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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-14

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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-14

The food stamp plan operating
through retail stores will be discon-
tinued on March /, probably for the
duration of the war.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-14

Treatments to remove grubs from
beneath the skin on the backs of
cattle should be repeated at 30-day
intervals at this season to make
sure no heelfiy larvae emerge and
reach maturity. ~~~
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-14
ManA
AHA
DelMoIsoI

And they used to say we don't
have winters any more like they had |
'em in grandfather's day S. well |
we have one now thermometer
down to four above zero Wednesday |
morning and ice and snow COW
cred roads for more than a week |
and jingle of sleigh bells on the |
Main drag ). don't need A cards
for them wonder where those
sleighs have been kept all these
years when we forgot all about horse
power +. -. and maybe we'll see red
flannels coming back next in these
days of fuel shortages =. . but the
sweet young things are still wear
ing socks =. it's silk or nylon or
nothing and looks as if there1l
be plenty of nothing s. they'll
freeze before they wear cotton s.
and speaking of freezing-we saw one
of the subdebs Tuesday night in
fur coat-and socks; maybe she was
warm-but we took one look and
had sudden chill.
Lieut., James Griffith, of the in
telligence division of the United
States army air corps, stopped in to
see us Monday afternoon and tells
us that army life is interesting and
exciting. He says that the discipline
is taken in stride and really makes
one more efficient and concerned
about his personal improvement. He
says that he enjoys military life
and may make it his career when
the war is over.
Corp. Olan Herr writes of the
| sumptuous dinner he enjoyed on
Christmas day at Pine Camp, New
York. How's this for a menu to
make your mouth water: Roast tur-
key, sage dressing, mashed potatoes,
creamed peas, candied sweet pota-
toes, giblet gravy, buttered Lima
oeahs' elaiioeils sauee' let'uee anu
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ple' lruie saiao' ice creaii' chocolaee
cake' nara candy assofted NUTS
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wine, cigars, cigarettes.
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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-14

Apparently it is showing a good
deal heavier in Michigan than here.
Jeeps going through town the first
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-14

Then there are others who have
been helping out cleaning off side
walks in their district. Among those
are Coach Burcky ON Grove street,
Clair Fett on Campus Drive and
Forrest Harmon on South Lawn
avenue.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-14

Carol Montgomery, first, and Carol
Henry, second, for skirts.
Doris Jean Badertscher, first for
pajamas, and Irene Marquart, sec
ond, for shorts.
Betty Hartman, first, and Ida May
Arnold, second, for dresses.
Kodiak mirror., 1943-01-30
COMIN 6 COIN

Passengers announced by AL aska Star Airlines this week included:
 Outgoing:
 Frank Scheeve, Charles Shapr, Carl Larsen, B. M. Long, V. A. Ellington, J. P. Cook, Benita Howard, Cal. Slater, Roy Baker.
 Incoming:
 Eldo Roberts, L. J. Larson.
Kodiak mirror., 1943-01-30
Notice To Creditors

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HER E. BY GIVEN that Ida M. Poll man, administrative of the es- tate of Robert F. Pollman de- ceased, has duly qualified as ad- ministratriX of the estate of Harry Christopherson and Rob ert F. Pollman, co partners doing business under the firm name of "Christy's Bakery" with full power and authority to adminis- ter the estate of said co-partner- nership according to law; and all persons having claims against sad co-partnership estate are re- quired to present them with proper vouchers for approval to me in care of "Christy's Bak- ery", Kodiak, Alaska, that being designated as the office for the t ansaction of the business in connection with said estate, within six months from the date hereof.
 This notice is dated and the date of its first publication is January 9, 1943.
 IDA M. POLLMAN
 Administratrix
 To Buy, Sell or Exchange
Kodiak mirror., 1943-01-30
News HighEights
(eontinued from page ?

(eontinued from page ? p. m the evening of Jan. IA and lasted until 3 a. m. the next morning.
 Stalin and Chiang-Kaishek were invited but unable to at tend the meeting.
 Roosevelt was accompanied to Africa by Gen. George c. Mar shall, Chief of Staff, U. s. Army, Admiral Ernest J. King, Chief of Maya Operations, It. Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Chief of Army A. Forces, and Harry Hopkins.
 Roosevelt's son, It. Col. FL llott Roosevelt, was present at the meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23
Grid Star Makes
First Isle L.a,cinq

WASHINGTON. Nov. % CUP)-
First Lieut.. George w. Cutler, of
Los Angeles, a Marine dive bomber
pilot who was center on the Uni
versity Of Southern California's
1889 football team, landed the first
American plane on Vcla Lavella in
the Solomons after that base was
taken from the japanese.
But, according to a dispatch from
Tech, Sgt Harry S. Bolser, Louis
vile, KY. a Marine corps combat
correspondent, it was forced
landing in a crippled planc-made
two weeks before thc airfield was
completed.
when Lieut.. Cutler came in with
his Daunjlcss plane Bolscr wrote
"Steamroilers were moved off, but
Seabeos didn't have time to drive
off q BulIdozcr near the end of the
field.
"CulleH's plane crashed head on
into The BullGozer, glanced off and
flipp2d over on is back.
With a sheepish grln on his face,
Cutler craWlcd out of the cockpit.
His face was scratched and his back
was Wrenchcd. His radio gunner.
Marine Sgt. Charles Kyle, Sherman,
Tex was pulled out Of the rear
seat. Hc was not hurt. Two days
later the pair were back in action
blasting Japs."
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23
Four Leaders 10
Meet, Saw Mazis

LONDON, Nov. %. (UP) - Nazi
radios in France said today that
President Roosevelt, Prime Minis
ter Churchill and possibly Premier
Stain and President Chang Kai-
Shek will meet this week.
The Paris and Vichy stations
cited informed circles in Washing
tom and Washington rumors" as
the sorccs Of their reports.
While there was no confirmation
III Allied circles that The proSpec-
tive meeting of the United Nations
leaders would be held SO soon, a
Stockholm dispatch to the London
Daily Express said neutral news
papernen there were predicting
that this will be the big surprise
week of the wal"
From London and Switzerland"
the dispatch said. come reports to
Swedish. newspapers that spectacu-
lar events are impending.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23
japanese Use Of
Poison Gas Told

CHUNGKING, Nov. 20. CUP -
Sever fighting in the outskirts of
Changteh, important road point
west of Tung Ting lake in central
China was reported today by a
Chinese communiqUo which told of
repeated Japanese use of poison
gas, infliCting heavy casualties on
Chinese troops.
On at least 10 occasions during
November, the communique said,
the japanese used poison gas, and
orders to use gas were found on
the bodies of japanese officers.
Both sides were reported SUI
fering heavily as the japanese at
tackled Changteh defenSes under a
cover of aerial and artillery bonn
bardment. The japanese also were
reported to be attacking HanshoW.
about 18 miles southeast of Chang
teh, apparently in an effort IN cut
communications between Changsha
and Changteh.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23
MARINES MOTIONLESS

A sharp report split the silence; a
Jap sniper had drifted back toward
the cape. BIZ; the little group Of
Iarines-it varied from five to 40-
xneeling beside the open grave re-
NAMED motionless. Our guns bark
Cd retaliation as the chaplain con-
cluded:
Unto Almighty Gcd we commend
the soul of our brother departed
and we commit his body TO the
ground"
Four Marines, moving with dignity
and efficiency, lowered the dead
Marine into the soil Of Torokina
nd the grave was filled quickly
One of the grave-registration de-
tail stepped forward briskly. planted
a stick to which he attached dog
ag. Another Marine. a friend Of
the dead man, placed his helmet
ltop the marker.
Some Marines left, having full
filled their obligations to a lost
comrade. Others took their places.
The Protestant chaplain then began
the services for a Catholic Marine:
Internal rest grant unto him, o
Lord, and let perpetual light
shine upon him.
As he finished a Catholic officer
stepped forward and knelt beside
the open grave. A dozen enlisted
men, also kneeling. repeated un-
evenly and in low tones:
Hail Mary, full of grace.
When the service ended, they
likewise turned away to continue
the battle of Bougainville.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23

to be directed against the KoroSu-
Shey area Is miles east of aban-
doncd Zhitomir, the enemy also
thrust toward Chernyakhov, l3
miles Lcyih Of Zhitomir on the
Odessa-L cningrad railway.
AT least 600 Germans were killed
in the repulse of two counter
attacks near Chernyakov yesterday
and Soviet pilots damaged five
military trains in a raid on the
Chernyakhov railway station.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23
EMOTIONS CONTROLLED

There were no heroicS, no tears.
no outcries of vengeance as the
living saw the dead Throughout
the entire grim routine most Of the
Marines. many in their teens, con-
.rolled their emotions. Not few
had exposed themselves to enemy
fire to retrieve the body Of fallen
comvade with when they had eaten.
slept and lived for many months az
many places It seemed important
% them that their comrades have
a decent burial"
1t took us many hours To subdue
a few acres Of ground on ToroKlna
Cape. fiercest beachhead Of the
Solomors. but the graves were easy
to dig. Tie so4l is sandy and damp
Soiled. beared Marines stood by
poker-faced as each body was
brought forward for burial. Not
many yards away dead Japs were
being buried. From the enemy
cead drifte6 a slight but unmiS-
taxable sweetish odor.
Chaplain Jones, a Protestant, Of
ficiated at all services this day. The
Catholic chaplain had left with the
other troops. Slight, pale and in
tense. Chaplain Jones read quietly:
Il am the resurrection and the
life Though the body be de-
stroyed. Set shall I sec God"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23
EXPANDS CREDIT

LOS ANGELES. Nov. %. UPD-
Lockhecd Aircraft corporation has
expanded its line of credit with Is
banking institutions from $6O,OOO,-
900 to maximum of S1O5, 900, 900.
according TO q notice filed by the
company with various stock ex-
changes ON which its securities are
listed.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23
BY GEORGE E. ZONES

BOUGA1NVILLE, Nov. Is CUP1
BY global military standards. the
first American dead on Bougain-
vile were not many-26 graves dot
the first America cemetery on
Cape Torokina, a lleat-seared. sandy
promontory reaching few hundred
yards into the blue coral sea.
The task of gathering up the
dead began only few hours after
firing ceased and our first Bougain-
vile beachhead was secured. It
went on from morning to dusk.
American Marines, relieved momen-
tarily of their front-line dutE, look
ed over groups of dead or asked the
whereabouts Of q friend only a few
hours ago they had been fighting
desperately. pillboz TO pillbox. Some
went without hot food CT coffee in
order TO come to the cemetery
Not all our dead. however. were
easy TO find Many Marines wan
dered over TOrokina'S beaches and
plantations searching for the body
Va iAitIO wiz 4l4SlIN i4@NG bSSl4
washed ashore or covered by low.
dry underbrush.
MANY ARE MISSING
Many still are missing. drowned
in Empress Augusta Bay when
shore-based enemy artillery shat
tered landing boats. These bodies
drifted ashore for several days.
1t was early in the dag but
scorching under the hot Bougain-
vile sun when 1t Glyn Jones. Fall
River, Mass. navy chaplain. began
his first burial service of this in
vasion Scant shade was afforded
the cemetery gathering by Toro-
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23
Reds i'm New bxeokthrouqh
Threaten German Disdster

MOSCOW. Nov %. CUP)-Rus-'
sian assault forces have broken
through the German lines south
of Kremenchug in a 12-mile plunge
which carried to the Dnepropetro-
vsk brigehead and posed a new
threat to hundreds of thousands of
Nazis IN the Dnieper bend, front
reports revealed today
The Russians were. reported to
have inflicted the worst route of
he Germans since the Dnieper
crossing to unite the Kremenchug
and Dnepropetrovsk bridgeheads in
achieving the strategic break
through.
Red armies appeared to have
firm control of the situation on
the Ukrainian front and its flanks.
They had stopped the desperate
German counteronslaugh il the
Zhitomir sector and were smashing
through less than six miles from
the last escape railroad and high
way out Of Gomel, the White Rus
sian base.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23
American Bury
BougoinviIle Decd

xmas cocoanut trees. twisted and
battered by American gunfire.
The clatter of distant machine
guns and the whine Of a sniper'S
bullet broke the silence of the
burial services.
Identification of the dead delay
ed services. Some Marines left per-
sonal effects behind when they
Stormed the beach. Some who died
in the water were salt-encrusted
when they reached shore. It was
more difficult to identify those
who were blasted and lacerated by
enemy shells and bullets.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23
at ASSOCIATED DEALERS
IN MINIATURE e

Miniature, full-color reproduc-
tions of today's most famous War
Posters are now available to you
-FREE-at at Associated Service
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make a priceless, historical rec
ord worth keeping always. As
sociated offers them as service
to you, and to the war effort by
adding millions to their circula~
ton, Fifty great posters-includ-
ing Norman Rockwell's cele-
brated Four Freedoms-are being
reproduced. Information about
each poster, and the artist who
painted it, accompanies each min
iature reproduction.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23
QUEEN OF CADETS

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Cal, Nov
23. CUP)-Nineteen-year-o Ards
Jeppson, Ogden, Utah, today reign
ed as queen of naval aviation cadets
at the California Polytechnic COL
lege naval flight prep school.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23
CLIMAXES BATTLE

The Nremenchug break through
climaxed . 72-hour battle into
which t..c Germans threw all
available strength in a futile at
tempt to ward off the threat to
their Dnieper bend positions.
Field dispatches reporting the
new Ukrainian victory. tending to
neutralize the German stand in the
Zhitomir area to the northwest.
said the Russians had DESTROYED or
damaged 1873 German tanks in the
last 48 hours, together with so
field guns.
"a dispatch from Stockholm said
the Germans had acknowledged
the loss of all railways out of
Gomel, leaving only a loophole to
the northwest through which the
garrison could flee The dispatrh
gave no further details. however,
and the report seemed premature
SHELL CORRIDOR
Soviet artillery and iong-rance
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23
Sfort Your Collection Now

Your completed poster collection
will be something you will treas
ure always. Start it now, and add
to it each week. See your near.
by Associated Dealer and obtain
your Album and the first four
posters today. Keep up your col
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friends, because the additional
circulation thus given these pos
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contribution to the war effort,
This will be one more way in
which TO be a Citizen Soldier
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23

raiding railroad lines near Fablano.
Only enc plane was missing from
all operations.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23
British Advance Steadily i'm
Foce O. Enemy Resistance
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Al

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, AL
giers, Nov. %. CUP) - Canadian
troops have repulsed a German
attack north of Agnone and other
British Eighth army forces have
pushed closer to Alfedena, junction
on a road to Rome through CEN
trail Italy, Allied headquarters an
noumced today.
The Canadian fighting was the
major action on the battlefront
ac,oSs Italy which a communique
described as a sea of mud as a
result of rains and floods.
The Nazis evidently were trying
to better their positions around
Agnone, approximately 80 miles in
land from the Adriatic. The Cam
adams held and threw the enemy
forces back. 1t was disclosed that
the Princess Patrieia'S Canadian
light infantry had gore ..tc aetion
in Italy.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23
Reproductions in Full Coior

miniatures, and will have two
more available each week, as they
are printed. He also has for you
a free, 1o-pagc Album in which
to keep and display them, attrac-
lively printed with a designated
space for each of the fifty posters
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23
NEAR JUNCTION

The slight advance sCJthWest of
Alfedena and north o, Rionero in
almost the exact center of the line
put the Eighth army forces less
than six miles from the junction.
At Alfcdena, a major road toward
Rome turns northward in the dircc-
ton of Avezanno.
eighth army forces have gained
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23

were raining shells on the
narrowing escape corridor north
west of Gomel and the fall Of the
city, southern anchor of the Ger
man defense line in White Russia,
was expected soon.
The Soviets all but sprung the
trap on Gomel by forcing the Sozh
river to the northeast and, breaking
enemy resistance. seiIing Radugi,
eight miles from the German-held
Gomel-Minsk railroad and GOmel-
Mogilev highway and IL miles from
Gomel itself
With the new bridgehead ON the
west bank Of the Sozh above Gomel,
the Russians were arrayed on four
sides Of the city. Soviet siege guns
were pounding Gomcl from the
east bank directly east and sou>h
Of the city and a thanking column
was poised on tie vest bank of the
Dnieper river at Rechitsa. 25 miles
west of Gomel ana 81 miles south
west cf Radugi.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23

steadily for four days although yes
terday's results were less than
those the previous three days but
informed military observers in Lon
don denied any large scale offensive
was in progress0
German patrols were active on
the extreme western end of the
Allied Fifth army front along the
Garigliano river.
The communique said that many
rivers and streams were still at
flood stage and little activity was
possible anywhere. While the ground
troops were begged down, medium
and light bombers, fighter bombers,
and fighters went to their aid with
continual forayS, particularly in
the Laroiano and FossoceSia Sec
tors Of TIC Eighth army front.
ATTACK AIRFIELDS
Yesterday. n-Cdium bomberS at
tackled the railroad center and air
field at Foligno, IS miles north of
Rome, and Ceciua, south OF Leg
horn, where a rail bridge was hit.
Bombers last night hit at airfieldS
and yards near Ciampino.
Fighter bomberS continued their
attack on Civitavecchia. important
harbor 38 miles northwest of Rome,
by hitting twice yesterday and
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23
THWART ATTEMPTS


West of KieV, the Russians again
thWarted all German attempts to
break through their lines, littering
the battlefield with enemy dead
and Wercking at least 80 enemy
tanks in the fiercest fighting since
the Russians crossed the middle
Dnieper.
Though the main weight of the
German CCunterattaCks continued
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-23

Free, l6-Page Album
Your nearby, Helpful Associated
Dealer now has your free copies
of the first four of these poster
Evening star., 1943-09-18

Your assignment to buy an extra
500 War bond during the Third
War Loan was made for you by
your son and neighbor's son on the
lighting fronts. Back the Attack
with War bonds.
Evening star., 1943-09-18
Mrs. Elizabeth Di||ing
Sued for Divorce in Reno
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Sept. 18.-Mrs. Eliza
beth Dilling, author of "The Red
Network" was notified yesterday
that her husband Albert had sued
her for divorce on grounds of
cruelty in Reno, New.
The notice was in the form of a
summons served by Deputy Sheriff
Robert Kerens.
The couple filed divorce actions
against each other here last year
but, after half dozen uproarious
hearings in court, they agreed to
halt the litigation and to make a
new effort to resolve their differ
ences.
Mrs. Dilling told reporters she and
Mr.. Dilling, an attorney and con-
sulting engineer were unsuccessful
in their attempts to effect recon-
ciliation.
Asked about the cruelty alega-
tions in the Nevada suit, she re-
piled:
Hes feet inches tall. the lit
tie snow flower, and could mash me
with one hand"