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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-17

THIS week, under a plume OF
i smoke rising high in the sky
Japan celebrated her first ami
versary under the bombsights OF
the BIG, the worlds greatest
bomber. 1t was just a year ago.
June Is, Tokyo Time, that the frst
Superforts, operating from Chinese
bases laboriously carved by hand
began the task of knocking out the
industrial props of the Japanese war
effort.
The start was slow with almost
month between missions but the pace
increased rapidly Now 550-plane
raids occur more and more frequently
and daily 1000 plane raids were IN the
ofing
At the end of year the stencil OF
burned-out buildings blotted out the
delicate scent of cherry blossoms IN
Tokyo, proud capital of the hippo
nese. The imperial palace had been
struck and partially burned. More
than a million residents had evacu-
ated the city ana 90 square lllllSo VI
it's industrial and trading heart were
destroyed.
Lightning From The Sky
The same lightning from the sky
had struck Japan's other once-great
industrial centers: Yokohama, Kobe,
Osaka, Nagoya. Konoya, Yawata and
MANY more. In six months since the
BIOS began operations from the
Marianas. Japan had lost lO2 square
miles of peak war production areas
through incendiary and demolition
bombs.
That first month, year ago, oO
BIOS made the first strike against
Japan at Yawata Previously there
had been another mission against
Bangkok, purely tune-up fight to
accustom B-29 crews to combat for
nations In July there were two raids
and two, each, in August and Sep
TENDER. Not until October did it IN
crease to four. In their first five
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-17

aircraft plant at Musashino. Alto
gether 16,598,319 square feet of roof
area or 80 per cent of the plants total
was destroyed in the 10 raids.
Goal of the strategic bombing OF
Japan as it was of Germany is to de-
stroy or incapacitate every factory
and obliterate transport and COM
munication. Air Force strategists do
not believe Japan offers as great a
problem as did the Nazis.
The B-29 is not entirely war
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-17

months, the B-29s made only 16
raids. Last month B-29s in the Mari
anas embarked on 172 missions, two
of them 500 strong.
A total of 3,785 sorties were flown
r. May by the 21st Bomber Command
another 100 in the first nine
aays of June, making a 4O-day total
of 5, ABS Forty B-29s were lost during
May and q more in the June strikes.
In the six and half months since
the first attack on Tokyo, IL raids
were made on the capital. The cost
has been heavy. The announced losses,
SO, are for combat only and do not
include operational losses. However,
crews of several of the planes lost,
including some of those disabled over
Tokyo, were rescued.
Two Monster Raids
The heaviest losses occurred in two
monster fire-bomb raids on Tokyo on
Nav "a and 26. The first strike cost
II big 5ombers; the second, 10.
In six months the B-29s made 50
demolition raids against 10 Japanese
factories. In seven missions the Nit
subishi engine plant at Nagoya was
ga per cent destroyed. Two missions
against the Mitsubishi aircraft plant
at Nagoya knocked out SO per cent OF
the installations; II missions de-
stroyed As per cent OF the NakaJlma
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-17
In Short

Trained: In the U. S., Canada's
| Sixth Division of 10000 men for the
sPacifc war.
Damaged: In one minute by tor
nado. Jamestown, N. Y, business Sec
tion: estimated losses, $5,000,000.
Held: Brooklyn Dodgers manager,
Leo (Lippy) Durocher, in $1,000 bail
on charges of beating up a booing
baseball fan under the stands; the vic
tim a medically discharged soldier.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-17
Quotes

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower:
"We are going to have peace
even if we have to fight for it"
Marshal Georgi X. ZhukOv:
1.-THE German was very well
equipped technically and well
versed in handling his arms. The
Japs, at the time l fought them,
did not have this technical equip
ment, but the Jap soldier is stub
born and fights with tenacity."
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-17
To The Bitter End

Gen. Joseph W. (Vinegar joel Still
we'll, commander of U. S. Army
Ground Forces, on tour of Pacific
battlefronts, dropped in on OkinaWa.
This" he observed feelingly, lis a
he'll of a tough fight" Tenth Army
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-17

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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-17
Farley
End In Sight

The tangled Polish problem which
cast such a pail over the San Francisco
conference seemed on the way to solu-
ton as leaders from within and With
out Poland conferred at Moscow on
broadening the country's provisional
government along the democratic lines
agreed upon at Yalta.
There were strong indications that
the Big Three had achieved basis OF
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-17
BOrneO Is
Key Base

CEN. MAcARTHUR'S invaso,
" of Brunei on Borneo's no ,+J'
west coast begins a squeeze n,r
against the Japanese for F tSs
worlds third largest island and
one of the wars richest prizes
Australians swept ashore supportei /
by warships of the u S, Seventh Flee,
and the Royal Australian NAVY Over
head roared bombers and fighters n |
the U. S. 18th and Royal Australia
Air Forces. The assault in force caught
the enemy by surprise and resistanc
at: first was scattered and slight.
With Australian and Dutch forces
hopping up Tarakar off Borneos cag
coast, completion of the Brunei mis-
sion will place in Allied hands two
Borneo oil felds-world famed for A
crude so rich that some of it can be
piped directly from the wells to The
fleet without refinement. Another
great oil field is at Balikpapan far.
Their down the east Borneo coast, op,
posite Japanese-held Celebes.
Oil Wells Sabotaged
japanese efforts to destroy the
Brunei wells and equipment are I'm.
likely to be any more successful than
the British and Dutch sabotage in
early 1912 when the japanese ovegran
the East Indies. That the enemy was
able then to get the wells back into
production soon after conquest was
evident by their use of Brunei Bay as
a fleet base and the flock OF oil tankeS
that piled between Borneo and The
home islands.
If Borneo's oil fields car be restored
quickly, military strategists say il
would be the equivalent of increasing
the Allied Pacific tanker feet by two
thirds. The feet is fueled nov by
tankers plying 1000 miles across the
Pacific from bases on the U. S. west
coast.
Brunei Bay With its 500 squire
miles of deep water and sheltered an
chorage, especially valuable IN the
typhoon belt, could base a vast ar,
mazda. Establishment Of air and naval
facilities at Brunei, combined WITH
those in the Philippines, would com
plete a chain of mutually supporting
bases 1900 miles long.
Macarthur Goes Ashore
Gen. Macarthur, who went aSl''
on Labuan Island in the noun
Brunei Bay two hours after the IN
assault waves, said jubilantly: !"
enemy has definitely lost the wal
strategy in the southwest Paclic'
At Brunei and Tarakan, sald Nv.
Arthur, Allied forces stand al Ihes
graphical center Or enemy-og ,;Di Il. p.
, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra' Mol%
and lndO-Chlna. JdpdH9s9
there await piecemeal DESTRUCTION
Allied will. .oa
| Creation Of Brunei air base %V'1
; bring the coastal railway Oh [is d,
: Indo-China, key enemy colnnluD.-
5 tons link already under a too .
long-range bombers, within ooo o;, w
J., of Allied air forces. 1t is cohssn' d.
!. that hundreds of B-24 Lloera'ois "
: BIZ Flying Fortresses' ade sla Ma. !.
a Europe but sAort-ranseo 10. - n.
e Pacific missions, might be ape w.
: port any future drive into Ma-'''
= miles away.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-17
Army Budget Set
At SO Billions

president TRUMAN submitted to Congress military oudge1
$40 44 for War Department for the fiscal year
t.rnq v decrease IS cent last years Wofron5
ar nrogram House Military Appropriations committeeman terea
Sundav punch bill for the against Japan ana
would be approved without substantial change :,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-18

James c. Landes, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Lendes, of Merom, Ind,
former residents of Bluffton, was
married to Carol Holman, Oct. 5
at p. m. at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Raeh Hoil-
man, Merom, Ind.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Carl Landes, father of the
bridegroom, using the double ring
ceremony. There were no attendants
and the ceremony was witnessed by
members of the immediate families.
For her wedding costume the
bride wore a two-piece brown wool
suit. Her accessories were. brown
and she wore corsage of pink
roses and baby breath.
Light Refreshments were served in
the home following the ceremony
after which the couple left for a
short wedding trip. On their return
reception was held at the home
of Rev. and Mrs. Landes for few
intimate friends. Both Mr.. and
Mrs. Landes were students at Bluff
ton college. Both are employed at
the Ypsilanti State hospital to
which place they returned.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-18
AAA Reports Due At
Grange Hall Friday

Reports on individual farm coop
Grafton in the 1916 AAA program
will be made by Richland township
farmers at Richland Grange hall from
1870 p. m. until 930 p. m. this Friday.
Jackson township farmers will re-
port at the Lafayette town hall dur
ing the same hours on Thursday; and
Monroe township reports will be made
at the Monroe township house on Fri
day.
Farmers are urged to use AAA
acreages wherever possible in report
ing practices which were carried out,
County Agent Clair A. Patterson
said. Weight slips, etc., must be sub
mitted for practices to be reported in
units of weight.
At the same series of meetings ap-
plications will be signed for dairy
production program payments for the
months of July, August and Septem-
Der. Evidence of sales of milk and
butterfat must be submitted. Rates
of payment are 45 cents per cwt. of
milk and 13 cents per pound of but
terfat.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-18
BIuffton High School Notes

second calamity. The hitch on the
first wagon broke. Then Donald Herr
came to the rescue by bringing his
tractor to pull the second wagon. At
ter this fifteen minute delay we pro-
ceeded to Pandora. Upon arriving
there we rang out with about six Choir
uses of "Bluffton Forever" However
we failed to wake anyone up over
there so we proceeded home.
We arrived home safe and sound
but felt as though we were football
veterans. After piling out of the
wagon we met with the third and
last tragedy. No one had keys to the
cafeteria. This was solved, however
when Coach Burcky went home after
his keys.
We then enjoyed refreshments anc
concluded that-a hayride isn't hay.
ride unless you have little hare
luck to go with it. Thus the morn
ing after the hayride everyone was
happy but stiff.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-18
Rncknnrf

Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Huber, Mrs.
Berdell Huber and Anita and Mr.. and
Mrs. John Huber of Lima were guests
of the Finley Reeves family in Port
land, md, Sunday. Their son Robert
has just returned from the South
West Pacific after almost five years
of service as Medic.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Gleason and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Gleason
and family, were Friday evening sup
per guests of the Nike Gleason fam
lily.
Class meeting of the Victory class
will meet at the home of Oscar Zim.
norman, Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Huber, Mar.
jorie Huber and daughter were visi.
tors in Portland, Ind, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Hauensteir
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-18

Intensive activity to acquaint
Bluffton school district voters with
the necessity of renewing three
mill school levy that has been in ef-
feet here for 32 years will be
launched the last two weeks OF this
month by the citizens advisory COM
mittee organized to enlist public sup
port for the proposal.
Focal point in the prediction ac-
tivity will be a house-to-house poll
to determine the sentiment of local
voters, with teams of workers hand
ling contacts in each precinct.
Renewal of the three-mill levy at
the polls this fall would not mean
an additional tax would be placed on
the duplicate, for it has continu-
ously been in effect here for the
last 80 years.
Twenty-one per cent of all school
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-18

Support Of Three-MiIl School Levy

operating expenses come from the
three-mill levy, and its renewal is
essential for continued operation of
schools on their present basis.
Serving on the advisory commit
tee are representatives of The Bluff
ton Telephone Co., Federation of
Women's clubs, Bluffton Sportsmen's
club, Ministerial association, Legion
Auxiliary, Bluffton corporation, Farm
Bureau, Community hospital, Hos
pital Auxiliary, Triplett Electrical
Instrument Co., Central Ohio Light
and Power Co., Board of Education,
Bluffton college, Mid-Winter Fair
Board, Page Dairy Co., Bluffton
Stone Co., Bluffton-Richland library,
Bluffton News, American Legion,
Lions club, Board of Public Affairs
and Boss Manufacturing Co.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-18
ram Krohn home over the week
College Homecoming

Many graduates and former stu
dents were in Bluffton over the past
week end to attend the annual Col
lege homecoming.
Events of Saturday included the
crowning Of LaVonne Hostetler, SEN
ior of Wooster, as Homecoming queen
and Bluffton-O. n. U. football game
in the afternoon.
Rev. Andrew Shelley of Kitche-
ner, Ont, was the speaker of the
Homecoming dinner at Ropp hall
Saturday night which was followed
by the Thespian play Sophie of
Shadyville" in the chapel.
DR.. Lloyd Pannabecker of Peoria
spoke at Sunday afternoon vespers
which was followed with a reception
in the library.
Among those from out of town in
attendance were:
Lima-Joy Norman.
Franklin-Mr. and Mrs. R. E..
Augsburger and family.
Wooster-Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ho-
stetler and family, Mr.. and Mrs,
| David Sommer.
Bowling Green-Mrs. r. E. Camp
bell and Phyllis Heigley.
Kitchener, Ont.-Clifford Zehr and
Ralph Weber, Rev. Andrew Shelley,
Bertha Miller, Edna Weber.
adsworth-Esther Habegger.
Arcadia-Walter Thomas.
Kalida-Mr. and Mrs. Harley
Smith, Mrs. Ralph Cogan.
Rawson-Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gar
ton.
Topeka, Ind.-Dena and Erma
Jean Yoder.
Goshen, Ind.-Mr. and Mrs. Le-
land Hartzler and daughter Melba
Mr.. and Mrs. Mahlon Hartzler, Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Brookmeyer, Mr.
and Mrs. Russell Hartzler.
Lafayette-Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hef-
ner, Lowell and Robert Kelly.
Youngstown-Mr and Mrs. j. r
Thatcher.
Peoria, 1Il.-Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Pannabecker and family.
Ypsilanti, Mich.-Mr. and Mrs
Laurence Burkhalter, Mr.. and Mrs
Donald Gundy and son, Karl Schultz
Stanley Hostettler.
Chicago-Ernest Harder, Mr.. anc
Mrs. Maynard Shelley, Ellis Guthrie
Paughkeepsie, N. Y.-Bert Smuck
er.
Marlboro, n. Paul Klassen.
Columbus-Mr. and Mrs. Car
Smucker, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Loch
er, Mr.. and Mrs. Emerson Niswand
. er, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Heiks.
Pandora-Mr. and Mrs. Earl Leh
! man.
. Decatur, Ind.-Fred Soldner.
/ Spencerville-Helen Arters.
!: Upper Sandusky-Evelyn Johnson
$ Marcille Steiner.
1 Dayton-Mrs. Ann Gilbert.
Cleveland-Ruth Steiner.
New Lexington-Donald Hester.
E South Bend, Ind.-Mr. and Mrs
Harold Schultz and family.
!, Bloomington, Ind-Howard Baum
: gartner.
Carey-Lucia Grieser.
Gibsonburg-Della Krebill.
Trenton-Freda Ehrsman.
News Want-ads bring results.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-18
LaFayette-J jackson
School News

The basketball schedule; Nov. 8,
Wharton-Lafayette; Nov. 16, OPEN;
Nov. 20, Beaverdam, there; Nov. 27,
Spencerville-Lafayette; Nov. 30, Har-
rod, there; Dec. a, Shawnee-Lafay-
cite; Dec. Z, Elida-Lafayette; Dec. ID,
Conner, there; Dec. IS, Perry Ia jun
Tor league game), there; Dec. 21,
open; Jan. A, Shawnee, there; Jan. II,
Observation-Disclosures; Jan. IS, Spen-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-18

cerville-there; Jan. 25, Harrod-Lafay-
cite; Jan. 20, Elida, there; Feb. l,
Gomer-Lafayette; Feb. 8, open.
The third grade had the highest at
tendance record for September while
the eighth grade had the most abb
sences during the month. Average
attendance in the first six grades was
SO per cent; the attendance in the up
per six grades averaged 96.4 per cent.
The Allen County Music Festival
will be held November 7 at Shawnee.
Membership in the high school
singing clubs which will appear is:
Boys-Senior Hi Glee Club, Sd; Girls
Senior Hi Glee Club, Ga; Mixed
Chorus, Ito.
Bob Bilbrey of '45 is home on leave
from his naval training station.
Eugene Black, a junior last year,
has just completed his boot training
at Great Lakes. He visited at school
last week.
Subscribe to the Fourth Allen
County War Chest drive.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-18
Joan Clark and Robert Stalter

JOAN anu ANobGlt
Assembly was held Thursday morn
ing. The student body gave the
Pledge of Allegiance and sang "The
Star Spangled Banner" after which
Malcolm Basinger lead devotions.
Chaplain Ernest Bigelow then spoke
on his experiences in the European
Theater of Operations.
The first edition of the Cutlass was
published Friday.
G.. R.-Hi- Y-Hayride, Wednes-
day Evening
What happens on hayride should
MT happen to the best of people :.
But it did. Yes, trouble! And plenty
of it!
At first we had too many people
for one wagon so we proceeded to get
another. After about thirty minute
delay we were off. Everyone was full
of pep and glee until we met with the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-18

lome of Mrs. A. f. Shrider. one
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Zimmerman
were callers at the Cal Herr home,
Sunday.
Naomi Steiner and children were
visitors at the Dennis Brauen home,
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orton Stratton, Mr..
and Mrs. Raymond Stratton were
Sunday dinner guests of Maurice Bell
and family.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-18

A bumper potato crop is expected
to create some marketing difficulties
during the fall months, and the gov
ernment has announced a price sup
port program of 1920 a hundred
weight in October, $3.50 in November,
and $2.40 in December. 1t also is
possible to obtain government loans
on potatoes which are in safe storage.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-18

Chick hatcheries in the first eight
months of 1945 produced % per cent
more chicks than 1914 and within 2
per cent of the all-time record estab-
lished in 1943, Hatcheries in June,
July and August, 1945, were above
any other totals for those months.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-18

Total tobacco production and bur-
ley tobacco production in Ohio and
other areas are expected to reach
high marks in 1945. The prediction
on hurley is 570,0OO,0OO pounds, a fig
ure exceeded only by the 1914 crop.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-18

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-09-04
A\SO\ CORN CROP EXCELLENT

W0"dos00T0, Sept. 3.-Ana0N 0ul-
ty farmers have the best corn crop
this year that has ever been produc-
ed here, according 10 County Agent
J. ". Cameron of the State College
Extension Service The use Of bette.
fertilizers, the planting Of hybrid
corn. and favorable weather. con-
ditions have been responsible for the
ti.u corn production, Cameron sad
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-09-04
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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-14
League
STANDINGS
Chronicle Open
L League Offers
A Triple Header

Director Jimmy Brown Of he
Michigan Chronicle Open League
announced trjrle-heade- soft
Na,l program - be sponsored by
he league at Linton PARK The
Home Of the Motor CRY Giants.
Oc1uirdre and Noderne streets. on
Saturday,, July Il
The league lcadn. Portcrs
Cleaners SQUAD viii provide the
leading attraction IN their feature
same with nc Club Three Sizes
team The Rams club VIII 'rv 10
halt The Compeau association team
~ no second game The NoSlcy
P,g Ten SQUAD will nay q new en-
~ IN the League. k'nE solomon :
Commanders. m iNe tnird game on
'he all-star program
The purpose ~ The program Is
~ raise funds ~ enable as many
groups ~ hoys 20 form teams and
plav IN 'he nvcsni7ed league as
possible The proceeds VIII nc used
- purchase bats and balls and Sc
cure sood umpircs Tor The lcaeue
games. The League urges all teams
interested in entering ;he lcseue
for tho second hall race, - contact
tho Michig.n Chronicle Sports De.
par;menp or call Director Jimmy
Brown Al Olive 2446
The weekly LEAGUE meeting VIII
no, be held Saturday evening due
to the three game program on that
date.