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Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-15
BEAU JACK HAS
TWO BIG Events
FOR SEPTEMBER
BY JACK CUDDY

PHILADELPHIA, July 10. up
Beau Jack, bOxing's youngest eX-
champion, has two important events
scheduled for September.
Cd He will try to recapture the
lightweight crown from Champion
Bob Montgomery and (2) he will
try to pass the literacy test to enter
the army.
This Georgia Negro. who at %
has banked 100000. but VINO was
rejected twice by the army because
of his inability to read and write,
is training here for a l0-rolInd bout
Monday night with Johnny Hutch
inson, Philadelphia N2gro. at Shlbe
Park.
FIGHT Is TUNE-UP
Whether Beau Jack wins Vi ,n5es
Monday, the fight will serve DIS a
tune-up for his guaranteed return
title tilt with Montgomery, WHO
defeated Beau Jack at New York
on May 81.
Meanwhile, Jack is studying under
special tutor, to get the fl,uda-
mentals of an cducation-le missed
as a shoe shine boy at the Augusta
(GaD Masters golf course. Later
sportsmen and sports writers pro-
vided the money u. start his light
| ing campaign in the north.
That campaign was one Of tlle
most successful in ring history. A5
he marched to the title, Jack har-
vested greenbacks which his han
dlers banked for him. He plans 70
buy hog farm in Georgia with bis
savings.
Beau Jack will add probably SIS
600 to this fund Monday, because
Promoter Herman Taylor expects
the fight to draw more than $55 900.
TICKET SALE LARGE
The advanced sale of tickets Is
SO large that Taylor said he Will
confer with Promoter Mike Jacobs
of New York on the possibility Of
staging the Beau Jack Montgomery
fight in Philadelphia instead Of in
New York.
Jacobs has contracts with man
ayers of both fighters for the Sep
tember fight to be held in New
York. However, last night frankie
Thomas, pilot of Montgomery and
Chick Wergeles, Jacks manager,
said they would prefer to nave the
bout in Philadelphia, Montgomery's
home town, where it doubtless would
draw the most money.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-15
l.. 4. POULTRY e EGGS

Los ANGELES, July + tUP1=
EGGS: Jobbing prices 10 retailers on
packed candcd eggs per dozen.
Grade AA. large 4S-5oC. grade A. large
4sc. Grade 3. large 40-43c; grade A.
medium 43-44c: grade A. small 37-lOC.
Retail prices TO consumers: Grade AA.
large $3.50. grade a, large 53-55C
grade B. large 49-51c: grade 4. medium
4S-5lc: grade a. small 39-46C
Poultry and game at ceiling: Paying
prices fob. Los Angeles:
BroilerS. Leghorn, under % lbs, 30C,
% To 3 lbs. 29C: fryers Sd lbs. NC
all weights 25iac; colorcd. all weights
25 lsc: duck. all sizes 25c rabbits. under
lbs. 2224c.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-15
l.. A. HAY

OS ANGELES, July IS QjT
Evening star., 1943-12-17

Maj. Gen. Frederick l.. Anderson
commanding general OF the 9th Air
Force, revealed recently that the
Germans had found Sergt. Weaver
and that he had lived. He ofIicially
commended 1t. Koske Monday fol
saving the sergeant's life.
Il cannot understand why Weaver
was conscious at all" 1t. Koske said
"A bone had been shattered in hi.
arm and it was hanging by a muscle
1t was spouting blood so fast that ]
did not think he could live Ions
enough for me to get a tourniquet
on the arm.
But managed to get one on
He did not speak-he could not
speak-but was conscious all the
time and his mind was clear. HI
was cool in the face of death. ]
have never seen such heroism. He
understood everything.
He told me with that gesture
that he wanted to be thrown out
So it was his decision. I do not
know whether he hoped for a chance
at life at the hands OF the enemy OF
simply meant that he was dying
had only a little while to live and
wanted to get out of the way.
Il kept thinking, I must make
Evening star., 1943-12-17

received ater Pvt. l.. b. Hunter.
notification, Saturday, that their
son is safe and back with his COM
pany. They at once called his A.
Rncee, Miss Betty Fuller, 46 Burns
street NE.
Formerly a civilian employe at
Boiling Field Pvt. Hunter was
drafted in May and was sent over
seas in September, his mother said.
The names of three Vireinians
also were announced today as miss
Ing in action. Two of them, 1t John
N. Gibson, jr., Air Forces pilot, of
Arlington, and 1t. Carl Simon, Air
Forces navigator. of Alexandria, dis
appeared November 2 over Austria
the War Department said.
A third, Tech. Sergt. Jean N.
Chamblin, 25, Air Forces radio oper-
etor of Leesburg, Va, was reported
missing in action November 5. but
since then has been reported by the
International Red Cross as a pris-
oner of war in Germany, his mother.
Mrs. Hannah Chamblin of Leesburg,
declared.
1T was such good news" she said.
Just before Christmas, too"
A sister, Mrs. Betty Tate, lives in
Alexandria, Va. Sergt. Chamblin
was graduated from the Leesburg
High School and was employed at
the Leesburg branch of the Chesa-
peake and Potomac Telephone Co.
before he enlisted in the Air Forces
In June, 1941.
1t. Gibson, 25, Joined the Air
Forces in January. 1941, and is a
pilot Of a Bit bomber, his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Norman Gibson,
said. His wife lives in Wilmington.
Del.
1t. Simon worked at the Rural
Electriflcation Administration be-
fore he was drafted in December,
l941, his wife, Mrs. Rena Simon.
said. They were married last May
and 1t. Simon was sent overseas
In September. She is employed at
the Justice Department.
Evening star., 1943-12-17
Navigator Says Injured Flyer
Asked to Be Thrown Out

I've been reluctant to talk about
the action" he said, but there are
reports of the incident that should
be corrected.
I've read that Sergt. Weaver was
dropped out over his 'pitiable pro-
tests. That Is not true. There were
no pitiable protests. Weaver himself
made the decision I will never in
all my life be able to understand
how he was able to think, how he
was able to make decision. But
he did"
Sergt. Weaver was wounded by a
German cannon shell that entered
the Fortress and killed it's co-pilot,
as the Fortress was coming in over
Germany to bomb Hanover. The
shell nearly tore Sergt. Weaver's
arm off. and hee fell from his top
turret position to the planes pas
sageway. He was dropped from the
plane by 1t. Koske in the belief that
the Germans might find him i'm
mediately and give him medical at
tention that would save his life.
Evening star., 1943-12-17

sure his parachute opens I went
all over his harness, saw that 1t was
o. X. Then put 'bailout bottle Of
oxygen in his harness. hooking 1t In
front. But the bottle was a new
type and I did not understand it.
BY gestures, Weaver showed me how
to fix the opening. 1t seems in
credible that he could have re-
manned conscious. cool and keen.
Then put the ripcord in his
good hand. He pulled the cord a
little, thinking that start on the
cord was needed because he prob
ably would faint as soon as he hit
the air.
1T was a dificult thing to get him
posed right for the drop, but I man
aged it and dropped him through
the escape hatch"
Evening star., 1943-12-17
BY the Associated Press.

TWO RIVERS, Wis, Dec. IT.
Sergt. Tyre c. Weaver, wounded
Flying Fortress gunner, was drop
ped out Of his plane over enemy
territory, at his own request, to
save his life, 1t Keith Koske, the
navigator who threw him out re-
vealed yesterday in disclosing the
full, dramatic story of the now his
toric incident.
1t Koske, %, is on leave, visiting
his wife and year-old son, Mike
here
Evening star., 1943-12-17

pdl clltS, MI dIlu
Mrs. Olin M.
Hunter, 638 E
street E. have
been notified by
the War Depart
ment.
Pvt. Hunters
name was car
ried as missing
In action in a
w a r D a r t.
ment list pre-
pared last week
for release to-
day. His parents
said they. had
Evening star., 1943-12-17
District Man Listed
As Missing Reported
Back With His Unit

Pvt. Lewis B. Hunter, 20, reported
missing in action in Italy in Octo-
Der, is safe and has been back with
his company since November l8, his
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-21
War Brings People To Realization
Of Spiritual Realities, Minister Says

War brings people to somber
realization of the value of spiritual
realities and people here may well
profit by the experience of our
English brothers, it was stated in a
recent address by the Rev. j. A.
Weed, pastor of the Bluffton Meth
odist church.
Rev. Weed has received numerous
requests for the following quotation,
taken from a newspaper in Bourne
mouth, England:
eve have been pleasure-loving
people, dishonoring Gods day, pic
nicking, and bathing. Now the sea
shores are barred; no picnics, ne
bathing.
"We have preferred motor trave
to church-going. Now there is short
age of motor fuel.
"We have ignored the ringing o.
church bells, calling US to worship
Now the bells cannot ring except t.
warn us of invasion.
"We have left the churches hal,
empty when they should have beel
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-21
March OF Dimes
DriUe Starts Here

Bluffton residents are invited 10
contribute to the March of Dimes
drive in celebration of the Presi-
dents birthday on January 80 to
provide funds for the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
A. ]. B. Longsdorf, superintendent
of schools, is on the March of Dimes
committee and Mayor w. A. Howe
is on the ticket committee for the
Presidents Birthday Ball to be held
at Lima Memorial hall on Saturday
night, January 80.
Receptacles have been placed in
the various home rooms at the high
school and students are placing their
dimes in the containers. Residents
of the community are also invited to
make donations to the fund, Supt-
Longsdorf stated.
Tickets to the Birthday Ball in
Lima may be secured from Mayor
Howe.
The National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis made grants and
appropriations totaling s1,152, 2,191.17
during last year and its 1900 chap
ters operating in the country give
immediate aid to polio victims re-
gardless of age, color, race or creed
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-21
Lafayette

MRS. Cliff Knoble of MariCa spen,
the weekend with j. G. Knoble.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adrian Meyer and
family were Sunday dinner guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Roberts.
Miss Judith Kline of Chicago, Mr.
and Mrs. John Mullenhour ano
family and Mr.. and Mrs. William
Thompson of Lima were Sunday din
ner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Doranct
Thompson.
Mrs. Waldo Long spent the weel
end with her husband at Great Lakes
Service school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Guthrie ant
family of Delphos were Sunday din
ner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Blak,
] Guthrie and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Knoble ant
daughter were Sunday dinner guests
of Mrs. J. G. Knoble.
Mrs. Grace Vorhes was a week
end guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Georg,
Vorhes of Lima.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Hall o.
Huntington, Ind, and Mr.. and Mrs
George Vorhes of Lima were Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. ID. P. Hall.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-21
BIuffton College Notes

Rev. ]. N. Smucker, pastor of the
Mennonite church, addressed mem
bers of the student body in chapel,
Thursday morning.
Mrs. Floyd Pannabecker, former
missionary to China, spoke to MEM
bers of the college Y. w. c. A, last
Wednesday evening.
Six hundred feet of motion pic
ture film, and fifty colored kodo-
chrome slides, showing scenes of the
college campus and activities, are
available for use by churches ant
other organizations, it has been an
nounced by DR.. L. L. Ramseyer
president of the college.
DR.. L. L. Ramseyer, president
will leave Friday, for trip through
southwestern Ohio. He plans t.
contact prospective students ant
other college friends in that terri
tory.
Miss Edna Ramseyer, dean O.
women at the college, visited friends
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-21

find muskrat trapping means of
extra income during the trapping
season. Many youngsters of both
grade school and high school age
will catch as high as so during the
season.
Several men trapping in the area
annually catch more than 100 rats.
Myron Stratton, Orange township
farmer, trapped more than $50 this
year.
SOMETIMES SHOT
Occasionally rats are shot but the
pelt is so easily damaged that this
method is not generally practised, it
was stated by Manges. Apples,
corn, or potatoes are common used
as bait.
Generally the trap is placed at the
foot of the slide on which the musk
rat goes down into the water. Some
times the muskrat will chew his leg
off to free himself from the trap
Occasionally another animal will take
advantage of the rate being caught
and will eat it in the trap. Animals
most frequently doing this are the
mink, weasel and house rat.
ARMY USE
Fur from the muskrat can be dyec
to simulate almost any of the NOR,
expensive furs. Not only are they
used for women's winter coats bu
in the last year have been used in
creasingly to line the jackets of sea
men on the merchant marine ant
those of aviators.
The local agencies have been pay
ing about two dollars for muskrat:
and about six dollars for coons. Us
ually the whole animal is brough
to the collecting agency. If tn,
hunter pelts the fur himself he il
paid premium for the extra work
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-21

The Blufton Neacs presents
another of the Interesting but
lesser knoUn aspects of South
AmeYica.-EDIToR.
When passenger vessels once
again ply the waters of America you
can be fairly certain that many
south-bound liners will be carrying
winter sports enthusiasts to Chile's
wonderland Of ice and snow. Crys-
tai flakes blanket its mountain sides
in regions of magnificent evergreens
and sparkling emerald lakes, max
ing of Chile the Switzerland of
South America" and a paradise for
skiing, tobogganing and ice-skating.
Before the war put stop to
tourist travel in the Americas, south
ern Chile's almost endless expanse
of snow-covered landscape was be-
coming an increasingly popular
playground for skiers from all parts
of the world, as well as dazzling
fairyland of scenic beauty for lovers
of Nature. Long, steep and difficult
ski-runs challenged the skill of ex-
perts, while gently sweeping hills
beckoned the novice, for whom there
were noted instructors. Chile's runs
toboggan slides, and idyllic lakes
have become acclaimed as among
the best in the world.
Particularly interesting to winter
sportsmen here is the fac that Chile's
best skiing season lasts from July tc
September. Like fruit-pickers, the
skiers can move to the ripe south
ern snowlands of Chile when the
northern season ends. In fact, many
students from colleges and universe.
ties of the United States, where win
ter sports are popular, spend the
summer vacation at their favoritt
postime in Chile. Ski teams from
the two countries have competed il
meets. :. Last year a. team Of skier
from Chile tourned this country. /
is expected that ChiIe's winter re
sorts" will be quite summer-tim
lure in postwar American travel.
The use of skis in Chile is not a
new as their recent popularity. A
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-21

in Archbold, Saturday and Sunday.
Programs for coming Vesper SER
vices have been announced. DR..
Arthur E. Morgan, president of the
Community Service Inc., Yellow
Springs, Ohio, formerly president of
Antioch college, formerly chairman
of the IVA, and author of "The
Small Community" will address
college and community people in the
Ramseyer chapel Sunday afternoon,
February IA.
Miss Rosa Paige Welch, colored
mezzo-sopranot from Chicago, will
give concert of sacred music in
the chapel Sunday afternoon, March
z; and Dan West, member of the
Board of Christian Education in
charge of peace work, a United
Brethren, will speak Sunday, April
A.
Next Monday evening has been sci
as the date for the college faculty.
student reception, a formal affair
given annually by faculty members
in the reading room of Musselmar
library.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-21
Chile Is Center For South American
Winter Sports July To September

far back as 1887 two Norwegian en-
gineers had to travel on skis to sur
vey the route of the Transandine
Railway, connecting Chile with Ar
gentina. In 1889 the Chilean gov
ernment imported fourteen Norweg-
ian skiers to carry mail between the
two countries, over the snow-blanket-
ed Andes.
Some of Chile's best ski-runs are
within two or three hours of metro
politan centers on the coast. San
tiago, the capital, is actually within
sight of them. Colorful huts and
cheerful lodges for tourists are
slowly Transforming the Chilean
landscape into a Swiss-like wonder
land.
Only thirty miles from Santiago
are the runs in the picturesque vii
lage of Farellones, nestled In a
fairyland of white at 1920 feet. The
La Parva runs, near Farellones,
start at 1900 feet and provide some
of the most thrilling downhill runs
in the world. Further south, in the
magnificent lake region, there is un-
surpassable skiing at Chillan where
the downhill run is fully 20 miles
long, at Llama, and at Osorno,
! within sight of Mt. Osorno, an ex-
tinct snow capped volcano of match
less beauty and perfect shape.
An increasing number of requests
for information about the Chilean
winter sport center reaches the Trav-
el Division of the Pan American Un-
ion, the center in this country for
tourist data on Latin America, re-
fiecting the growing popularity OF
the South American winter play.
ground.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-21

dends, interest and annuities) obtain
personal exemption based on their
status as of July of the year. Thus,
a taxpayer married and living with
husband or wife on July ! is entitled
| to $1,000 personal exemption on Form
| 1040A; if he were a widower on July
/, his exemption would be $500, ir-
respective of the date ON which he
became widower. The amount of
the exemption is not deductible from
the income but is reflected in the
amount of tax shown in the table on
the reverse side of the form.
Taxpayers using return Form 1040
obtain personal exemption proportion
! ate with the number of months dur
ing which the particular status is held.
Thus, for a person who married on
July /, (who was not head of fam
lily prior to his marriage) the personal
exemption would be $3.50 (250 for the
sixmonths as single man, plus 5000
for the six months as a married man).
In this example it is assumed that the
wife has no income.
Married persons may, however, file
joint returns, ever though one has no
income, and by filing joint return a
couple married during the year may
obtain exemption amounting ito the
exemption to which they would be en-
titled for the period of marriage stat
US, plus the amount of their individ
ual exemptions prior to their mar
riage. In the example given the total
exceptions in a joint return would be
$1100 (25O for each spouse for six
months plus for six months married
status).
If husband and wife living togeth-
er both have income and file separate
returns on Form 1040, the personal
exemption applicable to married
person may be taken in the return of
either or divided between them in any
way them may agree, but the total
personal exemption taken in the two
separate returns may not exceed
81 200.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-21
BlufftOn Known To Fur Trade For
High Quality OF Its Muskrat Pelts

Bluffton is receiving increased
recognition as the center of quality
muskrat pelts. From modest begin
nings more than a decade ago. fur
trapping has expanded until it has
become a winter activity of major
proportions.
With a combination of fertile soil
producing an abundance of forage
for the animals and generally favor
able temperature conditions the
Bluffton area has become known in
the fur trade for the high uniform
quality of its muskrat pelts.
The larger animals generally have
the better quality fur. The market
Classics the pelts into four sizes
large, medium, small and kits.
Muskrats do not need a stream of
water to live but those living ada
cent to streams have a much higher
quality of fur than those caught in
bitches. Streams close to grain
fields are productive of the best rats
EAT CORN
The muskrats eat considerable
amount of grain, especially corn, and
farmers often consider them a men.
ace and are generally glad to have
them trapped. Local sportsmen re.
port that often they find grain stor.
age dens built by the rats below the
surface of the water along the banks
of a creek.
Recently, Jesse Manges, local fur.
rier, found muskrat storage der
with more than bushel Of huskec
corn stored in it. Muskrats generally
swim on top of the water unless
frightened. They can swim under
water but not for a very long time
EXTRA INCOME
Many youngsters and some adults
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-21
Mt. Cory School Notes

Miss Betty Morrison has enrolled
recently as an eighth grade student
from the Bluffton school.
The Commercial Room has new
" installed heating and circulating
system.
The amount of war stamps sold
last Wednesday was S37.70. One
$25 bond was sold.
In Social Studies the children in
the first grade are studying about
children from other lands. Follow
ing the study Of Holland the children
are making and furnishing Dutch
house.
The chapel program was in
charge of C. P. Cole, Friday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-21
Bluffton Women Start Slicing Bread
This Week Following OPA Regulation

fiat against the loaf while cutting.
The ban on marketing sliced bread
was announced at the same time as
the announcement of the increase in
flour prices. This was one of the
economies designed to keep retail
bread prices at present levels.
Not only are labor costs saved by
the new ban on sliced bread but
bakers no longer will have to re-
place the worn parts of slicing ma
chinery.
And in addition where bakers have
been using two or three wrappers
to make sure that the sliced loaves
reach the kitchen unchanged they
may now use only one.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-21

filed with worshippers. Now they
are in ruins.
eve would not listen to the way
of peace. Now we are forced to
listen to the way of war.
"The money we would not give to
the Lords work-now is taken from
US in taxes and higher prices.
"The food for which we forgot to
say 'thanks'-now is unobtainable.
"The service we refused to give
God-now is conscripted for our
country.
"Lives we refused to live under
Gods control--now are under the ma
tion's control.
"Nights we would not spend in
watching unto prayer'-now we
spend in anxious afraid precau-
tions."
One deadline which is likely to be
fully enforced falls on March Is, the
final date for filing income tax re-
turns.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-21

Bluffton women sharpened their
knives this week as they started to
slice bread Monday morning follow
ing an order to that effect from the
Office of Price Administration.
Housewives were renewing the lost
art and found that the best way to
cut bread is on its side. If cut,
topside up, the bread is apt to shred.
The eye should be kept on the Loaf
and q very sharp knife used.
One baker advised that there
should be no bearing down on the
knife but that gentle saving mo-
ton should be used. The eye should
be trained on the exact point being
cut and the knife should be held