davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
News Our Grandfathers Read
From Issue OF May 6, 1909

ton successfully.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. William
Bogart baby girl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Zehrbach have
purchased the Rachel Green property
on Spring Street. The property will
be repaired and occupied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Zehrbach the first of June.
Floyd kimmell had quite a spirited
runaway down Cherry street. The
falling of one of the horses put an
end to the attraction. No serious
damage was done.
Miss Flora Plattner is candidate
for the Tour Of-Europe contest now
being conducted by the Lima Times
Democrat.
John Fennesy of Lima had an
exciting experience in our community
which he will not forget in many
wears to come. He and his brother
were doing some work on ditch
for the county and were camping out
in a big wagon on sort of an
island made by ditch connecting
at either end by big Riley creek.
They had gone to sleep in the wagon
after hard days work. In the night
a hard storm came up raised the
waters of the creek to such an ex-
tent that the island was covered
and the wagon was taken bodily
down the stream. The plight of the
men was not discovered until an
extra hard gust of wind overturned
the wagon and sudden plunge into
| the water awakened the two men.
They had been carried down stream
about a third of mile, it was very
dark and they had no idea what had
happened or where land could be. Mr..
Fennessey's brother happened to be
an old seaman, else they probably
would have never survived to tell the
tale. Through his efforts they escap-
ed watery grave. 1t is said the
| water raised four and one half feet
in very short period of time.
By ruse Mr. and Mrs. j. E. Luigi
bill were completely surprised on
their 9th wedding anniversary by
their friends. Thru the cooperation
of central Mr.. Lugibill was kept
busy on the phone attempting to re-
ceive a long distance call from
Toledo while the guests slipped
quietly into the house. John finally
hung up in disgust, turned around
mumbling about the poor phone
service, and was completely astound-
ed at finding his house full of
friends.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
Federal Tax Man
Here April 5 And 6

A deputy collector of internal rev.
enue will be at the Mayors office on
Wednesday and Thursday of next
week from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. to as
sist persons required to make re.
turn by April Is of estimated income
and victory tax for 1914.
Required to file declarations are:
1. Single persons or married per-
sons not living with spouse and who
expect to earn more than $2,70O sub
ject to income tax withholding OF
more than $10O from all other
sources provided the total income is
expected to amount to $500 or more
2. Married persons living with
spouse who expect to receive in 1914
either alone or together with spouse
more than $500 subject to with
holding or more than 500 from all
other sources provided their total
combined income is expected to
amount to $1,000 or more or the
filing of spouse's separate income is
expected to amount to more than
1924.
Thus, every individual who re-
ceives wages not subject to with
holding such as agricultural labor or
domestic service, and every individ-
ual who receives income from divi-
dents, interest, rents or from busi-
ness or profession must file a declar-
alton of his income for 1914 is ex-
pected to exceed the amounts stated
in the preceding paragraphs.
In addition, a declaration is re-
quired of any individual whose in
come for 1943 was in excess of the
amounts stated above.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30

The following pupils of the Bluff
ton grade school received banner
cards for the month of April: Senior
Helen Kibler, Junior-Mabel Wyer,
-Winifred Morrow, Fresh
man-Viola Stratton, 8th grade
Inez Burns, 7th grade-Lela Frick,
9th grade-Lucille Welty, 5th grade
Della Kempf, 4th grade No. +
Theodore Seheid, 4th grade No. 2
Este Lugibill, Bird grade-Ellen Fett'
End grade-Margaret Frick, Elmer
Lora, Lois Storer.
Bessie Burkholder, Harry Block
and Albert Stettler attended the
teachers examination at Lima.
John Spangler is the Blufftor
representative in the oratorical con.
test to be held at Kenton, May IA.
Albert Lehman is the proud pos
SCISSOR of a new rubber tire buggy
Glen Hummon, known to many o.
the Settlement, was married recently
to Miss Ida Amstutz of Columbu!
Grove.
Frank Steiner, Lizzie Geiger, ant
Harvey Basinger left for Chicago
last Monday to attend the reviva
meetings conducted by Revs. Tor,
and Gypsy Smith.
Three young ladies of Pleasan
Grove community were successful il
passing the Boxwell examination
They are Misses Ethel Andrews
Opal Daily, and May Jennings. The,
will be permitted to attend Higl
School free of tuition as result o
the tests. In Richland center Mis-
Ina Gratz also passed the examina
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30

Buttons Mid Winter Fair will be
an annual event according to plans
made by committees of the associa-
ton. The organization will be known
as the Agricultural Assn of Bluffton.
On Tuesday morning at 600 Miss
Elvina Steiner became the bride of
Amos S. Ebersole of Goshen, Ind.
The ceremony was conducted at the
home of the brides mother Mrs. C. P.
Steiner of South Main street.
Ohio's new auto law to go in effect
December 5th will provide the state
with a uniform traffic code to sup
plant the hundreds of villages and
cities with uniform regulations for
motorists.
Fred Mueller was elected by the
Masonic lodge as Master for the
coming year. The Eastern Star
organization elected Mrs. Alice Doty
as the Worthy matron.
Because he refused to marry her
after a 20 year courtship Miss Ada
Warner, az of Benton Ridge, shot
Norris M. Powell, 43, in the right
lung Saturday evening. Following
the shooting Miss Warner cut her
throat with a razor. Both are ex-
pected to recover.
Edgar Bunk and Miss Marie jack
son were quietly married Nov. IL.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jackson will make their
home with the brides parents for
the present.
Aaron Messenger while assisting in
husking corn at Will Balmer's got
one of his fingers hurt in the husker.
Winkler and Roethlisberger have
decided to discontinue their saw mill.
Memo Augsburger and wife well
coined baby boy into their home
Sunday morning.
When Adam Steiner was returning
home from Lima one dark night his
one horse rig was struck by an auto
mobile as he was nearing Beaverdam.
Steiner was picked up in an uncon-
scious condition. Mr.. Early who
struck the rig brought him home.
Clayton, IA year old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Gideon Steiner had his
hand caught in corn shredder
which necessitated in the removal of
four fingers from his hand at the
second joint.
Orlo and Francis Marshall pur-
chased a new Overland touring car
from Harry Block.
Shirley Nonnamaker is clerking in
the A. d. Lugibihl Harware.
Waldo Diller left the first of the
week on a three weeks business trip
through the Middle West in the
interest of the Diller Manufacturing
Co.
The stork delivered a nine pound
boy to Prof. and Mrs. B. ID. Smuck-
er on College Road Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Triplett are
home from a trip to the west to
visit the Pacific Coast area.
Rev. Brundige and family met with
an auto accident Sunday evening.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
Here's Some Consolation-Gas Will
Not Cost A-Card Holders Too Much

Gasoline will be negligible
matter in the cost of operation of
your car for the next year, inasmuch
as license fees and taxes will COM
prise the greater proportion of the
expense.
Now that "A" card drivers are
limited to only two gallons of gaso-
line a week, the maximum amount
of gasoline they may obtain in any
one year is 104 gallons.
At IA cents gallon, which is the
price of regular gasoline without
the tax, the cost of motor fuel will
be $14.56 for the entire year.
Auto license registration costs at
least S10.25; the federal use tax SIS,
an Ohio drivers license 30 cents,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
RatiOning Calendar

So that you may keep in mind th
numerous important wartime RI
tioning dates, the Bluffton News
publishing this weekly reminder:
MEATS, BUTTER, CHEESE.
FATS, CANNED FISH AND
CANNED MILK-Book red
stamps AS, BIS, C-S, DIS, Els,
F-8, G-S, HIS, J-S are good for
10 points each under token ration
ing indefinitely.
PROCESSED FOODS-Book 4
Blue stamps AS, B-8, C-8, DIS
and Els good for 10 points each
under token rationing indefinitely.
Blue stamps F-8, G-S, HIS, J-8,
and KS good April 1.
GASOLINE-Stamp IL in A
book good for 8 gallons of gaso-
line thru June 20. =
SUGAR-Stamp 81 in Book
becomes good for pounds of
sugar April / and Stamp 80 con-
tinues good indefinitely. Stamp
40 good for pounds under can
ming allotments until Feb. %,
1945.
SHOES-Stamp No. Is in Ra-
tion Book l good for one pair of
shoes until April 80. Stamp No.
l on "Airplane" sheet in Ration
Book 3 good for one pair. An
other stamp, to be announced
soon will be good for one pair of
shoes beginning May l.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
ArmOrsville

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Matter of Day
ton spent the week end at the Chas.
Montgomery home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Moore and dau-
ghter of Detroit spent Sunday after
noon at the w. I. Moore home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Hinley of To-
ledo were Sunday dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. o. P. Hartman and son.
Mrs. Edith Fox and son Jimmy
were Sunday dinner guests of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin Moser
and family. Afternoon caller was
Mrs. Addie Graber.
Sunday callers of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Montgomery and daughter
were Mrs. Eva Sommers and daught-
er, John Welsh, Mr.. and Mrs. Vaughn
and daughter, all of Ada, and Mr.. and
Mrs. c. E. Klingler.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. O. Hilty and dau-
ghters Rosann and Mrs. Imojean
Ewing were Columbus callers, Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Moore and dau-
ghter, Mrs. w. |. Moore, Raymond
Tuttle spent Sunday evening with Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Hall and family of
Carey.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Klingler were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
John w. Wilkins and family of near
Arlington.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
Pleasant View

Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Stewart and Mrs.
Glenna Hanna were Lima shoppers,
Wednesday.
j. M. Hummon spent Tuesday i'm
Columbus, returning with a 1910
Dodge Coupe
Kenneth Green of Great Lakes
Naval school spent several days with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Milford
Green and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland Frantz and
sons, Mr.. and Mrs. Jasper Dukes and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Har-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
NEWS OUR FATHERS READ
FROM ISSUE OF NOV. 1S, 1919

Seeing another car approaching Mr..
Brundige motored to the side of the
road to stopped the car. The ap-
preaching car however locked wheels,
putting the car of the minister to
one side, bending the front axle
and fender. The other car was not
badly damaged. 1t was later learn
ed that the car was operated by a
young man from Ada with Bluffton
girl out joy riding.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
Too Much Oil Harmful

Too mucn oil on the bearings of
an electric motor is as bad as too
little, because the excess oil soaks
into the working parts where it col
lects dirt and destroys insulation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
Wording on Discharpe

An honorable discharge of the
U. S. marine corps contains the
words "Fideli certa merces," which
means ito the faithful, reward is
certain
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
Hold Sweet in Corn

To hold the sweet in corn, peas,
and lima beans and to keep snap
beans fresh, keep them cold. Let
them stay in the pod or husk unless
you can store them tightly covered
in refrigerator.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30

and tax on 104 gallons of gasoline
S4.16, total of 1881.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
All Membership Rises

An army of 62,404 rural boys and
girls In New York state is enrolled
In the l943 All club program, a rs
per cent increase over the 1912 num-
Der of 1888 members.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30

ris and son called on Mr.. and Mrs.
Irwin Fisher and daughter, Friday
evening.
The Ladies of this community will
sew at the Red Cross sewing room at
the Mrs. J. S. Steiner home on We'd
nesday of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight Frantz and
daughters entertained the following IN
honor of Walter Badertscher of Great
Lakes Naval school on Sunday. Mr..
and Mrs. Sam Badertscher, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wayne Zimmerman and daught-
ers. Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Badertscher
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer Bad
ertscher and family and Mr. and Mrs.
Z. Y. FrantZ.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30

COc0nutS Make Fish Bait
Coral islanders use coconut meat
as fish bait. From the fiber of the
coconut husk they make the cord
for fish nets. The fiber also goes
into baskets and mats.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-05-04
STRIKES:
In u. S., Canada

Strikes at Montgomery Ward and
company and the Ford Motor COM
pany of Canada crowded the labor
spotlight.
At Wards, the nations No. mail
order house, the company resumed
shipment of freight and parcel post
after railroad and teamster unions
had tied up deliveries in sympathy
with the CLOS United Mail Order,
Warehouse and Retail Employees
union, which struck over the firms
refusal to extend bargaining con-
tract upon order of the War Labor
board.
About $4,000 employees of the
Ford company's Canadian plants re-
NAMED idle after a walkout in pro-
test over the firms discharge of CLIO
stewards for investigating members
grievances during working hours,
and the company's subsequent cam
collation. of the unions contract.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-05-04
LEND-LEASE:
Extension Debated

With congress considering extern
sion of lend-lease until June 80, 1945.
debate centered around subjecting
the Presidents final settlements
with foreign recipients to legislative
scrutiny.
Under terms of the lend-lease
measure, the President had sole
authority to make final settlements,
but in extending the act to 1945, the
house wrote in an amendment which
prohibits him from negotiating final
settlements involving international
commitments without COMPRESSION.
al approval.
During the course of house de-
bate on the new measure which
was sent to the senate by 1874 to
81 vote, the majority killed Republic
can efforts to compel foreign ma
tons to return lend-lease munitions
to the U. S. after the war.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-05-04
COP
Keynoter Named

Selection of Gov. Earl Warren Of
California as opening speaker, or
keynoter, at the Republican national
convention in Chicago, June "a, has
served to modulate the extreme ma
tionalist and internationalist ele-
ments in the party.
Brawny, 6-foot Governor Warren,
who first jumped into the political
spotlight on the west coast through
his racket-busting, stands by the
COPS Mackinac declaration on for
elgn policy, stressing international
cooperation with other nations with
out impairing U. S. sovereignty.
Said Warren: 'As Republicans,
we must avoid discord that would
interfere with our displacing the
White House palace guard with an
administration more competent to
win the war and solve our postwar
problems, domestic and foreign"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-05-04
PACIFIC:
Raid Treasure-House

Storehouse for japanese oil, tin
and rubber, the Dutch East Indies
were hit by British bolnbers for the
first time in nearly a year and a
half, with docks, warehouses and
shipping left in flames in the north
ern end of the islands
While the bombers whacked at
this treasure-house of natural re-
sources which have fed the Japs'
industrial sinews of war, British and
Indian troops continued their des-
perate defense Of the Bengal-Assam
railroad in eastern India, feeding
U. S. and Chinese forces hacking
out supply road to China in north
ern Burma.
In the South Pacific area, u. S.
army and navy bombers teamed up
to plaster the Japs' Caroline islands,
gateway to the inner approaches of
the eneny's principal Asiatic
holdings.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-05-04
G.. I. BOARD:
Cost Reduced

It is costing the government less
this year to provide board and
room" for the millions of enlisted
men in the army. Economies of vari-
Gus sorts have trimmed the annual
expenditure from $501.O6 in 1943 to
an estimated $465.06 this year.
The estimated figures include
$215.35 for food, $173.70 for clothing,
$44.70 for individual equipment lex
cepting arms and ammunition. and
$31.31 for barracks equipment. Pro-
duction costs on many items sup
piled by contractors have been re-
duced, and some kinds Of food are
lower in price than last year, it was
explained.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-05-04
PLAY BALL:
Majors Open

More than $4,000 fans were on
hand to witness the opening of the
1914 major league baseball season,
with the largest crowd of 80, 154
watching the Chicago Cubs spank
the Cincinnati Reds, 3 to 0, at
Cincinnati, and the smallest of 4,030
watching the st. Louis Cardinals
blank the Pittsburgh Pirates, 2 to 0,
at st. Louis.
The New York Yankees Johnny
Lindell drove out the majors first
home run against the Boston Red
Sox to lead his team to a 8 to O
victory, and the Philadelphia Athlet-
les and Washington Senators played
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-05-04
PEACHES PERILED:
Blossoms Frozen

Cold snaps in the southern states
have seriously menaced most Of the
peach crop by freezing the BIOS
SONS, Carroll r. Miller, secretary
of the National Peach council, said.
He estimated the loss would amount
to 10 million bushels. Last year, be-
cause of wet weather which delayed
pollination, the crop was only $780,.
900 bushels.
Miller explained that the cold
weather on April 4 and 5, coupled
with earlier freezes in Arkansas,
Oklahoma and Texas, had reduced
the expectable crop in 10 southern
states to an estimated 1900, 900
bushels, barring further ill-fortune.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-05-04

HERO: In q curious case of a
marine hero, who is also deserter
from the marines and the army,
First Class Private William B. Muir
phee of Tennessee left the army
after nearly six years of service and
then joined the marines to win the
navy cross as member of Carl.
sons Raiders. Walking away from a
marine hospital, he was later de-
tanned and held for discipline.
STOVES: The War Production
board has issued an order permit
ting manufacture of stoves with
storage compartments. Making of
stoves was resumed on March %
but at that time any accessories
were banned. This ruling has been
iberalized by the new order. Also,
the larger sizes in fuel oil circulating
stoves can now be manufactured.
BOY SABOTEURS: A gang of IS
boys, ranging from to IL years,
have been arrested in Richmond,
Calf, charged with damaging more
than 20 amphibious crafts, jeeps and
other army vehicles.
INSULATION: A new insulating
material made of fabric, asbestos
and resin, has been developed for
use in aircraft and for many other
purposes. 1t is fire-resistant, and
lighter than metal. Heating and VEN
tilating ducts made of the material
are 10 per cent lighter than metal
ones.
PROFITS: The meat packing in
dustry had net income of only IL
per cent on sales in 1943, the lowest
for any major manufacturing icdux-
try. the American Meat institute re-
ports.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-05-04

PENICILLIN FOR LIVESTOCK:
A Great Dane dog, suffering from
canine typhus, is being treated with
the rare drug penicillin at the Mon
tana livestock laboratories at
Helena. The drug was obtained for
experimental use.
PAID DRAFT BOARDS: Com
menting on Senator Wiley's proposal
that selective service board mem
bers should be given a salary, the
Maricopa county, Arizona, board
No. 4 in Phoenix, telegraphed,
''There is not gold enough in Fort
Knox to hire us to do the unpleas-
ant tasks we are doing today. To
offer these men (board members)
cash compensation, no matter how
well intended, constitutes the pros
titution of patriotism and is far
more insulting than fattering."
MILK TRUCKS: Senator Wiley of
Wisconsin told the senate that trucks
must be provided for the dairy in
dustry if deliveries of milk, butter
and cheese are to be continued.
Many milk trucks are breaking down
beyond repair, he said.
BANANAS: Shortage Of shipping
between South American and United
States ports is seriously handicap
ping importation of bananas, trade
officials say.
FLYING HORSEMAN: Famed
Poloist 1t. Col. Thomas Hitch
cock Jr. was killed in an airplane
crash in England, where he had
been serving as chief of the Ninth
Fighter Commands tactical re-
search section. During the first
World war he bagged two German
planes.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-05-04
EUROPE:
Intending Raids

An unending procession Of U. S.
and British bombers scared over
western Europe blasting the inva-
sion path, while in the Balkans to
the southeast, Axis forces went over
to the attack to shore up the Rus
slams drive on Rumania and Hun
gary.
Big bombers, medium bonbers
and strafng fighter planes all par
ticipated in the Allied aerial attacks
on France, the Lowlands and Ger
many, with rail communications
leading to the invasion coast and
airports and aircraft factories the
principal targets. In one 36-hour Pc
Rod alone, Allied aviators made no
less than 5000 individual flights over
the west.
Axis counterattacks in the Bal
kans took form as the Russians adj
vanced on Carpathian mountain
passes leading into the rolling Hun
garian plains, and other Red forces
threatened the rich Rumanian oil
fields around Ploesti. In the Crimean
peninsula jutting into the Black sea,
+. Russian forces laid siege to the big
naval base of Sevastopol, where
Axis troops focked after a lengthy
retreat.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-05-04
MANPOWER:
Biggest Problem

During 1914, manpower and not
material will constitute the biggest
obstacles to resumption of the pro-
duction of civilian goods, the War
Production boards planning and
statistical chief, Stacy May, re-
vea1ed.
Although reductions in certain
munitions programs may reach con-
siderable proportions toward the end
of 1914, the question of converting
facilities to the manufacture of civil
ian goods will revolve around the
arny's call for manpower for casu-
atty requirements, May said. Be-
cause of declines in construction en-
ployment and increasing efficiency
n factories, however, more work
ers may be made available for con-
sumner goods, May declared.
SnS1cient steel, aluminium and
copper probably could be obtained
for civilian production later in the
year, May said, but shortages of
necessary parts or accessories
might form serious bottlenecks at
that time.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-05-04

is in Germany, $265, 900, 900 in Italy,
500, 900 in Japan, SOS, 100000 in
Rumania and $55, 1000 in Hun
gary.
By far the largest U. S. invest
ments are in Canada, aggregating
$4,375, 000,00 and holdings in Great
Britain total $1,000, O00,0 Invest
ments in Cuba amount to $785, OO0,-
900; Mexico, $420, 1000, 900; Argentina,
$685., 100000, and Brazil, $3.50, 900, 900.