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The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-21
Are We In For Trouble

leading banking institution observes that the test of
our ability to recover from the will be capacity to
produce and distribute goods And in doing that the
ta thing find the equilibrium in costs and prices which
will trade and not block readustment OF arbitrary
intervention.
During the war; production has been maintained with
little thought of AS industry into competitive
peaceme activity subject to the normal laws of supply and
demand cost will become ruling factor 1t will take in
genuy make the readusment and since distribution is
critical phase of the problem the retail merchants will
play leading role.
Already retailers have been consulting with manufac-
turers steps be taken help insure price levels that
will move things sorey needed by millions of
through regular dstrbutve channels in growing
flood The fear of of the Washington regulators that
producers and distributors may have tendency to resort
the anachronsm of changing all the traffic will bear after
the war logical On the whole industry of today must
maintain reasonable prices cannot operate successfully
The chain stores typical of modern industry Their
esance depends tremendous volume of sales at very
small unit profit Prices held too absolute minimum
In order impair volume High prices and low volume
would spell doom for the chains just it would for the
whole twentieth century system of production and
distribution.
If the regulators intend to set up permanent price
control the obsolete theory that industry go
ing look for to bost prices after the war; the
cuntry is in for trouble. The very thing warned
against will happen return to normal equilibrium in
and prices that will promote trade will be blocked by
arbitrary intervention.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-21

of his own experience. Recently, you
had the privilege Of seeing this fine
book on the screen under the title,
The CROSS OF LORRAINE.
Violently anti-Nazi since the rise
of Hitler in 1892, Habe, when war
broke out Europe, Immediately
fled to France and enlisted with
"ChaSSeurs Alpins," q regiment of
foreign volunteers in the French
Army. After the ignominy of the
French defeat, Habe was "impris-
oned in camp near Dieuze (Occu-
pied Franco, where he lived under
false name for several weeks and
Gas pictured in THE CROSS OF
LORRAINE subsequently made his
escape In a French ambulance.
1t is Habe who, in his work as a
correspondent, ferreted out Hitler's
unromantic family background and
his original name, Schicklegruber:
and gave both these facts the wide
and unfavorable publicity so de-
tested by Hitler.
Carlos Romulo, one Of the speak
ers at Detroit's Bond and Author
Rally" last June is a man with a
high price placed on his head by
the japanese government. A native
Filipino, he is the son of one of the
first guerilla fighters for the Phil
ippineS back in the time Of the
Spanish-American war. A man of
literary interests and pursuits, he
knew nothing of soldering until
Dec. Z, 1941. "The role of a warrior
was ss much Of a shock to me as
Pearl Harbor was to the United
States" Romulo says.
Having been a close friend of
Macarthur since 1923, Romulo be-
came his press aide on Dec. 10, 1S41.
and was literally the last man off
the Philippines. Romulo who re-
fused to leave the Philippines when
Macarthur did, left his native land
only upon command by Macarthur
and the President. After his escape,
he refused place in Quezon's cab
met, preferring to return 70 Aus
tralia as MacArthur's aide-de camp
Undoubtedly you have read Rom
ulos I SAW THE FALL OF THE
PHILIPPINES. If you haven't read
his MOTHER AMERICA it should
be must" on your reading list.
1t is, critics agree, the finest thing
ever written about the Philippines.
japanese antagonism toward
Romulo began long before the pres
ent war. Romulo, in addition to be-
ing Head of the English Depart
ment in the University of the Phil
ippines. was publisher and editor of
the Philippine Herald" and head
of the DM.HM. Newspapers, a Phil
ippine newspaper chain. Greatly
alarmed over Dutch and British
treatment of the natives and the
approaching japanese aggression,
Romulo widely publicized his fears
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-21

And he went dashing off. They had
to run to catch him.
Men in battle reach that stage
and still go on and on. As for the
rest Of the army supply troops,
truck drivers, hospital men, engin-
GERS they too become exhausted
but not so inhumanly. With them
and with us correspondents it's the
ceaselessneSs, the endlessness of
everything that finally worms its
way through you and gradually
starts to devour you.
It's the perpetual dust chok-
ing you, the hard ground wrack-
ing your muscles, the snatched
foot sitting ill on your stomach,
the heat and the flies and dirty
feet and the constant roar of
engines and the perpetual NOV
ing and the never settling down
and the go, go, go, night and
day, and on through the night
again.
Eventually it all works itself in
to an emotional tapestry of one
dull, dead pattern-yesterday is to-
morrow and Troina is Randazzo and
when will we ever stop and I'm
so tired.
I've noticed this feeling has begun
to overtake the war correspondents
themselves. 1t is true that we don't
fight on and on like the infantry,
that we are usually under fire only
briefly and that, indeed, we live
better than the average soldier. Yet
our lives are strangely consuming
In that we do live primitively and
at the same time must delve into
ourselves and do creative writing.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-21

Dying men were brought into ou
tent, men whose death rattle 81.
fenced the conversation and made
all the rest of US grave.
When a man was almost gone the
surgeons would put piece of gauzt
over his face. He could breathe
through it but we couldn't see hi
face well.
Twice within five minutes chap.
lains came running. One of these
occasions haunted me for hours.
The man was still semi-conScious
The chaplain knelt down beside hin
and two ward boys squatted along.
side. The chaplain said:
John, I'm going to say a prayer
for you.
Somehow this stark announcement
hit me like a hammer. He didn't
say, I'm going to pray for you to
get WELL" he just said he was 60
ing to say a prayer, and it was OBJ
vious he meant the final prayer
1t was as though he had said
Brother. you may not know it, but
your goose is cooked"
He said a short prayer, and
the weak, gasping man tried in
vain to repeat the words after
him. When he had finished the
chaplain said, John, you're do
ing fine, you're doing fine"
Then he rose and dashed off on
other business, and the ward
boys went about their duties.
The dying man was left utterly
alone, just lying there on his litter
on the ground, lying in an aisle
because the tent was full. OF course
1t couldn't be otherwise, but the
awful aloneneSS of that man as he
went through the last few minutes
of his life was what tormented me
I felt like going over and at least
holding his hand while he died, but
1t would have been out of order anc
I didn't do it. I wish now I had
Outside Of the occasional peaks
OF bitter fighting and heavy caSu-
alties that highlight military oper-
alton, I believe the outstanding
trait In any campaign is the terrible
WEAKNESS that gradually comes over
everybody.
Soldiers become exhausted in
mind and in soul as well as physi-
cally. They acquire a WEAKNESS
that is mixed up with boredom and
lack of all gaiety. To lump them
all together. You Just get damn sick
Of It all.
The infantry reaches a stage
OF exhaustion that Is incom-
prehensible to you folks back
home. The men In the First
division, for instance, were in
the lines % days-walking and
fighting all that time, day and
night.
After a few days of such ac-
tivity, soldiers pass the point
Of known human WEAKNESS.
From then on they 60 into a
sort Of second-wind daze. They
keep going largely because the
other fellow does and because
you can't really do anything
else.
Have you ever in your life worked
so hard and so long that you don't
remember how many days it was
since you ate last or didn't recog-
nise your friends when you saw
them? I never have either, but in
the First division, during that long
hard fight around Troina, o COM
pany runner came slogging up to q
certain captain and said, excitedly
I've got to find Captain Blank
right away. Important message"
The captain said. But am Cap
tain Blank. Don't you recognize
me?"
And the runner said, 1--WE got u
find Captain Blank right away
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-21
40 YEARS AGO
IN WYANDOTTE

The Business Mems association
held a special meeting to consider
granting a franchise to a second
telephone company in the city.
Association members objected to
installation of a second system on
the grounds of extra pole nuisance,
resultant confusion. In opposing the
franchise. one man declared that
1t should be made q criminal Of
Tense TO establish two phone sys-
TENS in any one city.
The Black system phones in the
city were to be replaced by solid
black receivers that would permit
long distance telephoning.
A monster barn" was being
erected to replace the Ebert Broth
erS barn that was destroyed by fire.
The L-shaped building measured
% by SO feet. was two stories high
and was equipped with Is foot
posts.
The Wyandotte football eleven
Won the championship from Ecorse
by a score Of 4 to 0. Eight hundred
persons attended the game which
was held on the Wyandotte Athletic
Association field.
~Mrs. Wigs Of the Cabbage
Patch" was scheduled to be pre-
sented on the stage Of the Marx
Opera house by local talent.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-21

returned to duty
Immediately.
When I took
sick I was with
the 45th division,
made up largely
Of men from Okla
homa and west
Texas. You don't
realize how differ
ent certain parts
Of our country are
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-21

OF course not all Of them do. It
depends on the severity of their
wounds, and on their individual
personalities, just as it would in
peacetime. But I will say that an
least third of the moderately
wounded men ask If they can't be
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-21

Wood pulp supplanting lumber for shipping and cot
ton explosives Hope they not proposing in break
fast foods
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-16
PAGE THREE

Mrs. Evelyn Fridley spent Sunday
with her mother, Mrs. Sam Kohler
and daughter.
Mrs. Arthur Yerko and Mrs. An
son Fault of Lima were Wednesday
dinner guests at the Amos and We'll
don Luginbuhl home. Afternoon
callers were Mrs. Dorothy Funk and
daughter Carol of Norwood and Mr..
and Mrs. Cal Luginbuhl.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. d. McPheron of
Columbus and John McPheron of
Lima spent Friday afternoon with
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. d. Wingate and
daughter.
Pvt. Harley Kohler of Camp
Pendletode, Ocean Side, Calf, spent
a few days last week with his
mother, Mrs. Sam Kohler and daugh-
ter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald CuppIes were
Sunday dinner guests of her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Miller and
family.
John Stettler is spending his fur
Tough with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. r. Settler and daughter.
Mrs. Warren Moser and Mrs. We'll
don Luginbuhl spent the week end
with the formers son Pvt. Donovan
Moser at Ft. Eustes, Va.
Mrs. Ed Marquart and Mrs. Russell
Leiber called on Mrs. Ernest Gratz,
Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Wingate and
sons of Temperance, Mich, spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs.
II. d. Wingate and daughter.
Mrs. Ella Dillman, Mrs. Amos
Luginbuhl and Glenna Swick spent
Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Gather
inc Lory.
Mrs. Chas. Fridley, Mrs. Sam
Kohler and daughter called Sunday
afternoon on Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Fridley and Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Fridley and son.
Past week callers at the Henry
Green home were: Mrs. Russell
Schaublin and daughter Patsy, Mrs.
Addie Graber, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Creagor and sons, Mr.. and Mrs. AL
bert Balmer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-16

Farm Bureau Council met in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Marshall,
Tuesday evening for the March dis
cussion and program.
Miss Madeline Bixel of Rittman
spent the week end with her sister,
Mrs. F. C. Marshall and both attend
ed a meeting of the Advance Club
held in the home of Mrs. Glen Miller
in Pandora, Saturday evening, with
Mrs. Paul George of near Belmore as
the hostess.
Mr.. and Mrs. James G. Warner and
family of Lima were Friday evening
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. d. c. Camp
bell and daughter Elizabeth. Mr.. War
ner is the Allen County Agricultural
Agent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Hauenstein of
Bluffton and their daughter, Barbara
Joyce, of the Presbyterian Mission
station at Sunset Gap, Tenn, were
Saturday evening dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. o. Cupp and daught-
er Edythe.
Mrs. E. E. Freet will be hostess to
members of the Friendly Neighbors
club for the March meeting which will
be held Thursday afternoon of next
week. The following program has
been planned: Song-Club; Roll Call,
My Favorite Breed of Chickens; "City
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-16
Richland Center

Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Lehman and
son Richard of Toledo, and Mrs. J.
Norman King of Detroit were Satur-
day dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Otto Amstutz.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Fett and daugh-
ters were among those who enjoyed
basket dinner at the r. l.. Trout
home, Sunday. The dinner honored
the birthdays of Mrs. Trout and Mr..
Fett.
Jake Luginbuhl of Beaverdam
spent Sunday evening with Mrs. Sam
Kohler and daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm Ewing and
son Jim spent Sunday afternoon at
the Amos and Francis Basinger
home.
Rev. and Mrs. Vernon Oppermann.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilford Gratz and MIR.
and Mrs. Russell Schaublin and
family were Sunday evening supper
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Schaublin and daughter Rachel.
Mrs. Charles Sharp of Norwalk
was Tuesday dinner guest at the
Amos and Weldon Luginbuhl home.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-16
CONSERVATION AFFAIRS
Happenings Affecting Woods, Waters and Wdlife

The answer to all of this is these
garden pests have many enemies
which keep them in control. Birds
are one friend we can induce to come
that will be a great aid in our VIC
tory gardens. Let US strive now to
protect our feathered songster
friends.
Remember the super archery
demonstration the club held last
spring. These same archers from
Lima have been setting real pace
this winter in archery competition.
The Lima club-The Shawnee Bow
men-tied the Cleveland A. C. for
the highest national weekly score
recently each getting 2ST2 points.
Bob Wilson shot the highest Lima
League score in history with T62 out
of possible SO. The next three
Lima high tallies were Ralph Wag-
goner, 1872; Spud Nevergall, 7OA; and
Mrs. Ed Eston, 672.
Lima stands fifth nationally after
six weeks of competition in the Ma
tional Blue Grass tourney. The first
match of the Olympic Bowmen lea
que was fired recently with Lima
getting 18th place after its poorest
score of the year. Ralph Waggoner
is 7th nationally among individual
marksmen in the Blue Grass with an
average of 1882.
The Bluffton club will be getting
under way again soon. Rearange-
ment of the sportsmen's hall, with
wall removed to provide space for
an adequate range, will be great
aid to the archers of the community.
Painting of the hall will commence
this Thursday, a contract having
been let to a decorator to paint all
but the main recreation hall IN the
Sportsmen's club headquarters. The
large hall will be painted oy club
members.
VIM. Edwards, archery club presi-
dent, and c. V. Stonehill, field cap
tain, urge all persons interested in
this fascinating sport of archery to
contact them in regards to reorganiz-
ing the local club in the near future.
Building of the new range will allow
ample room for five member team
to fire as group at the 60 foot
range and at the 40 and Sc as many
as ten to fifteen or more can shoot
simultaneously. Men and women
are urged to participate in the
activities at the range.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-16

ed with the work of the club in their
development of the four game re-
serves leased by the state. The de-
partment will check on the progress
of the reserves from time to titae
and he says reports of wild life
activity will be forwarded to the
club.
A great deal of activity has been
noted at the College campus game
reserve. Fourteen additional game
reserve signs have been installed on
the margin of the reserve warning
of no hunting permitted. Justin
Johnson in charge of erecting the
signs saw to it that all the signs
were placed in CONSPICUOUS places and
on all four sides of the reserve.
Prof. H. w. Berky, bird lore coun-
sellor for the boy scouts, addressed
the scouts of troop 81 Monday night
and stated the number of birds fire.
quenting the campus has greatly in
creased as result of the feeding
program maintained there by the
club. The squirrels nibbling away
at the corn leave many small parti-
cles which make excellent food for
birds. Berky says the past winter
showed marked increase in the
number of birds wintering in Bluff
ton. The campus harbored many
tufted titmice, nuthatches, downey
woodpeckers, turtle doves, song spar
rows, cardinals and other birds.
In his talk Berky urged the elimin-
alton of English sparrows stressing
that this bird is unsociable, domin-
eering and other birds-the valuable
birds that feed on garden pests
will not stay where there is a sur
plus of sparrows. The scouts were
urged to conduct a pest hunt with
the sparrow as the main pest to be
eliminated. The speaker cited many
instances of the value of birds like
the blue bird which could be induced
to stay if the sparrow were eliminat-
ed.
In his discussion Berky stated that
some insects were so prolific that
for example if the progeny of one
fly were allowed to propagate for
one summer unmolested the sum
total of flies at the end of the season
from this one fly would fill 10 box
cars. Along the same line a hop
louise in one season would have
enough descendants to fill freight
train stretching from the earth to
the sun (92,000,000 miles away 106
times.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-16

The internationally famous Ameri-
can-Canadian Sportsmen's Show will
be held at Cleveland in the public
auditorium March 1926. Here is a
performance that will merit your
attendance. Silas Diller is interested
IN making up party to go up on
the train to see an afternoon pro-
granl-if you are interested see
Diller before Saturday. The March
issue of the Conservation Bulletin
carries details of the program. This
years show is a super attraction.
Time to slow down folks-too
much game being killed on the high
ways and country roads. Gus Bas-
niger reports that on a two mile
stretch of country road near his
home five rabbits were slaughtered
by unthinking motorists. Many
pheasants are killed on the highways
and in general too great a toll of
wild life is taken annually by motor
lists in Ohio.
Fishing season is here ard the
credit for catching the first big bass
goes to Morris Kohl Jr. Young
Kohl snagged the two and one half
FOUNDER at the Buckeye on big
minnow few days ago. The season
came in the first of the month and
licenses are on sale at Sam Steple-
toms, Carl Mumma's Eleceric Shop,
Dillman's News Stand, Don Forche
Snow White Market at Beaverdam,
and at Gail Mumma's home on North
Main street. The price is SO cents
plus ten cent fee. The dime is
rebated by these sportsmen to the
club for restocking purposes.
Here is another use for the shot
gun other than for hunting purposes.
Over at the Tank Depot, Maintenance
Supt. Avery Hastings took steps
utility linemen had not thought of
during 2 recent ice storm. Power
lines threatened to break from the
weight of ice and a shut down of
operations was evident. Hastings
was successful in removing the ice
from the wires by repeated shooting
with the gun. The linemen wish
now shells were more plentiful.
Our good friend Robert Winchell
from Wapakoneta dropped in today
for chat. Bob is a state maintain
ed game management agent operat-
ing under the Pittman-Robertson
program. He says he is quite pleas
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-16
Lafayette

The Women's Missionary Society
of the Congregational Christian
church met Thursday at the home of
Mrs. Hiram Augsburger, Miss
O'Dell, returned missionary from
Africa was a guest. Other MEM
bers present were Mrs. Bertha Thay-
er, Mrs. Lola Long, Mrs. Pearl VIII
liams, Mrs. Louise Cloore, Mrs. Inez
Lippincott, Mrs. Eta Skinner, Mrs.
Nellie Kline, Miss Gladys Guytn,
Mrs. Callie Lyle, Mrs. Belle Taylor,
Mrs. Hazel Hefner, Mrs. Vera Nulf
and Rev. and Mrs. John Munro and
son.
Miss Celina Thayer was Thurs
day guest of Mrs. Mildred Hunsicker.
Miss Alice Louise Knoble of Bow
ling Green university spent the week
end at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Warren Knoble.
Miss Marilyn Watt of Memorial
Hospital was Saturday guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Watt.
Mrs. Opal Long was Wednesday
guest of Mrs. Zella Hawk.
Aloha Club met Friday at the
home of Mrs. Warren Knoble. Men,
bers present were Mrs. Allen Watt,
Mrs. Elsie Bierly, Mrs. Lester Bier
ly, Mrs. Eliza Helser, Mrs. Harvey
Badertscher, Mrs. Oscar May, Mrs.
William Binkley, and the hostess.
Mrs. Mildred Miller of Lima left
Thursday for Santa Monica, Califor-
MIA to visit her sisters, Mrs. Donna
| Contris and Mrs. Don Harrod.
Mrs. Belle Heath is spending sew
eral days with her daughter, Mrs.
Elsie Bierly.
| Mrs. Zella Hawk, Mrs. Lola Long,
Mrs. Opal Binkley, Mrs. Imogene
Long and children, Mrs Margaret
Hefner and children were Tuesday
dinner guests of Mrs. Mildred Miller
of Lima
Mr.. and Mrs. Regis Sullivan and
| son of Lima were week end guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. Hawk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Avery Watt and son.
Ronnie of Lima were Sunday guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. 7. Fleming.
Mrs. Kathryn Staley of Ada, Mrs.
Thelma Greiner of Waynesfieid and
Pfc. Lester Hall of Ft. Custer, Mich.
spent the week end with Mr.. and
Mrs. William Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight Hawk and
| daughter of Lima were Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w. O. Hawk
Miss Lois Craft of Cleveland, was
week end guest of Mr.. and Mrs
Arthur Wernes and children.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. l.. Roberts, Miss
Jennie Roberts, Mrs. William Brown
and Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Roberts
| Mr.. Howard Carolus and Mr.. ano
Mrs. Adrian Meyer and family OF
Lima were Sunday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Dorance Thompson.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lawrence and
son of Lima were Friday guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Dorance Thompson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Eversole of
| Bluffton and Mrs. Ada Loutzenheizer
were Saturday evening guests OF