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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-20
With The InUdsiOn
Forces In France

John Romey formerly of Bluffton
is with the Army in the invasion of
France it was learned the first of
the week. His wife, Mrs. Mary
Bender Romey who has been dep
uty in the office of Ernest Mills,
Allen county clerk of courts for the
past eight months left Tuesday for
California where she will reside
Romey is the son of Mr.. and Mrs
E. c. Romey of South Main street.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-20
NOrUuL ScOLes Dies
In Hospital Here

Norval Scoles, II, retired farmer
living south of Bluffton, died in the
Bluffton hospital Wednesday after
noon at 1890 o'clock.
Funeral arrangements are incom-
plete but services will be held prob
ably Friday afternoon. Burial will
be in Pleasant Hill cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, son Clay
ton Scoles of Lafayette and two
daughters Mrs. Coy Binkley of Ada
and Mrs. Rhea Althauser at home.
A brother Emmett Scoles of Beaver
dam also survives.
The body has been taken to the
Paul Diller funeral home here.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-20
HATCHERIES IN
BLUFFTON AND
PANDORA SOLD
Bluffton Hatchery Co. and Pan
dora Hatchery Sold to
Celina- WapakOneta Chain
Ownership of BlufftOn Hatchery
Changes Hands First Time
in "a Years

Buttons Oldest hatchery, the
Bluffton Hatchery Co., operated here
continuously for "a years, was sold
Tuesday to Henry Amstutz and Ed
ward Wahlie, both of Celina, who at
the same time announced purchase OF
the Pandora Hatchery operated by
Eldon Hilty.
With acquisition of the two hatch
cries in this area, the Celina men are
expanding the operation of chain
of hatcheries they own in the Celina-
Wapakoneta district.
Wahlie will move here to be in
charge of the Bluffton and Pandora
hatcheries, but Albert Winkler and
William Luginbuhl, operators of the
Bluffton Hatchery, have been asked
to remain with the organization.
When he can find place to rent
or buy will determine the time when
Wahlie will establish his residence
locally.
Organized in 1920, the Bluffton
Hatchery was one of the first in this
area, and it had been operated for
"a years.
Officers of the concern at the time
of the sale included |. B. Beeshy,
President; Albert Winkler, vice
president; ID. w. Bixler, secretary
treasurer; and William B. Lugin-
buhl, manager.
Price involved in the transaction
was not disclosed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-20
JULY DRAFT CALL
is SMALLEST IN
RECENT MONTHS
Only Eight Men in Current
Quota; None Sent Satur-
day from Button
Current Call in Contrast to that
of June When II Men
We're Inducted

Only eight men will be inducted
into the armed forces from Allen
County Draft Board No. in July.
This is the smallest number of men
taken in any recent month, and the
situation represents Z oirect contrast
to June when 72 registrants were
inducted.
No Bluffton men are included in
the group of eight inducted last
Saturday. Half Of those taken in
the call were volunteers and the
other four we're drafted 1S-year-old
youths.
The next draft call which will
come in August is expected to be
made up entirely Of 18-year olds,
and it, too, may be small in compari-
son with the large quotas taken early
last spring.
July's induction Of only eight men
shows a marked drop from June
when there were II induetions and
May when So registrants were taken.
In April As men We're drafted
making a total OF 10 men in three
months.
Those inducted into the services
from Draft Board No. ) last Satur-
day included William O, Mckinley,
Spencerville; Marion y, Staup, La
fayette !, Route 2; Osner Pothast,
Delphos; Myron Dale Bowers, La
fayette Route 2; Brice A. Richard
son, Harrod; Virgil n. Elwer, Del
phos; Richard ]. SEEKER, Delphos,
and William Abram, Spencerville.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-20
Former BlufftOn Nurse To Work With
Children Of South American Lepers

Miss Janet soldner, registered
nurse and former assistant superin-
tendent of Bluffton hospital has ac-
cepted an appointment as a medical
missionary to South America to work
among children whose parents are
victims of leprosy.
She expects to leave the last of
August for Bogata, Colombia, work
ing under direction of the Mennonite
General Conference Board of Foreign
Missions. Announcement of her ap-
pointment was made the first of the
week by representative of the
board.
Miss Soldner is a native of Berne.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-20
Army Air Man On Cross Country
Flight Stops Here To Visit Mother

Stopping off in a cross-country
airplane flight, Lieut.. Myron Welty,
of the Army Air force, stationed at
Big Springs, Texas, last week visited
for several days with his mother,
Mrs. Homer Zimmerly, of near Bluff
ton.
During the time he visited here,
Lieut.. Welty left his plane in Column
bus. In his crew were two fliers
from Akron and one from Detroit,
who also went TO their homes.
After returning to Columbus later
in the week the group flew to New
York City, then to Washington, d.
c., and from there took a southern
route on the return to their base.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-20
HOUSING SITUATION
CRITICAL WITH NO
HOUSES FOR RENT
New School Superintendent I'm
able to Find Rental
Property
Church Abandons Plans to
Bring Resident Minister
Here

Buttons housing shortage is
more critical than ever this summer,
and about the only way would-be
renter can obtain a property is buy
his own.
The avalanche of applicants that
greets every home owner when he
has a vacancy, and the number of
advertisements seeking a place of
residence give every indication that
the present situation is the most
serious in the history of the town.
When one apartment was vacated
recently, there were "a applicants
for the place, and there are many
reported instances of persons who
have been seeking a place to rent
for months.
Latest developments in the housing
situation this week finds the shortage
of residential properties affecting
plans being made by Buttons new
superintendent of schools and by the
PRESBYTERIAN church in obtaining a
pastor for the duration of the war.
No Vacancies
Supt. Ralph Lanham, who will take
ND his new duties as head of Bluff
ton public schools on August /, has
been unsuccessful in finding a place
to live, and he may have to leave his
family in Mt. Victory and board here
until a house can be rented.
Plans of the Bluffton and Rockport
PRESBYTERIAN churches to bring
pastor here to fill the pulpit during
the absence of Rev. Ernest Bigelow,
who left last Sunday as an Army
chaplain, have been modified because
of the housing situation.
Originally a full-time pastor was
sought, but present plans are to
have a pastor come here over the
weekends, inasmuch as it would be
impossible to find a residence for
minister serving here on a full-time
basis.
Rev. Bigelow and family occupied
an apartment here, in which Mrs.
Bigelow and infant son will continue
to make their home. The church
manse has been rented for several
wears to a worker in a local war
industry.
Workers Seek Homes
Meanwhile workers in local in
dustrial plants and business places
are seeking living accommodations
which cannot be obtained. Many
who would like to live here are resid-
ing in surrounding towns and coming
to work here by private car or bus.
Altho it virtually is impossible to
find a house for rent there are many
properties for sale locally. Rent
ceilings which have made 1t lmpos-
sible for landlords to raise rents
have tended to make the owners more
wiling to sell inasmuch as there are
no limits to sale prices.
This means that many a would
be renter who has been unable to
find a residence has had to buy his
own. but the only drawback to that
procedure is the delay encompassed
in the "red tape" routine necessary
to require the present occupant to
move.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-20
Named In Command
Of Army Air Field

Lieut.. James Griffith, formerly of
Bluffton has been named in command
of the army air field at Marysville,
Calf, being transferred from the
army air base at Oroville, Calf, it
was learned the first of the week.
Lieut.. Griffith and Mrs. Griffith,
the former Miss Zitella Gettles Of
this place, will continue to reside at
Oroville, some 35 miles distant.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-20
To Teach Music In
Col. Grove Schools

Miss Janet Bigler, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Otto Bigler of South Main
street has been hired as instructor
in instrumental music in the Colum-
bus Grove schools for the coming
year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-20
Cost Of Running Bluffton In 1915
Will Be S112,S3S According To Budget
Estimated Receipts For the
Year Expected to Reach
Total of S139,745
Estimate Expenditures for Year
Will be $105, ,061; $1,000
Less Than in 1915

Buttons municipal expenditures
during the 1916 calendar year are
expected to amount to S112,838, ac-
cording to a budget approved Mon
day night at a meeting of the town
council.
Following the completion of routine
details, the budget will be submitted
to the Allen county budget commits
sion by Town Clerk w. O. Geiger,
for inclusion in the county program.
Total receipts for 1916 and esti-
mated balances that will be on hand
at the start of the year will given
the town total of $139,745.22, dur
ing the 12-months period, record
high mark, according to the budget
airy forecast.
EXPECT BALANCE
With expenditures for the year
estimated at $112,S38, a balance of
S26,917 should be in the town treas
VI " dL the close OF 1870.
Tax valuation of the town in de-
terninfng the levy for 1916 was set
at $2,895, 200.
Expenditures in 1916 will be ap-
proximately $7,717 more than in
1914, because of increased cost in
operating the many municipal serv-
ices, it was announced. Aggregate
amount expected to be expended this
year by the town is S105, ,061 80,
based on actual expenditures for the
first six months and an estimate for
the rest of the year.
In 1943, actual expenditures were
s115, 5,286.44, and in 1912 an all-time
high mark of S132, ,933.40 was spent.
In both of those years, there were
increased costs resulting from the
purchase and installation of a turbo-
generator at the municipal light
plant.
The budget discloses that Bluffton's s
municipality operated garbage collec-
ton system is practically on a pay
ing basis. With approximately 200
patrons, the town collects $400 for
services against a total cost of $500.
Provision is made in the budget for
the additional S100 needed to balance
the fund.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-03-03

report"
Solid grounds appear evident, for
suspecting that the entire hullaballo
against the Pick plan and the storm
about state rights" raised in connec-
ton with the entire question of water
development in the state is part of
divide and conquer" plan engi-
neered by the power interests Of the
state, to which officials of the state
and the Reclamation association have
Willingly or otherwise lent support
in order to forestall any public power
moves. Such moves will inevitably
follow the building of dams by the
government.
The entire question is boiled down
in practical statement made by Con-
gresham O'Connor in his statement
before the committee when he said:
ut seems to me that the only SEN
sible course to follow at this time is
to take advantage of these flood-con-
troll and navigation subsidies which
congress has written into the law of
the land. In this way we in the upper
states can get our irrigation and our
power at considerably less cost than
we could if those two use of water
had to pay their own way without
these recognized and legitimate fed
eral subsidies"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-03-03
Applications To
Military Schools
Opened by Murray

Sen. James e. Murray will hold
competitive examinations for the pur.
pose of selecting his candidates to fill
vacancies at the U. S. Naval Academy
and the U. S. Military Academy in
1915. These examinations will be
conducted by the U. S. Civil Service
Commission and will be held on Satur-
day, July 20, 1914, beginning at am,
in the post office buildings of the
following Montana cities:
Billings, Bozeman, Butte, Glasgow,
Glendive, Great Falls, Havre, Helena,
Kalispell, Lewistown, Miles City, Mis-
soula and Plentywood.
Applicants who will not be in Mon
tana on the above date may be ex-
amined at other points.
These examinations are open to all
young men who are actual residents
of Montana and within the age limits
Naval Academy candidates must be
not less than II nor more than 81 on
April 1, 1915. West Point candidates
must be not less than II nor more
than % at date of admission.
The examinations will include tests
in the following subjects: Algebra and
Plane Geometry; English Composition
and Literature; and United States
History The time involved will be
approximately hours.
Full information regarding the
scope and character of the competi-
Tive examinations, as we'll as the re-
quirements for admission to the Acad-
envy, may be had by writing to Sen
tor Murray, 432 Senate Office Build
ing, Washington 25, d. C.. Those de-
string to take the examination should
write to Senator Murray at once for
application blanks, which must be
filled in and returned to his Wash
ington office without delay, so that
authorization to take the examina-
tions may be sent each applicant and
suitable arrangements made by the
Civil Service Commission.
Senator Murray emphasizes that
candidates will be nominated strictly
in accordance with their standing in
the competitive examinations, and
that no political endorsements or rec
concentrations of any kind are neces-
sary
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-03-03
The Wagner-Murray-DingelI Bill

them to indulge in the dishonest prac-
tees of fee-splitting and the kick-back
which the Moreland Commission in
vestigation showed to be widespread
in New York City.
Economic pressure on the young
doctor entering practice would also
be in position to attract the younger
man who nowadays shuns them for
economic reasons. Moreover, the
young physician would always enter
into contract with the Insurance Fund
on a salary basis, full or part time,
and thus bridge the first years of
practice during which the economic
insecurity is greatest.
OTHER ADVANTAGES
Aside from the economic security
physicians will derive from this bill,
there are other benefits they will en-
joy as doctors Most physicians enter
and remain in the field of practicing
medicine because they derive a sense
of satisfaction from the prevention
anu dueNldllOH OI SlChHeSS OHueT
the bill the physician will find his
with his patients unim-
peded by economic barriers. No long
er need the physician hesitate to call
for the complete working up of any
case, regardless of cost. No longer
need the patient wait until disease
becomes acute before consulting the
physician. For the first time proven
tive and curative medicine can come
into its own on the largest possible
scale.
In a word, conditions which will
make for the fullest qualification of
he physician in his profession will be
called into being by this bill
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-03-03
Publicity Confuses-
Continued from Page one)

l see no substantial disagreement
with any of the departments to the
framework of the engineers that can
not be easily solved by the congress
and cooperation of the departments
The testimony submitted to the com
mittee clearly shows that if dams are
constructed as contemplated on the
Missouri river below Fort Peck and
above Sioux City, that more water
will be released from the reservoir
at Fort Peck for irrigation and power
purposes.
"The testimony further shows on
the part of the Army engineers that
the plan for proposed dam or dams
on the Yellowstone and on the Big
Horn is an elastic and Flexible one.
Colonel Reber, in his testimony, stated
that if more than one dam was re-
quired on the Yellowstone and Big
Horn to accomplish the purpose of
| irrigation and development of power,
that such would be looked on with
favor and would be developed. He
also made the statement that irriga-
ton would be the primary use for the
water impounded in such dams. He
| further stated that they would leave
open the exact location for the dam
or dams in order that the needs and
wants of the people would be met
Therefore, you will see that there is
no foundation and no reason for acute
apprehension on the part of the people
of the northwest that they will be de-
MED the proper uses of their water
as a result of the framework of the
Pick report, and nowhere in the rec
ord on the Pick report do the Army
engineers attempt to place irrigation
and reclamation at a disadvantage or
in an inferior position"
In his letter of Interpretation of the
plan, made by General Seybold to
O'Connor, Seybold states:
Throughout it's Investigations in the
Missouri river basin and in fact every
where in the west, the (War) depart
ment co-operates fully with the Bureau
of Reclamation, the Federal Power
Commission, the Department of Agri-
culture, and other federal agencies in
order that the plans proposed in the
departments reports may be fully CO.
Ordinated with the plans of all other
agencies and that they may clearly fit
into the best development of the water
resources of the region. For several |
years the department has had definite
agreements of cooperation with these |
agencies which provide for free inter
change of factual data, cooperative |
Investigations, and review of conclu-
'ions. The Missouri river report is
low with the Commissioner of Rec
amation for his review and comment.
rhe Department of Agriculture has adj
Tised the department of its concur
'ence with the plan contained in that
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-03-03

i
g. The Captation Method: Under
this method the physician is paid sc
much per annum for each patient on
his panel. He receives payment foI
the patient whether the patient is sick
or we'll. There is no incentive for the
! physician to render multiplied serv
ices, since there is no extra income
: for such increased work This meth
cd encourages the general practition
err to seek consultant services so soon
as he thinks they are desirable, for he
still retains the patient on his panel
after referral to a specialist. 1t min
imizes the amount of bookkeeping the
doctor must engage in, it eliminates
the necessity for a policing system,
and it leaves larger amount of mon
selves. Moreover, it prevents the ma
jority of doctors from being mulcted
of their fair share of income by the
tendency of few physicians in any
community to pad their bills, as would
be possible under fee-for-service. I'm
der the capitation method of payment
the doctors themselves derive many
more benefits, and the medical care
rendered the patient is not subject
to the hazards of unethical practice.
3. The Salary Method: Under the
bill it is possible for any organized
group of physicians who so wish to
render medical care to beneficiaries
for fixed salary, on either a part or
full time arrangement.
COULD DOCTORS EARN A LIVING
UNDER THIS BILL?
We find very little unprejudiced
material which would acquaint doc
tors with what their benefits are ex-
pected to be under this bill There
is no doubt that he bill would promote
the economic security of the phys
icians as a whole. 1t is estimated
that general practitioners will earn
about $4,000 a year and specialists
about twice as much from insurance
practice aside from private practice.
Because the economic barrier be-
IWceu pdtiSuI anu puy SlCldu Will us
appear, and because there will be no
such thing as free services, we would
no longer hear, as we did in the re-
cent past, that physicians are contrib
utinga million dollars worth of free
medical service per day. Dispensary
services in their present form, where
doctors receive no pay whatsoever,
would disappear. All medical service
would be paid.
Moreover, doctors would no longer
be compelled to choose their locale
on the basis of whether the commun-
ity could afford a physician. They
would not be forced, as they are now,
to crowd the urban areas and enter
into harsh competition with one an
other for the restricted number of
middle class patients from whom they
ierive the bulk of their income today |
There would be less inducement for |
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-03-03
BUTTE TIRE COMPANY
PUT OUT OF
BUSINESS BY OPA

For violation of the tire rationine
regulations, the Owl Tire and Sales
Inc, of Butte, Montana, were today
suspended from dealing in any form
or type of natural, reclaimed, or syn
thetic rubber, new, used, retreaded OF
recapped tires" for a period of 1C
months, beginning March 4, 1914, in
an Opinion and Order handed down
by Frank A. Bruno, OPA Hearing
Commissioner, Denver, Colo. The
proof established that 81 tires, on II
different occasions, were sold by the
tire company without requiring the
surrender of ration certificates issued
by a local board.
The tire company admitted the
sales, but attempted justification
on the ground that scrap rubber was
used in the recapping process. Bruno
found however, that rationed rubber
was applied to the worn tires.
The opinion stated that the tire
company had "early adopted course
of conduct calculated to destroy the
very purpose which the price and ra-
tioning programs were designed to
accomplish" and in the light of the
rubber scarcity the public interest
and national security demanded that
the tire company be denied any furth-
er ALLEGATION of rubber"
= i
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-03-03
On the Margin
Continued from Page one)

ICOhtInued from Page One)
office instead of raising his sights
and taking a shot at the governor
ship.
The move for the formation of a
political organization by organized
labor and organized farmers and other
organizations will come to head a
week from Sunday at Great Falls,
hear. The CLIO in the state already
are organizing and Jerry O'Connell,
former congressman from the first
Montana district has been retained by
the national organization to direct it's
activities in the state. This organiza-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-03-03
THE NEEDLES EYE
fearless crque of the in which the Christian
Church the need for social and economic change.

fearless critique of the which
Church the social and economic change.
Below opinions of some readers:
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including
the Clergy believe the Capitalist
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enjoyed reading The Needles Eye both and
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applied the methods
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Montana at 35c per copy.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-03-03
SPECIALISTS ASSIST ETHIOPIA

At the request of the Ethiopian
government, small group of Amer
lean experts in agriculture, construc-
ton, mining engineering, and other
technical fields will be sent soon to
Ethiopia to assist in the production
of food and other essential items.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-03-03

ton, will work with the organization
in process of formation according to
reports.
hope I'll have more reports about
the Republican candidates next time.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1944-02-25

said, "If th"v are giving their lives
Quite a few of our presidents have
already purchased bonds through the
office and we are licking fer ethen
10 do the same thing.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1944-02-25

little bit in this great crisis counts,
and we as a group, want " shoulder
our part in this all out effOreSto buy
bonds. B&laIw
Some Of cur lodges mAy not be in