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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-02-03
SPORTS IN SHORTS

That Bluffton Highs rampaging
cagers will set new team scoring
record this season is a foregone
conclusion by this time, and the only
point in question is just what the
final total may be In scoring
their ninth and tenth consecutive
victories during the last week, the
team ran it's season aggregate to
657 points =. This represents an
average of 67.6 per game, and the
record is all the more impressive
when one stops to consider that in
their last seven starts, the. outfit has
averaged II points per game . .
By rolling along at the blistering
pace they have set in 10 games, the
Bluffton team has the best Class B
average in Ohio Their mark of
67.6 points per game is second in the
state only to Martins Ferry's Class
A outfit which has an average of
50 per contest =.
Coach A. c. Burcky's twin charges,
Bluffton college and Ohio Northern
university, absorbed a double beating
from Bowling Green, last Saturday
night in the Northern gymnasium
Bowling Green, rated as the
second best collegiate cage aggrega-
tion in the state, beat the two teams
by practically the same margin in
the double header Bluffton went
down by q points, SIS to 35, and
Northern lost by % points, 68 to
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Pleasant Hill


The Old Fashioned Meeting will be
held at the Paulding Center Com
munity House Thursday evening,
February 3. Covered dish dinner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Althauser and Waldo
Spence spent Sunday evening with
Mr.. and Mrs. Lew Hauenstein and
Betty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Hesser, Mr..
and Mrs. Berlin Hesser, Mrs. Ruby
Writ and Mrs. Ruth thinner were
Friday evening supper guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Norval Scoles. 1t was
honoring Mr.. Scoles' birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Pifer of
Jenera spent Sunday afternoon with
Mr.. and Mrs. Orton Stratton.
Forest Pifer of Ell Paco, Texas,
spent part of his furlough with rel
atives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lamar Basinger,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Althauser and
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Reichenbach
and family were callers at the Den
mis- Brauen home last week.
Lucy Jane Winegardner spent Sat-
urday night with Sondra Sue Huber.
=. Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Stratton
and family entertained last We'd
nesday evening for Forest Pifer,
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Bell and fam
ily, Mr.. and Mrs. Orton Stratton,
Mrs. Cora Huber, Mrs. Joy Huber
and daughter Sondra.
Mrs. Joy Huber and David Hol-
man spent Sunday with Dean Hol-
man at Danville, KY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Berdell Huber and
daughter and Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey
Clausing of Lima were Wednesday
evening dinner guests at the Russell
Huber home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Huber, Mr..
and Mrs. Berdell Huber and daugh-
ter and Rev. and Mrs. Neil Peterson
of Cincinnati were Sunday guests in
the Peterson home in Bluffton.
Last week callers at the S. H.
Barnes home were Harry and John
Patterson, Lafayette; Mrs. Sol
Steiner and Maynard, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jake Traucht, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Weaver, Lew Hauenstein, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Phillips and family, Mr..
and Mrs. Cleo Garau, Mrs. Cora HUI
Der, Mr.. and Mrs. S. r. Blosser,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Althauser,
Waldo Spencer, Mr.. and Mrs. Good
ering of Lima, Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Wingate of Bluffton, Mr.. and Mrs.
Leonard Wingate.
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Duluth, Mimi, is to preach at st.
John church Sunday evening.
DR.. Mabel Silver, medical mis-
sionary, of Sierra Leone, Africa,
spoke at st. John church Sunday
evening. She is at the station where
Rev. and Mrs. Walter Schultz are
engaged in mission work.
Mrs. Dan Walters has not been
well for the greater part of the
winter.
C. w. Roethlisberger became quite
i'll at his home one day last week.
Jesse Hummon is making plans to
move the barn from his farm which
was formerly known as the Reuben
Altman farm to the farm where he
now resides to replace the barn
which was completely destroyed some
time ago.
The Linwood Threshing Ring has
sold their Huber tractor to party
of Gallon, Ohio.
Eldon King is spending several
weeks at the home of his brother
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester King near De-
troit assisting with the farm work.
Mr.. King is to dispose of his farm
chattels at public auction.
Myron Lehman is the owner of a
new buck rake which he purchased
of Philip Hilty.
Mr.. Hilty has supplied a large
territory in this section of the state
with the rake of his own design
and his product is doing very COM
mendable work.
Maurice Grismore has been quite
i'll the past week with mumps.
Monroe Geiger is making plans to
build garage adjoining their house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Basinger are
happy over the birth of a baby girl
born to them last Friday.
Donald (Red) Welty had the mis-
fortune of fracturing his right foot
while playing basketball one evening
last week.
John Boehr is having his farm
buildings wired for electricity.
Hiram Geiger had the misfortune
of severely spraining his arm while
cranking his tractor.
Paul Klotch of Nappanee, Ind,
who has previously assisted with the
farm work on the Geiger farm has
again returned for the time being.
Mrs. Anna Spallinger, who has
been very poorly the past several
weeks continues to be the same, ex-
cept she is growing weaker.
Mrs. Mary Lugibuhl visited a few
days with her niece Mrs. Arthur
Schumacher and family the past
week. Miss Bernice Olsen of Round
head spent the weekend there.
A nine pound and 10 ounce boy
Randall David, was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. David Reichenbach west of
Bluffton at the Community hospital
early Friday morning. Everyone is
doing nicely.
Mrs. Jacob Schnegg was removed
from the Lima Memorial hospital
the latter part of last week to the
Community hospital at Bluffton. She
is improving nicely and could be
taken home, but since both of her
daughters, Miss Helen and Mrs. Ma
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corn, vacuum packed, down 3, to 10;
spanich, down 2, to 6; leafy greens,
down 2, to 4.
Mixed vegetables, down A, to 8;
asparagus, down 2, to II; all dry
varieties of beans, including pork
and beans, kidney beans and lentils,
down 4, to 6; fresh shelled beans,
including black-eyed peas, down 2,
to 6.
Green and wax beans, assigned a
zero rating in the last table, are un-
changed.
Among the fruits, peaches are
raised 2 points to total of 70;
pears go up points from 16; fruit
cocktail goes to "a points, up from
20, and applesauce gets value OF
16 points instead of IL.
Plums and prunes are cut from
10 to points; apricots from "a to
20, and cranberries and sauce from
16 to points.
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Pirates Trounce Grove, H-31, To
Remain Best Ohio Class B Team

Continuing to set blistering pace
as Ohio's leading Class B scoring
outfit, Bluffton Highs undefeated
cagers smothered Columbus Grove,
N to 81, Tuesday night on the local
court, for the outfits 10th successive
win of the season.
Tuesdays tilt was another field
day for the Hassonmen, who ran
their season total to 657 points, an
average of 67.6 points per game,
which is the states best Class b
mark.
In their last seven starts the Pi-
rates have a game average of n
points, and right now all records in
dicate the crew is the hottest in
either Ohio Class A and Class B
circles.
Columbus Groves visiting outfit
never had a chance Tuesday night.
The Pirates demonstrated complete
superiority in the early stages OF
the contest, leading at the hrst
quarter, % to /, and at halftime,
80 to z.
1t was in the third quarter that
they struck their best scoring stride
when they ran the count to mark
of 66 to 18. Scoring in the last
quarter was cut down when Coach
Russell Hasson threw his second
stringers into the fray to give them
experience. ~ ~
Bluffton turned in its usual scin-
tillating performance, and the ball
hawking of the locals kept the visi-
tors on edge thruout the entire
course of the contest.
Fred Hermann, in addition to
being bulwark on defense all night,
paced the teams attack with nine
field goals and five free throws for
a total of % points. Neil Schmidt
also was in top form, getting 10
field goals and one free throw, for
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rie Which, were injured last Tues
day night when their automobile hit
the top of an overturned truck,
which had overturned short time
before, partially blocking the high
way. Both girls are recovering but
neither one is able to be at work.
Burkhart Lehman of Berne, Ind,
visited a few days with his sister
Mrs. Florin Geiger of Columbus
Grove who has been quite ill the
past week but is improving.
Mr.. and MrsshC. E. Amstutz of
Ada who enjoyed an increased busi-
ness, marked the eleventh anniver-
sary of their hatchery last week.
They extend sincere thanks to those
they have served and hope to meet
many new customers this year.
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Settlement

Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Harris and
daughter Lois and Mrs. Linda Fett
entertained for supper Sunday even
ing, Mrs. Lavina Sumneys of Fort
Wayne, Miss Helen Rediger of North
Hollywood, Calf, Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
ion Hochstettler and daughter, Noah
Hochstettler and daughter Lorena
and Miss Marie Imbach.
Willis Schumacher has rented his
farm to E. E. Schultz for this year.
Rev. d. ]. Unruh, representative
of the Northern Bible Society, of
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-02-03

The longest winning record ever
amassed by any Bluffton team came
to an end last Friday night when
Bellefontaine reserves beat Bluffton
Highs second team, 81 to %, after
the Pirate understudies had won 45
consecutive starts Ironically
enough it was Bellefontaine that last
had beaten Bluffton before the locals
started their phenomenal winning
streak, a 27 to 26 victory scored
back on Jan. 81, 1871 From
that point, the Bluffton reserves
went on to win five games remain
ing in that season; captured II
decisions in 1941-42; Is in 1943-44
play, and eight so far this winter
before succumbing to Bellefontaine
in an overtime. =.
Sylvester (Stretch) Goedde, who
was a familiar figure to Bluffton
sports followers during the time he
was the star of Vaughnsville high
schools basketball team, has signed
contract to pitch for the Toledo
Mud Hens minor league baseball
team in 1914 Last year Goedde
hurled for the Elmira, N. Y, ball
club and did we'll enough to warrant
a minor league contract this season
In post-season playoffs in his
league he won over Tex Covington,
leading pitcher of the league d.
Goedde, a left-hander, stands feet,
S1a inches, and is said to still b.
growing .p5s P'tA g
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Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Hilty, Mrs.
Clarice Frutchy, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Decker, Mr.. and Mrs. Ben BURY,
Mr.. and Mrs. Coral Donaldson, Mr..
and Mrs. Leonard Sutter, Misses
Helen Reese and Dolly Bridenbaugh.
Montana labor news., 1944-09-07
LABOR DAY IS
CELEBRATED

ANACONDA, Many Anacondans took
part in the annual Labor day celebration
in Washoe park Monday afternoon under
the auspices of the Central Trades and
Labor council A children's treat, speak
ing program, sports competition and
dance were held.
All stores and offices, the bank and
post office were closed in observance Of
the holiday. Law enforcement agencies
such as the sheriffs office and police
station remained open.
The program at the park opened at
noon with treat for the children.
Talks were given at 1:3O o'clock at the
recreation grounds in Washoe park.
Speakers were Dr.. E. L. Freeman of the
English department at Montana State
university; James D. Graham of Helena,
president of the Montana Federation Of
Labor, and Lieut. Robert Bale of the U.
Is. Army headquarters in Butte.
Following the entertainment, there was
a batan twirling exhibition by eight
girls directed by Dixie Eklund. Pat
.Connors, recreation director, conducted
the sports program for children and
adults
Montana labor news., 1944-09-07
COMPANY DUMPS
1900 GALLONS MILK
In ANTI-UNTON MOVE

BIRMINGHAM, Ala (FP) Birming-
ham babies went without milk for near
Ily a week because of the Christian
American-inspired Bradford act, which
outlaws the closed shop in Alabama
Using the law as an excuse, Southern
Diaries. Inc. flatly refused to obey a
Natl War Labor Board order to sign a
contract renewing a closed shop agree
ment with Local 612, Init. Bro. of Team
sters (AFL) When the teamsters re-
fused to work without a contract the
company closed the plant.
More than 1900 gallons of milk were
dumped while the company persisted in
its refusal to obey the WLB because it
claimed it would be liable to prosecu-
ton" under the Bradford act.
Flouting federal authority in true
states rights fashion, State Labor Di-
rector Emmett Brooks instructed the
company: Neither the war labor board
nor any other federal agency has author
ity to direct any person or corporation tx
violate the laws of Alabama"
After a WLB ultimatum to sign the
contract or face possibility Of govern
ment action, the dairy company signed
Aug. % despite the Bradford act and the
teamsters went back to work.
Montana labor news., 1944-09-07
"Musts" For
Christmas Mail

washington Christmas gift pack
ages mailed between September Is and
October is to Army and Navy person
mel overseas should bear the endorse
ment Christmas Parcel and may not
contain perishables, intoxicants, poisons
or inflammable materials, according to
the Army and Navy Postal Services.
Other regulations provide that: Christ
mas gift packages accepted for mailing
must be no more than five pounds in
weight, Is inches in length, and 3f
inches in length and girth combined.
All articles must be packed in boxes
of metal, wood, solid fiberboard OF
doublefaced corrugated fiberboard, ano
tied with strong twine Contents should
be packed tightly. Soft candies or fragile
articles should not be mailed.
Addresses must be legible, in typewrit-
ing or ink. A slip containing the COM
plete address of addressee and sender
should be enclosed.
Christmas cards for overseas must be
sent in sealed envelopes and can be mail
ed anytime.
Montana labor news., 1944-09-07
Lawyers Guild Labels
George Bill "Piecemeal
Legislation"

WASHINGTON (FP) The reconver-
sion bill reported by the house ways and
means committee was scored as a post
upon the sacrifices of our soldiers and
upo nthe sacrifices four soldiers and
sailors" by the Nat. Lawyers Guild Aug.
%.
The lawyers guild called for the prompt
enactment of a broad, clear-cut, con-
structive postwar adjustment measure
that will provide an orderly and unified
plan for dealing with reconversion prob
lens. "Piecemeal measures cannot
meet such problems which are so closely
integrated," it said, and so far con-
gress has adopted only piecemeal legis-
lation.'
Urging passage of legislation to pro-
vide centralized leadership in an office
of war mobilization and reconversion,
the guild labeled the Estates rights is
sue of the George bill advocates, a false
issue It emphasized that by federal
planning states are provided with neces-
sary funds for the unemployed.
Montana labor news., 1944-09-07
LITTLE LIBERAL BAND
IN HOUSE FIGHTS ON
DESPITE BIG ODDS

WASHINGTON CFP) Fully realizing
their cause is all but hopeless, a small
group of liberals in the House began
fighting Aug 20 for an honest bill on re-
conversion to replace the loaded states
rights bill heavily backed by Republicans
and polltax Democrats.
Rep. Emanuel Celler Cd. N. y, speak
ing for the group that includes Rep
John Dingel ID. Mich) and Rep
Charles A. Wolverton (R. N. j., said
that "the Republicans caucused in sup
port of the ways and means committees
version of the George reconversion bill
What few crumbs of comfort were left
in the George bill were swept aside by
the committee. Under the false banner
of states rights, Congress is asked to alb
dicate its responsibility to the Ameri-
can people"
The statement reviewed the commit
tees action striking out the very OBJ
jectives of the act TO achieve full en-
ployment, rising standards of living,
ETC." and charged that the House version
is a negation of these obiectives.
It was agreed by the liberals to support
the AFL reconversion bill (TTR5227) as
a substitute to the George measure and
that if they are defeated on it, to press
for II amendments to the George bill
from the floor These would include a
federal scale of unemployment compen-
sation up to $40 week for a period Of
to 26 weeks, cover federal employees, re-
store the power of the reconversion di-
rector give small business the right to
appeal, provide travel costs to war work
ers moved to new jobs, include merchant
seamen. They would also extend the
U. S. Employment Service 2 years after
the war and restore the labor-industry
agriculture advisory boards on providing
postwar jobs.
These are the plans of the liberals.
They will be backed by labor of every
faction and affiliation.
The picture isn't bright, and most in
siders expect the George bill to go
through without much difficulty.
Speaking Of the George bill, Celler
said throughout the ways and means
committee versions of the George bill
we find highlighted property rights, and
human rights are blacked out. The
rights of working men and women were
least considered.
Montana labor news., 1944-09-07
School Is a War Job Too

eve of the armed forces urge every
young man and woman of pre-military
age who has been filling summer war
Job to return TO school this fall. Such
war work is important, but your educa-
ton has top priority You will serve
your country best by making the most
Of your educational opportunities, for
this is not only brave mans war-it is
smart mans war"
This is a message from Commanding
General H. H. Arnold of the Army Air
Forces opening a National Go-to-School
drive. Because high school enrolment
has dropped one million since the be-
ginning of the war, the federal govern
ment fears there will be a shortage Of
leaders, engineers, scientists and special
lists needed in the war program and the
postwar world. School is No. wal
Job for those under 18, says the govern
ment.
Montana labor news., 1944-09-07
BREWSTER CORP.
SCORED FOR HOARD
ING PUBLIC FUNDS

WASHINTON- (FP) The Navy De-
partment and the United Auto Workers
CCIO) were in perfect agreement Aug.
% about the Shocking" behavior of the
Brewster Aeronautical Corp. in Long
Island City. N. Y, for its "willflu refusal
to pay the just claims of labor, amount
ing to $1,50O,OO0 in back wages author
ized by the War Labor Board.
In a stinging letter to Brewster Pres.
Preston Lockwood, Acting Navy Sec.
Ralph A. Bard accused the corporation
head of trying to ignite a controversy
between workers and the navy" by re-
fusing to pay workers with public funds
intended for that purpose.
Following an Aug. "a conference at
which UAW Vice Pres. Richard T.
Frankensteen spoke for former Brewster
wage earners, the explosive situation is
now being negotiated by UAW officials
with representatives from the corpora
ton and the navy.
Brewster still retains a large staff Of
highly paid men, although plane pro-
duction terminated some months ago.
Yet at the same time, Bard said, Brew
ster refuses to pay the workers their back
wages unless the navy advances 81 mil
lion.
This obstinancy was sharply attacked
by Bard who pointed out that the cor
poration had over So million in public
monies for meeting obligations upon ter
mination of contracts. "These claims of
labor are direct obligations of your
company and you have no colorado
right to ask that the navy take an ac-
ton whatsoever before you pay them, "
he said.
1T is shocking that you should con-
tinue to maintain a large staff Of highly
paid corporate officials with these funds
from the public treasury and at the same
time refuse to pay the just claims Of
labor" Bard added In view Of the
fact that you have in your possession
funds which are in effect public monies,
the Navy Department considers that you
should Immediately pay the just claims
of your workers"
Montana labor news., 1944-09-07

Biddle, who has continued to cham
pion the peoples cause against domestic
monopoly in railroads and oil by recent
actions, explained the international sit
uation to the committee, which is head
ed by Sen. Harley M. Kilgore GD-W. Va
As one example, Biddle said the Ger
man optical firm of Carl zeiss has been
engaged in a cartel with an American
concern, Bausch & Lomb. "The agree
ment provided for the division of world
markets" he said. 1.-THE American firm
could not sell military instruments di-
rectly or indirectly to countries outside
of the U. S. unless Carl zeiss agreed. In
1885, when the French and British gov
ernments wished to purchase gun sights,
.periscopes and other military optical in
struments, the American firm was not
allowed to supply them"
The attorney general said the Nazi
company had the right to veto American
.researchwork and controlled the de-
velopment Of military optical instru-
ments in the U. S.
Germany's great Krupp armament
works had a cartel pact with General
Electric in America to cut down product
ion and export of tungsten carbide, a
metal vitality necessary in the manu-
facture Of machine tools After 1886,
GE was not permitted to grant licenses
for the manufacture Of tungsten car
bide without Krupp's consent Krupp
sold the metal at $50 a pound while in
the U. S. it was priced as high as $425 a
pound
Biddle went over the well known story
of L G. Farbenindustrie, the Nazi COM
bine that tried to limit u s. production
of Industrial goods, Of dies. chemicals
and materials. He told Of T. G. Farben's
relation to the DuPonts, the Aluminium
Corp. and Standard Oil.
Biddle said American industrialists
entered into the cartels with the Naz
companies innocently, to negotiate
commercial agreements" but the Ger
mans sought to gain restrictions on
American industry, and to lay the
foundation for future espionage and
propaganda activities. have not the
slightest doubt that the American com
panies did not realize the pattern which
they we're helping to complete for the
German government" he said
AS a remedy, Biddle suggested that
German patents and know-how seized
when the war began be kept by the
government "for the benefit of the
American people" rather than be sold to
pay off American claims against Ger
many as was the case at the end Of the
first World war
IF it is assumed that the monopolis-
tic firms Of Germany will continue to
behave" Bidd1e warned, these measures
will not be sufficient. I propose that we
break the power of the German mono
polistic firms The purpose of such a
program would not be to destroy Ger
man economic life, but to put its in
dustries into form where they win no
longer constitute a menace to the civil
lied world"
The attorney general admitted that
the U. S. could not solve the problem
alone, that "it affects each one Of the
united nations. The solution will have
to be worked out comparatively with
them. It will be to the interest Of all
of us to prevent the monopoly firms Of
Germany from disturbing the peace and
security Of the world again"