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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-03-26

the craft from Ray Schumacher.
While the boat will easily hold two
small sailors it has not been so re-
liable with some of the college boys
who have attempted to use it.
Whether dogs think or not is an
oft-debated question but when the
canine belonging to Ray Follas airs
his bedding every morning, any one
seeing the act feels that the animal
is going thru something akin to the
reasoning process. The dog sleeps
on a sack in the dog house and
every morning it takes the sack out
of the house, lets it air for about
ar hour in the sun and then takes
it back into the dog house.
Not only did the 1000 students in
the northwest district choral festival
practically take over the town Sat-
urday, but they also bought out the
high school concession stands faster
than they could be supplied with
candy and pop. One stand alone re-
ported that the students purchased
about 1900 candy bars.
Little Joan Blackwood, three year
old granddaughter of Albert Ben
roth, surprised everyone Saturday
when she commented, my, isn't
that humorous?"
1t seemed for a while that the
auction at the Sara Althaus sale
near Columbus Grove Saturday
would have to give way to the bas-
! ketball game being broadcast from
Springfield. Ferol Althaus and
Mabel Burkholder, both Bluffton
High school students, tuned in on
the game on a radio about to be
| auctioned.
While walking thru the business
district last night we heard one of
the town wits yell across the street
to one of his buddies, ''Do you re-
member, Gone With The Wind? ?"
The party replied, yeah, so what p
To this the wit replied, "Well for
get it, remember Pearl Harbor."
Paul Steiner, son of Rev. and Mrs
Eli Steiner was all filled with glee
as he anticipated flying his new kite
Saturday afternoon. 1t was per-
feet afternoon for kite flying and
the wind was strong. 1t was little
too strong, however, as a mighty
gust got hold of his kite and drove
it into a tree with such force that
it was smashed beyond repair. Paul
says that the kite couldn't have been
out of his hands more than a second
before it was broken to bits.
| 4
| Were their faces red? Some OF
the high school girls attending the
state basketball tournament al
Springfield got into a restaurant
designated strictly stag. The pro
prietor seemed willing to make al
exception to the male prerogative ane
the girls ate heartily. Enjoying the
meal were: Margaret Klay, Eileer
Weinhold, Mary Lou Young, Roberta
Wenger, Doris Barber, Wanda
Tschiegg, Eileen Haller and Nadine
Altman.
If you were at Springfield Satur.
day afternoon you'd have thot you
were attending a funeral instead OF
the semi-final game of the state
basketball tournament. The cheer
leaders, the student spectators anc
many of the players broke dowr
after the Bremen team took a two
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-03-26
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Soybean seed should be tested be-
fore planting. Samples showing Sc
per cent or better termination
should be held until the nearest
county agricultural agent is notified
that such seed is available for sale
to other farmers.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-03-26
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Sign in large war production
plant: 1--WE have been asked for
the impossible. Let US do it, as
usual"
Willard Dillman in training at
Military Reservation, Pa, didn't
waste any time in getting away on
his furlough to spend the week end
at home. In fact Willard took the
first train that came along-it hap
pened to be a Pennsylvania flyer
that didn't stop in Lima so Willard
was carried on to Ft. Wayne and
came back on another train. James
Birchnaugh, however, one of Will
lard's pals who also was scheduled
to be home last week end missed
the train and will be here this week
| instead.
Speaking of hobbies, Mrs. Fred
Hahn of Elm street has one that
struck us as worth while. She keeps
| nine scrap books-one for each of
her nine grandchildren-the books to
be presented to the children when
they are grown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Royal Heckathorn
of North Baltimore, former Bluffton
| residents, in town last Saturday
night. Mighty civic minded, Royal
and his wife; when shortage of
school buses developed at North
Baltimore, and it looked as if some
of the high school pupils couldn't
find way to get to the music con-
test here, each volunteered to bring
| an auto load of youngsters to Bluff
ton, which solved the transportation
problem nicely.
And congratulations to E. w.
Reichenbach one of the good friends
of the Bluffton News over Column
bus Grove way who renewed his
subscription the other day-he has
been a reader of the News for more
than forty years.
To the ranks of early Victory
Gardeners were added Sara Lee and
Don Lynn Badertscher, children of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Badertscher OF
South Jackson street, who started
operations this week. They'll have
lettuce and radishes up soon.
| 1t was almost a transcontinental
telephone call when Raymond Cred.
ing in army training out in Utah
rang up his folks, Mr.. and Mrs. l.
T. Greding last Thursday night with
a CHEEKY "hello". Raymond likes his
location in Utah and hopes he viii
like as we'll the camp in Wyoming
to which he is being transferred
shortly.
Not all musicians are tempermen.
tal-and we cite the record of q
former Bluffton man to prove the
point. j. w. Bixel, who has achieved
more than local prominence in his
home city of Tacoma, Washington
has been conducting oratorio chorus
es for forty years without ever miss.
ing a rehearsal or being late. Anc
he is busy man, too, conducting as
many as three or four oratorios 6
year together with his position as
choir director at the First Congrega
tional church and private teaching.
If you have seen some youngster:
in small boat on the Bluffton col
lege lagoon the vessel belongs tt
Mary Jane Ramseyer, daughter OF
DR.. and Mrs. L. L. Ramseyer. She
bought the boat from neighbor Har
ley Steiner who in turn had obtained
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-04

ger and told me what time it
was.
"Brallle watches are being
made" he said. "but 1 don't
know anybody who carries one"
'sBut We can tell pretty we'll
even without watches" he went
on. "Unless it's a stormy day,
we can tell by the feeling of the
suns rays.
That's how we keep our sense
of direction in strange neighbor-
hoods, too. On a cloudy day we
can tell by the wind drift. Even
when YOU cant hear n leaf rus
tie, we still can feel the drift of
the air, and we know the pre-
vailing wind directions.
There's one place where we
can never tell. though. That's
around the Fisher Building. You
never know which way the wind
IN blowing around there"
When IL comes 10 crossing
streets. most people think the
dogs watch the traffic lights,
That's wrong. Dogs are color
blind and can't distinguish red
from green.
soften" Warman said. 1--WE
hear people whisper, Aren't
those dogs smart? They know
when the light turns green The
dogs don't. We tell the dogs.
We can tell, almost to an In
slant, when the light changes.
we hear the traffic slowing
down In one direction. Then
we hear the clutches moving and
the motors speeding up on the
cross street. Then we look down
and tell the dog Forward,
Buck But Of course. II for any
reason the dog doesn't think IL
II safe, he won't move"
Buck was lying at Warman's
feet, and didn't even wiggle an
ear when the words forward,
Buck" were spoken. l asked
why.
"Oh," said Warman. Buck
understands. I didn't say IL as
command and 1 didn't have my
hand on his harness."
Warman reached down and
took hold of the harness.
Forward, Buck" he said
again.
Buck was on his feet in split
second, tngging gently forward.
These leader dogs are remark
able, but don't underestimate the
blind masters.
There is, for example, a girl
at Rochester, Edna Spencer,
who has been blind all the u
years of her life. The world out
doors was so totally mysterious
!. TO her that she actually did not
know that streets were made for
vehicles and sidewalks for pc
destrians. She never had had
chance to find out.
When she first learned that
stepping over a curbstone was
sign that she was crossing
street. she thought that the
other side was a different street.
II she stepped down a curb on
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-04
Jack Pickering
Here
and
Now

Continuing where I left of
yesterday. here's some more
about blind people and their
dogs-how they cross streets
and why they never bump into
blank walls.
Again. it's blind Harold War
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-04
travelling Actor

BEFORE ALL planes in the Los
Angeles area were grounded,
Richard Arlen Travelled over the
country in his own plane. The star
of wildcat" once owned one of
the largest flying schools in the
west.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-04

tally divide their plates into seq
ments numbered like the hours
on the face of a clock-vege-
tables at 3 o'clock, meat at 6,
potatoes at 9.
"And with our forks we usu-
ally can tell. before we have
tasted the meat, what kind il Is
and even how IL Is cooked" he
cofA
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-04

Fourth street, she thought the
other side ought TO be Fifth.
She's finally learning TO "see"
the town and its streets by
means of a special relief map
made in such detail that she can
feel the miniature curbstones
with her fingers.
As TO eating, the blind men,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-04

m a n telling
about u. ]
noticed that
he was wear
ING a W rist
watch with a
hinged cover
over the face.
He nicked
the W a &c h
open and l
saw that the
crystal had
b g . n re-
m oN ed He
& a V g Z h c
hands a cas-
ual { GU c n
with his fin
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-04

LADIES ARE getting TO be the
bosses in the office as well as in
the home, according TO movie
trends.
First we had Katharine Hep
burn running things around a
newspaper in Women of the
Year" then Joan Crawford popped
up as the head of a large trucking
firm in They All Kissed the
Bride" and now we have Rosalind
Russell as a high-powered adver-
Using executive in Take a Letter,
Darling" which opens at the
Palms-State today.
In all these instances however,
romance interfered, upsetting the
office. because the girls always put
pleasure before business, with the
result that business went on as
usual.
In Take a Letter, Darling"
Fred MacMurray plays a male
secretary to boss Rosalind Russell,
who wants him to work overtime,
we presume.
Anyway. it sounds like typed"
comedy, which should be lot OF
fun.
LIONEL TAKES OVER
Also on the same bill you'll find
t''Calling Doctor Gillespie" paging
that quack Lionel Barrymore for
an emergency operation on one of
those Doctor Kildare pictures
from which they have just re-
moved Lew Ayres, a delicate OPP
Grafton il we ever heard of one.
The new glamour girl for this
series which is evidently going to
continue, is Donna Reed, the little
cutie who took her first bows OPP
posite Mickey Rooney and who has
recently moved into several top
roles. Phil Brown and Philip
Dorm have the younger male as
signments.
TOP NEW FILMS
This completes the list Of new
films for the weeks movie menu
which starts with The Pied Piper
at the Fox and Holiday Inn" at
the Michigan.
Mrs. Miniver" continues TO be
one of the most popular ladies of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-04
Lady Bosses Run
Film Comedy Gamut
BY CHARLES GENTRY

the current cinema scene, Greer
Carson and Walter Pidgeon play
ing the leading roles in this film
version of the enchanting Jan
'Struthers' sketches, for a fifth
week.
RETURN ENGAGEMENT
II you missed seeing "Ten Gen.
tlemen from West Point" and
Larceny, Inc" when they were
downtown. several theaters are 60
ing TO show them together on a
double bill for a return engage
ment.
These theaters are the Avalon,
Eastown. Harper, Tower, Tuxedo,
Uptown, Warren and WeStown, so
just start out in any direction
and you'll run into them.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-21

ROCHESTER, Mimi, July 81.
UP)-M. L. Annenberg, Sd, a Ger
man immigrant who became pub
Usher of the Philadelphia Inquirer
and half a dozen other newspapers
and magazines and organizer of
horse racing news, died in St.
Marys hospital last night, less than
two months after he was paroled
from federal prison.
He arrived at the Mayo clinic
shortly after he was released on
June 3 and spent four days in his
hospital bed completing arrange
ments for disposition of his person.
al and business affairs.
on July IA, he was operated upon,
but because of his age and poor
physical condition, grew steadily
worse. Unconscious since Sunday,
he died at 9 9:45 last night.
With him in his last hours were
his wife; his son, Walter: his seven
daughters; DR.. A. w. Adson, head
of the Mayo clinics division of
neuro-surgery, and DR.. c.. J. Thomp-
son, staff member of the Mayo
clinic and family friend.
Annenberg, having pleaded guilty
in 1899 to evading in 1886 income
taxes totaling $1,217,196, was SEN
fenced to serve three years in the
Lewisburg, Pa, federal penitentiary.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-21
Son of Valley
Pioneer Missinq
In Philippines
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Continued from Page II
bureau of Identification at Sacra-
mento. and Paul and Myrtle of Ell
Centre. His sisters are Mrs. Esther
McClelland, El Centre, and Mrs
Oma Johnston, Santa Maria.
Lieut.. Gillett had been believed
to be in Australia. since it was
known that his squadron leader
from the Philippines had arrived
there. 1t was also known. however
that two of his flying buddies in
the Philippines had been killed in
action prior to the fall of Corregi-
dor, plotting patchedup old planes
used in a shuttle ferry and bomb
ing service by the American troops
on Bataan and Corregidor.
BECAME GUERILLAS
Another possibility was that
Lieut.. Gillett was one of a group
of filters ferried to the island of
Mindanao during the siege of Cor
regidor, but who were unable to
escape from the islands entirely be-
fore the Japanese took the fortress.
These fliers were thought to have
become guerillas. cooperating with
FilipinoS in behind the-lineS re-
siStance to the invaders.
War department notification to
the family here included a note
that the Red Cross, establishing
system for prisoner exchange and
communication, may be able later
to throw some light on Lieut.. Gill
let's fate. Relatives were warned
however, that it may be at least IL
months before they hear anything
definite regarding the flier.
Lieut.. Gillett was born in I'm
perial Valley and attended grammar
school, high school and Junior COL
lege in Ell Centre. He was an out
standing athlete in football and
track during his school rears.
His father was among the first
three families to arrive in Imperial
Valley, and since that time the
Gillett name has been closely link
ed with development of this region
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-21
Burnie Townsend
In Australia

Mrs, George Townsend. Calexico,
was a happy mother Tuesday after
receiving long gawaited letter from
her Sea-going son, now in Australia
Burnie, her son, joined the navy
January IL and left the United
States shores four months ago.
THE girls are grand and glorious"
Burnie said of the Misses of Down
Under land. And they think the
YankS are all right"
The youth who was a member of
Calexico high schools 194l gradual
ing class, said he was safe and very
happy although things are little
strange"
Il won't be back quite as soon
as had expected Che had previous
ly told his mother that he hoped
to be home in September) because
we've got little job to do" quipped
the Sailor-son.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-21
Germans Nearing
Rostov Rapidly

invasion attempt without diverting
large frees from Russia.
1T would be merely sacrifice
without any purpose" one Allied
military source in London COM
mented.
MASSING STRENGTH
Moscow dispatches said that the
Red army, apparently massing its
strength for a showdown battle n
the twisting lower Don river, had
retired southeastward in good order
and was fighting back strongly with
the aid of American-built bombers
in defense of Rostov, and in in
creasing offensive thrusts on the
enemy flank at Vornezh. Great de-
Struction of Axis tanks, airplanes,
trucks and army units was reported
as result of the Russian counter
blows. and at Voronezh the Soviet
onslaughts had trapped large Axis
forces by severing their communi-
cations lines and knocking ut so
enemy tanks. But on the major front
to the southeast the Germans claim
ed advances of as much as 90 miles
in the last four or five days and
a Vichy report said they we're
within four miles of the suburbs of
fire-ravaged and heavily bombed
Rostov, key to the il-rich Caucasus.
The attack on Rostov from the
west CTaganrog), the north, (Voro-
shilovgrad and the east (at the
conjunction of the Don and Donets
rivers was the climactic goal to-
ward which the Germans have been
hammering their costly south
eastern offensive to isolate the Cau-
caSus, cut off the route of American
war supplies to the south, and di-
vide the Soviet armies.
The enemy reported an Axis col
umn forking off below Voroi ezh at
the bend of the Don river had ad-
vanced about 90 miles to within
approximately SO miles of the east
ernmost turn of the Don river,
which flows within about 35 miles
of Stalingrad on the Volga. The two
Axis offensives, probably supple
mented by third push along the
railroad from Likhaya toward Stall
ingrad, are of equal Importance in
the battle for the Caucasus.
Rostov, battered by enemy bomb
ers for several days, was reported
by the Germans to be "aflame." The
communique also said that the
bridges across the Don at that point
over which the Russians might re-
tire from Rostov-had been destroy
ed. Russian rear guards and dis
persed enemy groups are being an
initiated" by the Nazi air force, the
communique claimed
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-21
Mutruh Gets
Fourth SheIIinQ

Matruh. Tobruk. Benghazi and
other ports the Axis can use to
bring in men and supplies have
been under heavy attack either
from the sea or air ever since the
British were driven back into
Egypt. and some of the raids have
been made by American crews
flying American-made bombers.
The British shelling of Matruh
on Monday was the heaviest of the
North African war, Exchange Tele-
graph said. q.
WarshipS swept in and plastered
the harbor works with hundreds of
high explosives. ENEMY ships were
hit in the attack and several
building were blown sky high"
The attack continued for 80 min
utes with some 400 shells fired ac-
curately.
British naval planes from war
ships added bombs to the warships
attack.
The planes met heavy antiair-
craft fire but little opposition by
enemy aircraft.
All our stuff was delivered to
the right place" one officer said
later. we showed them they could
not stop US. We can go there night
after night and repeat this perfor-
nance"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-21
Seamen Drink and
Arque With kazis
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bound and where from. told him
l was scared"
OConnor said they asked the Ger
mans to take them to a raft which
they had seen drifting from the ship
at the time of the sinking. But at
that moment, flare which was
dropped from passing patrol plane
interrupted their request.
The German officer showed us
down the coming tower hatch, and
the crewmen stumbled after us"
O'Connor said That submarine
Trash dived in one hell-of "A big
hurry. We we're covered with oil
and the officer told us to sit On
the floor l looked around. The
inside of the sub was freshly paint
ed Everything was clean.
OFFICER SCOFFED
The officer asked O'Connor how
the American people felt about the
war. When told the Americans firm
ly believed they would win, he
scoffed and said the Germans we're
stronger than the American people
thought.
After about two hours, the COM
mander ordered the undersea craft
to surface. The two passengers we're
led to the decn and a small wooden
raft-"about the size of a bed
was placed at their disposal, Then
they were given directions.
Head directly south for six miles
and you will find other members
of your crew." the German officer
said. He gave them four gallons of
water and some hardtack and babe
them goodbye.
eve used our shirts for sails and
after five days of rowing and sail
ing, a Brazilian ship picked us up.
Twenty-three days later we were
landed at Brazilian port"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-21
.Annenbers Dies
Of Long Illness

Although he pleaded guilty to only
one tax evasion charge, he was ac-
cused of evading income taxes total
ing $3,238809 from 1888 to 1896.
With fines and penalties. the figure
was $5,548,384, and treasury claims
over a long period were understood
to total around $12,000,000.
He settled in the spring of 1910
for some $10,OO0,OOO, to be paid over
period of seven years. The gov
ernment received $500,000 in cash
Immediately and mortgages on most
of his property, including the In
quirer, to secure the rest.
Twice in 1941 he applied for par
ole on the ground of i'll health and
was refused. The federal parole
board announced last May, however,
that he would be paroled on June
IL. Because of his health, he was
released on June 3, and Immediately
went to Philadelphia hospital,
thence to. the Mayo Clinic.
He published the Daily Racing
Form, the New York Morning Tele-
graph, owned Nationwide News Ser
vice, now disbanded, published the
Massillon, o. Independent, num-
Der of magazines, including Screen
Guide, Radio and Movie Guide,
~ 4 i
tive magazines, and founded the
Miami, Fla, Tribune, which he later
sold to the Knight chain for merg-
ing with the Miami Herald. His big
gest publishing enterprise was the
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-21
Itinerant Admits
Staying Unioneer
For $4,000 Fee

SAN FRANCISCO. July 81. CUPl
Police here and in New Jersey
today continued their check on the
story of James A. Boyd, SO year old
itinerant. that he shot and killed
Norman Redwood, New York union
official. for a fee of $4,000.
A set of questions was telegraphed
here by County Prosecutor John
]. Breslin of Hackensack. N. j., and
submitted to Boyd. After the an
swerS were returned, Breslin tele-
phoned Inspector Frank Ahern of
San Francisco saying. You have
the man we want.
Boyd, arrested on routine drunk
charge, described himself as Red
woods killer. He said he wanted
to clear his conscience.
Redwood, business agent for the
Compressed Air WORKERS union. was
killed Feb. 10, 1887, at Teaneck. N.
j. Details of the actual Staying
Tailed with those yiven by Boyd,
Ahern said.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-21
Continued from Page ~

NSOilluluSu lIOlll tdsG ~
Norway coast in an effort to elimi-
nate Nazi air and submarine bases
from which the enemy has battered
Allied conveys to Russia. These.
however, are only halfway meas
ures and while advantageous would
certainly fail to force Hitler to
shift his main strength from south
ern Russia.
1t also seemed likely that the
Allies would avoid any attempt to
divert German strength from Rus
sia by limited" invasion of west
ern Europe. The Germans have
plenty of air and mechanical
strength in mobile concentrations
in France to oppose a small-scale
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-21
Negro Woman Says
Man Robbed Her

Maydee Elott. 40-year-old Negro.
was fined $24 in police court Tues
day morning on a disturbing the
peace charge growing from an al
legged robbery.
Lillian Lightfoot, Negro, who lives
at 153 State street, filed charges,
claiming that Elliott broke into her
room, beat her and made off with
several pieces of her clothing Satur-
day night.
Police found clothing in Elliott's
room which Miss Lightfoot claimed
was stolen from her.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-21
I.V. Women Collect
Used Records

Women of the American Legion
Auxiliary in Imperial Valley Tues
day took a leading part in a cam
paign to ccqect old phonograph
records so that service men in iso-
lated places may have new records
for their monographs.
Mrs Edna Morrison. auxiliary
district president. announced that
anyone wishing to donate cid rec
ords may leave them at 626 Main
street
The old records, if themselves not
available for use by the service
men, will be salvaged, and the sal
wage price used to purchase new
records.