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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-04-12

Mr.. and Mrs. David Carr and little
son are spending several days with
their parents Mr.. and Mrs. W. G.
Carr and daughters and Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Alspach and son Bobby.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. d. Rickly, daugh-
ters Nina Mae and Mary Ann and
son Billy of Columbus were weekend
guests of his mother Mrs. Arletta
Rickly and Alva and Mr.. and Mrs
Myron Reichenbach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Phillips. Jr..
and family of Ada, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Cramer and little son of
West independence, Mr.. and Mrs
Norman Basinger and sons of Co.
lumbus Grove, Mrs. Dale Phillips
and little daughter of Fostoria and
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Wynkoop and
family spent Sunday with their
mother Mrs. L. M. Wynkoop.
The Ladies Harmony Circle will
meet in the home of Mrs. Oren Doty
Thursday afternoon. Mrs. VIII Carr
will be the program leader. The
topic will be "Prayerful Easter.
The wearing of print dresses and a
seed exchange will be feature of
this meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. d. Rickly and
daughters Nina Mae and Mary Ann
and son Billy of Columbus, Mr.. and
Mrs. Marion Fornev and little daugh-
ter of Forest and Mr.. and Mrs. Don
aid Harris and little son spent Sun
day in the /. r. Harris home
Congratulations to our Sunday
School Superintendent John W. Har-
ris and his bride the former Miss
Oma Saul of Findlav, who were mar
ried Easter Sunday at the st. Paul's
Evangelical church in Findlav. They
have returned from a short wedding
trip and are residing with his father
J. G. Harris on a farm north of Mt.
Cory.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-04-12
Button College Notes

"Who's Who in America" and "Who's
Who in Music is Dean of the School
of Fine Arts at Miami university in
Oxford. AS a composer, he has writ
ten two symphonies, twelve choral
works in large form, five suites, some
liturgical music, capella music for
churches, and a symphonic piece for
the organ and the piano.
A hobby show, sponsored by the
Recreational Association, will be held
in College Hall, Saturday night, be
ginning at 1880 p. m. After tours of
displays in the various rooms, visitors
will gather in the chapel for pro-
gram of exceptionally interesting hob
bies to be presented by the exhibitors.
The annual spring Cleanup Day
was held Wednesday, April II, with
work done in the buildings and on all
parts of the campus.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-04-12
Early Fruit Sustains
Damage By Cold Snap

Damage by the cold snap the lat
ter part of last week was not extens-
i've, according to orchardists, the first
of the week. Such damage as there
was, has been confined principally to-
early fruit, principally some varie-
ties of cherries, plums and apples.
Later crops, including peaches and
apples were not far enough along to-
be seriously affected. Orchards gen.
orally are blooming much earlier this
spring than normal and are about a
month ahead of last year.
Wheat and grass crops also are
fourishing this spring having come.
thru the winter in unusually good
condition because of the heavy COW
ering of snow.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-04-12

faculty members attended an as
sembly program Tuesday morning at
lilo a. m. The program consisted
of music given by some of the high
school students. This was one of
the programs planned by the Chapel
Committee, which is appointed each
year by the Student Senate to plan
assembly programs. On the Chapel
Committee this year are Juanita
Bame, Ray Follas, Helen Burkholder
and Lois Burkholder.
Spring Sports
Although the boys are now in
terested primarily in baseball, the
girls at Bluffton High are showing
an interest in number of spring
sports. At present interest is TO-
cused on the badminton tourna-
ments. About thirty-five girls are
taking part in this tournament, and
many are earning points for G. A.
A. letters by their participation.
Miss Theola Steiner, physical edu-
cation director, has announced that
tournaments will also be held for
table tennis, shuffleboard, paddle
tennis and softball.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-04-12

Professor J. p. Klassen was instruc-
tor in wood-carving at Recreation
Workshop at Hiram College, April 4
s. Treva Arrants, Junior, attended
the workshop April 8-11.
The choir of twenty-eight voices
from the CPS unit at Medaryville, Ind.
furnished special music at the din
ner hour at Ropp Hall, Sunday, April
8, and also for Vespers that afternoon.
The director Leland B. Sateren, had
been professor at the University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis, before his in
duction.
The last of the Bluffton College
Concert series, an organ recital by
Joseph Waddell Clokey, of Oxford,
Ohio, will be presented in Ramseyer
chapel, Wednesday, April Is.
Mr.. Clokey, well-known organist,
composer, and teacher, recognized in
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-04-12

News Want-ads bring results.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-04-12
Spices And Sponges Are Center
OF Latin Am lerican Industries

The Biufton NeUs presents
another IN the series of unusual
and little knoton aspects of Latin
America.
Thumbing through dictionary or
encyclopedia we find relatively close
to each other two words which be-
long in the economic vocabulary of
the Americas: spices and sponges.
While the first add life and zest
to the most tasteless foods, the sec
ond are invaluable for cleaning pur-
poses in the home and for CONNER
cial enterprises. Both-although not
products of first importance-are the
center of fiourishing industries.
Spices have particularly been brot
to our attention, of late, because
they are becoming scarce. Although
we, in this hemisphere, have a debt
of gratitude to them in that it was
the hope of finding new route to
the sources of condiment of the Far
East that spurred Columbus to the
discovery of America, our continent
strangely enough-produces only a
few of the leading spices which is
the reason why our pantry shelves,
too, are beginning to feel the I'M
pact of war in the Orient.
A few condiment plants, however,
are grown proftably in the American
tropics and are a source of income to
some of the people of our hemisphere.
Perhaps the leading example of a
native American spice that made
good in the face of competition from
the East Indies is allspice, native
of the West Indies, produced by a
member of the myrtle family. Its
peculiar name is derived from the
fact that its fragrance and taste
curiously resemble a mixture OF its
chief rivals, cinnamon, cloves and
nutmeg.
The allspice or pimento tree, as it
is often called, is an ornamental
evergreen which starts to bear at Z
to 10 years of age. Upon reaching
maturity it yields about 100 pounds
of dried spice year.
1t is grown in Mexico, Guatemala
Costa Rica, Venezuela, Haiti and the
Dominican Depublic but Jamaica
seems to be the principal center o1
its production. There, beautiful
plantations have been established fol-
the development of allspice seedlings
and it is one of the fiourishing In
dustries of the island.
CdrdGmon is another spice tina
thrives on our continent. The Cen
trail American countries, and of thes'
Guatemala particularly, are import
ant producers of this condiment, tn
most subtly aromatic and expensiv
of the spices and native of tn
East Indies.
The handling of cardamon is es
trenleIy delicate as the tiny seed
are contained in and protected agains
the air by paper-thin capsules tha
must not be broken.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-04-12

Despite wartime shortages we art
fortunate in having in stock Bed
springs in Full and Twin Sizes
While they last, only
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-04-12
BY Jean Ann Steinman
F. f. A. Gives Banquet

An innovation in the F. F. A..
program was the Parents & Son
Banquet given last Friday night at
700 pm. The banquet was served
by the Home Economies girls in the
cafeteria, which was decorated for
the occasion by members of the
Future Farmers organization. Fol-
lowing the dinner was an informa-
tive and entertaining program telling
of the purpose and work of the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-04-12

rom the time e1c9 leather Nt3SAt
capsule is individually shipped with
SCISSORS from the plant until it IS
used by the housewife in her pastry
and curries, the cardamon is handled
with more than kid-glove care.
The nutmeg, native to the Moluccas
or Spice Islands, between the Phil
ippines and Australia, is an ever
green tree which is found today in
the Western Hemisphere in the West
Indies and in Brazil.
Even before the war, more than
half of the four million pounds of
nutmeg imported by the United
! States came from the British West
| Indies.
The membranous mesh which sep
arates the shell in this plants kernel
is called mace and is still more val
liable a spice than the nutmeg itself.
Ginger, too, is grown on our con-
tinent and was one of the first Asia
tic spices to be cultivated CONNER
cially in the Americas.
BY 1547 it was grown in such
quantities in Jamaica that more
than $4,000 pounds of its dried
underground stems were sent to
Spain.
To this day ginger is one of the
most important condiment plants be-
ing grown in the Western Hemis-
phere and it is said that the soils
and climate of many Caribbean coun-
tries are unsurpassed for its produc-
tion.
Finally among other tropical Amer
lean spices are the peppers or cap
sicums of which there are scores Of
varieties ranging from the succulent
and sweet bell pepper to the hottest
tongue-scorching Mexican bird chill.
Apart from the industry of loofa
or vegetable sponges--a recent de-
velopment which seems to be quite
successful-we may consider sponge
fishing as one of the old, traditional
| industries of the American tropics.
The principal production of sponges
in this country is in Florida but,
next to the Bahama Islands, prob
ably-it is Cuba, one of the leading
sponge-producing countries of the
world with an annual production es-
timated to be second only to that OF
Greece, that has the greatest output
of sponges in the hemisphere.
Most Cuban sponge fisheries are
centered around the small town o.
Batabano, the point of embarkatior
for the Isle of Pines, another ares
from which sponge operations radi
ate. Also important in that respec
is Caibarien on the north shore o
the island.
Sponges are classified among tn
lowest type of animal life and con
sidered the simplest of many-ceile
creatures-what we call "sponges'
of course, being only the dry skele
ton of the animals.
Profitable sponge fishing must b
in comparatively shallow water. The
are obtained sometimes by means c
long handled fork.
Il The men mostly work in pairs
II rowboats-one rowing and the othe
scanning the bottom through
. water glass.
II Sponges are easily prepared Il
| the market-when put into watt
and allowed to stand, the flesh soc
decays away and the skeletons a.
readily washed out and cleaned.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-04-12
BIufffon High School Notes

Future Farmers of America. Also
included on the program were sever
al musical numbers as we'll as a
talk by w. o. Geiger telling of his
experiences in Government Research.
The entire program was planned by
members of the F. F. A. organiza-
ton under the direction of Harry F.
Barnes, instructor in vocational
agriculture.
Assembly Given
Members of the student body and
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-04-12

Studies of DR.. r. v. Lott Of the
University of Illinois show that
about two-thirds of the sugar con-
tent of the peach develops within
the last three weeks or so before
harvest and continues right UP to
the time of the final swell" That
explains why consumers prefer a
ripper peach.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-11-16
Russia and Jupun

1t is unfortunate that Moscow
continues to insist on establishing q
Berlin-like Allied control council for
Japan, but the position taken by our
own Government on this issue-as
set forth by Secretary OF State
Byrnes-seems too logical and sound
to be fundamentally revised at a
time when all signs indicate that
General Macarthur is directing the
difficult task OF occupation with adj
mirable vigor and proficiency.
Ashort time ago the Russians were
reported as being willing to COM
promise in favor Of setup in which
the United States. through General
Macarthur. would have the deciding
voice whenever there were inter-
Allied differences over policy An
arrangement which probably could
have been worked out to every ones
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-11-16

The blunt refusal OF commissar Molo-
tov to accept Washingtons proposals
gave rise to much speculation as to the
present condition of Stains health.
Russia's domestic and international
policies all spring from one source
the Premier All the rest of the ranking
Russian oflicials are nothing but the
executives of Stains orders. So long
as he is unable to make q decision, for
whatever reason. the underlings in
Moscow don't dare assume response
bility.
Until the Russian enigma is solved
the other members OF the Big Three
can discuss the world situation, can for
mulate solutions but cannot enforce
them without Russia's agreement This
Is said to have happened at the Truman
Attlee meetings.
According to reliable reports, every
single situation throughout the globe
with the exception OF that in South
America-has been explored by the two
leaders Constructive policies are said
to have been devised But their execu-
ton must remain in allegiance until
Russia's stand becomes known. And
this will remain big question mark
until Premier Stain resumes his &C
tiyities, or, falling that, delegates au-
thority to one or several of his trusted
associates. The men who are believed
by students of Russian affairs to come
into the picture in the event Stain must
absent himself from the affairs of state
for longer duration than has been
anticipated are, in order of precedence
Field Marshal Zhukov, who is the hero
OF the army; Foreign Commissar Molo-
TOW, who is said to have the support OF
the important Politbureau; Field
Marshal Voroshilov, who played an i'm
portant role while Lenin was alive and
is believed to have the support of the
equally powerful secret state police, the
NKVD, and finally, Gen. Zhdanov
Russias representative in Finland, who
is not professional soldier but work
er and stands high in the Communist
party.
The Truman-Attlee meetings have
brought about meeting of minds on
the part Of the American and British
heads Of government. But it has proved
that unless the Russian riddle is solved
the conclusion reached after a five-day
conference must necessarily remain
theoretical.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-11-16
Resort Out of Season

The board,palk bleached BY time q
empty n0tp,
A ran mind flaps the posters or the
concert pier,
But only n.e,oisg oulls convene at COS.
Derse of the ,Daoes, ~
Or for such music as the tpind .pill sin9
this time OF year.
A treasure OF shells lies untouched en
the beach
And siluer skeleton OF drttt,pood from
some alien shore;
Small rusted sand pals hold last sum.
nser's laughter here;
The gilded horses on the casToasel no.
UolDe no more.
Green thunder OF breakers crashes at
the pilings and recedes
In hiss OF foam: pale amber strandseoJ
seaueed slide;
Gone are the brilliant sun umbreI1as
like gorgeous tropic blooms,
Gone the speculation as to the prot,er
bathing tide.
SeGtcnrd under shinsmsring hase Of
platinum iUinter sun
4 t0isp OF smoke denotes solitary
trejghter on ts scdy;
Only the. iUtssd, the sun, TIE sxn, The
irdue, keep StCI HoeD.
But this skore mas HsrSr SgoQ4SnE a.
~ this day.
FREDERICK xsRloH1.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-11-16

Nations Charter is, as it stands WORTH
less to accomplish the only thing for
which it was created.
To make it work, three basic reforms
are needed. First. the Security Council
must be made more democratic and rep
resentative. The great powers should
be balanced by collective representatives
OF the small nations, who, altogether,
contain more people than any one OF
the great powers, and it should be sup
plemented by real international su-
preme court Of justice. The veto right
should be abolished
Secondly, while national states should
retain their own armed forces, for home
defense, the Security Council should be
empowered strictly to limit the national
production Of heavy ornaments of all
kinds. according to reasonable quotas,
and it should have full rights of in
Spection.
Finally, the council must establish
and maintain a true international pro-
fessional force, recruited by preference
and certainly in the majority from the
smaller nonimperialist states, which
force should be equal. to the greatest
force of any one of the great pow
ers. Violation of the quota limitations
agreed on, or production of any weapons
outlawed-which certainly ought to in
clude all weapons based on the use of
atomic energy-should be regarded as an
act Of aggression per Sc.
Under such regulations. the people
in every country-the workers in every
tactory-would have a personal, direct,
citizens interest and responsibility In
seeing that their country did not become
an aggressor by breaking the rules.
All the newer weapons of war are,
by their nature, offensive, and are driv-
ing every general stan to plan to take
the initiative in case war seems likely.
Every country will plan to attack first.
Under these conditions the old defini-
tons of aggreSsor are useless.
1t is certainly possible so to design an
International police force that it can
not become, in itself, an instrument to
bring down states, and an international
system that will both give self-protec-
ton to nations and mutual protection.
1t is far less difncult intellectual prob
lem than how to effect the fission of
uranium Nor Is the failure that of the
peoples. It is the inadequacy of the
men who compose their governments
and listen to the militarists.
released by the Bell Syndicate. 1nc)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-11-16
Eisenhower's Counsel

In his testimony urging universal
military training. General Eisen-
hover made a point that cannot be
emphasized too strongly: Namely
that "the greatest single motivating
force for world peace today is the
organized military potential of the
United States - it's resources, its
chronological advancement and its
superbly trained manpower."
If this is northumberland it does
not mean the maintenance of huge
army and navy-possible aggressors
of the future will be much less in
clined than past aggressors to en-
bark on careers of conquest. But if
the foes of universal training, and of
other measures designed to keep
America strong, refuse to be con-
WINGED that we can thus help to
perpetuate peace. they must give
thought to yet another point made
by General Eisenhower-the point
that If we do not keep strong, then
the aggressors whom we might have
checked by the mere fact of being
strong-aggressors armed with the
fantastic weapons of the electronic
and atomic age-would in all likeli-
hood choose us as their first target
There would be no time to prepare
then; there would be merely the
sudden, annihilating attack.
The peace of the world, therefore,
and more particularly our very sur
vival as Nation are what we must
think of now in weighing such pro-
posals as universal training. When
General Eisenhower tells us this, he
speaks as man who knows war as
few men know it and who realizes,
better than most of us. the terrible
fate that can befall us if we neglect
our arms His words before the
House Military Affairs Committee
had a note of urgency in them, as if
he were trying with all the force at
his command to arouse any SOM
IloulDul1Sto dillOllS US. i ltel SURE,
he said. that no true American
would be willing to take on his own
shoulders the awful responsibility
for actively prohibiting all training
and thus leaving our country de-
fenseless and naked before future
enemy"
But true Americans can be asleep.
True Americans, as in the House
Military Affairs Committee the other
day, can come close to voting down
universal training, even though
long-term security demands it and
though public opinion polls show the
vast majority of the people in favor
of it. Indeed, Americans can be so
very true and so very shortsighted at
one and the same time that nothing
is more necessary than that they
give the most careful and most sober
consideration to such wide-awake,
far-seeing and expert counsel as
that offered by General Eisenhower,
an American than whom there is
none truer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-11-16
Where Egypt Stands

King Farouks speech from the
throne opening new session of the
Egyptian Parliament was chiefly de-
voted to foreign affairs and thus has
more than domestic interest. The
high light of the address. for the
world at large, was the Kings state
ment that Egypt is more resolved
and united than ever to bring about
the disappearance of every restric-
ton on her independence by the
withdrawal of foreign forces and by
the affirmation of unity in the Nile
Valley" But there were also Signifl-
can't passages relating to the trou-
bles in Palestine and Syria, the fu-
ture status of Lydia, and the role of
the Arab League. wherein Egypt
plays leading part. The entire sur
vey of his country's foreign relations
constituted an assertion of Egypt's
position as major and dynamic
factor in the Near East.
There is much to buttreSs such a
claim. The war has done much to
enhance Egypt's Importance. Save
for some fighting on its western des-
ert approaches, in which the Egypt
ian Army took no part, the country
has emerged physically unscathed
and greatly enriched by the sale of
its products at top prices, the man.
moth spending Of Allied occupation
forces, and the improvement by them
of public installations and transport
facilities. Economically, Egypt's bar
gaining power. especially toward
Britain, is enhanced by the piling
up in London of big sterling balances
incurred during the war period.
Diplomatically, Egypt's prestige and
influence have been similarly en-
HANGED by its headship of the Arab
League. which confirms its position
as the richest, most populous and
culturally most advanced member of
the Arab world.
1t is on the basis of this advan-
tageouS postwar situation that Egypt
reopens the long standing question
of its relations with Britain. From
its subordinate status as a British
protectorate, Egypt has already at
tanned legal sovereignty and mem
bership In both the League and the
United Nations. However, Britain
still enjoys an exceptional position
Ia Egypt under the terms Of treaty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-11-16
Only Concerted Action
Prom the London Times

Nations in isolation can no more COM
bat famine than they can win wars or
arrest economic depressions. The plea
Of Sir Arthur Salter for some supreme
economic authority to harness all the
resources of Europe, together with sup
plies from overseas, for the service Of
Europe's needs, still stands. Only the
concerted action which defeated as-
erosion can equally defeat its eco
nomic aftermath. The central direction
which Is imperatively demanded cannot
be effectively provided by governments
acting in independence, by heads of
states meeting in conference at irregular
intervals, or by an international agency
operating only at the request Of national
governments. Continuing and co-ordi-
mated powers will need to be exercised
If relief from outside is to be sent
promptly and without diplomatic argu-
ment to the quarters where it is most
urgently required.