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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-11-26

stamp. The number is discernable
only on the side which Is gummed
to the windshield.
Some did not have their tire serial
numbers and had to get fiashlight
in order to copy the numbers from
their cars parked near the school
building. Some brought their bill of
sale or certificate of title to the
school instead of their license regis
tration card.
Others came to the school with no
information at all, assuming that
the registrars could supply all the
necessary instructions. Very few of
the blanks were completely filled out
at the time of application.
1t was a rare occasion when any
of the registrants brought their ap-
pIication forms completely filled out,
it was reported.
Despite the slight Irregularities
the registration proceeded with dis
patch and efficiency with very few
patrons experiencing delay. The
school is to be congratulated on its
splendid handling of the gasoline ra-
: tioning program.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-11-26

skilled workers in those three lines
OF farm production.
The u. S. Department Of Ag4iet.l-
ture will take necessary steps %
control the sale Of dairy cows for
slaughter, and will act to stabilize
wages to help secure and mainta n
an adequate supply of workers on
such farms Plans to train unskilled
workers, aid in buying or renting
more productive farms, and place
ment service for skilled workers are
other phases of the Departments eff
forts to maintain farm porduction.
The Selective Service is instructed
to reclassify as lib all necessary
men on essential farms now deferred
on grounds of dependency, to con-
slider occupational deferment for
such men who do not have depend
ency claims, and to give skilled farm
workers not on essential farms
chance to go to such farms as oper-
ators or laborers.
All men who work on a year.
round basis on essential farm as
owner, operator, tenant, hired work
er, or unpaid family worker and who
| devote substantially all their time
to livestock, dairy, or poultry pro-
duction will be considered as entitled
to consider for deferment. Workers
deferred for occupational status on
essential farms and who leave the
farm are subject to immediate re-
| classification
An essential farm, under the pres
ent standards, is one which has at
least IL dairy cows producing a
minimum of $4,000 pounds of milk
annually or which has the equivalent
in livestock or poultry. On farms
producing feed for the livestock, the
equivalents of one cow are 8.5 hogs
raised, 3.2 beef cows, 4.8 yearlings,
3.9 two-year-old steers, 3.5 feeder
steers, 16.5 ewes. so feeder lambs,
IA hens, $50 chickens raised, 500
broilers, or 40 turkeys raised.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-11-26
Plans Made To Keep
Farm Production Up

Officials of the u. S. Manpower
Commission say this nation faces a
critical situation due to the depletion
of labor on livestock, dairy, and
poultry farm and that, in an at
tempt to relieve this situation, local
draft boards now have been directed
to defer workers on such farms.
As further effort to keep work
ers on livestock, dairy and poultry
farms, the army and navy have
agreed not to accept for enlistment
essential dairy, livestock, or poultry
workers or producers. Employers,
including those doing government
work, will be instructed not to hire
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-11-26
Airplane Industries and Air
ports Ask for 5000 Work
ers from School
Kenneth Newland Heads Re-
vamped Aviation Course,
At Stephens College

With aviation industries already
asking for 5000 girls from the aero
nautical courses at Stephens col
lege of Columbia City, Mo-, consid-
cradle recognition has been given to
the director of the revamped avia-
ton program, Kenneth Newland
Bluffton college graduate in the
class of 1884.
Newland is married to the former
Miss Virginia Tripplehorn, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. DR.. r. Tripplehorr
of South Main street.
BASED ON NEEDS
The entire school program has
always been based on the actua
needs of the students and is flexible
to meet the changing demands. The
college president, DR.. James Madison
Wood, has always raised quite fuss
among traditional educators.
While most schools went on train
ing women for teaching, law, chem
istry and SO on Wood trained hi'
students for marriage because hi
found that most of the girls mar
ried. Faculty members of more con
servative institutions raised theil
eyebrows when Woods faculty
taught the girls among other things
how to put on lipstick.
REvAMPED PROGRAM
When the war came on, however
Wood was Immediately alert to vast
1y changed needs on the part of tn,
students. While other schools KEEP
right on teaching the same thing
Wood revamped his curriculum il
terms of the new demands.
Newland, formerly a voice teacher
was selected by Wood to head VI
the new aviation program when i
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-11-26
BLuftOn War Chest
Totals Announced

The community of Bluffton sub
scribed a total of $1,517.13 for the
Allen county War chest drive, it was
announced this week by the county
office.
This is the third highest total in
the county being surpassed only by
Delphos with $1,550 and Spencer
township with $1,621.60. The county
total, not including Lima, was S12,-
488.35.
Mayor w. A. Howe was chairman
of the Bluffton drive concluded last
month.
News want-ads bring results.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-11-26
Gets AUard In 4-H
Club County Contest

Robert Reichenbach, 12-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Reichen-
bach west of Rockport was presented
with a fine Berkshire gilt Saturday
for winning first award in the AL
len County All CLUB livestock con-
test at the Delphos fair last August.
Robert, pupil in the seventh
grade of the Beaverdam schools, ex-
hibited Hampshire market pig
which he raised and which was
awarded the grand champion ribbon
in the All club class.
The gilt which he received Satur-
day was presented by the Lima Ro-
tary club and came from the farm
of Frank Dawson, near Roundhead.
Dawson is Lima industrialist.
Brown County, Ohio, on November
2, was designated as modified ac-
credited Bangs disease-free area.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-11-26

News want-ads bring results.
Evening star., 1942-06-18
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Tr1cetDell.

What he should pay attention to is
his own collection.
Enthusiasts have found that albums
in cases offer the best means OF indi-
vidual and group protection.
The very first requisite Of proper care
Is to keep some sort OF cover over every
record
In other words, an envelope, whether
for the individual disc, or as part Of
an album.
The Jacket is the basic requirement.
One has only to visit a group OF young
people to realize how much this rule
is violated
Paper covers are too much trouble!
They get lost, or torn, or just plain
thrown away.
Records are piled on each other, one
on top of the other, without any pro-
lection between. The surfaces grind.
and the disc in time takes on a dirty
gray color instead of retaining the
shining black which was Its birthright.
Records are best kept in albums.
Many ways have been tried but this
is proved to be superior, by many thou
sands of music lovers, and over a long
time.
And albums are best kept in cases
made especially for them.
If care is taken to comply with these
requirements. modern records may be
retained in pristine condition over many
years.
Care must be taken to keep them from
direct heat, either from the sun or
radiator
Dampness does not seem to harm them
unduly, unless very excessive. Mildew
often settles on the backbones Of the
albums but seldom enters into the en-
velopes.
Dust is kept out marvelously.
Records are best kept on edge, rather
than fat.
Dust enters hundred times as much
when records are fiat, even if in albums,
as when the albums are stood on the
bottom as they should be, and, kept
together, so that nothing but the top
edges of the records show.
Records should be busted gently with
a clean linen handkerchief before and
after using.
This is especially necessary after each
playing, as a certain amount OF needle
dust Is left. 1t must be realized that
friction for nearly 1000 feet, as in a
12-inch disc, is bound to get some re-
suits.
No one should play a phonograph, es-
pecially in hot weather, without first
washing and drying the hands very
carefully.
Women, in particular, because they
have moister hands, should take this
precaution.
Oil is harder on a record than water,
even.
Any one, with a little care. can learn
to balance a disc between the thumb
and the tip of the second finger, prac-
tically not touching the precious grooves
at all. The thumb goes on the outer
edge. and the finger tip in the very
center
A direct hit from bomb? Well, you
wouldn't have any records left. Con-
cussion? Probably would not damage
records properly kept in albums held
closely together in cabinets.
Evening star., 1942-06-18
The BIuckout

Civilian defense officials have
right to be gratif1ed over the way the
people of Washington and vicinity
co-operated in the all-night black
out. There were no major traffic
accidents to mar the test, although
streets were darkened and driving
lights were masked or dimmed.
Pedestrians and motorists alike, with
few exceptions, were careful in their
use of the streets There were so
many unofficial cars on the high
ways, however, that it is a wonder
there were not more accidents. Some
of the motorists seemed to be on
sightseeing expeditions. Such drivers
can contribute to the safety of black
outs by remaining off the streets
during air-raid rehearsals.
An encouraging aspect of last
nights test was the favorable report
made on the functioning of the COM
munications system, which had be-
come begged down with messages on
PAS'AONo OCCdS1OllS. DCSClltA C4oll
of the system had been proposed
after the earlier breakdowns, but
this reorganization has not been
consummated. Whether the circum-
stances which prevailed last night
were such as to constitute an ade-
quate test of communications is not
clear at this time. Certainly, in view
OF the serious defects disclosed in
other experiments, careful study
should be given to improvement of
the message-control setup.
The all-night blackout was initi-
ated by Virginia authorities, with
Washington joining in as a matter
OF intercommunity cooperation.
Because this test was widely publ
cized in advance, it cannot be said
that it was full-dress stimulation of
Evening star., 1942-06-18

an actual AFRAID alarm. II Wash
ington is to be attacked, the enemy
raiders will not ask the newspapers
and radio to notify the people to get
ready The raiders will endeavor to
take the city by surprise-to catch
the inhabitants off-guard. It is
therefore essential that the people of
Washington be drilled to act with
a minimum of warning. The only
way to achieve this degree of pre-
paredness and alertness is through a
series of AFRAID tests heralded only
by the sounding of the sirens. 1t is
high time that such a series of
drills-they. need not be Of long
duration-be held here so that the
city can be put to realistic test
Of its defenses.
Evening star., 1942-06-18

any move, such as the proposed curb
ing Of the Board of Public Welfare
powers, which tends further to re-
strict the participation of local
citizens in their government. The
Commissioners will be wise in tread
ing softly in any attempt to stifie
public discussion Of local questions
and they should encourage, rather
than threaten, municipal officials
who take part in such discussions,
regardless of budgetary problems
and regardless of the Commissioners
own decisions, no matter how ma
jestic the processes by which they
have been arrived at.
Evening star., 1942-06-18
Dog Diplomas

June, besides being natures rarest
month, according to the poet, Is dis
tinguished for two popular pastimes,
matrimony and graduation, the for
mer involving the commencement of
lifetime study and the other
ironically and optimistically presum-
ing that knowledge is virtually COM
plete. OF the two, the formula for
graduation is the more rigid; prac-
tically stereotyped.
So much so, in fact, that it was
followed as far as possible even by
Canine College, an organization OF
the Dog Owners Training Club of
Maryland intended for the schooling
of mans best friend. On the campus
at TowSon the graduating class of
thirteen assembled, complete with
mortar boards, and went through the
ordeal Of photography with no more
wriggles than is customary in other
graduating classes. AS their names
WClC SollCu, OllC NY oliC cAACy eAOVoSN
up to receive diplomas with open
mouths. Seven got the coveted c. D.
Companion Dog, and two gradu-
ated magma cum laude with U. D.
utility Dog). At this point a well
come surprise occurred. The vale
dictorian, instead of rambling on for
an hour while the audience f1dgeted
in the hot June sunshine, wishing
the orator would melt, delighted one
and all by delivering a simple and
effective address consisting of two
barks, a howl and whine, and left
while his popularity was still intact
a most remarkable feat when it is
considered that his intelligence, in
stead of being rated as A l, was off,
cially claSSed as K 8.
Evening star., 1942-06-18
No Coo Needed

There is some satisfaction in
learning from the Commissioners
that they have not issued a gag"
rule at all; that recent memoran-
dunn circulated among department
heads at the District Building, de-
fining the conditions under which
the department heads may discuss
legislative proposals of public inter-
est, is really designed to cope with
the grievouS problem of "agitators."
The problem of "agitators" is we'll
known in Washington. The health
officer some years ago was dragged
over the Goals by a congressional
committee which looked with dis
favor upon his continued advocacy,
before citizens groups, of public
health Improvements over and be-
yond those provided in the budget
The public health officer is an
agitator. The welfare groups have
also been placed in the same class.
Dr. Ballou, the superintendent of
schools, is a well known agitator.
Captain Whitehurst, the director of
highways, has been an agitator of
note in the past, though he happens
to be a man of rare discretion and
knows when silence is golden. Mrs.
Roosevelt, of course, though not
department head, is in the front
rank of agitators.
The Commissioners have problem
on their hands with these agitators.
No sooner is budget nicely balanced
than up springs an agitator who in
sists upon informing the taxpaying
public that their interests would be
better served by large than by a
small appropriation. Citizens be-
come interested in what the agitators
say and apply the pressure of their
opinion, on the Commissioners and
on Congress. The budgeteers are
always suspicious of agitators and
would like to put them down.
There is difficulty in putting them
down, however, for Washington's
voteless citizens for many years have
relied upon the agitators to keep
them informed of the city's needs.
These citizens are suspicious Of at
tempts to silence them, and rightly
so. They are naturally skeptical Of
Evening star., 1942-06-18
DAVENPORT STREET.

Dear Sir.
II know In the past that you have
written about the care OF photograph
records, but I cannot lay my hands on
the article, and I think it more i'm
portant than ever that we music lovers
take care Of the discs we possess.
with the import Of shellac cut of, +,
the record makers must conserve such
stocks as they have, and reclaim old,
worn -out, scratched and even broken
records. Music stores are paying for the
return of all such records. You will see
piles Of them in the stores.
II have been interested in looking
over some of these old records. Just
how they manage to get 50 soiled. SO
gray looking, so utterly wrecked, Is be-
yond the comprehension Of any one who
takes care of his own discs.
"I am sure you will agree with me
that musical discs are precious, and all
the more so now, and that good care
should be taken OF them.
"Yet evidently many persons still
handle them as If they were coal, or
bricks, or things which could not be
damaged by carelessness and indifier-
ence.
I'VE have heard a great deal about
complacency in recent months, but there
Is one field of complacency which I
have not heard touched. and this Is
that of indifference in regard to precious
works OF art.
THE modern phonograph record Is
work of art. 1t deserves proper care
in storing and handling Particularly
the latter. I have watched young girls
smear the records with lipstick, and
seen young gentlemen sprinkle them
with cigarette ashes. I have observed
children spill drinking water on them.
All such lack of appreciation makes
a chill run down the spine Of the record
lover. I think If you would print your
directions for record care all over again
it would do a great deal Of good.
Sincerely, C. F. G."
What this correspondent says about
the care of phonograph records is quite
true.
Now, more than ever. great pains
should be taken by all owners to pro-
tect their discs.
1t may be. If the war goes on long
enough, that there will be no more
records at all, after time.
Perhaps American ingenuity will de-
wise other means of recording. Already
there are records available which do
not use shellac. But these records are
not commercial possibilities.
1t is one thing to make a laboratory
record. and 1t is distinctly another to
make a master record from which thou
sands, even hundreds of thousands, of
reproductions may be pressed without
loss of tonal beauty.
To us it has always seemed a mar
velous thing that so much Of the artist
or orchestra may be retained In each
OF 100000 records. let us say. There
Is not much variation in records They
run remarkably true.
The commercial question OF being able
to turn out large numbers OF records
from a master Is one which need not
worry the record buyer.
Evening star., 1942-06-18
The Liqht Weaver

Weaver OF summer light, the mock
ingbird
Sings from slender treetop all
day long,
Shaping the sunshine's pure and
radiant 1Dord
Into the joyous fabric Of his song.
No uagrant strand escapes that
happy loom,
No sunbeam tangled In a terny
lace;
Bright threads from meodo,U or the
Uildpood's gloom
In the songs pattern take their
shining place
A shimmertng Deb, so paired, ui-
brant, clear,
1t brings the sunlight to the blind
mans ear.
But vhen the t,0iliqht dsepens and
the moon
Pours her disturbing sauer on the
grass, ="
The iDoDen melody grdos mystic.
June
And all her lopers, all sUeet-
ness pass
:As the light tOeauer in his ecstasy
Fashions a ueil of sysoonbean1s
subtly bright, +
Sharing the heart, settisg old rap
ture tree,
Opening old doors of sorroD and
delight.
Moonlight made audibl,;; a listener
hears
The ,Ddrp OF laughter end the ,ooof
OF tears.
INEZ BARCLAY KIRBY.
Evening star., 1942-06-18

@. Are animals color blind?-J. J.
A. This is matter concerning which
complete information is not yet avail
able. 1t has been definitely decided that
some monkeys, particularly gorillas do
have a sense of color. We also know
that hummingbirds favor red. If animals,
insects and birds do have color vision 1t
is at the red end of the spectrum.
@. How large Is Japan?-B. NJ.
A. The area Of Japan proper is l48, ,756
square miles, making it a little smaller
than California. Because the islands
are extremely mountainous only about
one-seventh of the area is haoitable for
its 10000 900 people.
O. Was it usual for the great masters
to paint portraits of themselves?-P. S.
A. 1t apparently was not unusual for
great artists to do so. The Ufizi Gallery
in Florence has a room where portraits
of great artists by themselves are hung.
Among them are Rembrandt, Valasquez,
Sir Joshua Reynolds and many Others
@. What is the most popular kind Of
candy?-R. C. D.
A. Milk chocolate Is the most popular
candy In the world.
@. How long was the longest tug-of-
war ever recorded7CN. z. E
A. The longest ever recorded took
place at Jubbulpore, India, On August ~.
1889, between two companies Of the End
Derbyshire Regiment. 1t lasted hours
and Il minutes.
@. Was Napoleon short n stature7-
N W. B.
A. Though generally regarded as
small man. measurements made of Ma
poleon upon his deathbed by his ply
sician. Antommarchi. showed his height
to be feet 81 inches. No doubt he was
taller In his prime.
@. What is the correct pronunciation
Of the word "ration?"-M. r. S.
A. The preferred pronunciation ac-
cording to leading dictionaries, is ray
shun, but there is authority for pro-
nouncing the word to rhyme with
fashion.
@. Who described Mexico as "a beggsr
sitting on bag of gold?"-G. F.
A. Alexander Won Humboldt, the Ia
nous German scientist, described the
country thus.
O. Is there a crane large enough to
lift a battleship?-N. E.
A. The Navy Department says that
there is no crane in existence capable of
lifting battleship, but there are many
instances on record of heavy freight
locomotives being lifted BY cranes in
machine shops, also guns ,f the largest
caliber and the largest type of modern
tanks.
@. What is the greatest allegory that
has ever been written?-M P. A.
A. John Bunyan achieved the dis
tinction of writing the greatest OF all
allegories, Pilgrims Progress"
Evening star., 1942-06-18
Employment Law Changes

Amendments to the District Un-
employment Compensation Law be-
ing urged once more by Representa-
tive McGehee of Mississippi offer
marked advantages to both manage
ment and labor.
With a cash reserve of more than
S28 100000 now available for unem-
ployment benefits, Mr.. McGehee pro-
poses that the payroll tax on en-
ployers, which has built up this vast
fund, be cut from 27 to 0.5 per cent.
Concurrently, the legislation would
increase weekly payments for idle
workmen.
AS is developed at more length
elsewhere in The Star today, the
history of the law emphasizes the
soundness of the suggested tax re-
duction, which would amount, rough
ly, to $5,O0O,Oo0 annually. The tax
has been collected since January l,
1885, at rates ranging from l to 3
per cent. The present rate has been
effective since 1910, and is producing
more than S6,000000 annually. The
payment of benefits started January
!, 1888, and the total outlay since
then has been less than S7,500000,
despite the fact that allowances were
increased two years ago.
When collections are compared
with disbursements, it quickly be-
comes evident that tax returns so far
outstrip the demands on the fund
that no good reason can be offered
for continuing to build up the re-
serve at the present rate. This would
be true even under a greatly lib
eralized schedule of grants. Allow
ing for possible contingencies, Rep
resentative McGehee estimates that
the reserve will amount to $4,000 900
eighteen years hence, even if the
rate is dropped This obviously is
sufficient protection for the compen-
sation system.
Business is bearing such a heavy
tax load that no argument is needed
to demonstrate the desirability of
modifying a levy that is not required
for the purpose for which it was in
tended originally. 1t should be men
toned, too, that industry will pay an
additional l per cent tax for old-age
insurance under Social Security,
starting January /.
Changes proposed in the allow
ance provisions would raise weekly
payments from eighteen to twenty
dollars, and increase from nineteen
to twenty the number of compen-
sable weeks. Benefits would be avail
able after one week of idleness in
stead of two.
The projected legislation has been
under discussion for months and has
the approval of business leaders and
American Federation of Labor
SpOkeSmen. The CIO has expressed
dissatisfaction with it. Prompt &C
tion will be necessary if the bill is to
get through before Congress takes
the anticipated summer recess, and
it is to be hoped this will be forth
coming, for the continued piling up
of such a large and unnecessary
reserve fund represents an abuse of
the taxing power and wholly un-
justified hardship for taxpayers.