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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-05-20
Soldier Injured In
North Africa Action

Don Montgomery serving in the
army and grandson of Mrs. Han
nah Swank, formerly of Bluffton,
was injured in action in North
Africa and is being sent to a New
York hospital, according to word re-
ceived here the first of the week.
Details of the injury were not dis
closed.
His mother, Mrs. Bessie Montgom-
cry of Toledo is an elder daughter
of Mrs. Swank, a former resident
here. Mrs. Swank now makes her
home with her daughters, Mrs. Irwin
Zay of Lima and Mrs. Marion War
rem Of Findlay.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-05-20
Remains Buried
Here Wednesday

Body of Mrs. Jennie Miller of To-
ledo was brought here for burial at
Maple Grove cemetery Wednesday
morning. Interment was made at the
side of her husband, the late MIME
Miller, q native of Bluffton. Mil
ler's father Joseph Miller was a
pioneer resident here.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-05-20
TOWN TO HAVE
FIRST BLACk0UT
MONDAY NIGHT
BlufftOn to Participate in
Eight Northwest Ohio
County Test
Time for BlackOut Will Not be
Announced in Advance
To Public

bluHIOn Will nave lLS HFSC test
blackout Monday night, as part of
an eight-county Northwestern Ohio
test, it was announced this week by
Jesse Yoakam, chief air raid warden.
Exact time of the blackout will be
kept a secret and residents will be
informed of the start of the blackout
by the blast of the waterworks
whistle. 1t is believed, however,
that it will come shortly after dark
ness falls.
Signal Changes
Slight revision in the blackout
signals is announced this week by
the Bluffton Civilian Defense council.
The newly adopted warning system
is as follows:
Two Signals
First whistle, or "blue" signal will
be steady two minute blast, re-
quiring all lights to be out; second
whistle of 'red" signal will consist
of series of stacato blasts for
two minute period.
During the "red" signal all
traffic must stop and persons must
seek shelter; The third whistle, or
the return to "blue" will be steady
two minute blast requiring all lights
to remain out but pedestrians and
vehicles may move; "all clear" (no
whistle) will be given by street
lights being turned on or radio an
nouncement.
Residents are asked to have their
radios tuned to Lima broadcastfng
station WLOK for instructions and
explanations as to procedure.
Require Compliance
Under a municipal ordinance pass
ed by the town council on May all
willful violators of town and county
biackout regulations will be consider
ed guilty of a misdemeanor and Ii
able to prosecution.
Under the new alarm system, all
lights should be turned off at the
first sound of the whistle and re-
main off, even after the third whistle
alarm has sounded, until street
lights come on or an all clear signal
has been given by the radio.
Industrial plants will not be re-
quired to blackout or blink their
lights. However, operators have
been asked to extinguish all lights
that will not interfere with produc-
tion.
Passengers on buses and in private
automobiles will not be required to
leave these vehicles as they would
in case of actual air raid. Pedes-
trians are required to remain off the
streets.
Wardens to Patrol
All air raid wardens, wearing
their white helmets and arm bands,
will check on the lights in their re-
spective districts and assist residents
in conforming to blackout regula-
tions of the civilian defense organi-
zation.
1t is understood that since this is
the first test blackout that violators
will not be prosecuted unless they
refuse to comply with orders of
authorized members of the local
civilian defense organization. Will
full violators will be prosecuted, it
was stated.
Final instruction for the trial
blackout will be given to all deputy
air raid wardens in a meeting at the
Mayors office in the town hall
Thursday night at s o'clock, it was
announced by Yoakam.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-05-20
BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT WEEK

Wednesday and Thursday
Senior play. Auditorium. $3.50
p. m.
Sunday-Baccalaureate. Gym
nasium. p. m.
Monday-Class Night. Gym
nasium. p. m.
Tuesday-Commencement, p.
m. Gymnasium.
Friday, May 2S-Alumni reun-
ion and Dance. Gymnasium. $3.50
p. m.
held for eight members of the clas
who are in service and will be unabl
to attend the exercises.
Of the class of 81 seniors, Is Wi
receive the Bachelor of Arts degre
and three the degree of Bachelor o
School Music. Tentatively the re
ten will obtain degrees at tn
close of summer school in Angus
Of these latter, eight will receive tn
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-05-20
Honorably Discharged

Robert Murray who has been sta
toned at Ft. Lewis, WASH, has re-
ceived an honorable discharge be-
cause of disability. He arrived home
Tuesday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-05-20
81 SENIORS TO
GRADUATE FROM
COLLEGE MONDAY
Commencement Address to be
Given by President of
Goshen College
Graduation Gin Absentia" to be
Held for Eight Seniors
In Service

Thirty-one seniors will graduate
from Bluffton college in the 43rd an
nual commencement to be held in the
First Mennonite church, Monday
morning at 10 o'clock.
Graduation ''in absentia" will be
Evening star., 1943-07-16

ception two weeks ago, when Vice
President Wallace, in a lengthy
statement, blamed the "hamstring-
ing bureaucracy" of the RFC for
delaying purchasing programs of the
BEW, and also paid his respects to
the "back-door complaining OF Mr..
Jones and his employees"
President Roosevelt told news
men he knew nothing of the Vice
Presidents attack on Mr. Jones
until he saw it in the newspapers,
and White House intervention in
the situation was seen when Director
Byrnes called the disputants to-
gether for conference which pro-
duced another sharp public state
ment by Mr.. Wallace, and retort
from Secretary Jones, who charac-
terized the Vice Presidents bill of
complaint as "dastardly charge"
A few days later, Mr.. Jones is
sued a detailed reply to Mr.. WAL
lace, in which he tossed the ex-
pressions malice" "innuendo" and
"falsehood" at the Vice President,
and declared that If any one had
been responsible for delaying the
stock-piling of strategic materials,
1t was the BEW. At that juncture,
Milo Perkins, executive director of
the BEW, took up the cudgels and
asserted that Mr.. Jones had not
Evening star., 1943-07-16

Born in Springfield, Mass, Mr..
Bowles comes from family with a
newspaper background. His grand
father. Samuel Bowles, was a lib
eral newspaper editor during the
period of the Civil War and one
branch Of the family publishes the
Springfield .tMass) Republican and
Union and News.
Graduate of Yale.
Mr.. Bowles was graduated in 1924
from Yale's Shef1ield scientific
school.
From 1924 to 1929 he was a COPY
writer and assistant manager at
George Batten Co., which later be-
came Batten, Barton, Durstine e.
Osborn.
He helped found the firm of Ben
ton g. Bowles in 1929 and served as
chairman of the board until August,
1912, when he was assigned to the
new post of vice chairman.
Previous to that, on January /,
1912. he took a leave of absence to
60 to Connecticut on a $1-a-year
rationing job in OPA. At the re-
quest of former Gov. Robert A. Hur-
ley he later took over the job as
Connecticut director for OPA.
Mr.. Bowles Is the father of five
children ranging in age from 4 to
Is years.
Evening star., 1943-07-16
Alexandra Ration Board
Penalties Five Motorists

Five more motorists have been
penalized by the trial board of the
Alexandria ration board, one for
pleasure driving, and the others for
convictions for speeding.
The only pleasure driver. Benja-
min F. Carey, of 119 North Peyton
street, was deprived OF two C cou-
ponS. For speeding convictions,
James Williams, box IA, Alexandria,
lost two A coupons. Donald Saun-
ders OF $50 Wesmond drive, two C
coupons; Benny Peterson OF 726
North Henry street, two A coupons;
and Charles Cline of 1909 Common
wealth avenue, two A coupons.
James Douglas. executive secre-
tary of the ration board, said that
2,340 fuel oil rations have already
been mailed out, and that the Of
flee expects the entire 5000 in the
city to reach consumers shortly.
He also announced that the board
will accept applications for the new
TT coupons starting Immediately,
although the coupons will not be-
come valid until July Is.
Evening star., 1943-07-16
Viereck Case 10 Go
To Jury Today After
Closing Arguments

The Jury hearing testimony since
June as in the District Court trial
of George Sylvester Viereck. propa-
gandist, author and journalist, for
alleged violationS--in six counts-of
the Foreign Agents Registration Act
was to be given the case this after
noon.
Both Government and defense
counsel had yet to complete closing
arguments following their initial
statements to the jurors yesterday
Terming Viereck as "Hitler's chief
propagandist in the United States. =
Albert E. Aren't, special assistant to
the Attorney General, declared that
"a man of Viereck's caliber-a man
who has played crookedly smart with
this Government and has practiced
camouflage upon his Government
and the American people for SO
many years and in so many. years
ought not to- be allowed to remain
free"
Served "Hitler,s Purpose"
Viereck, the prosecutor asserted
used 'the democratic practices of
this country to serve Hitier,s diabolic
purposes" when he contriyed to get
pro-Nazi propaganda before the
american people through members
OF Congress and by his connections
with the Flanders Hall publishing
concern, which turned out a number
Of anti-British books.
"Viereck was the dynamo that
Kept Flanders Hall going" Mr.
Aren't told the jury.
The defendant went through thu
motions" of registering with the
State Department and he attempt.
ed to cover his tracks," the prose.
cutor added. The Government con.
tends Viereck was a paid agent CT
the German Reich before our el:-
trance into the war. Mr., Aren't fur.
ther claimed that the Flanders Hall
books were designed 'to keep Amer
lea from coming to the aid of the
chosen victims of the Nazis."
Defense Attorney Leo A. Rover
appealed to the jurors to render a
proper decision calmly and above
any racial prejudice" adding that
"it Is difficult to think of things
German in these days"
Case Highly Technical"
He reminded the jurors that "be-
fore any war there are two par
Observation-Disclosures and isola-
tionists."
Viereck has maintained he was
in the latter camp and worked for
neutrality solely on a patriotic
and individual basis.
Claiming that I'VE have here a
pretty highly technical case" Mr.
Rover asserted that If viereck
wanted to De dishonest" about his
connections abroad, he would not
have registered with the State De-
partment "at ALL"
Viereck did not disclose he was
an agent of the German Reich for
the reason that he was not such an
agent, the attorney insisted.
Mr.. Rover, along with Attorney
John j. Wilson, were named by
Justice Bolitha j. Laws to defend
Viereck after he had made a paul
pers plea.
Evening star., 1943-07-16
WuIIuce-Jones
agencies engaged in different phases
of foreign economic matters.
Continued From First Page.)
WaIlace's Comment.

OF foreign economic matters.
WaIlace's Comment.
Mr.. Wallace's comment was, I'm
wartime. no enc should question the
overall wisdom of the Commander
in Chief"
Mr.. Jones issued the following
statement:
81 concur most heartily in the
Presidents determination to have
harmony and cooperation between
Government officials and agencies
in the war effort. The Department
of Commerce and the Reconstruction
Finance Corp. and its subsidiary
corporations engaged in foreign pur-
chases will render every possible
assistance to the new director of
economic warfare.
"The director will find the affairs
of all RFC agencies engaged in
foreign purchases, as we'll as the
Export Import Bank, in excellent
condition. He will find the organ
izations functioning with a maxi
mum of efficiency and at minimum
OF expense.
"The President could not have
selected a better qualified man for
the important assignment of director
OF the ONCE of Economic Warfare
than Leo T. Crowley. Mr.. Crowley
is well and favorably known to the
business and financial world because
OF his able administration of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and
as alien property custodian"
Effects Showdown.
Mr.. Roosevelt by his precipitate
action brought to a showdown the
bitter controversy that had It's In
Evening star., 1943-07-16
Crowley Rated an Old Hand
At Making Peace for New Deal
Now Holds Two
Important Posts
In Government
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Smoothing turbulent political wa
ters and holding several jobs at one
time Is old stuff to Leo T. Crowley,
chosen by President Roosevelt to
take over foreign war purchases
and thus resolve the Henry Wallace
Jesse Jones feud. Mr.. Crowley,s new
title OF director of the Once of Eco
non1ic Warfare will simply be
tackled onto a list which also in
cludes::
Chairman of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corp, alien property Gus
todian, chairman of Standard Gas
81 Electric Corp. "a private utility
SYSTEM, and the informal Job OF
adviser to the Democratic National
Committee.
He has an Irish accent that came
from Wisconsin, snow white hair
and chews cigars that are never
lighted. One of the iIandsomest
and "smoothest" of Washington's
officials, he is nevertheless BACH
elor at SO. He serves the Govern
ment without salary.
Mr.. Crowley's genial knack OF
salving sore spots in the New Deal
was used before when the Treasury
and State Departments wrangled
over alien property custodianship
last year. Mr.. Roosevelt settled the
fight by giving the job to the man
almost universally known here as
Leo"
Before that. Mr.. Crowley often
was peacemaker between the Treas
ury and the Federal Reserve Board,
or the Reconstruction Finance Corp.
and the controller of the currency.
His political activities are less
Evening star., 1943-07-16
c. F. Huntermunn Post
Elects J. S. Bozemon

The Charles F. Huntemann Post
No. ITO, American Legion of Mount
Rainier, Md, elected J. S. Bozeman
commander. for the 1894 term at
recent meeting.
Others elected were: Senior vice
commander, v. A. Cooke; junior
vice commander. John J. Miles; ad-
tutant, Perry A. Martin; finance
officer, John P. Sniegoski: chaplain
Herbert Negus: sergeant-at-arms
John H. DofIort: historian, Robert
M. Forkish.
L. Henry and Mr.. Doffort were
elected to serve as delegates to the
State convention in Baltimore
August IS and is. sE4k~ -
Evening star., 1943-07-16
BowIes, Named OPA Manager,
Hunted on Cruise OFF Coast
Appointee Not Yet
Notified Of His
Selection for Post

The Coast Guard was searching
coastal waters of Massachusetts to-
day to locate Chester Bowles, Con-
necticut OPA director, and possibly
obtain his acceptance to the post
of national OPA general manager
to which he has been named by
Administrator Brown.
Mr.. Bowles, a New York advertis-
ing executive, is on a vacation sail
ing cruise from his OPA Job. MIR.
Brown said yesterday he expected
Mr.. Bowles to take over as general
manager about August /. Oficials
said the administrator had dis
cussed the move with Mr.. Bowles
and it was understood there was
agreement, though Mr.. Bowles had
not accepted definitely.
Mr.. Brown, meanwhile, said he
thought" he would name Eliot
Marple, former Massachusetts, news
paperman, acting chief of the
agency's Information Division.
When the administrator made the
statement at his press conference
yesterday reporters present applaud
ed. This led Mr.. Brown to say.
smilingly, Maybe I should make
the appointment permanent.
Former A. P. Reporter.
Mr.. MARBLE. IS, has been with
OPA since March, 1912, and was
chief of its news branch. Before
becoming editorial director of the
Massachusetts, Federation of Tax
payers Associations two years ago,
he had worked for the Associated
Press in Boston.
BY his promotion he would step
partly into the job held by Lou
r. Maxon, Detroit advertising man,
who resigned Wednesday as deputy
administrator in charge of informa-
ton. Mr.. MARBLE actually had run
the information Office a large por-
ton of the time Mr.. Maxon held
the title, for the latter spent most
OF his four-month tenure of Office
away from Washington.
Mr.. Bowles' associates at Benton
& Bowles, Inc, advertising agency,
describe him as man whose basic
field in advertising is copy writing
and market research and say that
his hobby is sail boating.
Evening star., 1943-07-16
Z Gas Stations Here
Found Guilty Of Sales
Without Coupons

Two service station operators were
found guilty Of violating gasoline
ration regulations at q hearing yes
terday by Lester c. Dunnigan, act
ing .oPA hearing commissioner.
Testimony also was received in two
other cases.
The gas purchase privilege Of Eu-
gene George, 1900 block West Vir-
gtnia avenue Sc, was ordered sus-
pended for To-day period effective
August 2, after witness testified he
bought gas there without coupons.
H. B. Duke, 5000 block Nichols ave-
nue. Sc, received To-day suspen-
sion order but sentence was sus-
pended in his case. He noted an
appeal. The charge against Mr..
Duke was that his station also sold
gas without receiving coupons.
Continued to an. undesignated
date was the case against the Homes
Oil Co.. $500 block Blair road NV.
The Government charged that the
company failed to account for cou-
pons good for 1854 gallons of gas
between the period from July, 1912,
through May 80, 1943. In addition
to this alleged shortage, the COM
pany was asked to explain the al
legged theft of coupons good for
1901 gallons of gasoline.
The company denied allegations
that it knowingly violated any OPA
regulation. The Governments tes-
timony was completed, but the de-
fendant was granted continuance,
due TO the absence from Washington
of an important defense witness.
A witness also charged that he
bought 8 gallons of gasoline from
a colored attendant of a service
station operated by Mr. Homes at
116l Twentieth street NV. without
rendering ration coupons. This case
was taken under advisement.
Evening star., 1943-07-16

that they would be expected either
to keep their differences to them
selves or get out.
Cites Last Years Warning.
Recalling his letter of last Au-
gust, in which he warned conten-
tious members of his administra-
ton against airing their disputes,
the President said that the ad-
monition had gone unheeded in
several instances. Explaining that
he is not putting any restrictions
on statements that may be asked
by Congress, Mr.. Roosevelt added,
however that "if. when you nave
a disagreement with another agency
as to fact or policy, instead of sub
mitting it to me or submitting it
to the Director of War Mobilization
for settlement under the terms of
the order creating that office, you
feel that you should submit 1t to
the press, I ask that when you
release the statement for publica-
ton, you send to me a letter of
resignation"
The same rule applies where
their subordinates are concerned.
the letter added.
Also Applies to Radio.
While the letter referred only to
statements given to the press,
Stephen T. Early, the, Presidents
secretary, said it applied with equal
force to radio material
Under the order creating the
DEW, that agency will take over,
lock, stock and barrel, the BEW,
the United States Commercial
Corp. the Rubber Development
Corp, the Petroleum Reserve
Corp. and the Export Import Bank
of Washington. The last four now
are under the RFC and the Secre-
tary OF Commerce, and the funca7
tions of the latter in regard to
them also 60 to the DEW. Q.
The Director of the once of
Economic Warfare may reconsti-
tute the boards of directors of these
corporations and take such other
action as he deems necessary in
respect of them" to carry out the
purposes of the order.
The BEW has about 1000 en-
ployes.
Mr.. Crowley, 53-year-old bache-
lor, has been connected with the
administration since 1884. when he
came from the Craftsmanship of the
Wisconsin Banking Review Board to
head the FDIC.
Evening star., 1943-07-16
Text of Presidents S Letters

FOLLOWING are the tertS OF
President RooSepelt's statement
and letters, issued yesterday, set
ting up the ne1o Office OF Eco
nomic Warfare:
The President today issued an
executive order to unity the policy
of the various administrative agen-
cies engaged in different phases OF
foreign economic matters. The Or
der also relieves both the Vice
President and the Secretary of
Commerce of any responsibilities or
duties in this field and transfers
such responsibilities and duties to
other hands.
/. The present Board Of Economic
Warfare, of which the Vice Presi-
dent is chairman, is abolished.
2. All of its powers, functions
and duties are transferred to a new
Office of Economic Warfare, headed
by a director. Leo T.. Crowley has
been appointed such director.
3. The United States Commercial
Corp, the Rubber Development
Corp, the Petroleum Reserve Corp,
the Export Import Bank of WASH
ington, and all the other subsidi-
aries of the Reconstruction Finance
Corp, which are now engaged in
financing foreign purchases and i'm
ports, are transferred from the De-
partment of Commerce and from
the Reconstruction Finance Corp.
to the new Office of Economic War
fare, to be administered by the new
director.
4. Until such time as the Congress
provides other means of financing
the Office of Economic Warfare, the
Reconstruction Finance Corp. is
directed to turn over to the Office
of Economic Warfare all funds nee
essary to carry on its operations.
S. The director of the Office OF
War Mobilization is given the re-
sponsibility of unifying and CO.
ordinating the policies and pro-
grams of the agencies engaged in
foreign economic matters, in con-
formity with foreign policy of the
Oll1UCu oUd GCS dS ocGSIIllIlSu Dy lE1c
State Department
The Presidents letters to Vice
President Wallace and Secretary
Jones tollo,O:
Gentlemen:
I have come to the conclusion
that the unfortunate controversy
and acrimonious public debate
which has been carried on between
you in the public press concerning
the administration of foreign eco
nomic matters make it necessary,
in the public interest, to transfer
these matters to other hands.
In the midst of waging a war so
critical to our national security and
to the future of all civilization there
is not sufficient time to investigate
and determine where the truth lies
in your conflicting versions as to
transactions which took place over a
year and a half ago.
Evening star., 1943-07-16

proved and could not prove that he
bought the materials which Mr..
Wallace said had not been pur-
chased.
No Judgment of Merits.
The White House, in the mean
time, continued to maintain the
silence that was only broken last
night.
With the letter which informed
the two disputants that they were
being stripped of the functions
which had brought them into COL
lision. Mr.. Roosevelt sent a copy
OF the executive order covering the
new setup, for their information
and guidance"
Mr.. Roosevelt said he was not
attempting to judge the merits of
their dispute because there was
not time for this, with a war going
on.
THE important thing is to clear
the decks and to get on with the
war at once" he said. ITO do this
requires a fresh start with new
men. unencumbered by interagency
dissenSion and bitterness"
In even sharper terms, the Pres
ident, in the letter that went out
to all agency heads, informed them
Evening star., 1943-07-16
Alexandra Bond Concert
Is Planned for TONIGHT.

The concert by the Alexandria
Citizens Band. postponed last Fri
day night because of rain, will take
place tonight at the Maury School
on Russell road. In the event, of
rain, the concert will be held in
the school building.
Another concert will take place
next Friday at location to be an
nounced
The band, under the direction of
Professor Otto Siebeneichen of the
University Of Maryland, holds prac-
tice sessions every other Friday, and
anyone interested in joining may
contact Roger Sullivan, business
manager, in the City Treasurer's Of
flee.