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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-03

school riding on his bus eleven
years ago will graduate next spring.
You may recall the wet summer
of last year when a lot of self
annointed weather prophets gravely
proclaimed that the unusually wet
spell was a direct result of the war
in Europe and the Pacific. Well, the
war still continues but where's the
rain-we surely could use some of
it this year.
George Carmack, Bluffton motion
picture theatre operator can vouch
for the fact that there are still
some honest folks in the world.
Other day George received two dimes
in a letter with note saying
please accept this twenty cents. We
made a mistake at the show. Sim
cerely, A Patron.
And speaking of receiving money
by mail we received a subscription
renewal Monday from Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Gratz of Allen, Mich, former
Bluffton residents and longtime
subscribers of the Bluffton News.
They say they can't get along with
out the home paper.
Radio tubes-used ones-are more
valuable than money to radio repair
men in this area who are doing a
brisk business in exchanging tubes.
What happens is that Repairman A
contacts Repairman b and the two
compare inventories each exchang-
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PAGE SEVEN

ing his surplus for others which he
may need. No money changes
hands because tubes are so scarce
they are not for sale. the owner
demanding tubes OF other types in
return.
Karol Lynn Van Vlack, of Downey,
Calf, seven year old great grand
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Gar
linger, recently entertained with two
violin numbers on a program for
swing shift workers Of the Douglas
Aircraft plant at Long Beach,
Calf. Karors father is an inspector
at the Douglas plant and her mother
the former Bernadine Blymyer, is
a granddaughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Garlinger of this place.
That stranger you saw on the
streets the past week was probably
Levi Balmer aged so, of Salem,
Oregon, one of the natives of early
Bluffton. His father, John Balmer
was one of the first stone masons
here. Levi was Buttons newsboy
back in 1871 at the time of the
Chicago fire. Reminiscing he recall
ed playing croquet on the spot now
occupied by the Hauenstein drug
story at Main and Cherry street,
driving Hi Waltz's cows down Main
street to pasture and helping Dick
Cunningham in the News office. He
was also janitor of the Presbyterian
church until he failed to dust the
pews and lost his job.
And here's a strange coincidence
AS Balmer was seated on Dode
Murray's porch the other day, the
conversation drifted to William
| (Dean) Hall, another Bluffton old
timer. Dode said he presumed that
Hall was dead as he had not heard
from him for long time-just then
Mail Carrier Wilbur Potee came up
on the porch and handed Murray
letter from Dean Hall, now living
in st. Louis and hale and hearty at
SO. Halls letter mentioned Elmer
Hilty, aged about 65, native of the
Settlement and later living in Pan
dora who now lives i'm st. Louis
where he is a prosperous owner of
large filling station and tire re-
pair establishment.
And congratulations to Mr.. and
Mrs. Murray who had their 55th
wedding anniversary last Friday.
They were married in 1889 by Rev.
T. P. Johnson, pastor of the Church
of Christ in the early days. Mr..
and Mrs. Murray are said to be the
oldest couple living here who We're
married in Bluffton.
And while we're on the subject of
condolences, here's one that Joe
Stage handed us the other day that
should prove interesting to say the
| least:
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-03
Buried Shot

Exactly 200 years ago the men
who fight at sea were praising ma
hogany for its "durableness, re-
sisting gun shot and burying the shot
without splintering."
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-03

After the ground is frozen Is the
time to apply mulch to the straw
berry patch. The mulch prevents
alternate freezing and thawing of
the surface soil which heaves some
plants out of the ground and serious
ly Injuries roots of others.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-03

CHAPTER XIV: An American sub
gneaks through from Corregidor with IA
passengers aboard. Sergt Boone. the
gunner, tells how Queens die.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-03

ing his surplus for others which he
may need. No money changes
hands because tubes are so scarce
they are not for sale. the owner
demanding tubes OF other types in
return.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-03

And while we're on the subject of
condolences, here's one that Joe
Stage handed us the other day that
should prove interesting to say the
least:
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-03

CHAPTER XIII: A Jap transport hit
by u. S. bomb. goes up in confetti. Lieut..
Kurtz, now In Batavia, gets word that
P-40s are on way from Australia with
belly tanks. The P-40's arrive at Gnoro
Japs move into Borneo and the Celebes,
ard three waves of Jap bombers fly over
Java.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-03

CHAPTER XVII: Morale sags when
boys learn that an aircraft tender stacked
with P-40's goes down with all on board
and the story of the Marblehead and the
Houston gets around. Bud Sprague gets
his commission as Lieut.. Col in the
morning; rides to his death in a dive
bomber in the afternoon. Japs take Bali
field Java begins to cave in.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-03

CHAPTER XIV: Java sea now full OF
Jap carriers. continues Lieut. Kurtz. Japs
lombard helpless Dutch town Scant
Dutch rations described Japs come
over and blow up the kitchen; bomb
scores a direct hit on their supply of beer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-03

CHAPTER XVI: Japs learn weakness
of model Fortress, and U. S. fiiers put
in a 50-caliber machine gun. Attack
Jap cruiser. Lieut.. Kurtz senses he Is
being watched.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-03

CHAPTER X: One of Kurtz' motors II
direct hit on cruiser. Losing altitude
fast. Tries to make MaIang Field on
Java, but changes mind and heads for
Surahaya Field. Sets her down safely on
short runway. Dutch get reinforcements
from u. S.-new Z model Forts.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-03

their ammunition dumps and the order
comes through to evacuate. Some of
the boys head for Australia. as Java
begins collapsing all around. The little
Dutch navy fights losing fight
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-03

CHAPTER IX: Bombardier says they
had caught Japs fiatfooted. At Malang
Field boys are briefed before dawn,
told about big concentration of Jap ships
NE. of Borneo. They take off but hit
q frightful fog. Cannot see plane right
ahead. Coming out of fog they see q
huge black cloud resembling tornado 1t
was the Dutch burning their Borneo oil.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-03

CHAPTER XII: Lieut.. Kurtz tells of
bombing run on cruiser Two hits scored
Major Robinson radios to Skiles: Radio
base at Malang to have ambulance
ready" Then Major Robinsons plane
goes into a dive and crashes into sea.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-03

CHAPTER VIII: u. S. fiers arrive at
the Dutch field. and shortly after start
on flight for Davao, In the Philippines,
but run short OF gas and come home.
Davao, but fail to make target. On third
trip over, KurtZ sees tremendous concen-
tration Of ships, makes bomb run. Jap
fighters come up. Bombs awayi"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-03

CHAPTER II: Bombardier tells OF
hazardous trip to Brazil when running
low on gas; ana OF sapolage on planes.
model Fortresses tangled with the Japs
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-03

CHAPTER VI: Navigator Harry
Schreiber tells of a fight with Zeros In
which Shorty Wheless takes part. He
lands In a rice paddy and is surrounded
by Filipinos. The crew buys an outrigger
canoe and sail to the isle of Panay. Later
they take off for Australia.
Evening star., 1944-03-03

bug sailor from Brooklyn (Bendix)
an English seaman Hume Cronyn) /,
a lovelorn American nurse (Mary
Anderson) and an economic royalist.
played by Henry Hull. There is also
a Negro cook Canada Lee), a mad
little Englishwoman, her dead baby
and. finally, the group is completed
by the addition Of the U-boat cap
tain himself (Walter Slezak).
Through this assortment Of char
acters Mr.. Hitchcock finds many
things to say
The aggregate message is that
the Americans aboard are sadly
disorganized lot. They have no no
tion Of what to do, they are torn
by class disdain and distrusts. The
dark, bitter seaman finds the sveltt
camerawoman the epitome Of the
repulsive heartlessness he associates
with mink and sickness. His
tattooed body strikes her as primi-
tive flamboyance that is going to
be hard to live with. The bearded
economic royalist looks aloofly al
the lot of them, as successful
executive deems it his duty to take
over the command of the boat
Only, the Brooklyn jitterbug lat
who has been wounded by a piec,
of sharpnel, the mouselike nurs'
and the quiet English sailor main
tain their amiability.
While these sons and daughters
Of democracy are carrying on thei,
Evening star., 1944-03-03

'Lifeboat," the current attraction
at the Capitol Theater, has aroused
the dudgeon of Dorothy Thompson
and several Fother persons with a
proneness to ofdudgeon. The overage
moviegoer, however, will accept 1t
as an exciting screenplay in which
Director Alfred Hitchcock gives an
other fine illustration Of his highly
developed trick Of suspenseful story
telling. In fact, In a space no larger
than a lifeboat, the corpulent Eng
lish director tells one Of the most
searching and thrilling stories Of
the war. His camera never leaves
the boat in which the most prom
inent passengers are Tallulah Bank
head, William Bendix and John
Kodiak, but his picture has q scope
and tensity that few others have
approached.
"Lifeboat," which John Steinbeck
wrote and subsequently disowned
when he disagreed with Hitchcock's
sense Of it, Is the story of group Of
people whose ship has been shot
from under them by a German
U-boat. It is sort OF X-ray of
them, individually and collectively,
and while the result is rarely fiat
tering, 1t is always engrossingly
dramatic. Other people in other
lifeboats might look much more
attractive, but making them look
that way was not Mr.. HIS notion.
1t Is entirely consistent with his
previous conception of humans as
considerably less than godlike.
although not unaffecting in their
variously tawdry ways.
X 4 X
First person to pop up in the life
boat floating on the wreckage-
strewn surface is Miss Bankhead.
A news camerawoman, she is a top
notcher who can afford mink and
that lacquered appearance which
mask emptiness and disillusionment
so well. She is Joined gradually by
such others as Hitchcock's story
sense demands. There is the bitter,
socially conscious merchant seaman
(Hodiak), the simple-ninded litter
Evening star., 1944-03-03

the bewilderments, the selfishnesses
as food and wather diminish. He
has worked up terrific storm as
q proper climax for the dark, tenn
pestous confusion which is destined
to give dominance to the villainous
German. He has worked anger,
bitterness, contempt and wistful
hurnor into the pattern Of the
dialogue which gives the story a
sense Of action and movement that
always are engrossing.
He has been able to do this be-
Evening star., 1944-03-03
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Stage.
National l-"Jacobowsky and the
Colonel: $3.50 pm.
Screen.
Capitol "Iifeboat":: IL am, 1:45,
4:3O, 7:15 and 10 pm. Stage show
ITO, 1855, 6:4o and 9:25 pm.
Columbia - standing Room
Only: II am, los, 3:15, $40, TBS
and 9:35 pm.
Earle-"In Our Time: II am,
1:45, 4:30, tbs and 1905 pm. Stage
show: l, 3:45, 6:35 and 9:20 pm.
Keith's-"Tender Comrade": II: IS
am, 2:20, 4:45, 7:10 and 9:35 pm.
Little-"Heart of a Nation: II
am, lis, 3:20. 5:25, 7:30 and 9:4o
pm.
Metropolitan-"Where Are Our
Children: 1850 am, 1:5O, $50,
5:45, 7:45 and 9:45 pm.
Palace "A Guy Named joe:
11:30 am. 2, 4:35, 7:05 and $40 pm.
Pix-"Dr. Cyclops": sos, $50, 7:55
and 1920 pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts:
Continuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1944-03-03

"LHEBOAT." goth Century-Fox produc-
ton starring Tallulah Bankhead and
MCGOWAN. directed BY Alfred Hitchcock,
screenplay by 10 Swerling. At the
Evening star., 1944-03-03
Metro NoW Goes Metabbysical;'
"Lifeboat" ON Cabitol Screen
BY JAY CARMoDY.

"a GUY NAMED JOE" M-G-M produc-
ton, starring Irene Dunno and Spencer
Tracy, directed by Victor Fleming, screen
play by Dalto Trumbo. adapted by Fred
erick Hazlitt Brennan, At the Palace.
Evening star., 1944-03-03
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, DC. ALL


flashes Of comedy, but neither hs
nor the others among the males
has anything like the part which
Slezak finds in the German U-boat
captain, the years darkest villain.
So small q stage as that In
"Lifeboat" has seldom held . moro
grim and gripping story.
Evening star., 1944-03-03

cause he has obtained his usual
high quality Of acting. Miss Bank
head never has done so well on
the screen, nor has Kodiak been
given a better role than that of
the lusty seaman with the deep
sense Of injustice. Bendix it Is
who gives the picture its rare
Evening star., 1944-03-03

feuds and revealing their planless-
ness. the German sits around with
bright, beady eyes waiting. He
has won his hrst brush with the
group when their angry impulse
to kill him for sinking their boat
is overcome by their moral obliga-
ton to regard him as prisoner.
He Is destined to win others, the
first when he operates on the
wounded simpleton played by Ben
dix, the last and greatest one when
his U-boat commanders training
patiently makes him the best one
qualified to take over the boat.
These are grim doings and
Hitchcock rarely bothers to inter-
sperse them with those quick,
sardonic comedy touches or flashes
Of romantic sentiment which have
been part of his formula previously
He has adhered rather to the
emotions that are plausible to his
situation, the quick, sharp angers
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-02
VICTORY GARDENS

10 YOUR PART millions of victory
gardeners needed AZ once garden
plots Sg7 earD. S25 du 50 per mo.
no interest charged. can arrange for
plowins act nov Newman, 1862
psno.scoi Bldg Oh 1900
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-02
ALWAYS AVAILABLE

ALWAYS AkAiLAhLE
The finest and most complete Real
Estate ard Insurance Service. Hhetn-
or buying or selling, you cannot af-
ford anything but me best Expert
snceG representatives. 10 serye you.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-02
ELECTRIC WASHER SERVICE
SEWING MACHINES

SINGER sewing machine. S14.5 so.
1922 NOrwood wear Nevada
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-02
ApARrMrNr PROP. ron SALE

HART. i2Os- a-family. brick $1,000
yearly gross owner leaving city.
Make offer
LKKEPoINTE REALTY, III 1000
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-02
LILLE rARMs FoR SALE

FoRp and Canton Center roads
Ten 3-acre parcels. plowed, ready
for planting fertile SOL i0T down.
I.o~ taxes s c. Hsdley. Inc. ca
Gp6D JN 1870
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-02

SANTA ROSA. ". OF e-MlLE
B-5. brick; oil heat; vacant Ready
20 move In. Newly painted. Only
81, 500. UN i-f3O0.
FINER NJ CLARK
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-02
REAL ESTATE WANTED

Al c0lored caAh buyers WAiting'
CRUTCHER REAL ESTATE
tTsg McOfaw, at Warren. TY b-53Ss
a BETTER CASH DEAL FOR
Any East Side Property
NAVE a. MUSETTI
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-02
VACANT LOTS ron SALE

BUY state owned properties. See
your real estate broker.
DEED 20 lot sOxi35 for SOS. near
paved road several available. owner,
CA 4f23.
-. -. =. 60. -
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-02

C0LORED--V Victory gardens. Buy
land now: build after the war. Safest
investment: 500 gives deed. ~ Mile
and Gratio,. Address Box B-3s.
Detroit Times 81
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-02
PERSONALS

HAIR RxMovED Psrmanentiy-Eisc-
arolysn 20 hour; An soas Aus''
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-02
HANNAH REAL ESTATE

MARGARET OAKLAND Sect. BIT:
Briekots; wide lot; good garden
space. So. 500. 500 dn. Balance less
than rent. nv 1881. Sargent. $40
r. STATE Fair.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-01-25
New Federal
Reserve Rule
Is Opposed

Washington. Jan. - (AP) A
Federal Reserve regulation forbid
ding member banks to absorb c~-
change charges is just one moro
way OF saying private business
should cease. X. p. Holding, o.:
SmlthiiCld. \. C.. asserted today be-
FOR u House committee.
Holding. president of the FRS.
Citizens Bank & Trust Go. OF Smith
field, with % branches and dcpos-
IFS aggrCgating some SGO.OOO 900 a.
the close of 1913, said tho nov reg
ulation appears 10 be blow at
the private banking system and one
calculated 10 lead tu clearance
through the Federal Reserve syS-
tenn"
He expressed belief that Federal
Reserve member banks have not
been injured TO any extent by the
exchange absorption practice prior
10 the issuance last fail of rCgu-
lailOn against il.
Holding was questioned closely
by Representative Crawford (Nich..
RI as to whether passage by Con
grCSs of bill 10 permit exchange
absorption would be fair To- other
North Carolina banks which arc
members of the reserve system or
which clear checks on out of town
banks al par.
Holding explained that member
banks enjoy some advantages such
as getting free currency shipments
ana Dilee telesraphic money trans
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-01-25
Sensation In
Argentine Is
Looked For

M"nicvidco. Uruguay. Jan. Is
tNID-DiplomatS here said scnSa-
l"nal announcement is expected TO
bc made today i'm BucnoS Aires
WI'h strong possibility il would
bc formal declaration by Argentina
breaking relations with the axis
countries.
such decision oStCnsibly would
DC based upon discovery of pro-
AXIS espionage ring which led Ia az
resi- oi an Argentine consul by Bri-
.iSh authorities at Trinidad. author
native sources said. They express
ca belief Secretary Hull had re-
trained yesterday from mentioning :
argentina in connection with the
b"ilvian coup d'ctat, because Ar
Ecntina had advised the United
H,atcS ambassador of her contcm-
plated Stcp.
Nrgcntina's Foreign Minister Al
ncr'n Gilbert told correspondents at
hucnos Aires yesterday that he
would have important news" to-
day.
INC foreign minister also disClos-
CO.. That Adrian G. Escobar Argcn-
INC ambassador 10 the United
:nn,a'eS. would leave for Washington
thursday after lengthy delay
s'hce his appointment.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-01-25
Britain Not
To Recognize
New Bolivia.

London. Jan. 25-(APO-Dritain
joined the United States today in
refusing 10 recognize the new GOV
crnmcnt of Bolivia. Foreign Sccrc-
tary Anthony Eden told Commons
he believed the coup in that coun-
try had been aided by German
agents.
Eden said the British government
was lin step with the United
States in respect both TO diplomatic
recognition and economic action and
added that the British minsitcr-dcs-
ignatc to LII Paz would not proceed
TO his post.
The u. s. policy of non-rccogni-
tiCn of the Bolivian revolutionary
Junta headed by Major Gualbcrto
VillarrOcl was announced last night.
Several other nations in the west
Crn hemisphere -- Uruguay. Cuba.
Venezuela. Brazil. Peru. Guatemala
and The Dominican Rcpublic-havc
announced similar action and others
arc expected TO join in The stand.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-01-25
Murray Says
Living Costs
Up SO Percent

Washington. Jan. - - (Apl -
Philip MUIR y. prcS!dcn; OF the Com
SrcSS of Industrial Organizations.
told Senate subcommittee !nyCs-
i!gatmg the economic problems of
white collar workers today that living
costs have increased Approximately
30 percent since January 1911.
Murray said his headquar:crs
would issue formal report Later in
the day 10 dispute estimates by the
Bureau Of Labo! Statistics showing
an increase of 23.i percent from Jan
uary 1871 10 November 1913.
"Thc cost OF living survey al the
Go, 10 be submitted this afternoon
10 the cost 0f living committee. "AIu.-
ray testified. will show most shock
ing revelations"
He asserted that the governments
wage policy must be adjusted to ai-
low Tor the increase in the cost OF
living in accordance with the staDil-
lz"tlor act of October >. ,942."
This j. Tor the benefit of indus
trdl workers. white collar WORKERS.
government employees. ana all If
the people of the country because /.
assures continued. uninterrupted, and
maximum production"
Instead oi a 23.I percent increase.
he reiterated. the Go Surycv show
more ;hau double that amount.
"i' will indicate the deceit pgar-
'tccd IN tho Bureau of Labor Stats.
tics figures Murray asserted.
we have discovered the average
housewife IN filling her BASKET with
iruI and MAINTAINING hen. h,rischrII
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-01-25
Rail Line
To Vitebsk
Threatened
Frantic Battles to
Avoid Encirclement
Of 250,OOC Germans

Moscow, Jan % - (AP) -
With armOrcd trains, Soviet
armies Of the Leningrad front
pushed the Germans down the
Leningrad-Nitebsk railway to-
day as the NaZiS fought fran
tically to avoid great cncircle,
mentS from the sector south of
captured PuShkin (TSarkoyc
iSeiO) to positions in the area of
ShlmSk at the western corner
of Lake linen.
The Russians big monsters of The
rails were pouring heavy saIvGS into
the rctrCalinG NaZIs. Red Star, the
army newspaper said.
II appeared the Germans were
faced with one OF their worst caias
trophies of the Russian campaign,
with large forces Of divisional
strength desperately fighting off
oulilanking NOV en- e ntS. which
threatened To cut off an estimated
25O,G00 troops between Lcuingrad
and the NoikhOv.
The Germans hold only two us
able north-South railways, the Len
ingrad-NitcbSk and the Lening"ad-
PSkov lines. The Russians are with
in five miles CT the first line and
the second is ten miles farther west.
Red Star reported the big Push
kin airport is in Soviet hands.
a front line dispatch SAID the Rcd
army is capturing many villages by
night. then outilank and attacking
frontally the bigger obicctivcs in
daylight with ski troops armed with
tommy guns leading the way but
dy roads. There are terrific bat
ties along The roads.
The total of captured 305-mm
guns has risen 10 100. which means
the bulk Of the German big guns
which shclIcd Lcningrad for two
years now are in Russian hands.
StormOvik bombcrS were Continu-
ing TO do great damage to the re-
treating columns. Rcd Star report
cd. adding that the Lcningrad o.
fcnsivc has been probably the Stor-
movikS' most striking victory of the
war.
Dispatches Indicated increasing
disorganizaticn and panic among the
German forces. Numerous staff
documents have been seized and
sleek. powerful cars of high officers
arc lying overturned in the mud
The government newspaper lives
tia declared that the Germans lcav-
ing Pushkin burned GATHERINGS pal
ace after removing all its priceless
furniture to Germany. The Alex
andcT palace also was razcd