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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-17
STORM BRINGS
SHORT BREAK
IN HEAT WAVE
Lightning Tuesday Night Dis.
rup.s Residence and Street
Lighting.
Downpour Refreslles Drought.
Ridden Lcwns, Gardens and
Pastures.

A rumbling, flashing thunder
storm which swept Bluffton Tues
day night brought the most beneficial
rain of the summer and brought a
measure of relief to the drought
stricken area and momentary re-
spite from six continuous days of
ninety-degree temperatures.
Portions of the residence district
were plunged into darkness when
the storm disrupted domestic and
street lighting electric service and
repair crews of the municipal plant
were called out to locate the trouble,
some of which had not been located
Wednesday morning.
Temperatures which registered a
maximum of 96 degree ON Tuesday
dropped to a low of rs early We'd
nesday morning, giving Bluffton res
idents their first night of comfort
able rest in a week.
HoT WAVE CONTINUES
The cooler weather, however,
proved of short duration and We'd
nesday saw resumption of the
heat wave, one of the longest con-
tinued in recent years.
Altho coming too late to affect
materially the corn crop, Tuesday
nights rain did much toward green
ing lawns and drought-ridden pas
lures showed invigorating effects of
the downpour.
Weather forecasts held out some
prospect of lower temperatures on
Friday and Saturday and warmer
Sunday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-17
Carol Diller Accepts Position AS
Nurse I'm New Porto Rican Hospital
D-Day SurUiU0r Weds
Girl Employed Here

Arthur Badertscher, seaman second
class and one of the survivors of the
destroyer Meredith which was lost
in the invasion of France was mar
ried to Miss Donna Dishong, en-
ployed at Plant No. of the Trip
lett Electrical Instrument company.
The wedding which took place in
the Deweyville Church of God on
July % was announced this week.
Seaman Badertscher, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Badertscher of
Pandora has reported to New York
for reassignment. His bride, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd
Dishong of McComb, has resumed
her duties here.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-17
FEED SITUATION ON
FARMS STEADILY
is GROWING WORSE
Conditions Reversed from 1913
When There Was CONNER
cial Feed Shortage
Corn and Oats Disappear from
Market; Farmers Hold to
Scanty Grain Supplies

The farm feed situation in the
Bluffton area is exactly the reverse of
what it was last year, with farm OBJ
servers reporting plenty of concen-
trated commercial feeds but this sum-
mer a growing shortage of home
grown carbohydrates.
As far as feed is concerned the sit
uation is steadily growing worse, and
the prolonged drought has caused
many farmers to withhold corn from
the market until the effect of scanty
rainfall on the growing crop can be
determined. Rains which fell last
Saturday afternoon and Tuesday night
were not sufficient to change the long
range view of the situation.
Mary cattle and dairy herds al
ready have been put on dry feed,
about two months before the usual
time, and with the yield of feed crops
badly damaged by the drought, farm
ers are holding on to all feed they
now have in storage.
With practically no feed changing
hands in the present stringent situa-
tion, market quotations only are NOM
inal for grain that is quite scarce.
However, the prices do not reflect a
true picture of conditions. for there
were reports the first of the week of
feeders bidding 81 per bushel foi oats
and finding none to buy, even tho the
figure they offered was 20 cents more
than nominal market price of so
cents.
Average quotations on oats in nor
NAL years range from 30 to 80 cents a
bushel, but the price has been boost
ed to a mark nearly three times
greater this summer The grain is
needed for supplementing nearly all
kinds of livestock feed.
No Corn Sold
With this falls corn harvest pros
poets becoming more gloomy every
week, very little corn is being sold
and farmers with plentiful supplies
on hand are holding what they have
until they can determine what this
years stand will produce.
Even wheat straw is being careful
ly husbanded by growers, who not on
ly anticipate shortage of feed dur
ing the normal length of the feed ne
season, but who also fear this year
will bring feeding season about two
months longer than usual.
The situation here altho critical is
not as had as IN Central Ohio where
the drought was described by Geore,
Mindling, U. 5. weather bureau me
teorologist, as bringing driest July
since 1880 and second most arid il
so years. Rainfall during June ant
July was only one-thiri of what is
considered adequate.
Meanwhile farm special SITS at The
Ohio Experiment station in Wooster
are urging farmers thruout the state
to begin feeding drought stricken
Ohio corn to cattle at once to gei
maximum feed values from the de
pleted crop.
Specialists advised that as mucl
corn as possible should be made int,
silage and feeding from the fielt
should continue as late as possible t,
conserve silage for later use durin,
the winter.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-17
In New Locations

Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Marquart
are occupying the Edward Marquart
property on South Jackson street.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Cookson who
formerly occupied the property have
apartments in the w. II. Gratz res
idence on Lawn avenue.
Earle Lugibill and family have
moved to Lima, vacating the T. A.
Kitchen property on Cherry street
recently purchased by Miss Theresa
Slusser. The Slusser family will oc-
cupy it soon, moving from their
present location south of town on
Bentley road.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-17
Lions Club Works
At Buckeye Lake

Bluffton Lions club met at Buck
eye Lake, Tuesday night to clean up
the grounds and make minor repairs
to equipment in the park.
Weeds were cut, leaves were raked
and burned, trees were trimmed, the
bridge repaired and broken boards
were replaced on the swimming pool
float.
Twenty-six Lions were present for
the picnic and the work hour that
followed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-17
Put. Robert McCune
Cited In England

Pvt. Robert McCune of Bluffton,
an ammunition worker at an army
Eighth Air Force Liberator station
in England has been cited for dis
tinguished and outstanding service
in 100 combat missions over Europe.
The group made its Tooth mission in
support of the initial landings by
Allied forces in France, it was said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-17
With The Sick

Miss Hulda Schifferly, Bluffton
hospital nurse is convalescing at her
home on Poplar street from effects
of fall which she sustained at the
hospital recently.
Noah Basinger is convalescing al
his home on South Lawn avenue
following an operation for gall.
stones which he underwent at Bluff.
ton hospital nearly three weeks ago
Miss Ocie Anderson, Bluffton librar.
ian, is convalescing at her home or
South Main street following a tonsil.
lectomy which she underwent at the
Bluffton hospital.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-17
Ray Clark Cited
In Army Training

Pvt. Raymond V. Clark, of Bluff
ton, now in training at the Armored
Replacement Center, Fort Knox, KY,
recently qualified as an expert on
the machine gun, by making one of
the highest scores in his company.
Clark operated the Bluffton Roller
Rink before going into the service.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-17
Couple Observe 18th
Wedding Anniversary

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hahn of West
Elm street observed their 45th we'd
ding anniversary while visiting in
Toledo over the week end at the
home of their daughter, Mrs. Glen
Eichelberger and family.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-17
BLUFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning

Grain (bushel prices)-Wheat s1.42;
corn SLIP; oats Soc; soys s1.86.
Evening star., 1944-06-28
UNIV Leader Praises
Labor Plank, but AFL
And Clio Are Cool
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, June 28.-The Re-
publican labor plank, slashing
indictment of the New Deal. was
praised by a United Mine Work
ers' spokesman today but appeared
unsatisfactory to the American
Federation of Labor and presum-
ably to the Congress of Industrial
Organizations which Is Pro-Roose-
welt.
K. c. Adams, editor of the United
Mine Workers Journal and per-
sonal emissary of John l.. Lewis
before the labor subcommittee
called the plank "eminently salts
factory"
AFL President William Green,
who presented his organization S
proposals to the same subcommit-
tee few days ago, found the plank
disappointing" and said the COP
"has missed a great opportunity.
All this brought into focus the
political alliances and divisions
within the labor movement. The
proposals which Mr.. Green laid be-
fore the subcommittee at the direc-
tion of the AFL executive council
were largely disregarded. Yet the
subcommittee chairman, William
L. Hutcheson, is a dominant figure
in the AFL council But Mr.. Hutch
eson, like UNIV President Lewis, is
a long time Republican. 1t was Mr.
Hutcheson who sponsored Lewis
application for readmission to the
AFL. Mr.. Lewis withdrew it when
the Federation refused to meet his
terms.
The plank accused the New Deal
OF "perversion" of the Wagner Act
to destroy collective bargaining
seeking to build up a totalitarian
labor front and political trickery." +"
The Labor Department has disin-
tegrated as a result, the plank said.
There was praise for all workers
for magnificent productive" ef-
fort but the language did not in
clude the term organized labor" ;"
1t pledged fair administration of
laws designed for labor's welfare
and a Secretary of Labor who is
representative of labor"
Evening star., 1944-06-28

F@0yAAe % " m ASVaa1,
programs selected by popular vote.
But this one I love-" he said
TITS highly effective and noble
program"
He mentioned especially schu-
bert's Unfinished Symphony y
which he called one of the great
masterpieces Another selection is
Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto
No. in c Minor" which will be
played by Earl Wild, Navy musician.
first class.
MIR. Dorati's career got of to a
flying start when he conducted his
first orchestra at the Royal Opera
House of Budapest when he was
only II. Within a few months he
was appointed conductor in the
opera house.
That was about 20 years ago.
From Budapest he went to Ger
many, France. England and finally
the United States. His wife, who
was from Hungary, already is an
American citizen and he has ap-
piled for his final citizenship pa
pers. A 4-year-old daughter COM
pletes his family.
Evening star., 1944-06-28

prisoner train somewhere in Ger
many.
His brother, George Waters, a
former Star reporter. and Mrs. Nor
man T. Morsell, his aunt. also think
it is Ed" But Sergt. Waters father
and another brother. 1t. q. g.
Albert G. Waters, stationed at New
port, r. l.. disagree.
Sergt. Waters was on his 28th
mission when something went out
of order on the bomber in which he
was riding and the craft fell behind
while returning to its base in Eng
land. The plane lost altitude, ano
although still under control, had tc
make a forced landing on German
soil.
Sergt. Waters. a native of Wash
ington and former member OF the
Evening star., 1944-06-28
New Zealand Releasing
Thousands for Industry
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SOUTH PACIFIC HEADQUAR-
TIERS, June 28.-New Zealand, two
years ago one OF the most tightly
war mobilized nations on earth, is
tapering of its armed forces and
attempting thereby to boost its pro-
duction of food and other war sup
plies.
Already a good many thousand
troops of the Sd New Zealand Di-
vision-veterans of the Veua La
vella, Treasury and Green Island
campaigns in the Northern Solo
Evening star., 1944-06-28
LuuderduIe SoIicits
Views of Citizens

James J. Lauderdale, who will be
sworn in Friday as Peoples Counsel
told the Arkansas Avenue Com
nunity Association last night that
he earnestly solicits the views OF
citizens on matters considered by
the Public Utilities Commission and
VIII always welcome suggestions
from the citizens groups.
Evening star., 1944-06-28

Star June 3 is
her son. Sergt.
Edward M. Wa
ters, who was
reported m Is S.
ing in an air
m i S sion over
Germany May 8.
The picture,
obtained from
German sources
serviced by the
SWedlSn n e W S
agency Pressens
Bid, showed a
group of cap
tured American
| airmen boarding
Evening star., 1944-06-28

Central High School basket ball
team, enlisted in the Army In
March, 1941. He went overseas last
October, and has been awarded the
Air Medal and three Oak Leaf Clus-
tiers for his feats. He is credited
with downing one enemy plane.
Evening star., 1944-06-28
Library Open on Fourth

The Central Public Library,
Eighth and K streets NV, will be
open from l pm. to 8 pm. on In
dependence Day. July 4, with full
public service. Telephone service
will start at 9 am. and continue to
l9 pm.
Evening star., 1944-06-28

fighting forces on earth.
Currently New Zealand has two
infantry divisions. One is In Italy.
The other, in this area close to
home, barring unexpected replace
ments, may be scaled down to a
smaller force.
Evening star., 1944-06-28

Vii NCNUl vi bl1E
American Ballet
T h e a. t er, who
will make his
debut tonight as
e o n d u c tor of
the Water Gate
Symphony Or
chestra.
The Hungari-
an born con-
du C t or, W h o
hopes to be an
American citi-
zen soon, ad-
mitted today he
might not enjoy
n1avipu cop, "A
Evening star., 1944-06-28

Imons-have been or are being re-
leased for essential industry.
At the peak New England with
a population of only 100000 had
$50, 900 men under arms with more
than 100000 of them overseas. Even
after she winnows essential workers
from her army she will maintain
for her size-one of the largest
Evening star., 1944-06-28
| Mother Believes Picture
Shows Her Missing Son

Mrs. Albert Waters, 1924 Kansas
avenue NV, believes that one Of the
captured American flyers pictured
in q photograph printed in The
Evening star., 1944-06-28
Tonight 5 Wafer Cafe
Selections Praised

The program selected by Federal
employees for the Water Gate con-
cert tonight has the enthusiastic
approval Of ,Antal Dorati, musical
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-08

of dollars to Japan to assist in the
war with China, which was de-
signed as a prelude to war with
the United States; and "a mem
berS of the large and powerful
Japanese Mems Service club, a
California organization, although
il included American citizens, were
sworn to die for the Mikaco.
CRITICIZES RELIGIOUS BODIES
He criticised the Federal Council
of the Churches of Christ because
sit has so committees pledged to
the establishment of Japanese
Americans in business after the
war, but hasn't single committee
to visit a sick or wounded Ameri-
can veteran in one of our hospitals.
He criticized the Religious Society
of Friends (Quakers) for keeping
their young people from the armed
services, anC, for maintaining ho-
tells for japanese only" Lechner
said that one night in Times Square,
New York, he was told that the
great throng of soldiers and sailors
he saw would have to mill about
Continued on Page 6, Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-08
Ford Appoints
New Inspector
On Sanitation

Public Works Director j. Paul
Ford Friday announced the appoint
ment of Otis w. Wright to the posi-
ton of health and sanitation in
spector, succeeding Grant Bristol,
who resigned, effective December Is.
Wright's duties will include in
Spection CT plumbing and gas in
Stallations and investigation of
complaints on garbage collection.
He was employed by Ford under au-
thorization of tie city council which
gives the public works director su-
pervisiCn of a number of depart
mentS.
Wright is a former MisSourian. At
one time he was employed in the
Missouri state auditors office. Mrs.
Wright is in Ell Centre with him.
They have a daughter, Mrs. A. j.
Bowles, wife of civil engineer, who
has been resident here for several
years.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-08
Quake
Rocks
japan
Tokyo Reports
Tell Of Only
Slight Damage
BY UNITED PRESS

The japanese admitted
Friday that an earthquake,
described by British seismol-
ogists as even more violent
than the 1923 Yokohama dis
aster that killed 100000 per-
sons, rolled up huge tidal
waves and loosed landslides
Thursday across a 15O-mile
belt of central Japan extend
ing through the teeming To-
kyO area.
After withholding all word on the
tremblor for more than "a hours
the Tokyo radio finally broke its
silence early Friday morning to an
nounce that the most populus Gen.
ter of the japanese homeland had
been hit Thursday afternoon.
DENY HEAVY LOSS
The Tokyo broadcasts insisted,
however, tnat only slight" damage
had been caused and that practi-
cally none of the capital districts
ecrowded war plants were affected
The Japanese Domei news agency
said the earthuake centered in the
sea of Enshu about 100 miles south
east of Tokyo and reported that a
great wall of water rolled inland
Continued on Page 6, col. %
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-08
Bond Sales Pass
Two Million Mark

Pearl Harbor Day bond-selling
effort in Imperial county was an
emphatic success. The days sales
amounted to S628,994, bringing the
countys accumulated total up to
$2,11l,239
HCltville led in the days sales
with S20l $50 BraWiey was second
with S15l,356. Ell Centro was third
with Sl08,775.
Ell Centre still led the county with
total sales of $775,259. Brawley was
second with $525 ,435. Calexico was
third with S336,547. Holtville was
fourth with S310707
DISTRIBUTE PURCHASES
The w. F.. Hall Printing Co., Chi
cago, Illinois, bought $4,000 worth,
credited to Ell Centre. The Sones
Lumber Co., bought $4,000, also
credited to Ell Centro The Zeller-
bach Paper Co. bought $4,000 of
Series &C" bonds, which were
credited to BraWley. The Hammond
Lumber Co. bought $4,000 of Treas
ury Loan "7/8" bonds, credited S2500
to Brawley, and $500 to Holtville
Good returns were expected from
the carnival scheduled for Friday
night in the Imperial high school
which was to open with supper at
els p. M, to be followed by the
performance of a short comedy, the
selection of a carnival ueen, and
the sale of bonds.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-08
House Votes Bill
For More Help

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. up
Legislation to simplify and speed up
congressional procedure moved to-
ward the top of the house calendar
Friday after passage of bill to give
each House member an extra $4,000
a year for more clerical help to keep
up with war business"
Democratic Leader John w. Nc
Cormack, Massachusetts, said the
House would take up early next
week the Maloney- -MOnrCney resolu-
ton calling for joint study of leg
islative processes with view to-
ward streamlining the work of Con-
gress.
The $4,000 extra-kelp measure was
passed late Thursday after a furry
of oratory that sidetracked for al
most the full day confederation of a
$40O,O00,000 deficiency appropriation
bill for federal departments and
agencies.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-08
Legion Directors
Scan Move on
Eyacuee Problem

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 8. (UP)-Ed
w Bolt of San Francisco, state
commander of the American Legion
department of California, said Fri
day action is scheduled to be taken
Saturday by the organizations
executive committee en- a resolution
demanding exclusion of Japanese
from California until the war ends.
The executive committee opened
its semi-annual three-day meeting
Friday.
H. j. McClatchy. executive secre-
tary of the California joint immi-
grafton committee and head of
special Legion committee, will sub
NIT a report en- which the resolu-
ton is expected to be based, Bolt
Gaid.
The resolution probably also will
demand transfer of japanese relo-
cation centers from the War Relo-
cation Authority to military juris-
diction, Bolt said
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-08

dence on the governments
intervention in Greece, Italy,
and Belgium.
Churchill won an easy vote
of confidence from the house
of commons, 279 to 80.
Boldly challenging commons to
uphold his European policies or vote
him out of office, Churchill declared
that the British government will
continue its armed support of the
Papandreou regime in Greece and
of Premier Hubert Pierlots Belgian
government.
The house broke into storm of
Continued on Page 2, Column -
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-08
Russ Smother
Nazi Attacks

LONDON, Dec. 8. CUP) = The
German battle lines across central
and southwestern Hungary buckled
under a succession of Red army
blows Friday and Moscow Dispatch
es said 10000 newly-arrived Nazi
reserves were being cut to pieces
in vain effort to stem the twin
Russian advance on Budapest and
the Austrian frontier.
Soviet and German reports indi-
Gated that the battle for Hungary
was mounting in fury hourly as
both sides thew in more and more
men and armor, with the Soviet
commanders apparently striking
with everything at their disposal
to force quick decision
A United Press dispatch from
Moscow said two fresh German in
fantry divisions from Italy and a
third from the western front had
Just gone into action south and
southwest of Budapest, along with
other units drawn from the Nazis'
strategic reserves in Germany.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-08
Steady Gains Show
On Whole Front
Forward Units
Make Dents in
Siesfried Line

PARIS, Dec. 8. (UP)-
H ard fighting American
troops crashed into the sub
urbs of Saarbrucken Friday
and hammered out gains up
to three miles in scattered
sectors of a winding $50
mile front between the Col
ogne plain and the upper
Rhine valley.
The United States Third
army stormed the part of
Saarbrucken lying on the
west side of the Saar river
and to the northwest drilled
into the Siegfried line pill
boxes, penetrating a depth of
a mile and a half.
Lieutenant General Alex
ander M. Patch's Seventh ar
my drove three miles east
ward below Bitche in the
northeast corner of France,
capturing the road junction
of Mouterhouse on the crest
of the Haardt mountains
eight miles below the Ger
man border.
Other Seventh army units struck
into Gambsheim, a mile from the
upper Rhine and 10 miles north { Z
Strasbourg, where the Germans un-
til recently had been ferrying troor )
across the river.
PLUNGE EASTWARD
At the other end of the frori.
the American First army plugged
eastward from the linden area 10
within half a mile of Pier, five
miles northwest of Duren and
mile from the Roer river on whi"'l
the Germans based their defens $
of the approaches to Cologne.
Lieutenant General Courtney II.
Hodges troops also beat off to
counterattacks in the area of Berg
stein, seven miles below Durt n
They scored small advances along
the upper Roer valley, where tb Y
had won their first toehold on the
river bank.
In the Hurtgen forest the Vans
improved their positions conside -
ably, winning strategic high grom d
at several points. Bad weather pr
vented close air support to6ay.
FIGHT INTO JULICH
The American Ninth army, figh =
ing to the left of the First, fought
into the Julich Sportspalast in a
pre- dawn attack on the last Ger
man focthold west of the Roer On
Lieutenant General william IL
| Simpsons front.
At midday the U. S. shock trooT S
still were holding their position )
within the fanatically defended
Sportspalast despite terrific bar
rage of German artillery anc auto
] matte weapons.