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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-22
news NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

and twelfth grades, and also will be
offered to the students and personnel
of Bluffton college. A SPECIAL sur
vey of Negroes also will be attempt
ed.
All those showing a positive re-
action will be X-rayed to determine
whether tuberculosis was present in
an active state.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-22
SOlOmOns Survivor In
Findlay

Ralph Warner, gunner's mate, first
class, member of the crew of the
cruiser Quincy, lost August 8 in the
Solomon Islands, is visiting his wife
and other relatives in Findlay.
Warner, Navy man for five
years, said he spent eight hours in
the water before he was rescued.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-22
Tuberculin Tests For
Pupils

Tuberculin tests for pupils of six
grades in all public and parochial
schools of Allen county are included
in program drafted Thursday night
at a meeting of the Allen County
tuberculosis and Health association.
Tuberculin tests are planned for
the first, sixth, eighth, tenth, eleventh
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-22
World War Service
Flag Refused

Back in 1917, service flag was
hung in the window at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Castle at Alper.
marking the war service of their two
sons, Harry and Tira. Today the
same flag hangs in the window of
the Harry Castle home in Ada, but
now it marks the present service of
two of Mr.. and Mrs. Castles sons
in World War II.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-22
Putnam Fair Sets New
Record

The 87th annual Putnam county
fair has closed. The men in charge
of the fair said that the 1912 event
probably was the most successful ex-
position in the history of the fair.
The receipts from all sources are
expected to exceed $4,000.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-22
Jennie Block Death
Accidental

A verdict of accidental death was
returned last week by Coroner Harry
Lewis of Allen County in the drown
ing of Mrs. Jennie Block, 78, in a
bath tub in a convalescent home in
Lima.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-22
Farmer Caught In
Combine

Guy Oates, farmer near Kenton,
was painfully injured about the face
and head when he was caught in
moving parts of a combine harvester
at his home. He received treatment
in McKitrick Hospital.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-22
Old COOperage Outfit
In Scrap

Among the $50 tons or more of
scrap metal accumulated at the
Standard Oil Co. refinery in Lima is
a complete cooperage outfit which
was used to make wooden barrels
before metal containers came into
general use.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-22
GrO-COrd Gets Army
Contract

The Army Quartermaster Depot at
Boston announced Wednesday the
award of a contract to the Lima
Cord Sole and Heel Co., of Lima,
for 1900 leather soles.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-22
Seeks Back Tax
Revision

Action designed to restrain Put
nam county officials from collecting
S2,468.O5 in taxes the county claims
is due on property now owned by
Nestle's Milk Products Co. at Co
lumbus Grove has been filed in the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-22
Schools Arrange Day
light Schedule

Lima school pupils will start to
classes 45 minutes later next month
so that they need not walk to school
in darkness. Glasses will start at
9:15 a. m.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-22

the American ship went down as
result of enemy action in that his
toric battle.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-22

flock of 4O4 hens averaged 1875 eggs
and F. s. Ensign's 200 hens aver
aged III eggs.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-22

crank. The service rate of fire was
about 600 shots minute.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-22

Buy War Bonds and Defense
Stamps now.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-21
Helen Gahagan in
Plea for Election
OF Demo Candidate

Declaring that "chaos will result
if the Democrats lose the house of
representatives to the Republican
party at the November election,
Miss Helen Gahagan, Democratic
national committeewoman from
California, held an audience of
Democrats spellbound in Ell Centre
Tuesday night as she described the
catastrophe she said will result if
President Roosevelt loses the back
inc of the house.
N. f. West, Democratic candidate
for congressman from the new
twenty second congressional dis
trict, pledged himself to devote all
his energies to winning the war if
he is sent TO congress to represent
Imperial, Orange and Riverside
counties.
Both West and Miss Gagahan
urged Democrats to keep California
in the Democratic lineup and were
seconded by the other speakers on
the program at the Barbara Worth
hotel, Mrs. Claudia Worswick of
Santa Ana, and Judge Harry c.
Westoyer of Santa Ana.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-21
Dry Amendment
Compromise Out

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.-UP0
Senator Josh Lee, Democrat, of Ok
lahcma, today rejected administra-
ton proposals for modification of
his dry-zone amendment to the
'teen-age draft bill SO that it
would permit the sale of So per
cent beer in the vicinity cf Army
camps and naval bases.
II don't think that would do
much good" he said. Some folks
are pretty poor judges of dis
tanceS."
The Lee amendment has the sup
port of the Women's Christian
Temperance Calon and other dry
organizations that still advocate
a return to national prohibition.
1t was denounced last night by
Professor Laurence H. Eldredge of
the University of Pennsylvania who
is president of the Pennsylvania AL
coholic Beverage Study, Inc.
Eldredge said the amendment
would 'reimpose complete prohibi-
ton on most CT the nation.
1T could make Philadelphia, New
York, Washington and all other
places near military establishments,
dry" he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-21
FRS Signature
Will Make Law of
Biggest Tax Bill

WASHINGTON, Oct. 81.
(UP)-President Roosevelt's
signature expected late today
or tonight, will enact into law
the greatest tax bill in his
tory, adding upward of $9,000000,-
900 to the present war revenue bur-
den and making nearly 100000, 900
in new excise levies effective Nov.
|.
Enactment of the MEASURE will
bring to an end nearly eight months
of work to bring taxation into line
with the requirements of an $80,-
0G0, 900, ,000-ayear war, but will NOT
end the search for new revenue.
President Roosevelt has served
notice that he plans to ask for sub
Stantial' increases in the social Sc
curity Old age benefit tax, and Sec
retary of the Treasury Henry Nor
genthau, jr., already is preparing
another tax bill to raise lat least"
Sc, 900, 100000 more.
Congressional tax experts believe
federal sales tax is inevitable in
any new revenue measure, and also
that compulsory savings will be
adopted in connection with the next
bill. The treasury's proposed spend
ing" tax rejected in connection with
this bill, also is expected to get con-
Sideration.
Under the bill just approved by
congress, the new high individual
and corporate rates will be retro
active to the beginning of the cur
rent calendar year. Taxpayers, how
ever, will not begin to feel their
impact until the first payments are
made next March Is.
But starting Nov. l the taxpayer
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-21

Homes
Burn
Brush Fires Race
Ou+ of Control
In MaIibu Hills

LOS ANGELES. Oct. 21,
(UP) - The sheriff's office
reported an undetermined
number of homes burned to-
day bv one of three fires rae
ing out of control in the Malibu
hills.
Can't. Jay Morley of the Malibu
sheriff's substation said he coulo
not determine Immediately how
many homes were burned nor the
extent of the damage. He said 81
dwellings were located in the area
Although many film stars have
luxurious homes in the area, the
flames SO far had not reached them
Morley said. Dwellings already
burned are in Las Flores canyon
and the movie colony is situated
in Malibu canyon.
Morley said walls of flames. q
quarter to a half-mile long, swept
up the east side of Las Flores can
yon through tinder-dry virgin brush
PRISONERS MISSED
The fire by-paSsed q county priS-
on detention camp as authorities
prepared to evacuate inmates to
another site. 1t burned to a clear
ing surrounding the camp, but the
flames did not leap the gap.
The Federal Bureau of InveStiga-
ton announced that it had made
a careful investigation" cf the
fire and found no evidence of sa-
botage
The latest fire started on a movie
set at the Warner ranch and spread
quickly to the brush. 1t was sew
eral miles from two others which
had been burning more than "a
hours, and firemen feared they
might not be able to control it.
A group of firefighterS, trapped
momontarily by flames, escaped
through the blazing brush. Two
county pump trucks dashed through
the fiery ring, and suffered con-
siderable damage.
OUT OF CONTPOn
The fire started carly yesterday
and spread Throughout the day, lick
ing up the mountainside into Vir-
gin brushland. All available coun-
ty equipment was rushed into the
area. Scores of persons were treat
ed for burns and smoke sickness.
Firemen said the blaze started in
Las Flores canyon, jumped a ridge
into Geld Greek canyon and Puma
canyon, tanning up tributaries en-
route. A three-mile strip of beach
front along the scenic coast road
was scared.
An estimated 10000 sightseers
jammed the highway last night,
hindering operators of fire equip
ment and drawing criticism of
County Fire Warden Spence Tur-
ner.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-21

SoliSIluCllOll WOTkeT, DdVlS was
charged with selling used tire and
tube above government ceiling
prices.
McGreW, who was employed by
the Vinson, Pringle and Webb con-
struction company, alleged that Da-
Wis sold him the tire and tube on
the first day of September for $50.
Maximum price for the tire was
$8.10 and the most that should have
been charged for the tube was $1.50
Under the emergency price control
act the buyer may bring suit for
$50 or three times the amount of
the overcharge. McGreW is suing
for $1212O.
Davis could be charged with a
criminal offenSe by the government,
for which maximum penalty is a
$4,000 fine, year in jail or both.
Morey S. Levenson, chief enforce
ment attorney for the San Diego
price administration office, who was
in Ell Centre Tuesda%, said that
any action the government might
take would depend on the outcome
of McGrew's suit.
Davis attorney was out of the city
Wednesday. He was scheduled to
return Thursday and Davis stand
on the case was expected to be made
clear then.
A few days after McGreW filed
a complaint with the Ell Centre price
and rationing board, Davis closed
his station.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-21
Pipe Renovotinq
est Successful

Water Commissioner H. w. Fawcett,
took the gauges and equipment a
block south of the test on State
and Olive and Sixth. A test there
on an uncleaned four-inch main,
the same size as the one renovat-
ed, showed water to be coming out
at rate of 103 gallons a minute.
Reed said the increased pressure
on the line would enable two two
and a half Inch hoses to be hooked
onto the pipe for fire fighting pur-
poses. Before, he said, there was
not enough pressure for one hose.
The 1900 feet was an experiment
by the Tate company. The ques-
tion of granting them a contract
fer 10000 feet of city water lines
to clean and line was to come up
at the council meeting Wednesday
night. Councilmen present at the
test were; Robert Hatton, Faw-
cett and Charles A. Bratton.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-21
Air Power Can't
Win Alone, Claim

MOSCOW, Oct. T.-UP)-A
Soviet air expert today sharply
criticized American and British ex-
pertS for advocating the theory of
victory through air power" and
declared that the main force in
warfare is the army on the ground.
Major General Zhuravliev. ex-
pressing his views in an article
broadcast by the Moscow radio, dis
agreed with some Americans and
British whom he said. seemed to
believe that a second land front
was unnecessary.
The air power theory, ne said, is
nothing new" and merely stems
from the views expressed 20 years
ago by the italian air strategist,
General Dopaet.
Citing heavy German losses in
the battle of Britain as an ex-
ample, the Russian expert said the
air theory had been proved wrong
in the light of modern warfare.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-21
EARTHQUAKE SHAKES ALL SO. California
DRAFT
BILL DRAWN

he added, "or to send them to jobs,
should not be permitted to be the
INSTRUMENT for underwriting estab-
lished wage standards.
"On the other hand no individual
can be promised that the power
OF assignment will not require him
to make sacrifices"
Asserting that the compulsory as
pect of national service legisla-
ton could be grossly exaggerated"
McNutt said:
The power of compulsion is in
essence a protection to the great
majority who act voluntarily. They
must be made to feel that when
they act voluntarily the govern
ment approves the action, and is
prepared to require compliance BY
the few who refuse to cooperate
Thus their sacrifice will not be
jeopardized.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-21

WASHINGTON, Oct 21.-U.P)
War Manpower Commissioner
Paul V. McNutt today said he ex-
pected within two weeks to sub
NIT to President Roosevelt pro-
posed legislation to mobilize men
and women for war production. He
said bills now pending fail to meet
such programs basic require
menta.
McNutt told the senate military
affairs committee that VINO man
agement labor policy committee is
new drafting the legislation. He
said the committee does not be-
lieve that a law should be adopted
by congress until all indirect
means for mobilizing manpoWer are
exhausted.
WomanpoWer will be required to
solve the manpoWer problem, he
added, because 100000 workers
must enter the labor force by the
end of l943 if the goal of $780,
900 persons in employment and in
the armed forces is to be realized,
and mcst of the newcomers will
have to be women.
UNION HIRING HALL =
McNutt said national service leg
islation must do more than grant
sweeping authority to the Presi-
dent" He listed these as the
three essential powers that must be
provided:
|. Authority to require employers
in any area To hire all workers
through a central agency, the us.
employment service, "or through
other central hiring systems, such
as union hiring halls, if they meet
specified standards"
g Authority TO control methods
of labor utilization, preventing
transfer of workers from a plant
where they are needed to one
where the demand is caused sole
ly by improper utilization of labor
or a desire to hoard workers."
3. Authority to compel individ-
uals to remain on the job or to
transfer to another.
WAGE STANDARDS
Each of the bills now before the
committee fails to meet one or
more of these basic requirements of
national service legislation, Nc
Mutt said.
THE power to keep men on jobs
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-21
Student Apathy in War
Hit by Berkeley Paper

BERKELEY, Cal, Oct. 21-UP)
The student newspaper Daily
Californian charged editorially to-
day that great majority of Uni
versity of California's 10000 stud
ents were apathetic about the war
and asserted that this greatest of
all wars is being lost on the campus
as conclusively as it was on Bataan
and Malaga"
An editorial written by Eugene
Danaher, assistant editor, said
"ninety-nine per cent of the stud
entS on the campus don't give a
damn" and cited alleged, cases OF
unwillingness on the part of stud
entS to work as harvest hands or
to buy bonds.
Danaher charged that only one
in every 200 ever found time" to
work in the fields and compared
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-21
Called Out on
Defense Project;
0nIyFive Respond
Defense Council Chief
Glad of Earthquake
20 Wake Up People

Thirty five Ell Centrans
promised to turn out for a
special block warden school
Tuesday night in the fire sta
ton. Five were present.
This was the "enviable' record
pointed out by Ell Centre Civilian
Defense Chairman Corn Reed We'd
nesday in expressing his disgust at
the lack of response by citizens to
the important civilian defense train
ing.
Reed was glad that an earthquake
had struck Imperial Valley Wednes-
day for 1T might wake up a few
people,
In case OF an emergency such as
sharp quake the wardenS, auxiliary
police and other vital civilian work.
ers could be of great service in pre-
venting disorder and keeping dam
age to a minimum.
The 35 who were supposed to
show up Tuesday at 7 80 had been
recruited to fill vacancies made by
ldlllllleS leaving tne valley during
the summer months.
Now 80 more viii have to be con-
tacted to replace the requirements.
Reed called upon any person liv-
ing in a block whose warden had
not paid him a visit to be present
at the next meeting Tuesday at 7:30
in the station.
More volunteers for the auxiliary
police, classes which are now being
prepared by Jack Tackett, ST., Ell
Centre patrolman, are needed.
Reed complimented Tackett on
his work and urged that citizens
respond to the vfcai need to the
city's defense arrangements by vol
unteering their services.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-21
Defense Council
To Handle Signup

The Imperial County Defense
council Tuesday night laid plans
to handle gasoline registration
throughout the county IN Nov. 8.
Defense council representatives
made preliminary arrangements at
special session called in El Gen.
tro for that purpose. Headquar-
ters will be established in each
community and volunteers will be
found to do the work.
The volunteers will be trained for
their task between Oct. "a and the
date of registration.
Location of registration head
quarters in the various communities
will be announced later.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-21

this with the record of the Univer-
sity of Washington, where hundreds
of students volunteered to pick APP
Piles.
Comparable to an act of deSer-
ton in the army was the behavior
of one campus living group a few
days ago, when 10 students ac-
tually volunteered to work in local
cannery. The employer, believing
their word was good, hired 60 wo-
men and stocked his plant with
perishable fruit.
mot one of the ten students ap-
peared or even took the trouble to
telephone an excuse"
The editorial recounted that 12
crates of rotting fruit had been
displayed at strategic spots on the
campus as reminder to students
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-21


ter engaging in extended consulta-
lions with Prime Minister Winston
Churchill presumably on the STRAIT
egy Of the next Allied war moves.
SHUTS declared that the allies had
passed through the defensive phase
of the war and that the moment
now was ripening for the. final
and offenSive-Stage of the war His
presence in London and his ad-
dress increased speculation on the
possibility that the initial blows OF
the Allied counteraction against the
axis would be struck in Africa.
CLUES WITHHELD
| The time has come, SHUTS said
for far reaching developments.
However, he carefully avoided any
geographical references which might
give the axis any clue as to what
might be expected.
The Smuts speech came at a mo-
ment when Allied air forces in Afri-
ca had displayed unusual activity
for more than 48 hours, carrying
out extended operations both over
and in the Mediterranean area. The
Allied air action was countered by
continued axis attack on the fort
ress of Malta.
On the long Russian front evi-
dence mounted that winter is bog
ging down German operations Seri-
ously, possibly to the point where
may become impractical. Rain turn
ed the front and the hundreds of
miles, of German communications
into a quagmire and both Russian
and German accounts spoke of in
creaSing difficulties of supply. The
Russians said Nazi troops around
Stalingrad were starving in some
instances.
REDS URGE ACTION
A Russian military expert pre-
Sented an extended criticism in the
Moscow press of theories which he
attributed to British and American
air experts that victory could be
secured by use of the air arm alone
He challenged the belief that Ger
many might be bombed into sub
mission and said successful military
operations were dependent upon the
closest cooperation and coordina-
ton of all arms.
Premier Pierre Laval'S difficulties
in France were multiplying. His
appeal by radio to French workers,
according to reports received in
London, had failed to bring any
substantial change in the reluctance
Of French labor to go to Germany.
Frontier reports said the Germans
had extended the deadline to Nov
Is by which time he is expected to
send 10000 French to Nazi war
factories.
NAZIS SUFFERING
Moscow reported that the German
forces were suffering heavily due
to the extension of their lines of
communications over hundreds of
miles of bad Russian terrain now
turning into quagmire under aut-
umn rains.
/ Supply difficulties, said Moscow,
are so serious that some German
troops are starving. Others were
said to be reduced to eating stray
dogs. Rain had fallen steadily at
Stalingrad since the start of the
week, Moscow reported. In contrast
to the Germans, Red army forces
inside besieged Stalingrad were said
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-21
wiIlkie Reports
On Trip Monday

NEW YORK, Oct. 21-(UPp -
Wendell L. Willkie reports to the
nation next Monday the observa-
tions and results of his round the
world aerial trip.
He will speak from 7:30 to p. m.
PVT in a broadcast originating in
New York and carried by the four
major networks-NBC, CHS, Mu-
tual and Blue.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-21

of the serious shortage of orchard
and farm manpower. The rotting
fruit, instead of serving as a re-
minder, was used by sophomore and
freshman students in brawls, the
editorial said.
"Cn Monday, the editorial con-
tinued, a special war bond sale was
conducted on the campus which
averaged less than l.3 per cents per
student"
THE student war council recent
ly broadcast a call to assist in Or
ganizing war activities on the cam
pus. After repeated announcements
grand total of six students VOL
unteered their services the re-
sponsibility for this shameful apathy
lies with no one else but 10000 stud
entS."