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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-27
HANCOCK COUNTY
Fire Routes Football
Players From Bus

The Findlay high school football
team didn't really get hot until on
their way home from playing their
opening football game with Middle
town.
The C & L E bus which they had
chartered for the trip to Middle
town caught fire and for time it
looked as though all their equipment
would be burned.
All of the bus's fire extinguishers
were used to quell the flames which
started when a wire short circuted.
A G. & L Z bus which followed the
chartered bus about five minutes and
one coming from the opposite direc-
tion assisted in extinguishing the
fire. After that there was an hour
and a half wait until another bus
came from Dayton to which the
Findlay boys transferred.
The fire occurred between Dayton
and Vandalia.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-27
Arlington Calf Club
Show Held

A steer owned and shown by Irene
Smith was judged grand champion
of the Arlington Calf club show held
at the stock yards in Arlington.
Twenty-one calves were displayed.
The reserve champion was owned
by Paul Waxler and the next three
steers in order were owned by Mar
vim Alexander, Gene Bishop and an
other by Alexander.
Miss Smith owned the heaviest
steer which weighed 1,120 pounds.
The best rate of gain was made by
a steer owned by Marvin Alexander,
which gained an average of 2.34
pounds per day for the 315-day feed
ing period. Its final weight was
LOO pounds.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-27

home of Mrs. Glen Mayberry.
Gerald, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Cloyce
Kidd who has seen over four years of
army service on the European front,
returned home last Wednesday after
receiving his discharge. He was join
ed here by his wife and little daughter
and plans to take up farming at some
future date.
Harold Van Meter who is now locat-
ed at Indiantown Gap, Pa, after serv-
ing overseas, spent several days the
past week with relatives in this vicin-
ity.
Miss Elizabeth Campbell spent
the past week with her sister Mrs.
Delmer Reagan in Dayton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-27
Fire Races Barn

A barn owned by Mrs. Fannie
Wyler, Powell road, was razed by
fire. The barn filled with balled straw
and hay which was completely des-
troyed
Raymond Wyler, son of Mrs. Wyler,
who resides on the farm had suffi-
cient time to get the farm ma
chinery out of the barn. The Jenera
volunteer fire department was cred
tied with saving the house, which
was close to the barn and endangered
by flames.
The barn was a hip-roof building
about 30X50 feet. The fire was of
undetermined origin. The loss was
covered by insurance.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-27
PUTNAM COUNTY
Start Putnam Visual
Aid Program

The 1945-46 visual education
program for the Putnam county
schools was started this week, it was
announced by County Superintendent
Carl d. Vermilya.
A total of IA periods have been
arranged in this program with films
being changed each period. The
schools of the county have been set
up in two circuits to speed up the
circulation of the pictures.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-27
Ada Corporal Given
Bronze Star

Cpl. Elmer w. Binkley, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Coy Binkley of northwest
of Ada, has been awarded the Bronze
Star medal for heroic achievement in
combat near Ell Guettar, Tunisia on
March %, 1943.
After long service with field ar
tillery battalion of the First Division
during which he accumulated 109
points, he is believed to be on his
way home from Marseilles, France.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-27
ALLEN COUNTY
Barn Burns Near Du-
p0nt With $4,000 Loss

Gerald Kesler estimated at more
than $4,000 his loss in a fire of un-
determined origin which destroyed
his 54 by 64 foot barn together with
a Is by 3S foot granary, just south
of Dupont. Contents of the build
ings destroyed included 500 bushels
of wheat and oats, combine, grain
drill, manure spreader, the seasons
crop of hay and numerous other
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-27
Accident Injuries
Leipsic Veteran

Merle Hummon, Jr., 90, a Leipsic
ex-service man, who has been en-
ployed in Dearborn, Mich, was SER
iously injured when his car went out
of control three miles northeast of
Ottawa on state route 65 and crashed
into a cement bridge abutment. The
car, owned by w. L. Myers, of Leip-
sic, was extensively damaged.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-27
Propose Playground
improvements

A proposal to request Hancock
county voters to approve a tax levy
at the November election to finance
improvements at the county fair
ground was presented to the Hancock
County Agricultural Society.
Improvements will include con-
struction of race track, additional
buildings and roads.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-27
Ars0nist Confesses

An arson charge was filed by
Sheriff Randall r. Clark against DIR.
Gail w. Robson, Mt Victory veterin-
arian. Robson is charged with set
ting fires Sunday at Mt. Victory.
One fire destroyed a barn on his
wife's farm and the second blaze was
started in his building in the office
which was soon extinguished. Sheriff
Clark has obtained a signed confess
sion.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-27
The Long And Short
Of Tt

Capt. Robert E. Wilson of Kenton
complains that, altho he and other
officers are quartered in the finest of
Toky's buildings, japanese furniture
is too little, especially the beds which
are short. He is the son of w. B.
Wilson, auditor of Hardin county.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-27
Police Nab Escaped
Cellmates In Weeds

Less than an hour after they made
their daring escape from Allen coun-
ty Jail, Lima's two crowbar bandits
were recaptured by police in weed
patch along the Pennsylvania Rail-
road.
Robert Pratt, 21, and Donald En-
erson, both of Lima, were flushed
from the waist-high weeds by police.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-27
Dies In Auto Crash

John E. Reynolds, SO, Kalida, was
injured fatally in an automobile col
lsion at State Routes 115 and 65,
two miles north of Lima.
Coroner Harry Lewis of Allen
county returned a verdict of acci-
dental death.
With his wife, Mr.. Reynolds had
gone to Lima to meet a train on
which their son was expected. When
he did not arrive, they left to re-
turn to Kalida.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-27

proprietor who was found dead at a
Pennsylvania railroad crossing at
Forest.
Coroner John A. Mooney said
Farmer had a crushed hip, broken
leg and nose and other head and
body injuries. Several hundred dol
lars were found in Farmers pockets.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-27
BrOmfield And F0rman
To Address Fall Clinic

Agricultural experts will speak at
a special conservation clinic which
probably will be held in Lima in
or December, according to
James V. Skates, secretary of the
Association of Commerce.
Authorities scheduled to speak are
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-27
Ottawa Factory Plans
Expansion Program

Addition of a new section to be
used as an assembly department has
been started by the Weatherseal
Manufacturing company at Ottawa,
it was announced by William King,
plant manager.
The new wing is to be so by 100
feet and is to be of concrete block
construction.
The company now employs about
140 persons.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-27
Car Crashes Semi;
Driver Injured

Orville Nungester, 35, North Bal
timore, suffered broken right leg
and head decorations when he drove
his car into the rear end of a semi
trailer while coming to work at
Findlay. He is in the Findlay hos
pital.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-27
New Sewers Planned
For Ottawa

A survey and preliminary plans
for new sewage system for Ottawa
will be started in the near future by
Finkbeiner, Pettis and Strout of To
ledo, it was announced recently after
a special meeting of the Ottawa city
council.
This firm has been hired to make a
survey at an estimated cost of $4,000
with the federal government already
underwriting about $4,000.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-27
Beet Harvest To Start
October |

Harvesting sugar beets in the ter
ritory contacted by the Findlay plant
of the Great Lakes Sugar company
will begin October L, according to a
statement made by c. w. Kramp,
Findlay district manager.
There are 6,122 acres of beets un-
der contract in the Findlay territory
and the expected yield is 9.43 tons
per acre, or a total of 57,485 tons
to be handled through the Findlay
refinery.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-27
Putnam Gazette Will
Have New Quarters

The Putnam County Gazette, pub
lished at Ottawa, will move from its
present location the forepart of
October into rooms of the |. 0. O. F.
building. This announcement was
made Sunday by Mrs. Mary Hiner,
editor of the publication.
The building now occupied by the
Gazette was purchased two weeks
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-27
Barn Fall Injuries
Veteran

An injury, more serious than he
suffered in nine engagements in the
European theater, sent Charles E.
Wise, 80, to Findlay hospital. He
fell Is feet from barn, suffering
a fractured leg and face cuts. His
only battle injury was a slight
shrapnel wound.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-27
HARDIN COUNTY
Ada Saddle Club
Boosts Memorial

The Ada Saddle club, under whose
auspices the second annual rodeo was
held in conjunction with the annual
Farmers and Merchants picnic on
August Is, held wiener roast and
picnic at Ada's Community park.
The club voted 5000 to be added to
the War Memorial fund.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-27
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

Louis Bromfeld, author, farmer and
conservationist, and DR.. Jonathan
Forman, of Columbus, a practical
physician whose avocation is conser-
vation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-27

items of farm equipment.
Kesler said the barn was worth
$4,000 and the machinery $4,000.
Saved from the flames were four
calves owned by his children.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-27
Two State Shows At
KentOn Fair

The Hardin County Fair which
opened Sept. % has the state Shrop-
shire sheep show and the state
Brown Swiss cattle show this year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-27

ago by NJ. r. Nusbaum, of Toledo,
who expects to open a plumbing es-
tablishment in that location.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-09-27
Forest Business Man
: Found Killed

Hardin county authorities are in
vestigating the death of John ".
Farmer, TO, Forest tobacco store
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-29
Salt Firm Asks
Curb on Strike

United Mine Worker pickets
today were charged by the Penn
sylvania Salt Mfg. Co Of Wyan-
dotte with endangering life and
property in the Downriver COM
munity in a petition 10 circuit
court for an Injunction against
the union
Judge Chester p. O'Hara de-
layed A decision on whether 10
call a showcase hearing until late
today, telling company lawyers 10
bring a copy of the union-com-
pany contract.
The company's petition said
pickets refuse 10 permit free pas
sage OF supervisory employees 10
and from the plant and that they
are needed 10 control dangerous
gases.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-29
Fire Peril Seen
In Cereal Strike

BATTLE CREEK. Sept 2s-
Fear Of fire or an explosion in
the Strike-b bound Post Products
Co. plant where 10000, 900 bushels
OF grain are store today
prompted the Michigan State
police 10 intervene IN l2-day-oid
strike Of the United Cereal, Bev-
erage and Food Workers Union,
Go.
"The grain has 10 he moved
nv ConVeyor belt from hin Ia
hin To prevent spontaneous COM
hustion." said Oscar c. Olander,
state police commissioner, "and
the union picket linne is pre-
venting this operation.
Olander said half OF the grain
was moved last night bat ne
charged the union stopped work
Capt. Charles Seavarda OF the
state police, IS represe tin &
Olander at a meeting between
management and the union today.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-29
THE WEATHER

Detroit and vicinity OCchsiVnsl rain Vnight
snc saturday. Cooler tgniFht. -oVest about
So.
DETROIT DATA
Tempsrsfarek Thursday. Highest, - c.
Frpef 1WFEf - mean. IS
Departure from normal temperature Thurs
day % dfgFhrG
Departure from normal temperature tince
Jan +As5 degrees.
TpwpeghfuTct Cle year ago today, Highesi.
81 crgrref .0wpff 60 mean s.
TrmpefHfufet fFs daA m past 3 fean
highest 81 cegrces - COS, iores'. 81 IN
1875
Relative humidity THURSDAY 2-50 m
500 8 30 ~. s39 80 p. r, soT
$40 m Soc
Precipitation il last 20 hours frdlng a.
so m today - inches
Departure from normal precipiiAtibn since
Jsn -3T2 inches
Normal FOR Sept n ..
Accumulated degree dsys trlS month. 2
Normal degrees days for September l4l
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-29
Missing Gas Coupons
Feature Trial Of ;

Gasoline ration coupons good
for 1888, $50 gallons were missing
from Lansing largest ratiening
board, Carl f. EStrand, OPA audi
tor and accountant, testified today
in the trial of three alleged black
marketeerS before Federal Judge
Picard and a jury.
The defendants are Edward
Nowack, Lansing politician and
former publisher; Mrs. Dorothy
Martin, former Lansing rationing
board chief clerk, and her hus-
band, Frederick, former theater
operator.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-29
Police Play Host
To City Orphans

Detroit orphans will be guests
tomorrow Of the Detroit Police
Officers Association at the annual
field day at State Fair Grounds.
viii be provided for
the $50 children expected, Inspec-
tor Walter Clago said. Expenses
will be paid with contributions
from merchants
The children will be from the
following homes
Evangelical, 1852 w Grand; st
Francis. 270l Fenkell, ST Vim
cents, 529 McDougall; Guardian
Angel. 4232 ST. Aubin: Protestant
Children's. 3770 f. jefferson. anc
Brewster Recreation. 637 Brush.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-29
Gasoline Line
Jams Bridge

Yesterdays 12-year high mark
for traffic over the Ambassador
Bridge was expected to be short:
lived as a long line of cars waited
to cross TO Windsor for gasoline
today. =,
The rush. brought on by the oil
strike emergency, reached l4,SUo
for - hours, breaking the record
set last July 4, when 12,450 made
the crossing.
During the height OF the meat
stringency in Detroit, 1000 to
5000 went to Canada daily. The
12-year-old mark was set before
the Detroit-Windsor tunnel was
completed.
The tunnel officials reported
5000 of the 1900 cars crossing
Yesterday went for gasoline, Civ
ing the tunnel its heaviest day
since Labor Day, 1898. when the
total was 12,867. A mark of $4,000
to $4,000 was looked for today.
80 MINUTES TO FILL UP
A. S. Shewman, supervisor OF
the Detroit international Bridge
Co, said the average time for the
trip TO gas up was 30 minutes.
Six policemen were assigned to
handle the bridge line, eight
blocks long, extending from
Twenty-first and Porter down TO
w Grand Blvd. along the boule-
ward.
Getting gas was so easy yester-
day that hundreds of taMcabs
made direct runs TO gas station
at London and Crawford in less
than 40 minutes.
GAS HUNT CONTINUES
After Windsor gas stations.
which must close by 7 p. m. shut
down, highways were jammed with
travellers searching for outlying
stations which remained open
late.
Although officials of the four
major oil companies operating In
Canada reported at least 100
per cent increase IN gas sales,
they said only about so stations
in the tunnel and bridge areas
were reaping the harvest.
Attempts of motorists to get
extra gas by filling oil drums
have been banned, and the infiux
of trucks seeking an exceptional
amount was curbed by ruling
requiring an export license for
purchase of more than SIS worth
of gasoline.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-29
Park Project Land
To BE Condemned

Condemnation procee n G 5
began today In Recorders Judge
Joseph A. ellis court for river
front land on which 10 erect the
war memorial voted by common
council IN 1921
The area on which the 3d.
500 900 project will be constructed
is bounded by Jefferson, Grlswold,
AtWater and Shelby
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-29
Attends Conference

ANN ARBOR, Sept: 28-Dr
Charles Fisher, director of the
University of Michigan extension
service, is in Washington attend
ing a special educators meeting
called by Secretary of Labor
Grb,yeliepbaCb
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-29
1empIdrs Honor Cody
With Life Membership

a golden, honorary life menu
hership n the knights Templar
was presented today to Council
man Frank Cody by past grand
commander James ". Garlck in
recognition Of Cody'S 81 years IN
the fraiernal organization.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-29
Youths Of All Faiths
To Stage Program

A young peoples program will
be presented by the youth group
of the Detroit Round Table of
Catholics, Jews and Protestants at
s o. m. Sunday in Westminster
Presbyterian Church, Hamilton at
Glynn Court. it was announced
TODAY.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-29
Fritz Is Back
Times Photo

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. %
QNS)-Capt. Fritz Wiedemann.
former Nazi consul general in
San Francisco, arrested in China,
has arrived here on an army
transport plane. en- route to
WASHINGTON
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-29
Horwitz Dies
In Hotel Alley
Housing Scandal Man
MeyHaye Been Suicide

/. Chicago homicide detectives to-
day reopened a probe of the mys-
Vterious death Of Theodore j. Hor-
WITT, AZ, Chicago real estate oper-
ator and contractor who figured in
the Detroit Herman Gardens scan
dal. His body was found in an
alley behind a Chicago hotel Sun
day
Although a sixteenth floor fire
escape door was found open, a
Cook County coroner refused TO
return a positive verdict of suicide
and the report indicated that the
victim could have jumped, fallen
or been thrown from the hotel.
The death recalled that of Abe
Smith, one of those indicted In
the bribe conspiracy case. Smith
plunged 10 his death from his SIX
teenth-floor offices in a Chicago
loop building on May 20, 194l.
FOUR MILES FROM HOME
Horwitz' wife. Lillian. told police
he had been in excellent spirits
when he left their home Saturday
night 10 put his car in the garage
and buy the Sunday papers. He
never returned, although his car
was found IN the garage, and po-
lice were baffled as TO how he
reached the hotel four miles away.
The body was not identified
until Monday and a subsequent in
VeStlgatlon revealed that he had
left all of his money at home.
HorWitz was secretary Of the
Belssn Plastering Co. of Chicago,
the concern which started the
Herman Gardens bribery investi-
cation by charges made in a civil
suit over a sub-contract at the
project.
SUED BUILDERS
The Belsan company sued the
Lipman Construction Co. and a
Smith & Co., both Chicago con-
tracing concerns, charging that
they had failed 10 live up 10 an
\oral contract for sub-contract
dor plaSterIng.
In the bill of complaint Hor-
WITT company charged that De-
trot councilmen had been cor
rupied by SIS 900 bribcs.
The accusations in the Chicago
civil suit led TO other civil actions
IN Detroit and subsequently the
kWeeping Ferguson grand jury
investigation which resulted in
the sentencing OF former Council
men John Hamilton, Robert q.
EWald and Harry l. Dlngeman.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-29
Robbers
Net S7,2I8
Times Photo

Two masked robbers. one armed
with a pistol fed with S2lS in
cash and jewelry valued at $1,000
after ransacking the home Of
Morris Weinberg. 50, Of 1880
Pennington. early today
Weinberg said one of the in
truders shook him awake and de-
manded:
"Where is that big ring >"
Another went 10 Mrs. Vein
berg's room and ordered her 10
Keep your head under the COW
ers and you won't be hurt
Weinberg. who owns a market
building at Warren and Livernois,
told police one of the robbers took
a $500 solitaire and another ring
containing three diamonds worth
81 200 from his fingers and re-
moved SIS in cash from his
trousers.
The two thieves then looted
Mrs. Weinberg's room Of $1,000
bracelet, other jewelry and 500
cash.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-22
urer of the local committee, at
Winter Park school.

urer of the local committee, at
Winter Park school.
A group Of Girl Scouts, she said,
will ask for contributions on the
streets of Wilmington during the
morning hours OF Saturday, March
81. In connection with this phase
Of the drive, a sales booth will
be operated at Belk-Williams store
and display window there will
publicize the campaign.
Pointing out that 268 patients
were treated last year at the or.
thopedic clinic, Mrs. Hyatt said
attendance was rapidly growing
where 20 patients would attend
daily last year, as many as sc
are treated each day Of the clinic
now," she said. The clinic is op.
Grated with funds supplied by the
league, Sorosis, and Rotary club.
During the last eight years, the
league and its affiliated county
chapters have provided medical
care for many children not ehgi
BILE for help from other agencies,
DR.. Lennox D. Baker Of Duke hos
pital, league president, has ex'
planned. Braces and other appli
ances, blood transfusions, tonsil
lectomies and orthodenture treat
ments have also been provided .
he said.
Other Southeastern North Caro-
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-22
SaarbrueckenFoundE
OF Germans By Xa1k Units

I'VE have all kinds-Russians
French, Italians, Czechs almost
any nationality you can name"
said Kelly.
Northeast of Saarbruecken the
mining towns of Dudweiler, Sulz-
bach and Fischbach sharply con-
trasted with the big city. Dam
age was so slight they seemed
almost untouched by war and the
bulk of the civilian population
had remained behind. Some stores
were open.
People along the streets SEEM
ed neither hostile nor friendly
just curious. On the whole the
men and women were better
dressed and the children fatter
and healthier than in similar
French towns.