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Detroit evening times., 1943-03-28

A FEW days after Pope
"a Monte. polo player and
Z v noted Spanish horseman.
was pitched from his mount and
killed while riding I'm the fash
ionahle Barcelona suburb Of
Sabadell with Sonora Maria
Tomaron. his best friend. Carlos
Garcia. visited the Barcelona de-
tcctyc bureau.
Pope Monte murderer must
bc punished" he said Indignantly
60 Captain Of Detectives Alberto
Sierra. "The police call his death
accIdCutai. but I know that he
was murdered, for he was too
good a rider to be thrown by any
horse in Don Jose Tomaron's
stable. Major Tomas and Senor
Pantalcouc were also expert
horscmcu and they were killed
while riding with Sonora Toma-
ron ON the Sabadcn bride paths.
Three broken nccks 20 three Of
Don Josc's guests in three
months. and the police call them
all accidental"
"a most unusual coincidence,
ScRor Garcia, said Captain ST.
ezra quietly. but certainly not
Detroit evening times., 1943-03-28
HOW HIGH is UP?

soon heats them with fame They
have been observed 10 fash out
at a height Of more than 100
miles.
At this elevation the air must
he so rare that friction with scv-
cral hundred miles of II would
be necessary 10 heat a meteor TO
the incandcsccnt point. From
this it is estimated that the upper
limit of the atmosphere cannot
joe less than 500 miles. It may
be much more.
The air may extend upward as
far as the force of gravity is
capable OF overcoming its centri-
fugal force, which steadily in
creases with height. How high
that is no one can tell.
Detroit evening times., 1943-03-28

had a spacious porch built COM
plctcly around the house SO that
he could see all the rolling coun-
tryside he formerly had ridden
over. He kept up his stables for
his guests and his wife who rode
daily.
Detroit evening times., 1943-03-28
ancient MOorish ruins"

ancient MOOilSn- RUNS.
Long after the household had
retired Carlos tossed rcstlcssly in
bed. He was positive that Pedro
had reported what he had heard
to Don Jose and the latter had
adroitly found out their plans FOR
the following day. Something was
going to happen 20 him on tho
trail tomorrow. But what and
where ?
Don Jose was not the answer
Garcia knew. for during tho week
he had called upon the formers
physician and learned that the
man really was hopelesslv para
lyzed. If Lc had committed thre---
murders and was planning a
fourth. hc would use the strong
legs and arms OF his trusted ser.
want. Pedro, That was the-man
90 watch.
Quietly the amateur slcuth
dressed and climbed down q tr,l-
lis outside Of his bedroom window.
Re hid in clump Of bushes and
watched.
Just before dawn Pedro
emerged from the house carrying
a long coil OF tightly ra.lyd-a.re
and a coppcrplate Tic amateur
sleuth's heart beat ,wild'y
Adroitly paying out the wire.
Pedre-e4i;thcd ttr,vr1 ttfT0 tI'.7,1te
for perhaps half a mile uut, he
reached The horse trail 20 Bo'Go.
Following him disc,,a''v CH.t
saw Pedro att4lh til A-lt-- L.
10 thr copper plate ai-- place 2
ou tho side of tho trul uo which
the Scnora's escort would rda IS
hah, film Of dirt was placed
upon tho plat, % conceal u AVID
the servant then went back 10
the house.
Garcia waited until ho V4a
gone and then walked over o. 'rp
copper plate From where o. wa.
concealed tire porch 7t ttfiyr t--r'---
could be plainly seen
Then IN a fash The entire d.t-
bolical plot flashed through tie
vsitV's mind From the por.H.
the ci1pplcd Don Jose cog'Iua'.a
any rider on the tral through
his powerful glasses When The
horscman approached tho copper
plate Don Jose had but % press
a switch and an electrical current.
suddenly surEing through tho
horses irou-shod hoofs as ~ hit
the plate would make II rear
madly and plunge its uuwary
rider 10 death at the side of TIC
rocky trail The electrical genius
Of Don Jose was now being used
70 kill his wife's lovers,
Carlos Garcia hurrod O. the
village Of Sabadcn. awakened a
sleepy clerk and sent hasty
telegram 10 Captain Sierra ask
ing him 10 come AZ once
But, clever 20 the last Don
Jose expected that his scheur
had been discovered when he
found Garcia Was missing Whom
Captain Sierra picked up th.
amateur slcuth in SahadclI few
hours later and sped to thf Tom
aron hacienda. Don Jose had
already shot himself leaving a
hystcrcal widow and fun con-
fcssion. Despite the fact ,hat
the confession absolvcd Pedro Of
all guilt, the latter was arrested
and taken TO Barcelona where. the
other day, he was sentenced 10
20 years in prison as an access
sory 20 the three murders.
Detroit evening times., 1943-03-28

considerate host, Don Jose did
not impress Garcia as a jealous
husband who had been respon-
sible for killing three OF his
wife's lovers. He never left the
house. spending the daylight
hours on the porch with a pair
Of powerful field glasses and-his
body servant, squat dark Pedro,
to push him around.
Il spend considerable time
studying bird lifc." he told Car
cia and these glasses bring my
little feathered friends very
near"
During one entire week end,
Garcia failed 90 find a single clue.
He examined the horses which
the three unfortunate guests had
ridden and found them TO be
gentle amin IA ais s. enc of them WIS
now being ridden daily by Sonora
Maria, and on previous occasions
he himself had ridden the other
two over the -britlc paths where
the tragedies had occurred.
Sonora Maria herself had ac-
companied him and pointed out
the spots. While all were within
a miie OF the hacienda, Major
Tomas, Senor Pantaiconc and
Pepe Montez had met their deaths
at different points but in an iden-
tCaL manner
Il cannot understand it," said
Sonora Maria sadly con three
separate occasions had been
-f-rrtttrrJ; -rIrTTUtty Ht0UE VIII a fTicUd
when suddenly for no reason at
aii. his horse would rear madly
and throw It's rider So sagaIc'v
that he would bc killed Th.n thc
animal suddenly become gentle
again You are brave man 10
ride alone with me, Scuor
Garcia
Carlos Garcia declared it WAS
a privilege. indeed, worth rIsKTUE
thousand deaths, 10 be IN the
company of one sp bcautful.
Your words are very comfort
ing said Sonora Maria coyly
come up again next week end
and we VIII ride together"
He accepted Sonora Maria's in
vitation and found that he was
TO be the only guest Il arranged
1t so we could be alone together, -
she whispered
They went riding the next
morning and Sonora Maria boldly
asked Garcia 10 be her lover. As
for her husband. "he is kind but
does not understand. she said
"he is twice my age and only
half a man"
AS they rode slowly along
Garcia felt they were being spied
upon and peered intently into the
high bushes beside the bride
path His suspicious were con-
firmed. He caught a glimpse OF
Pedro, the body servant who was
supposed 20 be- with Don Jose.
The squat little man taking
short cut, was spving upon them
Some time later when Garcia
and Sonora Maria returned Ped
ro was standing behind his mas
ter's whcclchair "A beautiful
day" Don Jose greeted them cor
daily, and whore viii you two
ride tomorrow?
Toward Botigo," said Sonora
Maria
That is a splendid plan, my
dear" said Don Jose. Il am sure
that Senor Garcia will enjoy the
Detroit evening times., 1943-03-28

From His
Chair on
the Porch
the Twisted
Cripple
SnuHcd
Out the
Lives of
Three Men
Tie Thought
His Wife
Loved -
Merely by
Pressing
n Switch
Which
Caused
Seemingly
Accidental
Tragedies.
Detroit evening times., 1943-03-28

WAR bonds and taxes will
w help pay for the weapons
to smash the Japs and other
rats. Buy more War Bonds.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-04-01
Celebrate Fiftieth
Wedding Anniversary

Congratulations of many friends
and relatives were received at open
house by Mr.. and Mrs. John Wilkins
at their home on Cherry street
Tuesday afternoon and evening on
the occasion of their 50th wedding
anniversary.
All of the children, except the
youngest son, Tech. Sgt. Rudy Will
kins, were present for the occasion.
Prior to open house at their home
was family dinner held in the
basement at the Church of Christ
Members of the families of the child
rem, present for the meal, totaled 4S
people. A turkey dinner was
served and and the tables shaped in
the form of a square were beautiful,
ly decorated by ladies of the church
A large three-tiered cake surmountec
with bell and two tall tapers or
either side was directly in front Of
Mr.. and Mrs. wilkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. wilkins received
many beautiful gifts, flowers anC
cards.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-04-01
Home Nursing Course
To Start Wednesday

The first meeting of the new home
nursing and nutrition course for
women of Bluffton and the surround
ing community will be held at Bluff
ton High school Wednesday night at
8 o'clock.
The meetings will be held for a
six weeks period on Wednesday and
Friday nights. The Friday night
meeting will be eliminated this week
because of the Bluffton college
Booster banquet.
The course is sponsored by the Al
len County Red Cross organization.
Local instructors will be Mrs. Ernest
Bigelow, Mrs. David Risser and Miss
Eddythe Cupp. Registered nurses
from Lima will also serve as in
structors for the course.
Registrations are being accepted
at the high school library. The class
will be limited to "a members. The
course will deal with matters of nu-
triton, the care of the sick and the
emergency treatment of accidents at
home.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-04-01
new PUMPER UNIT
WILL HELP RURAL
FIRE PROTECTION
New Pumper Will Give Town
Fire Protection While Truck
Is On Rural Runs
Town Officials Studying Details
Of Arrangements for Rural
Fire Protection

Addition of new pumper unit to
Bluffton's fire fighting facilities will
enable the fire department to offer
protection to town property when
the regular fire truck answers rural
call, it was indicated this week fol-
lowing a survey of the equipment of
the Bluffton fire department.
The new unit together with more
than 100 pieces of smaller protective
equipment were loaned to the town
for the duration of the war by the
United States Office of Civilian De-
fcnse. Fire Chief Guy Corson is
property officer for the equipment.
Studying Matter
Town officials are studying details
of the arrangements whereby rural
protection could be provided without
endangering the town with it's impor-
tant industries engaged in war pro-
duction.
The town had previously purchased
a $4,000 fire truck for delivery last
spring but the War Production Board
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-04-01
School Music Units
VIII GiUe Concert

Bluffton High school music groups
will be presented in the second con-
cert of the school year at the high
school auditorium Sunday afternoon
at 3 o'clock.
Included in the presentation will
be numbers by the band and orches-
ira under the direction of Sidney
Hauenstein and the high school
chorus under the direction of Miss
Harriet Brate.
The first concert of the music
groups was given in December. The
concert series have been planned by
the high school as substitute fol
the spring music contests which have
been eliminated because of war con-
ditions.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-04-01
Last Rites For
Mrs. Nancy Geiger

Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy
Geiger, 73, were held lat the First
Mennonite Church, Saturday after
noon at 2 o'clock. She died at her
home in Lima, Thursday morning at
1:10 o'clock on the twenty seventh
anniversary of the death of her hus-
band, Amos Geiger.
She was native of Bluffton having
lived in Toledo five years, and Find
lay II years before moving to Lima
last August to live wit hher daughter
Mrs. Edgar Zehrbach. She had been
il lseveral months.
She was the widow of former tel.
ephone company manager who died il
Kentcn of heart attack while tn.
couple resided in Blnf1on.
Surviving are son, Stanley OF To
ledo, and three daughters, Mrs. Lou
ella Temple of Monrovia, Calf, Mrs
Josephine Woodwork of Athens, ane
Mrs. Edgar Zehrbach, at whose home
she died.
She is also survived by five broth
ers and sisters, DR.. ]. S. Steiner anG
Mrs. Lena Bixel of Button; Atty
r. S. Steiner of Lima; Rev. Albert
Steiner of North Lima and Mrs. Sar.
all Geiger of North Newton, Kans
She leaves eight grandchildren.
Burial was at the Zion cemetery
three miles west Of town.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-04-01
Last Rites Thursday
For Mrs. LeUi OberLy

Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah FL
len 0berly, a., wife of Levi Oberly,
will be held at the First Mennonite
church, Thursday afternoon at 2:3O
o'clock. She died at her residence on
Cherry street, Monday night at 11:45
o'clock. Death was due to Bright's
disease.
The daughter of Rev. Christian and
Marie (Welty) Zimmerly, she was
born in Riley township, Putnam coun-
ty, April /, 1871. She is survived by
her husband, three sons and four dau-
ghters, Millard Oberly, at home;
Reno of Bluffton; Olan of Jenera;
Mrs. Laoma Wilson of Findlay; Mrs.
Lelah Basinger of Pandora; Mrs. Lu-
ellie Doty of Lima and Ladonna at
home. There are "a grandchildren
and three great-grand- children.
Mrs. Oberly is also survived by five
sisters and three brothers, Mrs. Hen
ry Habegger of Bluffton; Mrs. Caro-
line Augsburger, Mrs. Joshua Am
stutz, Mrs William Habegger and
Mrs. Albert Lehman, Pandora; Homer
Zimmerly of Bluffton and Arden and
Leonard Zimmerly of Pandora.
Mrs. Oberly was a member of the
First Mennonite church. Rev. j. N.
Smucker, pastor, will officiate. Bur-
ial will be at the ST. John cemetery
at Pandora.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-04-01
TOlUn Purchase To
Enlarge Parking Lot

Enlarged parking facilities will be
available this summer through pur-
chase by the town of the Chris Buch-
er lot on Thurman street. The deal
was closed the first of the week
whereby the municipality paid $500
for the real estate.
Part of the lot is now in use for
automobile parking under lease
arrangement between the town and
Bucher. Purchase of the real estate
however, will make possible enlarg-
ing of the parking space.
On the lot are located a small
dwelling and two car garage. The
dwelling is occupied by Carl Young
since Bucher was removed to the
county inirmary some time ago
The town truck and other equip
ment of the street and cemetery de-
partments are stored in the garage
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-04-01
Resigns Reformed
Church Passionate

Rev. Emil Burrichter has resigned
as pastor of the st. Johns and
Emanuel's Evangelical and Reformed
churches here to accept the pastor
ate of an Evangelical and Reformed
church in Plymouth, Indiana.
Announcement was made by the
pastor to both congregations Sunday
morning. The resignation will be-
come effective June 1, at which time
he will have completed seven years
as pastor of the two churches here.
Rev. Burrichter will preach his
farewell sermon on Sunday, May 23.
Formal acceptance of the resignation
was made at joint meeting of the
consistories of the st. Johns and
Emanuel's churches, Monday night.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-04-01
SALE OF AUTO
LICENSES I MORE
Than YEAR AGO
Record of 1,40O Sold Here
Wednesday Tops Last
Years Mark
Motorists In Rush to Get Wind
shield Stickers Before
Deadline

After getting off to slow start
Bluffton motorists rushed to the local
auto license distribution headquarters
to purchase a total OF about 1,400 IL
censes by Wednesday noon, it was an
nounced at the Bixel Motor Sales, in
charge of sales here.
In contrast to many other towns in
Allen county and surrounding coun-
ties, the Bluffton sales are higher now
than they were at this time last year.
Wednesday is the last day in which
to obtain the 1943 license stickers.
If the sticker is not displayed after
April /, the motorist will be liable to
a fine. The present 1912 metal plates
must also be displayed on the motor
vehicles as we'll as the stickers to be
placed on the windshield.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-04-01
MEAT BUYING RUSH
DEVELOPS BEFORE
RATI0NINC STARTS
Markets Close When Flood of
Buyers Exhausts Supplies
Saturday
Many Commodities, Formerly
Frozen are Now Available
On Markets

Bluffton housewives are learning
this week to budget according to
points, their purchases of meat,
cheese, butter, canned fish, salad and
cooking oils, giving up for the pur-
chase of each commodity red coupons
marked "A" in Ration Book No. 2.
Beginning of retail sales under the
rationing point system followed a
hectic weekend when crowds eager to
have a last fling at unrationed meat
started a run on Buttons two butch
er shops which exhausted their sup
plies by early Saturday night.
Volume of meat sales Saturday
were said to have been by far the
largest any single day ever exper-
fenced here. The volume swelled to
proportions entirely unforeseen by To-
cal butchers who said Saturday morn
ing that with coolers filled in antici-
patton of unusually heavy buying
they expected to have sufficient meat
for the entire days trade.
Meat Markets Closed
However Saturday night Bigler
Bros. market closed its doors before
9 o'clock when its stocks were prac-
tically exhausted. Basinger Bros.
market closed about an hour later.
In addition to meat, hard cheeses
which come under the rationing pro-
gram were in demand and local groc-
cries which handle this type of food
stuffs in addition to the meat mark
kets were able to supply the demand.
| Because of the unprecedented buy
| ing rush that developed Saturday
thruout the state and nation, dealers
were uncertain as to when their sup
plies of packing house meats would
be back to normal. These products
consist largely of Cured lnsatss. Stocks
of fresh meats were provided by
emergency butchering on Sunday to
supply Monday morning trade.
More Commodities Available
Altho rationing is restricting sales
of some products, it has made avail
able other commodities which have
been made unobtainable thru freez-
| ing orders. These include butter,
lard, fats and oils frozen by OPA or
der last week.
Also included in foodstuffs now
available are canned meat and canned
| fish. sales of which were halted Feb
ruary Is and taken off the market
| until the start of rationing.
Home canned meats may be con-
sumed without regard to rationing.
Also food in frozen food lockers may
be used without rationing restrictions,
OPA has stated. The total amount
of perishable food stored in lockers is
considered too small to justify the
| inconvenience it would cause either
| to have this food declared, or to place
| legal restrictions on its use.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-04-01
How Many Points for SOupb0ne
Butchers and Housewives
Ponder
Hamburger, Officially Defined
By OPA Is Favorite Buy
In Markets

That old standby of culinary art
the soupbone-how many points
does it take? Butchers and house
wives alike here pondered that one
this week as they scanned in vain
OPA's table of point values for the
answer.
Fact is, soupbones weren't men,
toned in the official list which is
supposed to cover all the various
cuts of beef, veal, lamb and pork,
so meatmarket operators here are
using their judgment in the matter.
Nearest reference to soupbones is
the item of oxtails which rate three
points per pound. With this as a
standard soupbones are being rated
more or less according to the amount
of meat which they may have.
Slim Picking for Fido
And with all meat cuts rationed,
it looks like a long season of slim
picking for pet dogs and cats which
are frequently regaled by offals from
the butcher shops.
Since Fido has no ration book it
will be necessary for someone of the
family to give up points for such
meat as he may eat, with exception
of bones without meat. In the case
of larger breeds of dogs which re-
quire sizable portions of meat daily,
this has developed into an acute
situation.
Desire of housewives to conserve
their ration points was reflected in
purchases Monday when hamburger
was a favorite buy. Carrying a
low point value, nearly half less
than steak and without bones it
appealed to point-conscious house
wives.
OPA Defines Hamburger
Hamburger, however, has been Of
ficially defined by OPA as including
neck, flank and shank cuts, beef
trimmings and fat. If different in.
gradients are wanted, it will be
necessary to buy them at regular
point values and have the meat
ground afterward.
Because of the expanded demand
for hamburger, meat market opera
tors expressed the opinion Monday
that it would be difficult to keep a
supply on hand.
Also, they pointed out that since
the ingredients which go to make up
hamburger have been specified in the
official order, it will not be possible
in the future to continue the former
practice of using choicer cuts OF
meat in hamburger to avoid short.
age.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-04-01
NO One TO PLOM
LOTS THIS SPRING,
GARDENERS PLANT
Farmers Too Busy This Spring
To Take Time for Town
Garden Flowing
Inability to Have Lots PlOwed
May Force Abandonment
OF Gardens Here

Wartime shortage of manpower
was brought home to Bluffton house
holders when it developed that lack
of men and teams to ploy town lots
may seriously interfere with plans to
put out victory gardens this pring.
This became evident the first of the
week when inquiries from prospective
gardeners for someone to plow their
lots met with no response. With
planting season at hand, most gard
eners faced the prospect of spading
as much of their plot as possible and
abandoning the remainder of the pro-
ject.
In previous years sufficient number
of men and teams were available for
this work. These were usually farm
ers who pocketed tidy sum of extra
income from this source, receiving on
an average of $3.50 for each lot plow-
ed.
Men, Teams Gone
This year with an acute shortage of
manpower ON the farms and farmers
still busy with clearing away last
falls corn in order to get fields ready
for spring tillage there is no pros
pect of getting them to plow lots.
Likewise teams which were to be
had in previous years are now being
used for farm work or have been re-
placed by tractors.
In the plowing of town lots, time
lost in going from one small plot to
another was given as one of the reas-
ons why farmers were not interested
this spring when all hands are busy
from morning until night.
Lions Victory Gardens
One bright spot in the gardening
situation appeared the first of the
week when officials Of the Lions club
stated that with their victory garden
ing project planned for one or two
large tracts there would be no diff
Guilty in having the ground plowed.
These tracts it was pointed out,
woud be plowed by a tractor and then
subdivided into individual plots.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-04-01

with the office or with David
Smucker, who is chairman of the
Hi-Y project.
The students may be contacted for
work after school and Saturdays or
for summer employment. The en-
ployment service will be available
during the summer months for which
the high school office may be con-
tacted.
The service is available Immediate
ly. Farm boys and town boys inter-
ested in working on farms are avail
able to farmers needing extra help
this summer, it was explained.
Assisting in the plan are the fol-
lowing students: David Smucker,
chairman, Ralph Althaus, Floyd
Herr, Earl Dean Luginbuhl and Ken
meth Winkler.