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Bradley beam., 1944-02-05
Jan Savitt, Tophatters, Play for BradIeyites;
 Broadcast rom Gym

Another capacity crowd packed the Base Gym Thursday night to hear the lifting tunes of Jan Saw itt and his Tophatters, who were featured on the Parade of Spot light Bands"
 This broadcast, the first of it's kind ever to originate from the gym, was a coast-to-coast Blus Network feature and was short waved to our fighting men over seas.
 Prior to the "on-the-air" signal, the Tophatters entertained the huge throng with an impromptu swing concert. Colonel Hubert F. Johnson, Base Commanding Off, cer, expressed his thanks to the soft drink concern which sponsored the program.
 Following the radio show, the chairs were removed with alacrity, and general dancing began.
 Savitt and his Tophatters, a genial organization entertained with a variety of swing, sweet and hot and the dancers thoroughly en- joyed it. Pfc. Guido Borelli, pianist of the Bradley Fled Dance Or chestra, "sat in" on twenty min- ute jam session which "rocked" the house and brought thunderous ap- plause just before the playing ot the National Anthem.
Bradley beam., 1944-02-05

Lieutenant Colonel Frank R. Fleming, Base Surgeon, was born in Hamptonville, North Carolina. After the completion of his primary education he enrolled at the Uni versity of North Carolina, from which seat of learning he received his AB in 1881. He completed his BS in Medicine at Wake Forest in 1888 and received his MD at the Jefferson School of Medicine, Phil- adelphia, in 1885. The Colonel served his interneship at the Allan tic Hospital during. 1935-36 and then set up private practice in Statesville, N. c.
 He is a member of the Iredellr Alexander Medical Society, the North Carolina State Medical So- ciety, the Southern Medical Associ- ation and the American Medical Association.
 Col. Fleming was commissioned as a First Lieutenant in the Organ ized Reserve Corps in January, 1887, and was placed on active duty
Bradley beam., 1944-02-05

Military personnel who missed the first night CT. performance will have an opportunity to see the show at the Windsor Locks USO on Thursday, 10 February, for which no tickets will be required while those at the Base Hospital will have a special showing on Friday, Il February.
 Presented by the Base Special Service Office the show features thirteen original songs, fourteen scenes presented in two acts, number of comedy skits and an all WAC dance chorus.
Bradley beam., 1944-02-05
Armed Forces Club Presents Award to
 Cpl. Stanley Stopka

Cpl. Stanley Stopka of Chicago H., and stationed at Bradley Field Windsor Locks, in the radio and technical service, was the ten thousandth man to register at the Armed Forces Club, 43 Prospect St., Hartford, last Sunday.
 He was greeted by the Vice President of the Club, Arthur A, Nielsen, and presented with cer- tifcate of honor and distinction and also a laurel wreath. He will be presented to Mayor William H. Mortensen on his next visit to Hartford and be made an honorary resident of the capitol city.
 Willard B. Rogers, president of the Bond Hotel, will entertain Cpl Stopka and the lady of his choice with dinner and an evening of danc- ing at the Bond Hotel. He can choose from 250 charming junior hostesses who come to the club to entertain the men from all sec tions of this country and our allied notions.
Bradley beam., 1944-02-05
By Camp Newspaper Service

ny Lamp NcWSPdPcT OciVASC
 A dramatic report on the growth and accomplishments of the Bri- tish-based U. s. Eighth Air Force was given in a transatlantic radio broadcast recently by It. Gen. Ira C. Baker, the Eighth's commander during 1943.
 Gen. Baker, who now has com- mand of Allied Air Forces in the Mediterranean, told his listeners that in 64,OOO offensive sorties over Europe during 1943, the Eighth Air Force dropped 55,0OO tons of bombs, destroyed 4,100 Nazi fight CTS, slashed German fighter plane production by almost 40 per cent and escaped with an overall loss in heavy bombers of less than four per cent.
 Bombers of the Eighth have pen etrated as deeply as 800 miles in- to the heart of Germany and US. fighters have destroyed the best
Bradley beam., 1944-02-05

The snow Will be repeated to- night, Saturday 5 February, at the local USO in conjunction with a War Bond Benefit. Fifty cent tickets are being sold for the per- formance and all box office receipts will be invested in War Bonds to be rallied off immediately after the performance. On Tuesday, 8 Febru- ary, the Battle of Bradley" will be presented for the soldiers at the Veterans Hospital at Rocky Hill and on Wednesday,, 9 February, the show will move onto the stage of the West Hartford High School for another War Bond Benefit per formance.
Bradley beam., 1944-02-05

with the North Carolina National Guard in September, 1940. He was the Assistant Plans and Training Officer of the 105th Medical Regi- ment, 30th Division, at Fort Jack son, N. C., prior to being assigned, for six weeks, to the School of Avi- ation Medicine in April, 1941. Upon the competitor of this course, he was assigned to the 17th Recon naisance Squadron, Grenier Field, N. H., as Group Surgeon of the 45tlI Bomber Group. In April, 1922, the Colonel was appointed Assistant Surgeon, First Air Force, Mitchel Field, L. I. He arrived at Bradley field to assume his present duties as Base Surgeon in December, 1922
 He was promoted to Captain in February, 1941, and received his majority in May, 1942. The month of March, 1943, saw him attain his present rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
 Col. Fleming is unmarried and resides on the Base.
Bradley beam., 1944-02-05
Battle of Bradley" Opens;
 Fi i've More Performances
 Scheduled During Week

Te Battle of Bradley Locks USO before exclusive snght audience Featuring of twenty soldiers and WACs completely original musical comedy be Bradley Field
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13
Ask Motorists To
Remove 1912 TaqS

Law enforcement officers are re-
porting considerable confusion aris-
ing from the practice of many auto
mobile owners in failing to remove
old 1912 license plates from the front
of their automobiles.
Specifically no law is violated by
such procedure as long as the new
1914 tags are properly displayed in
the rear, but officials ask that auto
owners remove the old licenses to
eliminate confusion.
In many instances the old plates,
which have been on most cars for
two years, are rusted in place and
are very difficult to remove, account
ing for the fact that home of them
have not been taken from cars.
State highway patrol officers are
stopping motorists who have old
tags on the front of their cars, and
asking them to remove them, but
there is no basis for prosecution
under present laws.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13
Former Resident
Dies In Columbus

Roscoe Clark, So, native of Bluff
ton, who had lived in Columbus for
the past 45 years, died at Mercy
hospital in that city recently, ac-
cording to word received here.
He was the son of the late DR.. j.
R. Clark, early Bluffton physician.
The family lived on South Main
street on the site of the present
Charles Miller residence. They moved
from Bluffton to Columbus.
For the past 26 years he had been
employed as an accountant in the
offices of a public utility. Burial
was in Columbus.
Surviving are his wife, son Rich
ard, two daughters Mrs. Robert S.
Prentice and Mrs. John Wunderlin
and two grandchildren all of CO.
lumbus.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13
Formal Opening
Of Gamble Store

Formal opening of the Bluffton
unit of the Gamble stores organiza-
tion will be held on Friday and Sat-
urday, it is announced by Ed Walter
mire owner and operator of the store
here.
The store, located in the Charles
Day room on North Main street has
been open for the past two weeks
during which time preparations for
the formal opening have been under
way.
There will be gifts for all who at
tend the two days opening this
week, it is announced by Waltermire.
Although stores of the Gamble or
ganization pool their buying power,
in order to purchase more advantag-
eously, the store here is individually
owned, it was stated. E
Waltermire, as owner and operator
of the new store is experienced in
the merchandising field, having been
engaged in that field in Tiffin, from
which place he and his wife moved
to Bluffton. They are at present oc-
cupying an apartment at the rear
of the store.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13
April 10. 1919

William Ryan, son of John Ryan
of Orange township, who lost his
right leg in the battle near Verdun
on Oct. 18th, is home on a fifteen
day furlough.
Buttons three veterans of the
9th which is receiving a tremendous
ovation in the principal cities of the
state, are expected home honorably
discharged in the near future. The
boys are Charles Hilty, Floyd Woods,
and Marion Watkins, all of whom
served in the 146th infantry. Lowell
Schaublin, who is recovering from
the effects of pleurisy at the base
hospital at Camp Sherman, and
Wilbur Bracy, who died in France
from pneumonia, were also members
of this organization.
Frenas Hermann, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. C. Hermann, and Hubert
Hermann, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Hermann, arrived in New
York from overseas. They are at
present at Camp Dix and will be
sent to Camp Sherman to receive
their discharge.
Earl Good of the 104th Infantry
arrived in Boston Friday. A num-
ber of fine specimens of needlework
from France sent by Earl to his
parents are on display in the News
window.
William C. Amstutz has arrived
in New York from overseas service.
He will be sent to Camp Sherman
for discharge soon.
Luke Scoles, who served overseas,
arrived home Monday.
Clayton Welty, former Bluffton
College student who served with the
marines at Chateau Thierry, where
he was wounded, has acquired the
name of Rag Doll Welty" as a
result of an unusual incident. He
and some other patients of the
Walter Reed hospital in Washington
D. c., where he was convalescing
were invited to dinner by some
friends. An unusually good story
was told which caused the guests to
burst out in an uproar of laughter.
For Welty the laughter turned to a
fit of coughing and he retired from
the room to return later with two
good sized pieces of cloth, part
of the shirt he had been wearing
when wounded in the chest while in
battle.
The effects of the war on Rouman-
ia are graphically described in a
letter from that country by Eph
Locber where he has been sent by
the Standard Oil Co. The letter ad-
dressed to his brother Hiram Locher
says the people are in starved
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13

News want-ads bring results.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13
Income Tax Filing
Due On April Is

Persons required by law to
make declaration of their estimat-
ed income tax for 1914 must file the
form not later than April Is, it was
stressed last Saturday by A. H.
Kellermyer, district chief for the
internal revenue department.
Payment also must be made on
or before April 15 of at least one
fourth of the amount of income tax
it is estimated will be due in excess
of withholding payments.
Those who must file declarations
include:
II. Single persons or married
persons not living with their spouse
and who expect to earn more than
| $2,700 subject to income tax with
holding or more than $100 from all
other sources provided the total in
come is expected to amount to $500
or more.
"2. Married persons living with
| their spouse who expect to receive
in 1914 either alone or together
with the spouse more than S3,5O0
subject to withholding or more than
500 from all other sources provided
their total combined income is ex-
pected to amount to $1,000 or more
or the filing spouse's separate in
come is expected to amount to more
| than S624.
Thus, every individual who re-
ceives wages which are not subject
to withholding-for example, COM
pensation for agriculture labor or
domestic service-and every indivi-
dual who receives income from divid-
ends, interest, rents or gains from
property transactions or from a
business or profession, must file a
declaration if his income for 1914
is expected to exceed the amounts
stated in the preceding paragraphs,
lKelIermeyer asserted.
In addition, declaration is re-
quired of any individual whose in
come for 1943 was in excess of the
amounts stated above.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13
Former BluftOn Man
Is Art Prize Winner

Dale Bessire, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. P. Bessire of Nashville, Ind,
former Bluffton residents, who has
achieved note as an artist, is the
painter of a picture which was in
strumental in selling more than a
million dollars worth of war bonds,
according to an account which re-
Gently appeared in the Nashville,
Indiana, Democrat.
Dale spent some of his early years
in Bluffton and is remembered here
by many of the older residents.
The article which appeared in the
Nashville paper follows:
"A sale of more than $1,000,000 in
war bonds was recently made in
competition for painting by Dale
Bessire of Nashville. The picture
titled Chimney Peaks and Rhode
dendra", was offered during the re.
cent Hoosier Salon exhibit at Indian
apolis as prize to the corporation
purchasing the most war bonds dur
ing the exhibit. The American
United Life Insurance company, In
dianapolis, was the winner by tn,
purchase Of $550,000 worth of wal
bonds.
''The painting was presented BY
the insurance company to the ar
gallery of Rollins College, Winter
Park, Florida, in honor of William
r. O'Neal, secretary of the college
and member of the insurance com
| pany's board of directors and chair
man of its finance committee.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13
By Victor Ries
Ohio State University College
of Agriculture

0I agriculture
There is reason for every failuYe
in your victory garden last year,
although sometimes folks won't be-
lieve the real reason for these fall
ures. Let's see what some of these
failures were and the reasons for
them.
If you were like most of the other
gardeners, your spinach was pretty
much complete failure last spring,
it came up all right, but went to
seed before the leaves were big
enough to eat. This was caused by
the excessively wet ground prevent
ing adequate growth of the spinach
before the temperature got so hot
that it went to seed. Possibly your
beets were fere marbles and not good
marbles at that and the tops were
small. Beets, like most root crops,
want we'll drained and we'll aerated
soil, the excess moisture caused the
trouble.
The lack of adequate size late in
the season of your parsnips or the
short divided roots, were the result
of poor drainage. The slow and
eventually tough growth of the eel
cry was caused by poor drainage
You will probably not have this
condition this year since it was un-
usually wet last year, but a few
lines of agricultural drain tile would
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13
Allen County Board Given New Basis
For Farm Workers Draft Deferments

3-Is the registrant's agricultural
occupation or endeavor essential to
the war effort, and
4-Even though the registrant is
necessary to and regularly engaged
/, in an agricultural occupation or en-
deavor essential to the war effort,
can a replacement for him be OBJ
| tanned?
| "Irreplaceability of such regis
trants must be established by affirm
ative information.
| ".Any registrant in Glass 11-C who
is physically disqualified for military
service or accepted for limited serv-
| ice and who leaves his agricultural
employment without the permission
of his Local Board will be reported
by name to State Headquarters.
"Registrants heretofore rejected
for military service and in Glass
IV-F or accepted for limited service
and in Class IA (L) will be re-
classified in Class II-C if they are
now or subsequently become en-
gagged in an agricultural occupation
or endeavor, unless the Local Board
finds that such registrants at the
time of such reclassification are quail
flied for general military service.
"The cooperative relationship which
has been maintained with the Coun-
ty USDA War Boards which have
furnished much valuable information
to the Selective Service System will
be continued.
"Now, more than ever before, it is
, imperative the classification of ag.
ricultural registrants must be de-
termined from the written informa
ton in the registrant's file-and tht
, information in the file must justify
the classification. Essentially, while
, important, is secondary to evidence
| of non-replaceability. In man!
cases replacements can not now b.
effected man for man. 1t may b.
necessary to effect replacement of ;
young man inducted into the servic'
with two or more older men; mel
who are not qualified for militar!
service, women, and children.
"In releasing the younger mel
now necessary for the Armet
Forces, inconvenience and some sacri
fee will be experienced. This mus
i be expected"
Il In conclusion, Colonel Goble said
II "The responsibility of furnihsin
| Selective Service Boards with com
plete authentic information, pertain
| ing to the registrant's status, rest
| with the registrant, his employer
and the County USDA War Boart
: The Importance of this responsible
I at this time can not be over emphs
sized.
II "It is imperative that the max
mum number of young men be mad
available now. to the armed force
with minimum interruption to tn
production on the farm"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13

The C. R. and Hi-Y had a joint
skating party at the local rink last
Monday night.
Latin classes held a Roman ban
quet Tuesday night. Leonard Smuck-
er, Paul Steiner, Bob Ramseyer, An
ME McGinnis and Louise Soldner
served as slaves for the occasion.
The male part of the group also
furnished the dinner music. Group
singing in Latin started the pro-
grom. Then Annie McGinnis gave
a talk on Gaius julius Caesar. More
group singing followed. Joan Clark
gave a talk on the Roman home and
Malcolm Basinger on the family and
slaves. A boys trio rendered some
music followed by Joanne Buhler
| who described the food and dinner
customs of the Romans. Ray Follas
spoke on the gods and goddesses and
more music was furnished by girls
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13
BIuf4ton In First World War

condition. The Germans took nearly
all the food-the horses, cattle, pigs,
sheep, and even stripped the cloth
ing from children and took bread
away from there. The stores that
are yet open have very little to sell
and the prices are exorbitant. Pota-
toes are SIS per bushel, and hard to
get. Sugar and butter sell for So
per pound, rice $3.50, tea 5000, meat
twice a week at 80 cents pound
eggs 25c each, shoes $50 to $50 per
pair, shirts SIG if you can find one
suits $50 to 5000, and apples 81 pei
pound. The British were unable tc
plug the oil wells SO that the Ger
mans could not use them, a fact
that was hard to believe, Lochel
relates.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13

Allen County Draft Board No. 3,
together with other selective service
boards in Ohio, have received from
Col. C. w. Goble, state director, re-
vised instructions to be used as a
puide in reviewing and reclassifying
registrants now deferred for farm
work.
Under revised regulations the Sc
lective Service Classification OF
III-C, formerly given to agricultural
registrants with dependents, has
been eliminated and all such regis
trants are to be Immediately reclas-
sified by their Local Boards.
In addition the classification OF
all II-C registrants must now be re-
viewed i'm light of the revised regu-
lations and the demands made by the
Chiefs of Staffs for urgent man.
power now needed by the armed
forces.
Hereafter all essential and non
replaceable registrants regularly en-
gagged in the production of food ane
fiber will be classified II-C, for
period not to exceed six months, sub
iect to review on or before the ex
piration of the deferment, and il
many instances for less than ST.
months.
The following instructions ar
contained in the directive:
Local Boards in classifying am
Appeal Boards in determining ap
peals of registrants engaged in ag
riculture should consider:
lis the registrant necessary t
the agricultural occupation or en
deavor;
2-Is the registrant regularly er
gagged in his agricultural occupatio
or endeavor;
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13
Expert Tells Why You Had Trouble
With Last Years Victory Garden

have corrected it.
Then, your tomatoes bloomed, but
didn't set fruit until about the
fourth cluster of flowers. This was
caused for the first two sets of
flowers by the rain preventing the
bees from po1linating the flowers.
The third cluster of flowers did not
set bloom because it was so ter
rifically hot. Your lima beans pos
sibly did not produce beans altho
they lowered profusely. This may
have been due to the soil being heavy
clay. Lima beans like lighter
soil. 1t might have been due to
heavy rain during the blooming or
to very hot weather.
Your late paintings of beets, car
rots, turnips and other crops sown
in July did not come up because the
ground was too hard and too dry.
Late cabbage, although you set out
excellent plants, found the ground
too dry to permit growth. Watering
the rows before sowing the seeds
would have helped. Protecting the
seeds after sowing with one-halt
inch of rotted leaves, rotted manure
or even board would have helped
also. Despite all these apparent
failures the yield of victory gardens
last year was tremendous. BY fol
lowing instructions in the Ohio
State University victory garden bull
letin, you should have more success
this year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13
BIuffton High School Notes

trio. A short skit on the assassina-
tion of Caesar.
Foster d. Roszman spoke to the
student body on Tuesday afternoon
about the conservation of fish. He
showed a cartoon showing the earth
in the beginning and how man de-
stroyed the balance of nature. He
said that the shortage of fish was
due to the destruction OF aquatic
vegetation. This was due to the
fuctuation of the water table, the
silt which was washed into streams
and not only destroyed the plant life
in the water but ruined the farm
land, and third, the pollution of the
streams. He especially stressed that
streams should not be turned into
open sewers.
49,
| DR.. Miller will examine the eighth
grade students Thursday morning.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13

The War Food Administration
order No. 96 which required terminal
and country elevators in 1876 counties
of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota,
and Nebraska to set aside 35 per
cent of their corn after March "a
for use in corn refining plants was
amended April 1 to require the ele-
vators to set aside go per cent of
their stocks for use in manufacture
The manufacturing plants use about
2,500,000 bushels of corn a week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13
Pre-Rele0se Stamp
Use NOlU Limited

Advance use of meat ration
stamps for quantity purchases from
farmers will in the future be limited
to Is pre-release stamps, totaling 180
points, the Office of Price Admin
istration announced last week.
This means stamps K-8 thru AS
and AS thru C-5 are now valid
if meat is bought from farmer.
When the next set of red stamps is
validated for consumer use, the Gus
toner automatically is permitted to
use the following 18 stamps for
buying meat from q farm slaughter,
the OPA explained.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13

"A resolution was adopted by the
insurance company in appreciation of
Mr.. Bessire's generosity in offering
the painting as prize during the
recent Fourth War Loan drive. Mr..
Bessire has received copy of the
resolution"