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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-07

Wartimes have made cattle thieves Of Mexico bclder than ever before.
The Nome nugget., 1942-09-14
UP TO GEORGE

Big Sister-Now you must treat George nice when he calls.
 Little Brother-It ain't up to me to treat him. It's his place to treat me.
The Nome nugget., 1942-09-14

Lady-Dat cheer youse a settin' on was got wifi soap wroppers whot I done saved up.
 Sambo-Dats fine. When you gifts enough wroppers to furnish a flat us kin git married.
The Nome nugget., 1942-09-14
IN THE LIMELIGHT

Carrot-Mercy me, but Mr. Coal is naughty looking.
 Potato-No wonder, he's pretty important chap these days.
The Nome nugget., 1942-09-14
ON A SIT-DOWN

MT. S.-Many hands make light work.
 Mrs. S.-They do when they go on a strike, as so many seem to be doing.
Evening star., 1942-01-29
WeIders on West Coast
Threaten Work Sfoppage
n tho Asaociated Press

By the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, Jan. IA new stop
work threat developed today in the
controversy between important de-;
Tense industry craftsmen and Amer
lean Federation Of Labor craftsmen.
The United Brotherhood Of Welders
adopted , q resolution last night
threatening to stop work in the
Puget Sound area Saturday noon,
and appealed to President Roosevelt
to intervene In their behalf.
The stop-work demonstration, Dave
Basor, United Welders executive sec
retary, said, would be . mass protest
Of . notice from the Boilernnakers'
Union for the welders to pay up
delinquent dues or place themselves
in danger of losing their jobs.
: The welders have been fighting
for several months for an auton-
omous union in the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor. At present they
are scattered through several unions.
Evening star., 1942-01-29
| Japanese Silk
Banned From
u. S. Money
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
! Secretary of the Treasury Morgen-
thau has banned Japanese silk from
American money and securities. It
was learned today: !.z1'
He instructed the Governments
paper manufacturers to substitute
nylon fibers :, for the silk threads
which are scattered through cur
rency and securities paper in order
to strengthen it and make 1t harder
for counterfeiters to initiate, r. Z
1t may take several months, how
ever, for the new money and secur-
tiles to come on the Governments
printing presses in washington. The
Treasury has huge stocks Of the old;
silk -threateded paper to use up while
the new "homespun" is being manu-
factured. =
Evening star., 1942-01-29
Won FaIkenhorst Returns
To Oslo From Russia
BY the Associated Press.


STOCKHOLM, Jan. @.-Gen.
Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, who since
last June has been in command OF
German-Finnish7 forces on the Rus
sian north front, returned to Oslo
yesterday and resumed command Of
the German forces In Norway.
The Berlin correspondent Of the
Stockholm newspaper Dagens Nyhe-
ter reported yesterday that hum
dreds of thousands Of German wom-
en- have been sent to the factories
of the occupied countries to produce
new war materials to replace those
lost in the long and costly African
and Russian campaigns.
The correspondent said 7,10o,o
foreigners, including both men and
women, from n nations are doing
forced labor in Germany. ?,
Evening star., 1942-01-29
Red Cross War Fund
Receives 500 From
Norwegian Club
Other Gifts Swell Total
To About One-Third
Of Campaign Goal

A 500 contribution by the Nor
wegian Ladies Knitting Club, for
warded to the District Red Cross
Chapter by Nine. w. Munthe de
Morgenstierne, wife of the Nor
wegian Minister, was among several
donations which increased the Red
Cross war fund nearer to q third of
the $750,000 goal today.
Nine. Morgenstierne wrote Otto
S. Lund, manager OF the District
chapter, that the sum was sent "as
our appreciation for all the good
the American Red Cross is doing
for humanity in this tragic time"
In thanking her. Mr.. Lund said:
"The spirit of Norway Is not broken
and Norway will conquer all
obstacles"
Another 500 was received from
the Czech-An1erican Alliance. Other
special gifts included: National Edu-
cation Association, $314.75; National
Home for Jewish Children, $50;
Alumnae Association, Garfield Hos
pital Nurses Training School, $500:
Miss Edith Allen Clark, $500;
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton, $374.75: Mrs. j. Edgar Muir
dock, 2940 Foxhall road, $100, and
Mrs. Luke I. Wilson, Bethesda, 500.
The chapter announced that 1882
knitted items and 120 comfort kits
made by the local organization have
just been sent to Army and Navy
bases in the North Atlantic. Since
December IS more than 900 knitted
garments and 3,375 comfort kits
have been sent to members Of the
armed forces.
Included were sweaters, socks and
helmets in olive drab for the Army
and sleeveless and turtle-neck
sweaters, socks, mufflers and helmets
Of dark blue for the Navy. This
work is financed by money from the
war fund campaign.
Meanwhile, Assistant Secretary OF
Agriculture Grover B. Hill, chairman
Of the Government unit of the drive,
announced appointment of 73 sub
chairmen to take charge Of raising
funds in the departments and
agencies.
The Government Printing Once,
which has set itself quota Of $l0,-
900 for approximately 1000 en-
ployes, already has raised 1881.
Establishment of new Red
Cross service in all Army and Navy
posts in the vicinity of the District
was under way today with appoint
ment by Brig. Gen. F. r. keefer OF
Mrs. George Seitz and Mrs. Charles
Bubb as co-chairmen of the District
Army and Navy auxiliaries.
This service will organize a Red
Cross volunteer organization at
Army and Navy posts. In case of
emergency, volunteer workers would
be ready to go into action with
canteen, first aid, nurses aide and
other special services.
The Red Cross announced more
than 200, 900 convalescent soldiers in
Army camp hospitals throughout
the country have been shown the
latest motion picture features. The
tlms were obtained by the Hospital
Motion Picture Service Of the Red
Cross.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
Three Youths Hurt
s@ In Auto Accident

Mary Lou Shafer, 16-year-old
Bluffton High school Junior, is in the
Bluffton hospital convalescing from
injuries received in an automobile
accident near the Levi Hauenstein
farm, three and one-half miles south
of Button Sunday night at 700
o'clock.
The accident occurred when a rear
tire blew out causing the car driven
by John Hermann, Is, to leave the
road and overturn in a peach or
chard near the Hauenstein farm.
Hermann received wrenched back
and James Deppler, 18, also in the
car, received cut left knee. The
car was southbound on the Hancock
Allen county line road &C.,
The injured were taken to the
Bluffton hospital in the Diller anbu-
lance. Hermann and Deppler were
released from the hospital Monday
morning. Miss Shafer, who received
severe cut on the left hip and
bruises, will likely be released To-
wards the end of the week, it was
stated. aates
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
Course In Air Raid Protection For
Home Will Start Here In Two Weeks

Bluffton women are invited to en-
roll for a course in Air Raid pro-
lection to be given in four lessons at
the high school starting in about
two weeks, it was announced by Mrs.
L. L. Ramseyer, general chairman.
The course will consist of four
two-hour lessons to be given in the
evening and will deal with precau-
tions and methods of dealing with
air raid emergencies in order to
avoid disaster.
A qualified instructor from the
Lima office of Civilian Defense will
teach the course. Everyone is in
vited to attend but the material of
the course will be slanted for the
women of the home, it was stated.
The town has been divided in four
sections and the following chairmen
will assist in enrolling residents for
the course: Mrs. Arthur Amstutz,
Mrs. Walter Stratton, Mrs. Guy Cor
son and Miss Carolyn Romey.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
FILE DISPOSITIONS
In SEWAGE SUITS
AGAINST VILLAGE
Answer to Plaintiffs to be
Made this Week in Com
mon Pleas Court
Action Brought Year Ago by
Two Landowners Charging
$4,000 Damages

Dispositions will be filed in Allen
county common pleas court this
week by City Solicitor Francis Dur
bin setting forth an answer to two
suits filed against the municipality
a year ago charging that sewage
from the town emptied into Big
Riley creek and thereby damaged
farms of the plaintiffs.
Preparation of the depositions is
virtually completed the city solicitor
informed the council at it's meeting
Monday night and the papers will
be filed the latter part of this week,
Durbin stated.
The two suits aggregating $4,000
were filed in the Allen County Com
mon pleas court against the town by
Oliver G. Locher and Henry P.
Huber, whose farms are located on
the stream. Locher seeks damages
in the sum of $4,000 while Huber's
suit is for $4,000.
Ask for Damage Figures
The deposition will ask for more
specific information relative to dam
ages caused by the pollution of the
stream. The dispositions are being
filed at the present time because o.
legal requirements in regard t.
time limitations.
Locher's petition claims that pol
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
Red Cross Work
Will Be Resumed

Various phases of Red Cross ac-
tivity will be resumed this week, it
was announced by Mrs. ]. S. Stein
er, director of supplies and chair
man of the sewing division of the
Red Cross. asc
Red Cross sewing work will take
place as in the past at the home Of
Mrs. j. S. Steiner on South Main
street from Tuesday thru Friday
every week from 8 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Organizations wishing dates re-
served, as in the past, are requested
to communicate with Mrs. Steiner.
The rooms are open to all volunteers.
With new and urgent call for
army sweaters, the knitting division
of the local organization is starting
work again, Mrs. Paul Studler of
South Jackson street, chairman of
this work, will give yarn and in
structions to any volunteers who
wish to knit.
The surgical dressing division in
the grade school building will re.
sumo work as soon as supplies are
| received. This work is under the
| direction of Mrs. A. j. B. Longs,
dorf and Mrs. Evan Basinger.
Junior Red Cross activities at ths
high school are also scheduled to ge
under way soon. This will be super
vised by A. ]. B. Longsdorf, schoo
superintendent, and Miss Eddyth,
Cupp, home economics instructor.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
Main Street Rail Removal Will Cost
Government $4,000; Rails Worth $4,000
Urgent Need for Metal in War
Production Will Speed
Action Here
Engineers Estimate that 160
Tons of High Grade Steel
Are in Rails

Removal of the rails of the aban-
doned Western Ohio interurban line
on Bluffton's Main street will cost the
government about $4,000, it was stat
ed by Mayor w. A. Howe at meet
ing of the town council Monday night.
This figure is based on an estimate
of WPB and WPA engineers who have
been surveying the local situation.
WPA labor will be used with about
"A men working 130 hours per month
for two months.
Although there has been no definite
proposition made to the town council,
/ It is expected that removal operations
will commence in the near future.
The rails will be donated to the gov
ernment if the latter assumes COM
pIete responsibility in the repair of
he street, it was stated.
The rails are made of a very high
grade steel that will not go into ordi-
nary scrap channels but will be made
ready for a specific type of steel need
ed for specialized war production.
The rails will weigh about 100 tons
and at $3.50 per ton will be worth
approximately $4,000. Since the re-
moval operations are more expensive
than the worth of the rails no private
concern has been willing to undertake
the job.
High quality steel is needed so bad
ly in war production that the govern
| ment Is willing to assume the loss to
secure the rails, it was stated.
The entire rail will be removed with
cut seven inches deep and Is inches
wide. Power driven drills will be used
for the work.
1t is likely that the entire removal
and repair project will be completed
| before the winter months, it was stat
ed by tRe>Wayor. a44
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
TIRE RATlONlNC
RAISES PROBLEM
FOR GRID TEAM
Transportation of Football
Squads Faces High Schools
Of District
Some Plan to Use Buses for
Out of Town Games; Others
Use Private Cars

With the first out-of-town football
game of the Bluffton High school
grid schedule at Van Vert on Fri
day night, October 9, there still re-
mains considerable confusion In re-
gard to the use of school buses for
athletic contests because of tire ra-
tioning, it was stated Wednesday
morning. by Sidney Stettler, faculty
manager of athletics.
There is no uniformity among
schools of the Western Buckeye
League in which Bluffton partici-
pates or among the high schools of
the area, it was learned at a. meet
ing of league officials at Lima, Tues
day night, which Stettler and Coach
George Swank attended.
Bellefontaine, Van Vert and Wa
pakoneta will use automobiles this
year to transport the athletes. Ce-
lima and st. Marys have obtained
permission to use school buses. The
Kenton Athletic Association owns
their own bus and will use it for the
games, it was learned.
Use of buses for athletic contests
has been entirely banned in Putnam
county. The board of education has
given the Bluffton High school ath-
letic association permission to use
the buses providing proper rationing
board authorization may be obtained.
Before the use of the buses can be
had it is necessary to obtain per-
mission from the district rationing
board. The board is being contact
ed relative to obtaining permission
for the use of a bus, it was stated
by Faculty Manager Stettler.
The limitation of the use of the
school buses for athletic contests is
based on the understanding that tire
retreads will not be given to buses
which have been used for transpor-
tation other than that of hauling
rural pupils to and from theil
| homes.
Referring to buses used for other
purposes, H. T. Beckman, Ohio ra
tioning administrator, stated thai
"such buses would be violating botf
the rubber conservation program
aims and the spirit of the fedora
ruling, if used for excursions of an,
kind or the transporting of athletes
The athletic programs of man.
schools are being curtailed becaus'
of this ruling, it was stated.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
Elect Committees
For Township AAA

Walter C. Schaeublin was named
chairman of the Richland township
committee to administer the affairs
Of the federal AAA program in the
township at an election held at the
Richland Grange Friday night.
Other members of the township
committee are: Willard Jennings and
Solomon Steiner. In Monroe town.
ship the committee consists of CIar-
ence Hetric, Walter Barber, Vaugnt
Lamb.
The county AAA committee con-
sists of Clair Patterson, chairman;
Irwin Mason, Bath township and
Oliver Basinger, Monroe township.
One of the projects of the county
organization is to assist the govern
ment in storing the large soy bean
crop. The county has facilities for
storing more than $4,000 bushels.
Storage bins viii be located at Cairo
and west of Lima.
Forty storage bins will be located
in the county and the committee will
take care of storage arrangements
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
Authorization GiUen
TO Sell Scrap Metal

Authorization to sell the accumu-
lated scrap metal at the rear OF the
town hall was given to Mayor W. A.
Howe at meeting of the town coun-
ell Monday night.
When approval is obtained from
the Richland township trustees the
scrap will be sold. A bid of $3.50
per ton has been received from Louis
A. Kaplan, Lima junk dealer.
Residents may continue to bring
in scrap pieces as long as the pile
remains at the town hall, the mayor
said. Additions to the scrap pile
have raised the total to more than
16 tons. sae
Those who contributed scrap metal
in the canvass were given receipts
for the number of pounds brought
in and they will be paid pro-rata
from the proceeds of the sale.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
FARMERS AIDED
BY FAMILIES IN
CORN HARVEST
Women Drive Tractors From
Morning to Night When
Farm Hands Leave
Farm Machinery Repairmen
Swamped with Repairs of
Equipment

With the corn crop ahead of the
frost that visited the Bluffton area
the first of the week, farmers aided
by their wives and children excused
from school are in the midst Of
harvesting one Of the largest corn
crops ever grown here.
+ The corn crop can no longer be
damaged by frost although some
tomatoes in the area have been re-
ported as slightly harmed by the
frost conditions this week.
Pinch Felt
+ The farm labor shortage has been
felt rather acuteIy for the past two
years but with more boys drafted
and others attracted by high wages
in industry the pinch has been felt
especially during the current harvest
season.
Women can be seen manning
tractor powered corn pickers and
binders from early morning until
dusk. Some outfits are equipped
with lights to continue night work.
Cooperating to alleviate the labor
shortage, farm youths over IA years
of age, attending Bluffton High
school, are being excused from class
es to help in the fields on the re-
quest of their parents, it was stated
by A. j. B. Longsdorf, superintend-
ent of schools.
Excuse Pupils
The practice of excusing pupils
to assist in the corn harvest will
continue for the duration of the
harvest season, it was indicated.
Because of the shortage of man
power due to demands of the army
and defense industries, every piece
Of corn harvesting machinery is be-
i ing pressed into service and those.
doing custom work report long waitr
ing lists.
Farm machinery repairmen here
report the busiest season in years.
Every farmer with any type of ma
chinery is keeping it in good state
of repair knowing that it is unlikely
that new equipment can be purchas-
ed for the duration.
Use Old Machinery
In addition many old pieces of ma
chinery have been brought to town
for renovation to be made usable for
harvest operations.
BIuffton college students with
farm experience are finding ready
market for their talents in corn
| fields of the district, where num-
Der have been employed for the past
| week.
| Dearth of extra harvest hands
usually available, has found farm
machinery dealers besieged this fall
with orders for corn harvesting ma
chinery which they are unable to
fill.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
Gar Griffith Coaches
Coast Guard Football

Ensign Gar Griffith has been APP
pointed head football coach of the
u. s. Coast Guard at the Manhattan
Beach Training station, Brooklyn,
N. Y, it was announced the first
of the week.
Griffith, a Bluffton high school
graduate and later football coach at
the school here was afterward phys
ical education and recreational di-
rector of the school of Upper Ar
lington, a Columbus suburb.
Mrs. Griffith and two sons Elbert
and Dom, after renting their home
in Upper Arlington, are visiting her
husbands parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E.
G. Griffith of North Baltimore. They
expect to join Ensign Griffith in
New York sooE.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
War Bond Committee
Meeting Scheduled

4
An important meeting of the war
bond committee chairmen will be held
in the lobby of the Triplett Elec-
trical Instrument Co. Thursday
night at 8 o'clock.
Chairmen are as follows:
Banks--Elmer Romey.
Veterans-Millen Geiger.
Schools-A. J. B. Longsdorf.
Merchants-E. S. Lape.
ufacturers-Arden Baker.
Fraternal Groups-Ross Bogart.
Boy Scouts-Woodro Little.
Women's clubs-Mrs. r. L. Trip.
lett, Mrs. Harry Bogart. ss
Publicity-Orden Smucker. ar
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
Fly Free Date For Wheat Seeding
Gets Scant Attention This Autumn

will necessarily be postponed until
after the first of October.
Tomato harvest, also, is keeping
many hands busy. Canneries are OPP
Grating at maximum capacity daily
and some on Sunday.
With cooler weather and absence
of killing frosts,. virtually all of the
corn crop in this district will reach
maturity. The unusually heavy
stand, however, has slowed harvest,
ing materially.
Wheat seeding whichs follows corr
harvest, will be the latest in recent
years, according to present indica
ton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
Drivers Licenses
NOlU Being Issued

Less than a third of Bluffton mo-
torists have. secured their drivers
licenses with only 800 sold by We'd
nesday noon, it was announced by
the Bixel Motor Sales on Cherry
street, registration headquarters.
Registration officials urged motor
lists to register in the near future in
order to avoid the last minute rush
as the Sept. 80 deadline nears.
Orange township and Hancock
county residents as well as local
motorists may obtain their licenses
at the Bluffton headquarters, it was
stated.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-24
PLAN TO EXTEND
HARMON ROAD 10
CHERRY STREET
Council Favorable to COnstruc-
ton of One-fourth Mile
Roadway this Fall
Route of Proposed Street Would
Follow West Bank of Big
Riley Creek


built this fall connecting East Col
lege avenue and Cherry street loomed
as a distinct possibility when the
project was favorably discussed at
the town council Monday night and
plans made to clear up necessary Leg
al requirements preliminary to begin
ming of actual work on thorofare.
Preceding the meeting Monday night
council members viewed the route of
the projected highway.
The proposed street, which would
be in effect continuation of Harmon
road would follow the west bank of
Big Riley creek. The distance, it is
estimated is about one-fourth of a
mile.
Easement from property owners
and a survey of the proposed route
will be undertaken at once. No diff
ficulty is anticipated in obtaining con-
sent of property owners, since it was
stated at the council meeting that a
number had already signified their
willingness to donate enough of their
land along the creek for the purpose.
Survey Soon
A survey of the roadway will be
undertaken as soon as possible, Mayor
w. A. Howe indicated following the
council meeting and the report of the
surveyor will also include estimates of
the cost of construction.
Building of such street would re-
lieve Main street of much local traffic
which it is now required to handle in
addition to the thru traffic of the
Dixie highway.
The proposed road, continuation
of the present Harmon road, would
provide direct connection from the
Bentley road to Cherry street making
an effective bypass for traffic which
otherwise would be required to go to
Main street and at the same time
serving industrial establishments in
that area including the two plants of
the Triplett Electrical Instrument
company, the municipal electric light
and waterworks plant, Page Dairy,
Bluffton hatchery and Bluffton Stone
Company.
Fill Required
A considerable fill to bring the pro-
posed street up to grade would be re-
quired for nearly the entire distance
Present plans are for street about
twenty feet wide. Because of inabil-
ity in obtaining asphalt for a hare
surface top, stone top dressing viii
be substituted until such time as hare
surfacing materials are again avail
able.
Council members expressed thell
belief Monday night that construction
of the roadway could be completed be-
fore winter.
Construction of street similar Il
the one now being planned was con
sidered when Harmon road was bull
seven years ago but nothing was dom
at that time.