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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-25

Orange Twp. Farm women
The Orange Township Farm
Woi1laii's club will meet with Mrs.
Clyde Warren on Thursday after
noon, Nov. l. The program follows:
Song, Come Ye Thankful People;
Roll call Bible verse; Thanksgiving
without Smugness, Nellie Hiestand;
Thanksgiving Sharing, Edith Swank;
Why Thanksgiving this Year? Clara
Long; Grace for Thanksgiving, Pearl
Anderson; Thank God we live be-
meath the Stars and Stripes, Cathryn
Van Meter; Music, Lillian Anderson.
Alice Freeman Club
Mrs. Lenore Myers will entertain
the Alice Freeman club Thursday
night A paper: Why We act like
we do, viii be. read by Mrs. Rhea
Geiger.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-25
THE ri TTEEvrnNr MIMIC r-v,rvn~~v
aard Davies Orange Twp. Farm Women
Reichenbach, Mrs. Richard Davies
and Mrs. Lloyd Mas.

Reichenbach, Mrs. Richard Davies
and Mrs. Lloyd Mas.
November Wedding
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Meyer of Mt.
Cory announce the engagement OF
their daughter Sara Eileen to Capt.
Virgil D. Basinger, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Basinger of Columbus
Grove.
The wedding will take place in the
Mt. Cory Methodist church Sunday
afternoon, November II at o'clock.
The bride-elect, graduate Of
Bluffton college in the class of 1943,
is instructor in music in the Mt. Cory
schools.
Capt. Basinger, graduated from
Bluffton college in 1899, has been in
the army for five years and is now
home on terminal leave after which
he will receive his discharge. For
Is months he was overseas attached
to General Patton's Third Army
headquarters seeing service in Italy,
France and Germany.
Committee Chairman
Mrs. Wilford Steiner is chairman
of the donation committee of the city
federation instead of Mrs. Wilford
Gratz as earlier announced, officials
of the federation stated.
Richland Grange
Richland Grange will enjoy 9
Halloween party next Tuesday night
at 8:15 o'clock. March of ghosts
will be at $50 followed by unmask
ing at 8:45 and program at 9 o'clock
consisting of games, fortune telling
and wiener roast.
Prices will be awarded to the bes
costumed man, woman and child ant
also the best couple.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-25

BLUFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning
Grain (bushel prices) Wheat ST.
70; corn S1.12; oats 63c; soys $2.04.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-25

The Family.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-30
CHARLES JAMES HURT
WHEN CAR HITS POLE

Charles James, son of Mr.. ano
Mrs. ]. D. James, 519 South 9th
street, received facial injuries last
night when the car in which he
was a passenger struck the curb
ing on 18th street near the Lake
Forest school house, blew out a
tire and crashed into a telephone
pole, it was reported by city po'
lice.
Young James, received lacera.
tons of the chin and forehead and
three broken teeth in the impact
which left the telepho: pole at a
IS degree angle, downing wires and
dernolishing the front of the car
in which he was a passenger, in
vestigating officers stated.
The car is said to have Travelled
approximately 70 feet after con.
tact with the curling before strik-
ing the telephone pole. The acct
dent occurred at approximately
l0:45 pm, officers said.
The name of the driver Of the
automobile was not Immediately
available but officers said that he
was not injured. No arrest was
reported.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-30
TRUMAN CHEERFUL
ON REC0NVERSI0N
Continued from Page One)

with $3.50 during the war. About
IS per cent of wartime EXPORT
controls have been lifted, and IS
per cent Of wartime import con.
trolls
4. Most peacetime products are
already in production or ready to
roll"
5. Business continues good" Re.
tail sales are up 10 per cent over
the same time last year; steel in
got production is at 50 per cent
Of capacity compared with go per
cent just after VI day; electric
power production is ''only IA per
cent below the wartime peak"
8. 'There has been an upsurge
Of Strikes" attributed partly .tc
the fact that all parties held their
grievances in check during the
war;" Since August there have beer
some 1880 new strikes involving
l 10000 workers; 1858 strikes in.
volving 525, 900 workers were set
tied through the U. S. Cancellation
Service, and 924 threatened strikes
involving 100000 workers were
ayerted."
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-30
Beware Coughs
from common colds
That Hang On

Chronic bronchitis may develop Il
your cough, chest cold, or acute bron.
cbitis is not treated and you cannot
afford to take a chance with anymedi.
cine less potent than Creomulsion
which goes right to the seat Of the
trouble to help loosen and expel germ
laden phlegm and aid nature to
eoothe and healraw, tender, tnfamed
bronchial mucous membranes.
Circumcision blends beechwood
creosote byspecial processwith other
time tested medicines for coughs,
1t contains no narcotics.
No matter how many medicines
you have tried, tell your druggist to
sell you bottle OF Creomulsion with
the understanding you must like the
way 1t quickly allays the cough, per.
Knitting rest and sleep, or you are to
have your money back. (Adv.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-30
JEWS CELEBRATE
DEDICATION FEAST

chanukash, the Feast of Ded1
cation, an annual eight-day celebra
ton of the Jewish faith. begal
last night in Wilmington syna
gogues and homes.
The holiday was instituted IN thu
year 1865 B. c. in commemorative
Of the redidication Of the temple
after successful Maccabean revolts
aainst the Kin of Syria. The &C
vsunt Of the revolt led by Judas
s1accabeus is contained in the book
of Maccabees, Vols. one and two.
The chief ceremonial feature OF
the festival is the kindling OF
lights in the evenings, and the
giving of presents to children and
to the poor.
During the week Of the celebra-
ton, the B'nai Israel religious
school and Sunday school will be
excused, DR.. Greensboro announc-
ed last night. -
Other features of the Whining.
ton celebration will inelNde:
Tonight, at 800 o'clock, services,
Rabbi Friedman willy preach on
1.-THE Rational Condition for Is.
raers survival = The Maccabean
Spirit" =
Saturday morning, chanukah
service at 1880 o'clock, Junior con-
gregatioR at 1000.
the annual children's Chanukah
ooncert and party sponsored by
the $isterhood of B'nai Israel will
pc Held Sunday, at pm, at the
synagogue. Rabbi Friedman will
be Observation-Disclosures, with Bob
Burman in charge of the musical
program.
Vocal, piano solos, tap-dancing,
recitations, community sing and
play, "By the Light of Chanukah,"
will be featured.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-30
full PRODUCTION
ORDERED IN JAPAN
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had "a rule which barred the press
except during plenary sessions.
DYKE said this was entirely I'M
satisfactory and contrary to head
quarters aims in fostering free
dom Of speech and democratic
principles.
Criticism of the manner in which
the government of Baron Kijuro
shidehara was handling food i'm
port negotiations with occupation
officials was made in the House OF
REPRESENTATIVES by Suehiro Nishio,
Socialist. Nishio acknowledged the
prominent place that black market
ers play in japanese economic life
by saying that the official threat
to punish illegal dealers was '1ike
telling the people they must
starve."
Nishio's remarks came during a
session in which Ichiro Hatoyama,
Liberal party leader, defended the
"Tenno'' (Emperor) system in ia.
pan. He said a difficult situation
existed at present because Of
shadows" between the Emperor
and the people. His reference OBJ
viously was to militarists and bu.
reaucrats, who have been denounc.
ed by some Japanese elements, and
Hatoyama said that these shad.
ows must be eliminated"
In reply, Shidehara said the gov.
eminent wanted to set up a true
democratic regime with the EN-.
peror at its head.
Col. Kingoro Hashimoto, Nation.
alist leader and reported advocate
of the attack on the U. S. gunboat
Pannay in China, and Hiroya Ino,
Agriculture and Forestries Minis.
ter in the cabinet of former Pre-.
mier Hideki TOTO, today submitted
their designations as Diet mem.
bers from the Omori prison where
they are held as war criminal sus.
poets.
Their designations were for per
sonal reasons" they explained.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-30
COMMUNISTS DIG
IN FOR BATTLE
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said he did not come here from
Shanghai to discuss Marshal's
mission with Generalissimo Chang
Kai-shek but to talk over the dis
posal of surplus property in West
China.
In that connection, he said the
report that 700 U. S. planes were
being flown over the hump from
India to China for the Chungking
government was incorrect. Two
U. S. pilots were reported killed
in the flights.
Wedemeyer declared the planes
were being collected in Shanghai,
and that if the Chungking govern.
ment did not buy them they would
be sold elsewhere or returned to
the United States.
The General reiterated that since
he came to China he had tried to
avoid participation in political mat.
tiers and to obey directives he re-
received from Washington.
Private reports reaching here said
5000 Chinese students at Running,
southwest of Chungking, had
struck in protest to China's civil
strife and had urged Chang and
Communist leader Mao Tse-Tune
Ito stop fighting Immediately" and
begin talking peace.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-30
STAR ADDS GALLUP
POLL FOR READERS
CONTINUED from Page One)

Of reporting what men and nations
do-and now the scientific sam
pling surveys of the American In
stitute of Public Opinion make it
possible for some of them to re-
port what the men and women of
this nation think, on politics, eco
Monies, on the headline issues of
the day, and on the everyday ques-
tons of American life.
The American Institute Of Pub
lie Opinion first won nationwide
attention during the 1886 presiden-
tial campaign when it forecast the
landslide reelection o. Franklin
Roosevelt. The Institute reported
that only three states-Maine, Yer
mont, and New Hampshire-could
be considered safe" for Governor
Landon. Landon won two-Maine
and Vermont.
Unlike the familiar STRAW vote"
the American Institute of Public
Opinion conducts its nationwide
surveys by meana Of scientific
sampling, using a national staff
of more than 1000 field representa-
tives geared to reach a carefully
selected cross-section Of the voters
of the nation.
Thus, while old-fashioned "mass
straw votes" were collecting the
returns from one tremendous bu
technically faulty sendout, the new
scientific surveys were able t
conduct complete series of rapid
accurate checkups on what thu
American people were thinking
The Gallup methods are nov
being employed in seven othe!
countries besides the United States
Affiliate organizations are nov
functioning in Britain, Canada
Australia, France, Sweden, Den
mark, and Finland.
Although each particular news
paper, including the Star publish
ing the results of the public opin
ion surveys will have its own par
ticular policy on political question
and other issues of the day. al
of the supporting newspapers rec
ognize that the facts about pub
lie opinion must be measured ant
reported faithfully, completely
and impartially.
Thus, in every survey OF tn
American Institute of Public Opin
ion the objective is honest. fact
finding, regardless of the politi
cal preferences or editorial poll
cies of the papers concerned.
In every survey, depending or
statistical requirements, the Insti
tute includes from 5000 to 5000
voters. Such samples insure thai
any error due solely to the mum
Der of persons interviewed will no
under normal circumstances ex
coed four per cent. The odds are
997 to 1000 that the error will moi
exceed 2.4 per cent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-30
NAZI 0VERL0RDS
See HORROR FILM
CONTINUED from Page 0ne)

trial. wiped his sweating palms.
Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht,
hi. pinch-penny mouth drawn to a
narrow line, refused to look at any
of the scenes, taken from official
American documentary filmings at
such terror spots as Dachau, Bucn-
enwald and Belsen Franz Won
Papen also refused to look.
Grand Admiral Karl Doenltz,
German navy commander in chief,
glanced only occasionally at the
screen.
Thomas J. Dodd, American as
sistant prosecutor, prefaced the
film exhibition with these words to
the International Military Tribu-
nal:
I'VE intend to prove each and
every one of these defendants knew
Of the existence Of these concen-
tration camps and used them as
instruments of terror to enforce
their controls on the German peo-
pie. and to obliterate freedom in
Germany and the invaded coun-
tries.
THE black-shirted gods Of the
SIS and the Gestapo originated and
maintained these atrocities"
Not only Goering but others OF
the defendants grinned and laughed
as assistant U. S. prosecutor Sid
ney Alderman revealed the threats,
bluffs and deceit with which Hitler
softened up Austria for his unop-
posed invasion.
Goering was described as the
man who directed by telephone the
lightning invasion of Austria after
Nazis in that country paved thu
way by deposing Chancellor Kurt
Schuschnigg.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-30
WILD TRIBESMEN
AID GOVERNMENT
CONTINUED from Page One)


mander. Russian troops occupy
northern Iran. =.
Disorders, blamed by the Tehran
government on "Separatlsts,"
broke out in Azerhaijan province
in northwestern Iran last week, and
insurgent forces later moved south
into Khamseh province.
On Tuesday, the Iranian govern
ment said Insurgents had occupied
Zenjan, 174 miles northwest of Teh-
ran, on the Mianeh-T ehran railway.
Officials said a Russian reply
to the 1ranian note protesting the
hating of Iranian troop movement
had been received here, but no in
dications was given Of its contents.
Sharp fighting between the In
surgents and Chahsavan tribes
men was reported tonight in which
the tribesmen were said to have re
captured their town of Sarah, be-
tween Tabriz and the Caspian port
of Astara. The tribesmen were re-
ported to have "massacred a mum
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-30
like" BIDS ADIEU
TO U. S. TROOPS
CONTINUED from Ptge One)

ito every member of the United
States forces in EUROPE.
But, said Gen. Eisenhower. !
mean to include every American
that has served with me In the
Mediterranean and in the Euro
pean theater."
He told them there is yet much
to do before the peace which they
helped to win "can be firmly con-
solidated."
"In the memory Of those gallant
comrades who can never return,
and in continued loyalty to the
principles Of free government TOR
which United Nations waged this
var, each of us must give his un'
renting best until the job has
been fully completed" he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-30
BRITISH SOLDIER
RINGS 2,Ol5 BELLS
BUT FINDS SISTER
CONTINUED from Page One)

Mary Kennedy who might be his
sister. Would he whistle his SIS
ter's favorite tune over the tele'
phone?
He did. It was: Come Back TO
Erin" Mary recognized the way
he piped it, Maurice said and they
were reunited.
Maurice had not seen Mary Tor
Is years. She came here intent on
becoming an actress, but became
a maid instead. He lost track OF her
after he entered the Army and had
not heard from her for your years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-30
LIBRARIAN RESIGNS

NEW BERN. Nov. 29-Mrs. L.
W. Oliver, high school librarian.
has resigned and will return to
her home in Minneapolis. Her hus-
band, Lieutenant Oliver, has re-
ceived an honorable discharge
from the Marine corps reserve. He
has been on duty for some time at
Cherry Point.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-30
MISSIONARY DIES

NEW YORK, Nov. 2e.-R-rhe
Rev. James Fullerton Gressitt, g.,
Baptist missionary to Japan for 80
years, died in Yokohama Nov. 5,
it was announced today by the
American Baptist Mission Society.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-30
KINST0N MAN MAY
SUCCEED J.0.C CARR
Continued from Page One)

on the War Criminal Court in
Japan, and George H. McNeal, of
Mocksville, for assistant district
attorney to fill Hollis unexpired
term. The second assistant attor-
neyship, now held by McNeal,
would be left vacant, Hoey said.
For the Western District T. A.
Uzzell is being recomm ended by
Judge E. Yates Webb and David
E. Henderson to replace Worth E.
Mckinney, of Asheville, as district
attorney. Hoey said Mckinney
also was to serve in war trials
in Japan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-30
GALLUP POLL SAYS
PUBLIC IN FAVOR
OF TSP. {. WAGE HIKE
CONTINUED from Page One)

30 per cent is granted to workers
in the automobile industry.
Entirely aside from how they
feel about the necessity for in
creasing automobile prices, virtual
ly eight out Of every ten 082o)
say they think prices Of automo.
biles will 60 up II 80 per cent
wage Jump were to 60 through.
4-Voters are evenly divided on
whether a is per cent wage In
crease would make a boost in auto
prices necessary.
The questions in today's survey:
because of loss of overtime, the
total weekly pay of many factory
workers is less than it was during
the war. So that their total week
ly pay will be the same as it was
during the war, these workers want
a 80 per cent increase in their
hourly rates. Do you think they
should or should not receive this
increase?"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-30
Local Man Killed When
Car Leaves Sound Road
CONTINUED from Page One)

head. Both men were in the car as
it overturned.
The accident was investigated by
the deputy sheriff and the State
Highway Patrol and deputy cor
oner E. L. Strickland.
All three men were employed at
the Carolina shipyard and live at
Carolina Beach.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-30
EMPIRE CASUALTIES

M LYNDON, Nov. 2s-rPp..
c M1n,Ster Attlee told the Hb orlsi
Uemmons today that l,s4s .S95 d
ualtles, including s53,s5 S,O- >, CAS-
mad !. been suffered during yyz II, allsa,
oy all troops of the Br lS me Y va,
pre-. A A total of 475,o7o we 1'sS w.. En-
ed, 1926, 45s became n Were Wound.
war and 9O,S44 are still ', as u
missing" VIII carried u
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-30
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-30
TRUCK DRIVERS STRIKE

HAVANA, Cuba, Nov. 20. Up
Havana truck drivers began a
24-hour strike today protesting
failure of the National Trans
port Board to force employers to
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-30
WEATHER
Continued from Page One)

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2s-(R--Weather
Bureau report of temperature and rain
fall for the "a hours ending pm. in
the principal cotton growing areas and
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-30

A 80 per cent increase is favor.
ed by a substantial majority of
union members $3.50 in today's
polD and it has considerable sup
port also among non-union work
ers-
The chief disapproval Of the 80
per cent increase comes from
farmers, white collar workers, and
professional and business men.
Evening star., 1945-03-31
Illinois Bank Robbers
Are Captured by FBI
Ry the Associated Press.


SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Mar. 31.-The
Federal Bureau of Investigation at
Springfield yesterday reported the
capture of three bandits who robbed
the First National Bank at Green
vile of more than $4,000 in holdup
earlier in the day. FBI men said all
the loot had been recovered.
Two of the men surrendered to
State police in a cornfield south
west of Litchfield and the third was
seized an hour later after he had
barricaded himself in farm build
ing nearby, the FBI said.
All three men were taken to the
county Jail at Hillsboro.
The robbery occurred when the
bank opened. The men herded Gus
toners into an anteroom while they
waited until the timing device
opened the vault. Two small boys
in the lobby were locked in a wash
room, given $3.50 in $40 bills and
told to keep quiet.
Police Chief R. G. Stiefel of
Litchfleld said about $4,000 worth
of Jewelry and watches identified
as stolen from the Read Jewelry
Co. of Lebanon. Mo-, was found in
their abandoned car. along with
three typewriters, shotgun shells
and set of stolen Pennsylvania
license plates.
Evening star., 1945-03-31
1900 Two Marines
66et Purple Hearts
sy the Associated Press.


PEARL HARBOR, Mar. 31.-Iwo
Jima not only was the toughest fight
the Marines have had in their 1853
years existence, they probably will
have no tougher combat in the next
500 years, 1t. Gen. Holland M Smith
said in awarding Purple Hearts to
Two wounded
Gen. Smith, commander of the
Fleet Marine Force in the Pacific,
helped pin Purple Hearts yesterday
on 1900 Marines, all injured on Two.
1t was the greatest mass presenta-
tion of medals in Marine history.
Twenty-one generals, admirals
and commodores required almost
two hours to pin the medals on the
chests of the heroes at the Aiea
Naval Hospital
Gen. Smith told Pfc. Donnie j.
Adams, Waldron, Ark, that the
famous picture taken by Associated
Press Photographer Joe Rosenthal
showing the flag being raised on
Iwo's Mount Suribachi probably
would be cast into a monument.
TT is wonderful photo" he said,
after Adams related that he par
ticipated in the Suribachi action
with the 28th. Marine Regiment of
the 5th Division.
The general said he expects the
18th to get citation for its gallant
attack against Suribachi
Evening star., 1945-03-31

Joe Rosenthal, the Washington
boy, who made the famous picture
of Marines raising the flag on Two
Jima-had a whirlwind reception
throughout his home town yester-
day, but has gone back to New York
to his Associated Press photo head
quarters for further assignment.
1t was hectic day for the AP
photographer who had climbed the
500-foot Mount Suribachi Volcano
in the face of the same Japanese
fire the Marines braved. The pic
ture he snapped on top that VOL
cano was the center of attention
everywhere Joe went yesterday.
Greeted by Vandegrift.
At Marine Corps headquarters, he
was congratulated by 1t. Gen. Ana.
Vandegrift, commandant of the
corps; Brig. Gen. Robert L. Denig,
Marine public relations chief. and
others. He posed there with the
generals and with Ted r. Gamble,
director of the War Finance Divi-
sion of the Treasury Department,
because the Treasury is using Joe's
picture as the outstanding feature
Of the forthcoming Seventh War
Loan.
Il just hope that the picture will
help focus attention on the Marines
for the terrific job they did at
Iwo,' the photographer said.
Evening star., 1945-03-31
Man Freed in Philippines
To Meet -Four Liberaiors

Joseph Embree. 8109 Grove street,
Silver Spring; former assistant su-
pervisor Of the power plant on Cor
regidor, who was among the Allied
captiVes freed last January from a
japanese prison camp at Cabana-
tuan by American Rangers, will meet
four of his liberators Monday in
Baltimore. 3
The four were part of group of
l21 Rangers who joined Filipino
guerriilas to storm the prison camp
January 80. They will take part in
the Easter parade in Baltimore to-
morrow and open two-day program
of war plant tours Monday.
Mr.. Emhree, former engineer at
Walter Reed Hospital, went to Cor
regidor in August. 1941, as a civilian
employe of the War Department,
Evening star., 1945-03-31
Wounded

Second 1t. Granville Y. Custer,
jr, %, was wounded February 7
while returning from his second
mission in Italy He now is hospital
lied with head wounds in Italy.
His parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Gran
vile Y. Custer, ST., live at 1880
Connecticut avenue NV. His wife,
Second 1t. Kay Custer, is stationed
with the Army Air Forces Nursing
Staff at Greenville, Miss.
1t. Custer was born in Reading,
Pa, and had been resident of the
Washington area since childhood.
He left Lehigh University after his
junior year to enter the service.
Commissioned at Mission, Tex, he
was sent to Italy as co-pilot on a
Liberator bomber. His father is an
assistant examiner at the Patent
Office in Richmond.
Second 1t. Robert r. Miller, %.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank P. Mil
Ter, 4814 Thirteenth street, North
Arlington Va, was seriously
wounded February 26 while leading
his platoon in an attack on a small
town in Germany. Now hospitalized
in England, he has lost his lower left
leg and is recovering from 20 shell
fragment wounds in his right leg
and an injury to the left wrist.
A former Western High School