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Evening star., 1942-03-28
Transforming q Laundry

To transform a basement laundry,
cement walls were all painted white,
the edges OF the shelves holding
soaps and other supplies we're paint
ed red, and white and red figured
curtains were hung at the window.
Bright decalcomania designs were
applied to the walls above the tubs
at well-spaced intervals and a fold
ing porch chair was painted white
and cushioned with a red pad. The
rough ceiling was covered with wall
board painted white to make the
most Of light through reflection.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Walls of Glass Blocks

Low walls of glass blocks that
catch and reflect the sunlight in
winter or summer make handsome
enclosures for small dooryards.
These are particularly attractive
where panels or walls of glass blocks
are used IN the design on the house
itself. Where real privacy is desired,
as in a small back garden that ad-
Joins neighboring yard, higher
wall of the non-transparent glass
blocks will achieve the desired re-
suit.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
By WILLIAM HANDY.

"A woman's work, grave Sirs, is
never done"
This linz. from poem written
more thar 200 years ago, spoke the
truth. And most women will agree
that it's still the truth today. With
all the advances made in our mod
ern age, from central heating to
frosted foods, we haven't yet sue
ceeded in taking the drudgery out
of housekeeping.
1t isn't because we lack the work
saving devices to do so. We can find
electrical appliances that will do
nearly every kind of work a we'll
kept house requires. But even if we
fill our present homes with them,
houseWork remains burden.
The trouble is not with the ap-
pliances but with the houses we
have in which we try to use them.
A home is not merely an inclosed
space where we can install oil burn
ers, mechanical refrigerators, cleo
trio lights, toaSterS. washing ma
chines-it is a place to work and
play, headquarters for the various
activities of living.
House Ends Drudgery.
For better living the home must
be improved for the one who has
the most to do-the woman. 1t
must be made easier to care for,
easier to keep fresh and clean, easier
to cook in, an easier place to do the
laundering as we'll as all the minor
things that now keep woman on
her feet most of the day. 1t can
and should have all the labor saving
devices, but they must be located so
they are easy to get at, easy to use,
easy to clean and put away.
Revere Copper g. Brass. Inc, has
asked me if had designed house
that would take the drudgery out
of Housekeeping. have been de-
signing such a house for number
of years The house is planned
around Woman's work, beginning
with the kitchen. To get rid of
kitchen drudgery I've abolished
the usual kitchen. No longer would
il be a room shut off from the rest
of the house. away from the family'S
activities. I've streamlined it and
beautified it and brought it out from
under cover so that it becomes part
Of the spacious dining area. In fact,
the kitchen is the end wall of the
dining room.
Planned Around Recipes.
Don't think for a minute that
this handicaps the kitchen by re-
stricting it to makeshift methods,
or that it spoils the dining room by
littering it with pots and pans.
This is an entirely new kind of
kitchen, with far more facilities of
every sort than the low-cost home
has ever had before And like nearly
all things that work better, it looks
better. too
Instead of being just hot. stuffy
room for cooking, where a woman
wears herself out STOPPING and
stretching to get things out of cup
boards, where it's hard to be quick
and tidy where she works early
and late washing dishes and scour-
ing pans, this kitchen would be a
perfect place for preparing the re-
Cipes you and your family like. It
is planned around recipes!
Let me attempt to describe this
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Paint House in Late Spring

The best time to paint house is
either in the late spring or early
fall. As for the immediate condi-
tions it is best not to paint when
the air is damp. for if there is any
moisture in the wood the paint will
be apt to blister. The temperature
should not be lower than so degrees
or higher than 90, and the ideal time
is when it is between so and 70 de-
greeS.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Quaint Interior Achieved

AS colorful and charming accents
for early American maple rooms,
Pennsylvania Dutch furniture and
accessories are pointing the way to
new kind of quaint, colorful,
honey interior. Hanging shelves
and cuphcards, chairs and dressers,
painted in typical Dutch motifs in
bright reds, yellow. blue, black,
earthly green and brown will do
much to make a room a gay, pleas
ant and spirit lifting place.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Cause of Roof Failures

Many roof failures are due not to
the roofing material but to the un-
der-structure of the roof itself. A
recent report by the Asphalt Roof
ing Industry Bureau reveals that
unseasoned lumber or lumber that
was rainsoaked when the roof shin
giles were applied is a prime cause
of roof shingle failure.
Evening star., 1942-03-28

serving in single utensil would cut
dishwashing almost in half.
There would be a series Of these
utensils, each located according to
recipe-so the kitchen needs no
range. That's another place where
cleaning and securing would be
Evening star., 1942-03-28

further and gives some useful
recipes for preparing food into tasty
meals. This Is supplemented by a
menu for . week for breakfast,
lunch and dinner.
Considering that this booklet costs
nothing, 1t should be owned and
read by every housewife.
Note: For further information
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Modernizotion Looms Lead

ModerniZation or conversion of
single-family houses continued to
be the purpose of three out of every
four loans reported by private
financial institutions last year for
insurance under Title I of the Ma
tional Housing Act, Federal Housing
Commissioner Abner H. Ferguson
announced today.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Effect Of RISING Incomes

Operating economies and rising
incomes of tenants in low-rent slum
clearance projects may result in in
creased payments in lieu of taxes
this year to cities in which such
projects are located, the Federal
Public Housing Authority announced
TODAY.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Gives Rustic Finish

An Illinois country home. built
Of simple structural materials and
free from hackneyed architectural
details, has large red cedar shingles
coated with a light pinkish-gray
paint which makes it part of the
rustic setting. The frames of the
huge Shutterless windows are
painted a rusty orange brown.
Evening star., 1942-03-28

about any Of the products de-
scribed above, write Mr.. Munsey,
in care Of The Star, and inclose a
stamped. self f-addressed envelope.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
F. n. A. Office Is Moved

District insuring office of the r.
and K streets NV. to 1921 Four
teenth street NV, Director H. 10y
Anderson announced today.
Evening star., 1942-03-28

EASING HOUSEWORK-A wife Of the future poses "house
with Kitchen designed by William Handy, who has elm
mated the cooking place the planned
number of shelves and cupboards containing electrical ap
pances that would do all the cooking dshwashing
Handy he really hasn't eliminated the kitchen, but has
beautifed and seamned it, and brought out from under
cover"
Evening star., 1942-03-28
America Housing Problem and Postwar
This Is the third OF a series OF

This Is the third OF a series OF
four articles furnished by the
North American Newspaper Al
lance to appear in The Stars
Saturday real estate section in
1Uhich prominent American de-
SignerS and architects discuss the
housing problem and giue their
conceptions OF the house OF the
future. Mr.. Handy is nell
known architect and housing
1Criter and editor.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
Speeders Can't Get
Tires

A warning was issued recently by
Harry Fox, executive secretary of
the Allen County Rationing board,
that names of persons from this
area who have been arrested for
speeding are on file in the local of
flee and that they will not be issued
new tires or other aid to their rub.
Der, even tho they are eligible. They
also probably will be denied gasoline
when that commodity is rationed
Fox believes.
The names of some Is persons OF
this area who have been arrested or
excessive speed charges have beer
received from the state rationine
board and are on file. "If any OF
those persons apply for tires, either
for automobiles or motorcycles, they
will meet with extreme difficulty IL
obtaining them, the executive secre
tary warned.
When a person is arrested on {
speeding charge, Fox explained, hi:
name is turned in to the state head
quarters of the State Highway pa
troll in Columbus. Those names, il
turn, are given to the state ration
ing board which sends them to th'
local rationing boards.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
PUTNAM COUNTY
Wild West Steer
Hunt Held

The Cyril Barlage farm east of
Ottawa was the scene of a "Wild
West" performance.
A Texas steer weighing more than
600 pounds which was hit by an
automobile about a month ago and
wandered into the underbrush on the
Barlage farm was the object of an
intensive search by small party
of men.
Sheriff Arnold Potts and Chief
Cletus Klausing, of the Ottawa po-
lice, headed the contingent that went
after the animal with guns. But it
was J. Frank Warren, of Ottawa,
a special deputy game protector, who
fired shot into the steers head.
Apparently suffering injuries in
the accident that made it wild, the
steer had been eating crops on the
Barlage farm at night and hiding
from searchers during the day.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
ALLEN COUNTY
Lima Cannon Goes
To War

Working on the apparent fact that
zone ounce of scrap at the front
line is worth a ton in somebody's
yard" the Lima post of the Ameri-
can Legion as its contribution to the
nationwide campaign has offered the
trench piece which has stood in the
yard of Memorial hall since shortly
after World War /.
"That piece was captured from
the Germans in the last war, and it
is fitting that it be used in defeating
them or their Axis allies in this
war;" Fred Short, patriotic instruct
or for the Veterans of Foreign Wars
and Americanism chairman for the
American Legion post here, declared
Saturday.
The piece which weighs some three
tons, has been sold and the pro-
ceeds will be donated to the USO
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
HANCOCK COUNTY
Sugar Refinery Opens
September 28

The fall campaign at the Findlay
refinery of the Great Lakes Sugar
company likely will start Monday,
Sept. 2S, Supt. M. r. Allen said Fri
day.
Mr.. Allen said lifting of beets
would be started next week and the
first of them will be received at the
plant Thursday, Sept. ID, barring
adverse weather conditions
The plant superintendent said be-
cause of the increased acreage with
its record-breaking production this
year the campaign is opening two
weeks earlier than usual and prob
ably will run several weeks later
around Jan. Is.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
Bomb Found In Rail
way Car

Calvin W. Mitchell, New York
Central Railroad employe, has pre-
sented TO officials in Kenton an ar
ticle that may prove to be an in
cendiary bomb.
Found IN box car, with four
other similar articles, the wedge
shaped obiec. apparently is formed
of sulphur and graphite. 1t burns
fiercely and can be extinguished best
by application of sand
One of the "bombs" was set afire
by curious workmen at the New
York Central roundhouse who adj
vanced a belief the bombs may have
been planted in the box car to start
a disastrous fire in a swift-moving
freight train loaded with war ma
terial.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
Baby Contest At Fair

Arrangements were announced this
week for the 1912 Baby Health con-
test to be held on Thursday, Octo-
Der 8, during the Putnam county
fair. The Ottawa Kiwanis club and
the county. health department are
sponsoring the event Jointly.
There will be two divisions in the
contest with first and second prize
being offered in each division. The
first group will include infants three
months and under six months. The
second will be for babies six months
and under one year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
Arlington Lights
GridirOn

Arlington will be the first Ham
cock county village to have facilities
for playing night football under
lights. Arrangements were complet-
ed Thursday by which the new
equipment will be installed and
ready for use within the coming
week. Equipment has been pur-
chased from the Findlay Baseball
association and work of moving it to
Arlington has been started.
With the trend of times being to-
ward night games, the school and
civic leaders sought to offer the adj
vantages of night sports events to
the local community.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
Rally To Save To-
matO Crop

Housewives are being rallied to
save Putnam county's 1912 tomato
crop as shortage of workers for
the five canneries operating in the
county threatens to cause thousands
of dollars in losses to both farmers
and canning firms.
Canneries are in operation in OF
tawa, Pandora, Columbus Grove,
Leipsic and Continental. There are
plenty of tomatoes to be canned and
farmers have been able to obtain
pickers to get the vegetables into
hampers. The real problem, which
has become acute in the last few
days, is that of obtaining women to
peel the tomatoes at the canneries.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
$4,000 Sign War Pledge

An estimated $4,000 Lima resi-
dents and out-of-town workers in
Lima war industries signed pledges
of 100 per cent support of every
phase of the nations war effort.
A two-week campaign to procure
the signature of every man, woman
and child Sunday was climaxed with
a mammoth celebration featuring a
two mile parade to Schoonover Park.
Three movie stars, Ilona Massey,
Fred Astaire and Hugh Herbert,
participated following a luncheon at
noon with purchasers of $500 war
bonds. Col. A. Robert Ginsburgh of
the Army and Lieut.. Com. Leslie
Jacobs of the Navy Department,
and Gov. John w. Bricker, spoke.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
Hardin War Contract
Mistake

George ". Timmons of Columbus,
building contractor, said that an
nouncement of award to his firm of
a 100000 to s5O0,OO0 contract for
work in Hardin county apparently
is a mistake of the War Depart
ment."
Timmons, who was in Wilmington
directing improvements at the Clin-
ton county airport, said that he had
been awarded a War Department
contract which "meets those specif-
cations but which is for work in
Greene county near .Xenia.
Il haven't even entered negotia-
tions for a Hardin county job, he
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
Second Lilac Crop
Blooms

An experiment worked out last
spring by Mr.. and Mrs. Ora Barrett
of Route 2, Lima, turned out a sue
cess but with somewhat surprising
results. They have a second crop
of purple ilacs on large bush at
their farm.
Hearing that a certain method of
stripping leaves from the branches
of the bush after it had born blooms
in the spring would bring second
crop of the flowers, they tried it.
The system worked to perfection and
last week it broke into bloom for the
second time this season.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
Crane Steals Gold Fish

Mrs. d. E. Winterrowd and Mrs.
Charles Damon who live side by side
on Locust street, each have pools in
their back yards, and both have not
ed with alarm the disappearance of
their gold fish.
The other day Mrs. Winterrowd
learned the fate of the vanishing
fish. A crane was eating one of
them right smack on her back steps
Now residential section is certainly
not the habitat of a crane and il
took lot of that we'll known nerve
to bring the fish right to her back
steps and eat it.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
Meanest Thief Steals
Flag

About the lowest trick on the
books today is the theft of an Amer
ican flag, in the estimation of most
of the people, and such trick has
been perpetrated in Lima.
A flag which was hoisted over the
Sullivan Coal Co., at 949 S. Main
street, was torn loose from its hal
yard, according to a complaint filed
at the police department by r. G.
Lawrence, an employe of the COM
pany.
L. E. Conroy, in charge of the
office, explained that the flag had
been flown continuously because OF
state of war and that light IL
Illuminated the banner at night.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
Umbrella Causes
WOman's Death

Mrs. Walter ID. Switzer, so, Find
lay, suffered fatal injuries when she
apparently walked against the side
OF an automobile while crossing Main
street. She died in Findlay hospital.
witnesses said Mrs. Switzer's open
umbrella apparently obscured her
vision and that she failed to see an
automobile operated by Robert E.
Mckinley, 10, Findlay. She suf-
fered skull, arm and leg fractures.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
HARDIN COUNTY
Shoots His Brother
in-LaW

Charges against Pete Emons, 49,
farm laborer of near McGuffey, were
withheld this week as county Off
cials awaited the outcome of SER
ious shotgun wound suffered by Ru-
bin Conley, Is, his brother-in-law.
Sheriff Randall R. Clark said he
was told that Emons and ConIey had
quarreled and that Emons had shot
Conley, the pellets penetrating his
lung.
Emons told officials that he fired
the shotgun when he thought Conley
meant to attack him.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
Jacks Cafeteria
Founder Dies

The death Saturday of Jack Ino-
way, SO, Lima, only japanese resi-
dent, frustrated the fulfilment of his
ambition to "enter the United States
Army and protect the homeland of
my two children"
1noway, former proprietor of
Jacks Cafeteria, was due to report
to Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind,
for training as an instructor in the
bakers and cooks school, Robert r.
Williams, executive secretary of the
Ohio State Restaurant association
reported at Columbus.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
81 In O. n. u. Reserve
Corps

A total of 81 Ohio Northern stu
dents are enlisted in the reserve
corps of the armed forces and many
of them may be called into active
service at the close of the present
quarter, says H. E. Huber, dean of
the college of liberal arts and fac
ulty adviser to the reservists.
They are enlisted in the follow
ing forces: Army enlisted reserve
corps unassigned, ID; army reserve
corps, 8; navy vi, 5; navy VT, q;
and marines, 2.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
Asks To Discontinue
Station

The New York Central Railroad
company has asked the Ohio Public
Utilities commission for authority to
abandon its non-agency station at
Beagle, five miles south of Findlay.
Hearing was set for 10 a. M, Octo-
Der 81.
The railroad pointed out that busi-
ness at the Beagle station has been
practically non-existent for num-
Der of years.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
Gas Explosion Races
Barn

Van Buren, and North Baltimore
fire trucks were called to the Clar-
ence Arend farm near Van Buren,
when an exploding gasoline drum set
fire to a machinery shed at 10:40
Wednesday night.
The machine shed and a nearby
strawstack burned. Volunteers saved
the farm machinery. A huge farm
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
Coincidence In
Photography

A photographer dropped in at the
navy recruiting station, at Findlay,
to take a picture for promotional
purposes.
There really ought to be a couple
of girls in the picture, he remarked
to Gunner's Mate G. A. Kraus, re-
crultlng officer, and the two stepped
out on the sidewalk. And there
came, just the right girls, two young
navy wives, both dressed in uniform
ike dresses, and wearing insignia
on their sleeves.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
Lima Stores Open
Friday Night

Virtually every retail merchant in
Lima has agreed to keep his store
open each Friday evening until 8
to accommodate workers in industrial
plants. They will open at noon on
those days instead of at a. m. The
agreement also brings to an end a
long controversy over Saturday clos
ing hours. All will close at p. m.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
3,191 Enrolled In
Schools

Total enrolment in all the dis
tricts of the Hancock county public
schools was counted at 3,191, Fri
day afternoon after all superintend-
ents had filed their initial reports
in the office of County Superintend-
ent E. E. Ray.
Arlington high school apparently
will have the largest graduating
class, with SO seniors enrolled. Nc
Comb is next with 33.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
Windmills Source Of
Salvage Metal

One unforeseen source of many
hundred pounds of vitally-needed
metal for the Putnam county Sal
wage drive which opened thruout the
rural areas Monday is windmills.
County Chairman Ferd E. War
rem reported that many old wind
mills have been offered and WPA
labor has been obtained to dismantle
the spinning landmarks.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
Oil Pipeline Construc.
ton Starts

An influx of workers has been not
ed in Kenton during tn epast week
days with the moving to Kenton of
the headquarters of two companies
who are engaged in the laying of
the oil pipeline from Lima to small
town on the Ohio Pennsylvania bord-
er.
The Sheenan Pipeline Construction
company of Oklahoma is building
the line to Lima from the east and
are within 40 miles of there, it was
stated.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
Urge HOrse-Drawn
Vehicles

Featuring a war stamp prize for
the owner of a horse-drawn vehicle
which brings the most people in a
trip to Hardin county fair, that
three-day event will get under way
Sept. 80, according to Bert Frederick
and Edward Althauser, president
and secretary of the Hardin county
Agricultural society.
The fair will be staged Sept. 30
and Oct. l and at the Hardin
county fairgrounds, Kenton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24

said. "It may be possible but
never heard of getting a job you've
never even bid on"
The War Department announced
Sept. that Timmon had been a.
warded contract for construction
of temporary frame buildings and
other installations in Hardin couty.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
Governor Candidates
In Lima

Ohio's two candidates for Cover
nor will be Lima visitors within a
three-day span.
Gov. John w. Bricker took part
in an elaborate patriotic observance
Sunday climaxing the city's "pledge
to the nation" of total war effort.
John McSweeney, the Democratic
nominee, will attend party for
Democratic workers to be sponsored
Sept. % by the Allen County Demo-
cratic Women.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
Michigan Killer Held
In Lima

For almost a year Elias Means,
colored, alleged murderer of a semi
blind Kalamazoo resident, managed
to escape capture only to be arrested
Saturday afternoon in Lima.
Diligence exerted by Beryl Smith
and A. H. Grady, local police de-
partment plain clothesmen, in fol-
lowing up clues landed Elias Means,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

alias Ed Dunn, 31-year-old and six
foot three inches tall accused killer
behind city jail bars. The Lima Of
icers tracked Means to his place of
residence in the rear of 623 N. I'm
ion street. He surrendered without
a struggle.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
Grove Teacher In
WAAC

Miss Verda Killen resigned her
position as teacher in the Columbus
Grove Public school and has enlisted
in the WAACS and has been accept
ed. She will leave in two weeks to
begin her training at Des Moines,
Iowa.