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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22

In an automobile accident Oliver
Ray Schnegg, the 6 year old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. P. Schnegg was
instantly killed shortly after 600
Thursday morning when the machine
in which he was riding turned turtle
near the Chris Santschi farm south
of town. The other occupants of
the machine, his little brother age 5
and the chauffer Charles Young al
though severely bruised and suffer-
ing from cuts are recovering.
A visit to Niagara Falls with
many added attractions comprised
an outing given by the Bluffton Mfg.
Co. to its employees will be long
remembered by those who made the
trip. Those who went on the ex-
cursion were H. ID. Zehrbach, Chas.
Miller, Ralph Stearns, William Light
ner, Frank Beals, Warren Ridinger,
John Cook, Emerson Stultz, Forest,
Gail, Harry and Carl Mumma, Henry
Althaus, Don Evans, William Stett-
Ter, Chris Klay, Sam Burkholder,
Albert Lora, Noah Amstutz, Joe
Fisher, William Amstutz, John War
rem, Henry Niswander and John
Burkholder.
The Community Association is run
ming an excursion to Cedar Point.
Street Commissioner Fox removed
the hitching racks from Main st.
The racks will be erected on Cherry
Street.
N. w. Cunningham is seeking a
second nomination for Congress.
The Jolly Ten met at the home
of Mrs. F. c. Beals last week.
Mrs. Sam Kimmel, Mrs. Ira
Troxel, Misses Gwendolyn Troxel,
Estella Clark, Rhoda Sechler, Gladys
Kimmel, Marcele and Garnet Conrad
are spending the week end at Rus
sells Point.
The Misses Elvira Sutter, Con-
stance Wise, Geraldine Ewing,
Gladyce Flick, and Margaret Herr
enjoyed slumber party at the home
of Cleora Rogers Saturday night.
Miss Verena Hilty and Miss Hazel
Augsburger have returned home
after taking a six weeks normal
course in the summer school at
Miami University at Oxford.
Miss Edith McPeak returned from
Eaglesmere, N. Y. and other points
in the east.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Hauenstein
spent the past week with Will
Romey and family at Richmond, Ind.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22
News Our Grandfathers Read
From Issue OF December 9, 1909

The large basement placed under
the Church of Christ building is
nearly completed. The day of open
ing will be celebrated by chicken
dinner furnished by the ladies of
the congregation.
Amos G. Geiger moved on the
Chris Herr farm.
A. E. Lugibihl has one Of the best
and largest corn cribs on his farm
near the Stager school in the Settle
ment. 1t is 50x6X10 and is well
filled, holding about 1900 bushels of
corn.
Carl Roethlisberger and Henry p.
Huber left for sight seeing and
prospecting trip to Texas. They
purchased tickets to Brownsville on
the Rio Grande and will see bit of
old Mexico.
Among the local fat show visitors
at Chicago were w. B. Meyer, James
Frantz, Eli Motter, Reese Huber,
Will Harris, Noah Clymer, Jacob
Lugibihl and son David. Motter
purchased a fine imported Shrop-
shire lamb and Frantz a fine Gallo
way.
Clarence Rockhill had the misfor-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22

tune of having several of his teeth
knocked out and lip cut while play
ing football at school.
Wilson McBain and family enjoyed
the holidays at McBain Michigan
visiting relatives. They enjoyed
sIeighing while here at home we
could gather dandelions almost any
day during November.
During a tussling match at the
Stager school young Abraham Stein
er had the misfortune of having his
leg broken.
Arnold Motter sold their Cherry
street property to DR.. R L. Bernath,
the veterinary.
j. w. Bowman who had charge of
the Park Restaurant for five months
sold the same to White & Troxel
former proprietors.
Rev. W.. ]. Green, pastor of the
M. <. church at Carey is in Chicago
attending the National Anti-Saloon
League convention.
S. A. Johns is in partnership with
his brother-in-law Henson Good in
the blacksmithing business.
Albert E. Althaus from Yelling
ton visited his parents here, Mr..
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22
Eight Teams Compete in Ex-
empted and Parochial Tour
nament In Ada Gym
Many Spectators May Be Turn
ed Away at the Door; Seat
ing Capacity Limited

Bluffton High cagers will make
their first bid in 1945 tournament
play at $50 p. m. this Wednesday
when they tangle with Lima St.
Johns in the opening round of the
Lima district exempted and parochial
tourney being played in the Ohio
Northern gymnasium at Ada.
With the tournament setting nearer
Bluffton than at any time in the last
two decades there are indications
that many local cage followers may
not get chance to see the Pirates
in action Wednesday unless they are
among the first at the gate.
Seating accommodations are re-
stricted, with most of the space TAX
en- by advance sales to the eight
competing schools. Only a limited
number of tickets will be sold at the
door, and many spectators may be
turned away.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22

COMETIMES parents despair un-
- necessarily about their children.
Just because youngster shows no
aptitude for the job his parents may
choose for him is no indication that
failure awaits him.
If John Mccormack had followed
the plans of his father he might
have been a Catholic priest. The
famous tenor was born in Athlone,
Ireland, in 1884, fourth of eleven
children. His father worked in the
wooden mills of the town and the
family was very poor. John at
tended the Catholic schools and was
an excellent student, winning a
scholarship to college. There he
studied for the priesthood.
At an early age John McCor-
mack's voice showed promise and
at the age of nine he sang in a
school entertainment. Music was
not one of the subjects offered at
college, and so John had no oppor-
tunity to receive training for his
voice. 1t did not occur to him at
that time that singing would be his
profession. However, he did decide
against becoming a priest, which
must have been hard blow for his
father. But the man did not lack
understanding and he encouraged
the boy in his desire to become a
civil service clerk. When John
failed in the entrance examinations
at the school where he would re-
ceive his training, and when given
a second chance forgot the appoint
ment, his father must have truly
despaired.
Then it began to dawn on John
Mccormack that singing was his
true vocation. He had loved to sing
all his life. He went to Dublin and
got job in the Marlborough Street
cathedral choir at S125 a year. He
began to gain more and more rec
ognition, sang for recordings of the
Edison and Gramaphone compa-
nies, and eventually became a star
of opera. Today he is known the
world over for his golden tenor.
@-WNU Service.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22
Pirate Cagers Will Open Tournament
Play At Ada Against Lima st. Johns

One element favoring the hopes of
those from Bluffton who would like
to see the game is the fact that the
Bluffton-St. Johns tilt is the last on
the evenings program, and many
who crowd the gymnasium for the
first three games may leave in time
to make room for those who would
like to see the concluding contest.
In pre-game dope, St. Johns is
favored over Bluffton, largely be-
cause of the Lima teams 53 to 81
victory over the Pirates early in the
season. Since that time, however,
Bluffton has improved steadily.
Winner of the Bluffton-St. Johns
tilt will play the victor of the Lima
st. Gerard-Lima St. Rose game on
Thursday, Feb. %.
In the upper bracket of the tour
ney Ada, one of the tournament IA
vorites, meets Delphos st. Johns and
Wapakoneta st. Joseph plays Del
phos jefferson, this Wednesday.
Championship round of the tour
nament will be played next Satur-
day night, with both the victor and
the runnerup eligible to compete in
the Sectional Glass B tournament at
Celina.
Buttons starting lineup for the
tourney tilt likely will include Gratz,
Hilty, Basinger, Klassen and Zim-
merly.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22
George Washington
Preferred Farming
Continued from page y

Continued from page y
standing social events of the colony.
Mt. Vernon
He took his bride to his fashion
able estate at Mt. Vernon which
Washington himself described as sit
uated in "a high healthy country; in
latitude between the extremes of
heat and cold, on one of the finest
rivers in the world-a river well
stocked with various kinds of fish at
all seasons of the year, and in the
spring with shad, herring, bass, carp,
sturgeon, ETC., in abundance. The
borders of the estate are washed by
more than ten miles of tide-water." !"
The facts of his life from this
point on are known to every person
who has studied American history:
How the colonies became aroused
over the misdeeds of the English;
how Congress voted to raise an army
for the defense of American liberty;
how George Washington, the colon
ial colonel, was named commander
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22
NEWS OUR FATHERS READ
FROM ISSUE OF AUGUST 3, 1916

The difference between prewar egg
production and the amount needed
to supply one egg per day for each
person in the u. S. would require
raising 150,000,O00 more chicks per
year, keeping 75,0O0,O00 more laying
hens, and using 100000 more tons
of poultry feed annually. Per capita
egg consumption was 289 in 1885,
328 in 1910, and BAT eggs in 1914.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22
Settlement

Rev. and Mrs. Clayton Steiner of
Ft. Wayne visited Mrs. Steiner's
father Eli Burkholder and other
friends and relatives here Tuesday.
Rev. Steiner is pastor of the Mis-
sionary church in that city.
Pvts. Franklin Steiner and Ralph
Steiner, Jr., who are stationed at
Camp Robinson Arkansas, arrived
here Tuesday evening to spend their
furloughs with their home folks, Mr..
and Mrs. G. P Steiner and MIR. and
Mrs. Ralph Steiner and families.
Gerald Filhart arrived here from
Rhode Island last week to spend
some time with his family.
The Women's Missionary society
of st. John church had an all day
sewing at the church on Wednesday.
The work was to be sent for relief.
Mr.. and Mrs. Menas Gerber and
Mr.. and Ers. H. M. Kohl visited
in the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Geigers and his father John Geiger
Sunday afternoon. Mr.. John Geiger
has been confined to the home since
the latter part of November and is
quite feeble.
Mr.. and Mrs. Omar Gratz, Mrs.
Herbert Hilty and daughter Janice,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Luginbill and
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Basinger and
son Kenneth visited in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Milo Lora and family,
Sunday.
A few days of moderating weather
has again permitted more freedom
in travel over our country roads.
Mrs. Orville Lugibill was brought
home from Lima Memorial hospital
the first of last week where she had
submitted to an operation. She is
getting along nicely.
Albert Hilty who was in the
Bluffton Community hospital for sew
eral weeks was taken to his home
last Tuesday and is getting along
nicely.
Ralph Alkire expects to spend sew
eral days with his son Charles who
is a patient in a hospital in Mary
land.
Lois Geiger who has been employed
at Westinghouse in Lima for some
time is at present at home.
Kenneth, second son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Eldon Hilty was recently killed
in a traffic accident in the European
theatre of war.
Special services at the Pandora
Missionary church are being well at
tended and messages are being well
received.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Diller
moved last Thursday to farm they
purchased some time ago near the
West Point church south of Bluff
ton. Melvin Diller will remain on
the home farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Diller left last
Saturday for Kokomo, Ind, to visit
with their son Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
| Diller and daughter over Sunday.
On Monday they expected to leave
for Florida.
Word was received the past week
of the death of Mrs. John Winkler
of Los Angeles, Calf. Funeral
services were held a week ago
last Saturday. Mr.. Winkler was
formerly of this place.
Pvt. and Mrs. Victor Bucher are
announcing the birth of son born
last Saturday at the Community hos
| pital, Bluffton.
Memo Augsburger is assisting at
the Jorg hatchery since last week.
Walter Augsburger, west of Bluffton,
has started to work at the Gun
plant at Lima.
Prayer and Bible study services of
the Ebenezer Mennonite church will
be held at the Peter Bixel home in
Bluffton at 7:30 on Thursday even
ing.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22
n-chief of all the continental forces.
Revolutionary War

heVOlutionary war
Following the Declaration of Inde-
pendence by Congress in 1776 Wash
ington made all preparations for the
struggle with Britain, the American
Revolutionary War. Faced with in
surmountable difficulties he showed
his organizational ability and mill
tary genius by directing the long
weary campaign to a successful con-
clusion.
He was given tremendous ovations
after the achievements of victory
and grateful country elevated him
to the presidency in April of 1889.
After two strenuous terms he re-
tired from public service in the
spring of 1877 and settled down on
his beloved farm at Mt. Vernon to
enjoy its beauties and to relax from
the anxieties of political life.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22

Total attendance at the 3-day 1916
Farmers Week at Ohio State Uni
versity was 1882 persons. Every
Ohio county and 16 states, other
than Ohio, had visitors registered.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22

Stocks of fruit trees in nurseries
are limited and the supply of dwarf
trees is especially short.
The estimated average value of an
Ohio Victory garden in 1914 was
$92.42 and a total of $685. asa gardens
were planted. The area of the home
gardens was about III, 400 acres
and production was estimated at
361 ,221 tons of vegetables.
NOTICE OF THE TRANSFER OF PUBLIC
MONIES FROM THE BOND RETIREMENT
FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND OF THE
VILLAGE OF HARR0D. ALLEN COUNTY.
OHIO
Notice is hereby Ssyen that on the nth
day of February. 1s45. me Village of Harrod.
Allen County. ohiarflei its petition in the
Common Pleas Court of Allen County, Ohio.
case number s5s5s. praying therein for author
timement fund of said, Village TO the General
Eua0 Oh oal0 Rltisge ne f8asoR iOF the
desired transfer of said monies being fully
set out in said petition.
Said petition will be for hearing in said
Court on the 5th day of March, le45, at 10 100
o'clock A. M. or as soon thereafter the
same may be heard by said Court.
THE VILLAGE OF HARROD. ALLEN
COUNTY. OHIO.
By MAYME A. SHINABERRy.
Clerk of the Village Council of the VIII
lage of Harrod. Allen Countx--.0hio-s
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-22

and Mrs. Chris. Althaus.
John A. Schultz is the winner of
the Putnam county corn producing
contest. He raised 103 bushels, 81
pounds on a single acre. He planted
Yellow Dent.
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Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1945-05-01
EDITORIAL
SELFISHNESS ASIDE

At this time in world history, the greed for power,
4be lust for authority the love of selfaggrandzement
ond the devotion selfish motives should be laid aside
What should come first and foremost in the mind
and attention of mankind the preservation of peace
and cordial relations and sympathetic understanding
among and between nations.
The cessation of hostites does not end The
eradication of sefshness the part of nations and
of individuals does
So long as nations and individuals love to grab
what belongs to others for sefgorifcaon; long as
nations and individuals look after their interests to
the exclusion o. the welfare of other nations and ndi
vduas so long mankind retains its greed and lust
for power and authority irrespective of the feelings of
others, the end of is myth.
Selfishness, which may be translated into imperial
ISM for want of better word contributes to the root
of all caacysms in the affairs and relationship of man.
kind.
To preserve harmony and conserve peace, it must be
laid aside for good.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1945-05-01

prevents us from pointing out
some salient facts which prove
conclusively that air power is
something more than an Access
story to victorious warfare.
Right now, another major war
is getting under way in the Pa
cific. Opponents of aviation are
already saying that aircraft will
be negative quantity because of
the vastness of backgrounds, the
completely of operations in this
theatre. But air power already
promises a repeat on it's European
performance. With only three
real bases-at Chengtu, Calcutta
and Spaipan as this is written
Boeing B29s are covering an
area of 100000 square miles.
This is roughly equal to per
cent of the earth's surface, almost
duplicats the area of North
American, is three times greater
than the area of the United
States.
The Allies may not win the
war on air power alone, but the
Axis will lose it because of their
lack of air power. So it is time
for the public togive Arnold,
Eaker, Kenny, Quesada an d
Spaatz the same tribute accorded
to Eisenhower, Clark, Macarthur,
Marshall and Patton.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1945-05-01
BREVITIES

S/Sgt. Vidal F. Alvarez, who is
somewhere in the Philippines, had
this to say to his older brother,
Chief Steward Mauricio F. Alva-
rez, about the true conditions in
the Islands. Quote: "When the
Japs retreated from the towns,
they killed eVerybody-men, wo-
men and chiIdren-as they moved
out. I'm not going to be descrip-
tive about everything, but the
Philippines are wrecked beyond
description. 1t will take many,
many years before they can be re-
built again."
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1945-05-01
SGT. CABABA GETS
OAK LEAF CLUSTER

WITH THE XIV ARMY CORPS,
SOUTHERN LUZON-Veteran of
the invasion of Leyte and Luzon,
Tech. Sgt. Marcel R. Cababa, who
halls from 418 N. Alvarado, Los
Angeles, Calf, has just been
awarded an Oak Leaf Cluster to
his Purple Heart Medal. He is now
serving as Public Safety Man
for PCAU No. 2.
Sergeant Cababa, together with
other members of PCAU No. 2,
MPs, and Guerillas, engaged a
group of japanese who had infil-
trated by water to the rear of the
lines. The enemy were already
well dug in when discovered. In
the ensuing fight, Cababa was
wounded and had to be carried
away from the scene of the fight.
He had been previously awarded
Continued on Page A.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1945-05-01
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Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1945-05-01

This was light raid, compar-
atively; others followed it. No
vember %, 1914, a fleet of B.
29s' lifted itself off the run
ways of Saipan, first raid of
these sky-giants against the Japa-
nese capital, a combination of
men, machines, and determination
that is being, and will be, repeat
ed with increasing size and in
tensity.
On Okinawa, we have shown
the Japs the nucleus of the finest
defensive air-force the world has
ever sn. Two hundrd to 500
B-29 superfortresses struck
match to Tokyo almost every day,
the biggest chemical factories at
Kirayama, 10 miles north OF
Tokyo. Only a week ago 500
B-29 Armada-biggest of the war
-deluged Nagoya, Japan, main
aircraft manufacturing center,
perhaps the biggest in the world
with more than 500,750 fire
bombs at the rate of 40 tons
a minute for nearly one and
half hours.
Beginning of the End of Tokyo
During the last hours of the
war in Europe, Gen. Patton ana
the other ground officers VINO
crossed into Germany were given
much crdit for Allied victory. we
haev no quarrel with public SEN
timent on this score, for no forces
of World War l crossed the Rhine
prior to the Armistice. 1t is I'M
fortunate. however, that so little
adulation has been accorded to
the men. the minds, and the ma
chimes of the United States Army
Air Forces. without the fighters
bombers, transports and grass
hopprs, theg round forces could
not have landed in Sicily, North
Africa or Normandy, no tanks
or troops could have crossed the
Rhine. Unless and until the air
arms of the United States be-
come separate military entity, no
flying general can take many
bows without upsetting an or
ganization which embraces thir-
teen Army services working as a
single team. Nothing, however
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1945-05-01
AVIATION IN The WORLD
OF SPORTS
By AMADO A. ALBANO, Jr.

In the spring of 1912, Doolittles planes averaged
80 seconds Tokyo Over two and half years later
the worlds mightiest bombers loomed the Sacred
city, pn-pointed their targets unloaded tons of bombs
and away after than 30 minutes the city
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-10
Bv DAVID SENTNER
Detroit Times Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON. Jan 9-The policy Of
unconditional surrender for Germany
.eSpouSed by President Roosevelt al the
.Tchran conference Is helne officially re-
Interpreted and soitoned in the face of
desperate Nazi resistance and widespread
criticism IN Congress and the House OF
Commons
Coupled with Secretary Of the Treas
ury MorgenthauS proposal for reducing
Germany 10 a parcel Of small farms, the
phrase has been distorted by Nazi Propa-
gandist GoebbelS as intending 10 annihilate
the German nation -
President Roosevelt, in his message 70
Congress- clarified the controversial phrase
IN significant language In discussing the
goal OF lasting peace. the President said:
I'VE de1nde ourselves II we believe
that the surrender of the armies of our
enemies will make the peace we long
for The unconditional surrender Of the
armies of our enemies Is the first and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-10
Unconditional Surrender
SOftemedlby New Conditions

necessary step-but the first step only"
The presidential phraSeology was gen
orally accepted in diplomatic circles today
as broadcasting 10 the German people
that Allied victory signlfied the complete
capltulation of the armed forces
and not the surrender of the German ma.
ton into seTvitude.
Possibly rejecting the White House at
titude is the current favorite presidential
story. 1t relates 10 the negotiations al
AppomattoX between victorious Gen
Ulysses s. Grant and the defeated Gen
Robert +. Lee
Lee pointed out 10 Grant the grieyous
conditions on southern farms and re-
quested that Confederate soldiers with
plowhorses be permitted to take them
back TO the farms.
ut is unconditional surrender"
barked out Grant
Lee handed over his sword.
Then Grant said:
"Now we can talk about the horses,
Bob
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-10
Jap Air Los.Bis

RUNNING, China, Jan. 9 (INS)
Maj. Gen. Chennault declared
TODAY that the L. s. Fourteenth
Air Force knocked out approx
mately one-third of-the Japanese
combat air strength in China
during December.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-10

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