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Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-30

FOR SALE-About 115 acres just
outside city limits. House has 2
bedrooms upstairs, downstairs,
sleeping porch, bath, electricity,
garage, some chicken equipment.
$500 cash, or $3.50 terms. See
Starr Won FlllSs. 664 Holt. So
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-30

HAVE YOU tried the PosU-Press
Classifieds? Whether you have
something to sell or want to buy
something, the classifieds assure
success
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-30

FOR SALE-160 acres, abundance
of water, 2 miles west and miles
north of Westmorland, Tract 1870,
Twp. 13 south, Range 13 east in
S.BM. county of Imperial. Sacri-
flee for cash. Delaney Petroleum
Corp, 615 E. Willow St., Long
Beach, Calf. So
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-30

FOR SALE-194O Spas. LaSalle
coupe. Good condition mechani-
cally, good rubber. Phi. 8724-R1. SO
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-30

FOR SALES bedroom comfortable
house, garage, fenced in yard
corner lot, south side of town.
Discount on cash transaction. See
owner at 692 Vine. o-2
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-30
w. E. Hancock
THE FARM LAND MAN

FOR SALE-Modern 2 bedroom
mountain cabin, furnished. Elec-
tricity and water. Located in
Whispering Pines. Cash or terms.
See Mrs. Ayers at Wispering
Pines or write H. r. Bowlin, Box
805 Ell Cajon, California. So
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-30

Sure-fire results with POST
PRESS Wand-afys.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-30
Use Post-Press Want Ads For Results

l0-Apartments for Rent
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UNFUR. FLAT, 519 State, $4,000
HERBERT LOWDERMILK
ll6 No. 9Th Phone 1894
5-6
FURNISHED Apartment, electrical
ly equipped. Close in. Laundry
facilities. Also room. $40 Olive
SIS
APARTMENT for rent in Imperial.
Inquire ChaS. E. Ferrell, 319 K st.
ST.
WILL SARE OUR duplex with an
other couple. Also sleeping room
Tor rent. Call after Z on Satur-
day, or all day sun, 525 Vine. 81
ll-Houses for kenf
FOR RENT-Modern furnished one
bedroom house. Permanent ten
ants. Corner 18th and Ell Dorado.
5-3
I2-Wanted TO Rent
COUPLE with small child wish to
rent furnished house or apart
ment. Phone 387. SIS
WANTED = Furnished house or
apartment for couple. Phone 387.
SIS
WANTED-FurniShed Apt. or room.
Couple. Permanent residents. Call
Mr.. Meek, Mgr. Western Union,
154. So
WANTED-Sleeping room with lady
who will care for child while
mother works. Phone 1868. 5-3
I3-Rooms for Rent
FURNISHED room in private home.
729 No. 10th st. 81
NICE ROOM in rear for gentleman.
Gas Holt, Phone 2148-W. 81
ls-Country Property Sale
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NICE 3 ROOM modern house, au-
tomato gas water heater, sanded
floors, with or without furniture
including electric refrigerator. An
extra dwelling may be included
II desired. Located in Ell Dorado
Acres. Claude Vedder Real Es-
tate and Insurance, 534 Olive.
Phone 1881.
10 ACRES with 5 room house, cleo
trio water system, miles west
of Imperial. Inquire 1873 w. 9th
St. Phone BAL. 5-3
FOR SALE-16O acres, abundance
of water, miles west and 2 miles
north of Westmorland, Tract 1870,
Twp. 13 south, Range 13 east in
SBM. county of Imperial. Sacri-
flee for cash. Delaney Petroleum
Corp, 615 E. Willow ST., Long
Beach, Calf. So
SEVERAL small farms with l to
10 acres with dwellings. See
Claude Vedder, 534 Olive ST.,
Phone Ell Centro 1728-J. So
FOR SALE-About 11S acres just
outside city limits. House has 2
bedrooms upstairs, 2 downstairs,
sleeping porch, bath, electricity,
garage, some chicken equipment.
$500 cash, or $3.50 terms. See
Starr Won FluSS. 664 Holt. So
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-30

FOR SALE-5 acres, well fenced;
large house, bedrooms, 2 baths;
two horse barns, corrals; one hog
shed. Dee Anderson, Imperial,
Phone 260. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-30

FOR SALE-2 bedroom house In Ell
Centre. Priced right. Reasonable
down payment. Small monthly
payments on balance. c. Muncey,
608 Main ST 5-z
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-18
No Postage Needed On
War Prisoners Mail

Postage-free letters may be sent
to prisoners of war even if regular
mail service to countries where they
are held has been suspended, the
post office department announced last
week in issuing a reminder that such
service is available.
Germany has no restriction on the
length of letters sent to prisoners.
Japan, however, limits letters to "a
words. and requires them to be type
written or haxd printed in capitals.
Unmounted photographs or snapshots
may be enclosed.
Gift parcels may be sent to pris-
oners in Germany, and no postage is
necessary. Within certain limitations
packages of books or tobacco may be
sent, with the publisher or the manu-
facturer doing the mailing.
No arrangements have been made
yet, however, for sending packages
to prisoners in the Far East.
All mail is subject to censorship
and inspection. Information on how
to address mail may be obtained at
the post office.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-18
DriUer Seriously
Hurt In Auto Crash

William S. Derr, 80, of Piqua,
driver of an automobile reported
stolen in that city, is in serious con-
dition at BIuffton hospital from in
juries sustained when the car failed
to negotiate curve on Route 20 at
the south approach to Beverdam at
midnight last Friday.
Two other persons riding in the
vehicle were not injured. One of
them, Clifford Knapp, 46, of Piqua,
is being held in the Allen county jail.
The other, William Dean Somers,
10, of Dayton, an ex-serviceman, told
Deputy Sheriff John Carder that he
was hitch-hiking to Detroit, when the
men stopped to give him a lift. He
was released.
Somers said the men were travel
ing at high speed when the car over
turned in the driveway of an un-
used filling station at the Vertner
corner.
Derr was brought to the Bluffton
hospital Friday night in the Diller
ambulance, unconscious from injuries
and also reported under the influ-
ence of liquor. He has partially re-
gained consciousness, but is suffering
from severe concussion of the brain,
and will likely be in the hospital for
some time.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-18

Sale of meat locally has increased
about 10 to 10 per cent in the first
10 days since most meat cuts were
placed on the ration-free list, sur
vey of Bluffton marketing outlets
disclosed this week.
For the most part everyone is well
satisfied with relation of rationing
on all meat except beef steaks and
roasts.
The housewife is as well pleased as
anyone, inasmuch as she no longer
has to put in as much time planning
menus that would permit her slender
supply of ration points to cover all
the family needs.
Meat dealers have particularly well
coined the ration-free policy, for it
largely eliminates the time and con-
fusion entailed in handling stamps
and tokens, and they now feel they
can handle twice the number of Gus
toners they previously were able to
under rationing.
To some extent, the end of meat
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-18

Hams, Bacon, Picnics-
The hams, bacons, and picnics of
the typical market hog weigh, al
together, about 80 pouSds.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-18
Beaverdam

Marion Lenney and Dwayne Fett,
and Louis Mazerous, spent over Sun
day at Louis Mazerous' home at
Sharpsville, Pennsylvania.
RETIRE from harsh-laxative Gus
toner list. Add gentle bulk to daily
meals with new Posts Raisin Bran
toasted flakes of wheat and bran
plus choice raisins.
Commencement at Beaverdam high
school auditorium Thursday at $3.50
p. m. Marion Lenny, valedictorian
Glen Andrews, salutatorian; speaker,
Rev. w. E. Bradley of Findlay. Nine
graduates are: Glen Andrews, Robert
Downey, Ethel Downing, Lyle Ever
EFT, Helen Lamb, Ruth Van Meter,
Marion Lenney, Eileen Prowont,
Junior Yant.
Next Wednesday evening Mother
and Daughter banquet at the Church
of Christ.
Last Friday evening Mother and
Daughter banquet was a success at
Methodist church. Over one hundred
were present. A good program was
given and Mrs. Raymond Smith gave
the address. Mrs. William Amstutz
presented flowers to the oldest
mother present and Mrs. Richard
Arnold flowers for the youngest
mother.
Jack Oswalt left Sunday for New
York, after spending two weeks at
home.
Miss Mabel Clifton of Lima spent
Sunday at the w. o. Yarder home.
Mrs. Gwendoln Cartwright spent
Thursday at Lima.
Jeanette Carpenter from Ft. Jen-
nings spent the week end with Mel
vim Burkholder and family.
Sgt. Robert Burkholder who is
stationed in England has been pro-
NOTED to Staff Sgt. He is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Burkholder.
Mrs. 7. Dean of Lima spent a
couple of weeks with her sister Mrs.
Dora Roberts, helping care for their
sister who is i'll in her home, Mrs.
Alice Cross from Findlay.
Mrs. Alice Cross's son of Findlay
called on his mother last Thursday
afternoon and found her a little
better.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Bogart and Glenn
Yoakum, and Addie Yoakum spent
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-18

In establishing a consistent state
wide policy of draft inductions, Ohio
Selective Director c. w. Goble last
Friday directed the states $50 boards
to fill all calls for pre-induction phys
ical examination and induction with
registrants under 26 years of age.
This is in conformity with national
Selective Service policy, Col. GobIe
said.
This procedure is the same that
has been followed for several weeks
by Allen County Draft Board No. 3,
which has jurisdiction over Bluffton
and Richland township, but there are
other boards in this area which have
been inducting men 26 and over.
In explaining the new instructions,
Goble said the only registrants in the
Is to 25-year group who will re-
ceive deferments are those physically
unfit and those deferred for occupa-
tional reasons by the state director
or by recommendation of a local
board
Col. Goble's directive also advised
all local boards to review classifica-
tion of all registrants in the 26 to
29-year group to determine whether
they are engaged in essential war
work, and therefore qualified for
occupational deferments.
Fathers in the &c through 80
group normally will be accorded oc-
cupational deferment in preference
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-18
Sale OF Meat Increases Here During
First 10 Days OF Ration-Free Trading

rationing has brought an increase in
the demand for better cuts of meat
and resulted in lower sales of cheap
er cuts. Also, dealers in some re-
spects find it almost impossible to
keep sufficient supply of all cuts
of meat on hand to meet the demand.
Conflicting national views on the
meat situation offer no conclusive
answers as to what may be expected
in the future.
One school of thought still predicts
there will be a date when extreme
meat shortages will confront the
country, because government regula-
tions have forced an oversupply fo1
the moment which can only be fol-
lowed by a severe shortage.
Packers, on the other hand, are not
in agreement with that line OF
thought. They declare it still is
profitable to raise hogs, and that
farmers are continuing to raise them
Plenty of beef cattle, too, will be
available the latter part of this sum-
mer, according to the packers.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-18

Sunday with Mrs. Nettie Davis who
lives with her daughter Mrs. Ralph
Ebersole at Lafayette.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Wayne Williams at Community
Hospital, Bluffton.
A son was born to Mrs. Chas
Carter at Lima Memorial hospital.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs
Delbert Neuenschwander of Lima al
Community hospital, Bluffton.
Miss Josephine Bassitt is able tc
be out again after being sick two
weeks.
Mrs. Walter Beck and son Gary
are back home again, after having
spent year with her husband al
Pemberton, New Jersey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Leiber spent
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-18

Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin
Burkholder and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Green and
son Kenneth spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Green at Contin-
entail.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Martz of
Cairo and Mrs. Victoria Hunter
spent Sunday at Mt. Cory with Mr..
Walter Stotts who has been sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Younkman
and family of Clyde, Ohio spent the
week end with Mr.. and Mrs. VIM
Younkman and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Arnold and
Mrs. Baker of Chicago had Sunday
dinner with Mr.. and Mrs. John
Augsburger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Carroll and
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-18
To Tour In Interest
OF BluftOn College

Plans were recently announced by
Rev. Forrest Musser, Bluffton college
field secretary, for tour in the
interests of the college to begin May
80. The Ramoonwell Trio will ac-
company him. Members of the trio
are Lila Moon, Ft. Wayne, Indiana;
Mary K Ramseyer, Smithville, Ohio;
Gwendolyn Bidwell, Lima, Ohio;
Vera Esch, Washington, Illinois, is
the accompanist. Programs of music
by the trio and chalk talks by Rev.
Nusser will be presented at various
churches in Indiana and Illinois.
The first program of the tour will
be presented at the 8th Street Men,
MONTE church in Goshen, Indiana, on
Tuesday evening, May 80. This will
be a union meeting with the Silver
Street Mennonite church of Goshen
and the Middlebury Mennonite
church. On Wednesday evening a
program will be given at the First
Mennonite church of Berne. Proceed
ing to Illinois the group will appear
at the Calvary Church at Washing
ton on Thursday evening and at the
Carlock Church Friday evening. AL
though arrangements have not yet
been completed, the trio will give
several full concerts in the vicinity
of Washington on Saturday and Sun
day.
The main purpose of this trip, as
announced by Rev. Musser, is to
contact prospective Bluffton students
Consultations with young people will
be held following each program, and
there will be interviews during the
day. Other committees will also be
contacted enroute to those scheduled
for programs.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-18
Draft Boards Directed To Fill
Calls With Registrars Is To 26

to non-fathers, Col. Goble said. How
ever, all men in the group may be
deferred provided they are necessary
to or regularly engaged in war pro-
duction, or in support of the ma
tional health, safety or interest.
"In the age group, 80 through 81
years, Local Boards are further ad-
vised by the same directive, and in
conformity with National Policy, to
retain or place in liza registrants
who are regularly engaged in sup
port of the National health, safety
or interest; or in Class lib if reg.
ularly engaged in an activity in wal
production.
"The responsibility, however, re-
mains with Local Boards to make the
determination, on the basis of writ.
ten information in the registrant's
file, whether or not he qualities fol
either of these classifcations."
In conclusion, Colonel Goble said
ut is expected that calls for pre-
induction physical examination, anc
induction, will be substantially filled
by Local Boards with registrants il
the age group 18 through 25 years
In addition, in the ages 26 through
81 years, the following registrant.
will be available.
"Registrants who are volunteers;
"Registrants who are delinquents
"Registrants who leave agriculture
without the permission of the Loca
Board; and
"Registrants who do not qualify
for occupational deferment."
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-18

Gary Jene spent Sunday at the Mrs.
Emma Scoles home.
Mrs. Mae Bailey has just return
ed from Midland, Mich, after visit
ing several weeks with her daughter
Mrs. w. j. Vert.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Vert and
family are moving to Cairo this
week from Midland, Michigan. They
have opened up a store at Cairo.
Miss Betty Heron spent the week
end with Mrs. Mary Lacock.
Mrs. Carl Barnum spent Friday
afternoon at Lima.
Mrs. Emma Jane Barber who is at
the Memorial hospital, Lima, is inn
proving some. Cards would be ap-
preciated from friends.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-18
Former R0lUsOn Man
Missing In Action

T/Sgt. Francis G. O'Connell, who
attended Rawson High school for two
years and who left school to enlist
in the Army Air Force, Feb. 81,
1943, has been reported missing in
action over Germany since April %.
Sgt. O'Connell was a bombardier
on flying fortress, and is credited
with shooting down two German
fighters in recent weeks. His father
Lawrence O'Connell lives in Muncie,
Indiana.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-18
Former College Girl
To Enlist In WAVES

Miss Ruth Whirledge, former
Bluffton college student, has resigned
from the faculty at Tiro High school,
to enlist in the WAVES. Her resig-
nation, with those of four other
teachers, left the high school with no
faculty members outside of Supt. A.
c.. Wilson.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-18
Duane TlUdy NOlU
Air Force Captain

First Lieut.. Duane c. Tway, form
er Bluffton college student, has been
promoted to rank of captain at Sell
man Field, Monroe, La, largest navi-
cation school in the AAF Training
Command.
Captain Tway is flight command
er in the advanced navigation school.
Back The Attack-Buw War
Bonds and Stamps Regularly.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-18
DUight Murray Heads
Findldy Lions CLUB

Dwight Murray, formerly of Bluff
ton, was elected president of the
Findlay Lions club and will take
office on July /. He is lawyer in
Findlay.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-15
0AACase Load
Drops $500
Fouri Indicates
Further Decline

LANSING, Aug. IS - R -
Michigan's Old Age Assistance
case load dropped $500 in the
past year and is expected to de-
cline even further, F. F. Fauri.
State Welfare Director, reported
today.
With 85.485 cases of Old Age
Assistance listed currently. COM
pared with 1898 a year ago,
Fauri declared "The trend is
still downward and it doesn't
look like we have reached the
bottom yet. We are closing
cases faster than we are opening
new ones, which is remarkable
because the number of employ
able persons on the rolls has
been pretty we'll combed out"
Fauri said 1897 Old Age AS
sistance cases were closed dur
ing the year because of death
with 1892 resulting in the past
six months and 1855 in the pre-
ceding six months. Fauri said
that heavy Withdrawals from
the rolls to accept employment
left a greater percentage of in
firm persons on the rolls and
increased the ratio of deaths in
the last half year.
He reported that 1858 persons
were dropped from Old Age AS
sistance rolls in the year because
they got full-time jobs. while
another 523 were closed because
a spouse obtained employment.
Nearly 1,100 cases were closed
because recipients required in
stitutional care.
Fauri reported that 2.168
cases of aid to dependent child
rem were closed in the year be-
cause a family head obtained
employment. One hundred and
eighty cases were closed because
child recipients themselves got
Jobs. More than 600 cases were
closed because of the receipt OF
soldiers allowances.
The aid to dependent child
rem case load has fallen from
21.5OO to $4,000 cases since
Pearl Harbor, the report said.
Fauri declared the States pol
icy of finding jobs for persons
receiving aid to the blind pay
ments took SO persons off those
rolls during the year and found
work for % others. Twenty-Five
others went off the rolls because
their spouses obtained work,
nine regained all or partial use
of their eyesight because OF re-
Mobilization services and SO were
placed in an institution.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-15
Supervisors Plan
Jail and Hospital
as Post-War Jobs

A new county jail, infirmary,
and detention home are on the
horizon for postwar building
Action for the construction Of
three new structures was taken
Friday by the Macomb County
Board Of Supervisors at their
regular monthly meeting as
they authorized the Finance and
Building Committees to draw
plans for the buildings.
In order 10 take advantage OF
any Federal or State assistance
in the financing of the buildings,
plans must be filed with the
State Planning Commission by
November l.
In regard 10 new Jail and
infirmary, new edifices are de-
finitely on the list, but it is not
certain whether or not new
detention home will be erected
or some building obtained for
conversion into suitable quart
ers.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-15
Yanks Invaded
Kiska Just One
Year Ago Today

AN ALEUTIAN LAND
BASE, Aug. Is - (P,- A year
ago today United States and Ca
madam troops occupied the
Aleutian Island of Kisks, and
the anniversary finds American
forces carrying many-pronged
drive toward Tokyo with re-
peated trip-hammer blows at
Japan's inner defenses and home
islands.
In evscuating Kiska, the Tok-
20 war lords, their dream of
debating peace in the White
House blasted, acknowledged to
the world that they were unable
10 hold what they had seized.
Since then their forces have
been beaten or by-passed in the
Solomons, New Guinea, Gilberts,
Marshalls, Carolines and Mari
anas.
Their homeland has been
bombed repeatedly-along the
kurile chain by Aleutian- based
Army and Navy planes, and in
destructive blows at the indus
trial heart of their empire fur
Their south by B-29 superior
treSSeS.
The japanese flight from ks
ka followed their finish battle
at Attu three months earlier.
They had held the two islands
slightly more than year.
Not a single enemy was found
by the United States Canadian
amphibious force which swarm
ed ashore and over the sandy
beaches and Tundra Hills OF
Kiska. But they found abandon
ed supplies and facilities of al
sorts. The Japanese had barely
gotten away, probably by sub
marine or fog-hidden surface
craft, with the shirts on theil
backs.
1t was believed that the Jap
aneSe may have had as many
as 10000 soldiers and sailors or
Kiska at one time.
Wrecks of four merchant
ships and three "Tojo cigar
type midget submarines wer,
vi-!Sle in Kiska harbor. Numer
Gus other craft, including war
ships, were later located by sal
wage operation divers beneath
the surface.
The war in the North Pacific
entered a new offensive phas,
against the Japanese Kuriles
extending for 600 miles from
Shimushu and Paramus h ir'
southwest to Hokkaido. Para
mushiro is 500 miles from Attn
Navy bombers and warships an,
Army bombers have pounde,
the Kuriles.
The Kurile attacks have BEEF
carried out under Vice Adm
Frank Jack Fletcher, comman
der of North Pacific; Maj. Gen
Davenport Johnson, comman
der of the Eleventh Air Force
and Commodore Leslie E. Gehr
es, commander of Fleet All
Wing four.