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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-03
may SETTLE SUIT
FOR POLLUTION OF
STREAM AMICABLY
Hearing Scheduled for Common
Pleas Court is Postponed
Tuesday
Town Announces Cleanup Pro.
gram for Stream; Page
Dairy Cooperates

Buttons stream pollution contro-
versy moved step nearer peaceful
solution when $4,000 damage suit
set for hearing in the Allen county
common pleas court was postponed
Tuesday.
The suit, brought by Oliver Locher
landowner, was one of two filed
against the municipality. The other
in a sum of $4,000 was brought by
Henry Huber whose farm adjoins that
of Locher's.
What will be the future of the mat.
ter will depend largely, it is believed
on a program of stream cleanup in
augurated by Mayor w. A. Howe and
the town council in cooperation with
the Page Dairy which operates milk
condensing plant here.
Dredge Creek, Plan
First step in the proposed program
is dredging of Big Riley creek which
flows thru Locher's and Huber's
farms, pollution of which is alleged.
Consent of the Allen county COM
missioners will be asked, since dredg-
ing operation is outside the corpora
ton limits. No difficulty however, is
expected to obtain permission of the
commissioners.
Cost of the dredging is estimated al
$500 and the work will be done this
winter if possible.
Enforce Septic Tank Order
An order requiring installation o
septic tanks is also on the program
contributing toward a cleanup of th'
stream and preliminary plans are be
ing drafted to make house to hous'
check.
Coincident with the councils plan
the Page Dairy has announced fina
approval from the government to OBJ
tain materials for new equipmen
which will eliminate to a great exten
spillage of milk in processing.
Spilled milk emptied into the ereel
| has been a source of stream contami
nation. Installation of the new equip
ment is expected by early spring.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-03

DR.. B. r. Herring has purchased
the John Kohler property on West
Elm street occupied by Russell Trip
plehorn. DR.. and Mrs. Herring now
living in the Deppler property at
South Main and Poplar streets ex-
pect to occupy their newly purchased
residence.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-03
ORDER FOR SCHOOL
REDISTRICTINCM May
HIT ORANGE TWP.
ODT Mandate Requires that
Pupils be Hauled to Near
est School
Federal Agency's Order May
Renew Bitterly Fought
Controversy

Order of the Office of Defense
Transportation requiring that schools
re-district at least temporarily to eff
feet shorter bus hauls may revive the
school districting controversy bitterly
fought several years ago in the west
ern part of Orange township.
The ODT order, issued the first of
the week as a wartime conservation
measure in the controversial matter
and residents of the district are seek
ing to learn further details and their
possible bearing on the situation.
The area involved consists of ap-
proximately five and one half square
miles in the western part of the town
ship now part of the Mt. Cory school
district. The territory was assigned
to Mt. Cory after an unsuccessful at
tempt was made by sizable number
of residents to have it added to the
Bluffton school district.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-12-03
Attend Mt. Cory School

Pupils from this area are now at
tending school at Mt. Cory. However
if the ODT mandate is carried out it
is believed that majority would be
transferred to Bluffton.
The ODT order requires that if it is
more practical and if similar teaching
facilities are available, schools must
redistrict. Proponents in favor of COM
bining with Bluffton pointed out that
in the territory involved the longest
direct haul to Bluffton is about five
Continued on page 81
Evening star., 1942-10-18

curled propellers and splintered ailerons.
I started for Randolph. Once in my
car, two gusts blew me to the main
gate. There found the air laced with
muroerous flying junk of every kind
in addition to about five and a half
inches of rain which fell that day.
All the trucks on the post had been
lined up to serve as wind breaks for the
planes. In each cockpit mechanics,
radiomen, aircraft welders, parachute
packers sat three deep. Others were
clinging to the wings. Still others
straddled the tails.
This was tough. This was dangerous
few planes, loaded down with as many
as 10 men, took off anyway. Coffee
served on the field blew out of the cups
before the men could get them to their
mouths.
At the San Antonio Municipal Airport
where there were rs civilian planes but
no Air Force mechanics, SO were de-
stroyed. OF the Army's $500, 10 were
lost. Practically all the rest were back
Evening star., 1942-10-18
FBl Local Unit Becomes One Of
BY Oliver Mckee

Under the impact Of the war. which
has enormously increased the volume
OF Its investigative work and brought
a corresponding increase in personnel.
the Washington Field Division, until re-
Gently comparatively small unit, has
become today one of the largest of the
FBI's 56 field offices.
year and half ago, the division.
outgrowlng its cramped quarters in the
Justice Department, moved to the build
Ing at 1887 K street NV. To meet the
need for additional space, it has lust
taken over the entire building, half of
which had previously been occupied by
the Washington organization of the
Panama Canal.
Pearl Harbor gave the local G men
their first war assignment; that of
guarding Axis diplomats pending their
transfer to the luxurious resort hotels
at Hot Springs, Va, and White Sui
phur Springs, w. Va. When the news
OF the Japanese attack on Pearl Har-
Dor was flashed to Washington, FBI
agents Immediately received orders to
-~AASoo coESoiiCoC dlACllS Ill Cklc DlSGT1CU
who had been under surveillance.
Within few minutes Of the receipt
OF these orders-transmitted to G men
IN their automobiles-the Jap enemy
aliens were all rounded up Following
the declarations of war against Ger
many and Italy, the apprehension Of
German and italian aliens regarded as
dangerous to national security was ac-
complished with equal dispatch.
AS center of international intrigue,
Washington, in the view of the average
American never ranked, during the pre-
war years with many foreign capitals.
But when the full story can be told of
Axis espionage and the efforts of fifth
columnists to create dissension on the
home front, American will have good
reason to revise their earlier peace
time views. For the Capital has played
an important part in these under cover
operations and the Axis has left no
stone unturned in its attempt to build
an efficient espionage organization in
the United States.
Some months before our entrance into
the war, for example, the Nazis planned
to establish here salon." headed by
hostess who was to be given ample
Evening star., 1942-10-18

had run its 500-hour life span. Then it
was dismantled, entirely rebuilt, and
bolted into this plane. l was there yes
terday watching the job.
l saw Sergt Mike Barto-ex-Miami
University footballer, now 47th Squadron
trouble shooter-working on the ship out
on the line. my job" he said "is to
keep 'em out of the hangers and up in
the blue"
But the planes 5O-hour inspection was
so near due that Engineering Officer 1t.
join Hueners, who halls from Medford,
Greg, said, Bring her in the hangar and
give her the works."
Stripping a Plane
First I saw her motor pulled. Then
they washed her with steam lets.
stripped the skin of her fuselage, and
washed her inside. She was q beautiful
sight. Clean, bright yellow wings-a
wide strip of unremoved skin down her
backbone just as cleanly, brightly blue
ner shining stainless alloy bones ar
ranged in simple, somehow profound,
geometrical design. Then the new motor
Wa. bolted in and its cast aluminium
cylinder heads looked like melons coated
with frost.
Col. Bill Stamfer, formerly of Waynes-
burg, KY, an ex-railroader whose hair
Is red enough to read by at night, came
over from the radio department to do his
stuff on the planes conversation equip
ment.
The rest OF the mechanics, men who in
civilian life had been oil field rough
necks, farm boys, college students, or
olacksmiths, as in the case of Sergt.
Leroy Rachel from Evergreen, La, were
clustered around like bees on q stalk of
wild horsemint. They were putting into
that plane all their patience and skill
and air force teaching. AL this, so that
"a hours later she might roll out on the
line, climb proudly into the air, secure
In her technical perfection, and be test
hown-over my house.
Now it is 12:45 pm. and the pande-
monium rebegins Between now and
dusk, 1000 plane crossings will be made
above my decibel-debauched domicile.
Purely from a decibel standpoint the
comparative quiet of the tropical hurri-
cane that came to our vicinity recently
was e great relief. At least, it crowded
those ubiquitous airplanes out of the
sky. On this unusually quiet Sabbath
there was only the Soothing shrek of 4
90-mile- AN hour wind.
There were 1900 military planes in the
San Antonio area when the hurricane
hit. There were hangers for only 10
per cent. Unless somebody worked !
robust miracle, the unhoused, 1850, hav-
ing wings like an angel, were, over those
airdrome fences going to fly. And, of
course, they were going to bust them
selves into piles Of smashed fuselages,
Evening star., 1942-10-18

Pvt. James Eichholz of Newport KY,
overhauling tachomcter Jim was a
matchmaker in peacetime. He says that
that experience helps him a lot to be an
instrument man. The other fellows in
his shop had worked on typewriters,
sewing Notwithstanding small.
Suddenly something strange and ter
rifying has begun to happen: A silence
has fallen over my premises. It's true
that a freight train is tiptoeing across
the front yard, but we don't notice such
minor sounds as that any more y glance
at my watch tells me that it is noon,
the time for refueling both pilots and
planes.
However, just at this moment test
pilot is taking advantage Of the decreased
air traffic to wiring out BT-13 with
newly-installed engine. A week ago the
Randolph mechanics had removed this
engine from another plane in which it
Evening star., 1942-10-18

information developed and coming with
in the confines Of the congressional man
date as interpreted by the Department
OF Justice"
In addition to interviewing the person
against whom the original complaint was
directed, the F'BI sought information
from his associates and neighbors. The
inquiry was painstaking and thorough,
and often required many weeks for its
completion. After the FBI agent was
satisfied that he had assembled all the
available information, report was made
to the employing agency, setting forth
the facts developed by the investigation,
with request that the FBI be advised
as to the ultimate disposition of the case.
The responsibility for dismissal, dis
ciplinary action, or exoneration, on the
basis of the data assembled by the FBI,
rested, in each, case, with the employing
department or bureau.
Though the FBI has disposed of most
OF the complaints against Federal en-
Evening star., 1942-10-18

funds for entertaining Government off,
cials and Army and Navy officers and
prying from her unsuspecting guests
military and other secrets. The Nais
also had another plan for planting their
agents, as servants, in the home of high
Washington officials. Getting wind OF
these ingenious espionage schemes, the
FBI nipped both of the projects in the
bud.
Investigations of persons alleged to be
engaged in espionage, sabotage or other
subversive activities comprises large
part of the wartime work of the FBI's
Washington office, which now has
Evening star., 1942-10-18

staff of more than 100 special agents In
these investigations-necessarily cur
tanned by utmost secrecy-it works in
close cooperation with the Army and
Navy intelligence services.
In Washington and elsewhere, long
before the war, the F'BI had been gather
ing information on subversive groups and
aliens and other persons suspected OF
activities that might endanger the coun-
try's safety. When the war came, there
fore, it was prepared for quick action, for
1t knew exactly where to find most of the
potential troublemakers. Out of a total
enemy alien population in the United
States of nearly 100000, the FBI SO far
has apprehended over II 900 persons as
dangerous to internal security. There
have been no mass raids, however, and
the great majority OF enemy aliens have
been PERMITTED to go their accustomed
ways, subject only to the general restric-
tions to which nationals of countries with
which we are at war are subject.
Enemy Agents Here
Because of the large increase in the
population OF Washington, the job of
alien control in the District has been g.
big one. There is always the danger that
enemy agents, masquerading as loyal
Americans may secure berths in Gov-
ernnent agencies that will enable them
to dig up information Of value to the
Axis. Local FBI agents have investigated
applicants for employment in several of
the large war agencies. These inquiries
have been made quietly and unobtrusive-
ly, and have provided additional protec-
ton against Axis penetration Of our
defense lines.
Impersonations of Federal officers, par
ticularly Army and Navy officers, have
greatly increased in recent months In
most instances, impostors have been
chiefly motivated by desire to attain
the prestige-snd no doubt the salutes-
accorded to officers in the armed services.
Not infrequently the impostor has other
objectives. A man wearing an Army off,
GERS uniform and the stars of general
Evening star., 1942-10-18

on the flying line, inspected, test-hown
and ready to go, by noon of the next
day.
Spectacular Job
When saw the spectacular job these
ground force technicians had done, de-
cided to call everything square. I de-
cided to regard my sanity as a contri-
button to the war effort and to sit here
In Schertz and be driven quietly crazy.
Maybe quietly" is the wrong word.
And of course, if anybody has taken
this lament seriously, then I'm not the
only one who's crazy. After all, came
q pretty long way to get to live in this
bedlam.
It's a meaningful cacophony that I
wish 1870 100000 Americans could hear.
For should 1t ever die, should the deter
mined men with wrenches in their hands
and the will to do in their hearts ever
fail to keep that thunder roaring, the
MesserschmittS and the Zeros would take
its place. So o. K, insomnia, we're
running mates for the duration.
Evening star., 1942-10-18

recently Communicated in Washington
an Army automobile, with a chauffeur,
and thus equipped, started on job
hunting expedition. An FBI investiga-
ton soon revealed that the bogus gen.
eral was not even q buck private, and
had no connection with the Army. Inn
personation Of Army and Navy and other
Government officers is Federal ofIense,
and ]. Edgar Hoover has recently In
structed FBI field divisions to warn the
public against persons masquerading as
Federal officers.
Early this year, the FBI uncovered in
the District an organization among COL
ored people known as the Moslem Sect.
Members Of this group asserted that part
OF their faith was allegiance to the laws
OF Islam, and for that reason they could
not obey the laws of the United States,
including the Selective Service Act. Tenn
pies Of the sect were later located in Chi
cago, Milwaukee and Detroit. Many male
members of the sect were arrested as
draft evaders. The leader Of the organ
ization, Gulam Bogans, also known as
Elijah Mohammed or Mohammed Ras-
soul, was arrested as a draft evader in
the District, and was subsequently re-
leased under a S. 900 cash bond collected
in driblets from his followers
Approximately two thirds Of the in
vestigations of alleged subversive activ-
ity among Federal employees made by the
FBI were conducted by agents assigned
to the Washington field division.
Through Angst %, according to the re-
port transmitted to Congress by At
torney General Biddle on September 2,
the FBI had handled a total of 4,579
complaints.
In each instance, the FBI investiga-
ton was limited to verifying or disprov-
ing the allegations on which the COM
plant was based, and assembling ali
available information concerning the in
dividual employees participation in un-
American activities. FBI agents made
no detailed inquiry into the private lives
OF Federal workers allegedly affiliated
with subversive groups.
Evening star., 1942-10-18

AS soon as an investigation was
ordered, special agent was assigned to
the case, and every effort was made to
preserve the confidential character OF
the inquiry. Employees investigated were
invited to call at the local FBI office,
and those accepting the invitation were
given an opportunity to make statements
in their own behalf. In every instance.
employees were informed that they were
under no obligation to make such state
ments.
The interview is purely voluntary on
the part of the employe and he is under
no obligation whatsoever to avail himself
of tbs opportunity" the FBI said in it's
report to Congress. "It is in no sense
hearing and the sole purpose is to afford
to the employe the opportunity of having
incorporated in the investigative report
any statement he may desire to make in
his own behalf. There is, of course, no
cross examination and the only questions
asked are those pertaining directly to the
Evening star., 1942-10-18

Since then, in Air Forces training
courses, he has become a qualified
technician in two highly specialized Jobs:
l. Propeller repairman (the Army
throws hot dish water on any ordinary
mechanic who presumes to touch the
innards of one of its propellers).
2 Bombsight maintenance man, which
shows you that the Army realizes Bill
is not the kind of fellow VINO tells every
thing he knows
Very Fast and Loud
At this moment, a pilot in the aerial
regions above my back yard is diving
into the first phase Of a chandelle. The
din grows as his motor revs up to pull
into the climb phase His tachometer, or
rpm. indicator, is reading 2,lO0, which
is very fast-and loud.
Only last week I was in Randolph's
instrument repair department and saw
Evening star., 1942-10-18
Novelist George Perry Writes His Impressions of Randolph Field

Novelist George Sessions Perry lives bang
up against Randolph Field. Tex, and he SAYS
It's the noisiest place on earth. But Mr..
Perry, whose novel, Hold Autumn in Your
Hand won the 1912 national book award,
likes airplanes and he doesn't mind the up
troar--not too much. He explains just how
he feels about it., and how he feels about
the men responsible in this story.
Evening star., 1942-10-18
BY George Sessions Perry,
Wide World

SCHERTZ, Tex, THE NOISIEST
PLACE ON EARTH.-If the American
Air Forces have Hitler half as jittery
as they have me, victory is not far away.
My house lies just OUTSIDE Randolph
Field, Tex Every plane coming in or
taking off tries to roll its wheels on the
peak of my cringing roof. BY nightfall
my ears are ringing like Harvey house
gong at high noon and my nerves are
tied into knots more complicated than
any in the Boy Scout handbook
But there is no Surcease until 2 am.
when flying comes to an end-for all too
brief period Between 2 and 6 there are
only intermittent blasts from 450-horse-
power engines being tested by the night
shift of mechanics. Then at o'clock
wham A chorus of aircraft engines,
having a total Of exactly 100000 horse
power, crashes into violent, sleep-ex-
ploding life.
eulp several cups of coffee, what
ever hashish the house affords, and set
tie down to brood.
This s o'clock noise means that hun
dreds of mechanics are busily giving each
plane its pre-night inspection: testing
engines and controls, checking fuel and
lubricant supply.
They Head for My House
Then the planes, raucous as guinea
hens. taxi onto the flight line where the
pilots take over, pour the coal to the en-
r,nes and head for their objective: My
house. If one fails to pass directly over
the roof. or clears the shingles with more
than 10 yards to spare, the squadron
G. @. makes him go back and do 1t over.
have no of1icial proof OF this, but it's
certainly my opinion.
Just as the plane gets squarely over
nv desk. the pilot thoughtfnly changes
the pitch Of his propeller. My nerves,
set to withstand titanic roar, are now
clawed by a mixture OF a shrek.
scream. and the sound of a large siren
calling to its mate.
think of the propeller technicians, OF
such apparently humane fellows as Sergt.
Bill Baseheart, quiet. capable 2o-year-
old from GAINESVILLE, Ohio. I think
of him working carefully in the Ran
dolph subdepot, overhauling the IN
terror machinery of adjustable pitch pro-
pellers. painstakingly honing out OF the
hlades dents the size of half pinhead.
recaIl that when Bill came into the
Army at 18, the only job he'd mastered
was running milk truck back IN 1aneS-
vile.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-24
Plan Father, Son Night

The Mems Club of Temple Beth
Fl VIII hold It's annual Father and
Son Night at s p. m Tuesday
March 3. IN the social hall Of the
temple. Woodward AT Gladstone
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-24

When Happy Brides Faced
Adventure and Sacrifice With a
Smile. See "The Covered Wagon
Girl Another Painting by Henry
Give, Well-known Artist, In His
maid in America" Series, With
Verses by Phyllis Mckinley, I'm
The American weekly, the
Magazine Distributed With Next
Sundays issue Of The Detroit
Sunday Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-24
Daily Quiz
BY THE ACE ANswERMAN

Americas first woman COVER
nor attained that office in
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government Office does she
hold today?
Although the state Of New
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place among the states Of the
Union IN area?
Two famous Americans have
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Arc YOU able TO list these
American coastlincS in the
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-24
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-24
By Walt Disney

IERE pleasant little that will you
every day. II numerical puzzle designed TO spell out
Count the letters in your first name the number
subtract II the number Is less than
add The number Start at the upper left
hand rectange and check Of key
the the letters under
checked figures give you
Copyright 1915. by Mue. rnA
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-24

might have derived its name
from a newspaper Actually,
how did the name originate?
The state Of Michigan borders
ON the shores of how many of
The Great Lakes?
Which of these is known a.
tho Crescent city San Fran
cisco Pittsburgh. New Orleans =?
ANSWERS on Page 81
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