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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-25
ARRESTED AT HOME

Mrs. Jaeger was arrested al her
home In Crosse Pointe Farms by
members Of the squad. In one
room was found a stitching ma
chine allegedly used to bind the
books of pool tickets and other
equipment.
Hilbert was arrested at his
home last night.
In the Philip address police
found pounds of baseball tickets,
a printing press, printing paper,
rubber bands and various other
paraphernalia which was confis'
Gated.
Sgt. Ralph Baker, head Of the
raiding squad, said the suspects
also would be questioned con.
corning the distribution of hand
book tickets.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-25
G0PL Leaders
Hail Engel
Anti-Ne~ Dealers
Cheer Exposure
nv RAY RICHARDS
Detroit Times washinEiou Burcau

WASHINGTON. Oct 25-DiS-
avowal by Rep a. }. Ensel (Rl
of Michigan of President RooSe-
velt's campaign claim that ne
tried 10 prepare for war but was
baked by "iSolationiSts' Of Con-
gress was hailed here today by
anti-N ew De a 4 congressional
leaders.
Engel. member Of the House
appropriation committee, issued
an elaborate set OF statements
and tables showing that the Pres
ident cut the military budget sys-
tematically over a period OF years.
even after the L. S. military at
tache at Berlin had reported 10
the war department In 1897 that
Germany was becoming the first
air power of the world.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-25
Raiders Grab
; Men, Woman

Three men and a woman are
being held by police today on in
vestigation of violation of the
state gaming laws. They are:
George A. Roscoe Sr., 49, of
1891 w. State Fair; George A.
Roscoe Jr.. %, of the same ad-
dress; Dewey Hilbert. as. 19421
Washtenaw, Gratiot Township,
and Mrs. Christine Jaeger, as, Of
ABA Tourraine, Crosse Pointe
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-25
POOL OPERATIONS CHARGED

The two Roscoes are accused of
heading a baseball and football
pool combine that has been OPP
Grating in Detroit for eight years;
Hilbert is said to be the distribu-
tor of the pool tickets, Mrs. Fac
ger with operating some of the
equipment.
The younger Roscoe was ar
rested with his wife, Janet, 20,
when the couple walked into the
house at 312 Philip, which was
being searched by men of the
racket squad armed with search
warrants. Mrs. Roscoe was re-
leased later.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-25
UPPED By CONGRESS

II was Congress. Engels tables
showed, that raised the amounts
above those specified by the
White House through the bureau
Of the budget.
Commented Rep. Bertrand w.
Gearhart (R) of California, men,
Der OF the House ways and means
committee:
"Mr. Engel has issued n dew
astating report. 1t should serve
10 silence that old deception
that the Roosevelt administra-
ton sought adequate prepared
ness, only TO be frustrated by
so-caIled fsolationists' In Con-
gress."
Senator Reynolds, North Caro-
Ina anti-New Deal Democrat.
chairman OF the Senate military
affairs committee, declared that
during the years referred 70 by
Engel those members of Congress
the President refers 10 as ESQ
lationists" voted for every meas
ure Of military preparedness. and
habitually voted to raise the
amounts to which the White
House had reduced allowances
requested by the governments
military departments.
TWO EXAMPLES
Ito name two examples"
Senator Reynolds said, 'the adj
ministration. and not Congress,
forbade the fertilization of
Guam because IL might offend
Japan. - g., A..
fertilization of the Aleutians
and mainland Alaska In 1888
and 1889 were defeated by the
administration's claim that IL
might offend both Japan and
Russia"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-25
CROSS DOMNIEL

Reaching ST. Michiels Gestel,
the British smashed across the
Dommel River as front dispatches
said the Germans had commenced
retreat along practically the en-
tire 85-mile front from S Herto-
genbosch to the Scheldt's SOUTH
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13
Dearth Funeral
Rites On Thursday

Funeral services for William
Sheldon (Shell) Dearth, 81, who
died at his farm home in Orange
township at 1910 p. m. Monday, will
be held at 2:30 p. m. Thursday in
the Bethel Church of Christ.
Rev. Lee Remaley, of Arlington,
will officiate at the services. Burial
will be in the Hassen cemetery.
Long a prominent resident of
Orange township, Dearth had served
as justice of the peace of the town
ship and at the time of his death
was director of the Ada Farmers
Exchange. He was member of the
Bethel Church of Christ.
The son of John B. and Sarah
(Long) Dearth, he was born in
Hardin county, March IL, 1877. On
Nov. %, 1899, he was married te
Ethel Kuhn, who survives with q
daughter, Mrs. Roy Rogers, of Bluff.
ton, and a son Kenneth Dearth, oi
Ada. There are four grandchildren
Other survivors include seven sis.
ters, Mrs. Vina Paulus, Lima; Mrs
Effie Klingler, Ada; Mrs. Jennie
Guyton, Alger; Mrs. Elsie Snyder
California; Mrs. Neil Harruff, Ce-
lima; Mrs. Edith Houchin, Akron
and Mrs. Ruby Ramey, Washington
D. c.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13
COUNCIL WILL GET
FAST Time ISSUE
ON MONDAY NIGHT
Sentiment For Change To Fast
Time Is Growing Here,
Mayor Reports
Lima, Findlay and Ada Will
Move Clocks Ahead; Farm
ers Oppose Change

Whether Bluffton residents will re-
main on "slow time" or move their
clocks ahead an hour for the summer
months will be taken up at next
Mondays meeting of the municipal
council, Mayor Wilbur A. Howe said
this week.
Because of widespread sentiment
developing the last 10 days for a
change to faster time, the mayor
has decided to present the question
to the council for its consideration.
Townspeople reported in favor of
@fsfsss time for the summer are
those who work in Bluffton and out
of-town factories, victory gardeners
and others who like the advantages
of an extra hour of daylight in the
evenings for sports and outdoor
pursuits.
Other Places on Fast Time
Lima, Findlay and Ada already
have adopted "fast-time" for the
summer season, another factor that
is tending to crystalize local senti-
ment for change.
Farmers have been outspoken in
their opposition to moving clocks
ahead one hour because they feel
slow time is better suited to their
work, and the Bluffton Board of
Education has gone on record in op-
position to fast time.
Otherwise, however, sentiment in
the town is becoming more pronoun-
ced in favoring return to "fast
time" for the summer season. Should
the council decide on a change in
time, however, it is unlikely that
clocks Of the town will be moved
ahead until after May 1.
Bluffton returned to "slow time'
last October 3, after operating on
war time for Is months following
Americas entrance into the war.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13
Don't Leave Gas Ration Books In
Your Car, Warming To Motorists

Don't leave your gasoline ration
book in the glove compartment of
your car was the warning given
motorists here the first of the week
as a number of thefts of ration
books was reported.
The recent reduction in gasoline
rations has been followed by an in
creased number of thefts of ration
books carelessly left in unlocked
glove compartments.
1t is pointed out that such prac-
tise not only encourages thievery but
the victim is liable to the penalty of
waiting some time for replacement
of coupons.
One measure to aid in preventing
the use of stolen ration books is for
each owner to write his license num-
Der on all unused coupons in his
possession.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13
Bluffton High Will Play Baseball
Schedule Despite War Uncertainties
Opening Game Will Be AT Pan
dora Next Tuesday; At Lima
Central Wednesday
Bluffton College Has No Inter-
Collegiate Play Because
of Lack of Men

Rejecting the restrictions result
ing from wartime uncertainties,
Bluffton High school and collegiate
spring sports programs this year will
be restricted to a baseball schedule
played by Bluffton High team.
The high school nine, which so
far has had not chance to work in
outdoor practice sessions because of
inclement weather, will opeg the sea-
son next Tuesday in gtme with
Pandora at Pandora. 4
A second game is schedule on the
following night, with thu Pirates
tangling with Lima Central at Lima,
Arrangementss for other 4emes are
indefinite at his time. 4
Where Bluff ton High hd ne games
will be playe, is a matt of con-
lecture: SO far Either I'll diamond
at Harmon field will be put into
shape for the spring schedule, OF
arrangements will be made to use
the Bluffton college field.
Bob Gratz will be hurler for this
years Bluffton High team, with Bob
Burkholder again working behind the
plate as catcher. Gratz, also vet
eran, will be making his first ap-
pearance as pitcher. Warden Lo-
ganbill is another letterman who will
be available.
At Bluffton college, however, there
will not be enough men available
for an intercollegiate spring sports
program, Coach A. c. Burcky re-
ported.
Selective Service inductions have
reduced the male enrolment at the
college to a point where available
candidates would not be sufficient in
number to make up a baseball team
An intensive schedule of intra-
mural competition will take the place
of inter-scholastic play, the Beaver
coach said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13
HIGH SCHOOL TO
GRADUATE CLASS
OF 43 ON May q
DR.. Frank Slutz of Dayton Will
Deliver Class Address at
Exercises
Rev. J. A. Weed to be Speaker
at Baccalaureate Service,
May 21

Forty-three seniors will receive
diplomas at commencement exercises
in the Bluffton High School gymnas-
ium, Tuesday evening, May %, ac-
cording to tentative list released
this week by Superintendent A. ]. b.
Longsdorf.
DR.. Frank d. Slutz, of Dayton,
will deliver the class address at the
graduation exercises.
Valedictorian of the graduating
class will be Mary Margaret Basing-
er, and Beverly Biery will be saluta-
torian.
One of the pre-commencement
events will be the baccalaureate
service for graduating seniors on
Sunday evening, May 81, with Rev.
J. A. Weed, pastor of the First
Methodist church, in the pulpit.
List of Graduates
The prospective list of graduates
is as follows: Nadine Altman, Alice
Augsburger, Mary Margaret Basing-
er, Beverly Biery, Florence Ann
Blome, Imojene Bronson, Joan Buck
land, Dorothy Burkholder, Ruth
Burkholder.
Aileen Diller, Freda Fritchie, Helen
Creding, Margaret Griffith, Mary
Elizabeth Habegger, Janice Hankish,
Anna Louise Hochstettler, Jane
Howe, LaDonna Johnson.
Madalene McCune, Virginia Miller,
Lois Oyer, Clare Reagan, Miriam
Schaeublin, Mary Gene Siefield,
Glenna Swick, Levon Which, Joyce
Young.
Robert Amstutz, Wayne Badertsch-
er, Robert Burkholder, Dudley Dean,
Dale Huber, Roger Klay, Maurice
Kohl, Raymond Kohl.
Jackson Koontz, Warden Loganbill,
'Earlu Dean LuginbuA, William
Mericle, Harry Minck Jry Evan Mis-
wander, Kenneth Reichenbach and
Robert j. Stratton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13
China Social Worker
To Speak At Vespers

Robert Kreider, Bluffton High
school graduate and former social
worker in China, will be the speaker
at Bluffton college vesper services
at p. m. next Sunday in the Ram
seyer chapel on the college campus.
The speaker is the son of Rev. A..
E. Kreider, of Goshen, Ind, former
pastor of the First Mennonite church
in Bluffton.
At present Kreider is employed in
the Mennonite Central committee
office in Akron, Pa. He was sent
to China early last summer by the
M. C. C. as a social worker, but
was recalled because of the war.
Kreider also has experience as a
social worker in South America. In
his talk he will discuss his exper-
fences in both fields.
Special music will be provided by
the college women's choir.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13
Flowing Now Month Late Further
Delayed By Heavy Rains This Week
Market Baskets
Soon To Replace
Paper Bags Here

old fashioned market bask-
cts of grandma's day are
due for a comeback, merchants
here stated as paper bags are
becoming increasingly difficult to
obtain.
Both quantity and quality of
paper bags for civilians has been
dropping rapidly and is now esti-
mated at less than one-third of
normal, the War Production
Board announced.
Besides the scarcity of paper
bags, kraft wrapping paper is
less plentiful and will be used
more sparingly to conserve the
dwindling supply.
Little relief from the situa-
tion is anticipated until after
the war.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13
Roger Hduenstein
Married Sundau

Roger Hauenstein, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar Hauenstein of Bluffton
and Miss Ruth Vernaine Kress,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Holmes
Kress of Bellefontaine were married
in the First Methodist church of
Bellefontaine, Sunday afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock.
Rev. Don Timerman, pastor, of the
bride offfciated in the single ring
ceremony in the presence of the
families and intimate friends. The
church was decorated with Easter
lilies and palms.
Preceding the ceremony program
OF wedding selections was played by
the father of the bridegroom at the
organ followed by the Lohengrin
wedding march for professional and
the Mendelssohn march for reces-
sional.
The bride entered the church on
the arm of her father who gave her
away. She wore white marquisette
and carried a bouquet of white roses
and the wedding handkerchief of the
brldegroom's mother. Her ornament
was a string of pearls worn by the
brldegroom's grandmother, the late
Mrs. Andrew Hauenstein.
She was attended by her sister,
Miss Miriam Kress of Bellefontaine,
gowned in pink and carrying a pink
rose bouquet. Kent Hauenstein, of
Marion, brother of the bridegroom
was best man. Ushers were Mervin
kress of Bellefontaine, and Dwight
Ballinger of West Mansfield, brother
and brother-in-law of the bride.
Following a reception at the home
OF the bride the couple left for Co.
lumbus where they will be at home
at 232 West Woodruff avenue.
Mr.. Hauenstein is a graduate OF
Bluffton high school and Blufftor
college and later was instructor II
public school music and served ir
the army. He is now employed b,
the Curtiss- Wright corporation anc
studying at Ohio State university.
The bride is a graduate of Belle
fontaine high school and attended
Bliss Business college in Columbus
Previous to her marriage she wa.
employed in the office of Bellefon
taine loan company.
Those from Bluffton attending tn.
wedding were Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar
Hauenstein, Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney
Hauenstein and Mr.. and Mrs. Armir
Hauenstein and son Bruce.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13
Little Work can be Done in
Water-logged Fields During
Next 10 Days
Time Already Passed for Most
Profitable Oats Sowing;
May Plant S0ys

Farmers in the Bluffton district,
already faced by labor and machin-
cry shortages are facing a new and
real threat to crop production in
heavy rains this week.
Late spring has delayed normal
plowing by almost a month and rains
the first of the week make it certain
that little work will be done in the
ground for another week or ten days.
Spring tillage which started a
week ago was cut short by rains
which started Friday and continued
at intervals ending with snow flurries
Wednesday morning.
Farmers said Wednesday that the
ground will not be ready to work in
time for the most profitable planting
of oats, the crop that is Immediately
threatened.
Oats are important in this area as
a feed crop. Late planting tends to
cut down the yield and farmers are
seriously considering passing up oats
in favor of soybeans or perhaps just
summer following the land for fall
wheat planting.
Fruit growers report that the
rains are hindering early spraying.
Continued rains may bring a repeti-
tion of last years condition when
pollination was incomplete and yield
was reduced to about twenty per
cent of normal.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13
College Minstrel
ShOJU Next Monday

Bluffton college students will pre-
sent a minstrel show, Land O. Cot
tom, at 8 p. m. next Monday in
the Ramseyer chapel.
Earl Lehman, Pandora senior, will
act as interlocutor; and end men
will be Howard Baumgartner, Berne,
Ind, sophomore; Richard Boehr,
Pandora, freshman; Howard Kreh-
biel, Donnelson, Iowa, freshman, and
Ehigeru Matsunaga, Hawaii, fresh
man.
Prof. Russell A. Lantz, head of
the college department of music, is
directing the production. The min
istrel show is sponsored by the Stu
dent Christian association of the
college.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13
FARMERS IN area
PLAN CUTS IN FOOD
CROP PRODUCTION
Concern Over Labor Scarcity
And Low Prices Will AZ
feet Food Production
Farmers Gift Low Egg Prices
And Fluctnating Livestock
Returns L Dissatisfaction

A trend away from food produc-
ton toward the seeding of field
crops is anticipated in the Bluffton
area and thruout the Midwest
generally, as a result of farmer en-
bitterment over contradictory selec-
tive service and war price policies,
farm observers pointed out here
this week.
I With uncertainty of the farm labor
supply tpubling5erop Eeoducess, and
farm prices constieotirg n continual
headache it is believed farmers will
discount War Food Administration
pleas for all-out food production in
1914.
Farmers, for instance, cannot
understand present low egg prices.
VIA asked for and received all-out
poultry production in 1943. The goal
was met and farmers point out their
reward has been the lowest egg
prices in 10 years. As a result lay
ing focks are being sold and chick
orders are being cancelled generally.
Farm Labor Scarce
Contradictory selective service
orders affecting the status of farm
labor has a tendency to delay plant
ing plans.
Farmers already short-handed will
switch from hand labor to machine
crops if an adequate supply of farm
labor cannot be assured.
This means vegetables and other
food crops requiring much hand
labor will give way to grain and
forage crops, with the result that
the nations fool supply picture will
be materially affected.
Cut In Livestock
Fruit prospects, too, are normal,
but the possibility there will be in
sufficient labor to harvest the crop
is troubling the grower, and he finds
his plans hard to make in view OF
the scarcity of labor.
Production of livestock, also need.
ed to maintain this nations food pro
duction quota, appears headed for 8
cutback on farms.
Lack of stability of livestock
prices in comparison with higl
prices guaranteed for grain and for
age crops likely will find farmer
concentrating more on crop pro
duction than in livestock feeding
with the result that the nation
supply of food next winter will suf
fer, it was pointed out.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13
Personal Tax Return
Deddline Is Saturday


Personal tax returns must be
filed no later than this Saturday,
Bluffton area residents were warned
again this week by the Allen county
auditors office.
Original deadline for the filing of
returns was March 81, but an ex-
tension was granted to April Is.
Deputies from the auditors office
will be at the Citizens National
bank Friday to assist taxpayers in
making out their returns. At least
half of the tax must be paid when
the return is filed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13
ALL men Is TO Is
WILL TAKE DRAFT
EXAMS next week
Allen County Board No. 3 Mails
Notices To All Registrants
Under 26 Years
Examination And Induction of
Men Over 25 Delayed
By New Order

All men in the 18 to 25 age
bracket, irrespective of draft classifi-
cation, were ordered Tuesday by
Allen County Draft Board No. 3 to
report for pre-induction physical
examinations at Toledo on Tuesday
and Wednesday of next week, it was
announced at board headquarters
Tuesday afternoon.
This move is in keeping with last
Saturdays Selective Service order to
delay induction of men 26 or older
in occupations contributing to the
war effort until the manpower re-
serve in the leverage bracket is
exhausted, a spokesman for the
board said.
No men over 26 will be called for
physical examinations or notified to
report for induction by Board No.
3, if they are in work that can be
considered essential and deferment
of younger men will be practically
impossible.
Shortage of Men
Few men are in the Is to 25 age
group, however, and as a result
Board No. will send only about
one-third the number of men called
for in the April induction quota it
was announced.
Varying interpretations of the
order relating to the induction delay
of older men are reported in the
district. A few boards have announ-
ced they will continue to induct older
registrants because they already
have virtually depleted the supply
of younger men.
Others, however, following action
similar to that of Board No. 3, are
scombing and re-combing their lists
of aregistrants for men Is to 25,
and will postpone induction of men
26 and over until they are notified
of a change in orders.
Altho all lI18 to 25 registrants have
been ordered to Toledo for the pre-
induction physical examination, the
April quota sent by Board No. 3
will be considerably short of the
number of men prescribed.
Notices Cancelled
More than 100 men over 25 had
been notified to report for examina-
tions next week, but following
receipt of the change in Selective
Service procedure notices were mail
ed to them cancelling the call.
In the April call, all men in Class
Ia inethe ,18,. to 25 group, except
those with appeals pending, will be
taken into the armed services, repre-
sentatives of Board No. 3 said.
Board members also are combing
the list of other classifications to
get more men into LA if possible.
These two classes, those with appeals
pending and those now deferred, are
expected to make up the May call,
which probably also will be short of
quota.
In the April induction schedule a
group will be sent to the Navy on
April 81 and another to the army
on April %, it was announced by
Board No. 3. The number to be in
Quoted was not disclosed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13
Radio BrOadcaster
Leads SingspiratiOn

DIR. Richard Dunham of Findlay
will lead the singspiration at the
Defenseless Mennonite church, SUM-
day night at 9 o'clock. He will
bring with him a pianist and other
talent.
DIR. Dunham is heard over Findlay
radio station WIN on Sunday
afternoon from 1890 to o'clock in
the program "Voices from Calvary.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13
Tenor Will Sing
This Wednesday

Harold Haugh, dramatic tenor, Of
Cleveland, will present recital in
the Ramseyer chapel at Bluffton coll
lege at 8 p. m. this Wednesday,, as
the second number of the current
Bluffton college concert series.
Haugh is professor of voice and
choral direction at the Oberlin con-
servatory of music, succeeding Olaf
Christensen. He has been active in
concert and oratorio fields.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13
Real Estate Deals

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Stratton
have purchased from Mrs. Cal Balm
er the latter's property on South
Main street which they now occupy.
Justin Basinger of West Elm
street has purchased the Nile MUIR
ray property on Thurman street and
will occupy it soon. Albert Gar
matter will occupy the property to
be vacated by Basinger which Gar
matter recently purchased from Miss
Lydia Basinger.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13
Promotions

Sgt. Richard Burkholder who is in
army service overseas has been pro-
NOTED to the rank of staff sergeant,
it was learned by his wife here the
first of the week.
Sgt. Elmer Burkholder, Jr., of
Camp Jackson, South Carolina, has
been promoted to the rank of staff
sergeant. He is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Burkholder, Sr., of Je-
nera.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13
Ebenezer Broadcast

A vocal trio will be heard on the
radio program of the Ebenezer Mem
MONTE church broadcast from Find
lay station WIN, Sunday after
noon at $3.50 o'clock. Members of
the trio are Jemima Lugibihl, Mrs
Wilford Steiner and Vera Amstutz
with Mabel Amstutz accompanies