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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-03-25
Bluffton High School Notes

Students on the honor roll for the
fourth six weeks period were an
nounced by the office this week.
Students are required to have "B''
average In all their subjects to be
placed on the honor roll. The fol-
lowing students were placed on the
honor list:
Seniors: Robert Pannabecker, Ray
mond Schumacher, Dorothy Ander-
son, Harriette Fett, Aline Hilty,
Adah Lehman, Mary Ellen Lugin-
buhl, Alice Oyer, B. j. Triplett,
Roberta Wenger.
Juniors: Earl D. Luginbuhl, Mary
Margaret Basinger, Beverly Biery,
Florence Ann Blome, Joan Buckland,
Glenna Swick.
Sophomores: Otto Klassen, Sara
Amstutz, Juanita Bame, Esther
Berky, Genevieve Buhler, Lois Burk-
holder, Eileen Haller, Jean Ann
Steinman, Eileen Weinhold.
Freshmen: Harold Hartman, Ken
meth Moser, Robert Ramseyer, Leo
nard Smucker, Paul Steiner, Elmer
Stonehill, Lucretia Johnston.
Some of the seniors took the Ohio
General Scholarship test given at
the high school Wednesday. In
previous years the tests were given
at Lima but because of limited
transportation facilities the schools
were given opportunity to give the
tests locally. Those ranking high
may obtain scholarships at any state
school in Ohio.
| Because of war conditions mem.
bers of the sophomore class will
make the final selections for then
class rings this year. The class vii
vote on the ring on Thursday. The
ring committee consists of Nadine
Altman, James Daley, Alice Jear
Bixel, Eileen Weinhold, Ronald Zim.
merly.
A meeting of all boys interested
in baseball has been called by Coach
Kent Cotterman for next Monday
i'm the cafeteria room at 12:3t
o'clock. If the school starts base
ball this year it will be the first
time since Gar Griffith was coach
in 1885.
Plans for the commencement SEQ
son have been completed. The com
mencement season starts with The
junior senior party and prom to bt
held in the gymnasium May 7.
The senior class play, "The Ameri
can Eagle" will be given in th'
auditorium May 20 and 21. This
will be followed by the baccalaureat,
service to be held on Sunday, Ma,
%. Rev. Emil Burrichter, of th
Reformed churches, will be tn
speaker.
7 Commencement will be held OF
May 25 with DR.. Roy Burkhart O
Columbus as the speaker. Clas
night will be held on the precedin,
night. Final activity will be tn,
alumni banquet and dance to be hel.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-03-25
Examinations VIII Be
Held For Postmaster

Examination for the position OF
fourth class postmaster at Beaver
dam will be held some time in April
with deadline for filing applications
on April 2.
This announcement was made by
the u. S. Civil Service commission
as the period for filing applications
was declared open. Compensation
for the post, now held by J. E. Pat
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-03-25

20. However, the weather is always
the determining factor, and no ex-
act calendar date can be given. In
general, most back yard gardens can
be planted earlier than is the general
practice for the greatest production.
Accompanying is a plan for a
small back yard Victory Garden Is
ft. by 90 ft. Planting distances,
planting dates, and varieties are in
dicated.
Of course, some changes in variety
can be made to suit the individual
likes and dislikes of the family. The
planted areas can be increased or
decreased to suit any size areas
available.
The point to remember is the
planting distances to be observed,
the amount of seed, and amount of
plants required as listed below are
for the Is by 20 foot back yard
garden.
Amount of seed and number of
plants required.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-03-25


terson, was $40 for the last fiscal
year.
The examination will be held at
the Bluffton post office. Application
forms may be obtained from Post
master Patterson or from the U. S.
Civil Service Commission, Washing
ton, D. c.
Applicants must be between the
ages of 81 and 64 and must reside
within the territory supplied by the
post office for which the examination
is announced. The examination is
open to all citizens who can comply
with requirements.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-03-25

Mennonite General conference, in
Newton, Kansas, during the past
week end. He also stopped off in
Chicago to attend a meeting of the
Witmarsum seminary board.
DR.. Lloyd L. Ramseyer, President
Of Bluffton college and DR.. J. S.
Schultz, dean visited in Ashland, for
the purpose of transacting college
business in connection with several
college-owned farms. They also Wis
ited several former students now To-
Gated in communities near Ashland
and took part in service at the Sug-
ar creek Mennonite church that even
ing.
Evening star., 1943-11-15

GREENWOOD, 1t. P.rnott..
Miss.-Aviation. Cadet Frank G.
Mowatt, 10, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander Mowatt, College Park,
Nd, recently arrived at the Army
Airfield here a. q student in basic
flight training.
CAMP CROWDER, Mo.-Robert
A. Shumaker, 10, of 112 Philadel-
phia avenue, Takoma Park, Nd,
has been promoted to- corporal
here, where he is q radio repair
student in the Central Signal Corps
School. He attended Maryland
University before entering the Army
Air Forces in February.
GREENSBORO, N. Civilian
P. May, son of James May, 1900
Jackson street NE, has been pro-
NOTED to lieutenant colonel here at
the Basic Training Center of the
Army Air Forces Technical Train
ing Command, where he is officer in
charge of the medical and psyche
logical examining and processing
unit.
WRIGHT FIELD, Ohio.-Leon
H. Garneau, who attended George
Washington University and was
graduated from Wilson Teachers
College in 194l, has been promoted
to first lieutenant here. A native
of Bethlehem, N. H., 1t. Garneau
was commissioned at Fort Mon
mouth, N. j., in December, 1912
He now is officer in charge of the
Cignal Corps Message Center. He
and his wife, the former Lucille
Fowkes of Washington, are resid-
ing in Dayton.
ATHENS, Ohio.-Pvt. Edwin Kuh,
son of Edwin J. Kuh, 1918 Cathedral
avenue NV, and Pvt. Franklin H.
KoontZ, son of Lake w. Koontz, 1878
Largo road, recently were assigned
here at Ohio University under the
Army Specialized Training Program
FORT SILL, Okla.-Corpl. Hsin
Nj. Chen, who attended American
University, has been commissioned
second lieutenant on completion
Of the Field Artillery Offlcer Candi-
date course here. He has been as
signed to the Field Artillery Re-
placement Center here.
First Sergt Herman P. Bailey.
whose wife lives at 124l Kenyon
street NV, recently entered the
Field Artillery Officer Candidate
School. He is the son of Mrs.
Lucille c. Bailey, st. Louis Mo.
NORTH CAMP HOOD, Tex
Corpl. John G.. Koehler, $50 Blair
road NE. and Pfc Edward Pascal,
TOT Twentieth street NV, have been
awarded the Army Good Conduct
Medal here at the Tank Destroyer
Replacement Training Center.
MOORE FIELD, Tex.-Norman s.
Couper. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Alexan-
der Couper. 1903 Minnesota avenue
Sc, recently was commissioned
Evening star., 1943-11-15

ktid IIflPfOFC0 SOfOI IIIuSN
if you do not feel
stronger, more vitality alive
and show general all
around Improvement in
your health your money
will be refunded.
Evening star., 1943-11-15

NV, IL taking II, advanced toufse
IN modern depot and Arehousing
methods here at the quartermaster
school. Also taking the course is
Second 1t. Gerald J. Grokowsky,
1l01 l. street NV.
PECOS FIELD, Tex.-Among
those recently completing basic n.y.
ing training here are Aviation Cadets
John T. McHale, jr., son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. John T. McHale, ST., 1913 Mon
roe street NV; Charles s. Borden,
son Of Col. and Mrs. Daniel L. Bor-
den. 29l0 Woodland drive, and VIII
liam w. Hall, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert j. Hall, 225 Concord avenue.
SHEPPARD FIELD, Tex.-Sergt.
Gilbert w. Gray, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. L. Gray, Mclean, Va, has
been graduated from an intensive
course in airplane mechanics and
is prepared to join the "coverall
commandos." y
Evening star., 1943-11-15

THE VITA HEALTH FOOD CO.
e040 f4th1 st, NV. e1s 18th st. NV.
For Free Delivery. Celumbis 1850
Evening star., 1943-11-15
Stassen' S Name Is Filed
For Nebraska Primary

~ the Associated Press.
LINCOLN, Nebr.. Nov. 15.-Lt.
Comdr. Harold e. stassen, former
Minnesota Governor, became the
first ofhcial candidate for the Ne
braska Republican presidential pref
erential primary next April II, with
filing Of sufncient petitions, the sec
retary Of States ONCE said yesterday
John B. Quinn, former Nebraska
deputy secretary of State, disclosed
last month that Comdr. Stassen's
name would be placed on the ballot
and announced that he would be
the Stassen campaign manager for
Nebraska.
Evening star., 1943-11-15

ton, q the rGA opentd tts nth m.
r1ual meeting today. j.
Dudley said.. Il don't mean to be
overly enthusiastic, but If we plan
and prepare now We will be ready
for the tremendous rush back to
peacetime pursuits.
Golf after the previous World
War had . tremendous boom and
confidently expect the game to reach
new heights when the present con-
flict Is over"
Election Of ofhcers. plans for
tournament golf next year and pos
sible official announcement Of tour
ney dates Of winter tour are items
on the three-day program Of the
PGA meeting.
Evening star., 1943-11-15

prentice petty officer Of his COM
pany. Smith, who was home en-
leave last week, worked at the Naval
Torpedo station before entering the
Navy In August. He ATTENDED Nc
Kinley High School and Clemson
College.
TUSKEGEE FIELD, Ala.-First
1t. HALEY B. Taylor, jr., son Of
Evening star., 1943-11-15
- e:,WlTH ID. ..G
FIGHTING MEN@

upon graduation from this field. 1t.
Couper attended Anacostia High
School and was employed at the
Navy Yard before entering the serv-
ice last January.
GREAT LAKES, Ill.-Joseph H.
Ross, "a, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. H.
Ross. jr., 1921 Illinois avenue NV,
Evening star., 1943-11-15
BLYTHEvILLE FIELD, Ark.-Lt.

AAhCAV Z d6AlOU.
ia, son of Nicho-
las A. Pagnotta,
1889 F S tre e t
N. w :, recently
was awarded his
pilots wings and
c o m m l ssioned
upon graduation
from; the twin
engine advanced
training school
here. A former
lithographer, he
q u q Ii fed for
c a d e t training
in June, 1912.
Evening star., 1943-11-15

been recommended for quartermas-
ter's training at . Navy school. He
has been spending his boot leave
with his wife at 46l4 Cheltenhan
drive, Bethesda, Md. Ross attended
st. Johns College and George Wash
tngton University.
Jerry T. Smith. jr., IS, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Jerry T. Smith, TOO Jack
son street NE, recently completed
his training here and was advanced
to fireman, first-class. He was ap-
Evening star., 1943-11-15

mas been gradu-
ated from re-
cruit training as
honor man of
his com p a n y
h ere at the
Naval Training
S t a tion. The
former drafts
man with the
ONCE Of Quar-
termaster Gen.
eral in Wash
l n g t on " q s
e | e G ted out
standing recruit
by fellow blue
Evening star., 1943-11-15

Cne ReV. Hal
ley B. Taylor
IT'S First street
NV, recently
" a s assigned
here as a nedi-
cal omcer. He
" as commits
stoned in tn e
Infantry Re-
serve Corps In
January, 1888, ,
ana as a medi-
cal officer In
June, 1913. A
6 r a d u a tie of
Howard UNI
1rarciku -
Evening star., 1943-11-15

Rubber may be synthetic, but the
will to victory must be genuine.
Have you bought any War savings
stamps today?
Evening star., 1943-11-15

VerSity, he was 1t. TAYLOR.
employed at Freedmen's Hospital
before his call to active duty in
July. His brother, Staff Sergt. Rob-
ert Taylor, is member OF the Med
ical Corps here.
CAMP LEE. Va.-Capt. Lionel
kaplan, 1920 Champlain street
Evening star., 1943-11-15
Results or No Cost

Try 4 bottle of Boncquet Tablets. Your
physician may take your blood count be-
fore and after this test. If your blood does
not show 4 marked improvement. in mum.
Der of blood cell. hemoglobin percentage,
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-31

tin penitcutiafy on the escape
chaHae and VIII BE tried in Imperial
county superior court January II
On TIE other charges He and sew
eral other federal prisoners in the
jail saved their way out through
the bars over a skylight in the
top floor OF the al a year ago last
summer Most Of the other pris-
uners Were recartured a short time
after the jail break
While ManfiQuez was a fugitive
there we're several burglaries COM
mitted IN Imperial county and
Manriquez was charged with four
of them and with one count OF
grand theft
Records show that he was
charged with burRlarizing the AL
bert Bonillas home on September
5: and on September Is of burg
larizinn the home Of r. Ribas and
r. Anafonna. and The c. NJ Mazon
home on the same day he is
charged with stealing a truck be-
longing TO j r. Snyder.
In addition 70 the theft and es-
cape charges filed against Manri-
quez. he was charged with injuring
county jail proper.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-31
USES Reports
Few Claims

Imperial county has the lowest
per capita percentage of unemploy-
ment insurance claims of any Sec
ton of California" Tom Finney,
USES manager said Friday.
IN the state 1874 unemployment
insurance claims were filed last
week. This was a II per cent drop
over the previous week and 25
per cent decrease over the proceed
ing week, and compares to an av-
erage of 5000 handled in the past" "
Finney said.
During the week the local USES
office handled only two applications
for unemployment compensation,
but they were for packing shed
workers who will be employed and
will not be entitled to compensation.
For the year 1943 as compared to
the year 1912, claims filed were 81
per cent lower, Mr.. Finney said.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-31
Farley Studies
Gas Shortage,
Aid 10 Trucker
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gallon capacity cannot be Weaned
for his haul distance necessities
his getting q full tank before he
leaves the valley
Gas allotments have celd up as
a rule in the valley, although some
stations have been forced to quit
selling during the day when they
sold out their daily ration allot-
ment. But the weather was the
Prime factor in keeping q reason
able stock on hand to meet the
months demands.
with the county going into the
big harvest season." Miller COM
mented, land the ALLEGATION based
on october sales, the lowest In the
valleys yearly sales months, jan
uary will find us with no fuel to
market, transport or harvest our
crops unless something is done i'm
mediately. The petroleum indus
try and others suc:l as the War
Food Administration, OPA and
ODT, must get together and work
out a plan to relieve this situation.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-31
YUMA POLICE CHIEFS
KIN HITS AMENDMENT

PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 81. (UP)-
Gov. Osborn Friday said that he
had been asked not to approve the
Yuma charter amendment making
the chief of police an appointive
job instead of an elective one by
Charlie Polhamus, brother of Isaac
PolhamCS, chief of police.
Following Polhamus' conviction in
California of contributing to the
delinquency of minor, the charter
amendment was voted after an un-
successful attempt to remove him
from office
Chief of Police Polhamus was
elected by the people of Yuma for
term of four years" the brother
wired the governor HE is the
victim of political frame-up.'
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-31

They gather Lint
Thursday morning Deputy Sher-
iff Frank Raney, Sebe Robinson,
and Frank Brittoh appeared at the
county Jail all logged out in natty
blue serge suits, white shirts, and
blue ties. Their shoes were shin
ing. They were all prettied up. A
few minutes later this notice was
placed on the bulletin board by
Sheriff R. w. Ware:
ITO all deputies because of
the neat and gentlemanly appear
ance created by Deputies Raney,
Robinson and Britton in blue serge
suits, it has been suggested that
such clothing be made the regula-
ton year-around uniform of this
department. Those in favor mark
here those opposed mark
There were thre votes in favor
and nine opposed.
There were three votes in favor
have been cast by Raney, Robinson
and Britton, justifying themselves.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-31
British, Yanks
Step up Drive
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at which the trans-peninsula road
from Rome ends.
The daily commUnique reported
patrol activity all across the Italian
front, in which prisoners were
taken and valuable information
gathered.
Reynolds Packard. United Press
correspondent with the fifth army,
reported that strong American
patrols probed the strength of the
German forces Wednesday night in
the town of San Vittore, outpost of
the Casino defenses on the Rome
road.
Thwarting determined German
efforts to cut them off, the Ameri-
cans worked their way back after
throwing the whole town into tur-
moil and drawing tornado fire
from enemy strong points.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-31
Funeral Arranged
For Crash Victim

Funeral services for Mrs. Ursle
Fee. former Calexican who suffered
fatal injuries in a traffic accident
near Ell Cajon last Friday. will be
held at LaMesa at p. m. Monday.
Her husband. Virgil C. Fee. was
injured critically in the accident
and is at Hillside hospital in San
Diego. Mrs Fee died at p. m.
Sunday.
Mrs. Fee was born in Ohio and
lived in CaleXico IL years. The
family moved from Calexico to La
Mesa.
Survivors incdlude her husband;
two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy House
and Mrs. Elk Barro; one grandson,
Elk Barro, Jr.: and one sister, Mrs.
Zelma Weldy of Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-31
Newspapers Gain
In Circulation

NEW YORK. Dec. 81. (UP1-The
circulation Of American daily news
papers increased 90 per cent TO
record levels in the six months
ending Sept. 80 mainly because Of
war news. a surves by Editor and
Publisher trade journal. disclosed
Friday
Evening newspapers gained 3 per
cent. morning newspapers. 2.l8 per
cent. and Sunday papers. 81 per
cent. the survey. based on pub
fishers reports tc the auditor bur-
eau OF circulation. showed.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-31

of territory west of Kiev yielded
by the Russians during the past
six weeks still in German hands,
and the fall of that junction on
the Leningrad-Odessa railway ap-
peared imminent.
CA London Daily Express dis
patch from Stockholm said the
Germans were abandoning Zhito-
mir.)
Zhitomir already had been out
flanked by another Soviet column
that drove II miles west of the
Leningrad-Odessa railway and cap
tured Chervonnoarmeisk, % miles
northwest of Zhitomir.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-31
Raiimen Reject
President as
WAGES Mediator
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'1OIlIlilucu llOiii L oSc -
signature of B. NJ. Jewell, chair
man of the incorporating brother
hood group.
The sliding scale of wage ad-
justments provided by Director
Erred M Wilson'S order of Nov.
8. 1943. were based upon sub
standard and inter-related job
classifications criteria', and were
'consonant with the stabilization
program"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-31
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ure of Japanese strongpoint north
of the Torokina river.
simultaneously, Allied warplanes
hammered enemy positions in the
Bougainville area and at Kavieng,
New Ireland, while u. S. Navy
planes raided RabaIl and shot
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-31
Escopee Receives
erm in Prison

hngel Ianriquez who escaped
from the Imperial county al sev-
trsl months age and vas recap
tured n Brawley recently. Friday
PLEADED guilty 70 the charge Of
escaping from custody buf no.
guilty 70 four counts of burnlarv
one Of inluring Iall property. one
count Of grand theft. with which
he was charged.
He was sentenced 70 san ouen-
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-31
SCHEDULED FOR TRIAL

A. B. Stewart. box company en-
ploye. was ordered held for trial in
Imperial county superior court on
morals charge. Judge John E.
Simpson set bail at sl.500 after
preliminary hearing in FL Centre
Justice court.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-31
0nrushing Russ
Blast NuziS
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vanced elements on the road to
Vinnitsa. -
Marshal Fritz Erich Won Mann
STEMS battered Nazi legions were
reported in panicky retreat across
western Ukrainian flatlandS that
offered no natural defenses short
of the Bug and Dniester rivers
scores of miles to the west and
southwest.
THROW ASIDE WEAPONS
In many sectors, the Germans
were casting aside weapons in their
haste to escape the Soviet jugger-
naut smashing west and southwest
from the Kiev bulge.
General Nikolai F. Vatutin's first
Ukrainian army, in the first week
ofone of the most powerful Soviet
ofensives of the war, liberated 1900
towns and villages, routed eight
tank and IA infantry divisions of
100000 men, and severed the next
to-the-last double-t trunk escape rail-
road for hundreds of thousands Of
Germans in the Dnieper bend.
Al .er capturing Kazatin, 80 miles
southwest of Kiev and junction OF
the Leningrad-OdesSa and Warsaw
Odessa line, the Soviets pressed on
toward Zhmerinka, SIS miles to the
southwest on the direct Berlin
odessa railroad seizing Belilovka
seven miles southeast of Kazatin
and only 30 miles from old Ruma-
mia.
The fall of Zhmerinka would cut
the last railroad out of the Dniepel
bend and doom the huge German
armies the-e to death, capture, OIL
a hazardous escape by sea under
the guns of the Soviet Black sea
fleet or by inferior land communi
cations TO Rumania.
ABANDON MATERIEL
The German garrison of Kazatin
plus reinforcementS who had been
rushed TO the front only a few days
earlier, was put to rout by the
weight of the Soviet assault, the
Russian midnight communique said.
The Germans abandoned l03 guns,
many trench mortars, infantry arms
an aImOred train. seven locomotives,
two railroad trains. and 1000 trucks
in their flight.
To the north. the Russians bat
lied their way through the out
skirts Of Zhitomir. the only strip
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-31
Fall of RobuuI
Now Imminent

down 26 and probably SO of a force
of so to so intercepting Japanese
fighters. Three American planes
were lost in the raid.
Australian troops in New Guinea
repulsed Japanese counterattacks
against their newly-won positions
on Shaggy Ridge, 35 miles south of
the coastal base of Madang, and
extended their control of the Huon
peninsula.
PEARL HARBOR, Dec. 81. CUP
u. S. army and navy bombers
and fighters, pounding at japanese
strength in the Marshalls Tuesday,
destroyed or probably destroyed Is
japanese planes in air battles over
three atolls and brought Japanese
air losses during the As days of a
continuing American offensive to
more than 300 planes lost or DAM
aged.
During that period, in which the
GilbertS were conquered and the
Marshalls brought within range of
daily raiding, an announcement by
Adm. Chester W. Nimitz said, 13
land based American planes were
lost.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-31
GOAT TAKES RIDE

CHICAGO, Dec. 81. (UP)-Street
car conductor George Hartung
smelled something and discovered
a one-eyed goat on the rear plat
form.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-31
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uniforms are still dirty when he
finishes.
AS a result Chan is doing his own
laundry.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-31
TWO DIE IN CRASH

PHOENIX, Ari2., Dec. 81. (UP)-
A flying instructor and an aviation
cadet We're killed and another cadet
was injured Thursday when two
training planes collided In midair,