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The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-01-08
John McManus
Picks Ten Best
Films OF 1913
Critic Says Hollywood Pro
auctions Are Best In Film
Industry's History
By John T. McManus

The past II months have been the
movies best year. Not from box
Office standpoint only, which has been
good too. But from the standpoint of
downright quality, something to which
the industry has in the past been noto-
riously allergic. Here in my opinion
are the 10 best, not necessarily in the
order of their Importance or entertain
ment value:
WATCH ON THE RHINE. Its
anti-fascist wal1op lands where it is
needed most here, right in the solar
plexus of the comfortable us. mid
die class. For human drama it can't
be beat.
THE MORE THE MERRIER.
Parlor, bedroom and bath farce with
built in win the war appurten-
ances. The wars best comedy so far.
ACTION in THE NORTH AT
LANTIC. Tremendously exciting, al
most documentary dramatization of
the heroism of the American mer-
chant marine at war. Gives full re-
cognition to the Natl. Maritime I'm
ion.
HOLY MATRIMONY. Oracle
Fields and Monty Woolley at their
acting best in quite sophisticated
comedy-satire about a British artist
who assumes the identity of his valet.
THE NORTH STAR. Completely
enthralling story of the thunder clap
of war on a people enjoying a fruit
full, pastoral peace. Publisher Will
liam Randolph Hearst ordered his
film reviewers to attack it as "Bolshe-
visit propaganda"
DESERT VICTORY. Shows you,
in most graphic and awesome war
film yet, what made Rommel run.
THIS LAND is MINE. Reflects no
natlonalism, waves no single flag, but
deals mainly with the human forces
involved in this conflict everywhere.
The most explicit anti-fascist film
Hollywood has made.
MISSION TO MOSCOW. Based
on Joseph E. Davies best-seller re-
port of his ambassadorship to the
Soviet Union.
AIR FORCE. More than any film
it caught the team spirit and prodi-
gious courage of the American airmen
against any odds. Most dramatic film
to date of our war in the Pacific.
HANCMEN ALSO DIE. Melo-
drama of Czech underground fighters.
Not so much story of resistance as
of peoples counter-offensive against
both oppreSsors and betrayers.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-01-08

The dscoses that all
substantial profit citing 246 for
panies 1914 for the chemical 90 for
2l6
While teatherng their corporations the
their notch officials by salaries sensational
Securities and Exchange Commission revealed that between 1910 and
1872 III
production adding nearly $0OOOO officials
vdual hikes running to $500
The III selected
1854 corporations producing materials Only cash
of officials taken Such additional rewards conru
tons pension funds and options purchase stock less than market
included Had such momens been added the
the
The pung showed the highest increase average
hike to officers and directors being Tire manufacturers
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-01-08

Without teamwork, our country
can never triumph in war or in the
peace. Play your part well. Pitch
in and buy more War Bonds.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-01-08

from 'agitators'' who ''inf1ame
mObs," and he wants his men to be
ready to break up such mobs the
efficient way-with bayOnets. Asked
exactly what an ''agitator'' was.
Martin thoughtfully flicked an ash
from his cigaret and said:
An agitator is somebody who ad-
vocates socialism. / think agitators
have something the matter with their
glands. They always ask questions
about how big a mans house is and
how much champagne he drinks
They'll always be with us and make
trouble and sometimes trouble takes
the form of riots. We have to be
prepared"
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-01-08
HowSome FindWayto Make
Uncle Sam Pay Their Taxes
Are Better Off Than Before Rates Were Hked;
Officials Salary Boosts Make Up Payments
To Government
10 Government
By CHARLES M. KELLEY in Labor

AMERICAN prohteerS have found their
creased taxes and at the time have left for themselves than before
the boosted!
That's big but developments prove up
hlt
For example the official publication Exchange
which has disposition make they
ported that the profits of 85 the months this
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-01-08

paying taxes ia greater period
1912
The publication recalls that when increased officials
walled they would ruined but the cold hard facts of financial
show that the they unprecedented
perty, despite their payments to the
The gospel truth that have passed their bill along
the by adding charged
sold 10 civilian
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-01-08
MASSACHUSETTS SHAME

BOSTON = Under Massachusetts
law "paupers" cannot vote. Section |,
Chapter 81, of the election laws
states; Every citizen, 81 years OF
age or older, not being a pauper
may have his name entered on the list
OF voters" An inmate of the city in
Urinary at Northampton was recently
denied the right to vote. 1t is expected
to be repealed at the coming session
of the legislature.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-01-08

TIL American Distilling Company
year ago owed 100000 to banks
and had only 100000 in its treasury.
According to the "Wall Street Jour
nal" proposed distribution of whis-
ky to stockholders will put Ne COM
pany $8,OO00O0 on the right side of
the ledger.
President Russell R. Browns 10000
shares two months ago had a value
of $4,000; today they are worth
| 100000.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-01-08
Here's One Strike Read About In Your Dalv Pabe
Hearst Presents
Continued from Page u

Continued from Page y
home to preserve the free institutions
of our government; to preserve the
American way of life; to preserve
our constitution and three-branch in
dependent form of government and
to preserve the solvency of the re-
public"
Hearst concludes: ''Bricker and
Byrd-Republican and Democrat
these are prO-American Ameri-
cans led. nOte-America Firsters)
whom their patriotic fellow coun-
trymen should be proud to honor"
Note: Hearst backed Alf Landon
(remember him?) in 1886.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-10-26
Halloween Destruction This Fall
Is Worst In Years, Marshal SAYS

Destruction of property by Hal
lowe'en pranksters during the last
week has been the worst in many a
year, Marshal Lee Coon said this
week in announcing that stern meas
ures viii be taken against any of
the perpetrators who can be identi-
fed.
This years record destruction is in
direct contrast to conditions prevail
ing last Halloween when damage to
property was negligible.
Marshal Coon says the tendency
toward more malicious pranks this
fall may be an evidence of the prev
alence of war psychology, and he
asked parents of the town to help
remedy the situation by explaining
to their children the unfavorable
features of destructive Halloween
ing.
From now through Halloween po-
lice efforts to control the depreda-
tions of pranksters will be intensi-
fed, the officer said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-10-26
Contract For Light
Plant Surrey Is Here

Contract submitted by a Toledo
engineering firm providing for a
survey of Buttons municipal water
works and light plant with a view
of effecting economies in operation
was received this week by the Board
of Public Affairs.
Proposal for the survey in the
form of a $3,250 contract has been
recommended to the municipal coun-
Gil by the board in charge of the
municipal plant, and it is expected
that the contract will be signed at
the next council meeting on Nov. 6.
In charge of the survey would be
the Froelich and Emery Engineering
Co., of Toledo, a recognized consult
ing firm, which already has made
some preliminary recommendations
among which is suggested construc-
tion of a new smoke stack 200 feet
high and considerably larger in di-
ameter than the present 110-foot
stack.
In the proposed engineering sur
vey an exhaustive study would be
made with an aim of effecting max
imum efficiency in all phases of
present plant operation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-10-26
FORMER BLUFFTON
Man IS REPORTED
MISSING IN ACTION
Sgt. Gaylord Jordan is Unac-
counted for; Attended High
School Here
Son of Calvary Jordan of Orange
Township Was With Pat
ton i'm France

Sgt. Gaylord Jordan, 25, son of
Calvary Jordan of Orange township
and a former Bluffton high school
student is missing in action in
France on October 5.
His wife, the former Mabel Jones,
residing at Dunkirk received word
from the War department to that eff
feet, Tuesday. Sgt. Jordan was with
General George Patton's army.
Letters dated September 27 and
30 received recently by his wife told
of being nearly surrounded by Ger
mans in two weeks of constant fight
ing. Last word from him was a
cablegram dated October 6 and re-
ceived by his wife October Ia, stat
ing that he was we'll and all right.
He was a member of the class of
1897 in Bluffton high school but was
forced to withdraw from classes in
the spring of his senior year to un-
dergo an operation. Later he en-
tered Marion college, Marion, Ind,
and was studying for the ministry
when he was inducted into service
on July Z, 1912. He went overseas
on July l, 1914.
His father resides on the former
Steven Bigger farm in Orange town
ship. His mother is deceased. He
has the following brothers and sis
ters:
Mrs. Inez Collar, Williamstown
Mrs. Zenith Twining, Lima; Miss
Leota Jordan at home; Harold
Jordan of Dola; Pfc. Lokey Jordan
in an Army camp in Louisiana and
Orville Jordan with the Navy in the
southwest Pacific.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-10-26
FanaticaI Stand Of Nazis In France
Described By Sergeant Olin Herr
Bluffton Youth Quoted In News
Release From American
Seventh Army
Some Places Enemy Fire Heav-
ier Than That Encountered
on Anzi0 Beachhead

While the campaign in Southern
France has been comparatively easy
SO far, there have been many pock-
cts of fanatical last-stand resistance
on the part of Nazis which equaled
the tough going at Salerno and An
zio, according to War Department
news release quoting Sgt. Ohn Herr,
son of Mrs. Alice Herr, of the Bent
ley road.
Sgt. Herr has been in action in
Sicily, in Italy on the Anzio beach
head, and now is with the American
army which invaded France from
the south. He has received the
Bronze Star for meritorius service
in combat, and the Purple Heart was
presented to him after he was
wounded in bombing raid on Anzio.
The news release came from the
45th division of the American
Seventh Army, with which Sgt. Herr
is attached as an observer with an
artillery battalion.
In the interview, Sgt. Herr said
that at one time in the invasion of
Southern France the enemy defense
represented the heaviest concentra-
tion of tank, mortar and small arms
fire his outfit has faced.
"At one spot it took us day and
half to push forward five miles
under their fire." commented Ser
geant Herr. I'VE were adjusting
fire on tanks not more than 200
yards away. But we only hit re-
sistance like that for a couple of
days and then we leaped-frog fifty
miles ahead trying to catch the ever
vanishing Boche. So | guess you
might say this is a swell campaign
in comparison to the long drawn out
weeks at Anzio and the winter
months in the Italian mountains"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-10-26

cred in connection with factors other
than precipitation. Factors infiu-
encing the level are the Canadian di-
versions of natural waters to Lake
Superior which formerly flowed to
Hudson Bay and reduction of Lake
Michigan water through the Chicago
sanitary canal TO the Mississippi
basin. These two factors approach
100000 cubic feet per second or the
astronomical figure of lbs, ,263, AGO. 900
gallons of water per day.
This summers drought has caused
Ohio water table to drop more than
two and one-half feet in the past
three months. While the table al
ways records a seasonal drop dur
ing the summer months the recent
rapid lowering has been termed as
abnormal and temporarily alarm
ing"
The table, which represents the
free level of water in the ground,
also shows a 1.63 foot decrease in
the past year. Eventually a con-
tinued decrease might curtail SER
iously the states water supply for
farm, municipal, and industrial use
since this is pumped from tha
ground water.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-10-26
Harold Kenipf
Funeral ThurSddg

Funeral services for Mrs. Harold
Kempf, AZ, of North Lawn avenue
will be held in st. Johns Reformed
church, Thursday afternoon at 2:3o
o'clock. Her pastor, Rev. V. C. OPP
permann will officiate and burial
will be in Clymer cemetery.
Mrs. Kempf, the former Oda Am
stutz, died in Bluffton hospital, Tues
day afternoon following a seven
weeks illness from gallstones. She
was a graduate of Bluffton high
school in the class of 1920.
Surviving are her husband, a
painter and interior decorator to
whom she was married Ia years ago;
two daughters Susanna and Jean
both at home; her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joshrua Amstutz north of
Button; four sister and three bro
theirs.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-10-26
Dry This Summer? Just Wait
Two Years Hence, Experts Say

A mighty dry summer, you say?
Granted, but if the predictions of
some experts in the field of meteor
illogical science come to pass "you
amt seen nothin"
Several scientists who have spe-
cialized in long-range weather prog
nostications are forecasting the year
1916 will be dryer than any year
in the memory of living man.
OFFICIALS STUDY PROBLEM
I'm the past considerable credence
has been placed in these predictions
which have proven to be unusually
accurate. Officials of some munich
palities already are taking cogni-
zance of past results and are pre-
pairing to meet the drought when
and if it occurs two years hence.
Stock-taking of water availability
and construction of impounding res
ervoirs large enough to mitigate the
predicted shortage of water are be-
ing considered. A great number of
municipal supplies in Northwestern
Ohio are vulnerable to water short
age resulting from extreme drought.
ABOUT LAKES LEVEL
The high level of the Great Lakes,
the experts say, should be consid-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-10-26
MEXICAN LABOR
CREW LAYS RAILS
ON NICKEL PLATE
Sixty-two Spanish Speaking La
borers Live in Cars on Rail-
road Siding
To be Here Four Months Work
ing Between Bluffton and
Beaverdam

Sixty-two native Mexican laborers,
speaking at most only a few words
of English are established in a small
community of their own in fifteen
railroad cars on a Nickel Plate sid
ing here while laying eight miles of
new rails from point south of
Beaverdam to the intersection of the
railroad and the Allen Hancock
county line north of Bluffton.
The cars consisting of former pas
senger and box cars are located on
a siding along the National quarry
on Bluffton's northeast side. Water
and electric lines have been run to
the cars to provide modern living
conveniences.
In the cars making up the Mex
lean laborers community are eight
Continued on page p
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-10-26
TWO RELATED HERE
DIE IN FIGHTING
ON WESTERN FRONT
Paratrooper, Nephew of Mrs.
Lou Eaton, Meets Death
in Holland Area
Brother of Mrs. Homer Steiner
Is Killed with American
Forces in France

Two soldier-relatives of Button
families have met death recently in
the intensified fighting on the West
ern European front, according to
word received this week.
Capt. Jack White, nephew of Mrs.
Lou Eaton, of this place, was killed
in Holland with American parachute
troops, and Pvt. Logan Mcneil, bro
ther of Mrs. Homer Steiner, met
death in action in France.
Mrs. Eaton learned of the death
of her nephew last Saturday from
her sister, Mrs. Lloyd White, of
Akron, mother of Capt. White.
The Akron officer had been wound
ed in the invasion of Normandy and
had returned to action only shortly
before he met his death in Holland.
Pvt. Mcneil was killed in France
on October 3, according to word re-
ceived this week by John Steiner.
Steiner's son, Homer, married a sis
ter of Mcneil about one year ago
following his discharge from the
Navy because of injuries suffered in
Pacific fighting. Mr.. and Mrs. Stein
er visited here last summer and now
are living in Ocoee, Florida, near
Orlando, the home town of Mrs.
Steiner.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-10-26
Otto Kibele, Former
Resident SuccIlnabS

Otto Kibele, 73, Bluffton native,
who for more than 25 years was
prominent in shipbuilding circles on
the west coast died at his home in
San Mateo, Calf, according to
word received here. His death fol-
lowed short illness.
Kibele was a brother of the late
Hector Kibele of this place. Kermit
Kibele residing north of Bluffton on
the Dixie highway is a nephew.
He went to California in 1909 and
during the first world war managed
the South Western Shipbuilding
company in San Pedro and the
Western Pipe and Steel ship yards
in San Francisco.
During 1923 and 1924 he was Los
Angeles Harbor Commissioner. Be
fore the present war he operated his
own shipyard in San Pedro, the
Park & Kibele Boat and Ship Repair
company building commercial fishing
vessels.
In December 1941 shortly after
Pearl Harbor he became superin-
tendent of the South San Francisco
Western Pipe and Steel yards, the
same yards he managed during the
first war.
Surviving are his wife, two daugh-
ters Alice and Antoinette Kibele
all of San Mateo and a son Eugene
Kibele of San Pedro.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-10-26
RatiOning Calendar

So that you may keep in mind tn,
important wartime IA
tioning dates, the Bluffton News Il
this weekly reminder:
MEATS, BUTTER, CHEESE.
CANNED MILK-Book 4 red
stamps AS thru rs, AS thru
K-5 good for 10 points each
under token rationing indefinite
ly.
PROCESSED FOODS-Book A
Blue stamps AS, thru rs and
As thru Rs, good for 10 points
each under token rationing in
definitely.
GAS0LINE-Stamp A-13 in
new book good for gallons of
gasoline thru December 81.
SUGAR-Stamps 80, 81, 80, 33
in Book good for 5 pounds of
sugar indefinitely. Stamp 40
good for 5 pounds under cam
ming allotments until Feb. 2S,
1916. =
SHOES-Airplane stamp and
2 in Ration Book good in
definitely.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-10-26
Corp. James Benroth Home After
30 Months At Air Base In India

the servicing of aircraft instru-
ments and test equipment, and he
saw out in India many testers made
by The Triplett Electrical Instru-
ment Co., of this place. He has
made several trips over "the hump
to bases in China.
Assam is a rich tea growing re-
gion, but the natives are malaria
ridden and have practically no means
of checking the disease. Rigid con-
troll by Army authorities, however,
keeps spread of the disease among
the soldiers at minimum.
Climate in the area is extremely
hot and humid for nine months of
the year, but in October, November
and December it is very pleasant,
Corp. Benroth said. In many re-
spects the country is quite wild and
tigers are hunted regularly within
a few miles of The base.
Corp. Benroth wears a blue cita-
ton ribbon representing a Presiden-
tial Citation awarded to his COM
mand for outstanding work done in
flying supplies into China during the
last year. He also has a combat
star on his service ribbon.
He will be home on a 25-day fur
Tough, then will report for further
duty at the Romulus, Mich, ATC
air field.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-10-26
With The Sick

Mrs. Clyde Warren of Orange
township is patient in Bluffton
hospital.
Philip Basinger is i'll at his home
on the Dixie highway south of
Bluffton. He was formerly connect
ed with the Basinger Bros. meat
market here.
Noah Zuercher, Bluffton municipal
light and waterworks plant employe
who was under observation at Lima
Memorial hospital is at his home on
South Main street. He expects to
return to that place next month for
an abdominal operation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-10-26
ANOTHER EMBARGO
ON BUYING OF SOY
BEANS THIS WEEK
Shipping Facilities Exhausted; !;
Four Cars Are Loaded
From Here
Storage Space Jammed to Ca
pacity AS Dealers Await
Freight Cars

A second embargo on further buy
ing of soy beans from farmers of
the Bluffton district was put into
effect this week by the towns two
grain elevators after lack of ship
ping facilities again found all avail
able storage space jammed to ca
pacity with bumper crop.
Lifting of the embargo late last
week was only a temporary matter,
for after the Bluffton elevators had
shipped four cars of beans, shipping
facilities again were exhausted.
Present stocks in storage are esti-
mated upwards of 10000 bushels
awaiting shipment, and buying of
beans cannot be resumed by the ele-
vators until the grain now on hand
is moved. Shipments average about
1000 bushels per car, dealers said.
Farmers are anxious to market
their crops as harvesting is complet-
ed, inasmuch as the basic price OF
$2.04 a bushel set by the govern
ment does not permit any possibility
of financial gain by storing the
beans on the farm.
This has accounted for the rush
in marketing which resulted in the
emergency embargoes hating pur,
chasing of the crop. Once the pres.
ent shortage of shipping facilities is
cleared and the harvest has beer
completed few beans will be market
ed, for the only farmers putting
them in storage are those who plaI
to use them on the farm.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-10-26
BLUFFTON VOTERS
WILL RECEIVE FOUR
BALLOTS At POLLS
Presidential, State and County,
Judicial and Amendment
Tickets for Voters
General Election on November Z
VIII Provide Man-siZed
Job for Voters

Bluffon corporation and that por-
tion of Richland township in the Bluff
ton school district will vote on four
ballots at the polls in the November
7 general election.
Of principal interest will be the
presidential ticket bearing the names
of candidates for president and vice
president. This ticket has separate
columns for each party, but only the
names of the nominees appear, in
marked contrast to the long ticket of
presidential electors which appeared
on ballots prior to the 1910 election.
The state and county ticket, listing
Democratic and Republican candidates
for the United States Senate, candi-
dates for Representative to Congress,
state and county offices, will be the
longest given to voters. This ticket
is filled with names and will be 20
inches long, according to the Allen
County Board of Elections.
A judicial ticket, bearing the nom
partisan listing of names of candi-
dates for judges of the state supreme
and other courts, will be the third
ticket voters receive. 1t will have
no party designation of candidates.
Two Amendments
Two amendments proposed for the
state constitution, concerning Ohio's
judiciary setup will be on the fourth
ticket.
The southern part of Richland town.
ship in the Beaverdam school district
will have five ballots this fall. In adj
dition to the four listed above, there
will be a proposal for two-mill local
issue, proceeds of which would be used
for the replacement of school buses
and general expenses of Beaverdam
schools.
Beaverdam corporation voters will
receive six ballots at the polls. These
will include the presidential, state
amendment, and two-mill school levy
tickets, plus proposal for three
mill local levy, proceeds of which
would help defray the operating ex-
penses of Beaverdam corporation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-10-26

Validation dates for five more blue
stamps for processed foods and four
more red stamps for meats were an
nounced Tuesday by the Office of
Price Administration.
Each of the stamps will be worth
10 points and will be good indefi-
nitely.
Red stamps L5, Ms, N5 and P5
will be good for meats and fats be-
ginning Sunday, October %. The
stamps will last for fve-week
period, and the next stamps are not
expected to be validated until Dec. 8.
Blue stamps So, T5, Us and
W5 will become valid for processed
foods on Wednesday, Nov. l. 1t
will be a month then before the next
series of stamps is put in use.