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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-16
Lafayette School Is
Looted

Burglars whose speciality appears
to be schools, perpetrated three more
robberies in this district Thursday
night. Schools at Lafayette, New
Hampshire and Moulton were broken
into, safes damaged and some money
and equipment taken.
At Lafayette and New Hampshire
back windows were broken, to gain
entrance while the robbers went into
the Moulton school after prying open
a rear door.
At Lafayette typewriter valued
at some $100 was taken from the
office to enter which a window was
broken. The safe was badly dam
aged, c. D. Early, executive head of
the school said, but the thieves did
not get into it.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-16
Land Bids From S.
To S1,250

Bids on lots in the series of sales
of property under the delinquent tax
laws by Allen county Auditor Floyd
B. Griffin reached peak Friday
morning when one lot was knocked
down on an offer of $3.50. 1t is
located on the north side of West
Market street boulevard just west of
Eldora avenue.
Fridays sale disposed of SO lots
for total of S5,541. The low bid
was $5.
To date 642 lots sold have brought
a total of S38,433.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-16
Policeman Rescues
Trapped Dog

w. ID. Stevick, Lima policeman,
chalked up a good deed in addition
to his regular patrol duties on
Thursday. The new policeman liber-
ated a dog that had been trapped
while seeking breakfast in a tin can.
The CANNES tongue was lodged in
the near-empty metal container.
Stevick pushed in the lid and freed
the animal.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-16
ALLEN COUNTY
Giant Antlers Found
In Quicksand

A near seven-foot rack of antlers
believed to have come from a wild
animal that ceased to roam Allen
county a century ago, has been un-
earthed in quicksand by Lima man.
C. B. Decker, an assistant WPA
utilities superintendent, made the
find of historical interest. The horns
thought to have originally surmount-
ed the head of giant elk, were dis
covered during the excavation of the
Ottawa river. They were found
eight feet below the surface in
what had been once a treacherous
quicksand area, Decker declared.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-16
Stolen Auto Found
In Quarry

Russell Hamlin, 26, of Dola, and
Sherman Brown, of Alger, are being
held in the Hardin county jail pend
ing grand jury action on charges ac-
cusing the two of automobile lar
ceny. A Dola juvenile is being held
in connection with the case.
State highway patrolmen from
Findlay reported the three were ar
rested after an auto, stripped of all
its tires and accessories was found
in the Dunkirk stone quarry. The
car belonged to Eugene Blake of
Lima.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-16
!. NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

Common Pleas Judge Neal L. Lora
passed sentence after overruling new
trial motions. Defense counsel said
an appeal would be taken.
Maloney told Judge Lora that he
was with Mrs. Siler last Nov. 5, but
that he did not kill her. The wom-
ans body was found early Nov. 6
on the grounds of the Lima State
Hospital, where she was employed
as a matron. She had been choked
to death with one of her own stock
ings.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-16
Patrol Will Operate
During Air Raids

Blackouts because of the war are
not going to keep the state highway
patrol from functioning
Lieut. S. d. Augenstein, command
ing officer of District A, said the
patrol is preparing all its cars and
district barracks for blackouts. The
cars are being equipped with small
yellow lights that are not visible
from above.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-16
HARDIN COUNTY
Two Bridges Washed
Out BY Floods

Flash floods accompanying April
showers last week washed out two
bridges in different sections of Hard
in county.
One, over county ditch just north
of Smith cemetery in the vicinity of
Dola, previously had been damaged
by spring rains. The other is over
county ditch east of Herzog Lime
and Stone company plant.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-16
HANCOCK COUNTY
Findlay Man Has
Victory Dog

First it was a pullet predicting
war, then a hen of Mrs. Charles
Hiatt's flock not to be outdone laid
a peace" egg on April FOOLS Day.
Now Charles Thompson comes
through with Victory dog.
Mr.. Thompson has a three months
old cocker spaniel pup with a V on
his forehead. The dog is entirely
red with the exception of the white
shaped V and small white spot on
his chest.
However, the white V is slowly
turning red, the owner declares.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-16
Pre-SchoOl Pupils
.ImmuniZed

Immunization against smallpox
and diphtheria is being included in
the pre-school age clinic program of
the Putnam County Health Depart
ment this spring for the first time
at the request of DIR. R. H. Mark
with, Ohio health director.
The clinic program opened last
week with the examination of 26
children at New England. DR.. Harry
A. Neiswander, county health COM
missioner, said additional clinics will
be held on successive Tuesdays at
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-16

The Silver Star is awarded to
each person who, while an officer
or enlisted man in the Army Of
the United States is cited for gall
lantry in action and the citation
was published in orders issued
from the headquarters of a force
commanded by, or which is the
appropriate command Of a gen.
eral officer or issued by the War
Department, which citation does
not warrant the award Of the
Medal Of Honor or Distinguished
Service Cross. A bronze star In
the center thereof a raised silver
star, the center lines of all rays
of both stars coinciding. The re-
verse to have the inscription "For
Igallantry in action" and a space
for the name Of the recipient. II
is suspended by a silk moire rib.
bon in stripes Of blue, white and
red. -.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-16
Deaths Exceed Births
In County

? Twenty deaths were recorded dur
ing March as compared to Is births
in Hardin county, according to Mrs.
Beth Mckinley, stistician for the
county health district.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-16
Hits Union Control
Over Jobs

The buying of jobs in defense
plants was assailed in Findlay last
week by Congressman Frederick c..
Smith, of Marion, at a meeting of
the Hancock county Republican CEN
trail and executive committees, Wom-
ems Club and Young Republicans.
He said men in a Marion plant are
being compelled to pay certain union
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-16
MalOney Sentenced
For Life

James V. Maloney, 28-year-old fac
tory employe convicted of second de-
gree murder in the silk stocking
Staying of Mrs. Goldie Siler, was
sentenced to life Imprisonment in
Ohio Penitentiary last week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-16
Tuberculin Tests To
Continue

The tuberculin patch test will be
given first and eleventh grade stu
dents in Findlay and Hancock county
schools Monday as the health boards
and medical society continue their
fight to eradicate tuberculosis. Every
pupil in the city and county was
tested two years ago.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-16
THE DISTINGUISHED.
FLYING CROSS

The Distinguished Flying Cross
is awarded to any person, who,.
while serving in any capacity
with the Army Air Corps of the
United States, including the Ma.
tional Guard and the Organized
Reserves, subsequent to April 8,
1917, has distinguished himself
or shall distinguish himself by
heroism or extraordinary achieve
ment, while participating in an
aerial flight.
On bronze patee four-bladed
propeller; in the re-entrant an
giles, rays forming a 1-inch' |
square. On the reverse are en-
graved the grade, name, and or
ganization of the recipient. The
cross is suspended by a plain
straight link from silk moire
ribbon composed of alternate red,
white, and blue stripes, blue pre-,
dominating.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-16
KentOn's Sewage Plans
Dropped

kenton's proposed sewage disposal
plant will not materialize during the
war emergency, due to priorities.
This report was made at the regular
meeting of the city council by Paul
Uhlmann, consulting engineer.
Uhlmann told solons in a lengthy
session that the proposed sewage
treatment plant would cost the city
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-16
Farmer Loses Arm
In Saw

Louis Wolf, 40, farmer of near
kenton, severed an arm near the
shoulder late Wednesday when he
tripped and fell against a rapidly
revolving buzz saw at his farm. He
is in Antonio Hospital.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-16
Dry Night Club For
Lima Youths

The elimination of several years
of planning an ideal recreation room
for Lima young persons will be
reached Friday with the "grand
opening" of the new enterprise at
the Y. M. C. A.
The announcement came from
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-16

approximately $4,000. However, he
expressed belief the city should in
stall the sewage pumping station
in north Kenton which he estimated
would cost $4,000 with WPA labor
and S6,295 without that assistance.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-16

Gilboa and Pandora, Ft. Jennings,
Vaughnsville and Kalida, Leipsic,
Ottoville, Ottawa, Continental and
Columbus Grove.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-16

officials an initiation fee from $15
to $3.50 in order to be permitted to
make materials of war with which
our soldiers must defend themselves
and our country.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-04-16

News want ads bring quick results.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-26
Notes

Mrs. Lawrence Asquith re-
turned home from Detroit Sun
day. Her granddaughter, Su-
zanne, accompanied her home
and will visit her for a week.
She reports her husband. Law
renee, as improving at Ford hos
pital, Detroit.
Word received from Robert
Tibbits was that he was in an
army camp in Oklahoma
A farewell dinner for the fam
lily, honoring Walter Knack was
given by his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Knack Sunday. Wal
ter left Romeo for Fort Custer
on Tuesday August Is.
Charles L aursen returned
home from St. Joseph hospital,
Mount Clemens, Friday of last
week.
The High Banks Sew and
Chatter Club met with Mrs.
Lulu Goodar, Wednesday after
noon, August 10. Twelve men,
bers were present. Mrs. Carrie
Hall, Mrs. Frank Goodar and
Miss Evelyn Goodar were guests.
The next meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. Harold
Day, Wednesday afternoon, Sep
TENDER 2.
Mrs. George Jeffrey return -
home from Detroit Sunday. She
reported her husband George
improving. He expects to come
home soon.
Corp. Franz Hirt of Camp
Forest, Tenn. and mother, Mrs.
Frank Hirt of Richmond and
Mrs. r. N. Moxley, Mrs. Frank
Priestap and daughter, Miss Mar
Ella of Armada visited Frank
Priestap at Veterans hospital at
Dearborn Friday, August FL.
They report him as being able
to sit up some time this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Simmons,
Mrs. Lester Chevrie and daugh-
ter, Jean, Mrs. r. N. Monkey,
Mrs. Frank Priestap, son Jack
and daughter, Mar Ella, attend
ed the Simmons reunion at Or
chard Beach at st. Clair, Sun
day.
Armada high school will start
Tuesday, September 8.
Mrs. John Pavlik was in St.
Joseph's hospital the first of the
week as the result Of an auto
mobile accident which occurred
at Bumps Corners on North
Avenue, Saturday, VIII il the
family were on their way to a
party in Detroit. Her son, Harry,
was driving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Miller
and Mrs. George Reid of De-
troit, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Nolan
of Richmond and Mrs. James
Spencer of Kingston were re-
cent visitors of Mrs. Harvey
Crull and Mrs. Howard Crull.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-26
FIND BABY

LAPEER - (P) - Lee Stew
ard, Boy Scout who was one of
100 volunteers enlisted in an
overnight search, ound 81
months-old Larry Franklin con-
tentedly sucking his thumb in a
thicket Tuesday. The baby had
wandered away from his grand
parents farm home nearly "a
hours earlier, but apparently
suffered no harm from the ad-
venture.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-26
. SERIAL STORY
LUCKY PENNY
COPYRIGHT. telz.
kEA SERVICE. INC.

because of Jim's warm smile Of
welcome.
Penny learned TO listen for
Jim's Ste as he bounded down
stairs, whistling a carefree little
tune. He had cleared a 5pace for
her on the desk opposite his
own, by sweeping everything
off.
Penny swung easily into the
routine of work. Before long,
the office lost its dusty, disor-
derby appearance. Jim wonder
ed how he had managed SO long
without her.
Perhaps because she hei self
was bursting with news and with
vitality that reflected her good
will toward everyone, she found
it easy to extract dozens of in
teresting news items.
You're okay," Jim compli-
mented, as he watched the way
she sailed into her job. You'll
be a good newspaperman one of
these days"
Late one afternoon, when Jim
had finished deciphering the
days notes viii =. always cram
med his pockets, the quiet of the
office was shattered ny sud-
den rush of footsteps on the
steep stairway. Penny looked
up, into the frightened eyes of a
breathless boy.
Mr.. Vickers! Mr.. Vickers!"
he shouted. "A terrible acct
dent. The bridge. Come quick.
Jim shot upstairs. Penny fol-
lowed swiftly, helping the tired
youngster to negotiate the last
steps. Jim's car was already
rafting impatiently.
Its the center bridge, Mr..
Vickers,' the boy directed. Jim
allowed = siren-blowing ambu
lance to pass, and swung into
busy Central avenue. News has
a curious way of >reading
swiftly in a small town. AL
ready people werc racing toward
the scene of the tragedy.
Piecing to-, ether the story of
what had happened ,va5 not
hard. Never suspecting that
death was so near, the driver of
a huge truck and trailer, load
ed with steel, had started across
the span. Weakened by age, too
tired to support the heavy load,
the structure had given way.
It's twisted steel was a tangled
mess. Pinned beneath the wreck
age were the driver and his
helper.
Penny felt weak ano sick a.
heart. She heard someone say
it was lucky the accident had
happened between turns. If the
men had been leaving the mills,
the death toll would have been
terrible.
Once again Penny had an op-
portunity to ad nire Jim Vickers
in an emergency He lost no
time in making the dangerous
descent to the river. His was
the guiding hand that sped res
cue work. The men must have
known they would be too late.
Penny helped Jim into his
coat when finally he returned.
His face was white and his lips
were dry. He didn't say any
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-26
A NEW JOB
CHAPTER vi

Summer nights crowded Witt
pleasant memories warmed
Penny's friendship for Jim. She
Eould hardly wait for the END
bf the day, when jim would
lrive up in his nondescript car.
They found rutted roads that
cad nowhere except to hilltops
Drowned with the glories OF the
letting sun.
One night in particular, Pen
by would always remember.
they had been driving along in
kilence, Jim absorbed in his own
brow-wrinkling thoughts, Pen
by drinking in the beauties of
he moonlit panorama spread
About her.
"Penny," Jim said, thought
FULLY. How'd you like to be
captain of my team"
Penny smiled. Captain"
eyes" Jim answered, II need
komeone like you-o--
Penny looked up quickly, her
face beaming.
II mean," Jim was struggling
for the words, Il need someone
like you on the Courier. We'd
make a winning combination,
you and l"
He had wanted to say some
thing quite different some
thing about the way he really
felt. How he missed her. How he
longed to have her near him.
He hesitated only when he
Thought of the struggle ahead
for anyone who would share his
threadbare existence. He hoped
Penny would understand.
Her answer, spontaneous and
swift, was a kiss that held them
enraptured for a long moment.
Working with you, Jim, 1"
she told him, lis like an answer
to dream"
They spent exciting hours,
planning, exchanging ideas, ex-
|citedly awaiting the day when
Penny would leave Pietro's and
join Jim's small staff. Penny's
future promised exciting, thrill
ting adventures. She was at the
Courier office early on her first
day of work, e. er - begin her
new career.
The Courier occupied crowd
ed quarters in the basement be-
meath the branch office of the
City Bank. Two big desks fac
ed each other, Uttered with an
astounding accumulation of pub
licity releases, unopened letters,
old newspapers and clippings.
A counter stretched across tie
length of the room.
Penny knew from the moment
she walked in that she was des-
tined to love the smell Of ~rint-
er's ink nd the informality with
which the Courier staff tackled
each crowded day. She knew
each morning would be brighter
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-26

Il have the toughest assign
ment in my life ahead" said
Jim. "You remember Bill, don't
you? The fellow who started
the fight at Pietro's?"
YES" said Penny, II remem-
ber."
Bills brother was helper on
that truck. I'll have TO tell his
wife" The tragedy struck pain
fully home.
IT'S all so unnecessary" Jim
protested bitterly. "A new
bridge should have been put up
two years ago. The money was
appropriated. Blueprints were
drawn up. Castro's crooked pol
iticians pocketed the funds"
Now it was Penny's turn to be
furious.
For weeks I've heard about
corrupt politicians and gangsters
and raw deals. For years Kirk
town has been run by bunch
of rotten crooks. Isn't there
anyone in this place with back
bone enough to run them out and
see that the town gets decent
break? Are you going to put
up with this sort of thing for
ever"
mo, Penny" Jim replied
grimly. This time we will do
something. We've been cow
ards. We've already waited too
long"
There's something else that's
troubling me, Jim" Penny
chose her words carefully now.
That bridge ran over company
property. Doesn't the Kirk
management care at all? Don't
they know what's happening in
Kirktown?"
THE Kirk m Ia G e m e n t!
That's good" barked Jim. They
sit back in their beautiful offices
in the prettiest building at the
county seat, and don't know or
don't care about anything ex-
cept black figures on the profit
reports
Then it's high time they
learned a few things" flashed
Penny.
Silence hrouded tn cir
thoughts on the rest of the drive
to the Courier office. Penny's
flushed cheeks and frightened
eyes expressed her determine
ton to act now in the interests
of Kirktown.
I'D like to have the day off
tomorrow" Penny told Jim,
hoping he wouldn't ask her to
reveal her plan.
Sure, Penny" said Jim.
Il have another request, Jim.
/ want to do a series of stories
that everyone in town will read.
l need your help"
Just name it, Penny" offer
ed Jim, land I'll do all I can"
I'D like to spend a few days
in the Kirk mills. I'll take my
lunch box with me and chat with
the boys. I'd like 20 get some
human interest stories about the
men who make STEEL" she ex-
planned.
Sounds good" Jim admitted.
The more Penny thought of
the inJustices she had witnessed,
the angrier she became. She
was fighting mad by the time she
left that night for her return to
the Kirk estate.
She intended to stay mad I'M
til she had finished he visit to
the Kirk offices.
tTO Be Continued)
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-26
BY GLORIA KAYE

THE STORY: Wealthy Penny Kirk
has returned from Paris TO Kirktown
TO learn something about the great
steel mills she owns and the people
who work in them. She gets a Job AS
waitress, under the name OF Penny
Kellogg. A fight breaks out In the
restaurant between a workman ana
the Castros, a gang of gamblers who
prey ON the mill orkers. Later she
meets lin Vickers, local newspaper
editor whom she had met In Paris but
who doesn't recognize her. She
learns from Bud Walsh, n steel work
or, that the men are dissatisfied with
the mills present management.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-26

An election in Indiana was
settled by the tossing of a coin.
More coins than one are tossed
to settle some elections.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-26

Penny helped Jim into his
coat when finally he returned.
His face was white and his lips
were dry He didn't say any,
thing until they were back in
the car.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-24

pensable to building or repairing
fleet, as we'll as performing a
thousand other military serv-
ices. So Uncle Sam can feel pref
ty good when he surveys his vir-
tually inexhaustible forest re-
serve, covering one-third of the
nation.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-24
lamour 'Sarong Film
Brinqs Thrills al Jewel

Bringing thrills, riotous COM
edy, wild jungle romance and
beautiful technicolor scenes,
Beyond the Blue Horizon" the
new Dorothy Lamour jungle
film, opened at the Jewel The
atre last night.
1t is Lamour more exciting
than she's ever been who APP
pears in Paramount's Beyond
the Blue Horizon" Dotty cap
tivated last nights audience.
She's back in a sarong, boys and
girls. and she looks great. Hear
ing Dotty sing her new ballad,
"A Full Moon and an Empty
Heart" is itself worth the price
Of admission.
The antics of Jack Haley, the
comedian, and chimpanzce
named COCO, are uproarious
and add a bright supplement to
the romantic scenes between
Dorothy Lamour and Richard
Denning, her new jungle sweet
heart. And, in addition, there
are many jungle thrill scenes.
The featured cast of Beyond
the Blue Horizon" is an unusu-
ally capable one. Headed by
Denning and Haley, il includes
Patricia Morrison, Walter Abel
and Helen Gilbert.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-24
BY NEA Service

ny NEA ociFVC
PORTLAND, Ore, Sept. "a
Uncle Sam has one War-vital ma
tural resource in which there is
no bottleneck-timber. And
your satisfaction in that fact
may be doubled by the know
ledge that Japan is woefully
short of timber.
For the 10 or II years pre-
ceding the japanese attack on
China, Japan was the largest
importer of timber from the
United States, taking one-sixth
of our total exports. Since 1925,
Japan took more than 4,000,-
100000 board feet of Douglas
fir alone Now, not only is she
cut off from U. S. and other
United Nations sources of sup
ply, but the reckless cutting in
Japan during the past few years
has resulted in her 1910 domes-
tic production dropping 13 per
cent below that of 1899.
JAP NAVY SAPS
TIMBER STOCK
How hard-preSsed Japan Is
for timber is indicated by the
fact that she has been forced so
to deplete her insufficient for
ests to build up her navy in re-
cent years that in one section,
saWlog production was reduced
30 per cent between 1882 and
1899.
Reliable confirmation of this
picture comes from Depart
ment of Commerce report on
japanese imports, which states:
Shortage of lumber in ia
pan is rapidly developing into a
serious situation" The same re-
port declares Japan was 1,000,-
100000 board feet short of her
needs as long ago as 1899, des-
pite efforts TO increase her own
production.
So much for Japan Americas
picture is bright with the fact
that our vast commercial forest
area - 461 100000 acres - is
growing nearly three times as
much stable saw timber as ia
pan uses annually and more than
we are expected to use for all
military and civilian purposes
this year.