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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Pre-Ministry Draft
Deferments Available

National Selective Service head
quarters last week authorized the
deferment of students preparing for
the ministry regardless of whether
they are attending theological or
divinity schools.
Revised regulations stipulate, how
ever, that students in other institu-
tions must be under the direction of
the specialized schools and pursuing
a specific full-time course on an ac-
CELEBRATED basis"
Heretofore students in pre-theo-
logical seminaries were eligible for
deferment, but students taking pre-
liminary training in secular colleges
and universities were not.
Those who claim to be preparing
for the ministry in other than theo-
logical schools must provide a state
ment of their intention to enter the
ministry; statement that the
church organization they will serve
is in need of ministers and a state
ment from a recognized theological
school that the registrant has been
accepted for admittance.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25

The NeiUs presents another IN
the series of important but less
er known sidelights on South
America.
In the forests of a secluded re-
gion of South America-that OF the
Upper Parana river, where Brazil
and Paraguay meet-there grows a
bushy, evergreen tree which pro-
duces the favorite drink of over ten
million people. The tree is the yerbd
mate plant and the drink, an in
fusion of its leaves, bears the same
name.
Known to the Guarani Indians
long before the Spaniards and Portu-
guese landed in America, the plant
and beverage got their present name
from the fact that the yerba (herb)
was prepared in dried gourd called
mate.
The botanical appellation of the
tree is Hex Paraguayensis and its
appearance is somewhat like that of
holly, with glossy leaves, small flow
ers and purplish berries. The height
of the tree is between twelve and
twenty-six feet and the pickers often
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
For Best Potato Yield Use Disease
Control Fungicides Early In Season

new foliage develops.
Prepared copper dust containing
6 to 7 per cent metallic copper in
cluding an insecticide for the control
of the Colorado potato beetle will be
generally available in 1914. Dusts
will be more effective if applied in
the late evening or early morning
when the air is still. If sprays are
used the sprayer should have suffi-
cient pressure to force fine spray
mist into the foliage so that all
leaves are covered with each applica-
tion.
Packaged bordeau mixture already
to mix with water or fixed coppers
would be the most convenient to use
in sprays. Calcium arsenate can be
added at the rate of four level table
spoons to seven gallons of spray to
kill Colorado potato beetles. 1t is
uneconomical to buy the best seed
available, prepare the soil, add ferti-
lizer and then neglect spraying or
dusting to control foliage diseases.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Plenty Of Gasoline
Available For Farms

Bluffton district farmers will re-
ceive all the gasoline and motor fuel
they need for full prosecution of
their agricultural program, it was
announced this week by the various
county ration boards serving the
area.
Ration officials explained in the
announcement that some farmers had
been confused by the first issue for
the period April l to October l,
fearing that it would have to take
care of their needs for the entire
year.
1t was pointed out that the first
issue represents only 60 per cent OF
the total estimated requirements
There still remains 40 per cent OF
the years estimate which may be
obtained either by applying in per-
son or by letter at board head.
quarters.
If more gasoline is needed to har-
vest crops after the 60 and 40 pei
cent allotments are used, an addi.
tional amount may be obtained by
signing an application establishing
actual needs.
Farmers we're assured they al
would receive the gasoline or fuel
oil actually needed for farming pur,
poses.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
May Is, 1919

May Is, 1919
If you think the Yankee soldier
left his appetite in France you have
another guess coming. Here is the
amount of provisions it took to feed
the 440 men of the Rainbow Division
who stopped here last week.
Seventy-five loaves of bread, 5
pounds of coffee, 600 small asst
cakes, Sc worth of butter, 81 worth
of ground ham for sandwiches, and
an almost unlimited amount of
pickles. These were provided by the
Red Cross. The Community Assn
provided cigars and cigarettes to the
amount of s28 after lunch to the
men.
Harry Swick has landed safely in
Newport News, Va, and is expected
home this week. He served the past
year in an evacuation hospital in
France.
Mrs. Geo. Bailey received check
from Washington to the amount OF
1912 on account of the death of her
son who was killed in France.
Charlie Davis of Camp Sherman
spent the week end with his parents
He will return to camp again where
he is helping take care of the wound
ed.
A great number Of friends ane
neighbors gathered at the home Of
Z. E. Slusser to spend the evening
with them in honor of their sor
Paul who had returned from over
seas.
Ray Staater who recently returned
from overseas arrived home from
Camp Taylor, honorably discharged
from the service.
Rell Potee was in Columbus Satur
day to witness the parade of th'
166th infantry of the Rainbow divi
sion of which his son Wilbur is ;
member.
Jerome Herman, son of Mr.. an,
Mrs. Frank Herman who wa
stationed at Camp Taylor returne'
home, honorably discharged from tn
| army.
Albert Badertscher of st. Mary
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25

Optimistic views regarding tne
nations food outlook for the coming
wear received a jolt last week with
release of crop report from the
Department of Agriculture telling OF
serious delays in spring planting
throughout most of the country
similar to those experienced in the
Bluffton area.
In the report, government authori-
ties acknowledged that hoped-for
1914 acreages no longer can be ex-
pected because of excessive rainfall,
floods and unseasonably cold weather
all of which have critically delayed
spring work on farms.
Most farm planting is said to DC
three to four weeks behind schedule
and labor shortages, lack of new
equipment and inability to repair
some farm machinery are aggravat
ing the situation.
This springs planting situation
however, is not expected to have
much effect on present food dis
tribution programs because supplies
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Out Of|State Truckers Aggayate
Corn Crisis By Black-Market Buying

Corn is in demand in those states,
as here, because farmers are finding
it more profitable to feed it to hogs
and market the fattened animals than
to sell the grain at the ceiling price
of $1.10 a bushel paid by elevators.
1t is estimated that farmers can
realize about s1.35 per bushel for
corn by feeding to hogs, accounting
for the black market activity.
Truckers, it is charged, are paying
as much as s1.25 to s1.40 a bushel
for corn, with the result that much
of the flow of grain has been diverted
from elevators. This is serious since
more than half of Ohio's elevators
process feed for livestock and poultry
raisers.
Many of these professors may be
forced to close unless more corn is
available, and the out-of-state drain
on the supply is stopped.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
ROckpOrt

Mrs. Milton Downs of Lima was
a guest when Mrs. F. c. Marshall
entertained the Profit and Pleasure
club last Wednesday afternoon. A
very enjoyable program was heard
with Mrs. F. C. Marshall giving a
biography of Victor Herbert and
playing several of his compositions
and Mrs. Isaac Neuenschwander read
an interesting paper on the life and
travels of Marion Anderson. Contests
were enjoyed under the leadership
of Mrs. d. C. Campbell.
Mrs. Orlo Marshall accompanied
the Misses Ruth Sutton and Ida West
of Bowling Green to Newark, Friday,
where they were the guests OF Miss
Ferne Sutton until Monday.
Lieut.. Delmar Reagan who was
sent to Florida a couple of weeks
ago is being transferred from there
to Buffalo, N. Y.
This community was well repre-
sented at the various events of Com
mencement week in Beaverdam which
closed with the alumni reunion Sat
urday evening.
Sgt. Glen Price of Camp Grant
in Illinois, visited his parents Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Price a few days
last week.
Miss Irene Snyder of Fort Wayne,
Ind. and Martin Burkholder of
Beaverdam were supper guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Earnest Erect and
daughter Ruth, Sunday evening.
This community was well repre-
sented at the Baccalaureate services
at the u. B. Church in Columbus
Grove, Sunday evening. Alice Lentz
and Franklin Mayberry are graduates
from this vicinity.
The Decoration services May 30th
to begin at $50 a. m. by the decora-
tion of soldiers graves followed by an
address by our County Auditor Floyd
b. Griffin.
The Annual Memorial Day and
Decoration Service have been planned
for Rockport and vicinity. The
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Delay In Spring Planting May Reduce
Food Supply For Next Fall, Winter

at the moment are in excess OF
demand and storage facilities.
A poor crop this summer, however,
would result in reduced supplies for
the next year, with the curtailment
beginning to be felt in the fall. Of
ficials concede it would be wise to
hold some of the present stock for
the future, but they say there is
not sufficient storage facilities, par
ticularly for perishable foods.
Crops that most seriously may be
affected by delayed farm work on
nationwide basis include oats for
livestock feeding, corn, cotton, nee
tobacco, beans and vegetables for
processing.
However, 1914 crop production
prospects also have a brighter side
April weather brought an indicated
go. 100000 bushel increase IL
prospects for this summers import
ant wheat harvest. Reserve sup
plies of wheat virtually have beeI
exhausted and an increase expected
in production of wheat this summe
will be badly needed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25

Ohio grain elevator operators last
week charged that out-of-state truck
ers are making heavy purchases of
corn from farmers at prices consider
ably above government approved
ceilings.
So far no out-of-state buying has
been apparent here but shortages
are resulting in the district because
of truckers activity elsewhere.
Office of Price Administration Of
ficials promised immediate investiga-
tions, since the charges included in
formation that many of the process
sors of the state may have to close
because of lack of supplies.
Worst offenders were said to be
truckers from West Virginia and
Kentucky, altho some buyers have
been from Michigan and Pennsyl-
vania.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25

The yield of potatoes is likely to
be very disappointing even though
certified seed is used unless the new
leaves as they develop are protected
with copper dust, or spray. Potato
diseases, such as early blight, tip
blight, hopper-burn, and late blight
develop during the summer and cause
yellowing, whiting, or killing of the
foliage, which naturally result in
poor yields.
Thorough and timely dusting, or
spraying with copper fungicides Will
keep these diseases in check, which
naturally result in poor yields.
Thorough and timely dusting, or
spraying with copper fungicides will
keep these diseases in check. To
be effective applications should begin
when the plants are three to four
inches in height and must be repeat
ed every z to IA days, depending on
how rapidly the plants are growing.
A good rule to follow is to apply
copper dust, or sprays as fast as
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25

Memorial sermon to be preached at
union services in the Methodist
church Sunday morning, May %, at
$3.50 fast time by the Rev. E. w.
Bigelow.
Mrs. Delmar Reagan of Dayton
was week end visitor of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. d. c.. Camp
bell.
Mrs. Joe Parker has been on the
sick list, the past week. Mrs. Dean
Myers of Mansfield has been taking
care of her this week.
Arthur L. Marshall of Lima died
Tuesday morning at Memorial hospi-
tai after a brief illness, age 70
years. He was born in Monroe town
ship the son Of James H. and Lerene
Lippincott Marshall. He taught
school in his young manhood in
Monroe township. Late years he has
been associated with the Mohlel
Green House in Lima. He is sur.
vived by his wife the former Miss
Eunice Early and seven children
| Two sisters, Mrs. Ben Kidd of Lima
and Mrs. w. r. Mayberry of Col
umbus Grove. Funeral services were
held at the Miller, Davis Funeral
home in Lima at $3.50, Tuesday
afternoon. Burial in Memorial Park
Cemetery.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25

the small settlement have been pre-
pairing a plot of ground, clearing and
pounding it until it becomes hard.
Logs of wood are piled on this
"tdtacua" and the newly-gathered
leaves are given their first scorching
on it.
Later, these semi-processed leaves
will be further treated on "bdr-
bacua', sort of trestle or platform
under which a burning fire dries the
plant without burning it.
The next step is to puverize the
leaves and then to pack them
tightly into hide sacks that weigh
over two hundred pounds. These
sacks are then shipped from these,
as well as from more modern and
improved centers of production to the
markets and seaports.
The three principal countries
where yerba mate-or Paraguayan
tea, as it is sometimes called-is con-
sumed are Paraguay, Brazil and Ar
gentina, although it is also extensive
ly used in Chile, Bolivia and Uru-
quay, and even in some European
countries.
The Indians prepared the drink by
placing a small quantity of the pow
dered leaves in a receptacle, usually
clean dry gourd from which the
stem has been cut-thus leaving a
round aperture at the top-and then
pouring in very hot or boiling water.
After being allowed to steep for a
few minutes, a little lemon juice or
sweetened water was added and the
decoction was ready for consumption,
This is still the traditional way
to drink yerba mate, from a gourd,
slipped through a combination OF
STRAW" and strainer called "bom-
billa". In olden times both the gourd
and the bombilla were often, in
wealthy homes, inlayed in silver and
gold.
Mate is not only the drink but
the pledge of hospitality of many
country districts of South America
the custom being to have the bever-
age made as soon as the visitors ar.
rive and offering it to them, passing
the gourd from one to another as q
colorful if unsanitary proof oi
friendship.
Yerba mate is, however, also con.
sumed in refined homes where it re-
places tea and is taken as frequently
as the latter is in Great Britain.
Chemists and physicians who have
made special study of the effects
of mate on the human system are al
loud in its praise; they recommend
it both as a tonic and a stimulant
although it is less of an excitant
than tea or coffee.
Such is yerba mate, the favoritt
beverage of large portion of the
Western Hemisphere, drink deemed
lone of the best in the world" by
over ten million inhabitants of oul
continent.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
Yerba Mate3South Americas Tea
Is Drunk AS Pledge OF Hospitality

have to climb almost to the very top
to strip the leaves.
Efforts to cultivate the plant failed
during many years due to the fact
that the seeds seemed to dry up be-
fore termination. 1t was the Jesuits
who, by discovering new method
of treating the seeds, made possible
the cultivation of yerba mate on a
large scale.
They intensified this cultivation
through the 18th and 18th centuries,
but did not divulge their secret meth
cd which disappeared with them
when they were expelled from South
America.
In recent years, however, large
plantations of yerba mate have
sprung up both in Brazil and Para
quay, while the old method of gath
ering the leaves of the wild species
growing in the forests still prevails
in many regions.
The picking and curing of this
wild yerba mate is quite compli-
Gated process. A sort of camp is
generally established near the for
est and gatherers set out from it to
pluck the leaves, carrying with them
small axes and provisions.
On their way back to the camp
they load the product of their days
work on their backs and heads and
walk back looking like great green
balls with legs.
Meanwhile the other members of
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
BIufffon In First World War
What Happened Here twenty-five Years Ago This Week

and Leonard Schoenberger of Camp
Grant, ILL.,, spent the first of the
week in Bluffton.
Sgt. A. d. Painter has returned
from overseas. Sgt. Painter was in
the final drive on the Italian front
with the 1872 Reg't. He has a
souvenir of an enemy rifle taken
from an Austrian soldier whom he
shot while lying in ambush.
Wilbur Smith of Beaverdam who
has been in Camp Taylor returned
home honorably discharged.
H. P. Owens brings in a letter
that is amusing. The letter written
to his granddaughter Miss Marjorie
Ward by a British soldier. An
excerpt of the letter says: Speaking
of the United States, / cannot under
stand your customs. First you go
"dry" by order, then you forbid q
certain dance, then the exhibition
of lingerie in a shop window, and
your rules and regulations for bath
ing dresses are perfect scream!"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
BLuftOn Area Men
In Hancock Draft

A number of Bluffton area men
were among 200 selectees sent by
Hancock county draft board No. 2 to
Cleveland for pre-induction physical
examination, Tuesday.
Men on Bluffton rural routes in
cluded in the call were:
Herbert Bormuth, Ernest Bosse,
Donald Harris, Clyde Hartman, Ray
mond Kimmel, Harvey Niswander,
James Oberly and David Slusser.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25

VACATION from worry about what
to serve for breakfast. Magic COM
bination of nut-brown flakes Of
wheat and bran plus raisins. It's
new Posts Raisin Bran!
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25

The supply of nitrogen materials
for direct application to crops was
greater than the demand for them
the first of May. Ammonium nitrate
is more plentiful than the other
nitrogen carriers.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25

Regulations on the construction of
frozen food locker plants have been
amended SO applications for con-
struction after June l, 1914, will be
accepted only when the locker rentals
have been obtained from actual farm
ers or from urban residents who
supervise the operation of farm.
Materials are available in 1914 to
build only $50 plants with an aver
age capacity of 400 lockers each.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
NeU Potato CeiLing
Prices 500 Higher

New ceiling prices for 1914 early
white potatoes will result in an aver
age retail increase of five per cent
over last years cost, OPA officials
announced this week.
New prices, effective May %, and
extending through June 80 were
recommended by the war food ad-
ministration to stimulate production.
OPA said the new scale will give
growers a sufficient return to COM
pensate for the loss of incentive
payments made in 1943 to encourage
production.
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Evening star., 1944-08-20
French Tr;uI by Fire

The news pictures of shattered
French towns have been vivid
enough to lend grim support to Con-
gresham SCOTS report on civilian
casualties at Caen. Just returned
from the Normandy front, the Penn
sylvania Representative declares that
before the Germans were driven out,
Allied bombing and shelling killed
7,5D0 out of the city's noncombatant
population of 10000
The figure, which has not had any
official military confirmation, may
besinaccurate and must be read with
reserve, but even if it is only half
right, or only third right, it is still
a somber reminder of the ordeal now
confronting the people of France.
They are being liberated, but at the
same time they are suffering, and it
speaks volumes for their spirit, for
their love of freedom, that the over
whelming mass of them look upon
these days as days bright and glori-
Gus for their land
They see their homes blasted into
wreckage, they see sudden death all
around them, they see war sweeping.
across their country like an inferno
on wheels and wings. but beyond
this they see liberty returning, and
Evening star., 1944-08-20
The Rhone

one OF the several military objec-
tives of the fourth Allied front in
Southern France undoubtedly is
that of gaining possession of the
ancient natural highway of the
Rhone. Long before written records
were kept, the river was an artery
of travel for tribes whose very names
are lost. 1t is perfect example of
the principle of gravitation in ac-
ton. Snow and ice in the Furka and
Grimsel divisions Of the Swiss Alps
slowly move to the south and west,
melting as they go. The result is a
force OF irresistible power and in
ciSvness which cuts through success
sive ranges of hills as though 1t
were knife applied to butter.
Passing Brieg and Sion, the
stream, as cold as steel as we'll as
both strong and sharp, turns alb
ruptly at Martigny and enters the
Lake of Geneva at Bouveret near it's
eastern extremity 1t flows into
French territory not far from the
city of Geneva, then threads a mar
row gorge in the Juras known as the
Perte du Rhone. At Lyons it re-
ceives the added weight of the
Saone, after which it rolls steadily
south past many celebrated towns,
including Vienne. Valence, Avignon,
Beaucaire and Tarascon. Aries is
the point at which it separates to
form the delta called La Camargue,
a fertile deposit OF pulverized rock
about three hundred square miles in
area. The main branch is navigable
from the Gulf of Lyons to LIE Pare,
approximately twenty miles from
the Swiss border.
But in order to appreciate the
Rhone adequately 1t is necessary to
think of it as being merely the main
connecting link in vast system of
waterways embracing the Loire, the
Seine, the Yonne> and even the
Rhine. Artificial canals bind it to
so many other streams that, in time
of peace. it was possible to go by
boat from Marseille to Amsterdam
without being out Of sight of land
for a single minute. Many rail lines
take advantage Of the work done by
the dynamic of the distant glacier
between the Aar and the Saint
Gothard massifs close to six thou
sand feet above the ocean into
which at last it is received. Hanni-
bal made use of the Rhone Valley
and its tributaries when he invaded
Italy in 218 BIC, and the final jour-
ney of Cardinal Richelieu's life was
a trip up the Rhone when he was
dying in 1912. These are but two Of
a long list of famous characters as
sociated with the river toward which
American troops are advancing
today.