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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-06-25
Mother Of Servicemen
Killed By Train

Mrs. Pauline Geiser, 46, widow
whose two sons are in the armed
services, was killed instantly last
Thursday when her automobile was
struck by fast Pennsylvania Rail
road passenger train at a grade
crossing near her home in Lima.
Mrs. Geiser is survived by sons,
Victor, stationed at Fort Riley, Kan,
and Richard, in service on war
ship, and daughter, Hildegarde, at
home.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-06-25

There is little chance that Sudan
grass will poison Ohio livestock, but
precautionary measures suggested by
Ohio State University argronomists
are not to turn the livestock on the
pasture until the grass is IL to Is
inches high and, then, watch the
animals for an hour. Any symp-
toms of poisoning should be apparent
within a half-hour.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-06-25
War Materials Burn
In Fire

A truck load of war material was
destroyed by fire Wednesday, two
miles south of Findlay, on the Dixie
highway, when a truck driven by
Henry McGrady, 43, Indianapolis,
overturned after striking vehicle
which had turned in front of him.
McGray was unhurt, according to
state highway patrolmen. Truck
and cargo were ruined by the flames.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-06-25
HANCOCK COUNTY
Sheep Claims At Low
Mark

Sheep claims for the last three
months have been allowed by the
Hancock county commissioners in the
total amount of $159.80, the smallest
quarterly total in long time.
Claims allowed in March totalled
$490; December, $3.50; September,
1855; June, 1941, S343.
There were only five claims al
lowed for the three-month period
from March / to June /, most of
them in the north part of the coun-
ty.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-06-25

delinquent taxes would be waived,
but the deeds never were recorded.
The lots adjoin Faurot Park, and
are used by the recreation depart
ment as an archery range.
The would-be purchasers will be
asked to withdraw their bids.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-06-25
Hitchcock Is New CO.
lumbus Grove Mayor

Appointment of w. p. Hitchcock
as mayor of Columbus Grove was
announced by the village council.
Hitchcock succeeds Earl Kuhn who
died recently in a Lima hospital.
The new mayor will serve the re-
mainder of Kuhn's term, which ex-
pires at the end of 1943.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-06-25
HARDIN COUNTY
1G-POund Catfish
Caught

Tackled on wall of the Ear
Predmore garage, in Kenton, is the
head of a 9s4 pound channel cat
fish. Predmore, accompanied by
Fred Treen and Lewis Burba, was
fishing off Long Island in waters OF
the Lewistown reservoir Thursnay
evening when Mr.. Cat struck and fo1
Is minutes, Predmore fought off his
rushes.
He at last lifted it bodily from the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-06-25
Lima Boy Third In
Marble Tourney

Larry King, of Lima, was award
ed third place in the western finals
of the national marble tournament,
cincluded at Cleveland, Thursday.
Ray Evans finished first, and Jack
Kean second. These boys, both from
Canton, will go to the National finals
at Wildwood, n. j., June %.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-06-25
Lima MOlester Is
Captured

After nearly three months OF
"home guard duty" husbands in
Lima's west side once more felt free
to ask their wives for a night out
Lamoine Brown, Lima, pleaded
guilty to a morals charge, and dep
uty sheriffs and police agreed that
he is the man who has been molest-
ing west side women since early
spring. Brown was fined 5000 and
sentenced to six months in jail by
Municipal Judge NJ. B. Jenkins.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-06-25
"Jeep Day" Nets Over
$4,000 In Bonds

The 20 pretty Minute Maids"
aboard the Army's jeep caravan sold
war bondc worth more than $3.50
on Lima streets last Wednesday,
Bond Sale Chairman Homer Hughes
reported as tabulation of figures was
completed
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-06-25
Relief Expense Lowest
In Five Years

For the first time in the last five
years the cost of poor relief in Ohio
during May slumped to below the
s1,000,000 mark, according to State
Welfare Director Charles l.. Sher-
wood as he cited an ALLEGATION of
only s488 to Allen county for the
month. Lima city was allocated the
sum of $500.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-06-25
Pioneer Picnic On
August Ii

At meeting of the executive
committee of The Elida Pioneer So
ciety held at Elida Tuesday, plans
were made for the 48th annual
pioneer picnic which will be held in
The w. w. Critics grove near Elida,
on Thursday, August Is.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-06-25
Auto Tag Funds
Distributed

Allen county Wednesday was in
receipts of s13,496, its share of the
$780, ,534 in checks mailed out by
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson
as the final distribution of the 1910
automobile license tax.
Other counties in the Lima area
with the amounts received include
Hancock county, S4,537; Hardin
county, $1,000.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-06-25
To Re-surface Airing
ton Street

The village of Arlington and the
state highway will resurface the
main street this summer, it was
learned Monday night at the regular
council meeting. Legislation was in
troduced at the meeting by mem
Der of the state highway department.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-06-25
Lima Park Lots Sold
On Error

City officials sought this week to
retrieve an error through which 10
city-owned lots were sold recently
at auction by Allen County Auditor
Floyd Griffin for nonpayment of
taxes.
The city purchased the lots in
1885 with the understanding that the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-06-25
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NJ FOUNDATION FOR ANIMAL HEAETA

allowed to run about and exercise I'm
the hog house runway each day. Hed-
ding should be clean and changed fre-
quently The navel cord stump OF
each pig should be disinfeetea TO gnard
against navel infection.
Infectious diseases of baby pigs
must be detected at the earliest pos
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-06-25
Women Learn Machine
Work

A new machine shop course, the
third now in operation at the Ken
ton high school, started Monday
morning. Hours for the newly
formed class, 19 of the 20 of which
are women, are from 9 a. m. until
p. m. Two other classes are in
operation at other hours, making in
struction on almost a 24-hour basis.
The new classwill be conducted for
a period of IL weeks.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-06-25

Growers are receiving s47.5o per
ton for this crop and it is averaging
almost one ton per acre, according
to officials Of the plant, Vines are
being used for cattle feed after peas
have been harvested.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-06-25
Air Training For High
School Pupils

A pre-fiight aeronautics training
course may be offered juniors and
seniors at Findlay high school next
fall, Supt. F. L. Kinley said. The
course is to be inaugurated in 100
high schools in the state.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-06-25
Clouds Form "V"
For Victory

The large "V" floating across the
sky "Wednesday evening was noticed
by number Of Findlay residents.
The "V" for victory was formed
by clouds that were drifting from
the west to the east over the city.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-06-25
''He Talked Too Long,
Cop Says

Pleading not guilty of failing to
obey the order of a police officer
charge, Yale Bloom, 33, of Lima,
will be tried this week in Municipal
court.
He was arrested after police said
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-06-25

sible moment. Listlessness, humping,
excessive coughing, scours or discolor-
alton of the skin should be called to
the immediate attention of a trained
veterinarian.
After weaving time. pigs should re-
ceive a balanced ration of an Is per
ent protein level, with a handy sup
ply of simple minerals and salt They
should be immunized against cholera
by veterinarian within three weeks
after weaving.
Savings pigs was formerly the con-
Germ of individual farmers. Now this
conservation move Is part OF the ma.
tion's all important Food for Victory
campaign, and it Is responsibility
none of US should shirk.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-06-25
Ottawa History Is
Traced

Ottawa, the county seat of Put
nam county, was surveyed and plat
ted by two enterprising projectors
named Arganbaugh and Barnett in
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-06-25

partment in Findlay he was feeced
out of $4,000 by two "fast takers"
who asked him to put up the money
as evidence he was a responsible
party" and would pay off for them
an old debt for which they would
leave $4,000.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-06-25
Sign Is "Sign Of The
Times"

Sign in an Ada garage window
"CLOSED-Son in army and / am
building tanks. Open soon, | hope!"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-06-25

water. The cat had a mouth spread
sufficient to accommodate a mans
fist and was 20 inches long.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-06-25
Fast Takers Get $4,000
From Farmer

Jesse Metzker 76, Biglick Township
farmer, reported to the sheriff's de-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-17
REPORTER SAYS U. S.
 E VICTOR
London Correspondent in Australia Claims Jdps
 Routed, So|omons

LONDON, Aug. IT. Selwyn Speight. the London Stars corres- pondent in Sydney, said that despite the cautious tones of United Nations communiques "it seems clear that the Allies have already won in land and sea and air operations in the Solomons, the greatest victory yet achieved against the Japanese"
 Attributing to Washington the re- luctance to give details of the action for security reasons, Speight said it is reasonable to assume that U. s. Marines have achieved their. major initial objectives.'
 This apparently was done by seiz- ing control of Tulagi Harbor and the big air base on Guadalcanal Island. which was nearly ready for use by the Japs when taken.
 He said when American and Aus tralian fighting planes are able to operate from that field in substan- tial numbers. the Japs will have lost all chance of driving them from the island.
 He asserted that that stage may be very near.'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-17
FEAR JAPAN
 MAY THRUST
 AT SIBERIA
Indicate Churchill, StaIin Considered This df.
 Conference
(By Associated Press)

While Russia's armies in the Caucasus and near Stalingrad fought for time until Germany could be struck on a second front. in London and Moscow, it is dis closed today, strategical plans have been worked out by a Moscow con- ference between Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Joseph Sta lin.
 In London the belief is expressed that the possibility of Japanese attack on Siberia also came up for discussion. Russian-Jap relations still are governed by neutrality pact. In formal phrasing, the an- nouncement said, however, the Moscow discussion covered only the field e war against Hitlerite Germany and her associates in Europe" This would ostensibly eliminate Japan.
 Speculation on how Britain and the United States might proceed to help Russia centered around the
 tContinued on Page Three)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-17
Russians Leave Mdikop Wells in Ruins, Retreat
 Toward GroznY Area
REINF0ReEMENT5 IN
 AXIS DRIVE ON DON
Powerful New Manpower, <, Material ThoWn Into
 Latest Attacks

MOSCOW, Aug. 17.-The German offensive in the Don River Bend has flared into full force as powerful new drive on Stalingrad opened over the weekend.
 In the Caucasus, the Russians have fallen back from the ruins of the Maikop oil fields toward the next petroleum producing area of Grozny.
 A Russian communique reports that terrific toll of new Nazi man. power and material has been thrown into the assault southeast of Klets- kaya and northeast of Kotelnikoyski against the Hanks of the fortified line guarding Stalingrad.
 A battlefront dispatch said the Germans have rolled forward at tre- mendous cost in the Kletskaya salient, which is 75 miles northwest of Stalingrad, but were held firmly in the Kotelnikovski flank, 95 miles southwest of Stalingrad.
 In the Caucasus, the extending Axis lines appeared to be checked at Krasnodar where the Germans are thrusting toward the port of Novorossiisk but they have stretched even farther to the southeast along the rail and oil pipeline toward Grozny on the Caspian Sea.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-17
Gen. MatArfhur' 5 Bombers Hdrdss Jap Bases, Sup
 ply Lines in Pacific
ALLIED TROOPS IN
 INTERIOR OF TIM0R
Set Up Line of Natural De-. fense for Port Mores-
 by in New Guinea
lRx Associated Pressl

The battle of the Solomons. now II days old, is as obscure as ever, but it appeared likely the United States Marines are extending those beachheads already officially an- nounced captured.
 While this exclusively Navy op- eration continued. MacArthur sent bombers out on an almost ceaseless harassment of Jap bases and supply lines in the Southwest Pacific. A town on the southeast coast of Timor was bombed.
 The Melbourne Herald, saying that Allied troops are still operating in the interior there, speculated that the Timor attacks Ahre meant to assist the guerilla forces on land.
 The communioue from Gen. Mao Arthur also reported continued pa- trol skirmishing in New Guinea be- tween small enemy forces. Allied outposts beyond Owen and Stanley range into line of natural defense for the Allied base of Port Moresby.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-17
ARMY PLANE CRASH TAXES
 LIVES OF Y
Sergeant Reseues Z Com panions from Burn-
 ing Ship

PERU, Massachusetts, Aug IT, Three soldiers, one of them hero- ic sergeant who dragged his two companions to safety from fam ing army transport plane, were given better than even chance to recover today.
 They were the only survivors of a crash that took the lives of IT others. All three, Sgt. Robert Lee, 23, Corp. Alonzon Pearson and Pvt. James Fern suffered serious burns when the big ship plunged into a mountain near Peru Satur- day night while on a routine mis- sion out of Pope Field, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
 The Army released no details as to the possible cause of the accident.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-17
Second Front Hint Is Dropped by Big Chief
 fU. 5.-European Unif

LONDON. Aug. 17.--Lieut. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, United States Commander In the European war theatre. dropped significant hint of the urgency with which diversion ary actions on the new European front are being considered.
 The commander declared in con- ference with newsmen that the time is short" in discussing the United States forces in Great Bri- tain. He said:
 Training in all of its phases must be intensive. This is true, first, be- cause the time is short: second, be- cause the problems we have demand the ultimate perfection ir. the train ed personnel; third. because our men must be toughened and hard ened physically to stand the most rigorous of operations"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-17
Red Forces Losing Out,
 5faIingrad
Germans Claim Capture of Important Approaches
 to Great voIgd City

BERLIN, Aug. MA communi- que issued tonight declares the entire Don River Bend area guard ing the approaches to Stalingrad, is now in the hands of the Ger man troops as the result of heavy defeats inflicted on the Red Army.
 The night communique also says Nazi columns are advancing stead fly northeast of the Caucasus, par ticularly south of the Kuban River where they are moving in the di- rection of the Black Sea port of Novorossisk.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-17

chikan, J. H. Anderson, Ole Os- berg, Norbet J. Kempsnider, Mrs. Wesley F. Caine, Joan s. Cocker i'll, J. Cronin, T Zwillich and E. Fincher.
 For Seattle outgoing passengers were Mrs. John T. Hahn, Katherine Varness, Kay Hahn, Alice Hahn, Invald sVarness, James P. McNeil, Gordon K. Davis, Ellen G. Chase, James Polidaris. Della Dull, James V. Adams, Hazel Justine.
 Joseph Donald Rude, John Hill Edward I. Pederson George A. McMonagle, Raymond J. Sundseth,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-17
JAMES POLIDOURIS
 TO HAVE TREATMENT

James Polidouris, employe Of Morrison -Knutsen Co.,. who suf- fered brain injury in an accident recently, was sent south for hos pitalization during the weekend. Nurse Della Dull of St. Ann's Hos pital was to care for him on the trip. She will return to her duties here after seeing that he is en- terd in a Seattle hospital,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-17
D00LITTLE
 IN LONDON

LONDON, Aug. l7.-Presence of Brig. Gen. James Doolittle who led the United States Army Air Force bombers in the attack on Japan last April 18. is disclosed here. He will return to the United States within 10 days.
 It is stated authoritatively that Doolittle will not be attached per- manently to the American Com mand in the European war theatre.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-17
Double Atfa(k Made On kiska;3, 1000 Shells
 Hif Jap's Main Camp;
 Destroyer Is Set Ab|aze

WASHINGTON. Aug. IT. The Navy Department statement issued last Saturday night disclosed that Japanese destroyer and three cargo vessels were damaged, and one cargo vessel was sunk in raid on Kiska, Aleutian Islands, on August g.
 Navy vessels hurled more than B. 900 shells into the Jap's main camp on August 8.
 The attack on Kiska was simul- taneous with the first thrust against the Japs in the Solomon Islands.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-17
TWELVE ARRIVE FROM SITkA;
 2S GO SOUTH

Arrivals from Sitka last night were Mrs. Theodore Kettleson, Miss Ellen Brumbaugh, Mrs. Kenneth Meier, B. c. Ohmert, Mrs. B. C.. Ohmert, Charles E. Gilbert, Lyle Godfrey, Willis Brown, George Gin at, Steve vpkovich, Emmett Crane and E. J. Blake.
 Leaving here for the south were, for Wrangell, Mary Pete; for Ket-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-17

At Kiska, a Jap destroyer was left blazing outside of the harbor. Prev iously it had been in fleet of about 10 cargo vessels and four submarines in the harbor.
 The secondary camp and anti-air- craft emplacements at several places on Kiska were also bombarded.
 All enemy shore batteries were silenced.
 The toll of Jap ships at Kiska now stands at g sunk or damaged. including IA war vessels.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-17
Two War Leaders Reach Many Decisions Regard-
 ina Conduct of Conflict
U. 5. REPRESENTED
 AT MOSCOW MEET
Reached at I TdIkfest Which Was
 Cordial, Sincere

MOSCOW, Aug. IT. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was here August 12 to August 15 conferring with Josef Stalin and it is officially announced they reached number of decisions regarding conduct of the war and reaffirming alliance of their nations against the Axis.
 The announcement of the confer ence was made by Averill Hartman who attended the conference as President Roosevelt's personal rep resentative.
 The communique was issued after Churchill left the Soviet Union on the return flight to London.
 The communique said unspecified decisions were reached and it was emphasized that the atmosphere Of cordiality and complete sincerity prevailed in the negotiations that brought the two war leaders to- gether for the first time"
 Great Britain was also represent ed by Gen. Sir Alan Brooke. Chief of the Imperial General Staff, and Sir Alexander Cardigan, permanent Under Secretary of the Foreign Of- flee.
 On the Soviet side with Stalin were Foreign Commissar Molotov and Marshal Voroshilov, former De- fense Communism, now Commander of the Soviet Reserve Armies.
 Gen. Wavell, British Commander in India, also took part in the dis cussions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-17
4,0o0 JEWS ARE SLAVES
 OF GERMANS
Taken from Unottupied Zone in France 10 Do
 Useful Labor"

VICHY. Aug. 17.-The Paris news papers report that 4,000 Jews, prev iously arrested in the unoccupied zone of France, were deported last Friday to regions where, under good supervision, they will be able to do labor useful to European col- lectivity.'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-17
Shot Down
 In Daylight

VALLETTE, Aug. 17-The British Air Ministry announces that Royal Air Force fighters shot down one German fighter in broad daylight today and two Axis bombers last night,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-17
The W ashingtun Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert S. allen on active dutyJ

WASHINGTON - 1nSid fact about the attack on the Solomon Islands is that it was very care fully planned six weeks in advance, and was different from any other naval action in the Pacific.
 U. s. Naval raids on the Gilbert and Marshall Islands were hit and run affairs. There our Navy had no idea of enemy strength, but depended on quick surprise hits and speedy withdrawal.
 In the battle of the Coral Sea also, we were able to take the Japs by surprise. And in the battle of Midway, we knew the enemy was coming, while the Japs did not know we knew.
 But in the Solomon Islands bat tie. our reconnaissance planes had made advance surveys and we knew fairly accurately the size of the enemy-knew also that we were ur against tough job that would exact heavy cost.
 There is every reason to believe too, that the Japs knew about oui preparations, because troop trans ports cannot be loaded and brought within striking distance without enemy scouting planes sighting them. Therefore, this was a real test in more ways than one.
 For instance. this was the first time land, air and sea forces all have cooperated in a single strik- ing force.
 Upon the final outcome of that cooperation will depend whether the United States follows the ad- vice of many high Army-Navy stra- tegists and concentrates more or the Pacific than on Europe.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-17
DECISIONS REACHED

LONDON, Aug 17.-Prime Min ister Churchill's confereice with Stalin in Moscow was most satis- factory and a number of decisions converting the war against Hitlerite Germany" were reached, the official British Government statement an- nounces.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-17
CAPITAL CHAFF

Madame Secretary Perkins re- gently put in a bid for an apart ment already reserved for young naval officer. Apartments are scarce, but being a member of the cabinet, she got it. Later it turned out that she didn't want the apart
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-08
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By JOHN A. CLUNEY

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