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The Nome nugget., 1943-10-27
KINCAID TELLS OF SINKINCS

WSHINGTON, Oct. 27.-(AP) Vice Admiral Kinkaid, cons mander of the Aleutians area, disclosed quite a few" Jap subs sunk by American destroyers. while the enemy was being evac- uated from Kiska.
 We got quite few, enough to make it hurt" he said in . press conference in which he. Vice Admiral Kincaid, and Sec- retary of the Navy Knox ex- plained in Washington, prior to taking over his new duties as commander of the naval forces in the southwest Pacific, succeed ing Vice Admiral Carpenter, who became commander of the Ninth Naval District with headquar- ters at Great Lake, Illinois. suc- ceeding Rear Admiral DowneS. who IS retiring.
 Admiral Kincaid described how the destroyer force shut off Kis- ka, and said "We were very suc- cessful in getting Japanese suh- marines. Hope some them were full of evacuees, but I don't know for sure."
 The admiral said that he be- lieved the evacuation of the Jap garrison, which was previously estimated at some 10000, waS carried out by submarine.
 If the Japs had not given up the island, ''heavy casualties" might have resulted when Amer ican troops landed in August.
 He added: "When we landed. we found the beaches much mora strongly covered than we dream ed"
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-27
SUBMARINE IS LOST AT SEA

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-(P) A submarine runner was lost, the Navy announced pvesum- ably operating in the Pacific area, where submersibles were taking a heavy toll of Jap ship ping, cutting enemy supply lines to their scattered bases.
 This is the 14th sub lost since the war started.
 The runner was 1,525 tons and was commanded by It. Comdr. Joseph Bourland, age B.
 A submarine runner of this size carries a crew of approximately 65.
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-27
PRESIDENT
 MEETS LEADERS

WASHINGTON, let. N.-(AP) To-day for the first time in a week the President met with business leaders to discuss the huge quantities in government food losses, and information e. garding a bill which extends the CCCs life.
 The food losses were contrib uted to rusty cans, flood, weevils, contamination, J. B. Hutson, CCC chief declared. Total damage amounts to one-fiftieth of one percent.
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-27
LEAVES FOR
 THE STATES

Charlotte Patterson, we'll known business woman of Nome, has left for the States, for a well-earned vacation. Accom- panying Mrs. Patterson were her our-year-old niece Gay, the daughter of Mrs. Harrington.
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-27
CORRESPONDING ALONG MAIN
 STREET
By JAY RAYMOND

f-
 ming in the high school auditor ium, Chief of Police and Fire Marshal Yenney, presented his views to the members present, on fire protection activity in the city.
 Ye scribe thinks it pertinent at this time to present to The Mug gets many readers, MT. Yenney's speech in full. It follows below:
 Gentlemen:
 Tonight I am very proud of this organization. You are an or ganization bound together to de- fend our homes. The cause is a worthy one and the time you de- vote is not lost time.
 So far you have devoted most of your time preparing yourself to ward off an enemy from out side our city limits.
 Tonight I am proud of you be- cause you are interesting your selves with the enemy within the city.
 'The greatest enemy within the city that we must give battle to and one that will be with us even after the war is over is: Fire out of bounds
 You have paid men to do your police work. Their duty is to pro- tect the citizens of our town from lawless elements. AS soon as the war broke out you realized that the police could not handle an invasion and you bound your selves together into this grand and worthy organization to do what your police could not do. You have prepared yourself to do this work well.
 "Your paid policemen are also your firemen. Without your CO., operation they cannot handle one part of this work any better than they can the other. '
 q believe every one of you are willing to help your firemen fight our worst enemy, Fire, yet how many of you have prepared your- selves for this fight or given it any serious thought?
 Let me tell you about some of the .fireman's trouble so you can answer the question I have asked:
 Because of the shortage of la bor we have been short-handed all summer.
 "The Army and defense work has taken away some of our vol unteer firemen. We are also Shorthanded there.
 "We still have some volunteer firemen who know this work and do it well. Do you know them? They give their time and knowledge freely. I wish you would get acquainted with them for they are doing you great service.
 Nome, for its size, has entire ly too many fires. I'll give a few figures to prove this:
 We have had, during the last IT months, an average of AS fires a month inside the city.
 'Who would think it nec- essary to tell people that the wasted oil in the grass or rub bish near the house should be cleaned up or their stoves kept clean? We warn them and yet, we have had six grass fires caused by careless handling of matches.
 Careless smoking habits were the cause of 10 fires and one death.
 Improper care of oil stoves gave us 19 calls, while we had 16 other calls that should have and could have been avoided.
 People seem to be making so much money and are so busy they have become careless and do not seem to save what they al- ready have. At this time it is next to impossible to replace any thing destroyed by fire. There for there is no great difference: .carelessness or sabotage. s~'Next month I will inspect over 400 stoves and the stove
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
ALLEN COUNTY
$4,000 Offered
County Farmers

About $4,000 will be dangled be-
fore Allen county farmers this year
in an effort to get them to plant the
war acreage goals determined by the
Food Production Administration and
at the same time carry out soil con-
servation practices. All this money
will not be paid to them, however,
if they fail to plant crops and save
soil according to government blue
print.
This means that, while Allen coun-
ty and other farmers produce more
crops than ever before, they will be
handicapped by more paper work
and red tape. Farmers will be sub
jected to weeks of schooling to make
sure they understand that the front
line extends back to the farms.
Availability of labor and equip
ment will be primary factors in de-
termining farm goals this year.
Farmers who plant within 90 per
cent of these goals will be entitled
to Production adjustment" pay
ments of 3.6 cents per bushel on
corn, II cents per pound on cotton,
S110 per ton on peanuts, 2 cents per
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
Pupils Help Harvest
Beans

A number of Hancock school pu-
pills were dismissed from classes
Thursday SO that they might assist
in harvesting soybeans remaining in
the fields.
Forest G. Hall, Hancock county
agricultural agent, estimated Thurs
day that 5000 acres remain in the
fields of the county. Since the first
snow on Nov. %, it has been prac-
tically impossible to operate COM
bines.
Altho machines were in the fields,
Thursday, it was debatable as to
whether or not it was worth while to
harvest the crop in the present con-
dition. Moisture content of sample
of beans brought in to the county
agents office tested Al per cent.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
ParOlee Charged With
IL BurglarieS

Mike Maloney accused of II Lima
burglaries since Dec. 5 in all of
which entry was gained by hurting
a rock through a window, was re-
turned to the Mansfield reformatory
as a parole violator.
Police records show he was COM
mitted to the reformatory in 1886
for burglary, and since then has
been returned once before as a pa
role violator, and escaped once. He
was paroled again last Dec. /, five
days before the series of burglaries
started.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
Sugar Plant Ends
Season

The Ohio Sugar company at OF
tawa has just completed one of its
largest and most successful runs in
recent years. The refining of sugar
beets into "Sweetmore" sugar caused
the local plant to be in operation for
a period of more than one hundred
days.
Just how many tons of sugar
beets were handled at the Ohio Su-
gar company plant, and how many
tons of sugar were refined during
the season, had not been tabulated
early this week, John w. Pfeifer,
president and manager of the Ottawa
plant, stated.
Mr.. Pfeifier stated that the ton
mage of beets was exceptionally
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
Air Raid Test Is
Disappointing

Air raid warning tests held in
Kenton Wednesday morning proved
disappointing to members of the Ci-
william Defense council and members
Immediately laid plans to add to the
volume of noise that may be used to
alarm the population in event of an
air raid or similar emergency.
An air raid siren record played
over st. John church amplifying
system could not be heard within
homes only few blocks away. The
wildcat" whistle recently installed
at The Champion Equipment Co. for
operation off of the air pressure
system, blew for two minutes then
froze up.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
PUTNAM COUNTY
Locate Man Missing
Ii Years

The whereabouts of John E.
Schmidt, father of Mrs. Cletus ver-
hoff, of Continental, who mysterious
" disappeared in 1880, was solved
Thursday by the 66-year-old Sharps-
burg, Ohio, farmers death in De-
catur, Indiana, hospital.
Attaches at the hospital, accord.
ing to an International News Serv-
ice dispatch, said that Schmidt en-
tered the institution under the name
of James Brown and apparently was
an amnesia victim. He had been
employed as a farm hand in the De-
catur vicinity for two months, but
his previous location is unknown.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
Home Nursing Course
Popular

New registrations for the increas-
ingly popular courses in home nurs-
ing offered by the Allen county Red
Cross chapter are pouring in daily,
but Red Cross officials are faced
with an acute shortage of compe-
tent instructors.
Glasses must be taught by regis
tered nurses, but professional nurses
are working hard and long hours al
ready, and Red Cross officials are
not willing to ask them to give their
leisure time. Instead they are seek
ing trained nurses who are not in
active duty; those who have mar
ried or who have turned to other
pursuits.
The work has been branded as es-
sential by authorities at Washington,
who point to the vital need for edu-
eating women to care for their own
| families in time of illness.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
Findlay Knife In
Far East

Some time ago Kay Kyser during
radio broadcast from San Francis
CO appealed to sportsmen in his radio
audience to donate knives, daggers
or other seerviceable cutting knives
for use by the American jungle
fighters to use against the Japs in
the South Pacific war zone.
Some weeks later a press associa-
ton released a picture of Kim Wong
the Chinese dancer, with a display
of the murderous-looking knives
among the wide variety sent to KY
ser.
Imagine the surprise of Cloyce E
Swisher, Findlay night watchman,
when he recognized the knife the
dancer held between her teeth as the
bone-handled hunting knife with an
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
Price Limit On Used
Machinery

The Hancock county war board is
reminding farmers that price ceilings
are now in effect on certain types of
farm machines being offered at pub
lie auction. At present the price
limit is on tractors, combines, corn
pickers, hay leaders and corn binders.
Under an OPA ruling none of
these type machines may be sold for
more than S5 per cent of their cost.
If the machinery is more than one
year old, however, the ceiling is set
at 70 per cent of the original list
price.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
HANCOCK COUNTY
Roads Suffer Winter
Damage

Hancock and most other north
western Ohio counties are among
those which have suffered abnormal
frost damage to roads this winter,
according to a survey released by
the state highway department.
Ohio's highway maintenance crews
face their busiest season in years
this spring because of the damage
caused by abnormal winter weather
and lack of materials for new roads,
State Highway Director Hal G..
Sours said.
The director also predicted that
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
Heart Disease Causes
Most Deaths

Heart disease caused the largest
number of deaths in Putnam county
during he year. 1912, and scarlet
fever led in communicable diseases
the annual report of the county
health commissioner revealed. Births
also outnumbered deaths during the
twelve month period the report said.
During the year there were 230
deaths in addition to fourteen in
fants under one year of age. Heart
disease led that number with seven
ty; cerebral hemorrhage was second
with 80 deaths in the county and
cancer was third with %.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
School Bus Plans
Undecided

Allen county Superintendent of
Schools w. E. Floyd, rural teachers
and parents having children in coun-
ty schools were in a muddle Friday
so far as the school bus transpor-
tation problem was concerned.
The transportation set-up, required
by the Office of Defense Transpor-
tation was to be altered on February
/, but, Superintendent Floyd said
that he has not as yet received a
new set of regulations.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
Xmas Seal Drive Sets
Record

The Christmas health seal CAM
paign conducted this winter in Find
lay and Hancock county was the
largest in the history of the Han
cock County tuberculosis and Health
association, according to report
which Mrs. j. E. Ranes, financial
secretary, has prepared to send to
the state seal headquarters within
the next few days.
Under the direction of Mrs. c. E.
Kramer the seal sale netted S3,-
794.04 exceeding last year by 5000
and topping the goal set for the
drive, by $500.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
Lafayette Institute
This Week

A "Food for Victory Production
School" with separate sessions for
men and women and an amateur con-
test will be features of the Lafay-
cite Farmers institute which will be
staged in Lafayette February 4 and
5.
Speakers for the two-day event
will be Mrs. Florence Eickmeier of
Mcclure, Ralph White of Redwood,
Ruth Barnes, Allen county home
demonstration agent, Howard Davi-
son and Z. p. Reed, state extension
department specialists.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04

even though condition of the beans
was discouraging.
Combines, skimming the tops
shelled out beans that were unfit
for market but which can be sold
direct to the bean mills for process
ing soy bean oil. The shortage of
bean oil is acute with little or none
on the market.
Severe weather the last several
weeks has caused splits, dried out
and darkened beans. Those down
under are moldy and of no value.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
All-Time Birth Record
Is Set

An all time birth record in Han
cock county for one month was set
in December when SO babies were
born in Findlay and Hancock county.
Of this number SO were born at the
Findlay hospital, establishing a new
high for that institution. There
were SO deaths.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
"The Course Of True
Love"

A policeman's life contains more
than routine patrolling and hauling
in inebriates. 1t has its tender mo-
ments, too, as testified by the fol-
lowing exchange of car-station radio
messages early Thursday in Lima.
1:04 a. m, Station Ito Car p:
"Some people quarreling in hallway
at address deleted.)' -
lila a. m, Car 2 Ito station) /:
"That is two young people making
love, they are not quarreling."
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
Baby Swallows Safety
Pins

Ten-month-old David Smelcer gave
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Smelcer, of Lima, physicians and at
taches at Memorial hospital a scare
Friday evening when he swallowed
an open safety pin.
Taken to the hospital shortly after
5 p. m. the boy was in good condi-
ton less than three hours later,
after the pin had been removed by
using various instruments.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
Court House Clock On
Rampage

The OF town clock went on a ring
ing spree Friday morning.
Choosing the hour of IL for its
runaway, the recently electrified
time piece in the courthouse tower
peeled forth lit strokes before at
taches could shut her off.
The demonstration lasted eight
minutes. County commissioners said
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04

The cost of 100 pounds of digestible
nutrients is variable, depending upon
the kind of feed from which they are
obtained. That amount of nutrients
from corn at 60 cents bushel will
cost S1.33, from hay at $3.50 per ton
the nutrients will cost 85 cents, and
from pasture the 100 pounds of nu-
trients can be obtained for 25 to so
cents.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
HARDIN COUNTY
Dog POisOner Claims
Is Victims

Ada this week was up in arms
as a dog poisoner claimed his 18th
victim, with officials no nearer a
solution than they were when the
first dog died a week ago. DR.. E. M.
Neiswander, veterinarian, said each
dog died of strychnine poisoning.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
Sc Investment Worth
$10O

Arcadia F. F. A. boys have con-
crete example of what farmer
may do in the way of repairing his
machinery and putting it back into
use to help the war effort.
The boys recently purchased an
old drill at junk price of Sc and
after spending S25 for repairs they
have been offered 500 or more for
IL
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
Speedy Boy Gets S10O

A fast-moving boy was hunted in
Lima last week by police. Employees
of the Dixie night club told officers
the youth, about IA, lounged into
their place, chatted a moment and
then snatched a bag containing 500
and fled. He outdistanced them
easily.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
Window Washer Falls
To Death

Allen county Coroner Harry E.
Lewis on Thursday returned an ac-
cidental death verdict in the death
of Joe Smith, So, of Lima, an Ohio
Window Cleaning company employee,
who fell Monday while washing win
dows at the Argonne hotel
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
Pandora Book First
Since 1890

The senior class of Pandora high
school is at work on the composition
of "The Mirror, the first annual
to be published by the school since
1880.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
Findlay Fire Loss
Higher

Findlay's fire loss in 1912 was five
times what it was in 1941 according
to Fire Chief Raymond D. Delays
annual report.
Last year the loss was estimated
at S6a,036 compared to $12,8S5 in
194i.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04

Ohio has grown an average of 49,
900 acres of sugar annually in the last
five years. The average yield in
creased from 7.2 tons per acre in 1888
to 12.5 tons in 1912.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
so Findlay College
Men In Reserves

Findlay college, in addition to %
men in the army reserves, has II
others in the navy reserves, four in
the air forces and one in the marines
awaiting call.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04

Farmers planning to apply lime in
1943 should place orders early enough
to insure delivery. Transportation
problems prevent dealers from guar
anteeing delivery on specific dates.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
Countrywide DimOut
Monday

The city of Findlay and all 10
Hancock county villages held prac-
tice civilian defense dimout Monday,
some time between $50 and 10:30
p. m.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
Soy Bean Harvest
Resumed

Soy bean mariners of the Ada
district were hopeful of continuing
favorable weather to aid in salvag
ing a small part of the 1912 crop,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04

large this year, and because of the
extra tonnage from the more than
5000 acres contracted by the COM
pany, more sugar was refined.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04

costs of removing snow and ice from
state roads in 1943 will be record
breaking.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

the clocks Kicker, or thermostat
which regulates the tolling, declined
to function properly.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04

News Want-ads Bring Results.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04

eight-inch blade which he had mailed
to hyser.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-02-04

100 pounds of rice, 9.2 cents per
bushel on wheat, and an average of
one-half cent per pound on tobacco,
depending on what they plant.
Evening star., 1943-03-14

dated and "a great injustice" to
miners.
Miners are not going to give it
collective bargaining up without a
damn good fight somewhere along
the lines"
Other speakers for union districts
said they could give no guarantee
Of what would happen in the mines
If no new contract were signed by
March 81 The Southern owners
had requested no-work -stoppase
pledge
Cost Small, Union Says.
The union said in a statement
the granting of all the demands
would mean an increased cost of
less than eight-tenths of l per cent
of the sales dollar of manufactured
products.
In the case of railroads, the state
ment added, it would be less than
3 per cent of gros revenue and in
steel, the cost would be less than
one-half of per cent to the whole
sale selling price of steel products.
In truth" it declared. "the costs
would be less since an average
realization between S275 and $3.50
the ton for the majority of coal
mines would cover all increases and
return profit"
Union district spokesmen told
Northern operators yesterday there
would be work stoppages or other
drastic action in April if the con-
tract is not signed by the end of
the month.
Both Northern and Southern
groups will resume their separate
conferences Monday.
Evening star., 1943-03-14
IS Men Hurt in Bus
Near Winchester, Va.
By the Associated presx

BY the Associated Press.
WINCHESTER. Va. March 13-
Thirty five men were injured when
a chartered passenger bus, en- route
from Richmond, Va. to a naval
project at Cedar Point, Md, skidded
on Schaffenaker Mountain in
Hampshire County. w. Va, and
overturned today.
Four were brought to the hospital
here for treatment for conclusions
and general shock. Injuries re-
ceived by the other men were re-
ported as superficial.
Those treated here were Leber E.
Smith, Roy Hall and Junior Brown,
all of Redwood, ard Henry Smith,
Lafrank. w. Va. Doctors said they
would be discharged within a day
Or two.
Bus terminal officials said they
were advised the vehicle skidded
when it hit some clay and other
debris that had washed down bank
on to U. S. Route so and got beyond
the control of the driver.
The bus ran into a bank on the
opposite side of the road and turned
over on its side. The occupants
escaped through an emergency door
IN the roof. The men had been
recruited in West Virginia to work
on the Cedar Point project.