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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-08
Republicans Advocate
Price Control Chance

WASHINGTON. May = R -
Amendment Of price control legis.
lation, now before the house bank.
ing committee, to provide for con-
troll Of food rationing, distribution
and price ceilings by one official
was advocated today by the Re
publican food study committee.
Rep. jenkins (R-Ohio), chairman
of the unofficial committee, said
he had been instructed by its ex-
ecutive subcommittee to discuss
the proposals with Rep. Wolcott
(R-Mich), ranking minority mem
Der of the banking group.
The food committee also wants
the price control law amended to
require the OPA to discuss with
representatives Of the food indus
try all matters relating to food
prices or the imposition or elimi-
nation of 1'ationing.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-08
FARMERS WANTED
TO GROW S0RCUM

II enjoy buckwheat cakes anc
sorghum syrup from my owl
match 50 much that I am suggest.
ing that every farmer in North
Carolina grow some sorghum for
his own syrup supply this year"
SAYS Enos Blair, Extension agro.
nomist at State College.
Farmers will find it profitable
10 grow syrup not only for home
use but also some to sell, he points
out. "1t is easy to produce 100
gallons per acre and there are
records Of over 400 gallons an
acre" Blair says.
Plenty of syrup on hand is doub-
IL welcome in these days OF sugar
rationing. Besides its great value
for pancakes and waffles, sorghum
syrup is delicious in gingerbread,
cookies, Indian pudding, molasses
Die and other dishes. 1t Is whole
some too, furnishing such valuable
minerals as iron, PHOSPHORUS and
calcium.
Sorghum will grow on any we'll
drained soil that is fertile enough
to produce corn, according to
Blair. Sandy loans and clay loans
give the highest yields. Light
colored soils produce lighter color
ed syrup than dark soils.
Fertilization
The soil should be well prepared
by blowing and narrowing. 1t
should also be well fortified. A
good fertilizer for the Coastal
Plain is 400 pounds of SIS per
and Mountains 400 pounds of 3-12-
6. In addition to this. the crop
should be top-dressed with 100
pounds of nitrate of soda, 80
pounds of cal nitro, or so pounds
of the new ammonium nitrate per
acre, when the plants are two feet
high.
There are many good varieties
of sorghum. Long season varieties.
ouch as the Sugar Drip, Honey,
and Texas Seeded Ribbon are best
for the part of North Carolina east
of the Blue Ridge In the noun
tains. use early varieties, like the
Orange and the Amber.
How To Plant
1.-THE seed should not be planted
until the soil is warm says Blair.
Sorghum requires war; her
for its early growth, cool
weather when it is ripper seed
and producing sugar. Good results
are usually obtained by planting
between May 2 and June Is.
."Plant the seed either with a
corn planter or by hand, but al
ways plant shallow. not over one
half inch deep, in 3 IL foot rows.
The seed may be dropped in hills
IL to IS inches apart, with three
or four seeds to the hill. This
method requires only 5 pounds of
seed per acre. and the crop does
not have to be thinned. Another
way is to plant thickly, and then
thin to one stalk every 4 to 6
inches. You will need about 10
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-08

Birds help TO pr,une trees by nip
ping Oft superfluous buds for food
and breaking off twigs for nesting
material,
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pounds of seed per acre when
planting this way.
Cultivation

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1.-The first cultivation Of sorghum
should be with the weeder, run
ming lengthwise of the rows before
the plants come up. Begin to ust
the cultivator as soon as the. plant:
are big enough. Cultivate often
continue longer than you would
for corn, and always cultivate shall.
low. Deep cultivation does ever
more damage to sorghum than tc
corn.
'The best time to harvest sorg.
hum is just before the seeds be-
gin to harden. If you have a large
patch, it will be necessary to start
a few days earlier. But if har-
vested much earlier or much later
than the proper time, both yield
and quality will be poor.
Harvesting
Strip off the leaves before you
cut the stalks. Cut off the heads,
with about IS inches of the stalk.
Dry these out in a shed, and use
them later for livestock feed or
for planting. Cut the stalks as
close to the ground as possible.
The lowest part of the stalk is
the richest in sugar.
''Have the crop made into syrup
Immediately after harvesting, if
possible. If this cannot be done,
pile the stalks compactly under
shed until they are manufa ctured.
They will keep for several days.
Frost-bitten stalks must be used
before they thaw out"
Nearly every neighborhood in
North Carolina has at least one
man who is equipped to make
good syrup and it is good practice
to have one of these experienced
men manufacture the syrup. How
ever, State College can furnish in
structions for making syrup to
those who desire them.
Blair recommends that the syrup
should be sealed in clean contain
ers while still hot. Suitable con-
tainers are fruit jars, or tin
buckets with tight friction lids.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-08
Negro Confesses Fatal
Stabbing In Card Game

Levi Robinson Wilmington Ne
gro accused Of stabbing Arthur
Mcleod, Negro, to death in Gold
STEMS alley Saturday afternoon,
surrendered to police at headquar-
tiers early Sunday morning and
was booked on an open charge OF
murder.
According to Coroner Asa W.
Allen, the fatal attack apparently
was the result of an argument
over a card game. When the cor
oner arrived Mcleod was dead. He
had been stabbed in the neck and
the body was on the porch Of the
dwelling at No. 1926 IN the alley.
No date has been set for an in
quest.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-08
Carolina Farm Comment

| of the farm land is now seeded to
1espedeza with the Kobe variety
matchmaking. Last year, more
first class legume hay was har.
vested than the farmers needed
They have always grown their own
wheat and the acreage to barley
and oats is on the increase. Nearly
every farmer has a seeded pasture.
He realizes that good pasture is
the most important of all feeds fo1
livestock. AS one man put it, "A
dairyrnan must produce his rough.
age at home if he would be success
full, and the pasture as source
of roughage must be considered
first
But CataWba farmers have learn
ed, as have good farmers all over
North Carolina, that alfalfa is one
of the best of the hay and roughage
crops. The red hills Of that county
are well suited to growing of alfalfa
and there has been a tremendous
increase in its acreage during the
past 6 or 7 years. The crop fits in
well with the increase in dairy
cattle and the farmers say that it
is one of their most dependable
sources of legume hay. The
growers fix their soil that good
seed bed is established; they use
plenty Of ground limestone; phos-
phate and potash for fertilizer; and
they apply about 80 pounds OF
borax per acre at seeding time.
They say that alfalfa takes rich,
deep soil to make the crop but
that it pays them well and leaves
the land in better shape than when
it was seeded. Growers cut the
crop four times year but always
arrange to leave a heavy cover
for winter.
It is interesting to note that
much of the good farming in this
county is spearheaded by that
small group of men known as the
Jersey Cattle Club. 1t takes only
a small number of determined and
progressive men to point the way
to good farming in any county.
North Carolina needs more such
groups as this.
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RETREAT ENDED

RALEIGH, May 7.-tR-A three
day retreat attended by sixty del
egates of young women and young
mems Christian associations of 10
Carolina and Virginia colleges
ended at State college today with
an address by DR.. Horneu Hart
of Duke University.
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Wilmington Only N. {.
Labor Shortage Area

RALEIGH, May 7.-R)-State
Director J. S. Dorton of the War
Manpower Commission said today
Wilmington was the only North
Carolina area classified as having
an acute labor shortage now.
Burlington, Charlotte, Elizabeth
City, and New Bern were elassi-
fled May l., Dorton said. as areas
of labor stringency and areas ex-
pecting labor shortages within six
months. Asheville, Durham, Ra-
leigh, Winston-Salem, and Green's
boro were expected to have slight
labor reserves after six months,
while all other areas Of the state
were expected to have substantial
labor reserves after six months.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-08
RECRUITERS MEET

CHARLOTTE, May 7.-(R)-
Thirty recruiting officers attend
ed district conference here to-
day to study methods of recruit
ing women for the women's army
corps.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-08

Eddy: 1.-THE great truth in the
Science Of being; that the real
man was, is, and ever shall be
perfect, is incontrovertible; for if
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man Is the image, re1ecs,.
Co.. ne is neither inverte d'' Of
like" page 2OW. aNo God
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-20

Rev. Charles Donaldson, 81, of
Delta, retired Presbyterian minister,
will fill the pulpits of the Bluffton
and Rockport Presbyterian churches
here beginning next Sunday.
Invitation to Rev. Donaldson to fill
pulpits of the two churches was ex-
tended by action of congregational
meetings after granting a leave of
absence to the pastor, Rev. Ernest
Bigelow who enlisted as an army
chaplain.
Rev. Bigelow left last Sunday
evening for Cambridge, Mass, for
five weeks of training in the army
chaplain's school at Harvard uni
versity. His leave of absence here
is for the duration and six months
thereafter.
Because of difficulty in obtaining
housing accommodations in Bluffton,
Rev. Donaldson will continue his res
idence in Delta and spend Saturdays
and Sundays here. He formerly held
pastorates in Huron and Montpelier,
Ohio, and is at present recording
clerk of Toledo Presbytery.
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Funeral Sunday For
Elizabeth BQsinqer

Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon in the Paul Diller funeral
home for Mrs. Elizabeth Catherine
Basinger, 70, wife of Noah N. Ba-
singer, of Orange township, who
died last Wednesday night in Bluff
ton Community hospital.
Mrs. Basinger had been in failing
health for the last four years and
had been patient in the hospital
for II months. Death was attribut-
ed to heart ailment.
Officiating at the rites were Rev.
V. C. Oppermann, pastor of the st.
Johns Reformed church, and Rev.
Roy Longnecker Burial was in the
Thompson cemetery in Orange town
ship.
The daughter of George and Eliza
beth Pifer, she was born in Orange
township Sept. 16, 1878. She was
married to Mr.. Basinger on August
13, 1898.
Survivors include the husband, a
son, Adrian, at home, and two bro
theirs, Milton Pifer, of Jenera, and
Ami Pifer, of Ada.
Mrs. Basinger was member of
the Riley Greek Baptist church.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-20
Carl Tripplehorn Returns Home After
Ten Months On Battlefront In Italy
Orange Township Man Saw
Action i'm North African and
Italian Campaigns
British Praised By Tripplehorn
as Excellent Soldiers; Eisen-
hover Popular General

Carl Tripplehorn, son of John
Tripplehorn, of Orange township, is
home for the first time in two and
one-half years after going through
the North African and Italian in
vasion campaign overseas. He ar
rived here last Thursday.
Tripplehorn saw action for four
months on the Anzio beachhead, and
was with a tank unit that helped
drive the Germans back through
Rome early this summer. He got
within two miles of Rome and saw
the Eternal City from a hill before
he was relieved and sent home.
After going through the campaign
in Tunisia, North Africa, the
Orange township man was sent to
Italy last fall, and was there from
September until June.
Winter weather in the Italian pen
insula is not as cold as here, but the
atmosphere is quite damp which
Continued on page 81
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SO CITED HERE FOR
FAILURE To SHOW
AUTO USE STAMP
Representatives of Internal
Revenue Department Make
Checkup Here
Two Penalties Provided for Not
Purchasing or Not Display
ing Tax Stamps

About so Bluffton area motorists
received summonses during the past
week when representatives of the
office of the U. S. Collector of Inter
nal Revenue in Toledo found they
were not displaying the 1914 federal
use tax stamps on their automobiles.
In making a check of automobiles
on Bluffton streets and in. parking
lots, the federal men issued a sum
mons to each one who did not have
the purple use tax stamp displayed
requiring them to appear at hear
ing in the post office.
Those who conducted the checkup
here pointed out that the law not
only requires that the stamp be pnr,
chased but also that it must be dis.
played.
Penalty for operating an automo-
bile on and after July l without
having purchased the 1914 use tax
stamp is maximum of S25 and 80
days in Jail. A similar penalty ap-
plies for those who drive a car
without displaying the stamp, even
tho it may have been purchased.
Two Penalties
This means there are two penalties
one for not buying the stamp and
the other for not displaying it. Total
fine for not buying a stamp and
failing to display it therefore would
amount to $50 and so days in Jail.
Revenue collectors warned during
their stay here that the drive against
violators will continue until all have
been summoned to hearings.
patriotic citizens have bought the
stamps and are displaying them.
Thereby they are furnishing money
to purchase material for the war
effort. 1t is unfair fer those good
citizens to carry their part of the
load while careless and selfish people
operate their motor vehicles without
the stamp" an announcement from
the revenue office said.
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Real Estate Deals

The Ira Slusser farm of 60 acres
south of Bluffton on the Bentley
road has been purchased by Michael
Bernius of Ada. Possession will be
given September |. Mr.. and Mrs.
Slusser and daughter Theresa expect
to move to Bluffton.
The Mrs. Clara Geiser farm Of so
acres near Rockport has been sold to
Merlin and Evelyn Hetrick who ex-
pect to move on it shortly. The deal
was handled by E. d. Collins, Lima
real estate broker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Devier have
purchased a property in Lima and
expect to move there soon. They re.
Gently sold their East Elm street
residence here to Mrs. Corrin King
Blackburn of Kalida who expects tc
move here with her family.
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To Enter BIuftOn
Insurance Agency

Leland Diller has resigned his POI
sition as clerk in the Greding hard
ware to enter the Iutzi insurance
agency, it was announced Tuesday.
His resignation at the hardware
establishment with which he has been
connected for a number of years will
become effective at the end of this
week and he will assume his connec-
ton next Monday with the insurance
agency formerly operated by his
father-in-law, the late w. F. Iutzi
whose death occurred July 2.
Associated with Dilier in the busi-
ness will be his wife, Helen Iutzi-
Diller, youngest daughter of the late
owner who for several years served
as office assistant to her father.
Fred c. Badertscher will take Dill
ler's place in the hardware. Bader-
fischer, Richland township trustee,
moved to town last spring occupying
the residence at South Main and
High streets which he purchased
from heirs of the late Hiram Locher.
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Miss Freda Fritchie, eldest daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. r. ed Fritchie,
of South Jackson street, was wed
last Saturday afternoon to Jacob
Warkentin, son of Mrs. Agnes War
kentin Moore, of Cherry street, in a
ceremony at the South Side Church
of Christ in Lima.
Rev. E. j. Penhorwood, pastor of
the church, officiated in the impress
sive single-ring ceremony, attended
by members of the immediate fami-
lies. The wedding took place on the
18th birthday anniversary of the
bride.
For the occasion the bride and
bridesmaid were dressed in blue with
white accessories, and both wore
corsage of pink roses. Miss Doris An
derson, of Columbus Grove, was the
bridesmaid, and John Warkentin,
brother of the groom, was his best
man. Both the groom and best man
wore brown suits.
Following the wedding reception
was held Saturday evening at the
home of the groom's mother on
Cherry street. Refreshments were
served, with the serving table cen
tered by a large wedding cake sur
mounted by a miniature bride and
groom. Many beautiful gifts were
received.
Open house was held at the newly
furnished apartment of the young
couple in the Hankish building over
the Todd grocery, later in the even
ing.
On Sunday they left for Cleveland
on a short trip along the lake.
The bride was graduated last
spring from Bluffton High school
where she was active in school af-
fars. Warkentin who was given a
medical discharge from the army in
November is employed as sheet
meta worker with the firm of Clev-
enger Brothers in Lima.
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Advanced In Rank

Mrs. Mary Deppler has received
word that her brother Raymond
Schaublin, who has been stationed
for the past 18 months in Iran, has
been promoted from the rank of ma
jor to lieutenant colonel.
Raymond Schumacher, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Cyrus Schumacher, sta
toned at Camp Gruber, Okla, has
been promoted to the rank of private
first class.
Floyd Herr, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Nelson Herr, stationed at Camp
Hood, Texas, has been promoted to
the rank of corporal.
James Gratz, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Leonard Gratz has been promoted
from fireman first class to water
tender third class.
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EUan NeistUander
At Keesler Field

Pvt. Evan o. Neiswander, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Neiswander,
122 Grove street, is now undergoing
Army processing to determine his
qualifications as a pre-aviation cadet
at Keesler Field, Biloxi, Mississippi.
While at Keesler Field, a station
of the Army Air Forces Training
Command, he will be given training,
classification, and medical and psy-
Geological tests. If he successfully
completes this phase he will be sent
to a college or university for five
months further study.
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Births

The following births in Bluffton
hospital:
Cpl. and Mrs. Robert Barkimer, a
daughter, Barbara Ann, Thursday.
Mrs. Barkimer is the former Mary
Ellen Burkholder.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. ". Neff of Will
Jamestown, son, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph sobosly of
Columbus Grove, a daughter, Sherry
Lynn, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ortho Cotner of
Lima, a daughter, Tuesday. Mrs.
Cotner is the former Bernadine Ri
dinger of this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Wilson of Raw
son, a daughter, Tuesday.
Announcement has been made of
the birth of daughter, Carol Jean,
on Friday, to Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Ludwig of Lima, formerly of Bluff
ton.
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Mennonite Conference
Meetings Cancelled

Summer meetings of two Mennon-
ite church conferences, scheduled for
the month of August, have been can
celled because of 0DT wartime re-
strictions on travel, it was announced
this week.
The Middle District conference,
which convenes annually, was to have
met August 13 to 15 at Pulaski,
Iowa, and the Mennonite General
conference had planned its triennial
meeting at North Newton, Kansas,
August IT to %.
Both sessions were postponed for
at least one year after the Office of
Defense Transportation asked Off
cials of the conferences to omit the
meetings this year, because of trans
portation difficulties.
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CORN YIELD WILL
DEPEND ON RAINS
IN NEXT TEN DAYS
Crop Now i'm Tassel is i'm Critical
Stage and Must Have
Moisture
Early Potatoes and Sweet Corn
Yields Hard Hit; Drought
Continues

Size of the corn crop in the Bluffton
area this summer will depend largely
upon the amount of rainfall within the
net ten days.
Corn now in tassel and ready to
form ears is at a critical stage. Suf-
ficient moisture provided by heavy
rainfall TO Offset effects of the current
drought, would result in a bumper
crop, farmers stated.
Despite pronounced drought condi-
tions, the stand shows little effects of
drought but abundant rainfall, lacking
thus far, essential to development of
ears, growers pointed out.
With exception of a fairly heavy
downpour week ago and light show
ers on Tuesday, there has been no rain
in this district for the past month.
Wheat Harvest Nears End
The wheat harvest which has pro-
ceeded without interruption received
its first setback from the weather
when the showers Tuesday morning
proved sufficient to hold up threshing.
The harvest, however, is nearing it's
end and loss of day at this time will
not effect processing of the crop.
Oats cutting is starting this week
with prospects of not more than an
average yield. The straw is short and
the stand shows effects of late sowing
and unreasonable heat of late June
and early July.
Sweet Corn Hard Hit
Early sweet corn has been hard hit
this year from three sides-the
drought, corn ear worms and corn
'borer. Control of the corn borer i'm
sweet corn has not been well worked
out.
Ravages of the borer and the corn
ear worm are much less in the late
planted sweet corn, experts state, and
-appears~rhat the season for grow
ing perfect sweet corn is shortened
largely to the month of August.
Drought conditions have severly hit
the early potato crop which in some
places is virtually a failure. Like
wise lack of rain has cut victory gar
den yields of beans, peas and other
canning crops up to fifty per cent.
Early apples, also are extremely
scarce.
Outlook for the tomato crop in this
district will be directly in proportion
to rain in the immediate future. This
will also affect the late potato crop
and yield of the later planted sweet
corn.
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Fred Fritchie Is In
IHUdsiOn Of France

Frederick H. Fritchie, Jr., %, SON
of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Fritchie, of
South Jackson street, was member
of a L. S. Naval crew in the Amer
lean assault force which invaded
France in June, it was learned this
week.
Following the invasion Fritchie
was advanced in rating from Store
keeper Second Glass to Storekeeper
First Class on July l, and received a
citation for meritorious performance
of duty from his commanding officer.
This was Fritchie's second action
with an invasion force. In Novem-
Der, 1912, he was in the North Afri-
can campaign.
He also has a brother in the navy,
Byron Fritchie, now located in Con-
necticut. Before joining the Navy
the Bluffton youth was clerk with
the Central Ohio Light & Power CO.
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Course In Spanish
added At COIIeqe

A Spanish language department
will be added to the Bluffton college
course of study this fall, with Frank
J. Patterson, who has an M. A.
degree in Spanish from Ohio State
university, teaching the classes. Bat
terson has also had educational ex-
perience in Argentina and Uruguay.
Spanish has been added to the
curriculum at the college because of
the increasing demand for persons
with a knowledge of the language in
furthering trade relations with Mex
leo and South America.
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Ind, and ordination services will be
held at the Mennonite church at that
place next Sunday morning. Rev.
d. J. Unruh, a member of the for
eign mission board will be in charge.
A number of friends from Bluffton
and Pandora will attend.
Miss Soldner who was connected
with Bluffton hospital for nearly two
years resigned her position here to
accept the South American appoint
ment. She is one of five medical
missionaries who are being sent by
the mission board to Colombia. They
will work among the untainted child
rem of leprous parents.