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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-10-26
Pleasant Hill

The community was well represent
ed at the Golden Wedding anniversary
Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
Jennings of Clyde, Ohio. They in
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Phillips,
Mr.. and Mrs. Orton Stratton, Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Stratton, Mr.. and Mrs.
Russell Huber, Mrs. Berdell Huber
and little daughter Anita, Dale Huber,
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Huber, Mr.. and
Mrs. Willard Jennings and son Rod
ney, Mr.. and Mrs. Winston Jennings
and son Larry. Other guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Huber and son
Darrell, Mr. and Mrs. Frenas Herr
man, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Rauenbuhler,
of Bluffton; Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Younk-
man, Mrs. Clara Jennings, Mr.. and
Mrs. Orville Huber all of Beaverdam;
Mr.. and Mrs. D. B. Huber, Mrs. Wal
ter Binkly, Mrs. John Huber, Mr.. and
Mrs. Dalton Kurtz and family all of
Lima. Mr.. and Mrs. Jennings were
I0fmer residents mere.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Huber and
son Dale called on Mr.. and Mrs. John
Huber at Lima, Thursday evening.
Mrs. Russell Huber visited with
Mrs. Russell Clements of Detroit, Sat
turday.
Mrs. Linda Arnold of Lafayette Wis
tied at the Ernie Brookhart home near
Cairo, Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lamar Basinger and
daughter visited in the Jerry Basinger
home Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orton Stratton called
on Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Lung and
daughter, Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Zimmerman and
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or perhaps a black Alaska timber
wolf. Night in Alaska soon will be
p hours long, he says.
Fragments of one of the German
robot bombs which recently wrought
havoc in England are on exhibition
in the News window. The exhibit
was placed by Mrs. Harley Augsburg
er who obtained it at convention of
Mail Bag club in Cincinnati last
week. The fragments are from
bomb which destroyed the London
home of Mrs. Rose Buckner one of the
officers of the club heard in Saturday
morning radio broadcast over station
WLW. The club is an organization
pledged to write letters to cheer shut
ins.
Wooden shoes, direct from France
are attracting attention in the News
window. They are one of several
pairs sent home by Pvt. Vincent Ha-
begger, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Habegger who is with an Army unit
taking part in the invasion.
Chaplain Ernie Bigelow here
Tuesday from Camp Maxey, Texas,
former pastor of the Bluffton and
Rockport Presbyterian churches. He
is assigned to an infantry outfit en-
gagged in training officers and men
for overseas requirements.
Cpl. James Benroth arrived home
unexpectedly Tuesday night on fur
Tough after 80 months in India. The
Chinese, many of whom were driven
out of Burma by the Japs, have vir-
tually monopolized the restaurant
business in northeastern India where
he was stationed. The Chinese are
recognized thru the Far East as
generally running the better class of
eating places. Enroute home James
met two Bluffton men, Nelson Hau-
enstein in north Africa and Morris
Fett in Miami, Florida, both in the
Army Air Transport Command.
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being on the job hung up a new record
at the Triplett plant last week when
he completed two and onehalf years
of steady employment. During that
time he has worked every working day
without as much as an hours layoff-
which helps speed needed supplies to
men at the fighting fronts.
The Nickel Plate section crew is
building a new tool house north of the
Cherry street crossing opposite the
Bluffton Cement Block company's
building. 1t is a frame structure re-
placing the small brick building on the
bank of Big Riley creek at the north
end of the railroad bridge. The brick
building demolished when two cars of
freight train jumped the track in
a wreck several weeks ago was fa-
miliar landmark to successive genera
tions of railroad men and residents
here. At the time of its destruction
it was used as a tool house by the
section crew. Originally it was built
as a pumping station to supply water
to railroad locomotives and for many
years operated by John and Gay En-
ison, early Bluffton residents. At
first water was taken from Big Riley
creek pumped to a large tank south
of the present depot. Later the water
was provided by the city supply.
Although DIR. S. F. Pannabecker is
now on the high seas enroute to Egypt
and China to engage in relief work
among war refugees, his wife living
here received a letter from him the
other day. When he sailed from Phil
delphia some three weeks ago
abord freighter, she had not expect
ed to hear from him for several
months and the arrival of a letter
gave rise to the belief that the vessel
had been forced to return to port
However, it later developed that just
before leaving DIR. Pannabecker had
given letter addressed to his wife to
her niece, Miss Maurine Bixler living
in Philadelphia with instruction to
mail it after his departure.
Filling stations, like other real es.
tate are showing the effects of war
time boom in real estate, according to
reports current the first of the week
that one in the Bluffton area is chang
ing hands at $4,000.
**&
Postmaster Ed Reichenbach took a
bow for efficient operation of Uncle
Sans postal system when he received
word from Roy Butler up in Lake
Minchumina, Alaska, that airnail let
ters from Bluffton arrive there in four
days-after travelling 4,635 miles. But
ler, former government inspector in
the Triplett plant is now with Civil
Aeronautics Administration. He is
located three degrees south of the
Arctic circle which he describes as
one of the last American frontiers.
Pricipal item of diet is moose meat
and the only mode of travel is by
plane with no roads except bear trails.
Two hundred yards from their small
settlement he says one may see moose,
caribou, black, brown or grizzly bears
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daughters visited with Mr.. and Mrs.
Cal Herr, Sunday afternoon; also vis-
tied Mrs Emma Scoles.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Phillips and
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Younkman of Beav-
erdam were Sunday dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Younkman in
Clyde.
Mrs. Guy Younkman was pleasantly
surprised Sunday afternoon when a
family gathering was held i'm honor of
her birthday. Those enjoying the af-
ternoon were: Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Younkman of Harrod; Mr.. and Mrs.
Earl Winegardner and family of Way
nesfeld; Mrs. Carrie Younkman of
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MalrA
DehAoAoI

Halloween in the offing-but jack
o lanterns will be few this year-with
pumpkins none too plentiful and
speaking of scarcity-the list grows
daily-there's sugar . and cigar
cites s. and you better look up some
anti-freeze if you haven't done so al
ready =. and that goes for coal, too
;. and they say that there were only
two hams in Bluffton last week
and butter is little better just
to mention a few of the hard to get
items :. . and Spanish speaking Mex
leans on the streets-they're the crew
laying rails on the Nickel Plate
and Bluffton deer hunters taking off
for the north Canada woods next Mon
day-they'll miss Doctor Steiner this
year :. and hunters coming here for
pheasant season next month will find
overnight lodging hard to get-unless
you have some friends here and
speaking of friends reminds us of the
Bluffton lass who wrote her boy friend
overseas that henceforth theirs would
be only platonic friendship d. Mr..
and Mrs. E. C. Stultz celebrating their
forty-fifth wedding anniversary Sat
urday :. and Charlie Day of Findlay,
Bluffton real estate owner leaving for
Bradentown Beach, Florida for the
winter what's the matter with
politics-haven't seen a single cam
paign button.
Cider making is running into big
volume as the close of the season
nears. One mill, the Morning Star,
operated by Seth Basinger and Son
northwest of Bluffton ran over 1000
gallons last Wednesday.
Sharp drop in the water level in the
Bluffton district since last spring is
causing concern among farmers in this
district. Several cases southwest of
town are reported where wells which
were previously furnishing all the
water needed for farm purposes have
recently gone dry, making complica-
tions not only in providing wtaer for
livestock but also in the matter of fire
protection.
Clayton Wiess of the Navy now on
leave visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Aldine Wiess is the first Bluffton
man to return who was an eye witness
of the invasion of France. Wiess was
a member of the crew of vessel car
rying supplies and men across the
English channel which he says is ex-
tremely rough at times.His arrival
home was unexpected-his Christmas
gift box had already been mailed, and
his mother first learned of his home
coming when she saw him coming up
the sidewalk at their home on Riley
street.
John Blome who as far as we know
holds the No. l place in Bluffton for
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Lafayette; Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Younk-
man and family. Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Younkman of Button; Mr. and Mrs.
Francis Younkman of Ada.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Lung were
callers Monday evening of Mr.. and
Mrs. Willard Jennings.
Callers Sunday in the Lyman
Barnes home were Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
Phillips and family of Lima; Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Faze and children, Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Blosser and children, Miss
Opal Yoakum and ]. P. Matter of
Ada.
Sgt. VIM. Mefford is home on %
day furlough visiting his parents.
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The day they didn't stop, but kept
right on marching up the gang
plank and on to the ship, he felt be-
trayed, cheated and fooled.
er were a team, it having been found
that Mr.. Tinker was good at the
heavier work, while he supplied lit
tie more skill at figuring it out.
He couldn't overlook the drama of
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prietor of the Fixit repair shop. located
In the alley back of his home. Is notified
by his draft board that he is in IA. He
breaks the bad news to his wife. Amy.
and marches off to work without kiss
ing her goodby.
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Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-11
Bonds
Call
Sound
Mass Meeting
Slated to
Launch Drive

Monday, June IL, is D-Day
for Imperial county when
the wheels set up by the war
finance committee to attack the
100000 bond quota will start turn
ing and the program of an intense
sales campaign get under way.
Each committee in the county,
each city chairman. each salesman
and clerk will have a definite job
set out ior him to accomplish if
Imperial county is to reach their
quota in the huge nation-wid Fifth
War Loan drive to back those fight
ing men who launched their D-Day
| last Tuesday by establishing the
beachhead in France" Herb Faw-
cett, county chairman declared
ISSUES CALL
In El Centro as in all county
communities the mayor issued a
special proclamation, the Third
Army was being .mobilized and quo
tas for each town were set as Mon
day marks the first official blast
at the quota. Sumo ayIs rodeo was
only the first bugle call rallying the
citizens attention. war finance lead
erS said.
Monday morning from 8 to II
Continued on Pg. 6, Col. q
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-11
0PA Puts Ceiling
On Used Cars

WASHINGTON, June 10. CUP)--
Price Administrator Chester Bowles
Saturday brought all used passen-
ger cars under price control, effec-
tive Immediately, and established
specific prices for different models
at levels which prevailed last jan
uary.
BoWles SAID the USED car ceilings
will discourage the boarding of
automobiles and protect the public
from further increases in used car
prices. He said these prices have
gone up an average of 20 per cent
in the past year and a half and 30
per cent in two and one half years.
Bowles set up specific dollars
and cents prices at the January,
1914 levels for about 5000 models
of % makes manufactured from
1897 through 1912.
All sellers, both private individ-
uals and dealers, are covered by
the new program. 1t does not. how
ever. apply to used trucks which
are under separate price regula-
ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-11

shoot at. the school children of the
county sold $345,548 in the last six
monthc.
STANDS HIGHEST
Holtville elementary school put it
all over the rest of the schools in
the county by selling more than
$4,000 wcrth. sufficient to buy five
Cornell training planes.
Holtville Union High school sold
$52,750 worth of bonds and stamps.
With this the school instructed the
government to pay for two Cornell
training planes at $4,000 each, six
field ambulances at 81 ,492 each. 1853
life preservers at SIS each and one
life preserver at 1920.
Eucalyptus school west of Ell Gen.
tro was the only rural school in the
county to make lis quota in the
contest from January to June 8.
This school with an enrolment of
so pupils sold $15,915 worth of war
bends to finance the purchase of
Cornell training plane and an
army jeep. There was only one
week during the contest that this
school was not privileged TO fly the
coveted Minute Man Flag denoting
that 80 per cent of teachers and
pupils were buying war bonds and
stamps regularly.
Outstanding students in the drive
at Eucalyptus school were Edith
Fausett and Betty Higgins, eighth
Continued on Pg. 6, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-11

PEARL HARBOR, June 10. CUP)
American Liberator bombers from
the central and south Pacific de-
livered a double attack ON Truk in
the Carolines on Wednesday in the
eighth raid this month on the bic
enemy island base. it was disclosed
Saturday.
The long-raugc bombcrs from
Admiralty Island bases battled
through 25 enemy fighters in day
light to unload 30 tons of explo-
sives On the atoll. Three Japanese
planes we're thot down, and one
Liberator was lost in the attack.
Central Pacific LiberatorS re-
turned over T'ruk the same night
and singled out the airtields for
their targets, meeting only meager
and inaccurate anti-aircraft fire.
A Pacific communique also dis
closed new raids by central bomb
ers on the Carolines bases OF Pom
ape and Pakin, the outlying island
of Nauru and the isolated enemy
positions in the Marshalls. Ponape
was hit on both Tuesday and Thurs
nights. Pakin and Nauru on Tues
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-11

take part in what is termed the
assault phase. I was one of those
%, Some Of the rest will come over
later. some will cover other angles,
some will never come at all.
We assault correspondents were
under military juriso iction for the
past month while waiting. We had
complete freedom in London, but
occasionally the army would sud-
denly order us in patches to take
trips around England.
CALLED FOR BRIEFING
Also during those last few weeks
we were called frequently for mass
conferences and briefed by several
commanding generals. We had COM
pleted all of our field equipment,
got our inoculations up to cate.
finished our official accrediting to
supreme allied headquarters and
even sent off our bedrolls ten days
before the final call-and will re-
Join them sometime later on this
Si6e, we hope.
OF % correspondents in the as
sault group, about two-thirds al
ready had seen action in various
war theaters. Real old timers sort
OF gravitated together. People such
OOutlnued On Pg. 6, Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-11
Throns Expected
At Bonds Rodeo

governor of Baja California, Col,
Jose Gutierrez, Mexican consul
John Ketcham at Mexicali. will be
guests of honor at the rodeo along
with military officers from the
valley installations.
If you haven't bought your bond
and received your ticket, the con-
sensus among rodeo officials Satur-
day was that you would miss the
biggest event on the Fifth War
Loan special activities program.
Ninety-one contestants have signed
entries to some 200 events on the
big program, they said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-11
Yanks Battle Hand-to-Hand
With German Parafroopers
Terrific Tank Engagement Flares
On I5-Mile Front Near Caen;
Allies Reach Town Next Cherbouro
By EDWARD w. BEATTIE

ALLIED SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, Lon
don Monday, June IL. (UP)-American troops have
batted into the outskirts of Moneburg only ID miles
from Cherbourg and at 7:45 Sunday night were
stormng Carentan at the base of the COtentin PEN
insua in hand-to-hand fighting with German para
troopers who turned down surrender ultimatum,
it was disclosed Monday.
great tank battle exploded meanwhile 15-mile
front westward from Caen where the Germans driven back
to second ary lines under threeway pounding from land
and air. may have launched their first major counter
attack.
British troops captured Tly the Suelles river op
poste the German line and American forces advanc
ing broad front against diminishing resistance in the
center of the beachhead captured Lson six miles south
of Lisigny
Good progress has been made on the right said in
hoWers Headquarters "Our troops fighting in the
outskirts of Montebourg."
Enemy Counter Attacks Stopped
Southwest of Montebourg, another column
driving west from the main CherbOurg peninsula was
threatening to cut off the big port
were held, the cOmmunique said.
Henry T. Gorrell of the United Press reported from
post overlooking Carentan Sunday night that hand
tohand fighting had been raging for hours the outskirts
of the where the Germans held last pivot on the
coastal communications system.
American assault troops repeatedly charged the Ger
bitches by murderous fire from German Spandau
and smaller weapons The city has been under sege since
Saturday, Gore said when the Yanks captured four
bridges the canals in the outskirts.
Houses Turned Into Fcrtresses
Carentans outlying houses turned into forresses by
the Germans being Systematically reduced by Amcri
can artillery GOrrell said.
From the MOntbourg to the Seine bay coast northeast
the Allied invasion front stretched unbroken for
nearly 60 miles and Gen. Sir B. L. Montgomery informed
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-11
Navy Yard Blast
Kills Two Men

VALLEJO, Calf. June 10. OUP)
Two men were killed and 38 in
jured, four seriously Saturday in a
thunderous explosion which ripped
up the concrete floor CT Marc
Island navy yard machine shop,
tossed heavy lathes into the air
and shattered hundreds of windows
in the Vallejo area.
Tie dead: P. l.. May, Oakland
A. M. Armada, Vallejo.
The seriously injured: f. F.. DAILY
214 Sacramento ST., Vallejo; r. 3.
Warner, 100 Lincoln Highway, VAL
lejo; A. M. Frazier. 500 Concord
blvd. Concord: E. A. Ruege. SIG
Limona ave-. Albany.
Thirty four others suffered less
serious injuries from falling glass
and debris.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-11

All Imperial county awaits the
"Rodeo for Bonds" TO be staged
Sunday afternoon in the arena at
the Imperial Fair grounds, as lead
crs predicted heavy attendance.
The program is complete, bonds
arc selling to admit citizens, events
all lined up TO give a full three
hour program beginning at 2:30
d. m., and al THAT is left is for the
show TO go ahead.
Herb Fawcett, county chairman,
announced Saturday morning that
Governor Rodolfo Sanchez Taboada,
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-11
VAS On GAINS
Special Session
Speeds Action
On Full Program

ton program, teachers retirement
bill and a measure reducing the
personnel of the state war council.
Assembly Speaker Charles Lyon
and Senate President pro tenn Jer-
rold Seawell agreed in predicting
adjournment of the session by the
middle of next week.
CONSTRUCTION PLANS
The assembly completed action
on a measure upping the states
postwar construction program from
about $62 100000 to $112,0OO, 900 and
sent it to Gov Earl Warren for sig
nature. The lower house also ap-
proved bills appropriating $780,
900 for acquisition of sites, prepar-
alton of plans and repairs to exist
ing state buildings.
Ready for passage in the lower
house were bills streamlining the
state war council and revising the
teachers retirement system follow
ing favorable action on both meas
ures by the assembly ways and
means committee.
PUPIL RATIO
Also recommended for passage
by the assembly ways and means
committee was senate bill con-
tinuing for another year a $6 per
pupil increase in average daily at
tendance grants to school districts
Meantime, Sen. H. E. Dillinger CD
Placerville, introduced an "equaliz-
ing" school grant bill which would
guarantee that any school district
which levies IL cent per 500 school
tax will receive enough additional
money from the state to make a
total of $75 per pupil per year.
The senate education committee
recommended bill increasing the
Continued On Pg. g. Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-11
ALLIED HEADQUAR-

ALLIED HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Naples, j une 10.
(UP)-Allied troops plung-
ing forward Ia miles in a single day,
have captured Tuscania, so miles
northwest of Rome. it was ANNOUNCE
ed Saturday as the Fifth and Eighth
armies pounded in pursuit OF bat
tered German forces withdrawing
along the entire Italian front.
Lieutenant General Mark W..
Clark's troops had spurted so miles
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-11

AS an encouragement TO Their
elders for the opening of the fifth
war loan, school children Of I'M
perial county Saturday announced
they had sold $452,565 worth of war
bonds during the school year just
closed and there are several schools
yet to report.
Just to give adults something to
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-11
yunk Planes Sink Five
jap Task Force Ships

1t was not explained whether the
task force carried reinforcements
or was en- route to Biak to evacu-
ate harassed japanese troops.
In the new attack the bombers
raised. their toll of Japanese war
ships sunk or damaged to eight in
six days off Dutch New Guinea.
One destroyer was sunk and an
other damaged Saturday night,
while a heavy cruiser was damaged
Tuesday. 81. - -
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-11

= OlOOpo VI hlo 6Aoe amy 6icoP e'""'
fighting gallantly side by side. they
had achieved great success"
Bloo6y, swaying battles have been
reported in the last "a hours along
many parts of the front but the
Allies, benefiting from the closest
air support ever given ground troops.
until the weather closed In late
Monday. have held their lines in
tact and at some points made i'm
portant advances.
Previous reports had placed the
Americans as close as II miles from
Cherbourg but apparently they re-
ferred TO parachutists operating In
advance of the main line. Stock
holm dispatches Saturday said fight
ing was underway only 10 miles
from Cherbourg.
The approach of Monteburg in
volyed the crossing "some distance"
north OF Carentan of the Nero eret
river which meanders down the
Cherbourg peninsula, The Germans
maSsed reserves from interior France
along defenses on the west bank OF
the river, but were scattered by an
artillery trip-hammer barrage.
American and Brush planes took
Continued on Pg. 6, Col. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-11
Fleeing Nozi Armies Fall
Into Trop in North Italy

ac vanced an average OF two anil
half miles to capture Orsonga, 4
miles inland and one-tine anchcr
of the Nazi defenses on that front:
Guardiagrele. four miles 10 tie
southwest; and the towns OF MoIi-
cone, Arsoli. and Giuliano.
The advancing allies crossed tho
Foro river and occupied the batter-
ed and burning villages Of Filetto,
two miles west OF Orsonga. and
Miglianico. on the Foro two and a
half miles northwest Of Tollo.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-11

across the plains north of Rome IN
five days, and the inability OF the
hard-hit German 14th army to make
stand now laid open the Nazi flank
to attack by the Eighth army.
Racing on ID miles from the
Tarquinia- -Vetralla line, the Fifth
army seized Tuscania, while across
the Apprentices in the Adriatic sec
tor the German retreat gained mo-
mentum under the impact of an
Eighth army assault.
British forces IN the Adriatic area