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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-10-05
AN ORDINANCE

FIXING SALARIES AND WAGES OF THE
EMPLOYEES OF THE MUNICIPAL ELEC-
TRIO ENERGY AND WATER WORKS
PLANT OF THE VILLAGE OF BLUFFToN.
OHIO, AND REPEATING ALL PREVIOUS
ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT THERE
WITH:
Be it Ordained by the Council of the Viii
lage of Bluffton, County of Allen and State
of Ohio
Section /. That. when there is an emer-
gency, all employees of the Municipal Elec-
trio Energy and Water Works Plant of the
said Village shall be paid for the hours they
required to work over their regular eight
(S) hours day and forty eight t4S) hours
per week.
Section 2. That the rate for extra hours
shall be based upon an hourly rate determined
BY each employees monthly salary and be
payable at the end of each month.
Section 8. That all ordinances or parts of
ordinances inconsistent herewith be. and the
same are hereby repealed and this ordinance
shall be in full force and effect from and
after the earliest period allowed by law.
Passed this End day of October. 1914.
w. A. HOWE,
Mayor.
w. o. GEIGER,
of Cct1ursI
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Sentemher 25. 1919

An added supply of Allen County
war service medals has been received
by the county committee. Soldiers,
sailors. marines who enlisted in Allen
county are eligible to receive them.
Mourned as killed in the Argonne
battle, with his name on the honor roll
of Ohio Northern University at Ada,
a special memorial service held in his
memory, Michael Mazulla has return
ed to his studies in that school. He
was reported killed when he became
separated from others of raiding
party in the Argonne and was unable
to reach the American forces for two
weeks.
William Egly member of the fac
ulty of Bluffton College until he enter
ed into the military service in the
spring of 1918, from which he was dis
charged early this summer, recently
took as his bride Miss Della Lugin-
buhl, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. B. M.
Luginbuhl residing south of Bluffton.
With shortage of sugar imminent
local grocers are conserving the sup
plies and selling only limited amount
to each customer.
Ray Hauenstein who has spent the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-10-05

Plans are now under way for the
annual Homecoming and Parents Day
to be held October IA and -5. Sat
urday's events will begin with the ira
ditional crowning of the queen. An
afternoon event is freshman-Sopho-
more softball game to decide whether
or not freshmen will wear their caps
until Thanksgiving. Perhaps there
will be six-man football game. The
concluding activities will be the ban
quet for students and visitors and a
Thespian play. Elton Beery of Sc
vile, Ohio, is chairman of the COM
mittee for Homecoming Day activities.
On Sunday, Parents Day, will be the
second college Vesper service, with C.
II. Springer as speaker, followed by a
reception for parents in the Mussel-
man Library.
Rev. Russell Mast, pastor of the
Deep Run Mennonite church near Bed
minister, Pennsylvania, and president
of the Eastern District Conference of
Mennonite, is to be chapel speaker on
Thursday, October 5. Rev. Mast is a
graduate of Bluffton college. His wife
was formerly Alma Hilty, of Bluffton.
&**
Miss M'Della Moon and Miss Edna
Ramseyer attended the 125 anniver-
sary of the founding of the Trenton
Mennonite church at Trenton last
Sunday.
Forty-eight are enrolled in the class
in Spanish at the Lima Y. M. c. A.
conducted by Frank Patterson of the
College faculty.
Four Bluffton girls have been Sc
lected for membership in the Girls
Glee club: Margery Niswander, dau-
ghter of DR.. and Mrs. w. M. Mis-
wander; Virginia Geiger, daughter of
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-10-05

tribution of nutritious foods to mil
lions of American families, the COM
pany remains on the alert for de-
velopments which will determine the
future course of the industry, Betz
added.
AS one portent of the future, he
pointed out to the recent "air cargo
luncheon" held in New York under
the joint sponsorship of A & ?,
Wayne University and United Air
Lines. All the foods served had
been picked when fully tree-ripened
and flown overnight from the Pacific
Coast to test the practicability of
shipping perishables by air to dist
ant markets. A large panel of ex-
perts attending the luncheon agreed
on the tremendous postwar possibili-
ties of this phase of distribution.
Betz paid tribute to the more than
$1,000 former A & P employees, now
serving in the armed forces of the
United States and Canada, for what
he termed "their share in the growth
of the nations leading distributing
system"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-10-05
Bluffton College Trustee Grows
Potatoes On Modern 1,3OO-Acre Farm

Extent of the potato growing op-
.rations of A. C. Ramseyer, of
Smithville, a Bluffton college trustee,
recently was covered in an article
which appeared in the Akron Beacon
Journal describing Ramseyer's 1900
acre potato farm.
Average yield from the extensive
farm. said to be the largest indi-
vidualIy owned and operated of its
kind in the United States, regularly
is twice the national average of 125
bushels to the acre.
This years yield, however, will be
the Iightest in many a season and
will average only about 125 bushels
in comparison with the 250-bushel
average of 1943.
Drought conditions this year were
responsible for the reduced yield, and
were particularly harmful to the
intermediate planting in mid-June,
which is producing less than 20 per
cent of normal.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-10-05
NeIU Shoe Stamp To
Become Valid NOU. I

A new shoe stamp will become
valid on November /, with present
airplane stamps No. l and No. 2 in
Ration Books cn<tnuing in effect,
it was announced d week by the
OPA.
What stamp will be used for the
new rationing release of shoes will
be designated soon by the OPA.
Other changes in OPA regulations
included announcement that bicycles
have been completely removed from
ration control. This step was taken
because only few remain in stock.
Aviation gasoline now carries new
restrictions, with Civil Aeronautics
Administration approval required be-
fore any fuel for planes is issued.
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60G NORMAL

Irish Cobbler and Russet potato
harvests, which are completed, are
about 60 per cent of normal, but the
yield of Katahdin potatoes now be-
ing harvested has been hardest hit
by prolonged dry weather.
Manpower shortages have limited
the farms staff to 40 workers, altho
55 to so usually are employed. Dur
ing normal seasons Ramseyer ordin-
arily employs six barn workers, nine
truck drivers, and 45 pickers. This
year, however, field staff Of only
% could be obtained. Fifteen men
are employed on year-around basis.
In 1943 Ramseyer potatoes were
shipped to nearly all states east of
the Mississippi river, with rs per
cent of the S12,500 bushel crop 60
ing to potato chip manufacturers.
Potatoes grown in Wayne county
are we'll adapted for the manufac-
ture of potato chips, for the farms
are in high upland areas which pro-
duce firm product ideal for slic-
ing.
RAISES OWN SEED
Another Ramseyer farm high in
the Allegheny mountains near Coud-
ersport, Pa, is used for the growing
of potato seed, to insure freedom
from disease. Fifty acres of care
fully tended seed were under culti-
vation there this year.
Modern methods of agriculture
have been rigidly followed by Ram
seyer since he ventured into the spe-
cialized farming field 80 years agon
on so acres of rented land.
He has closely followed the the
cries of DR.. Ernest L. Nixon, potato
specialist at Penn State college, and
additional valuable assistance has
been obtained from the Ohio State
university and Wooster agricultural
experiment stations.
New cultivation methods adopted
in recent years comprise less fire.
quent and shallower cultivation de-
signed to protect plant roots. Week
ly spraying is done during the two
months growing season by three gi.
gantic truck sprayers.
Nine trucks haul the harvested po-
tatoes into a modern barn and dump
their loads into a huge bin. From
this, the potatoes are released By
shute into an assembly line grader
and sorter, at the end of which tn,
product is sacked and weighed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-10-05
Butter Ration Value
Hiked To 20 Points

Rejecting a short supply and I'M
equal distribution, the ration value
of butter was increased four points
last Sunday to new high of 20
points a pound.
This was the only point change
announced by the OPA for the month
of October. All other rationed
foods-meats, dairy products and
processed foods-retain their current
value.
At the same time OPA officials
limited the record-high points on but
ter may continue through December,
for production so far in 1914 has
been about IL per cent less than in
the corresponding period in 1943.
Increase in point value does not
apply to farm processed butter which
continues at II points pound, or to
margarine, which stays at two points
pound.
Three more red ration stamps, to-
falling 80 points for meats and fats,
and five blue stamps amounting to
so points for processed food became
valid last Sunday.
The OPA announced the following
schedule:
Blue stamps to be validated are
M-5, Ms, P-5, Q-5 and R-5.
Red stamps to be validated are
H-5, -5 and Ks.
All stamps will be good indefinite
ly. OPA said it is not expected
that any more red stamps will be
validated before Oct. 20 and blue
stamps until Nov. l..
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BlUHton College Notes

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Geiger; Lois Oy-
er, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. E.
Oyer and Roberta Manages, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Manages.
DR.. Lloyd L. Ramseyer attended q
committee meeting of the Mennonite
seminary board in Chicago, Tuesday.
*A4
About thirty CPS mental hospital
directors and representatives of the
western hospital units attended the
CPS conference on Bluffton campus,
September 24-2T.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-10-05
In MemOriam

In loving memory of our daughter
and granddaughter Eileen:
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-10-05
BluftOn Gets 5000
From Auto Tag Sales

Bluffton received 5000 in the dis
tribution of $58,734 recently re-
ceived by Allen county in the third
1914 state disbursement of automo-
bile license tax receipts.
Beaverdam's share of the county
allotments was $100, and Lafayette
received $112.50.
Under the Ohio law,~77 per cent
of the net revenue from auto tag
sales is returned to the cities and
counties, with the remainder re-
tanned by the Ohio Department of
Highways for the maintenance and
repair of highways.
News Want-Ads Bring Results.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-10-05
In MemOriam

In memory of Horace G. Murray,
January %, 1868-September 20, 1943.
A year, and memory holds the place
Of kind and friendly face.
Years of happiness were those we had
With the one we called Dad.
Time does ne replace a soul
Or change the living life's goal.
For past cannot be lived again
Our lives are grateful for this man.
The Family
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CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank all the friends
and neighbors for their aid and SYM
pathy extended during the illness and
death of d. w. Fox; also Rev. OPP
permann who officiated and all those
assisting in any way at the funeral
and those sending flowers.
Brothers, Son & Grandchildren.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-10-05

The War Food Administration on
August %, 1914, announced an offer
of sale to original professors of more
than 100000 pound of raisins. The
offer included the statement, "These
are stocks of raisins which are not
needed to fill requirements for MILL
tary services or other was uses. To
move them into civilian trade channels
they are being offered to original pro-
cessors."
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-10-05

In loving memory OF our daughter
and granddaughter Eileen:
October recalls sad memories
Of loved one gone to rest
And those who think of her today
Are those who loved her best.
Dear Eileen, how we miss you
None but God will ever know
But we hope some days to meet you
Where all parting will be DER.
Sadly missed by parents and
grandparents
Mr.. and Mrs. George KimmeI
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Kimmel
The guardian., 1944-09-30
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our sin
cere thanks and appreciation
to the many relatives and
friends for the kind messages,
spiritual bouquets and beauti-
full floral tributes during our
recent bereavement.
MRS. LAURA C. ATKINSON
AND FAMILY.
The guardian., 1944-09-30
"COIOred Soldier"
On Air Tonight

NEW YORK - 'They Cell
Me Joe" presents Episode 10"
by Norman Rosten - a story
Of colored American soldiers.
The broadcast is Saturday,
Sept 30 (NBC 7 p m, EWT.
The completion of the Alcan
highway to Alaska was one Of
the great engineering and mill
itary feats Of this war. Much
Of the credit for It's swift COM
pletion can be given to
the 9th Army Engineer Corps.
This great effort of theirs is
being duplicated in sweat and
blood by other colored soldiers
all over the globe.
"They Call Me Joe" Is pre-
sented by the NBC University
Of the Air.
The guardian., 1944-09-30
DOnafOrs To FIaUs
Presented LIST Bat.
9th Inf, M. S. G.

Many patriotic citizens con-
tributed to the purchase of the
colorS presented recently to the
lSt Bat. 9th Inf, Mass State
Guard, at eolerf1ll ceremonies
on the Carter Playground, Col
nmbuS ave, with Ralph L Har.
per master of ceremonies and
Leon G LomaX and Miss Flor
ence Walker making the pres
entationS. The committee in
charge were Freeman Perkins,
chairman, Mrs Gratia Tyrrell,
Miss Walker, Mrs Bertha
johnson, Arthur Simmons,
Vernon Percival, Mrs Ella Mar
tin, secretary.
Continued on Page Four
The guardian., 1944-09-30
50 YEARS WED

Mr. and Mrs Timothy G
Tynes Of As Mt Pleasant st,
Cambridge, who were married
so years on Sept q quietly
celebrated the occasion We'd
nesday evening at the home
surrounded by their close rel
stives. Mr. TyneS, Boston born
and his wife, Mrs Julia Harris
Tynes of Charlottesville, Va,
were married in the First Bap-
tist church Of Cambridge,
Mass. Mr. Tynes who is eight
six was retired from the Bos-
ton Post Office twelve years
ago after fifty years in the ser
vice. They are the parents OF
four children: Lillian, Cam
bridge school teacher, Ernest
and George, Post Office en-
ployees and Alfred c.. real es-
tate operator and County Bal
Commissioner.
The guardian., 1944-09-30
Registration The First Duty Now"

"The first and foremost work
now before us is to get people
registered" Atty Irwin T
Dorch told a group of Repub-
lican workers assembled at
headquarters at 6 Beacon st.
Every political, social and
civic leader throughout the
community, and especially in
Wards 4, 9, and IL where the
bulk of our people live, should
join in the good-citizenship
work of getting our people
registered in order that they
will be able to vote on Novem-
ber T."
"The number Of colored peo-
pie who live in these wards
and are unregistered is shock
Continued on Page Four
The guardian., 1944-09-30

ELDER 1. w. BELL
time that he has been in Bos-
ton has nearly cleared the So
ciety Of Indebtedness. The
building in which the church
is housed is the church prop
erty. There have been many
Continued on Page Fonr)
The guardian., 1944-09-30
To Organize
Volunteer Police
Against V-Day

The Greater Boston Trade
Association, Leon G Lomax,
president, is sponsoring a
meeting for Wednesday next
at the Shaw House, II Wind
sor st, to start the organiza-
tion of a special volunteer po-
lice force for the protection Of
the properties of business
concerns in the South End
CONTINUED ON Page Four)
The guardian., 1944-09-30
ARMY Still SHORT OF NURSES

WASHINGTON = Offering
expanded opportunities for SER
vice to colored nurses and
seeking an additional 1000
Army nurses by october l, the
War Department this week
made another urgent appeal
to qualified nurses not now
working in essential civilian
hospitals to join the Army
The guardian., 1944-09-30
BOTH PARTIES DODGE FEPC ,n., :,
Registration Urged BY Church and State Leaders
AsSAIL COP, Dem. INACTION ON FEPC

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Calling
on both Republicans and DEM
ocratS to make FEPC perma-
nent by a Federal law, The
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
PorterS fourth biennial con-
vention unanimously voted to
conduct a major campaign for
immediate enactment of the
FEPC bill.
"The Democratic party has
completely given in to the
white supremacists' of the
South" President A Philip
Randolph declared, "by letting
them force the shelving of
FEPC by the House Labor
Committee. The Republicans
haven't even issued a mild
protest against the shelving of
The guardian., 1944-09-30

the FEPC bill, because they are
courting the states rights po-
litical fundamentaliSts of
North and South"
"ReconverSion to prejudice is
the spectre haunting thirteen
million colored Americans as
war employment decreases"
Randolph said in wires to
President Roosevelt and Gov
ernor Dewey, asking that a
special session of Congress be
called before election to pass
the bill for permanent Fair
Employment Practice Com
mission.
The kilograms, unanimously
approved by the convention,
Continued on Page Four
The guardian., 1944-09-30

Nurse Corps Immediately.
There are approximately
10000 such nurses from whom
the 1000 needed nurses may be
drawn, according to the War
Department. At present the
corps is far short Of it's goal,
the War Department said.
Continued on Page Four
The guardian., 1944-09-30
AKA's TO Send
Books to Soldiers

NEW YORK (C) - Tau
Omega chapter Of Alpha Kap-
pa Alpha Sorority went on rec
ord this week as setting aside
funds from their budget for a
book-a-month to soldiers from
the organization. In addition,
members OF the chapter will
send literary contributions
Continued on Page TWo)
The guardian., 1944-09-30
Harry F. Atkinson
Passes

Harry F. Atkinson of 234 w.
Canton st, widely known pro-
moter of dancing assemblies,
passed away on Thursday, Sept
IA, 1914, after an illness of sew
eral weeks.
Funeral services were held
from his late residence on
Monday, Sept IS, with burial
in Glenwood Cemetery, Ever
erett. Mrs Cora MacKerrow Of
the Modern Funeral Home, 81
Dartmouth st, was the under
taker.
Mr. Atkinson was a native Of
ThomaSville, Ga, coming to
Boston at an early age. He is
survived by his wife, Mrs Lau-
ra c Atkinson, two daughters,
a brother, Frederick Atkinson
of Everett, sisters, nephews
and nieces and a host Of
friends.
The guardian., 1944-09-30
REDUCES CHURCH
INDEBTEDNESS

Elder irving w Bell, pastor
of the Refugee Church of
Christ on Shawmut ave, corner
of Sterling st, in the short
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-23
M'Nutt
Praises
Labor

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. % (INSy
Paul V. McNutt, chairman OF
the War Manpower Commission
yesterday praised both industry
and labor for a magnificent wao/
production job, but declared the
responsibility must gain momerrS
tum for complete victory.
In an address before the 64th
annual convention of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, McNutt
warned that many industrialists
and workers have lost their deep
sense of national responsibility
that existed before D-Day and
added:
"Some Americans have al
ready hitched up the victory
bandwagon and gone for pre-
mature victory hayrides."
McNutt said that many labor
shortages still exist, particularly
in forge and foundry industries.
and that thousands of patriotic
workers mast shift Immediately
TO those Jobs which are turning
out war orders for immediate use.
William Green. ALL president.
read a message from President
Roosevelt praiSing ALL members
for their war records and farmers
and employers for producing the
weapons, materials and supplies
needed by American fighting
men"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-23
eNubbinS'
Improves

Il. DENVER, Nov. p INS)- A
sroenver surgeon. DR. Thomas Leon
Howard. today disclosed that
Forest ("Nubbins Hoffman, 3,
of Cheyenne. Wyo., has a very
good chance" TO live for an in
definite number OF Christmases.
Nubbins. taken TO a Denver hos
pital Monday. was examined by
Or. Howard, who said there def
initely is no sarcoma," DIR. How
ard said the RICH, kidney was
completely destroyed" and The
left kidney severely damaged.
However. DR.. Howard said that
after being nursed for three or
four weeks. he believed NubblnS
would be so improved in condi-
ton that an operation could be
performed.
OF the operation. DR. Howard
said ''it is simpler than taking out
tonsils."
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laps Repu|sed
In Burma Attack

HANDY, Ceylon, Nov. p 1NS)
japanese forces in encircled
Bhamo, key bastion in central
Burma, sought frantically last
night TO break an Allied strangle-
hold. counterattacking repeatedly.
Headquarters of the Southeast
Asia Command announced that
a strong Jap counterattack had
been repulsed by the Chinese.
Meanwhile, operations continued
against the small pocket of enemy
troops in the Momauk area, while
the British 36th Division made a
slight withdrawal after heavy
fighting north of PinWe.
Progress was reported around
Kalemyo. on the Chindwln front.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-23
Michigan Names ;
For Labor Meetinq

LANSING. Nov. 22-The exec
utive office today announced the
names of three Michigan men who
will represent labor AT the
eleventh national conference on
labor legislation called by Score
tary of Labor Perkins In Wash
ington. Dec. 12-l4
They are George w. Dean state
commissioner of labor; John w.
Reid. secretary of the Michigan
Federation of Labor, and John W.
Gibson, president of the Michigan
Go Council
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-23
By ANNA NIEZNANA
As Told to John Creecy
CHAPTER 3

OUR guards at the Ravensbuck concentration camp were
" women members of the gestapo
They wore trim gray uniforms black-hooded capes
and officers high boots They armed with revovers
and their rounds of the camp were accompanied by
hounds
They were at least cruel if not than the
men gestapo
In general they a savage, sadistic type socky
and muscular.
Most of them were young-from II to 10. They had
recruited chiefly from the Sums About half of them
were German emgres from Poland France and other
shaved countries.
One of the worst ordeals they put through that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-23
Stain Shakes Up
Defense Council

MOSCOW. Nov. % (UP)-Mar-
shall Klementy +. Voroshilov, one
of RuSSiaS foremost military
figures, was dropped from the
Soviet defense council today and
Army Gen. Nikolai Bulganin who
has had meteoric rise since the
outbreak of the RusSo-German
war was named 10 the council.
Thu announcement of h g
changes was published by the
Soviet press without explanation.
Although relieved of his duties
on the defense council which is
the supreme Soviet military body,
VoroShilov continues in his posi-
ton as member of the Polit-
bureau which is the supreme
council of the Communist party.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-23
OTHER MEMBERS

Besides Gardner. the public
members will be William II Da-
Wis, now chairman of the WLB,
and Mrs. Anna NJ. Rosenberg of
New York, a devotee of Justice
Felix Frankfurter.
Labor members are William
Green, for the AFL: Philip Muir
ray. for the Go, and T. c. Cashen
of New York. head of the Brother
hood of Railway Switchmen.
Farm members are Edward A.
O'Neal. James G.. Patton and AL
bert s. GosS, representing the
three great farm organizations.
Industry members are Eric A.
Johnston OF Washington, George
II. Meade. Ohio paper manufac-
turer, and Nathaniel Dyke Jr.,
lumber executive from Arkansas.