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Evening star., 1944-05-20
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Take Ny Word for 1t
By FRANK COLBY.
Saturday Roll Call.

Los Angeles: Did you hear
Churchill's peculiar pronunciation
OF GUERRILLA? 1t sounded to me
like Garry Ella."-A. M. H.
Answer-My ears heard it as eah-
REEL-yah, which is the correct
Spanish pronunciation. Gn Span
ish guerrilla means little war.D
The correct American pronuncia-
ton is guh-RILL-uh.
Louisville: I am assuming that
MRS. Is short for mistress" WHY
then, do we hear 1t pronounced as
misses?"-Mrs. r.
Answer-Your assumption is cor
rect. And Mrs. originally was pro
nounced mistress" But the mod
ern pronunciation is MISS-iz.
Webster Groves: About how
many words are there in the Eng.
llsh language?-H. J. B.
Answer-Merriam- Webster's lists
100000. But American English is
growing so rapidly that the die
tionaries are hard pressed to keen
up with it.
San Diego: Please define and pro-
nounce the word VACCINATION
Mrs. H.
AnsWer-A machination is an art
ful plot; an INSCRIPTIONS scheme
pronounce 1t MAK-i-NAY shun.
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Evening star., 1944-05-20
Uncle Rays Corner

From time to time reader sends
me a true story about childhood
days. One Of the best OF these has
come from Mrs. Alice Eberhart.
When was years DID," she
writes, Il lived In a place called
Nora, in Pratt County, Kans. There
were a great number Of prairie
wolves or coyotes in that section.
Many times helped to catch them,
since they were killing our young
calves, colts, pigs and poultry. They
did not seem to be afraid of the
dogs.
"One day my father sent me on
horseback to the post office, 2 miles
from our home. It was In the eve
ming and the sun was going down.
AS I was coming back l heard a
noise in the turkey grass which
grew about S feet high. I looked
around and saw a prairie wolf
sneaking toward me.
II had been taught by a Chero-
kee Indian girl, who was my play
mate, to look straight at a coyote
and it wouldn't come too close. II
they can they bite the sinews in
the back leg of an animal and
cause it to fall. Then they attack
it and the animal has to suffer
until death takes 1t.
Knowing this I quickly swung
around and rode backwards. kept
watching the wolf until got near
enough to my home to call nv
father by making a whistling sound
through my hands.
MY father came with a gun and
the prairie wolf ran away. They
don't like the smell of gunpowder.
Many times when went to the
pasture I pinned a tiny bag of
gunpowder to my clothes in case a
wolf would come for me.
"One time my father and caught
two grown coyotes in traps. Then
we started to dig the den out.
While doing that we heard a noise
like a puppy crying. We kept on
until we came across five little
coyotes. One was dead, but asked
my father if I could take the other
four home. He said yes"
Next Saturday I shall publish the
rest of this letter, which tells of
what happened after the baby coy
oteS were taken home.
Evening star., 1944-05-20
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.
Safety Play

Al nO-CTump contracts a declarel
can frequently afford to lose one
or two tricks in suit without en-
dangering his contract. His duty
then becomes that of seeing that
he loses no more tricks than the
number he can afford.
On today's hand West led the
spade jack. Declarer realized he
could afford to lose one trick, estab-
fishing his clubs. He therefore won
with the king in his own hand and
then led small club toward dummy
West played low and the nine was
f1nessed. AS it happened the nine
won, but in any case declarer had
guaranteed four club tricks against
any hostile distribution.
Study the play and you will see
that it must win if either opponent
has four clubs or if either opponent
has three. The safety play guar
antees the contract.
Yesterday you were Oswald ia
vulnerable, you held
KJ653
V82
N1O4
I875
The bidding:
Jacoby Schenken You Lightner
Pass Pass IA Pass
20 Pass CD
AnsWer-TWo spades. You do not
expect game and some players would
pass to warn partner, but you should
be safer at spades than opposite
the average diamond suit on which
your partners response would have
been made.
Score 100 per cent for two spades
so per cent for pass.
Question No. 1,702.
Today you hold the same hand
and the bidding continues:
Jacoby Schenken You Lightne,
| Pass Pass IA Pass
20 Pass "A Pass
| 3 A Pass (?D
What do you bid? (Answer Mon
day.
We are about to open up a second
front. Open up your purse or wallet
and buy that extra bond.
Evening star., 1944-05-20

eoniralfo, and Pianist Alexander BrsiIowsky,
guest soloisis
WRc, 7:30-"Ths Adventure Of ihs Bottle
Of Wine"
WhAL, 8:30-Pianist Leo liiwin. guest with
Boston Pops. AddinseIl's "Warsaw Concerto
and compositions by Chopin, RossinI and Bi1et
WWDc, S:30-Washineton Senators vs.. Do
troit from Griffith Stadium.
VOL, 9:00-Max Brueh's Concerto in
Minor featured BY VioIinist Raphael spiro..
| WINK, 9:05-Robet Casadesus, pianist
Evening star., 1944-05-20
Natures Children
By LILLIAN cox ATHEY.
Surplus FLIES
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WCooSfu uPIU PctbtuD
Syrphus flies have no vernacular
name. They belong to very large
and interesting family, for more
than 300 species are known to occur
in the United States.
Syrphus flies are flower flies. They
vary greatly in color; some are a
beautiful metallic green, some are
banded in yellow. The abdomens are
rather broad and likely to be fiat.
These insects fly in the bright sun
shine and are easily taken by sweep
ing Towering plants where they have
sought refreshment.
Nearly all types of wasps and
bees are mimicked by these flies. In
fact, syrphus flies are outstanding
as performers of protective mimicry.
One comes across these flies re-
sembling honey bees, humble bees,
social wasps and solitary wasps of
several kinds. One naturally gives
them the right of way
Bees cannot fly during rainy
weather because the water would
be too heavy cargo, and this
Evening star., 1944-05-20

features Webers "comertstutk" Smesana's
"Vltaya-Ihs Moldsu," Bruno Waite. conduct.
ing the New York Philharmonic.
MAL, 9:30-Mal RaIIsNs Orchestra.
M, t0:00-xreen Star Constance Ben.
nett. guest.
MAl, t0:30-Wiih UndsHsustar Of War
Robert P. Patterson Is principal speaker, five
commanding generals will bs brought In from
Is many war thsaieH to give personal reports
On activities on their respective battleffonts.
Evening star., 1944-05-20
LETTER-OUT

rearang wore
called for in the last column Print the letter the column
which
correctly, the word is common in the communques.
Yesterdays LETTER-OUT
Letter-Ou
CW) HAWSER-SHARE dts your part).
(heu throw
V) INVERSE-SEINER Che big catches
CE GEARED-RAGED (you tell about how the storm did h
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Evening star., 1944-05-20
ON the AIR TODAY.

VN me AK IVDAI.
WT0P, 3:30-Grats Moore, Metropolitan
soprano and Dutch" Leonard, pitcher for the
Washington Senator'S chat with wounded soldiers
at Walter Reed.
WRC, 4:30-"War Nerves discussed in dra.
maiie form.
WRC. 7:00-"Ths Shape Of loyaIists" effect
Of the American Revolution on other lands,
especially Canada.
WkAL, 7:30-Rose Bampton, soprano and
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13
ArmOrSville

Mrs. Charles Zerautie and children
of Lima, Sue Montgomery, Marylou
Moore were Saturday afternoon
caller at the Erwin Moser home.
Mr.. and Mrs.. Wayne Guider and
daughter were Sunday dinner guests
of Miss Margaret Guider.
Mrs. Edith Fox and SON Jimmy of
Ada were week end guests at the
Erwin Moser home.
Recent visitors at the Charles
Montgomery home were Mrs. Merton
Moses of Cleveland, S./Sgt. and
Mrs. Robert Motter of Dayton and
John Welsh of Ada.
Mrs. Marjorie Hover and little
son Donald Ray were brought from
the Bluffton hospital to the Erwin
Moser home Saturday.
Mrs. Virgil Hover and daughter
Jean called Sunday evening at the
Erwin Moser home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Dye, Ber-
nard Winget were Thursday evening
callers at the w. /. Moore home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hall and
family were Sunday guests at the
w. !. Moore home.
The l.. A. S. and w. M. S. of the
Liberty Chapel church will meet
this Thursday afternoon with Mrs.
John Montgomery.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13

those navy blinkers get to flashing
messages faster and faster, you're
sunk if you don't know your spell
ing, he told US the other day while
home on a week end leave.
Robert Amstutz up i'm Toledo says
that gas rationing prevents him from
coming home to see the folks-but
the Bluffton News is a good substi-
tute-it's just like a trip home, he
writes.
"Next"-that's what you'll hear
Gerald fluffy" Swank sing out if
you happen to be around the naval
base at Mayport, Florida. Tuffy,
erstwhile Bluffton barber who closed
up his North Main street shop al
most two years ago and enlisted in
the navy is now sole barber for some
800 men and officers at the base.
Previous to this he was for five
months member of the crew of a
crash boat engaged in rescue of
wrecked boats and planes offshore,
going out as far as 134 miles. The
boat is 63 feet long and similar to
p. L. craft.
Swank who is nearing the 35 year
mark was promptly tagged as Pop,
by the six members of the crew none
of whom was over 21-and also the
captain, mere rs year old. So now
he's known as Pop" all over the
place.
If you have a small camera in
good working condition you can
make Bluffton boy out in New
Guinea happy and pocket some extra
money by selling it to Mrs. Aldine
Wiess. Her son Adine, Jr., wrote
recently asking his mother to send
him small camera. Unable to
buy new one she is advertising for
used camera. The advertisement
appears in the Want Ads this week.
Maybe you can help.
One of the busy places in Bluffton
is the Ohio Cutting room in Science
hall at Bluffton college where a
group of women from local Mennon-
ite churches cut garments for relief
work in war ravaged countries. Last
week, 5000 yards of cloth were cut
by the power cutter in two days.
On Tuesday six bolts of prints were
cut for group from the Archbold
Mennonite church to be sewed by
women of that congregation. Dur
ing March the cutting room turned
out total of $500 garments.
Some army paratrooper who flew
over Bluffton, Monday morning is
probably looking for his cap. And
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13

..At my side my co-pilot, who has
been looking out through the wind
shield, hollers: 'Jim's bombs are on
their way / don't dare take my
eye from the needle.
"Just then l get the click from
my own bombardier. Our bomb
bay doors are open now-I feel the
slight drag on the plane, and with
my rudder correct for it, and then
that double click on the interphone
which means he's telling me: Ship
level, Frank, please And / don't
answer except with my feet so firm
ly but gently on the rudders, giving
him that absolutely level bombing
platform he has to have il we're to
hit the target.
"And at last the precious amber
light glows on my instrument panel,
which means he's now actually flick
| ing the bombs off, one by one, and
keep my feet SO softly on the
rudders that they hardly touch, so
as not to give the tiniest sidewise
throw to the bornbs. Up in the cock
pit we hold our breath. We know
down below the bombardier is flick
ing them off-four 600-pounders at
half-second intervals.
"Then as he calls, Bombs awayp
at that split second we quit working
for the Government and begin to
work for our wives and families.
Because that means the last bomb
has left the plane and we can now
close the bomb-bay doors, and our
objective is now only to get home
safely.
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Beaverdam

Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Pugh, are re-
modelling the home they recently
purchased.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Kieffer have
purchased the Frank Klingler
property.
Mrs. Sylvia Lacock, who has been
visiting with Mrs. Mary Lacock and
family has returned to her home at
Granville,
Mr.. and Mrs. V. F. Foltz, who
have purchased home near Cairo
expect to move there soon.
o. E. Bowers has been employed
by the Farmers Elevator Co. as
manager.
Among the sick at this writing
are P. v. Bowers and James Vert
ner.
j. A. Leatherman is opening up
a sheet metal shop in w. A. Arnold
building.
S. ]. Sandy has recently moved
into the property ne purchased on
Prospect street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gail Arnold has
recently sold his farm to Mr.. Gar
motter near Mt. Cory.
Miss Maxine Cook of Washington.
D. C. is visiting her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Cook.
Mrs. O. X. Burns is visiting her
husband at Camp Endicott, R. |.
Miss Ruth Durkee is spending two
weeks with Mr.. and Mrs. Warren M.
Durkee and son at Washington C. H.
Mrs. Dora Roberts was at Findlay
Ohio, on account of serious illness of
her sister, Mrs. Cross.
Mrs. Emma Jane Barber who had
been confined to her bed for couple
of weeks on account of illness was
taken to Lima Memorial hospital,
Saturday.
The children of the Methodist Sun
day school were entertained by their
Superintendent and teachers on
Saturday.
The Junior Choir gave their Easter
program Sunday morning at Metho-
dist church. The choir was directed
by Miss Cathryn Eddy.
Mary Barber is spending a few
days with her mother, Mrs. Emma
Jane Barber.
Miss Bessie Roberts of Lima spent
Easter with her mother, Mrs. Dora
Roberts.
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Mad~|
DeAoAoI

After Easter-spring? Well some
of the youngsters got out their fish
ing poles Saturday and a few
of the more hardy souls went in
swimming =. !. and high school base
ball season opens next Tuesday with
the team jaunting to Pandora .. ].
but all that didn't generate much
spring enthusiasm plowing that
started last week was pretty much a
flash in the pan rains put a
stop to that :. and it rained on
Good Friday-the day when Charlie
Oehrli used to plant his potatoes
and Charlie was a good gardner . s. i.
and more rain on Sunday cramped
the style of the Easter afternoon
parade :. but the new spring finery
made brave showing nevertheless
s. more rain the first of the week
with Riley Greek out of its banks /.
and we're wondering if it will
rain for seven Sundays as the old
timers claim :. plenty of eggs for
Easter-but butter was a different
story-there was a real shortage
here Saturday night with most of
the stores sold out and dealers
here say that butter will be hard to
get for the next sixty days because
of o,ox-arpy,o,,t bnv;po ord fba
school board and Lions club talking
about youth recreational program
!. that might keep busy those rife
packin' youngsters who have been
taking pot shots at the town clock
and lights in the alleys-and have
had their guns impounded at the
mayors office and sentiment is
developing for change to fast time
as spring gardening season nears-
fact is the whole question of fast or
slow time is due for an airing at
next Monday nights council meeting.
That friendship between Lowell
Thomas, ace news broadcaster and
Sherm Shalley, former Bluffton
youth, still continues. Shalley visit
ed his mother Mrs. H. X. Shalley
here Monday. You will recall that
Sherm was employed by Thomas to
operate picture projection machine
number of years ago when the
latter was on lecture tour. In fact
Shalley travelled with him for eight
years and during that time made
several ocean voyages to the West
Indies when Thomas accompanied
scientific research groups. Shalley
is now in the tire business in Buffalo
and says that Thomas drops in to
talk over old times when he happens
in the city.
They say you can't eat your cake
and have it, too. Maybe so, but yo,
can eat your eggs and have then
too, according to one poultrymaI
who told us the first of the weel
that if people eat more eggs now
it will help to stabilize the present
market and encourage flock owner:
to retain their hens instead of sell
| ing them on the market-and this
of course will mean more eggs later
Looks like a good idea-eat more
eggs today, and have more eggs tt
| eat tomorrow.
Byron Barney" Fritchie linotype
operator in the News office before
he went to the navy says his ex
perience in spelling and punctuation
acquired while in the office here j:
proving a valuable aid now since
he is in signal corps training. Whel
|
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PAGE SEVEN

Paul Shulaw of near town is looking
for the owner of the paratrooper's
cap which he found in field back
of his home. The cap bears the
serial number K0107. Shulaw is of
the opinion that it was lost from a
plane flying over his place.
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WHITE
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER 1: The story of the famous
Lieut.. Col. Frank Kurtz and his Fortress
crew IN the tremendous air campaign
that saved the day for the United Nations
IN the Southwest Pacific. Lieut. Kurtz.
as The Swoose,' which escaped from
Clark Field, in the Philippines, tells OF
that fatal day when the Japs struck. He
pedals to the wreck of Old 80. finds eight
CHAPTER II: Lieut. Kurtz tells how
orders to camoufiage Old SO were coun-
fernandez: instead they were to load
bombs bombs. Then he was ordered to Jerk the
the camoufiage. Preparations made for
taking pictures of Formosa. Someone
shouts. Look at that pretty navy forma-
ton. The navy formation happens to
be flight of Jap planes.
CHAPTER Ill: Bombs hit the mess
hall. The Japs move off. They hear
another hum. 'P-4o's." they think. but
they prove to be Zeros coming in from
the direction of Corregidor. The boys
duck back into their foxholes.
CHAPTER w: The pilots are given
group IS Colin Kelly. about out to head out
on his first mission. Buzz Wagner IS
chased by Japs in his P-40 He meets
Lieut.. Russ Church and they bomb
Jap field. Church fails to return. The
death of Colin Kelly.
CHAPTER ": Fortresses are kent in
the air to save them from the Japs.
Through some mistake someone opens
fire on them. Japs begin photographing
the place. No longer safe to sleep in the
barracks, cots are moved into corn
field. With no fighters left to defend
them, evacuation begins. Lieut.. Kurtz
tells of last plane trip out in patched
up plane. Japs land light tanks at Apari
Squadron commander Major Gibbs fails
to return from mission. u. S. forces fee
from Clark Field to Mindanao.
CHAPTER VI: Navigator Harry
Schneider tells of fight with Zeros In
which Shorty Wheless7 takes part. He
lands In a rice paddy and is surrounded
by Filipinos. The crew buys an outrigger
canoe and sail to the isle of Panay. Later
they take off for Australia.
CHAPTER VII: Lieut. Kurtz takes up
the story again. He describes the hot,
dry Christmas day in Australia. and how
U. S. hiers spent 1t. A report comes In
over CIV radio. 1t was from Schaetzel
saying he'd be In after dark with one
body aboard. Schaetzel gets In. his plane
q wreck. Gen. Brereton lands on the
field and the boys are summoned to
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Mt. Cory

Mr.. and Mrs. N. v. Turner were
Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Nettie
Pitzene and Mrs. Gale Griffith and
son Kervin.
Mrs. Bessie Guin was a Sunday
dinner guest of her daughter Sara
Guin in Findlay.
Mrs. Joe Kinstle and son Orlo
Kinstle fthe Navy attended Easter
services at the Evangelical church
on Sunday. g
il Betty Ballister of Darison, Mich.
spent here Easter vacation with her
mother, Mrs. Ethel Ballester.
Pvt. and Mrs. Tom Hall of Day
ton were recent week end guests of
Mrs. Nettie Pitzene and Mrs. Gale
Griffith and Kervin.
Mrs. Gale Griffith called on Betty
Garlinger and Ruth Ghaster, Sunday
evening.
Louise King of Findlay spent
Easter with her parents M. D. King
and family.
Pvt. Scott Kramer of Ft. Custer
Mich, and wife Mrs. Kramer of
Findlay were callers on Mr.. and
Mrs. w. B. Kramer, Sunday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Kramer were
callers on Mr. and Mrs. Robert Non
namaker and Mr.. and Mrs. Shirley
Nonnamaker and daughter Joyce
Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Jones were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis Dukes and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Van Scoler and
family of Pandora were Sunday
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Ballester and family.
Twelve ounces of derris root OF
cube dust containing 5 per cent Of
rotenone, two ounces of soap flakes,
and one gallon of water will kill the
mature grubs in the backs Of IL to
16 adult cattle. The mixture can be
sprinkled from container and rub
bed into the skin with a stiff brush
Application should be repeated two
or three times to kill grubs maturing
after the previous application.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-13

Byron Barney" Fritchie linotype
operator in the News office before
he went to the navy says his ex-
perience in spelling and punctuation
acquired while in the office here is
proving a valuable aid now since
he is in signal corps training. When
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-05-04

sters. Mrs. Roscoe Johnson assisted in
the hospitality.
Thursday morning the patrons of the
school and a few friends met at the
school building for the closing exercises.
The stage was tastefully decorated for
the occasion, program opened by sing
ing Follow the Clean. Margaret Truitt
was Salutatorian and Joyce Hill gave
the Valedictory in a few well chosen
words. Miss Boyett then introduced
Miss Davie Catron who gave an inspir-
ing address to the five Grammar School
graduates viz, Joyce Hill. Margaret
Truitt. Anne Wynn, Catherine Parish
and Barton Pritchard. Miss Boyett pre-
sented their Certificates and the exer-
cises closed with the Lord Prayer, in
concert.
The members of the Home Demonstra-
ton Club held a much enjoyed inn
promptu meeting last Wednesday after
noon. with Mrs. r. W. Catron and Miss
Davie. There we're seven members and
two visitors present. the business of the
meeting was discussed and Miss Allene
Mccormick made an instructive talk on
homegrown and mixed chick feed, also
of proper methods of feeding. Blu
prints of poultry houses were distribut-
ed and a few home c%onveniences were
displayed. The Club will meet at the
school building in May for a Commun-
ity Flower and Vegetable Show.
Mr.. j. +. Boyett came up from Good
man Thursday morning attended the
closing exercises of the school and car
ried our popular and efficient teacher,
his daughter, home to join her sister,
Miss Claudice on a shopping tour in
Jackson that afternoon.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-05-04

day of May, 1914, to defend the suit
No. 6661 in said Court of Tom Collins,
wherein you are defendant.
This April 81, 1914.
PARHAM H. WILLIAMS,
(SEAL) Chancery Clerk.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-05-04

Don't wash eggs until just
ready to use them. An egg shell
at the start has . dull, velvety
bloom. This is due to . protee-
tive film, which helps keep bac-
terra and odors from getting into
the porous shell. Before storing
eggs, wipe off soiled spots with
q rough, dry cloth. Washing takes
off the protective bloom.
2.-Speed eggs to refrigerator
or other cold place without delay.
Eggs fare best at 45'F to 60oF.
8. - Store eggs away from
strong-smelling foods. A paper
carton does its duty ~ = travel
ing case, but in home storage the
porous paper may absorb odors
from foods, and eggs do catch
odors easily.
AT cooking time, keep IN
mind m egg toughens ct high and
prolonged heat Actually, protein
Of egg white II more digestible
when IN egg 10 cooked 1t low heat
than when either raw or cooked
tough. For tender eggs cooked IN
the shell, keep water. below boil
ing. Start eggs in cold water. bring
to simmering (when water doesn't
roll). For soft cooked eggs. sim
mel 3-5 minutes; hard-cooked.
about $3.50 minutes.
Whatever way eggs are cooked
scrambled, poached, fried, fea-
tured in oven dishes like sponge
cake or custard-for best results
use controlled, even heat.
Don't forget: that by their fine
p~roteins, minerals and vitamins
eggs enrich meals with body
building. vitality foods.
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