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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-27
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER 1: Spratt Heriong was
major producer Of motion pictures. He
called Elizabeth. his wife. to join him
at lunch. Elizabeth knew that something
was not going right at the studio and
that her husband desired her presence.
more to talk to her than to receive any
real assistance.
CHAPTER III: At the start OF World
War /. Elizabeth had married. Her hus-
band soon sailed for France and later
was reported killed in action. Spratt was
her second husband. This memory al.
ways returned when she thought of Dick
going to war.
CHAPTER III: Spratt phones Eliza.
beth that he Is bringing Kessler, one
of his new writer's. for dinner the follow
ing night. Kessler. a German refugee
who he'd been injured In the first war.
was. unknown to the Herlongs. Eliza
beth's first husband
CHAPTER Nv: Elizabeth had been or.
phaned as baby and raised by her
aunt and uncle In Tulsa. She had been
sent away to college. but during one
summer vacation she went out to the
country club to swim. There she had
met Arthur Kittredge.
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Mo~s#
DeAotzoI

It's a wacky world-the calendar
says it's fall, with the equinox past
the thermometer way up in the eight
les Sunday looked like summer-and
Christmas shopping time for the boys
overseas believe it or not but we
heard "I'm Dreaming of a White
Christmas" blaring over a large de-
partment stores P. A. system the
other day which prompted one four
year old to inquire as to whether
Santa Claus was coming tonight i. +. !.
and this disarmament talk doesn't
mean a thing as far as Bluffton's po-
lice department is concerned-fact is,
armament was increased this week to
the extent of a big Colts .38 which
will require draft of 500 from the
city exchequer and vandalism
and petty thievry still unchecked in
Bluffton /. wacky world-you bet
it is /. /. and speaking of the boys
overseas the most welcome news from
them is the letter that tells the folks
here not to send any Christmas pre-
sents, anticipating an early homecom-
ing . lots of the boys home and
coming-among them Chaplain Ernie
Bigelow back from Germany who will
be in his pulpit at Bluffton and Rock
port for the next three Sundays !. i.
and some of the boys turning jobs
over to ex-service men and taking a
vacation-Rollie Stratton who was
employed in Lima getting ready to
take off for California via house trail
er as soon as tires are available-and
Wayne Lugibill turning over his
North Main street filling station to
Richard Stettler back from the Army
and they say that Wayne and his
family are planning California trip,
too :. :. and squirrel hunters out en-
masse on opening day last Saturday.
and with the opening day coming on
Saturday it gave lots of the boys now
on five-day week a good break 4.
it occurs to us that with all that
crowd out for the squirrel season
which is admittedly only small-time
stuff, what will it be when the big
league rabbit and pheasant time
comes +. !. and football which made
an unobtrusive appearance on the
stage this fall suddenly skyrocketing
in public favor-there's going to be
college football which came as a sur
prize with Bluffton and Northern and
possibly Findlay getting together for
an impromptu schedule and a home
coming game here for October 13 . 4.
and that high school team is playing
smart college calibre game-its
performance Friday night looked like
the best drilled outfit here in years
if we're to have a championship team,
it's time to pep up the band which
promised to march at the game last
Friday night but didn't =. and fall
rains-long delayed but were near
cloudburst Monday which cleaned out
Riley creek and temporarily alleviated
the sewer situation :. news flash
gasoline truck seen going thru town
Tuesday noon-they're mighty scarce
now -. which reminds us that you
had better save up on gas this week
so you can get to that big Ottawa
fair next week-which promises to
be bigger and better than ever :.
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Buttons gas situation is serious
but not critical. Supplies are availa-
BILE at most all stations despite some
evidences of hysterical buying by
motorists. Station operators tell of
sales in so gallon lots-one of 70 gal
lons-to car owners who are filling
drums, cans and most any containers
available. AT the same time comes
warning that storage of gasoline in
easements and garages is an extreme
ly hazardous practice and in event of
fire tremendously increases the diff
Guilty of bringing the flames under
control. Five gallons of gasoline in
a safety-approved can is the maxi
mum permitted to be stored under
the state code, authorities warned.
Starting back home Monday after
months visit here, Mr.. and Mrs. G.
p. Schnegg, former Bluffton residents
now living at Ell Monte, California
are making the trip by auto. Schnegg,
who sells automobiles got in business
here some 45 years ago. Old timers
still recall when he set an early speed
record of driving from Bluffton to
Lima in 40 minutes.
High cost of living doesn't apply to
Bluffton-at least in comparison to
Princeton, New Jersey where Don
Smucker is studying in the theological
seminary. Don says eggs are 73 cents
a dozen and milk 1sh cents a quart
so we can be thankful that we live
in the Middle West which is still the
garden spot of the world, despite all
our troubles.
And from Sgt. John Schmidt at
Mariana, Florida comes renewal of
his Bluffton News subscription to-
gether with the cheering news that
the paper has been reaching him o. X.
in all the many changes of address
which go with Army life.
With the present gas situation what
it is, there's happy idea of a vaca-
tion trip on Mississippi river boat
which is what Stanley Herr formerly
of Bluffton and now visiting here is
planning for the return trip to his
home at Melbourne Beach, Florida.
He expects to leave the last of this
week taking the train to st. Louis
where he will board river packet and
go to New Orleans. From there he
will sail thru the Gulf and around to
the Florida east coast where he re-
sides.
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Leatherman of Lima.

Leatherman of Lima.
Pfc. Mark Rhine and Mrs. Thelma
Rhine of Sandusky. Ohio were week
end guests of Rev. and Mrs. N. Walter
klingler.
Pvt. Kieth Snyder Of Anti-air Craft
Division of Ft. Bliss, Texas is spend
ing a ten day furlough with his fam
lily.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Hall returned
from a recent visit with Mrs. Sylvia
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A farmer may buy accident in
surance for himself, for members
of his family, or for his employees.
Of the many accident insurance
policies, some cost from as little as
Sl.00 to more than Sl00 a year.
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Forward of Greensville, Michigan.
Mrs. Lula Coener Of Lima spent
Saturday with her sister, Mrs. Mable
Hawk.
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Jail
Continued From Page One)

service (Which the county paid
for at per diem rate), because
the Detroit institution was
crowded.
Since that time, new House
Of Correction has been built at
Plymouth.
Supervisors asked County
Controller Sherwood J. Bennett
to contact Detroit authorities
and seek an agreement for pris-
oners housing.
Pointing to this move as only
temporary one, until a new
jail can be built, supervisors
discussed two possible sites for
the new structure: On spacious
land. now owned by the county,
adjoining the present county
farm, or on the present Jail site
with the purchase of additional
land, possibly from No. l
Broadway north to the corner
OF Macomb street.
Supervisor Henry A. Van
Hoeck, who suggested the land
purchase adjoining the present
Jail, cited the convenience of
keeping the Jail and sheriff S
force close to the County
Building and courts. He said
consideration could be given TO
having an underground passage
(similar to that in use in De-
troiD TO transfer prisoners be-
tween the jail and county build
ing. He also suggested a patrol
car and ambulance entrance
with cement ramp running to
the rear OF the present Jail
structure.
One supervisor said he pre-
ferred the County Farm site for
a Jail, but only with the stipu-
lation that a justice of the peace
office be added to II and also
proper accommodations for
housing police cars and equip
ment.
The House 81 Correction hous-
ing plan and the new Jail pro-
posal will both be discussed by
the Board of Supervisors as a
whole at the next meeting.
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Taxes
Continued From Page One)

to figures arrived at In recent
survey.
The committees report last
week was rejected by the super
visors as whole. and II was
voted 10 "eoualize as assessed
This action created $50 mill
rate of all county government
units.
The difference between )
mill and $50 mill rate for
Mount Clemens is $4,000.
The supervisors recessed SUBJ
iect 10 call Of the chairman,
who voiced a strong appeal to
the disputants 10 get together
in order 10 avoid state COM
mission hearing and survey
which would delay considerably
the l945 tax collection.
A second meeting OF the
Equalization Committee was
held at which southern super
visors offered 10 accept $50
mill rate, il Mount Clemens
would accept $40 mills.
A special meeting of the Mt.
Clemens City Commission was
called and the solons voted so
to stand by their guns. The
Equalization Committee dis
banded.
Wednesday night. Supervisor
Earl Tallman. of Warren Town
ship. and Supervisor Stephen
r. Henderson, of East Detroit,
spoke to the Mount Clemens
commissioners. pleading the
case of the industrialized town
ships endeavoring to attract
capital investment in their va
cant lands.
Mayor Albert A. Wagner and
other officials limited that a de-
liberate effort was being made
by South Macomb communities
to attract industry away from
Mount Clemens. with Mount
Clemens helping foot the bill
through higher property assess
ments than the southern areas.
Wagner, voicing the citys ar
guments during Wednesday
nights discussions. "stood pat"
on the municipal appeal for in
PREVENTION by the state, designed
to win lesser tax rates for resi-
dents Of Mount Clemens.
Nothing definite resulted from
the meeting except a convic-
ton on the part of the South
Macomb representatives that Mt.
Clemens means business when
IL demanded a 5-mill rate and
filed an appeal with the State
Tax Commission.
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Britain
Continued From Pare One)

colleagues 10 return TO receive
the election returns.
A compilation from official
returns said Labor had won 1874
of the $40 Commons seats, con-
servatives 1863, Liberals 10, Lib
eral Nationals II, Communists
|, scattered votes for other min
or parties and still doubtful los
II appeared certain that the
L. Dor Party alone had won a
good working majority. releas-
ing il from the necessity Of de-
pending on o. her opposition
parties TO form government.
Latest popular vote figures
gave.
Labor 5,S06,067.
Conservative 4,1l5(S87.
The Labor Party last formed
the government in 1929 under
the late Ramsay Macdonald, and
held power until 1891 when il
was forced 10 60 10 the people
on the gold standard issue.
In one OF the most acrimon-
ious campaigns in Britain's his
tory. the Labor Party pledged
itself in this election TO support
program of national socializa
ton of heavy industry, trans
portation, mines and the Bank
Of England.
The first thing Attlee and his
party probably will attempt Ia
do when they take over the gov
crnment will be naturalization
Of these enterprises, including
the iron and steel industry and
all forms OF inland transport:
When monopoly gets into
the hands Of few men, then
the only safe monopoly is q
monopoly Of the community
Attlee has declared.
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Charter
(Continued From Page One)


member Of the United States
delegation al he San Francisco
conference, told reporters:
METHOD CLEAR
THE debate az least has
made II certain that no cXecu.
tive agreement will suffice, That
is a major question. Il is Of min
or importance whether II be
done by treaty or Joint resolu-
ton"
Lucas, who held the floor
through much Of Yesterday 8
debate. took different view
point Citing the failure Of tho
Senate a generation ago to give
two-thirds approval Of the
League of Nations. Lucas assert
ed
Il want 10 take my chances
with Congress. not with one
third Of the United States Sen
ate. for I've seen what happened
here before
Lucas added.
IF all that has come out Of
this conference is treaty 10
make treaty 70 provide for thu
enforcement Of peace the peo-
pie Of America and other coun-
tries may well consider that
they have been grossly deceiv-
cd
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Japan
Continued From Page One)

a Japanese peace offer to Pres
ident Truman at the Potsdam
Conference. This report, pub
lished by Newsweek Magazine,
said Japan offerd Manchuria to
the Soviet Union for non-inter-
vention, agreed 10 withdrawal
from Asia, and American occu-
patton of Korea and Formosa
but no occupation OF the sacred
islands themselves.
Japan's desire 10 quit Is re-
= ceiving a provocative boost from
Admiral Halsey's Allied Fleet.
On Tuesday alone, some 1900
planes from the fleets carriers
damaged the greater part of the
bedraggled Imperial Fleet and
knocked out $50 planes.
Twenty warShips were bomb
cd or torpedoed. including three
battleships. six aircraft carriers
and five cruisers. Twenty mer-
chant ships were sunk. Sixty
two other cargo vessels and
smaller craft ranging down to
barges we're damaged.
This toll was taken along the
Inland Sea. most of il at the
once great Kure naval base.
Carrier sweeps were aug
mented by land based craft
reaching from southern Kyushu
Island 10 Tokyo Bay. Among
them we're 100 BIOS which
swept through ense anti
aircraft fire TO wreak new dam
age on three oil refineries near
A new island invasion which
would carry Allied forces half
Nay from Rangoon 10 Singa-
pore was reported in an uncon-
tirmed Tokyo broadcast. A re-
cOnnaissance force OF 500 am
phibious troops was said to have
landed yesterday on Puket Is
land, 625 miles north of the
Singapore Naval base on the
West coast of the Malay PENN
sula, under cover OF a lombard
r1ent by two cruisers. Tokyo
said they were driven off.
In the see-saw China battles,
Generalissimo Chang X a j.
Shek's forces recaptured Nam
wing, l55 miles northeast Of
Canton. 1t is a former base for
the U. S. l4th Air Force and a
shipping point for the recap
tured Wolfram mining area
Chungking dispatches said China
could now resume movement OF
Wolfram TO U. S. steel mills.
Other Chinese columns fought
for two more ontime u. S. air
base cities in southeast China.
They battled inside Yangsa and
drove on Kweilin as counterat-
lacking Japanese recaptured In
ing, IL miles northwest of KWel-
lin.
A junction of u. S. and Phil
ippine Army units in the north
en- Luzon mountains split the
strongest Nipponese forces re-
manning in the Philippines.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-26
KIDNEYS
MUST remove
EXCESS ACIDS
Help IS Miles OF Kidney Tubes
Flush Out Poisonous Waste

Flush Out Poisonous Waste
Ifyou have an excess Of acids In your blood.
your Is miles Of kidney tubes may be over
worked. Thesetiny filters and tubes are work.
ing day and night to help Nature rid your
system of excess acids and poisonous waste.
When disorder of kidney function permits
poisonous matter 10 remain in your blood. it
maycause ma gginR backache. rheu mstic pains.
leg pains. loss of pep and energy. getting up
nights. swelling. pufYiness under the eyes.
headaches and dizziness. Frequent or scsnty
passages with smarting and burning some
times shows there IL something wrong with
your kidneys or bladder.
Kidneys may need help the same ~ bow
els, so ask your druggist for Doan's Pills. q
stimulant diuretic. used successfully by mil
lions for over 40 years. Doan's give happy
relief and will help the l6 miles Of kidney
tubes flush out poisonous waste from Jour
blood. Get Doan's Pills.
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Continued from Page II

100000. The pork supply
however, will be down about g.
10000 pounds.
Price Administration Chester
Bowles said the improvement IN
civilian supplies was due largely
to lower military purchases
Calling the reductions in point
values good news Bowies said
he was aware of the difficulty
housewives have had in budget
ing red points.
I'm August" he commented,
"the lower point values for beef,
lamb and veal. together with
the recent reduction of creamery
butter TO Is points pound viii
ease the strain on red point bud
gets"
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SEVEN ACRE LAKE
Prison
Continued From Page One)

10 reply TO the accusations.
Dethmers, in his third report
on fourmonth investigation
OF the institution, declared /
do not hesitate TO express my
opinion that the correction of the
Malodorous conditions now ex-
listing at the prison, and the
proper administration of that in
stitution, require the removal
Xxx Of the seven.
PUNISHMENT NOT PLAY
The people Of the state Of
Michigan expect their prisons to
be penal institutions. not fun
h ouse s." Dethmers declared.
The judges and prosecuting at
torneys of this state expect that
when felons are convicted in
the courts and sentenced 10 pri-
son, the purpose TO be served
is punishment as we'll as segrea-
ton and rehabilitation
He continued, when such in
titutions cease TO be penal, when
Imprisonment is no longer pun
ishment, when conditions in a
prison serve to thwart rather
than to advance the cause of
rehabilitation, when prison
sentenced is no longer a guar
antee to the public that the Of
fender is out of circulation and
the public's safety being secured.
then the public is entitled 10 and
will demand drastic remedy
and change"
Citing in detail the administra-
tive responsibilities of Warden
Jackson, Francis, Petit, Wilson
and Watson, Dethmers declared
that even if no specific acts of
wrong doing were charged 10
those individuals they still must
be held responsible for the con-
ditions. He said his investiga
tors found.
LISTS FINDINGS
Then, in detail, Dethmers list
ed his findings against each sus-
pended prison official.
Jackson, the attorney general
declared. denied knowledge OF
liquor parties within the prison
or AT officials homes, of inmate
visits 10 prostitutes. OF gangsters
visiting within the walls, or
sexual miSbehaviour in the in
stltution.
Either the Warden knew OF
conditions, " Dethmers said" and
is guilty Of culpable negligence
to take effective measures "a
correct them, or he was not
aware Of conditions, in which
case he was demonstrated his
utter lncapaci,y for the position
he occupies
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GIN
Continued From Page One)

The project was publicly re-
vealed by Alfred p. Sloan, Jr.,
chairman of the GIN board, at 4
luncheon in New York, where
he addressed a group of scien-
lists, educators, editors, indus
trialists and engineers.
Sloan himself did not esti.
mate the probable cost OF the
project. but sources in Detroit
close to the en- planners said
$40, 100000 would be a fair es
innate.
CITES TAX RATES
Developments of this sort
are what Warren Township IS
seeking Tallman said, and Il
helps prove our point that falr
and equitable assessed valua-
tons. with an honest tax rate
are bound 10 attract industrial
and home settlement. Well no,
only welcome these new pro-
jects but we'll do everything
possible 10 help them establish
and make progress
Known as the General Motors
Technical Center, the develop
ment will bring together around
central esplanade five major
buildings. They Will house ad-
tratlon, research laboratories,
and advanced engineering facili-
ties of the great organization.
Construction will start AS soon
as complete clearance Of ma
terlalS and labor can be obtained
SEVEN-ACRE LAKE
Within the streamilned csplan-
AIDE will be seven-acre lake
Fill TO create the terrace will be
obtained from eXcavating the
site itself, thus creating the lake
and providing water for cooling
the various buildings.
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Storm
Continued From Page One)

all night long TO keep awake
When dawn broke after the in
terminable night, they saw a
lighthouse about a half mile
away.
NEAR EXHAUSTION
They knew /: was do or die,
so they swan for it," According
TO Commander Salot, who is sta
toned the Navy hospital at Key
West. When they reached the
lighthouse. which was an auto
matte, unnamed type, they
were 10 exhausted TO climb its
ladder Finally Bill got enough
strength to 60 up the 80 feet and
the rest followed. Here they
were found by the Coast Guard.
The search started al 6 p. m,
Saturday when the fishing party
failed to return. Seven Coast
Guard cutters and a Catalina pa
troll plane combed the seas until
darkness fell and the storms
drove three Of the cutters back
and the fourth had TO seek re-
fuge in the Ice of an island. The
Commandant Of the Navy base
at Key West then sent out Navy
boats IN continue the search
throughout the wild night.
NO SERIOUS RESULTS
Found at Q a. m. Sunday, all
were suffering from severe sun
burn. extreme fatigue. hunger
and thirst, they figure they drift
ed 10 miles in their l8-hour ses-
sion in the water.
Commander Salot has been
stationed al Key West since early
Spring after a considerable pc
roid Of sea-duty. Mrs. Salot and
Bill left Mount Clemens in early
June 10 be with him.
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Lucas added

While the mileage OF railroad
tracks in the United States is
eight times that Of Great Britain,
the number of passengers car
RED is only one-third. The aver
age passenger in the United
States travels three times the
distance Of the Britisher, so that
he actual number Of miles trav-
eled is virtually the same. The
average fare is 30 per cent below
that in the United States accord
ing 10 the British Railways.
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Frigidaire Resumes
Household Production

The first household model
Frigidaire 10 be produced since
April 80, 1912 rolled off the
lines at Dayton, o., today.
George Priehs, manager of
the John Priehs Mercantile COM
pany, Mount Clemens. said this
afternoon that while immediate
production will be used to es-
tablish stock piles retail distri-
button by Nov. or Dec. of this
year is indicated. Priehs' firm,
as vel as the Priehs Motor
Sales, serve as Mount Clemens
agents for the electric refrigera-
ton units.
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Big-3
CONTINUED from Page IL

the responsibility Cor directing
Britain's foreign affairs?
How soon can the chiefs of the
new government return to Pots
dam to conclude the delibera-
tons on which the Big Three
have already spent nine days of
heavy labor?
How many of Britain's COM
mitments as made by Churchill
and Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden from Tehran through Yal-
Ia 10 Potsdam will be shoulder
ed by the shreWd, bald Laborite
who sat in here as an "observ-
err"
SPECULATION
The first impression here this
afternoon was that Attlee would
extend Churchill the courtesy
of an invitation TO return 10
Potsdam as a member of his
delegation. But it was only a
guess and few appeared TO be-
lieve that Churchill would ac-
cept, in view of the British
voters verdict.
There was no authoritative in
formation at once available to
clarity the question as to how
soon Attlee himself might be
able to come back, but in most
quarters ii was believed that
this would be within two or
three days at most or the CON
ference recess would become a
formal adjournment.