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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28
Tanks Built Like Turtle

This country's latest armored We
hicles are based on exhaustive
studies of the turtle. This lowly rep
tile, provided by nature with pro-
tective armor, is said to have taught
ordnance engineers the essential les
sons of "firestreaming." Firestream-
ing is destined to enable army tanks,
tank destroyers and motorized artil-
lery to shed enemy projectiles as
easily as the horny shell of the tur-
tie sheds a horses hoof. Earlier
tanks presented their upright ar
mored surfaces to direct impact.
Now the silhouettes are lower and
the armor slopes in such a way
that hard-hitting armor-piercing pro-
jectiles tend to bounce from the
tanks sides like hail from a sloping
roof. The lowly turtle is now wear
ing an army ordnance service rib
bon.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28
TIGER LILY"-BEAUTIFUL
PICTURE in COLOR

Another in the series of charming
"Flower Girls" painted by Henry
Give, eminent artist, with sparkling
descriptive verses by Phyllis McGin-
ley. Look for this striking feature
in the February 9Th issue of
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
Printed in New Size With The
BALTIMORE
SUNDAY AMERICAN
Order From Your NeSvsdealer
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28

why a business man marries his sec
rotary, but ignores the obvious fact
that it's undoubtedly to keep her.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28

Give him a Crisp WAR
BOND for a CHRISTMAS
present to be remembered.
Keep on BACKING THE AT
TACK.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28

Nazis rumored preparing to invade
Spain. After all, there are still some
they haven't made enemies ct.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28

Today's racing tip: Bonds in the
fourth.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-01-28

One columniat purports to tell
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
Scouts VIII Collect
Scrap Paper Saturday

Another drive to collect waste
paper will be held in the town this
Saturday by members of Boy Scout
Troops 56 and 50.
Proceeds from the sale of paper
will be used to send Scouts to camp
next summer. Scouts also have vot-
ed to donate 25 per cent of the
money raised to the Red Cross.
Those wishing to contribute paper
are asked to place newspapers and
magazines in separate bundles, tie
them securely and leave them on the
front porch or curb no later than
1890 p. m. Saturday.
Due to a shortage of transporta-
tion facilities only one trip will be
made thru each part of town.
Many of the nations paper mills
are being forced to close because of
a lack of adequate waste paper. 1t
is estimated that the country needs
at least 33 1/3 more paper this year.
In case of rain, the scouts will
make the scrap paper collection on
the following Saturday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
Union Meetings At
Churches Next Week

Pre-Easter union meetings will be
held in Bluffton churches next week,
it is announced by the Ministerial
association. Meetings will be held
from Sunday to Thursday evening at
5 o'clock followed by services at the
Presbyterian church on Good Friday
afternoon.
Topic for the evening meetings is
personalities of the Passing Week"
Services are scheduled as follows:
Sunday-First Mennonite church
Rev. G. T. Soldner-sJ Judas.
Monday-D Defenseles Mennonite
church, Rev. w. L. Harmony
Peter.
Tuesday-Lutheran church--Rev
P. E. Whitmer-"Pilate".
Wednesday-Church of Christ
DR.. L. L. Ramseyer-"Barrabas".
Thursday-St. Johns Reformed
Rev. j. A. Weed-Communior
service.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
No Hospital Easter
Bazaar This Year

Because of the wartime shortage
of sugar and canned goods, the
Easter bazaar sponsored by the
Women's Auxiliary of the Bluffton
Community hospital will not be held
this year.
Instead of the sale of food pro-
ducts there will be a collection of
funds to be used in helping to de-
fray the cost of purchasing the new
$700 oxygen tent at the hospital.
Committees in each church of the
area will collect donations of money,
and funds raised in the drive are to
be reported at headquarters in the
Grade school building at s p. m.
Wednesday, April Is.
Mrs. Lloyd Van Meter, chairman
of the ways and means committee OF
the Hospital Auxiliary, will be in
charge of receiving the final reports
of the committees.
Committee chairmen named in the
campaign include: Bluffton, Mrs
Harry Anderson, Mrs. Lewis Deer
hake, Mrs. Millen Geiger, Mrs. Sid
ney Hauenstein, Mrs. Ed Reagan
Mrs. George Rauenbuhler, Mrs
Swan Stonehill and Mrs. John Tosh
Bethel Church of Christ, Mrs. Will
bur Hartman; Pleasant View, Mrs
Ray Harris; Riley Creek Baptist
church, Mrs. Roy Marshall; Liberty
Chapel, Mrs. John Montgomery;
Olive Branch, Mrs. Wade Marshall.
Bethesda Evangelical, Mrs. N. M
Hiestand; Jenera, Rev. John Gauss
Rev. Albert Bauman; Mt. Cory, Mrs
Floyd Meyer and Mrs. Henry Fritz
Rawson, Mrs. Howard Williamson
Pleasant Hill, Mrs. Paul Faze ant
Mrs. Russell Huber.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
SGT. GERALD CARIS
ARMY AIR GUNNER
MISSING IN ACTION
Orange Township Youths Plane
Shot Down On 18th
Mission Over Europe
Army Air Medal Had Been
Awarded To Area Gunner
For Conduct In Combat

Repercussions from the stepped-up
tempo of Allied bombing in Europe
reached the Bluffton area again this
week, with receipt of word that S/Sgt.
Gerald R. Caris. 21, of Orange town
ship, has been missing in action over
Germany since March 8.
Official notification from the war
department was received by his wife,
Mrs. Veldean Carts, who is the dau-
ghter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Moser,
of west of Bluffton.
S/Sgt. Carts is the only son of Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Carts, of Orange
township.
He was a gunner on bomber and
was reported missing on his 18th mis-
sion since going overseas last Decem-
Der. He enlisted in the army air
forces on October &c, 1912, and COM
pleted his training at Alexandria, La.
Recently he received an Army Air
medal
Mrs. Carts to whom he was married
on April "a, 1943, received letter
from him March z. His mother who
is employed at The Triplett Electrical
Instrument Co., here, heard from him
last on March 5.
S/Sgt. Carts was graduated from
Ada High school.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
NelU Store To Open
Here On ThxrSdau

The Bluffton unit of the Gamble
stores organization will be open for
business on Thursday, it is an
nounced by Ed Waltermire, owner
and operator of the store here.
1t is located in the Chas. Day room
on South Main street and will handle
a varied line of goods. The quarters
have been remodeled and redecorated
in preparation for the opening.
Mr.. and Mrs Waltermire recent
ly moved here from Tiffin and are
occupying an apartment at the rear
of the store. Mr.. Waltermire form
erly was connected with a Tiffin
merchandising concern.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
Girl ReserUe-Hi-Y
Pre-Easter Services

Pre-Easter services sponsored by
the High School Girl Reserve and
Hi-Y organizations will be held in
the high school auditorium next week
daily from Monday through Friday
at $50 o'clock.
Button pastors will speak at the
twenty minute services which are
open to the public.
Schedule of meetings:
Monday-Rev. j. A. Weed, speak
er. Subject, "Day of Authority.
Music by Mary Lou Dean; scripture
reading by Bob Burkholder.
Tuesday-Rev. ]. N. Smucker,
speaker. Subject, DAY of Contro-
versy". Music by Hi-Y quartet;
scripture reading by Mary Habegger.
Wednesday-Rev. E. N. Bigelow,
speaker. Subject, DAY of Silence.
Music by Jean Ann Steinman; scrip
ture reading by Leonard Smucker.
Thursday-Rev. Stanley Rupp,
speaker. Subject, ''Day of Fellow
Ship. Music by Robert Amstutz !;
scripture reading by Mary Margaret
Basinger.
Friday-Rev. V. c. Oppermann,
speaker. Subject, "The Day of
Crucifixion". Music by Beverly
Biery; scripture reading by Robert
Ramseyer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
SHORTAGE OF farm
LABOR May RESULT
IN FOOD CRISIS
Lack of Help Brings Decreased
Planting of Food Crops
This Year
Increased Acreage This Year
Will Go Into Production
of Feed Crops

National concern over the possibili-
ty of decreased production of food
from the farms of the country is be-
ginning to be reflected generally here,
as Bluffton area farmers begin to
wrestle with the problems they face as
a result of ever-inereasing labor and
machinery shortages.
Farm observers report that mount
ing concern over the lack of qualified
farm help and equipment will result
in decreased 1914 crop paintings of
vital food.
More acreage than ever will be de-
voted to feed crops, which require less
labor rather than to the production of
direct food crops, where the govern
ment has wanted increases.
Only III oats, corn and soy beans
will prospective paintings equal or ex-
ceed the goal set by the War Food
Administration.
Crops likely to fall below goals in
clude wheat, barley, potatoes, sweet
potatoes, dry beans, peas and sugar
beets.
Poultry production, ever-increasing
since 1941, did an about face in jan
uary.
Last years fruit crop was curtailed
by weather conditions. However, it
generally is conceded that even should
a normal crop be raised this summer
there will be insufficient harvest help.
Should any solution to the problems
be worked out on a nationwide scale,
the action must be taken promptly,
farm observers point out, for farmers
shortly will be engaged in spring
planting.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
NO LAST MINUTE.
RUSH EXPECTED IN
AUTO TAG SALES
Licenses For 100 Vehicles Is
sued So Far; Only 100 More
To Go Is Estimate
New Tags Must Be On All
Vehicles Operated After Fri
day, Registrar Warns

Little last-minute congestion in the
sale of 1914 automobile license plates
is expected this year, it was an
nounced Wednesday noon by Clayton
Bixel, Bluffton registrar, when a
check of records disclosed that tags
have been sold thus far for 100
vehicles.
Bixel expects to issue licenses for
about 1900 cars this year, which
means that only about 100 remain
to be distributed in the last two and
one-half days of March.
Automobiles operated on and after
Saturday, April l, must have the
new single tag on display at the rear
of the car, Bixel pointed out.
Cylon Wallace, registrar of the
bureau of motor vehicles, last week
warned Ohio motorists that there will
be no extension of the March 81
deadline, and motorists failing to
show new tags after Friday will be
liable to arrest and prosecution.
Motorists also have been warned
that after April |, those who failed
to obtain a 1914 drivers license on
or before Sept. 30, 1943, must take
a new examination before the license
can be issued.
The six-months period of grace in
which motorist may obtain a
temporary permit and apply for a
new drivers license expires April /.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
Wayne Yerger Claims
Bride In Georgia

Announcement has been received
of the marriage of Wayne Yerger,
son of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde
Yerger of South Jackson street and
Miss Earleen Lindsay, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Lindsay of
Columbus, Georgia.
The wedding took place Monday,
March 13 at the home of the brides
grandfather, pastor of the First Bap-
tist church of Columbus, who Off
ciated at the ceremony.
Cpl. Yerger is a graduate of Bluff
ton high school and Tiffin Business
university and is now connected with
the Infantry school at Ft. Benning
The couple will reside at 1O15 Four
teenth ST., Phoenix City, Ala.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
Lions Club To Hear
Amazing Sight Story

George Campbell, who was born
blind and did not attain eyesight un-
til after his eighteenth birthday, will
be the speaker at a ladies night
meeting of the Bluffton Lions club
at $3.50 p m. next Tuesday in the
Walnut Grill.
Campbell was born Jan. II, 1919,
with double congenital cataracts, and
lived for Is years deprived of sight.
During this period he was educated
in the public schools.
Following series of surgical op-
erations in 1887, Campbell attained
his eyesight and states Life then
began with the realization of light
and vision"
His sensations and reactions when
the curtain of blindness was lifted
comprises an amazing story related
by Campbell under the subject, "Out
of Shadows, Into Light"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
Farmers Too Busy This Spring
to Take Time for Town
Garden Flowing
Late Spring Expected to Bring
Flood of Calls for Tillage
in April

Wartime shortage of manpower
was brought home to Bluffton house
holders this week when with the first
of April at hand, it has developed
that lack of men and teams may SER
iously interfere with plans for vic
tory gardens this spring.
With a cold, raw March delaying
early spring gardening the demand
for plowmen to till garden lots when
favorable weather comes next month
will be far in excess of the supply,
a preliminary survey indicated the
first of the week.
Several local gardeners who have
been operating on a fairly large
scale said that thus far they had
been unable to engage anyone to do
their plowing this spring.
LOOKS LIKE SPADE Work
With spring planting season COM
ing within the next few weeks, most
gardeners face the prospect of spad-
ing as much of their plot as possible
and abandoning the remainder of the
project.
In previous years sufficient number
of men and teams were available for
this work, being principally farmers
who pocketed a tidy source of extra
income from this source, receiving
on an average of $3.50 from each
lot plowed.
This year with an acute shortage
of manpower on farms, the farmer
is having spring tillage problems of
his own and there is little prospect
of getting him to plow lots for town
gardeners.
AND TEAMS ARE GONE
Likewise, teams which were to be
had in previous years will be busy
on farms from dawn to dusk or have
been replaced by tractors which will
probably operate on day and night
shifts during the tillage season,
In the plowing of town lots, time
lost in going from one small plot to
another is given as one of the reas-
ons why farmers are not interested
this spring when all hands will be
occupied with work on their own
farms.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
TOWN WILL FEEL
RISE IN FEDERAL
TAXES SATURDAY
Skating Rink and Movie Patrons
Will Pay Higher
Admissions
Telephone Rates Will Reflect
New Federal Levy On
May Billings

Roller skating rink and movie
patrons will pay increased admission
prices beginning this Saturday as
one phase of new federal tax laws
which will dig deeper into the
pocketbooks of Mr.. and Mrs. John
@. Public.
All admission prices will be higher
the result of raise in the tax from
10fo to POO. The new rate will be
one cent for every nickel instead OF
one cent for every dine as at present.
Telephone bills also will be higher,
the tax being increased from 10 to
15et under the new tax law. Long
distance calls will carry a 25ed levy
instead of 20e6. Patrons of the tele-
phone company, however, will not
pay the increased tax until they
receive bills on May l.
Levies on jewelry, furs including
fur-trimmed articles, and toilet
goods will double-from ten to 20
per cent of the retail price, except
in the case of watches that sell for
not more than S65 and alarm clocks
at not more than $5, when the rate
remains at ten per cent. Silver
plated fiatware is tax exempt.
A ten per cent manufacturers
excise on luggage was changed to
a 20 per cent retail levy and broad
ened to include handbags, wallets and
similar articles.
Even light won't escape. The
present five per cent excise on
electric light bulbs and tubes goes
to 20 per cent. Travel tickets, now
taxed at ten per cent go to 10.
And bowling alleys and billiard
parlors must pay $50 a year for
each alley or table rather than $40.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
Male Quartet To Sing
At Defenseless Church

A male quartet from the st. John
Mennonite church will be heard at
the singspiration at the Defenseless
Mennonite church Sunday night at
9 o'clock it is announced by the
pastor, Rev. Stanley Rupp.
Members of the quartet are Earl
and Marvin Lehman, Roland Reichen-
bach and M. ID. Hilty.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
Red Cross Drive In BlufftOn Is $500
Short OF $4,000 Goal, Mayor Reports
Funds Raised By Red Cross
Used Mainly For Soldier
And Sailor Relief
Mayor Pleads For Additional
Contributions To Put Drive
Over Top Here

Buttons toulouse canvass
to raise $4,000 in the Red Cross roll
call and servicemen's relief drive is
falling short of its goal, Mayor Will
bur A. Howe, chairman of the local
campaign, announced Tuesday.
Three days remain to put the
drive over the top, the mayor said,
and he urged residents of the town
to make additional contributions at
his office.
His statement urging better par
ticipation follows:
Good people of Bluffton. You
are not going to let our boys in the
service think that we couldn't raise
$3.50 per person to aid their Great
War Mother, the Red Cross, are
you?
"There are too many people in
NBluffton with big hearts to allow
that. Too many grandfathers and
grandmothers. Too many fathers
and mothers. Too many brothers,
sisters, uncles and aunts. Too many
wives, sweethearts and friends.
"When all the teams are reported
we shall have about $2400 for the
Red Cross War Fund. Unless we
contribute an additional two bits
per head, we're going to be short
5000 of our $4,000 quota. Thanks.
| know you will.
Several of you high school boys
and girls are working part time and
haven't contributed the price of .
movie Put in your dollars. Has
your service organization given?
Has your lodge given? Has your
church given?
"Mr. Businessman wouldn't your
face be just bit red if you knew
what the boy thinks who's in the
foxhole or the hospital? That's
right, have heart. How about you
Mr.. Professional? You're supposed
to have a heart, too.
"Yes, Mr.. War Worker, you're
having a terrible time aren't you?
You're putting so much in the sock
by buying war bonds that you can't
give as much as you desire.
Saturday is April /, known as
All Fools Day. I'm foolish enough
to believe that by then you will have
carried enough additional dollars to
the mayors office that our $4,000
quota will have been reached"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
College Trustees
Here For Meeti51g

Annual meeting of the Bluffton
College Board of Trustees was held
here Friday. Reports for the past
year were presented and routine
business tvahsacted.
Present for the meeting were:
Oliver Diler, Wooster; A. S. Ros-
enberger, Dalton; J. S. Slabaugh,
Nappanee, Ind; /. r. Detwiler,
Gohsen, Ind; w. H. Mohr, Bethle-
hem, Pa; Jerry Sauder, GrabiII,
Ind; A. c. Ramseyer, Smithville;
M. f. Troyer, Syracuse, N. Y;
Harry Yoder, Carlock, H.; E. w.
Baumgartner, Berne, Ind; Rufus
Rich, Washington, H.; Freeman
Schwartz, Norristown, Pa; B. r.
Thut ,Elida; L. L. Ramseyer, P. E.
Whitmer, Ezra Moser and Miss
Verna Krabill of Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
Lucille HiIty In
Red Cross Training

Miss Lucille Hilty, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. c. d. Hilty of Spring
street is in Washington this week
taking three weeks preliminary
training in preparation for overseas
Red Cross work. She left for that
city last Friday.
The Bluffton woman was accepted
recently as hospital staff aide in
military and naval welfare service
and following her preliminary train
ing will be assigned for a period of
hospital schooling before being sent
overseas.
She was formerly instructor in the
first grade of the Van Vert schools,
having resigned her position there
two weeks ago.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
BeaUerdana Calls
BluftOn Fire Dept.

Bluffton and Lima fire department
units were called to Beaverdam
Saturday morning at $50 when an
abandoned filling station known as
Spanish Villa, was discovered on fire.
The station is located on the south
side of the village at the junction
of Lafayette road and Dixie high
way. Origin of the fire was un-
determined, according to Fire Chief
Guy Corson of the Bluffton depart
ment. About half of the structure
was destroyed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
Presbyterian Sunday
School Officers

The following officers were elected
for the coming year by the Presby-
terian Sunday school:
Supt., Norman Triplett; assistant,
Woodrow Little; treas, Armin Hau-
enstein; assistant, Mrs. Norman
Triplett; secretary, John Warren;
assistant, Carl Frick; chorister, Mrs.
Sidney Hauenstein; assistant, Mrs. C.
A. Biery; organist, Edgar Hauen-
stein; assistant, C. A. Biery; supt.,
primary dept, Mrs. Armin Hauen-
stein; supt., home dept, Mrs. O. E.
Dudgeon; supt., cradle roll dept,
Mrs. Woodrow Little; librarian,
Malcolm Basinger; assistant, David
Frick.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
Kenneth Oberiy Is
Air Force Gunner

Kenneth G. Oberly, son of Millard
Oberly, of Cherry street, graduated
recently as gunner from the King
man Army Air school at Kingman,
Arizona. He is now at Hondo Field,
Texas.
Oberly entered the army air force
on June p, 1943. He is graduate
of Bluffton High school and attend
ed Bluffton college and Ohio North
ern university.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
Resigns College
Faculty Position

Rev. A. C. Schultz, Bluffton col
lege Bible professor, has resigned his
position on the faculty effective at
the close of the present school year
in May. The resignation was an
nounced following the annual meet
ing of the college board of trustees,
Friday.
Rev. Schultz has been connected
with the college as member of the
faculty for the past seven years.
For the past three years he has
served as pastor of the Ebenezer
Mennonite church which connection
he expects to continue.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30

Mrs. Grace Wilson, former Bluff
ton resident has purchased the prop
erty at the corner of Jackson and
Elm streets occupied by Robt. Lewis
The property was owned by Hiram
Welty of Ft Wayne. Mrs. Wilson
who spent the past winter in Cali
fornia expects to arrive here early
next month. She lived here several
years ago at the corner of jackson
and Vine streets.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
DATE
ON RATION STAMPS
CANCELLED BY OPA
New Ruling Removing Deadline
will Relieve Food Stores
Congestion
Regulation Will Also Alleviate
Hoarding of Red and Blue
Tokens

Bluffton food stores which have
been swamped by flood of buyers
seeking to spend unused ration
stamps before an impending dead
line were given relief this week when
the Office of Price Administration
announced that in the future there
will be no expiration dates on both
red and blue rationing stamps.
The plan is in line with the policy
already adopted on shoes and sugar
to prevent buying rushes just be-
fore coupons expire.
Another advantage in the new
plan, it was pointed out by dealers
were the tendency of consumers to
cash in their unspent ration stamps
for tokens which do not have ex-
piration dates, thus creating a heavy
drain on the supply of the new
plastic ration currency.
OUTGo OF TOKENS GREATER
Outgo of tokens in Bluffton stores
is reported considerably greater than
their return, dealers here stated.
Food dealers attributed this to the
fact that housewives are keeping the
red tokens which do not carry an
expiration date.
They noticed particularly heavy
buying after stamps are validated
with a decline the second week they
said.
During the second week, however,
housewives who have used all their
stamps bring in tokens for their pur-
chases, indicating tendency to
hoard the red discs wherever pos
sible.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-30
In New Locations

Alvin Dunlap and family west of
Rockport have moved to the home
of the formers parents, Joe Dunlap
to assist in farming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raleigh Lytle and
family have moved from the Jesse
Hummon farm north of Bluffton to
farm near Findlay.