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With The AEF
It's Not In Si9n0rina's Book

a separate peace. Signorina
hadn't heard that one, but
neither had she ever heard
anything at all about Texas be-
ing peaceful SO she assured
them it must be a misunde--
standing.
And when the dark little girl
with the guileless eyes vo-un-
teered the information that the
book was all wrong about New
York - that it is merely the
port for Brooklyn-the Signo-
rina tried to set her right be-
force the bell rang and she
headed for her office and the
aspirin tablets. But the dark
eyed lass didn't look con-
WINGED.
That boy from Flatbush
must have been some talker.
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said: That's tough stuff, son,
tell it to your chaplain. - aft
er hearing his buddy's tale OF
woe. But she did point out to
the pupils that the chaplain is
a clergyman who gives spi-i-
tual comfort and guidance to
the troops. Therefore, it prov
ed beyond doubt she said that
Americana soldiers had excel
lent morals, yes.
Signorina Deboni tries to
keep her students oriented in
American geography as an aid
to understand English, but
even that discussion was dis
rupted by the boy who wanted
to know why if the United
States were all one nation,
there was talk about that
Teyas perhaps might declare
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Civilian USO

The USO was organized primarily for en-
listed men in all branches Of the armed ser
vices. The idea was to provide in cities near
military reservations accommodations for Sc
lectees who, drawn from civilian life had pre-
viously enjoyed family, social and business
affiliations dear to their hearts but now thrown
into an entirely different manner of living and
a complete change of environment, were only
too liable to lose some of their effectiveness
in training through inconsistencies and loneli-
ness.
Given Ravens where they might congregate
during their off-duty periods, write their let
tiers, read, dance, attend special entertain
they would return to their training tasks re-
freshed in body and mind and make better
soldiers in shorter time.
How we'll the program has worked is to be
found in the tremendous attendance at USO
centers, not only during the peak training pc
Rod but even now when nearby military camps
are reduced in personnel.
But the program was limited to enlisted
men. The officer personnel was still out in
the cold. Wilmington improved their lot by
establishing the CORVALLIS Lounge for officers
which supplemented the officers efforts in
their own behalf through their Officers Club.
This still left the areas civilian employe
personnel unprovided for, the thousands of men
who poured in for work at the shipyard and
other industrial plants as we'll as at Camp
Davis, men who lived in rented rooms and ate
where they could find table in public eating
establishments and for the most part had to
depend upon movie theaters for entertainment
For something like a year efforts have
been made to give them a haven too where
they might find comforts and convenences
similar to those offered enlistees at the USO
branches from which they were to some extent
barred by the nature Of their employment
The Y. NJ c. A. proposed to create such a
place and operate 1t as civilian branch of
the USO
Mr.. Ralph w. Richards, long engaged in in
dustrial welfare work, was commissioned to
create the project. It has been tedious under
taking, beset by Encouragement, but Mr.
Richards has at last brought his project so
near the functioning point that he can def
nltely announce quarters have been secured
and il all goes well will be opened in Sep
TENDER. Two floors of the building at 221 Prin,
cess street have been taken over and will be
furnished in much the same manner as other
USO centers. The upper floor will be con-
verted into an auditorium for shows of one sort
and another, and for Dances
Thus war workers in civilian employment
are to have refuge from loneliness as well
as men in the selective service and Army and
Navy officers. To his credit it may be said
that the project is in sight of completion
because Mr.. Richards knew what was needed
and refused to be discouraged
The people of Wilmington have had a share
in formulating the plans. Surely they will not
let down on their part of the continuing job,
once the operation is functioning,
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a. STATE men
WAR CASUALTIES

WASHINGTON, July 23.-lR-
The War Department made public
today list of U. S. soldiers killed
in action which included these
from North Cardinal:
(Asiatic Area)
Cooper, Pvt. Francis Airs.
Edress Chappell, sister, Weaver.
vile.
White, Pfc. Alpheus W. - Mrs.
Florence w. White, wife, .Hender.
son.
european Area)
Batcheller, 1t. Col. Herbert F.
Mrs. Sylvia G. Batcheller, wife,
Route 5, Hendersonville.
Blair, Pvt. James-Mrs. Sarah
McCleare, mother, SIG Merritt St.,
Gastonia.
Briggs, Sgt. Robert L. - Jesse
w. Briggs, brother, Route l, Cam
eron.
Combs, list 1t. Homer J.-Mrs.
Mary j. Combs, wife, 1905 Elvira
St., Fayetteville.
Ford, Pvt. Clentine-Mrs. Betty
Ford, mother, Route 2, Fairmont.
Fulk, Pfc. Everett J.-Robe r.
Fulk, father, Pinnacle.
Harrison, LIST 1t. Joseph H. -
Mrs. Frances T. Hardison, wife,
1903 Bird ST., Spencer.
Hardy, Pfc. James c. - Mrs.
Mary Lille Holbrooks, mother,
Jonesville.
Huss, Cpl. Clarence w. - Mrs.
Alice S. Kirk, mother, 1926 South
Mcdowell St., Charlotte.
Iaaaas Let Z Ia.a.h
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Mrs. Mary M. Leagans, wife, Bill
Gregory ST., Greensboro.
Martinez, Pvt. Oziel T. - Mrs.
Clair M. Martinez, wife, 2414 North
Brevard St., Charlotte.
McGraw, Pfc. Ray W.--Manning
McGraw, father, Route /, Box 1873
Flat Rock.
Miller, Pfc. Jacob M.-Mrs. o.
Della B. Miller, wife, Route g.
Salisbury.
Norvell, PIT. Robert A.-Carl L.
Norvell, father, Parkton.
Owenby, Pvt. Vernon-Mrs. Sue
A. Owenby, mother, Route l, Fair.
view.
Parker, Pvt. Billy D.-Mrs. Ann
Parker, wife, Box 655, Lumberton.
Petty, Pfc. Paul H.-Mrs. Ethel
M. Petty, wife, 1905 North Allen
St., Charlotte.
Pinnix, Pfc. William F.-William
S. Pinnix, father, Route 8, Winston
Salem.
Riley, LIST 1t. Jack O.-Mrs. Mae
Anderson Riley, wife, 500 Warren
St., Williamson.
Roach, Pfc. Robert E. - Mrs.
Ella R. Roach, mother, 3O4 O'Con-
nor St., Greensboro.
Shelton, Tech. 4th Or. William
C.-Mrs. Annie B. Shelton, mother,
1925 North Hamilton ST., High Point.
Smith, Pvt. Warren C. - Mrs.
Annie Denton Smith, mother. Route
3, Box A-32, Salisbury.
Wills, Pvt. Gurdine-Mrs. Marie
Wills, wife, Sprong Greek.
Mediterranean Area)
Abernethy, Pvt. Delmas C. -
Mrs. Frances P. Abernethy, wife,
Box 1893 Boyer City.
Barham, Pvt. Melvin L. - Mrs.
Susan D. Barham, mother, Route
!, Reidsville.
Chauncey, Pvt. Hilton R.-Bob
E. Chauncey, father, lis East Main
St., Washington.
Fritts, Pfc. Jesse E.-Mrs. Eve
lyn S. Fritts, wife, ia Harris St..
Belmont.
Furr, Pfc. Willie R.-Mrs. Rosy
J. Fur, mother, Route l, New
London.
Hair, Pvt. Raymond c. Mrs.
Wanda o. Hair, wife. 428 Hello
Ave-, Salisbury
Harvey. Pfc. Arthur j. - Mrs.
Maxine N. Harvey, wife, Route l.,
Box SO, Marion.
johnson, Pvt. Neri Abraham
Johnson, brother, 1923 East Hill
St., Charlotte.
Mayors, Pvt. William H. - Max
Mayors, father, Acme.
Rick, Pfc. T. L.-Mrs. Daisy v
Rick, wife, Box 60, Belmont.
Taylor, Pfc. Asa J.-Mrs. Annie
j. Taylor, mother, Route 2, Will
liamston.
Tilden, Pvt. William T. - Mrs
Ruth F. Tilden, mother, 6O7 Mont
lieu Ave, High Point.
Whitley, Pvt. John D. - Gordon
Whitley, brother, Route 2, Stantons-
burg.
Southwest Pacific Area)
Montgomery, Staff Sgt. James
W.-Mrs. Ethel Montgomery, moth
err, McLeansville,
Wagsstaff, Sgt. John R. - Raw.
mond j. Wagstaff, father, Box 1853
Mt. Holly.
Walker, Pfc. Howard Mrs
lilly M. Parker. friend Suit
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rs Years Ago
Today
(FROM THE FILES
OF THE STAR-NEWS)
JULY "a, 1919

JULY "a, 1919
Capt Charles J. Becker, loca.
agent for the Clyde Line prior i'
his entrance into the Army, ha!
been cited for conspicuous ana
meritorous bravery with the Am
erican Expeditionary Forces II
France. Capt. Becker is now
Richmond Hill, L. l., and eXpeC9
to return here shortly.
Two gigantic ocean liners, laFg
er than any ships now afloat anl
designed to cross the Atlantic III
four days, are to be built by t aat
shipping board. They will be ~"
feet long and of 30 knot speed
Committees have been appoln'eI
by Thomas R. Ames, preSloen' VI
the Wilmington Highway assoc
ton; W. A. McGirt, presldehl u
the State Good Roads assoclailoD'
and James H. CoWan, Secfe'aI'
of the chamber of commerce !.
arrange for a triple convention u,
be held at WrightsVille Beacn '"
August 1915.
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Independent News Agency
For France Given Vote

ALGIERs, July 23.-14 : H. H.
French Committee of NatlonaL, IN ~,
GRAFTON voted yesterday IN l a'c,
of a free independent news as'''''
for France. III.
The committee adopted an NV NV.
nance authorizing the + french 7a,
eminent to hold shares in the pI NV
agency until France is cofhp!..li.
liberated. The government mus, .,sl
quidate its shares within
after the war.
A bullet leaving a rifle ,fS''
at twice the speed Of so!ula'
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TOP OF THE MORNING

I thank Thee, Lord, that I am straight
and strong,
With wit to work and hope to keep me
brave;
I thank Thee that as yet need not know
Yet need not fear the mystery of the end;
But more than ALL and though all these
should go
This on nv knees!-I thank Thee for
friend. Juliet Wilbur Tompkins
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Our Chief Ain,

To aid in every way the pFesecesion d
the var to complete Victory.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
Easter Season Is Heralded By Palm
Sunday To Be Observed Next Sunday

the applause of the populace on the
following Friday.
From a very early date the Sun
dav before Easter was called Palm
Sunday because on this day the
church ordained that boughs of palm
trees should be carried in procession,
in imitation of those strewn before
Jesus when he rode into Jerusalem.
The palms were consecrated by the
priests. A portion of them was pre-
served to be burned for holy ashes
to Law on the heads of the people on
Ash Wednesday in the following
year. The rest were distributed first
among the assistant priests and next
the congregation.
Wherever palms are obtainable
they are used in the ceremony. In
England where they are not avail
able willow boughs are a favorite
substitute. In America formal GER
emonies are not as frequent as II
Europe but most churches, both Pro
testant and Catholic, take note Of
the day in observances of various
kinds.
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Although Centuries Old, April Fool Day
Still Observed By Bluffton Youngsters

practice of April fooling appeared
there at later period. English lit
erature records April fool jokes from
about 1713 on.
Endless is the joy if simple can
be found to apply at the village book
store for "A History of Ewes Grand
mother. or to send someone to the
grocer's for a pint of pigeons milk
or to the cobbler's for strap oil.
In Bluffton the April Fool joke is
common. The average youth consid-
ers the day failure if he has not
been able to fool a teacher or fell
low student.
Frequently an unsuspecting student
will find paper with either april
Fool" "Kick Me" written on it. A
familiar trick is to place brick in
an old hat for passer-by to kick
Also we'll known is the trick of at
taching a string to purse lying
in an easily accessible place to jerk
| it away just as it is being grasped
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Commemorating the triumphant
entry of Christ into Jerusalem,
Bluhton churches, along with the
other churches of the nation, Will
observe Palm Sunday at services TINS
coming Sunday.
Palm Sunday is always celebrated
the week before Easter which comes
this year on Sunday, April y. Ihe
Rible records that the Christ made
his triumphial entry into Jerusalem
mounted on an ass.
At that time there were great
multitudes of people who spread
their garments in the way; others
cut down branches from the trees
and strewed them in the way. And
the multitudes that went before and
that followed cried, saying Hosanna,
. to the Son of David: Blessed is he
that cometh in the name OF the
Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
Matt. 21:S-9.)
The enthusiasm of the people
speedily cooled and the Christ who
was honored on Sunday was put to
a cruel and lingering death amic
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See Another Panama Canal In
Proposed Nicaraguan Waterway

The Blufton Nelcs presents
another IN the series OF I'M
portant bat lesser knolcn aspects
of South Americd.-EDIToR.
Right in the center of Central
America, Nicaragua, an isoceles trl-
angle placed between the Pacific and
Caribbean, it is believed by many will
become in the not too distant future,
the site of another transoceanic
waterway such as the Panama Canal.
The idea is not new. 1t has been
in the air, in fact, for almost four
hundred years and since then, tons
of paper have been used in books
and publications by those who either
promoted or discouraged the piercing
of canal across Nicaragua.
Shortly after the discovery of the
New World, the existence of sea
way in what is now Nicaragua was
rumored.
Cortes is said to have writer
around 1924: II have resolved tt
send three caravels and two brigan
tines to explore the coast in searcl
of the strait. 1t would render tn,
King of Spain master of SO man.
Kingdoms that he would call himsel
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Bluffton youngsters will engage in
various sorts of pranks on Saturday
April Fool day, in an observance
whose origin is traced to France
when the reformed calendar was
adopted in 1864.
This nation took the lead over all
Christendom in commencing the New
Year on Jan. | instead of March 25.
Before the change was made the
merry-making eliminated with a
feast on April /, when visits were
paid and gifts bestowed.
With the adoption of the reformed
calendar in 1864, New Years Day
was carried back to January /, and
only pretended gifts and mock cere-
monial visits were made on April 1
with the view of making fools OF
those who had forgotten the change
of date.
The English borrowed the custom
from the French and the regular
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Appeals Court Rules
In Leichty Will Case

The third district court of appeals
has ruled that Noah Leichty, Tena
Basinger, Katie Springer and Lena
Schiller have no right of title in an
8O-acre farm in Orange township
which the late Benedict Leichty deed
ed to his three other children, Eman-
uel Leichty, Caroline Parker and
Pauline Leichty. The court dismiss
ed the petition.
The codicil of Benedict Leichty's
will said he had loaned money and
made advancements to all of his
children except Pauline Leichty and
all the loans had not been paid.
The loans were to be deducted
from the shares of those to whom
they were given. The codicil was
upheld when it was carried to the
Ohio supreme court from Allen
county.
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lord of the world"
But the imagined strait could not,
of course, be found, and although the
inland sea-Lake Nicaragua-was
reality, it had no communication with
the Pacific.
The Canine Real (Royal Highway
was then opened across the lsthmus
of Panama. For three centuries
mule trains were to travel over it,
carrying back and forth the treas
ures and riches that galleons had
brought to the Atlantic and Pacific
ports.
But if the dream of finding pas
sage seemed to have vanished, that
of piercing one had been born. There
were two places where this project
seemed feasible: the narrowest point
of the Isthmus of Panama and the
strip of land between Lake Nicarag-
ua and the Pacific, the Lake having
already been reached by way of the
San Juan River which would only
have to be made straighter and
deeper.
| For many years Governments
philanthropists, financiers, sponsored
the research of stats of engineers
and surveyors studying the possibili
ties of building such canal. Ma
poleon III was, in his time, one o.
the most enthusiastic champions O.
the project. The Suez Canal hat
been a great success and he believed
that sponsoring an American water
way might be the means of making
his influence felt in the New World
The Panama Canal, however, even
tually became a reality while th
Nicaragua Canal existed only OF
paper, after having been severa
times almost on the verge of realiza
ton.
1t has been said that the arriva
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April 8, 1919

Two American shells of the three
and six inch type are on exhibit in
the News window. The shells were
placed on exhibition by Herbert Mar
shall who is in training at Camp
Jackson.
Representative William Plattner, a
former Bluffton boy, has won the
first round in an attempt to secure
from the state of Massachusetts a
bonus of 500 for every soldier and
sailor entering the armed forces from
that state. The bill if passed will
cost the commonwealth a total of
S22,000,000.
DIR. j. j. Sutter, who served during
the war as a member of the medical
board of the council of national de-
fense received word the first of the
week that the committee had been
disbanded, owing to the termina-
tion of the war.
William Radebaugh, who was re-
leased from the Navy two months
ago, holds a position with the Fire
stone Tire and Rubber Co. at Akron
In closing the Red Cross head
quarters which during the war was
located in the Masonic club rooms
twenty-five pounds of oakum, usee
in making bandages, was donated b!
the local Red Cross to the Blufftor
Sanitorium.
F. E. Ryan stationed in Franc,
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80 Allen County
Doctors In Service

Ohio has given 2775 doctors to the
military and naval services, of which
3S are from Allen county, it was
announced last week by a spokes-
man from the Ohio Medical associa-
ton.
From Hancock county II doctors
have gone into uniform; Hardin
county provided seven, and Putnam
county has lost six.
Latest figures on the assignment
of doctors in the service showed
that 1852 are in the army, 344 in
the navy and the remaining 90 IN
miscellaneous branches.
SO far, however, the state is not
facing a serious shortage of ply
sicians, it was pointed out, and state
selective service officials hope enough
young doctors will become available
to leave a sufficient number of older
doctors to care for civilians.
More doctors are needed now, and
the need will continue with invasion,
it was pointed out. However, doctors
in the age group under 38 are chief
ly desired right now. Doctors up to
55 years of age may volunteer and
apply for commissions in the medical
corps, but at present only those
under so are being accepted.
Doctors chosen for military service
are selected by Selective Services
procurement and assignment division
for physicians. This little publicized
office keeps two things in mind when
questioning a doctor regarding his
availability-the armed services
needs and civilian requirements.
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Button In First World War
What Happened Here Twenty-Five Years Ago This Week

with the 308th ammunition train
writes there is no place like the
U. S. A. Ryan is billeted in French
farm home only stones throw
from Bordeaux awaiting transporta-
ton home. He says they are
scheduled to have an inspection soon
by General Pershing which may
mean something toward his outfit
leave for the states.
Clarence Rockhill of Rockport and
now stationed in Brest, France in
letter states he is we'll and enjoyed
his place but he says he would rather
be in Rockport. His comrade had
taken him for ride in an airplane
which he enjoyed very much and was
carried far above the clouds. Camp
life has many hardships of living in
the mud and rain, he says in the
letter.
On Arbor day the War Mothers
Assn of Pandora will plant tree
in the school ground in honor of the
three soldiers of Riley Township who
gave their lives in the great world
war. The class of 1919 will plant
their tree at the same ceremony.
Pvt. Jesse w. Steiner writes a
lengthy poem to the News for publi-
cation. The poem is good one
depicting all phases of camp life
and the News printed it in entirety.
Steiner is with the embarkation
service, A. E. F., st. Nazaire, France.
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Housewives Now Need Only One
Ration Book For Food Purchase

Housewives long plagued by ration
ing worries finally got a break this
week when they reached the stage
where it is no longer necessary to
carry more than one ration book for
shopping for food.
All valid food stamps for meats
and processed foods now are contain
ed in Book No. A.
Book No. cannot be discarded,
however, for it will continue to be
used in shoe rationing, and OPA re-
ports that it may be put to other uses
from time to time.
All foods purchased now are made
under the token rationing plan, which
has been effective for one month. Red
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of some Nicaraguan stamps por-
traying volcanoes in action in that
country suddenly changed the opin-
ion of the United States Congress in
favor of another route.
Whatever the reason, the opening of
the Panama Canal temporarily
quieted the century-long debate over
the respective merits of the proposed
, inter-oceanic canal routes, one of
the most important arguments
against the Nicaragua circuit being
the fact that it would have been
much longer and therefore more ex-
| pensive.
The advocates of the Nicaragua
Canal were not to be silent for long,
however. There was still the alarm
ing possibility that some European
or Asiatic power might utilize that
route for the construction of a canal
and also that-in case of war-the
Panama Canal be attacked and rem
dered useless.
Furthermore, the increase in the
traffic of ships going through the
Panama Canal brought many to be-
lieve that second waterway would
soon be necessary to ease the con-
gested traffic through the first one.
By the terms of the Chamorro
treaty of 1913, the United States Sc
cured an option on the canal route,
while a year later another treaty ex-
tended that option to perpetuity. For
many political and economic reasons
these treaties were much discussed
both in and out of the United States.
In 1929 a resolution was passed by
Congress to send a battalion of en-
gineers to survey the proposed route.
Just before the completion of their
e work, however, the devastating Man
A aqua earthquake of 1881 scored pub
4 lie opinion in the United States and
did much to diminish the enthusi-
asm of those in favor of Nicara-
S qua Canal.
S Also the depression reigning at
!. the moment had relieved the con-
J. gestion at the Panama Canal as well
as made impossible the enormous ex-
C pense involved in piercing a new
waterway.
Finally many were those who
= claimed that the existence of another
q transoceanic passage would, as far
= as the eventuality of war was
. concerned, only create new problems
= of defense. One of the results OF
the visit to Washington of President
= Somoza of Nicaragua in 1889, was
g his promulgation of plans for a
:, canal by way of Lake Nicaragua
! and Lake Managua.
While members of the U. S. Army
Engineers, at the request of the
:, Nicaraguan Government completed
y the study and survey of the projected
= waterway, an agreement was reached
between Costa Rica and Nicaragu;
as to the rights and responsibilitie
:. of both countries in the canal, whicl
:, also applied to the possible extension
~ of this into transoceanic passage
- way.
At that point the ill-fated Nicara
= qua Canal suffered another set-bacl
u with the declaration of war. TIL
u supporters of the idea have, how
ae ever, not given up. They foresee
~ brilliant future to the Nicaragu
al Canal, when it becomes at last
reality.
al | News want-ads bring results.