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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-06-13
YMCA Boys To Enjoy
Wrightsville Outing

Members of the Junior, Cadet
and Leaders classes at the Will
mington Y.M.C.A., will enjoy an
all-day outing at Wrightsville
Beach on Friday, first of the an.
nual summer outdoor activities.
The boys will be under the guild
ance of Physical Director Smith
and Boys Work Secretary Caudill,
and Mr.. Robinson, Wrightsville
Beach concessionaire, has again
offered to cater to the boys inner
man" wants on a half-price basis
during the day. o..
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-06-13
DETROIT TIGERS
IN LEAGUE LEAD

DETROIT, June 12.-(R)-Rookie
Bob Maier singled to right with one
out in the eleventh inning scoring
Roger Cramer from SECOND as the
Detroit Tigers edged the st. Louis
Browns, 2 to /, tonight, taking first
place in the American League by
a half game.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-06-13

American League
st. Louis at Detroit-Potter (4-5) VS.
Orrell 1-2).
Cleveland at Chicago-Gromek f7-1)
VS.. Haynes (3-5l.
Boston at Philadelphia (night)-Ryba
d-2) VS.. Newsom 1(1-6)).
Only games scheduled,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-06-13
STANDINGS
American Tao run
PROBABLE PITCHERS
National T,aapua

New York at Brooklyn (night)-Teld-
man (5-3) vs.: Gregg (7-N.
Philadelphia at Boston (2)-Lee (2-5)
and Barrett (3-5) VS.. Cooper $50 and
Logan CID.
Cincinnati at St. Louis (night)-Beck
90 or Heusser (5-3) VS., Kelly u-4).
Only games scheduled.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-06-13
Ration League Close
Finds Carolina Tons

DURHAM, June 70. -R)- The
1945 Ration League baseball sche-
dule will be brought to a close here
tomorrow afternoon when Dukes
second-place Blue Devils and Car
DINA Pre-Flight's cellar-dwelling
|Cloudbusters tangle in Duke PARK
at 4 o'clock.
Pre-Flight holds two victories in
three games with the Blue Devils
and Coach Jack Coombs' charges
will be out to even the rour-game
series with the Cloudbusters.
Neither team figures in the pen
nant race since Carolina Tar Heels
cGnched the title by beating Duke
here last Saturday, 4-3, in 10 in
nings.
The standings:
Teams Won Lost Pct.
Carolina ----- .667
Duke ------------------- 5 SIS
Pre-Flieht ----------- 3 8 .273
-V-
nTTv wAn nnNnS ANN STANDS
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-06-13
Southern Association

Mobile 4, Atlanta 2. x
Rame).
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-12
Home Accidents

National Safety Council statistics
reveal that in 1943 1850, 900 persons
were injured in home accidents, and
3d. 500 persons were killed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-12
General Orders Speed-up In Army
Discharges; More To Be Home Soon

Many more Allen county service
men will be home soon from the
Army, as the result of orders given
for an immediate speed-up in the dis
charges for soldiers and .WACS who
have sufficient points or are over 40
years of age
Ordering a full and frank" dis
cussion by unit commanders with dis
discharge-eligible personnel inform
ing them of the probable date of dis
charge and the necessary retention
temporarily of certain of them, Gen.
Collins, Commanding General of the
Service Command which covers Ohio,
Indiana, Kentucky and West Virgin
ia declared:
'It is my desire that these men
and women be discharged without
necessary delay"
Under the adjusted service rating
system, the present critical point
score for men is 80 and for women
id. Both men and women who have
reached 40 years of age are eligible
for discharge, however, Wacs must
have served one full year.
Enlisted men and women who quail
ify for separation by reason of age
or noints will he retained on active
duty temporarily, "only if separation
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-12

The Navy is vitally interested in
seeing that mail is delivered to all
the boys in the service. That which
is properly and legibly addressed is
quickly dispatched to its destination.
Despite the hazards of war and
weather, the Navy Mail Service has
delivered letters to remote ships and
stations with great efficiency. But
the mail must be addressed correctly.
Mail addressed to amphibious craft
seems to give the most trouble. But
if the sender addresses it properly,
the Navy will get it through.
In the first place, there are at least
ten different types of craft-LSD
Landing Ship, Dock); LSV (Landing
Ship Vehicle); Lei Landing Craft,
Infantry); Ism (Landing Ship, Me-
dunn; Let Landing Craft, Tank !;
(LCS (Landing Craft, Support; and
Lei (LJ (Landing Craft, Infantry
for more personneD.
Each type may have hundreds of
different units numbering from l to
600. Lei No. 442 may be operating
in the Pacific, whereas Let No. 442
may be in the Mediterranean. The
letters "T" and 81" are often inter
changed or are written so similarly
that they are unreadable. If the az
was mistaken for "T'', the letter
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-12

is denied by War Department in
structions or if it is impossible to
carry out the mission assigned to the
unit without the services of this in
dividual," General Collins stated.
The need of the Army for certain
critical skills will make it necessary
to retain in service some men and
women who are otherwise eligible for
release. As trained replacements be-
come available, or as needs change,
such personnel will then be dis
charged.
Maximum use of civilians, soldiers
not eligible for discharge, and pris-
oners of war has been ordered to
expedite replacement of personnel
qualified for release.
"Over-staffing to meet peak load
is prohibited, the general continued.
sThe aid of each individual must be
obtained in this program. In addi-
ton, each must be prepared to as
sumo an additional workload to the
end that our veterans may be dis
charged expeditiously without retard-
ing the war effort against Japan OF
reducing the quality of the service
rendered to our sick and wounded. .
Overtime work necessary to ac-
complish the intensified propranr ba 6
been authorized by General Collins
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-12

with George Washington sleeves and
cuffs and fastened with pearl but
tons. Her hat was a white, heart
shaped pique with white rose trim
and black veil and gloves also of
white. Her corsage was of white
roses and white stephanotis. Her
pearl earrings were a gift of the
groom.
The maid of honor, Miss Florence
Bohman of Dayton, wore a dove grey
Cohama suit with frost stripe fash
ioned with bracelet-length sleeves
Her accessories were white.
Arthur Stager, brother of the
groom, recently discharged from the
marine corps, was the best man
Ushers were Max Russell of Jenera
and Sgt. Jack Farling of Berea, or
furlough from the Guadalcanal area
The men of the party wore white
carnation boutonnieres
A reception was held in the home
of the brides parents Immediately
following the ceremany. A three.
TERED wedding cake, topped with 8
soldier and his bride and surrounded
with fernery intertwined with deli
cate pink asters, centered the re.
freshment table. Candles burned or
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-12
ArmOrsville

Miss Marene McCafferty of Toledo
is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Nc
Cafferty.
Mrs. Chas. Montgomery Jr. spent
Saturday night and Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Montgomery and
daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl McCafferty,
Miss Marene McCafferty, Miss Mar
garet Guider took Sunday evening
supper with Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne
Guider and daughter Jean in honor
of jeans 9th birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Klingler spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. L. A.
Klingler of Findlay. Mr.. Klingle1
has been quite sick but is somewhat
improved at this writing.
L. A. S. and w. M. S. of the
Liberty Chapel church meets this
Thursday afternoon at the Mrs
Edgar Montgomery home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Boyd were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. ant
Mrs. Lee Clauss and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Owens ant
family and Mrs. Tullis We're Sunda!
guests of Mrs. Sarah Oats and sol
and Miss Clarabel Owens.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-12
Budget Slash Hits
County AAA Office

Beginning July l, budget of the
Allen County AAA committee will
not permit the employment of clerks
to help farmers complete applications
for off-highway gasoline, for tractor
tires, or trucks, it was announced last
Saturday by Clair A. Patterson,
chairman of the AAA committee.
In the future, applications for farm
gasoline and tires are to be made
directly to the Allen county OPA of
flee, and applications for trucks are
to be filed with the Lima Office of
the Office of Defense Transportation.
"We are very sorry that we cannot
continue this service for farm peo-
ple," Patterson explained, "but our
budget for the fiscal year, which be-
gins on July 1, does not provide funds
for employing clerical help for such
work, and the agricultural programs
for which we are responsible already
place a heavy load on the office per.
sonnet"
Among the programs administered
~ the County AAA office are: Pay
ments for soil conservation; dairy
feed and beef subsidies; processing
building applications; giving certif-
Gates for lumber and copper wire
crop production goals, commodity
loans and the sale of federal crop in
surance.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-12
BLuftOn AirfOrce
Man Wed In FindIdy

st. Johns Lutheran church in Find
lay was the scene of the wedding
Sunday evening of Miss Pauline
Smith daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Smith of McComb and William
F. Stager, U. S Army Air Forces,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Stager
of Bluffton. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. H. Ward Grieb, pas
tor, at 7:30 o'clock.
A prelude of music was played by
Miss Ruth Kowanatzky, church or
ganist. Mrs. Arthur Stager of Bluff
ton, sister-in-law of the groom, sang
"The Lords Prayer" and Because.
The bridal chorus from "Lohengrin"
was used for the professional and
Mendelssohn's wedding march for the
occasional.
The church altar was decorated
with four seven-branch candelabra,
palms and two bouquets of altar
flowers.
The bride, given in marriage by
her father, wore a softly tailored
powder blue gabardine suit designed
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-12

either side. Those serving were
Misses Leona Ruth Martin, Blanche
Courtright, Helen Smith and Mrs.
Dewey Martin.
The bride, graduate of McComb
high school in the class of 1941, at
tended Bowling Green State univers-
ity. She was member of the Kay
sorority at Bowling Green university.
The groom is a graduate of Raw
son high school in the class of 1899.
He has served two years overseas
with the ground forces of the u. S.
army air forces as mechanic.
The couple left for northern Mich
igan and Canada for a ten-day
honeymoon. For travelling the bride
wore a violet two piece linen suit
with white accessories.
The groom will report to Camp At
terbury, Ind, for reassignment at the
end of his 30-day furlough and the
bride will return to Wright Field,
Dayton, to resume secretarial work
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-12
Complexities Of Delivery Great,
So Properly Address Navy Mail

would go far out of the way and the
delay would easily be several weeks
Some are still under the impression
that the Navy has one vessel called
LIST and they address their mail to
the USS LIST, Fleet Post Office, San
Francisco. This is just like address
ing mail to Main Street, u. S. A.
In addressing Navy and Coast
Guard personnel aboard ships, print,
don't write, his full name, rank or
rate; print the name of his ship, i. e.,
LIST Landing Ship, Tank No. 442
flour four two); write out both desig-
nation and number. The last part of
the address is either Fleet Post Office,
San Francisco, or New York City.
Undelivered letters due to incom-
plete, incorrect, or illegible address
es amount to more than 5000 day
at the Fleet Post Office, San Fran
cisco. While the letters are undeliv-
cred lot of lonely men are waiting
and wondering why their mail isn't
coming through.
The Navy has done remarkable
job in getting mail to its personnel
in all parts of the world. In nearly
every case, undelivered mail can be
eliminated if @e simple rules giver
above are followed. Address your
mail correctly.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-12
Pleasant View

William Fridley, who has been
confined to Lima Memorial hospital
for several weeks is reported some
better.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Wynkoop and
family of Pandora spent Sunday
evening in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Donald Harris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll Harris and
daughter Marcella of Whiteford
Center spent Saturday with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Shaffer-
and daughter Blanche.
Mrs. William Fridley spent sever
al days last week with her mother
at Ottawa who was injured in a
fall several weeks ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Forney and
little daughter spent Sunday with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Harris.
Representatives of the Gideon
work presented its plans and post
war work at the Pleasant View
church, Sunday morning. A sub
stantial offering was contributed for
the purchase of Bibles.
The members of the L. M. Wyn-
koop family held picnic dinner in
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Norman
Basinger and sons of near Columbus,
Grove. Those present were: Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Stuckey and.
family of Stryker, Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Wynkoop and family of
Van Buren, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Cramer and family of West Inde-
pendence, Mrs. Dale Philips of
Fostoria, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Phil
lipps Jr. and family of Ada, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. M. Wynkoop and Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis Wynkoop and family
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-12

With the possibility that there may
be a continuation of wet weather
which gave most farm crops and
gardens their best start in years dur
ing the month of June, Bluffton area
residents this year are more interest
ed than usual in st. Swithin's day,
which occurs next Sunday.
Tradition, more than one thousand
years old has it that the weather on
St. Swithin's day will determine the
weather for the next forty days-if
it rains or shines on st. Swithin's day
the next Forty days viii be either
rainy or bright.
The belief has its foundation in old
English folklore centering around St.
Swithin a bishop of Winchester, Eng
land, who died on July 2, 862.
Before dying the Undetermined
saint, according to tradition, begged
to be buried in the open church-yard
and not in the chancel of the church
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-12

to arrest speeders, and in addition,
report their names to the o. P. A.
The o. P. A. will report the viola
tions to local rationing boards with
a view of revoking gas rationing
coupons.
District Commanders were admon-
ished by Colonel Mingle to step up
enforcement of speed laws declaring:
with the coming of good weather,
and the added allowance of gasoline,
motorists generally seem to feel that
all speed restrictions are off. The
federal inhibition against driving
more than thirty-five mile an hour
is still in effect, and in addition we
still have state speed laws"
Motorists headed for vacation
land and park resorts are the most
consistent violators. Unfortunately
they do not seem to realize that their
tires, and in many cases, their brakes
are not too good. A recent test of
loz,9lb cars by OHIO police officers
brought out the startling fact that
25.4 of all brakes either failed to
function or were faulty. The aver
age car on the road today is eight
years old and cannot possibly stand
the speed it did when it was new"
"The accident rate in Ohio is
climbing too fast. If drivers won't
worrya bout their own necks, then
the police will have to do it for them.
1t will be better to make people
momentarily unhappy for their care
lessness and thoughtlessness than to
permit them to kill themselves and
others Speeding must and will be
reduced"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-12

Heavy rain fallduring June gave the
Bluffton area its wettest month since
July, 1943, a record which lends cred
ence to a tree-ring prophecy made a
year ago that the last half of 1945
would have considerably greater
than average rainfall.
The long-range prediction was
made by DR.. E. L. Moseley, profes-
sor emeritus of biology at Bowling
Green State university, who bases
his study on the growth of tree rings.
At the same time, DIR. Moseley pre-
dicted that a serious drought affect
ing Ohio and other midwestern states
from Pennsylvania to Indiana and
from Michigan to Tennessee should
be anticipated for the latter half of
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-12
SUNDAYS Weather To Fix Rain Or
Shine For Forty Days, Says Tradition

as was usual with bishops. Here he
remained for over a century when
the monks, thinking it disgraceful
that so great saint should have so
lowly a burial place, resolved to
move the body to the church.
The 10th of July was set for that
purpose. But on that day heavy
rain came and continued without in
terruption for the next forty days.
The monks took this as a sign of
heavenly displeasure and instead of
removing the body they built a
chapel over it where it lay.
Unfortunately, however, for the
legend, it happens that the removal
of his remains from the grave in
the churchyard to a magnificent
shrine within the cathedral took
place on July 10, OIL, one hundred
and nine years after his death with
out any interference from the wealth
er.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-12
Tree Rings Indicate Severe Drought
Latter Half OF 1916 And Into 1947

1916 and throughout the greater part
of 1947.
Rainfall during the first half of
1916 will be heavier than average,
DR.. Moseley said, but he expects the
serious drought to set in during the
latter part of the year.
After 1947, this section of the
country will not experience cor
respondingly serious drought for
many years, according to the fore
cast of the educator.
Probability of the drought predic-
tion being a reality is based on the
fact that there has been drought
at every corresponding period as far
back as we have any tree record, DR..
Moseley said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-12
Crackdown On Speeders Ordered
By State Highway Patrol Chief

A frank, stern warning that mo-
torists must heed speed laws or be
arrested was issued this week by
Colonel George Mingle, Superintend-
ent of the Ohio State Highway Pa
troll.
Colonel Mingle issued an edict to
Patrol District Commanders
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-24
War Froud
 
By VERLA M. CRAWFORD

Fort Wayne, Ind, May 24-UP)- A Federal Grand Jury indictment on file today charged the Durham Manufacturing Corporation and 12 of its officials and employees with conspiracy to conceal defects in shells, rocket bombs and propeller shafts for the Navy.
 The indictment said the case was one of the worst examples of war frauds since the beginning of the war" It accused the defendants of using schemes" tricks and de- fees to avoid meeting and comply ing with Navy specifications"
 U. s. District Attorney Alexander M. Campbell said it was impossible to estimate the amount of defective equipment actually delivered. He pointed out, however, that in the 18-month period between Jan. l., 1943, and May 15, 1914, the plant sold $14,069,796 worth of war ma terial to the navy
 The indictment charged that faul- and three individual indictments against various company officials were returned late yesterday before Federal Judge Luther M. Swygert.
 The indictment charged that faul- ty 6, ', IA and 16-inch shells were sent past naval inspectors after workmen had blocked over-sized threads so that inspectors would fail to detect the error.
 Campbell said that company of- ficials had been told that over-sized threads would permit seepage of gas, which could cause the shell to explode prematurely in the ships magazine or in the gun.
 In the case of propeller shafts for LST's and landing barges, the gov- ernment claimed that defects were concealed by welding and maching to prevent detection The two pro- cesses, the indictment alleged, tend ed to cause metal fatigue in the products, making them unfit for use.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-24
Coast Guards Paid Tribute

Boston, May 24.-CUP)-The American prize crew of Coast Guardsmen which boarded the sur rendered German submarine U-873 off Azores took elaborate precau- tions to prevent the Nazis from scuttling the craft, it was disclosed today.
 The Coast Guardsmen were aboard a destroyer-escort which ac- cepted the unofficial surrender of the U-87' in the early morning of May II.
 The officer in charge of the prize crew, It. c. J. Schmidt of (4324 Newport avenue) Richmond, Va, said chain was run from the coming tower hatch through the inards of the submarine so that the hatch couldn't be closed. Locks were placed on the ballast tanks and some members of the Nazi crew were kept above decks with the prize crew members.
 It. Schmidt said that when he went aboard the U-boat, Kapitan- leutnant Fritz Steinhoff immediate ly turned command of the submersi- ble over to him. Steinhoff later committed suicide in his jail cell at Boston.
 An inspection tour of the Nazi craft revealed thatt he crew had jettisoned all confidential publica- tions, guns, automatic sights, and the ships logs. Some hand grenades were found packed away among the food stores, which consisted mostly of pickled tongue put up in cans marked Norway"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-24
KIESSLINC FILES
 h MOTION IN CASE
Middebury Man Recently Named Defendant By Wife t in $50,0O0 Action

r Kimer 0. Kiessling of Middlebury b papers filed in superior court today declared he is ready to sup port his wife, Mrs. Emma c. Kiess- ling, also of Middlebury, who re- gently filed a $50,O0O support action against him.
 } The defendant conceded 1t is his legal obligation to support his wife, and states he will do so ito the ex- tent and in the manner which shall be proper in view of his income and financial resources"
 He states it is his desire to sell his residence in Middlebury, now occupied by Mrs. Kiessling, but de- nies he has any intention, as al aeged by his wife, to disconnect electricity or the telephone until the premises are sold. He states it Is also his desire that his wife take up residence elsewhere.
 MT. Kiessling, who is listed in the amended complaint as an offic- CT of the General Mfg. Go. and the Waterbury Fastener Co.,. states there is no such corporation as the Waterbury Fastener Go. and says Ae ownes no stock in that name.
 In two motions filed by the de- 1unse, the industrial executive asks the court to expunge certain DOT kionS of his wifes amended con- plaiat, and also demurs to an order 6o show cause why a temporary in function should not be issued against him. The show cause order required him to appear in superior court tomorrow morning.