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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-11-23

goner then. But he was SO. tired
and weak he almost didn't care.
Their the Japs kicked him over
and Joe opened his eyes and looked
up at them -. waiting for death.
Joe said he and that scrawny
Jap just looked at each other. And
then the Jap made an animal-like
sound, contorted his face, raised
his rifle and drove the bayonet
through Joe's chest, wiggling it
around in the wound. Then he
planted muddy foot in Joe's face
and yanked the blade out. He did
the same thing again, this time
on the other side of Joe's chest.
Joe still looked at him, gritting
his teeth in pain and groaning.
Then the Jap growled and smashed
his rifle-butt against Joe's head.
Joe doesn't remember anything
after that.
End of the Japs
Shortly afterwards it became
plain why the Japs hadn't killed
Joe. They wanted him badly
wounded, but not dead, because
they set up another machine gun
behind him and waited in ambush
for Joe's buddies to come back,
looking for him.
Soon they did come back, with
two litters. But the Japs were
anxious and fired too soon. Joe's
platoon was ready for them and
they finished those Japanese-and
found Joe, still alive s. but that's
about all.
Joe was taken to the hospital
the doctors saw an abraded face,
the head which had received con-
cussion, two terrible bayonet
wounds and his leg that had been
shot. He couldn't talk and the
doctors were very pessimistic
about his chances. Joe didn't feel
that way about it. He didn't feel
that way when days later he de-
veloped pneumonia and was saved
from death by penicillin. He was
almost himself again the day he
was well enough to be moved to
the United States for further hos
pitalization.
Sequel to Joe's Story
This ought to be the end of the
story-but it isn't. On September
IA, Joe wrote his commanding of
ficer letter from the General
Hospital in California where he is
recovering. Joe said in that letter
Il thought I'd drop you line
and let you know that I'm getting
along fine. / was the one thai
was bayonetted by the Japs Feb
ruary 10, but Pm pretty much
alive. / remember the day yot
: came in to see me and pinned th'
} Purple Heart and Oak Leaf Clus
5 ter on my pillow. ] was in prett!
: bad shape then, but I'm in goot
| shape now. | will be at the hos
| pital for another month or tw'
7 before | get reassigned again, bu
| won't feel right like when | wa
with my outfit. If there is an.
r way you could get me back, lie
me know. The 37th is the outfit
i | want to get back in. Joe Spag
nolia."
!. Won't you think about Joe wheI
e you are asked to buy anothe
$ bond? Joe has already given NOR
/ than most of us will ever have t
e give =. and he asked for chanc
: to fight again with the 37th Di
t vision. Can any of US afford t
fail in our duty when men like 10
spagnolia fight, and want to figh
a again, for us?
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This story begins last February
Ia :. Valentine Day at home, but
out in the Pacific jungIes it was
just another day Of hard work, of
mud and discomfort plus a grow
ing tension-a tension because the
Japanese were concentrating for
their fanatical assault against our
lines which began three weeks
later.
Valentine Day Attack
On this Valentine Day the 37th
was ordered to establish an adj
vance observation point 5000 yards
in front of our main lines. An
outpost was wanted there which
could warn us when the japanese
began moving in. So a reinforced
platoon was sent out to set up the
post. One of the members of that
platoon was Private First Glass
Joe Spagnolia.
Joe, and another soldier, were
out in front of the platoon, which
was moving in a long file through
the thick, wet jungle-following
a meandering old native trail only
a couple of feet away. Although
the sun was shining overhead, the
thick vegetation dimmed its light
so that they walked in a semi
twilight, peering carefully ahead
and moving as quietly as they
could. They were in enemy coun-
try and our last outpost was sew
eral thousand yards behind them.
Anywhere along this trail there
could be an ambush.
Enemy Guns Open Up
. There was an ambush an
enemy machine gun set up ahead
of them to sweep the narrow trail
1t was so completely hidden in
the underground that Joe and his
buddy had no notion it was there
until they heard its ugly, coughing
rattle One of the first bullets
ripped through Joe's leg, knocking
him down on his face. Two others
got his buddy and another soldier
following behind them. 1t killed
both of these soldiers instantly.
Joe had the presence of mind to
lie there on his face while the
bullets whistled over him. After
awhile the shooting stopped. Joe
looked around cautiously. His pla-
toon had been driven back and he
and his two dead comrades lay
together in the trail. Drawing his
right foot up under him, he pain.
fully pushed himself into the thick
bush along the trail. Then he
fixed his leg with his first-aiC
bandage and swallowed a few sui
phanilamide tablets.
It was late afternoon when Joe
was hit, and darkness comes quick
ly in the jungle. There was M
sign of the Japs, and none of his
buddies. Joe didn't panic. He fig
ured someone would be back ant
the best thing he could do woulC
be to wait where he was and tr,
to sleep bit
Joe Waits For Death
Later Joe awoke. 1t was cleai
moonlight, and some light filtered
down through the iungle-enougI
so that he could see the trail an,
his dead comrades lying out there
He decided to crawl back TO tn
trail so he'd be there when hi
platoon came back for him. Blu
they didn't come back. They wer
having plenty of trouble them
selves with the Japs. Joe didn'
know that, of course.
Dawn broke and Joe heard some
one coming. lie looked up an
saw party of japanese soldier
coming warily down the trail, bay
onets fixed. Joe said he was reall
scared then. He lay down, pre-
tending he was dead, beside tn
body Of one of his comrades VIII
had been killed. The Japs cam
up md commenced turning tn
bodies over. Joe thought he was
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This Buckeye Soldier Hero Is Worthy
OF All The U.s.. War Bonds You Buy
BY JOHN T. SALTZ
actor, State War Finance Committee
Publicity Director

you haven't purchased extra War Bond in the current
chance, said Couldn't afford it, to
asked will take the two minutes to read about
fellow Ohioans
the of soldier and real American
man who served in he Division
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JESSE IUdhaIII, DyIOH AHutTSOH,
Fred Fritchie. John Diller Elmer
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Ponaio was horn af saaieSianarv mar.
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Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Begg entertain
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! Old turkeys run ABOUT thfee
mound less
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-21
BOY MEETS GIRL

RKO'S new find, Kim Hunter.
met her husband to-be, Capt. Will
liam Baldwin of the Marine Air
Corps, on the set of Tender Com
rade.' She was posing for still pic
lures with Ruth Hussey and the
captain was properly thrilled when
he was introduced to Ruth but re-
marked, Il never heard of Kim
Hunter" Kim overheard him, came
back with, But you will" He did.
Pat O'Brien'S youngsters have
instructions not to telephone their
mother when she is working at the
AWVS, or the treasury office, eX-
cept in an emergency. Other day
daughter Mavourneen dialed the
number and on being told her
mother could not be disturbed, in
sisted: But it's a matter of life
or DEATH" The switchboard oper-
ator Immediately put her through
Little brother Sean was so i'm
pressed that few minutes later
he called and said to the operator
II must speak to my mommy, dead
or alive" Mommy got the call.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-21
Little Change
In Housing
Seen After War

BERKELEY, Cal, Feb. 81. (UP)
Howard Noise, professor of archi-
lecture at the University Of Califor-
mia in Berkeley discounts current
predictions Of postwar housing prof.
ects that dazzle the eyes and stag
ger the imagination, since the i'm
mediate housing boom will be toe
hasty to permit many drastic chang
es at first.
Of course immediate interest, he
claims, is the utilizing of already
existing materials and technical
knowledge to make life generally
more comfortable and convenient
He does foresee that plastic bath
rooms and kitchens will be avail
able right away.
First president of the California
Housing and Planning Assn, Pro-
fessor Noise is practicing archi-
tect, in addition to conducting
courses at the Berkeley campus.
"Packaged" houses of plyWood
will rapidly become popular. he in
dicateS, but prefabricated housing
may be handicapped either by the
public'S attitude, or by what manu-
facturers interpret as public taste
He fears that such homes will not
be well designed. but sentimental
copies of such styles as the Cape
Cod cottage
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-21
Two Candidates
File For
CONGRESS Seats
(USMC Photo From NEA)

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 81 CUP)-
Two candidates for congress and
five for the state assembly have
filed preliminary papers with Sec
retary of State Frank M. Jordan.
Clair Engle CDerl., Red Bluff
who has represented the Second
district since a special election last
August, filed a declaration of can
didacy and paid filing fees for
nomination at the May 16 primary
on both Republican and Democrat
ic tickets.
Harry COlombat. San Francisco,
aretired trimming manufacturer,
filed q declarat ton of Republican
candidacy for congress from the
Fourth district, now represented by
Thomas Rolph of San Francisco
q Republican.
w. Melville Holden, a Republic
an attorney filed on both tickets
for assemblyman from the Twen-
ty-fifth district The district is rep
resented by Gerald P Haggerty
Democrat, San Francisco), who
also declared he would be a candi-
date for both major party nomina-
tions.
Assemblyman Edward F. ODay
Democrat, San Francisco, filed
for nomination on both tickets fol
the TWenty-fourth assembly dis.
trict, as did Thomas A. Maloney
Republican, San Francisco), from
the Twentieth district.
Assemblyman Don A. Allen Dem.
ocrat Los Angeles. filed for nomi.
nation en- the Democratic ticke
from the SiXty-third district.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-21
School Children
Suffer in
Teacher Dearfh

WASHINGTON, Feb. 81. CUP)-
More than 100000 American school
children are being taught by sub
standard instructors.
Since Pearl Harbor 100000 teach
ers have gone into the armed
forces or war factories. Last year
10000 teachers were new at their
jobs. This year the newcomers will
total about 10000.
AS the situation was described by
Willard f. GiVens, executive secre-
tary of the National Education as
sociation, mot only is the crisis
unabated, prospects for the future
age far from bright"
N. E. A. has just completed a
survey Of 1,590 school systems. 1t
found that:
While the success of a democ-
racy depends on an enlightened
citizenry, the structure Of the
A m erie n educational system
which forms future citizens-is
threatened.
The N. e. A. blamed low teachers
salaries more than any other fac
tor
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-21
Report Sets Out
OIL Reserves

NEW YORK, Feb. 81. CUP-
proved reserves OF crude oil in the
United States amounted to 2O,o64 :
l3z'o0J barrels at the close of 1913.
the American Petroleum institute
reported Sunday night as it ridi-
culed, by implication at least sue-
2eStlons that this nation is in dam
ger OF depicting its petroleum re-
serves within the next few years.
The report-made to the A. p. 7
by its committee on petroleum re-
serves, OF which j. Edgar Pew. vice
president of the Sun Oil company,
Philadelphia, is chairman = de-
clared that the "oil industry
Will be able to meet this nation s
requirements for oil products
Tor many generations to come.
During 1943, the committee said
proved reserves declined by lS,641,-
eco barrels. However, the figure OF
Z0,064, ,l52 GOO for the close of 1943
was greater than at any of the six
year-cnds prior to 1912 for which
figures were available.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-21
Farmer Boasts
Many Old
Dinner Gongs

A1LERTON, Ia, Feb. 81. (UP)-
The old dinner bell that once was
a landmark in every farmers yard,
has given way to the march Of
progress, but one Iowa farmer has
a collection OF bells in his yard that
has drawn hundreds of tourists.
w. o. DeSilva, rs, is not going to
let The dinner bell pass from sight
altogether. His collection consists
Of 20 Of the big bells, and many
other coWbells and hand bells.
There's something mighty honey
about a dinner bell" De Silva said.
And they can come in mighty
handy, too"
He knows the musical note of
each bell and has them arranged
SO that tunes may be played on them
by striking them with a stick.
You've got to bob around pretty
fast to do it, he said. Il don't do
1t so well, but l have a grandson
who plays them real Well-such
songs as Nearer My God to Thee.
Sweet Hour of Prayer and the old
church songs"
All OF the bells came from nearby
farms. Bells that De Silva has
heard most Of his life. He has lived
in the same neighborhood ever since
MS family came in an ox-drawn
wagon to that community in 1870
from Dodgeville, Wis.
Rope controls run from the bells
TO the back door and two people can
ring them all at one time.
He has been gathering the bells
for so years and all of them were
given to him.
De Silva and his wife live in a
small house with but one door
the back door. Il feel that is en-
ough for any house." he said. The
barn has been turned into a mu-
scum containing a collection of
pioneer farming implements and
household articles.
The neighbors as far as three
miles away often hear De Silva ring
ing his bells. New Years he and his
Vile stayed up until midnight and
rang all the bells for Is minutes.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-21

Hollywood has named its best
candidates for Oscars in this years
10th annual voting of the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sci
ences, and today we're going %
stock out our next and tell you
who will pick up the blue chips on
March 2. Here are the final re-
suits as we see them:
The best motion picture of the
year-"The Song of Bernadette."
The best feminine performance
of the year-Jennifer Jones in
The Song of Bernadette." The
best male performance of the year
Walter Pidgeon in Madame
Curie.'
The best performance by an ac-
tress in a supporting role-Katina
Paxinou as Pillar in For Whom
the Bell Tolls" The best perform
ance by an actor in supporting
role-Akim Tamiroff as Pablo in
For Whom the Bell Tolls"
The best direction of the year
Henry King for The Song Of
Bernadette."
Maybe we're wrong-but it's oul
neck.
Any time you can get Bob Hope
to clown around with a 400-pound
bear something's bound to happen
Even if the bruin is trained and
docile as kitten. Paramount
dreamed up the idea for a scene il
The Road to Utopia" Seems Hope
mistakes the critter for Dorothy
Lamour, who has been wearing {
bearskin coat. The scene take
place in a darkened cabin and Hope
thinks the bear is Dorothy.
Why didn't they just drop my
option" moaned Hope as he started
to film the scene. When the bear
growled, Hope looked forlornly al
| Director Hal Walker and said, This
is the way they weed out stock
players at Paramount" And Wher
the bear lightly cuffed him on the
arm. Hope cracked: I'm glad we
have direct line to the county
morgue" They finally got the
scene-and some of the years best
ad libbing.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-21
ODT Chief Pleads
For Cos Sovinqs

WASHINGTON, Feb. 81. UP)-
Transportation Director Joseph 3.
Eastman Monday renewed his ap-
peal to the American people to
hold the line" against conventions,
trade shows and other gatherings.
Il must ask, as l have asked
before, tn a t meetings involving
travel not be held unless the re-
sponsible officers of the organiza-
tions concerned are Thoroughly
convinced that the meetings will
help to shorten the war" Eastman
said in statement.
Many organizations have re-
sponded patriotically and called off
their scheduled meetings. MANY
others have not. And largely be-
cause others have not Cancelled
their conventions, some organiza-
tions which originally gave us their
cooperation have felt they could
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-21

not continue to conform with our
convention policy"
Eastman pointed out that the
Office Of Transportation cannot
forbid the holding Of conventions
because the right OF assembly is
protected by the Constitution. But.
he added, the next few months
will be critical for the transporta-
ton system and organizations and
other groups can give the greatest
help =. by canceling their conven-
tions and meetings and thus light
ening the travel load"
"Those organizations which all
ready have postponed their conven-
tions until after the war have. bv
their leadership made a real con-
tribution to the winning of the war
and they can take deserved pride in
their action Eastman said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-21
HOLLYWOOD
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON

minds of moviegoers. Mowbray, Q
very versatile gent, has played l6o
r1les in pictures but only five were
buffers.
He's played George Washington.
ead Metternich. the premier OF
Austria. He's played the Grand
Duke Of Russia. the King of Eng
and. De Sarnac of France and i,
Roman senator A week after play.
ing Vivien Leighs husband in n
film, he went to another studio and
played an American Legionnaire in
e. tWo-reel comedy called "F'rencfr
Fried Patootie" in which ne played
eWo scenes with a monkey and got
lit in the face with a custard pie.
Alan isn't worried about being
yped, yet to moviegoers. he's Il
sutler Sometimes. he admits. Il
worries him. ~.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-21
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Established April 20, 1901.
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Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-21
MAPLE TREES HOLD LEAVES

OAKFIELD, Me, Feb. q CUP)-
Winter visitors to Oakfield rub
their eyes IN amazement to see
maple trees laden with golden
leaves, but old residents aren't
surprised at all. The leaves on the
rare winter NAPLES, planted 81
years ago on the farm cf Alton f.
Tarbell, stick until spring, regard
less of the intensity Of winter gales
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-21

CHUNGKING Feb 81. CUP)-A
7-yearold boy, revered by the orr
entail world as the tenth reincarna-
ticn of Panchan Lama, the Martin
Luther of Lamaism who lived ir
the Fifteenth century, was en-
throned in the gold-tiled courtyard
Of the remote Tarihshu monastery
near Kokonor Feb. g, while 100000
of his followers prostrated them
selves before him, it was revealed
today.
In ceremonies which made him
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-21
COPS BEEN Doc IL TIMES

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 81. CUP)-
Patrolman Samuel Van Glider stud
led medicine for IA months before
he decided to join the Philadelphia
police force. His fellow patrolmen
say it's a good thing. During his 81
years on the force he has officiated
at II emergency births. His nick
name at the station house is-you
have guessed it-"Doc."
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-21
WiDENER CUP SOLD

ELKINS PARK, Pa, Feb. 81. (UP)
-LynneWood Farm, scene of many
outstanding hunt meets in the Phil
adelphia area, has been sold by the
P.AaB. Widener estate for postwar
development as residential prof.
ect. The 220-acre tract adjoins the
Widener mansion, Lynnewood Hall.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-21
PIE CRUST COSTS HIM $40

NEW ALBANY. Ind, Feb. 81.
(UP)-The pie crust proved TO be
too tough for Perry Berg-so the
judge fined him $40 and COST for
intoXication. The crust, a restuar-
ant proprietor said, was the paper
plate Berg was consuming along
with the pie.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-21
Ldnuisnn Creets
Bow leader

absolute spiritual ruler of Tibetans,
the youth wore a peaked, yellow
silk hat two feet high and was
sWathed in a matching Tibetan
ceremonial robe He carried a budd-
hist string of 100 pearls from the
Persian gulf.
He represented the latest de-
Velopment in reincarnation sys-
TEN which has been recognized by
'IibetanS for over SEQ years. His
title, Panchan Lama, means great
pearls of highest wisdom"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-21

At meeting of the u Victory Campaign
high ranking military
ing fighting supplied with declared that
waste collections would have Immediately
25 cent to meet and Navy inspecting
materials made of Cleft right Edwin Friendly
chairman Of the Campaign Committee; Lieut. Gen. Brehon
Somerv chief of Army supples Donald Nelson Chairman
the War Production and Rear Harry Brnser
inspector of material General fibre helmet
and Mr. Nelson blood pasa conaner two Of thousands Of
war items made possible by waste paper
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-21
Wanted! Men and
Women Who Are
Hard of Hearing

70 make this simple. no risk hearing
test If you are temporarily deafened,
bothered by ringing buzzing head noises
due 10 hardened or coagulated war (ceru-
mem, try the Ourinc Home Method test
that so many say has enabled them to
hear well again. You must hear better
after making this simple test or you get
your money back at once. Ask about
Ourine Ear Drops today at Clements and
drug stores everywhere.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-21

threatening the boss, the council
said, comes from his habit of tilt
ing back his chair while debating
The boss will last longer if he
doesn't tempt the law of gravity
with such tip-tilted thinking the
council said
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-21
INDIAN, Ill, HAS OPERATION

JEFFERSON, Me, Feb. 2l. (UP)-
Joe Voice, l11-year-old Iroquois
Indian, is convalescing satisfactorily
after undergoing an operation at
an Augusta hospital. Surgeons used
/ spinal anesthetic.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-21
LIONS DO GOOD DEEDS

CHARLOTTE, N. c., Feb. 81. CUP)
j. L. Stickley, Charlotte, said that
felloW-members of the Charlotte
Lions Clubs have helped persons
With defective eyes at a rate of one
every 80 hours.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-21
BUTLER TYPE

Ask almost anyone about Alan
Mowbray and they'll say, "Oh, yes,
he plays those funny buffers on the
screen" It's strange the way one or
two roles will type an actor in the
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-21
Office MishaPs
Stir Warning

CHICAGO, Feb. 81. (UP)-A sur
vey by the National Safety Council
has revealed the American office to
be "a dangerous nest of accident
pitfalls that have no interest in pro-
tecting the working girl
THE ordinary office seems like &
chamber of horrors" the council
said, when some of the accident:
are listed"
For instance, the council warned
! Of:
Light fixtures falling on the
heads of unsuspecting workers.
Office girls walking through un-
marked panels on closed doors be-
cause the panels were so clean the
doors appeared open.
BROKEN WRISTS
Broken wrists from swinging the
arms against desks while walking
bristkly down the aisle
Insulating tile falling from CELL
ings.
Serious puncture wounds in the
demonstrations (because the Sec
retary forgot to take the pencil
out of her poCket)
GaShed legs and ankles from
humping into splintered desks and
tripping over open doors. (The
council added parenthetically that
! this hazard formerly affected ny
Ion stockings, too, but the war took
care of that
FALLING CABINETS
Among the other hazards enum-
Grated were bruises for falling fill
ing cabinets, electric shock from
improperly grounded typewriters and
monographs, corridor collisions,
dermatitis from duplicating mate
rials and eye injuries from snap
ping rubber bands.
Pins, paper clips and shears are
dangerous, too, unless properly han
died.
The most significant danger