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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
PUTNAM COUNTY
Ottawa Men Organize
Firm

Organization of a new firm to be
known as the Ottawa Tile and Brick
Co. was announced at Ottawa by
Neal Hornung and Albert Roof. The
company will manufacture concrete
drain tile for farm drainage.
1t is the hope of the pair that
production can be started by June
Is in buildings owned by Albert
Kersting. The necessary machinery
has been purchased and will be in
stalled at once.
Hornung will manage the plant.
He said that small crew of work
men has been engaged to begin MAX
ing the tile. The plant will make
tile in 12-inch lengths and in four,
six, eight, 10, II and 16-inch widths.
The firm is considering the addi-
tion of other concrete products later
but no decision has been reached on
this matter.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Putnam County Tax
Lands Sold

Bringing prices that ranged from
25 cents to S425, forfeited land has
been sold at public auction to clear
the Putnam county tax duplicate of
all delinquent tax properties that
could be sold this year, it was
learned from County Auditor Carl
D. Frick.
A total of 20 tracts were sold.
The last was located in all parts of
the county but bidding was light so
that none of the parcels of real es-
tate with the exception of one lot in
Ottawa drew more than a nominal
bid.
The Ottawa lot, located near the
fairgrounds, brought top price of
$425 after spirited bidding between
three prospective buyers, the auditor
stated.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Elect Ottawa Sailor
Honor Man

Donald Nicholas Shelley, Findlay
college graduate, whose home is in
Ottawa, has been graduated from
recruit training as honor man of his
company at the Great Lakes naval
training center and is now on "boot"
leave.
Shelley was elected candidate by
fellow blue jackets and selected hon
or man by his company commander
on the basis of military aptitude and
progress. He has been recommended
to attend Radar school.
Prior to joining the navy he head
ed the labor relations section district
engineer office of U. S. engineers at
Dayton. He is spending his leave
with his wife and daughter in OF
tawa.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25

in chapel services at the school build
ing.
Col. r. r. Groves, veteran of
World War |, addressed the class,
and had display of war materials
from World War | and World War
ii.
Forest G. Hall, chairman of the
rural section of the war bond or
ganization, Lester Fink, southeast
chairman, and c. H. Smith, south
west chairman also attended the pro-
gram.
Col. Groves presented an official ci-
tation from Henry Morgenehau, Jr.,
secretary of the treasury.
Members of the class designated
equipment they wished purchased
with the proceeds from the sale.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Bike Mishap Breaks
Boys Arm

Howard Hunter, Is, son of Mr..
and Mrs. j. G.. Hunter of Leipsic,
suffered the fracture of the radius
bone of his right arm by being
thrown from his bicycle at a point
about five miles south of Leipsic on
route 65. He and Junior Wyant had
decided to take an afternoon ride
on their bikes and just how the ac-
cident occurred is not known.
He was taken to the office of DR..
w. d. Hickey and from there to the
Lima Memorial hospital where an X
ray was taken which revealed the
nature and extent of the fracture.
Both boys are freshmen in Leipsic
high school.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Loses Foot Under
Train

The quick action by Theodore
Frey, 81, of Findlay in throwing
himself from the path of a New
York Central freight train recently,
possibly saved his life, He was un-
able to hrow himself clear, however,
and the train wheels several his
right foot above the ankle.
Frey had left the Buckeye Trac-
tion Ditcher plant after his nights
work and was walking south along
the New York Central track just
west of the foundry when he heard
a northbound freight train approach
ing. He stepped onto the siding and
continued walking.
Doubtless the noise of the freight
train muffled the sound of an APP
preaching southbound train which
was travelling about five miles an
hour ,trainmen said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
HARDIN COUNTY
Knight PetitiOned
Court OF Appeals

The Third District Court of APP
peals of three judges at Kenton
heard a petition for writ of ha-
beas corpus for Richard Knight, in
the Hardin county court house.
Knight, 38, sentenced in Kenton
in 1884 for holdup murder of Loyal
w. Bean, Dunkirk grocer, was order
ed released in March from Ohio pen
itentiary after the Second District
Court of Appeals ruled he was SEN
tensed without trial to his guilty
pleas. He now contends he was held
continuously in prison without trial
for more than two terms of court.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Train-AutO Crash
Kills Child

Norma Louise King, two-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
King, of near Alger, died from a
fractured skull sustained when the
car in which she was riding was
struck by an eastbound Erie rail-
road freight train.
The car, occupied by Mr.. and Mrs.
King and six children, stalled on a
street grade crossing in Alger. All
of the family except Norma Louise
got out of the car and attempted to
push it from the railroad tracks.
1t is believed that in the excite
ment due to the approaching train,
the family did not realize the baby
was still in the automobile.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
May Drain Quarry To
Find Body

Officials are pondering desirability
of draining the millions of gallons of
water from the Dunkirk quarry in
an effort to locate the body of
George Benjamin Hager, %, former
ly of the U. S. Army, who has been
missing from home for over two
weeks.
With his death in the pool purely
matter of conjecture, officials direct
ed a search earlier that included the
use of the professional diver, Crap
pling hooks and setting of dynamite
charges. Hardin county Sheriff r.
r. Clark then discontinued active eff
forts to find Hager but instructed
volunteers to make periodic patrols
so as to find the body if it should
appear.
Blanchard township trustees ex-
pressed favor to the plan for drain
ing the 50-acre pond, which ranges
from 40 to 70 feet deep.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1914

Newton and family. The occasion
was in honor of the birthday anniver-
sary of Mr.. Lewis Windle.
Quarterly conference of Rawson
charge will be held in the Olive
Branch church, Monday evening, May
90.
Ronny Sutter of Toledo is spending
several weeks with his grandmother,
Mrs. Arletta Rickly and son Alvin
and Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Reichenbach.
Mildred Hanna spent Sunday with
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Guy
Stewart.
Miss Pauline Carr of Dayton was
the week end guests of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w e. Carr.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Gen. Sherman Tank
Attracts Crowds

Findlay residents in general and
war plant workers in particular were
impressed when a huge 45-ton MA
tank, known as General Sherman"
visited the city. =
The tank was brought to Findlay
in connection with production in
centive tour sponsored by the Cleve-
land ordnance district. In charge
were Capt. Edwin Plock, ordnance,
and Charles N. Demian, of the public
relations staff. The wounded veter-
ans from Fletcher General hospital,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Boy browns In Coal
Yard Pit

Donald Lyle, 6, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Lyle, of Lima, was
drowned recently when he fell into
five feet of water in a coal pit con-
veyor at the Fidelity Coal and Sup
ply Co. yard, E. High street, where
he was playing with some other
children. He was unable to reach a
ladder running up out of the pit,
into which he had descended by
climbing down cable. He is sur
vived by his parents, four sisters
and a brother.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
HANCOCK COUNTY
Former Findlay Resi-
dent Breaks Neck

Lieut.. William F. Shaw, former
Findlay college student and graduate
of Findlay high school, is in an un-
disclosed army hospital, suffering
from a neck fracture. He received
the injure somewhere in eastern
United States. Lieutenant Shaw's
home now is in Bellefontaine. He is
married and has a son, Mical. He
has been in service since November,
1910.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Hardin County Date
Gang ParOled

Six juveniles and their 18-year-old
leaders were free on parole after
reprimands issued by Mayor Leroy
Hoppe and Juvenile Judge G. B.
Dewitt at Kenton.
The nine made practice, for the
past three months, of beating and
terrorizing other youths they accused
of attempting to date" their girl
friends, officials were told.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Runs Hand Laundry In
New Guinea

Sgt. Pierre Sorgnard, Jr., former
Lima painter, now is running a
laundry as a sideline to his army
duties in New Guinea, according to
letter to his wife, Rhea, assistant
manager of the United Press bureau
in Lima. Pierre wrote that his busi-
ness was suffering because of four
days of rain. He does the washing
of other soldiers clothes in nearby
stream. He also reported seeing two
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Inmate Escapes From
Asylum

The third inmate to escape from
the Lima State Hospital in recent
weeks is being hunted. He is Rob-
ert Lanning, 81, GAINESVILLE, who
eluded a guard during walk, ac-
cording to Supt. r. E. Bushong.
Lanning, charged with kidnapping, is
not considered dangerous, DR.. Bush
ong said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
S91,767 Collected In
Personal Taxes

County Treasurer Boyd G. Hutson
said Monday that personal property
tax payers of Hancock county have
paid S91, ,767.43 for the first half of
1914. This includes S53,188 in gen.
eral personal property tax and $685.
579 in classified taxes.
There were $500 returns mailed
out by County Auditor Charles E.
Simpson and 5000 have been filed.
The law provides for five per cent
penalty from now to May 81 and a
ten per cent penalty from June /
to October 81.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Class Night Held
At Ada

Class night, annual mid-week event
of the graduating season held
in the Ada high school auditorium,
presented burlesque trial, "Seniors
at the Bar, which included: Saluta-
tory, Patricia Focht; class history,
Robert Elliott and Howard Mcbride
class poem, Dorothy Saum and Paul
inc Binkley; class prophecy, Faye
Moore and Dorotha Baker; class
will, Shirlene kuehne and Jean Ann
Tremain; valedictory, Herbert An
spach
Class advisors are Miss Mabel
Crawford and Alvin Augsburger.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Plan Scout CampOree

Plans have been completed for the
Allen District Boy Scout camporee
to be held June 2, 3 and in Faurot
park, with some 200 district scouts
expected to attend.
Bluffton boy scouts are making
plans to attend.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
'Write-In" Official Still
Climbing

A year after half dozen friends
wrote in his name on primary ballots
for ward councilman without his
knowledge, Emil L. Kemph became
president of Lima's City Council. He
succeeds w. l.. Ferguson who became
mayor after the death of Mayor A.
L. Metheany. Mr.. Kemph is a bar
ber.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25

Cambridge, addressed the workers on
both day and night shifts.
At the close of the talks an in
spection of the tank, which mounts
a 75 nm cannon, was permitted.
Later the General Sherman was
parked on South Main street in front
of the Elks home where it attracted
crowds of interested men. women
and children.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Tot Hurt By Tractor
Drag

Larry Alan Taylor, 2, of Lima,
was bruised about the body and cut
about the head when he was pulled
rs feet under a heavy drag attached
to tractor. He fell under the drag
while trying to retrieve a toy and
was dragged some distance before he
rolled from beneath the implement
when it was raised going over a
manhole cover.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
S141,S9 Tax Collection
Is Distributed

Distribution of Sal, ,S98.46 collect
ed from tangible and intangible per-
sonal property taxes for the first
half of 1914 was made by County
Auditor Floyd w. Griffin of Allen
county.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
AutOists Save Invalid
From Burning Home

Passing motorists carried Mrs.
David Shatto, an elderly invalid,
from the bedroom of a blazing farm
home near Lima recently. The 10
room structure, three miles east of
Lima was destroyed.
Mr.. Shatto and Mrs. Lille Howells
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Rubbish Notice,

Monthly collection of rubbish will
be made on Thursday, June l. Resi-
dents are requested not to set out
rubbish for collection until after
Memorial day, May 30.
w. A. Howe, Mayor 6
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Guard Mustered In

Lima's new Ohio State Guard unit,
known as Co. H, 4th Infantry, was
mustered in with complement of
three officers and az enlisted men in
ceremonies at the state armory. The
first official drill was held recently.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Vote Half-HOlidays
At KentOn

Kenton business places will be
closed each Thursday afternoon dur
ing the next four months, the Ken
ton Business Club decided.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Disclose Church Plans
For D-Day

Rev. Paul H. Graeser, newly-elect-
ed president of the Lima Ministerial
association, revealed that plans have
been made for church prayer and
meditation services at Lima when D.
Day is officially announced.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
news NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

of Lima, sister of Mrs. Shatto, were
performing farm chores when pass
ersby attracted their attention.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Class HOnOred In Bond
and Stamp Sale

Recognition of the achievement of
Arlington high school freshmen in
selling a total of $4,000 war stamps
and bonds since Jan. 13 was made
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Two Hurt In Falls

Mrs. Anna Kahley and Mrs. Melt
Everhart, Kenton, each fell in their
homes and suffered fractured hips.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25

Lima-made power shovels on an air
port construction job in New Guinea.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25

Petroleum Extracts
Enough petroleum could be ex-
tracted by hydrogenation of coal to
last 5000 years.
Evening star., 1944-04-23
Haunted House

By Virginia Woolf. (Harcourt
Brace.J
One of the regrettable routines
of current literary procedure is
that, when an accomplished author
dies, mass of that authors un-
finished work must solemnly be
brought forth and visited on the
public. It is part of the cult OF
the name" which plaques our
whole publishing system, the wor-
ship of the author as a personality
to the obscuring. of any critical
evaluation of the authors work
The very parings of the literary
nails of the famous, under this
school of thought, are precious;
nothing is too trivial or fragmen-
tary to be received with less than
goggle-eyed reverence if only 1t
has a name" attached to it. Few
of the many insincerities of the
commercial side of writing are more
annoying.
The late Virginia Woolf, accord
ing to a foreword in the present
volume by Leonard Woolf, had, at
the time of her death, a number
of short stories "only just in the
stage beyond that of her first
sketch" She would certainly have
done a great deal of work on them
before she published them" Mr.
Woolf continues. Notwithstanding
five of these tales are offered the
public here. They are so slight
Evening star., 1944-04-23
The Great Answer
By Margaret Lee Runbeck.
(HouQhton Mih1in.)

This series of sketches Is we'll
documented animation of faith.
The great answer, of course, is
faith in God-an answer found in
many lifeboat, in Gestapo prison,
in the London blitz, In the skies
and in the sea.
It Is, in its way, book of miracles
the unexplainable incidents that
have saved mems lives. How coIld
a child walk across the Pyrenees
and come out Of it with only q
"snifle?" Why did a murderous
gale overturn the barges loaded
with German soldiers bound for an
invasion Of Britain? And why was
that same channel miraculously
calm when frail pleasure craft went
to the rescue at Dunkirk? The au.
thor's answer is prayer and faith.
That is not, however, Just her an
lswer. While writing her book, stories
came to her from all over the coain-
TRY. Men told her they had prayed
and their prayers had been an.
swered. She quotes newspaper head
lines, beginning with Rickenbacker's
escape from death, to show that in
every theater of war soldiers and
civilians alike turned to God and
were saved from harm.
There is no preaching in her
book. She recognizes that men are
shy about talking of their faith, but
she quotes an atheist turned be-
lever as saying there are no "un-
cracked" Bibles on the high seas.
Many people who fear for their
loved ones, If not themselves, should
find comfort in this factual report
of World War II miracles"
MIRIAM GUTENBERG.
Evening star., 1944-04-23
Public Library
Book Pointers
BY A. Katharine Davis
Readers Adviser in Sociology, Public
Librasy
First Aid for Parents.

In these days when congressional
committees investigate the behavior
of children and city leaders sponsor
delinquency surveys, parents are
questioning their methods of child
raising. Among the books most in
demand at the Public Library are
those containing suggestions which
may help children to develop those
traits and attitudes that make for
successful adjustment in adult life.
Margaret Ribble's book, appropri--
ately called THE Rights of Infants" i"
shows how parents may best con-
tribute to the normal emotional de-
velopmert of their babies. The sixth
edition of Child Care and Train
ing" by Marion Faegre and John
Anderson, while concerned with the
physical as we'll as the psychological
growth of the child, also treats of
affection, social adaptation, habit
formation and resistant behavior.
1.-The Infant and Child in the Cul-
ture of Today" Arnold Gesell;s
latest book, is guide to mothers
who are interested in observing
their children's month-to-month
physical and mental progress. OF
particular value to those seeking ad-
vice on the social adjustments of
children is Your Child, His Fam
lily and Friends" by Frances B.
Strain. In AT Home With Chill
dren,' Charlotte Garrison offers
suggestions concerning play and the
child's introduction to literature,
music and other arts.
The Public Library, Eighth and K
streets NV, owns other books on
child care and has recently pre-
pared a list of books on this sub
ject with descriptive notes, avail
able for free distribution.
Evening star., 1944-04-23

and all will be travelled, came when
a heavy naval force under command
of Admiral Sir James Somerville
lashed at the japanese naval base of
Sabang at the northern tip of Su-
matra, the first naval attack on the
Dutch East Indies since their con-
quest by the Japanese.
The attack came just four days
after Lord Mountbatten, command
er in the Southern Asiatic theater,
moved his headquarters to Ceylon
1t was full-scale attack with
battleships, carriers, cruisers, de-
stroyers and submarines making up
the task force blasting the naval aid
air base with heavy bombs and with
shellfire from the battleships which
moved in close enough to shore to
bring the base within range. Ameri-
can carriers participated in the ac-
ton. Oil tanks, docks, warehouses
and other establishments were left
in one great roaring fire.
Great Pincers Movement.
Sabang is we'll northwest of Singa-
pore and stands as sentinel, domi-
mating any Allied approach to the
Malay Peninsula from Ceylon.
Allied activity in this area together
with the actions in the Admiralties
and New Guinea are manifesto
tions of a great pincers movement
holding potential menace to all
japanese conquests in the islands
In the Southwest Pacific. Raids
from Australia on Timor and on
Amboina have also put pressure on
the japanese who must defend
widely separated points of entry
into the Dutch Indies.
The Allied forces have been told,
however, that japanese activity in
the Indian Ocean and the Bay of
Bengal is on the increase and that
strenuous days are ahead.
In another potential pincers move
ment. American naval and Army
flyers kept up a constant attack
in the Central Pacific and down
from the Aleutians on the Kuriles,
which Secretary Knox announced
will be invaded at the appropriate
time. All week long, Rabual,
Kavieng, Wewak and other enemy
bases in the southwest were raided
Evening star., 1944-04-23

La Manche. "the sleeve" It is
shaped like one. $50 miles long
and widening from Dover, where
sentinels can see across it, to a
maximum width of 155 miles be-
tween Brest and Plymouth.
When Allied troops approach
the continent a variety of coastal
terrain will face them. West of
the Low Countries rock ridges
extend from the region of Dun
kerque to around LIE Havre. Near
the mouth of the Seine are sandy
beaches, but beyond the terrain
again favors the defenders.
Evening star., 1944-04-23

without letup while Truk and its
neighboring islands we're blasted
constantly. Ponape and the remain
ing japanese bases in the Mar
shalls were hit time and again.
Within 500 Miles of Toxic.
The raids on the Kuriles, which
are increasing in frequency and in
tensity went as far south as
Matsuwa, only 500 miles from Tokyo
while Chimusu, Onekotan and
Paramushiro were also struck.
Three japanese tankers and a
medium sized repair ship were re-
ported during the week as included
in IS more enemy ships sunk by
American submarines, which thus
ran their total to 532 ships sunk
and $50 probably sunk or damaged
In the fighting in Northern India
and Burma, the trend during the
past week was favorable to the
Allies, although the approach of
the monsoon season, which is only
month away, will soon slow opera
tionS.
British forces in the Imphal area
steadily improved their position
throughout the week, while the
mixed Chinese and American forces
under 1t. Gen. Stillwell advanced
down the Mogaung River in the
direction of Myitkyina, most i'm
portant enemy supply base in
Northern India.
Glider-borne Chindits continue to
land behind the japanese lines and
now pose a serious threat to the
supply lines leading to Myitkyina
In China proper, more than Co.
900 Japs were thrown into a drive
which has dual purpose, seizure
of that part of the Peiping Han
koW railroad still in Chinese hands
and the capture or destruction OF
the wheat crop of Honan which is
about ready to harvest and upon
which the Chinese now depend tc
prevent starvation. A further OBJ
jective is to make the entire rail-
line available in the event of an
American landing on the southern
coast of China. Over the line the
Japs would hope to retreat or rush
Iup reinforcements and fresh sup
plies.
Evening star., 1944-04-23

Three days of overcast weather,
in June, 1910, made it possible for
the BEF to escape across the
English Channel from Dunkerque.
The narrow sea which has pro-
tected the English from invasion
since 1866, while serving as a
highway for the commerce which
made them great, once more had
stood the Island Kingdom in good
stead.
Now it is a barrier which Eng
lish and North American troops
must cross to drive home the
long-awaited blow at Hitler Ger