other organizations are be-
ing asked to cooperate In making
Buttons observance of American
Heroes Day" one that will more
firmly establish the need of backing
up our fighting men by the contin-
ued purchase of savings bonds and
stamps, it was announced by N. A
Triplett, chairman of the Bluffton
defense savings staff.
Many Bluffton men are in the
army, navy, marines, coast guard
and air corps, it was pointed out
and american Heroes Day" pro-
vides an opportunity to fittingly hon.
or them by a concentrated one-day
drive for increased sales of wal
J bonds and stamps.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-16
ORDER
HALTS TOWNSHIP
ROAD BUILDING
Freezing of BituminOus Ma
terials Shelves Road Re-
pairs for Duration
Trustees Must Show that Roads
Have War Significance to
Get PriOritieS

With no bituminous road material
hand in either the Richland township
or Allen county road departments, all
road repairs and maintenance in the
district are virtually frozen for the
duration of the war.
The Richland township trustees had
planned an extensive program of road
building and repair which will have to
be shelved, it was stated by n. w.
Basinger, township clerk.
Unless it can be established that
roads in the township have war sig
fcance, there will not even be mater
ials for emergency repairs, it was
stated.
At recent meeting of all trustees
in the county in Lima, County Engi-
neer Hobart Mumaugh advised the
trustees to fill out their requests for
priorities so that if it could be estab
lished that those roads are necessary
for war transportation, repairs to
keep them passable could be made.
Mumaugh also explained the situa
ton under which bituminous material
for road construction had been frozen.
On July 2, the engineer explained, no
orders for material were allowed by
government regulation. After July
II no deliveries could be made and af-
ter July % none of the materials can
be used without going thru priority
channels.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-16
Where Our Soldier
Boys Are

Ralph Augsburger has arrived at
an undisclosed destination, according
to word received byhi parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Ben Augsburger.
Mrs. Harl Dillman received word
Monday of the safe arrival of her
son, Willard Dillman at an unnamed
destination.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Benroth of
North Main street received a letter
from their son, Pvt. James Benroth
written June s, stating that he is
aboard ship and enroute to an un-
disclosed destination. Benroth is an
instrument man in the air corps. His
address is A. P o. 1864, c/o Post
master, New York city.
Pvt. Chas. H. Dillman
31st Tech School Squad Sp.
Flight C--No. Tent Area
Jefferson Barracks, Mo.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-16
Summer Service
Series Planned

AS the beginning of series of
summer Sunday evening services to
be sponsored by the St. Johns Re
formed church, Rev. G. j. Johnson,
pastor of the Negro Baptist church
in Lima, will be the speaker in a
meeting to be held at the Harmon
Field stadium Sunday night at $3.50
o'clock.
1t is planned to have out of town
speakers for all of the summer serv-
ices. A song service will precede
each talk. The public is invited to
attend the services, it was stated by
Rev. Emil Burrichter, pastor of the
church.
In the event of rain the services
will be held at the st. Johns Re.
formed church.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-16
In INTERNMENT CAMP

At the present the youth is at
Camp Walergan, an internment camp
in North Sacramento, Calf, where
japanese nationals are located for
the duration of the war.
The college has accepted his appli-
cation for admission as freshman
in the institution, it was stated by
DR.. Ramseyer.
DR.. David Rempel, a graduate of
Bluffton college in the class of 1927,
is a member of the faculty of the
California school where Matsunaga
was a student at the outbreak of
the war. Concerning Matsunaga,
the dean of the college writes, "He
was at my home for dinner on tn,
night of December 7th and l know
what a blow it was to him.
know that he is loyal citizen of the
United States despite his japanese
ancestry and l hope that he can
carry on with his education"
Many loyal Japanese-American stu
dents on the west coast have had
their college careers interrupted by
the federal relocation program and
are continuing their education in
middle-west colleges under the War
Relocation Authority.
Concerning such students John J..
McCloy, assistant secretary of war,
says, Anything that can legitimate
ly be done to compensate loyal citi-
zens of japanese ancestry for the
dislocation to which they have been
subjected by reason of military ne
cessity, has our approval" 1t is
the policy of the War Relocation
Board that university students in
the prohibited zone be permitted to
transfer to midwestern colleges and
universities where they may continue
their education"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-16
Bluffton Boy Is Military Police In
Army Show Playing In Large Centers
BIuftOn Man Will
Train Army Pilots

Clayton Bixel, manager of the
Bixel Motor Sales of Cherry street
left Monday for Cheyenne, Wyoming,
where he will be an instructor in the
army pilot training school at Ft.
Morgan.
Bixel recently completed tests to
qualify for the position after taking
training at Lima and Columbus.
His wife will remain here for the
present and will be in charge of the
business on Cherry street.
Woodrow Little and family will
move this week from the Mrs. M. M.
Kibler apartments over the Ruff
store to the Bixel residence on Grove
street.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-16
NICKEL PLATE IS
IMPORTANT LINK IN
WAR RAIL TRAFFIC
Volume of Freight Moving
Thru Town Double That of
Normal Times
Long Trains of Freights Rum
bic Over Line On Average
Of One an Hour

With railroad freight traffic NOV
ing thru town on the Nickel Plate
line more than doubled in volume over
normal times, Bluffton is rapidly be-
coming highly important link in the
transportation of war good between
war production factories and the
fields, mines and oil wells providing
the raw materials.
In normal times 10 to II trains
make their run thru here in "a hour
day. But now a long freight train
rumbles thru on the average of once
every hour for "a hour day. With
so to 100 cars in every train the num-
ber of cars in each unit has increased
25 per cent over that of previous
years.
Engines Borrowed
The sudden increased demand for
rolling stock and engines found the
Nickel Plate without sufficient guam
tity of its own motive equipment to
meet the demand The company has
leased engines from Chesapeake and
Ohio, Lackawana and the Pere Mar
quette roads.
The east and west roads are the
busiest carriers in the country's rap
idly expanded railroad transportation
business. The north and south roads
have experienced an increase in bus
mess but not to the extent of the east
west roads, it was stated.
Connecting Lines
About 80 per cent of the traffic vol
ume originates on the Nickel Plate
line operating between st. Louis, Mo.
and Buffalo, N. Y. The other 20 per
cent comes from connecting lines
along the route.
Most of the war materials shipped
thru Bluffton are destined for Buff
alo. terminal of the road, and are
transferred to lines carrying the
goods to eastern war production fac
tories.
A considerable portion of the traf-
fic going thru the town is oil being
carried in oil tankers destined for the
eastern cities where there is an acute
oil and gasoline shortage. The aver
age oil train carries about 100 tank
cars, lighter in wheight than the av-
erage loaded freight car.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-16
Sales Tax Examiner
Here Next TueSdQu

A sales tax examiner will be in
Bluffton at the Mayors office next
Tuesday afternoon from l to a
o'clock to assist vendors in the pre-
paration and filing of their semi-an-
nual sales tax report.
Announcement To this effect was
made by Frank M. Hill, manager of
the Lima district office of the de-
partment of taxation.
All vendors must file report on
or before July 81 or be subject to
penalty for delinquency.
Reports may be filed at the Dis
trict office, 1904 Cook Tower, Lima,
or mailed to the Department of Tax
alton, 68 East Gay street, Columbus.
Both offices will receive reports any
time during July.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-16
EUeIyn NislUdnder Is
Expected Next Week

Miss Evelyn Niswander, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Niswander of
South Lawn avenue, is visiting
friends and relatives in Denver, Colo,
and is expected home the first of
next week. She has been teaching
in private girls school on Maui,
one of the smaller islands of the
Hawaiian group.
Following the outbreak of hos
tilities American nationals were ad-
vised to evacuate the island. AS
soon as adequate transportation ia
cilities were provided the citizens of
United States return to the main
land.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-16
1urbO-generator Will Be On Line At
Municipal Light Plant By End OF Week

With final checking operations be-
ing made this week by the Westing-
house erecting engineer, Buttons s
recently purchased 1880 XIV turbo-
generator is expected to be on the
line at the municipal light plant by
the end of the week, it was an
nounced Wednesday morning by
John Swisher, plant superintendent.
The erecting engineer, Lester
Smith, of Boston, arrived at the
plant Tuesday afternoon. First
steam was turned into the turbine
generator Wednesday.
Electrical Engineer Schleigh, of
the Westinghouse company, is ex-
pected at the plant Thursday to
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-16
Enlists In Navy

Glen Slusser, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ira Slusser has enlisted in the navy
and is now at Great Lakes Naval
Training station. Slusser, Bluffton
college graduate, was instructor in
the high school at South Amherst
the past year. His present address
is Glen A. Slusser, M. A. &c, Co.
526, U. S. n. 7. S., Great Lakes, Ill.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-16
BiuftOn Boy Enlists
In u. S. NdUy Air Unit

Mark Niswander, son of Mrs.
Henry Niswander, two and one-half
miles east of town, has enlisted as
an aviation cadet in the United
States Navy according to an an
nouncement by Naval Aviation Selec-
tion Board at Columbus. This is
the first step in the strenuous pro-
gram of securing the Navy wings.
At the completion of the course
he will be commissioned an Ensign.
Niswander is a former student at
Bluffton college and graduated from
Bluffton High school in the class of
1889.