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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-18
Is REGISTRANTS
WILL Leave FOR
CAMP SATURDAY
Group to Leave Lima for In
duction Into Army Service
At Camp Perry
Next Group to be Called for
Physical Examination on
March 13

Thirteen selectees will leave Satur-
day from Lima for Camp Perry to be
inducted into the armed services, it
was stated by Allen County Draft
Board No. 3, the first of the week.
They are:
Gail Rakosky, Bluffton.
Earl Hefner, Donald Coon, Donald
Joseph, Robert Wagner, Robert Si-
fred, George Callahan and Chas.
Stanford, Lima rural routes.
VIM. Place, Joe Metcalf, Bill Miller
and VIM. Ernst, Delphos.
Norval Robinson, Lafayette.
The thirteen leaving Saturday are
from a contingent of thirty regis
trants who took their final physical
examination at Toledo last week.
With exception of those leaving
Saturday. no further draft calls are
scheduled for the next week. Re-
uuirements for men in the immediate
future will be supplied from a reser-
voir of registrants who have passed
physical examinations and are now
awaiting call.
Draft board attaches said, however,
| that notices will be sent shortly to q
number of selectees directing them to
report on March 13 for physical ex-
animation at Toledo.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-18
Procedure Outlined For Securing War
Ration Book No. 2 For Canned Foods
Registrants to Secure Ration
Books in Production Line
At School
Required to Bring War Ration
Books No. and ssDeclara-
tiOn Form"

Plans for issuing 5000 No. 2 War
Ration books at the high school cafe
terra next week from Tuesday thru
Friday are now being completed, it
was announced by Supt. of Schools
A. ]. B. Longsdorf, in charge of the
local rationing program.
In the procedure outlined by OPA,
the public schools here as elsewhere
will again be used to perform the
nations gigantic registration task.
The rationing will take place at the
Bluffton High school cafeteria in
afternoons and evening from / to 8
p. M.
One adult member of family unit
should apply at the cafeteria on the
declaration form which appears ON
this page, for all members of
the family. Family unit includes all
persons related by blood, marriage or
adoption who reside in the same
household.
If here is no person Is years of
age or older in the family unit, the
Oldest member or some other respon-
sible adult may apply for all the
members.
For illustration of the mechanics
of the new registration, OPA ex-
planned how an individual registrant
seeking Book No. 2 for her family
of five persons would proceed. She
was called MRS. Jones'.
FIRST Books NEEDED
Mrs. Jones goes to the school
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-18
No Mail On Rural
Routes Next MOnday

No mail will be delivered on Bluff
ton rural routes next Monday, Wash
ington's birthday, it is announced by
Postmaster Ed Reichenbach.
Morning delivery only will be made
on the city routes here and windows
will be open at the post office until
noon.
Bluffton high and grade schools
will be closed for the day. Also the
Citizens National bank will be closed.
Bluffton college will hold classes
as usual on Monday because of the
accelerated war program in which
customary vacations are largely elm
mated, it was stated by DR.. l.. L.
Ramseyer, president of the institu-
ton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-18
Funeral Services
For Isaac Kern

Funeral services for Isaac Kern,
80, were held a the Lutheran church
Sunday afternoon. He died from a
stroke Thursday afternoon at 5
o'clock after an illness of IL days.
A native of Castalia, he was a
stone mason before he retired sew
eral years ago. He was a member
of the Lutheran church and of the
Modern Woodman lodge.
His wife, Mary, died in 1886.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs.
Bessie Root, Mrs. Monette Burkhart,
and Mrs. Geneva Fish, all of Bluff
ton; Mrs. Irene Leckey of Findlay;
three brothers, John of Fremont; /;
Henry of Oak Harbor; Amiel of
Lindsay, Ohio, ten grandchildren,
and one great grandchild.
Rev. Wilbur Harmony, pastor, of
ficiated at the services. Burial was
at Maple Grove cemetery.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-18
Real Estate Deals

The Noah Danner farm of n acres
south of Beaverdam was sold by the
estate to Gale Arnold for $12,8O0.
Sale was at public auction.
Samuel Augsburger, executor OF
the estate of the late Mary Ann Fol-
let has purchased for the latter's two
sons Homer and Noah Follet the
Clair Moser place on Napoleon road
one mile north of Beaverdam. The
place consists of a house and two
acres of land. The Follet brothers
will move the last of this week.
Rob Patterson has purchased the
South Main street residence of his
mother, Mrs. Eva Patterson.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-18
Births

The following births at the Bluff
ton hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Basinger,
Pandora, a girl, Connie Jean, Thurs
day. Mrs. Basinger was formerly
Miss Leila Oberly of this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Staley, La
fayette, a boy, Thad Russell, Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Zimmerman
a girl Joyce Elaine, Friday. Mrs
Zimmerman was formerly Miss Paul.
inc Badertscher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emerson Tice, La
fayette, a boy, Paul Allen, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Wineland
Jenera, boy, Richard Harvey Carl
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Herr, Lima
a girl, Johanne Marie, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Nonnamak
er, Jenera, boy, Ralph Allen, Mon
day. Mrs. Nonnamaker was form
erly Miss Alma Slusser of this place
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-18
RESIDENCE STREET
LIGHT SERVICE TO
BE RESUMED SOON
New Transformer Has Been
Purchased in Boston by
Board Here
Street Lighting in Residence
Section to be Resumed in
Two or Three Weeks

Streets in the Bluffton residence
section which have been in black
out at night, because Of burned out
transformer at the municipal light
plant, will be lighted again in two
or three weeks.
This is the prospect according to
plant officials the first of the week
with the announcement that new
transformer, Of the size and type
required here has been located in
Boston. Arrangements have been
made for shipment of the transform
er which should arrive in two OF
three weeks, it was stated.
Once the transformer arrives the
task of installing it will be COM
paratively easy and will be put into
immediate operation, plant officials
pointed out.
All of the residence section except
ing on Main street and several ap-
proaches to intersections has been
unlighted since the transformer
burned out nearly two weeks ago.
The function of the transformer
is to regulate the amount of cur.
rent delivered to .he towns street
lighting system. One transformer
still in operation controls the lights
on Main street together with lights
on Church and Poplar streets and
the Cherry street approach to Mair
street.
Two transformers are required a.
the light plant to regulate the street
and boulevard lights in the town i
was explained.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-18
BluftOn Girl Is
Shouting improvement

Improvement in the condition of
Marilyn Stratton, seventh grade stu
dent suffering from a rare form of
anemia, is reported this week.
The child, eleven-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond STRAIT
ton, south of town, has been i'll for
several months with the blood condi-
ton. In the past week, however,
she has been responding favorably
to treatment.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-18
Clayton Murray Gets
Job As Night Police

Clayton Murray has been appoint
ed night police b. Mayor w. A.
Howe and the appointment confirmed
by the council.
The appointment fills the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Albert
Reichent ach who recently entered
the aeslaurant business here. MUIR
ray replaces Robert Watkins who
served for a week under temporary
appointment following Reichenbach's s
resignation.
Following a six months probation
ary period, Murray's appointment
will become permanent under pro-
visions of the new Ohio law.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-18
BLuftOn Man Hurt In
Army Plane Accident

Dwight Worthington, Bluffton man
in army service is in military hos
pital at Columbia, South Carolina,
suffering from injuries sustained in
an airplane accident, it was learned
here the first of the week.
Details of the accident were not
available, however, reports received
here stated tha Worthington has
one leg in a cast.
His mother, Mrs. VIM. Amstutz OF
Geiger street left for Columbia, Sun
day.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-18
BluftOn Woman On
State Auxiliary Board

Mrs. Geo. Rauenbuhler has been
elected as member of the board of
directors of the Ladies Auxiliary of
the Ohio Master Plumbers associa-
ton at the annual meeting of the or
ganization held in Cincinnati last
week.
The term is for a period Of one
year and Mrs. Rauenbuhler will rep
resent fifteen districts at large thru
out the state.
The auxiliary holds its meetings in
conjunction with the annual conven-
ton of the Ohio Master Plumbers
association which Mr.. and Mrs
Rauenbuhler attended in Cincinnati
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-18

Reports of government loans on
1912 grain up to Jan. 20, 1943, show
that rs Ohio farmers had obtained
loans of S44,28O on 52,710 bushels
of corn, and that 16,015 loans total
ing $4,963,055 had been obtained on
Ohio wheat.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-18
WAR RATION BOOK
NO. REGISTRATION
TO START TUESDAY
To Register at High School
Cafeteria According to AL
phabetical Schedule
Everyone Must Bring War Ra-
tion Book Mo- ! and ''Dec-
laration ! Form

Bluffton Public school district
residents will secure War Ration
Book No. 2 for canned foods at the
Bluffton High school cafeteria from
Tuesday through Friday at l to 9 p.
m, it was announced this week by A.
j. B. Longsdorf, in charge of the local
rationing program.
Because of the longer time required
to register the consumer, It will be
necessary to require every registrant
Volunteers are urgently need
ed to assist in the registration
for War Ration Book No. at
the high school next week, it
was announced Wednesday morn
ing by A. J. b. Longsdorf, in
charge of the local program.
Persons wishing to volunteer
should communicate with the
high school Office.
1t was also strongly urged
that registrants come to the
school for the rationing only at
the time assigned according to
the alphabetical sequence from
Tuesday thru Friday at to 9
p. m.
to come only on the day designated
by the first initial of his last name.
Here is the alphabetical schedule
to determine which day registrants
should come to the high school to Sc
cure their War Ration Book No. 2.
Persons whose names begin with the
initial:
"a" thru "Ev register Tuesday.
IF" thru "K" register Wednesday
IL" thru "R" register Thursday.
IS" thru 'sZ' regi{ ~ Friday.
C r 10. s-
It is expected that 5000 raticu
books will be issued at this time
cdCficIS dIlu OlftCI NOluIttci Wolh n
ers in the community will assist al
the various tables in the rationine
procedure.
Due to the many steps which the
procedure requires, minimum of ter
minutes will be necessary for the In
dividual receiving the book. The pub
lie schools will be dismissed on every
afternoon of the rationing period ii
order to permit the teachers to give
their full time to the task.
1t is important that every individ
ual bring War Ration Book No. anc
the declaration form" completed!
filled out. The housewife should cliI
this form which appears on this page
and supply the information indicating
how much of the commercially pre-
pared food she has on hand.
Only one member o. the family
unit need apply. More detailed M
formation concerning the actual pro
cedure of rationing at the high schoo
will be found elsewhere in this issue
of the Bluffton News.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-18
FORM FOR RATION BOOK NO. 2
Form Approved. Bulge, Bureau No. os.RIa6.4a

One copy of this Declaration must be fled
with the Office of Price Administration by
each person applying for War Ration Book
Two FOR the members Of family unit, and
by each person who is not a member Of .
family unit. File at the site designated.
Coupons will be deducted for excess supplies
of the foods listed below according to the
schedules announced by the Office of Price
Administration.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-18
CONSUMER DECLARATION
OPA Form No. R-l30l
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
OFFICE OF
PRICE ADMINISTRATION

Processed Foods and Coffee
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member of family unit the other persons
1bm;sd to s sra Baa whose ar Ratio" Book On" have
Boos One are ed o ~i his or %
ha, none Of these ms L n confined resident n;,iu
in kind eating in an officers
Tha, Other application for war
all Indicated foods owned by all persons included n @
Coffee
]. Pounds 'd Of coffee coffee owned on November 2s 1912,
Declaration whose age as stat m War Ration
3 NUMBER Ps Of person.. ysaas included 1ia IN this
on ar Ration s Book ok One n" iss'i is Il
years or Older
Canned
canned vegetables; canned vegetable juices;
Do no, include canned olives; canned and fish; pickles.
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Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-14
ORTIZ FIGHT
POSTPONED

decision to move the fight date back
two weeks.
Ortiz became the father of baby
girl this week and would have been
unable to leave Ell Centre until
few days before the proposed fight.
This would have given him very
little time TO prepare for the bout.
In a statement here Ortiz said
that he also wanted to give the
former champion from New York
all the time he needed to get in
shape. The little Ell Centro punchcr
won a 12-round decision and Ma
tional Boxing association recogni-
ton as the title-holder last sum-
mer.
The New York commission refused
to recognize Ortiz because the fight
was not for the full Is frames but
later stripped Salica of recognition
because he failed to defend his I'll
tie" within a six-month period.
The commission then announced a
tournament to determine new
champion but never carried out its
plan. It is presumed that the Win
ner of the bout in Oakland, which
is for Is rounds, viii be given the
blessing of the N. Y. group as well
as that of the MIA.
Ortiz said that a little extra
time will enable Salica to get i'll
top fighting form as well as him
self. He said that if he lickS the
New Yorker this time he wants no
excuses from anyone.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-14
Indoor Track Meet
Gains Momentum

NEW YORK, Feb. 13. - up
Combining the best features of a
top invitation program and the
Metropolitan intercollegiate cham
plonShipS, the New York Athletic
clubs 18th anniversary indoor
track-and-field meet at Madison
Square Garden promised today to
be the most brilliant in the long
history of the association.
The invitation phase of the dou-
blc-header program on February
20 viii include a Baxter mile field.
headed by Gil DoddS of the Bos-
ton A.A~ and Earl Mitchell, Wana-
maker mile winner; the Toussaint
tWo-mile with Greg Rice seeking
his fourth straight victory: the
Bc2rmcycr 500, with Hugh Short
OF Georgetown pitting his speed
against Jimmy Herbert, tWo-time
winner; and the Halpin $50 featur-
ing Fred Sickinger, Manhattan's
unbeaten sophomore, in the favor
ties role.
A total of 265 entries have been
Tiled by seven colleges for the Met
ropolitan intercollegiateS
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-14

their sharp shooting.
It was rare that the Marine
players dribbled more than few
steps. Instead, they saved time
end worked the ball in under the
basket by spot-passing.
Big Ed Willard, center for the
service squad, bounced II points
through the hoop to become high
point man for his team. He was
closely followed by the other men,
bers Of the team, who were all
able to score when the time came.
Most of the high school players
had put in a full days work out OF
school Friday on the Lsncoln'S
birthday holiday and were probably
a little more than tired when the
game got underway
WITHOUT JACKSON
The Spartans p11 Je q without
one of their key men, Lewis Jack
son, center. who has received his
induction papers for Army service.
The victory put the Marines
even stephen with the Arabs in
the loop race, each team having
won three games and lost none.
The Marines and the Arabs are to
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-14
". I. STOCKS
ny UNTTTp PRES,

NEW YORK Feb. 13 up Wall
Street regarded the Roosevelt address
as highly favorable marketwise and bid
up prices 90 new highs since September
- 1871. In the industrial average with
volume around the best since December
p. .1941.
Trading started active on blocks rang
ing 10 1000 shares The low priced Is
sues continued 20 dominate in turnover
and many OF them m the utility section
made new highs for moro than year.
Dozens Of issues made new tops in all
sections save sicclS which were iiIm
and dull.
dustrial issues. - rails and ID utilities
rose fractionally 20 now high since
October Z. 1871. Other averages were
higher with the utility making the best
percentage rise.
Railroad issues were steady 10 firm
with new highs in Pennsylvania and Union
Pacific. New highs in the utility list
were made by American Power d Light,
Columbia Gas Electric Power Issues and
Public Service Of New Jersey. Consolidated
Edison. and North American cqualed
their highs.
J. !. Case made a new high Chrysler.
General Motors. Packard. Hudson. and
Nash -Kelvinator were al their highs.
Tire issues were around their best
levels OF the year. AmuScments continued
IN demand with new highs inWarner
Brothers Pictures and Pardamount first
Dow Jones preliminary closing stock
averages Industrial, 127.S3. up 0.74;
rail. 2q.21. up o13; Utility, 1886, up
0l9: and - stocks AZ 20 up 0.25.
Stock sales ioialed 7a4.990 shares COM
stock sales toialed DO. $50 shares against
119.925 last Saturday. Volume on both
exchanges was the best for any short
session since December 27. 1871.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-14
l.. 4. GAY
Weekend Sports
Picture Varied

The sporting picture in Imperial
Valley over this weekend will see
activity in three fields.
Qualifying for the annual ".
amateur golf championship at the
Barbara Worth Country club is
expected to get into full swing with
the championship flig ht card S
scheduled to be turned in this
Sunday evening. Play in the tour
nament itself is scheduled to start
on February 20.
On Sunday morning at 10 am.
a town tennis team from El Centre
IS slated to meet a MexicaH net
squad on the Mexican clay courts.
Sunday afternoon will see four
winter league baseball teams go
into action. In FL Centre. the Ma
rine team from the El Centre air
training station is scheduled to play
the Brawley Merchants. In Braw-
ley the FL Centro town team is to
meet the federal migratory squad
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-14
WASHINGTON ST.
READY FOR new
ARMY SPORT RULE

SEATTLE. Feb. 13. - (UP)-Al-
though the Armys a test edict
doesn't kill college athletics, it will
at least switch the emphasis to
physical skills that stress self
preservation.
With the ban ON participation in
intercollegiate sports by students
under the Armys new specialized
training program, the likely new
trend became apparent over t
Washington Stat tie, one of h e
Vests most War-minded colleges.
Athletic Director j. F.. Boiler in
tends to see that Army students
still get their exercise-bEt it will
be diving and swimming with their
clothes on and treading oily wa
ters
STIFF PROGRAM
The school already has stiff
program of Communicable activi-
ties and these will be made more
rigid and with added trimmings.
Boiler long ago lost any illu-
sionS that the college merry-go-
round would stay on its gaudy path
9nd the announcement caught him
with his guard up.
There has never been any eX-
pectation here that soldiers study
ing and training by day and night
would be able to play Intercollegiate
sports Boiler a d. Instead,
every attempt will be made to
teach uniformed men things that
will save their lives and condition
them for victory in battle"
MOST ARE TAGGED
It's a rare college athlete who
hasn't been tagged by one of the
services, and if the Navy follows
the Army's lead the current basket
ball season may not even squeak
through.
Take Washington's basketball
team, for instance Every one of
the first five-GilmIr, GilbertSon,
Leask, Morris, Ford-have been
earmarked. For Gilmur and Gill
bertSon it's the Army's enlisted
reserve corps; Leask is awaiting
call from the Army Air Corps:
Morris will be a Marine, and Ford
in the naval ROTC.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-14
USED PASSING
BY JACK CUDDY

NEW YORK, Feb 13. (UP)-That
beautiful, razors-out friendship al
ready existing between Negroes Sgt
Jackie Wilson and Ray (Sugah)
Robinson, the two top WelterWeight
contenders, was sharpened addition
ally today by Robinson's alleged run
out on Wilson's Stablemate, Jose
BaSora.
Accordingly, when Sergeant Will
son tangles with Robinson at Mad
ison Square Garden Friday night,
the chocolate soldier from Mitchell
field will be out to 'moider" young
Robinson of Harlem. AT least that's
the promise of Chris Dundee, irate
handler of both Wilson and the
allegedly Wronged Basora.
DUNDEE EXPLAINS
Dundee explained: Wilson plan
ned originally to take it easy with
Robinson Friday night-just knock
him out in an early round so Robin
son wouldn't get hurt enough to
prevent his fighting Basora at Phil
adelphia on March l. Robinson had
contracted last month for the Phil
adelphia bout. But yesterday Robin
son draws out Of the Philadelphia
scrap and, instead, takes a match
with Jake LaMotta at Detroit for
Feb. 26"
Robinson, who is slated to go into
the army early in March, assured
Dundee and Promoter Herman Tay-
lor of Philadelphia that-after fight
ing LaMotta at Detroit-he would
try TO get an extension so that he
could go through with his Basora
contract at Philadelphia
DUNDEE COMMENTS
Dundee commented Wryly: But
Robinson knows he hasn't got q
chance to get an extension because
he's already had two. Promoter Tay-
lor and l would have him suspended
everywhere, if he wasn't going into
the army. But what's the use. He's
taken a run-Out on BaSora because
he's afraid Of the Puerto Rican
boz. He knows Basora licked La
Motta in June-the same LaMotta
who upset Robinson at Detroit on
Feb. 5. He knows Basora is a knock
out puncher, while LaMotta isn't"
LaMotta of New York and Basora
are middleweights. LaMotta and
Welterweight Robinson have fought
twice, with Robinson winning the
first, decision but losing the second,
when his victory streak was ended
at 40 straight wins. Their Feb. 10th
meeting at Detroit will be a big
money" rubber match.
DUNDEE CONCLUDES
Dundee concluded: But maybe
Mr. Robinson won't be able to go
through with that Detroit bout
after Jackie Wilson gets through
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-14

collide next Friday in probably the
seasons most important game.
In the first game of the eve
ming, which was relegated to the
second spot by the Marine-Spar-
tan tilt, the Spartan Juniors, high
school reserves, put up a surpris-
ingly good showing against Mexi-
cali. Coach Clarence Sunny
Anderson played for his proteges
against the timber Mexicali crew
and was high-point man for the
team with 16 digits.
The Juniors, although la in G
experience, gave a good account of
themselves. Their pass e S were
mostly short and snappy and they
handled the ball fairly we'll.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-14
Evans at +. 0fC.
Two Weeks More

r. L. Evans, field examiner for
the Office of Defense Transporta-
ton, announced Saturday that he
will be in El Centre lat least two
more weeks" to make adjustments
on certificates of war necessity.
Most of the large truck operators
are pretty we'll taken care of now
Evans said, but there are still a
few commercial vehicle owners who
have not come in.
Evans is at the Cham Der of
Commerce office.