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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-07-26
Shoe Production
For Civilians
To. Be Increased

Twenty per cent more shoes
will be made for civilians In the
last three months of this year
because Of reduced demands for
military footwear, the war pro-
duction board and OPA announced
today.
OPA said. it could not predict
however, what liberalization Of
shoe rationipg might be possible
nor when another shoe ration
stamp would become good. The
shoe ration order is flexible
enough so that adjustments can
be made promptly when the sup
ply situation warrants it, OPA
said.
The next coupon, airplane stamp
No. 4, in ration book 3, becomes
valid on August l.
USED CARS
All sellers Of used cars, used
trucks, and used motorcycles who
expect to charge warranted rates
on and after August were re-
minded today by Dave S. Cohn,
district director Of the Office Of
Price Administration, to obtain
at once their authorization to sell
at warranted prices. Applications
are available at all boards.
ORDER FUEL on
Fuel oil users were urged today
by Dave S. Cohn, District Direc-
tor Of the Office Of Price Admins
tration, to have their storage tanks
filled at once, to capacity or to
the amount obtainable on Period
No. ! coupons.
Every tank must be filled this
summer to avert suffering because
the civilian fuel oil situation will
be even more critical this winter
than last year." Mr.. Cohn said.
AlRPLANE PRICES
Price control of airplanes and
most aircraft parts were suspend
ed yesterday, the Office of Price
Administration has announced.
The suspension is in line with
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-07-26

by the army" Mr.. Shumway said.
land we've already got about LOG
of them in service. But we're 60
ing to have to have a lot more
help than that"
The railroad is ready, accord
ing to Mr.. Shumway, Ito grab
in a minute any physically TT
man who applies at any Of our
division points"
Firemen, brakemen and switch
men are critically needed, Mr..
Shumway said, and there are doz-
ems of other job classifications to
be filled.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-07-26
Railways Need
Many Workers

Furloughed soldiers are arriv-
ing at Union Pacific Railroad
headquarters in Omaha daily to
90 to work for the railroad but
their number is just "a drop in
the bucket to what is needed" If
the western railroads are to move
what is necessary for the Pacific
war.
This was the word this week of
G.. G. Shumway, supervisor of
employment for the Railroad, who
with CIVIC D. F. Christensen,
army furlough officer, is assigning
the men to jobs in train service
on the Union Pacific.
s"We've been promised 200 men
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-07-26
Temperance Association
Launches AID Campaign

In this issue we present the
first Of q series of advertisements
which are beginning to appear in
newspapers from coast to coast
and which are released in this
state by the Washington Tenn
perance Association.
As viii be seen these adver-
tisements are beautifully illus
trated, definite in their approach,
presenting a dignified, conserva-
tive and factual appeal for the
cause of Temperance.
One feature Of the campaign
is the fact that it is largely fin
anced by voluntary contributions
to the Temperance Association
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-07-26

OPA's policy Of suspending or
ending price control over COM
nodities as soon as inflationary
dangers are over in that price
field, the agency pointed out, ex-
planning that the potential supply
Of airplanes and aircraft parts
far exceeds demand.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-07-26
GATEIEG TARIE $74Q Western Auto Supply
0hvL 0hem nd Dealer

from people who live in commune
ties where the newspapers which
carry the campaign are published.
While the campaign is just start
ing officers of the Temperance
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-07-26

Association tell us that they think
these advertisements will appear
eventually in many hundreds Of
newspapers published in most OF
the states of the nation.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-07-26
WOUNDED MEN LIVE

Doctors, nurses and corpsmen
of the Army Medical Department
have saved the lives of 81 per
cent of battle wounded who reach
the hospitals, the Ninth Service
Command Surgeon said today.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-07-26
Many Apply for
Social Security

The quarterly report Of the
District Social Security Board field
office, 315 Post Office Building,
Yakima, which serves Yakima,
Benton, Kittatas, Chelan, Okan-
oean and Douglas counties, re-
veals that 421 applications for
Federal Old Age and Survivors
insurance benefits have been re-
ceived since the first of this year.
At the end of June, the report
shows total Of 1853 monthly
benefits in force in the above
counties. OF these u are resi-
dents of Benton county. These
are distributed by type Of bene-
ficiary as indicated below:
No. of
Bene- Avg.
ficiarieS Benefit
Wage earners .............. 662 $22.7l
Wives of wage earners 1876 1912
Aged wild of wg earn IS 1890
Young widows with chill
dren in their care 1873 1888
Children .........-...-......-. 386 11.SS
Dependent parents 1Z.Z4
Anton r. Boettcher, manager Of
the Yakima office, states that wage
carriers covered by Federal Old
Age and Survivors insurance may
have their accounts checked by
writing. to or contracting the field
office. Survivors of wage earners
who have been employed in COW
cred work should contact the of
flee promptly to ascertain If any
benefit is payable on the wage
earner's account. This is par
ticularly important when the wage
Garner is survived by minor chill
dren, as monthly survivors, bene-
fits are not retroactive beyond
three months from the filing date.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-08-09
ROckport

The Misses Maxine and Rowena
Sneary of Lima are spending the
week with their aunts, Mrs. Jacob
Foley and Mrs. Arthur Price.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Mayberry and
family were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Foote and
family in Lima.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Foley and
nieces Mrs. Viola Schiver and Ruby
Germain of Wachula, Fla, spent
Wednesday and Thursday of last
week with Mr.. and Mrs. John Rue
bush in Toledo.
Miss Ruth Sutton of Bowling
Green and Mrs. Orlo Marshall were
week end guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lysle Cahill in Cleveland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Basinger of
Columbus Grove, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
M. Price and Mrs. Mary Huffman
and son Jerry attended the Price
reunion in eastern Ohio at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Hensel Reese and
visited there over the week end.
Mrs. F. C. Marshall spent Satur-
day with her sister Miss Madeline
Bixel who has been in Library
school on the Western Reserve
campus in Cleveland this summer.
They returned home Sunday via
Loudenville where they spent the
day with Mrs. Walter Long ard
family.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Robert Barnett
and son David returned here Satur-
day after spending the past tep days
with Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Barnett and
daughter near Waterville. Lieut.
Barnett left Sunday for Langley
Field, Va, while Mrs. Barnett and
son David remained here with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Z. Mar
shall.
Mrs. Claude Foley who has been
employed in Oakland, Calf, for
more than year, spent the past
week with her parents, MIR. and Mrs
Milton Everett and plans TO take ur
her residence in Lima in the near
! future. Claude who is in the Navy
is in the South Pacific.
The Presbyterian m sionar
society met in the hone of Mrs
Glen Huber, Wednesday afternoon
An interesting progl am was giyer
with Mrs. w. E. Marshall. Mrs. Glen
Mayberry and Mrs. d. c. Campbell
participating.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Kidd of Texas
former Rockport residents are spend,
ing several weeks with relatives ir
this vicinity.
Miss Ruth Sutton has returned tc
her home in Bowling Green after
spending two weeks with her cousin
Mrs. Orlo Marshall.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-08-09
Triplett SOftball Team Beats Lima
Veterans, 6-5, For Eighth Victory

Winning their eighth game in
nine starts, the Triplett softball
team outlasted Lima Veterans to
win by a score of to at Harmon
field last Friday night.
As in most of their games this
season, the Triplett teams heavy
artillery was particularly potent in
the early innings.
Tallying two runs in the first
frame, the locals went scoreless in
the second, then added three more
in the third and one in the fourth
to lead, 6 to 0.
The visitors, on the other hand,
did not threaten until the latter part
of the game. After going scoreless
in the first four innings, the Veter-
ans lashed out for two runs in the
fifth and three more in the seventh.
Before the visitors were retired in
the closing inning the tying run was
on third base.
Timer Spaeth hurled the first four
innings for Triplett, giving up one
hit, and Maynard Geiger finished the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-08-09
Water Line Installed

Much credit must be given the
men who have been working SO in
dustriously to install the water line
at the north end of the Buckeye in
the park area. BY Monday evening
William Burkholder with his ditch
ing equipment had dug tie trench
from Riley street to the bridge
crossing big Riley and then on to q
point near the stone walls in the
park area. A pit has been dug and
forms constructed preparatory &c
putting in the cement foundation
for the drinking fountain and water
hydrant.
Only a few more feet of water
line has yet to be laid and buried
Boy scouts of troop 50 aided in The
project Monday night by filing up
the trench where the water line bad
been completed.
Club members instrumental in get
ting the water line installed and
aiding in the project are Edgar
Root, Ray Mumma, Forest Munma
B. R. Herring, John Balmer, A. E
Kohl and others.
Present indications are the water
line will cost approximately $3.50
The entire cost of the Improvement
will be borne by the Spartsmen's
Club.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-08-09

ments were served by the hostesscs,
Mrs. Nettie Young and Mrs. Bassitt-
Mrs. VIM. Burden has been i'll for
a week.
Albert Forche spent the week at
Russell Point with his children and
grandchildren.
Mrs. Walter Beck and son Gary
spent Wednesday at Benton Ridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Rupright,
Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Wolfey of
Findlay and Mr.. and Mrs. Orrin
Sawyer and daughter Mary of Van
Vert spent Sunday at the home of
Misses Mary and Julia Ash of Ada
Guests of Mrs. Walter Beck and
Mrs. Mae Bailey, Sunday were: Pvt
and Mrs. Junior Beck and son, Ben
ton Ridge; Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
Bailey of Lima; Mr.. and Mrs. Ward
Vert and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Dunlap, Mr.. and Mrs. Mary
Everett of Cairo and Mr.. and Mrs.
Elmer Walters and sons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Napier of
Lima are moving in Mrs. Criblez's
property.
Betty Deeds spent a week at
Camp Bethany, Winona Lake.
Mrs. S. J. Sandy, who has been
i'll for several weeks, is staying at
her daughters, Mrs. Ralph E. Joseph
Lima. Cards would be appreciated.
Organization of a Lions luncheon
club was effected in a meeting at
the high school Monday night. Of
ficers elected were Pres, Leo Nell
son; 1st vice pres, Paul Stoodt; End
vice pres, Donald Forche; sec, VIM.
Lutterbein; treas, Gale Arnold. The
new organization is being sponsored
by the Bluffton Lions club.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-08-09

Wendell Amstutz, who is attending
college there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Potee of
Bluffton spent Sunday with Mrs.
Nora Eckenwiler.
Miss Patricia Bassitt spent two
weeks with Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
Bowers at Payne, Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Bowers of
Payne spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Stanley Vertner and family.
Mrs. Dorotha Rotroff and son of
Lima spent over Sunday at Mrs.
Arthur Best and sons.
Mrs. Henry Volant, returned home
| Friday evening from st. Rita's
hospital, Lima. She is getting along
nicely.
Ensign and Mrs. NJ. E. Purdy of
Crosse Isle, Mich, spent the week
end at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
|. L. Sawmiller.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Murphy OF
Scott and Mr.. and Mrs. John Leon
ard of Ypsilanti, Mich, visited with
Mrs. Nettie Young a couple of days
last week.
Mrs. |. L. Sawmiller and Mrs
Pearl Watt attended a funeral al
Findlay last week.
Miss Bertha Nelson of Fl. Wayne
Ind, is visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Leo Nelson.
Miss Jane Rayl and brother Johr
Rayl of Bluffton took dinner Sunday
with Daryl Robonolt and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Carter anc
Mrs. Ella Downey of Michigan spent
several days at the home of Harmon
Downey.
John Patterson and two daughter.
and families of Lima spent Sunday
at his cottage at Michigan.
Lewis c. Bailey, son of Mrs. Olive
Bailey, arrived home July %. He
served over three years overseas
with the 37th division. When he
was discharged he held the rank OF
Staff Sergeant. Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
Bailey will be at home to their
friends at 205 w. Pennsylvania Ave.
Lima.
Mrs. O. Greenwalt of Ada has
moved into the Sammy Hall prop.
erty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Cook and family
Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence Yant anc
family and Mrs. Eta Yant spent
Sunday at the home of Mr.. anc
Mrs. Clarence Rockhill and sor
Ralph at Napoleon.
Miss Huldah Schaublin of Chicago
returned Sunday to the home of hel
sisters, Mrs. Nina Augsburger anc
Louise Schaublin.
The L. o. C. S. of the Church o.
Christ met Wednesday evening Will
Mrs. Carl Bassitt. The meeting
opened with the singing of "Coun
Your Many Blessings. Mrs. San
Varvel led the devotionals with
scripture reading on Forgiveness
Present were: Mrs. Lewis Val
Meter, Mrs. Olive Bailey, Mrs. Ed
die Keiffer, Mrs. Scott Lewis, Mrs
| Nettie Young, Mrs. Emma Bassitt
Mrs. Walter Beck, Mrs. Sam Varvel
. Mrs. c. M. Kersher and daughte
and Mrs. Elmer Walters. Refresh
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-08-09

News Want-ads bring results.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-08-09
Plan Picnic AT Buckeye Park


A Jungle Cock" picnic is planned
at the Buckeye park for the last
Thursday of this month on August
30. The afternoon and evening will
be spent in fishing and recreation
with potluck basket dinner at the
supper hour.
The picnic will honor the fisher
man fellowship movement in Ohio.
The theme of the crusade is the
Greed of the Jungle Cock. All
fiytyers are familiar with the feath-
ers of the jungle cock and the mem
bers of the brotherhood adorn their
hats or lapel with one of these
feathers so tempting to the fnney
denizens.
The Brotherhood of the Jungle
Cock is open to all persons and the
members pledge to abide by the
rules of good sportsmanship and
promise to take a boy % fishin'
annually and instruct him in the
responsibilities that are soon to be
wholly his.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-08-09
New Roof On Bathhouse

a much needed repair was made
at the Buckeye Park last week by
Lee Coon and his men when a new
roof was put on the bath house. Lee
stated that the project took days
and IT rolls of heavy ply roofing
were used. Assisting Coon on the
job were Bob Watkins, Carl Young
and Robert Coon.
The boy scouts of troop 50
completed an additional project Mon
day evening and gave the ground
area near the ovens, located near
the boat dock a thorough cleaning.
The trash was all removed from the
grounds, paper picked up, branches
and other debris carried away and
piled on a heap on the creek side of
the dixie for burning. Ashes were
also cleaned from both fire places.
The site is much improved and the
public is urged to cooperate in keep
ing the park in clean and sanitary
condition.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-08-09

Raccoon are distributed by the
department thruout the state with
quota for each county. Allen
county received % coon. Four of
the animals were brought to Bluff
ton last Saturday by Curly Oil,
Hancock County game protector,
and released in townships of Han
cock County near Bluffton with the
assistance of Ralph Augsburger. The
other ten coon were released in
Allen county. These ringtails were
distributed by Albert Garmotter,
Edgar Root and Leon Hauenstein.
The coon were brought to Bluffton
by A. J. Lutterbein, Allen county
game protector. Four of the coon
were restocked in the Beaverdam
area and all of the remaining
animals released as much as pos
sible according to the plan of a pair
for each township in the Bluffton
hunting area.
The coon are all tagged on the
ears and hunters are requested to
turn in the tag to the state as soon
as captured during the hunting
season.
Motion pictures of the activity
were made by Leon Hauenstein.
Additional raccoon restocking will
be made this year by the club and
$3.50 has been appropriated by the
club directors for this puc, 'se.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-08-09
Racoon Restocked

Fourteen raccoon were restocked
in the Bluffton hunting area over
the week end as a result of ar
rangements completed by the Sports
mems Club and the Department of
Conservation. The coon, all in ex-
cellent condition, were reared on the
Milan coon farm by the state at an
approximate cost of $3.50 each. :.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-08-09

Mrs. Austin Price, just returned
from Illinois after spending two
weeks with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Isenhour and family.
Miss Ruth Bowers returned from
Los Angeles, California, after spend
ing 4 months there.
Terry Miller of Cairo is spending
week with his grandparents, Mr..
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-08-09

and Mrs. o. E. Bowers.
Mrs. Bertha Howard of Marion,
Ind, spent two weeks with Mrs.
Maude Cordray.
John Wagner and family of New
York are spending a few days with
Clem Yoakum and his sister Addie
Yoakum.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Amstutz AMI
daughter Eileen spent a week at
Houghten, Mich, visiting their son,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-08-09

Average farm land values in Ohio
on July /, 1945, were SO per cent
higher than during the years 1885,
1889.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-08-09

game.
The Veterans outhit Triplett, seven
to six. No one on the Triplett team
was able to hit safely more than
once.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-08-09
CONSERVATION AFFAIRS
Happenings Affecting Woods, Waters and Wildife

relations coordinator for the Con-
servation Department, and William
G. Kah, Asst Editor of the Ohio
Conservation Bulletin, will be present
to partake of the good fellowship
and explain the brotherhood move
ment. A photographer from the
Bulletin camera staff will also be
present.
Pictures of the activity and club
projects will be taken throughout
the afternoon and early evening.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-08-09
Membership Reaches 900

Ed Waltermire, membership secre-
tary, gives US the welcome informa-
ton that the club has now 900 paid
members on the roll. The goal for
1945 is 1000 members and the club
directors are making every effort. to
reach the goal and make this club
one of the largest and most active
organizations in the state of Ohio
Let's boost the Community Sports
mems club and join up Immediately
All persons is years of age and over
are eligible to belong. The dues
are $1.00 per year and the clubs
funds are expended for conserva-
ton and community betterment
program.
Evening star., 1945-08-01

Of the Goebbels machine. II the
Potsdam conference fails to develop
some way for making the Germans
realize that they have been defeated,
1t will be costly oversight.
(Copyright, 1p45.)
Evening star., 1945-08-01
Dr.. Garner Ends Al Years
Service as Plant Expert

DR.. w. w. Garner, 10. who entered
the Agriculture Department IN 1904
as a chemist. retired yesterday after
Il years OF service.
DR.. Garner, noted for his re-
searches on the tobacco crop, has
been head OF the Division OF To-
bacco Investigations in the Bureau
Of Plant Industry, Soils and Agri-
cultural Engineering here for 81
years.
A graduate of South Carolina
Military Academy, the University
of South Carolina and Johns Hop
kins University. DR.. Garner has
published at least 60 papers and
bulletins on tobacco industry and
culture either alone or jointly with
members of his division.
The veteran research chemist,
who lives at 1867 Parkwood place
NV. helped develop a botanic
principle known as photoperiodiSm
which has become an important
part OF the working knowledge Of
botanists and plant breeders. The
discovery proved that the Towering
and fruiting of plants depend upon
the length of the day.
DR.. Garner said he plans to write
textbook on tobacco growing for
use in colleges and by growers.
Evening star., 1945-08-01
Soviet Governor of Berlin Warns
OF Nozi Underground Activity

attempts to sabotage Allied plans
for distribution OF food.
More significantly for all Of us
who are responsible for policing Ger
many, the Red Army general made
1t clear that the Russians have def
mite evidence Of underground Nazi
activity.
The earlier passive resistance
among labor gangs and the intimi-
dation of German experts working
for the Russians now has dropped
from sight-possibly as result of
stern measures. But just because
the Nazi post-defeat snipers Of AL
lied unity happen to be lying low at
the moment, as Gen. Gorobatov
pointed out, 1t doesn't mean they
have given up.
They are merely biding their
time, he reminds us.
A whispering campaign, Of course,
still continues In the best tradition
Evening star., 1945-08-01
BY NAT A. BARROWS,
war Correspondent for The Star and ]
Chicago Daily News.

War Correspondent for The Star ana The
Chicago Daily News.
BERLIN, Aug. 1.-The revelation
by Red Army Col. Gen. Alexander
Gorbatov that "Nazi wolves in
sleeps clothing are operating in
Berlin" should cause no surprise
among those who know how Helm
rich Himmler's SIS planned for post
defeat BOBBY traps.
No matter to what extent the So
called Werewolves have failed to
materialize, careful observers in
Berlin realize how near the surface
lie dangers of the unregenerated
and entirely unrepentant Nazis
neatly trying to discredit Allied CO.
operation and hamstring the effect
iveness Of military occupation.
The statement Of Gen. Gorbatov,
speaking authoritatively as military
governor OF the Russian sector OF
Berlin, cannot be taken lightly. He
has told correspondents that the
Nazis in Berlin made deliberate
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-18

and 6, you are then seeking place
ment and a definite distance
rather than just distance. When
you consider the No. Z, 8 and 9
irons you definitely want par
ticular kind of flight, specific
distance and very little roll.
Placement with these short dis
tance, highly lofted irons is def
nitely your major factor. You hit
down at the ball with all irons
from No ) up through No. 9 and
you Dc this so that the loft OF
the fac, Will give you the flight
called for by that particular stu
alton.
And because you are hitting the
ball with irons on the downswing.
YOU automatically take a pivot.
since The low point in the arc Of
your swing with highly lofted
irons occurs after impact with the
ball.
EDITOR s EoTE-send fot the printed dla-
Frsm showing The approximate relation OF feet
it baN Tor all normal wood and Iron shots
Jus' enclose three cent stamped. self
addressed envelope for reply.
Protected by John Dnle CO.