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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-26

Stanley High. rowing editor of the Readers Digest, returns to Americas Town Meeting" as guest moderator July 26 when the Thursday forum series will offer for discussion the topic, Should War Veterans Have Job Prefer ence?" Stanley recently discussed the question of German war guilt
 on that program.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-26
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-26

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-26

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-26

tain tunes during last seasons run, got such a good response he'll prob- ably make them regular feature when his program resumes in the fall. Bob sings and accompanies himself on the guitar. Most of the tunes he has written himselfs
 Corporal Bill Bowman got s and lot of laughs on a recent Blind Date'' broadcast with his answer to Arlene Francis query: Who said, "Go west, young man, go west?"
 Bowman, just back from the Pa cific war zone, replied: My draft board!"
 The U. s. Army Oliver General hospital, Augusta, Ga, and the U. s. Army Schick General hospital, Clinton. Iowa, will get thousands of free cigarettes when Bob Hawk airs his Thanks to the Tanks" pro- gram Monday, July 30. Since Hawk started the series the amount of gratis smokes he has sent to army and navy convalescents has mount ed to astronomical figures.
 Now that he has established him. self as one of the most virile of present day singers, Curt Massey, who co-stars with Carol Bruce on the series, Sunday on the NIX Ranch" tells the following story. He was born ''Dott Massey!" The stalwart Texan made his radio de-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-26

Pedestrian deaths continue to head the list of motor vehicle fa- talities throughout the country, according to the Chicago Motor Club.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-26

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-26

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-26
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-26

Life in Okinawa and in the Unit ed States is contrasted, on the Army Service Forces series, Weapons fol Victory" drama over CBS stations this afternoon at 5 o'clock. High lighted in the Okinawa end of the drama will be the importance oi the 81 nm. mortar and it's ammsni- tion in winning the island from its Jap defenders.
 The story of how the empress o1 China, in 2640 B. C., defied hel husband and initiated what is now
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-29

Raymond Stratton, vice-president
of the Farmer-Sportsmen's Cooper
alton department of the Sportsmen's
club, announces that % dozen cans of
the crow repellent ordered by his
group for distribution to the farmers
have arrived.
The product may be obtained by
any farmer at a special price of 21c
per half-pint can thru the courtesy of
the club. A half-pint can will treat
one bushel of seed corn.
The repellent is a product of scien-
tific merit and used on seed corn will
eliminate replanting. The repellent,
manufactured by Whitmore Labora-
tories, Meyerstown, Pa, will absolut-
ely prevent corn pulling pests, such
as crows, squirrels, moles, wood
chucks, pheasants, etc. The corn is
planted Immediately after treatment
and even though the grain is, moist
from the application of the repellent,
it will not clog the planter. The SUBJ
stance does not impair termination of
the grain.
The repellent is obtainable from
Raymond Stratton, DeKalb seed corn
dealer; Herr Bros, Myers seed corn
dealers; or at the K & M Produce
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-29

erappies again as well as a variety
of other game fish, all of large size.
Joe Stage will be in charge of
distribution of the two loads.
The additional truck loads of fish
were ordered to provide an assurance
of good fishing for the many addition
al fishermen who are expected to seek
recreation at Bluffton quarries. Lima
had heavy fish loss at the lakes and
reservoirs located there.
Bluffton was fortunate this winter
and there was no loss at either the
National or Water Works quarry. At
the Buckeye fish loss was negligible.
Not over dozen dead fish were
counted this spring and most of these
were shad. The fact that the Buck
eye quarry committee, headed by Ray
Mumma and Wilbur Fish, did good
job in keeping holes chopped in the
ice this winter as an aid for aereating
the water in all probability accounted
for the good fortune.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-29

The geographic center of tEe
United States is in Smith county,
Kansas.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-29
Notice To Bidders

Bids will be received by the Bluff
ton Board of Educatipn~for painting
and puttying sash and window
frames, etc., of the Bluffton high
school building. Specifications may
be obtained by calling at the ad-
ministration office at the high school.
All bids to be in hands Dof the
clerk of the board Of Eetlucation by
April 9, 1945 at 7 p. m. The right
reject any or all bidsJ Mbrhg :shlv3
is reserved to reject any or all bids.
BY order of the board of educa-
ton.
so Leland Diller, Clerk
News Want-ads bring results.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-29

Prospective fortunes to be made
from raising sunken vessels are al
ready prompting salvage companies
TO make preparations. Lying all
around the coast of the United King
dom are ships which can yield enor-
nous sums from scrap metal and
cargoes. Some are easily accessible.
According to reports, a Swedish con-
Germ has outitted a large ice-break-
er to salvage submarines.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-29
Rodeo Committee Appointed

The Saddle Club has selected Don
ivan Stratton, Millard Herr and Roy
Rogers and the Sportsmen's club has
appointed Silas Diller, Harry Barnes
and Gene Benroth to be committee
to draw up preliminary plans for hold
ing a Rodeo in Bluffton on the Fourth
of July.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-29
Games Conservation Chief to
Address, Club April 10

w. A. Short, Chief of Game Conser-
walton in the Ohio Division of Con-
servation and Natural Resources will
be the speaker before the Bluffton
Community Sportsmen's club on Tues
day, April 10, at 500 p. m. His sub
ject will be "Where Do We Go From
Here in Conservation"
Motion pictures on hunting and
fishing will be shown and a pot luck
supper will be held from GAS to 500
p. m.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-29
Mayors Notice

Monthly collection of rubbish and
ashes viii be Thursday, March 20.
Patrons are asked to have rubbish
and empty bottles and tin cans in
containers ready early in the MORN
ing and placed where it is easily ac-
cessible for collection.
49 w. A. Howe, Mayor
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-29
Two Truck Loads of Fish Ordered
For. Restocking

The restocking committee headed
by Edgar Root announces that two
tank truck loads of fish have been or
dered from Lake Erie fish company
for release in local quarries. hTe fish
will all be of large size with a pre-
ponderence of crappies. Last fall
crappies were received from Lake
Erie that measured II inches in many
instances. The order will include
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-29
Cleveland Sports Show

The eighth Annual American and
Canadian Sportsmen's show will be
held in the Cleveland public auditor
ium, March 81 to April s. The pro-
gram promises so attractions, in clud-
ing skilled features of outdoor recre-
alton, and displays of wildlife and
conservation activities.
One of the big events, the North
ern Ohio Casting Tournament will be
sponsored by the Sportsmen's Show.
AS in the eight years past there will
be displays of sports equipment, guns,
takle boats and many other features
of interest to outdoor sportsmen.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-29
Conservation Activity


Twelve tons of gravel were hauled
to the Buckeye quarry this week and
Ray Mumma supervised the construc-
tion of additional spawning beds
along the edges at the North end of
the quarry-Ray also spent great
deal of time trimming up the trees
and constructed log platforms at
the waters edge as an aid to fisher
men-Roszman suggests a more thor
ough harvest of fish from our lakes
and streams-says that an estimated
so per cent of fish die of natural
causes and are never caught by fish
ermen. Ed Waltermire, membership
secretary, says the membership is roll
ing fast and over half of last years
members have renewed-many new
names are on the books this year
the tree planting group headed by
Wilford Geiger and Harry Barnes
report 8 units of trees and food
shrubs and plants are on order
which means 1875 red pine trees and
in addition a variety of food shrubs
and plants will be planted this spring
in the Bluffton area. The club is now
ready to start on the new serviceman's
park and bulldozer urgently need
ed-we need your help here folks
a load of stone was hauled to the new
park site and an outdoor oven will
be under construction soon-fshing
was poor over the week end and 9TH
er than the fact that Manges snagged
one of those elusive pickerels and Ed
Root hooked a Ia inch crappie, few
fish were caught-Cleon Webb, state
chief for the PR program says that
our club could do great deal of good
if sportsmen would make a concerted
effort this spring to shoot crows
and these black rascals are easy to
get now at nesting time-besides the
club pays bounty for every pair of
crow feet turned in to Russ Mont
gomery and his predator committee.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-29

Co., next door to the town hall.
Two hundred and fifty additional
cans of the repellent are on the way
and if more are needed the club will
make every effort to have them on
hand with the above dealers before
planting time.
The Farmer's-Sportsmen Cooper
alton department directors are: Will
lam Reichenbach, Willard Jennings,
William Amstutz and Earl Motter.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-29
STATE OF OHIO

Joseph T. Ferguson-Auditor of State
Bureau of Inspection and Supervision of
Public Offices for City. Village, Exempt
ed and Rural School Districts
FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE BOARD
OF EDUCATION
For the Fiscal Year Ending December 81 1914
Bluffton Exempted Village School District
County of Allen. Bluifton, Ohio
February 26 I945
/ certify the following to be correct
LELAND DTLLER,
Clerk of the Board of Education
Tax Valuation - 5,075. .000. 90
AK Levy ...... ................, =. 1880
School Enrolment I............ 491
Salaries and Wages .....,..,S4a 500 on
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-29

About one-seventh of Ohio's area
is woodland but only 10 per cent of
the woodland acreage is producing eff
ficiently.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-29
Lima Fish Loss at Schoonover
Lake

Foster Roszman, fish management
agent at Ottawa, after investigating
the heavy loss at Schoonover lake in
Lima reports that the lack of oxygen
was the cause. Most of the dead fish
were of large size.
With heavy SHOWS piled on thick ice
he explained, photosynthesis in plant
growth was impossible 1t is thru this
natural process that plants give off
oxygen when in contact with suns
rays.
With the ice and snow blocking the
sun rays at the lake the underwater
vegetation died, thus using up oxy-
gen in the decaying process instead
of producing oxygen. The larger
fish succumbed first because they
needed a greater quantity of oxygen.
In his report Roszman counted and
estimated among the dead fish 269
large mouth black bass, II to 20 inch
es in length; $50 channel catfish, II to
Is inches; 100 suckers, IA inches; sew
eral thousand bluefsh and greenfish,
1000 shad, to Is inches in length
and so crappies, all over II inches in
length. In addition, he observed many
more remaining on the bottom which
will rise to the top in warmer weather.
The messenger., 1945-07-01
GREAT COURAGE
 WINS NAVY CROSS
Local Man and Crew Save Badly Damaged Destroyer

Commander Sidney D. B. Mer- Till, USN, of 171 Prospect Street has been awarded the Navy Cross for his display of courage and good seamanship in saving ship after it was a m t hopelessly damaged March 20 by Jap sui eide plane ninety miles off the Japan coast which inflicted the toll of nine dead, three missing and twenty-nine wounded.
 Serving as captain of the de- stroyer "Halsey' Powell", operat- ing with a task force off Kyushu, Japan, Merrill and his crew of of ficers and men brought the ship back to home shores and although declared by the Tokio radio to have been sunk during the en- gagement it will soon be f ul ly repaired and back in combat duty in the Pacific.
 Besides the award to Command CT Merrill for his ingenuity and courage, citations and awards have been recommended for the twenty-two other officers and men who aided in bringing the vessel to the Terminal Isle Navy Dry Docks.
The messenger., 1945-07-01
FORSTER DAIRY BARNS
 DESTROYED BY FLAMES

Another fire of undetermined origin, breaking out in the early morning hours of Thursday, June 28, destroyed the large dairy barn and adjoining buildings on the farm of Carl Forster, Sr. at 83 Brown Street.
 Cows kept in the barn at other seasons of the year were safely out to pasture overnight but horses and, some other livestock had to be removed from the burn ing building. The dairy farm was operated by Carl Forster, IT,, who operates milk route. Lost in the flames were farm machinery, dairy facilities, and considerable supplies. Bloomfield and Blue Hills fire department responded and with the aid of scores of volunteers from the several hundred by islanders prevented the flames from spreading to the house and several other nearby buildings.
The messenger., 1945-07-01
THIRD FULL-TIME
 POLICEMAN NAMED

The Board of Police Commits sioners has appointed Herbert C.. Beman of Duncaster Road as the third full-time officer on the local force, effective July 1, it was an nounced Monday at the Town Hall. The other two full-time men are Chief Thomas P. Bowen and Off, cer Thomas N. Bardon.
 With the addition of the third full-time officer, the work of the supernumerary force will b e frightened considerably, it was said, and it is expected that this group will work only about one shift each week. The supernumeraries are Officers Lincoln M. Mansur, Clar- ence B. Tucker, Russell D. Moves, Paul V. Flynn and John F. Kier- nan.
The messenger., 1945-07-01
"OYER THE TOP" IN SEVENTH WAR LOAN

A total of $15,3OO is reported sold in "E" war bond sales in connection with the Seventh War Loan Drive in Bloomfield. The local quota in Series "E' bonds was $13,0OO thus placing the town Cover the top" by a good margin.
 It is also reported that Series F and c bonds totaled $916. Other bonds issued total $77,000.
The messenger., 1945-07-01
PROSPECT STREET RESIDENT DIES AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS

Edward F. Kelly, granduncle of Mrs. Joseph Ganley of 91 Pros pect Street, with whom he made his home, died June Il after a brief illness.
 Born in Dedham, Massachusetts he had formerly been a resident of East Hartford before moving to Bloomfield. Besides Mrs. Gan ley he leaves a sister, Mrs. Edgar Wright of Hyde Park, Massachu- sets; a niece, Mrs. Mary Sullivan of Hartford.
The messenger., 1945-07-01

he was commissioned as an En- sign and sent to Cornell Univer- sity for further training. He has be in the Far Eastern waters for several m n h s, serving as an Engineering Officer on landing boat.
 His wife and daughter reside with his parents.
The messenger., 1945-07-01
JOHNSON GAGE co. GETS ARMY-NAVY E"

The Johnson c age Company, 534 Cottage Grove Road, Bloom fields only manufacturing com pany, has been awarded the Army Navy "E' Production Award. The presentation of the ward will take place at special ceremonies at at Wampanoag Country Club, West Hartford, Wednesday, July 25.
The messenger., 1945-07-01

Horace B. Tut tie, of w o o d = land Avenue, has earned pro m O. tion to a junior grade Lieutenan- cy.
 Futile entered the service upon h i s graduation from the Univer- sity of Connec- t ic 1t in 1943. After completing his studies at the U. s. N. T. Mid shipments School at Notre Dame 7OI/
The messenger., 1945-07-01
MORTENSEN ACCOUNTS BATTLE EXPERIENCES
Gives Mother Graphic Description of NaZi Encounters

The hardships of travel, long forced marches on which they ate as they walked, days without food,
The messenger., 1945-07-01
ENSIGN FUTILE ADVANCED
 TO LIEUTENANCY (J.C.)

As a result of his operations with the Naval Forces at Okinawa, George Futile, son of MT. and Mrs.
The messenger., 1945-07-01

 clear away the dead and wounded.
 "F'rom then on, we were fight ing in trenches, connecting pill boxes, (Jerry pillboxes). We were without food for three days. On the fourth day they dropped ID bars (chocolate) to us by para chute-the Heinies got most of them. We were forced to move to ano CT position, closer to Gillegin. Then the break-through occurred. We withdrew and got re- placements s-1OO for each com pany. We rode to a town in Ger many named Kiegnishchmackein and dug in defensive positions. The ground was frozen so we used blocks of TINT. to blast foxholes! That was fun, almost. We stayed there for a couple of days and got our orders to move to Luxemburg. We rode to the border and walked 40 or 50 miles without stopping eating while we walked. When we stopped, we were in the Ardennes Forest. We dug in and went to sleep. No blankets, tents or over coats. We threw them away be- cause they got too heavy to carry. The next morning we went into the attack. By this time I was a veteran. I had had my baptismal (first battle).
 "We took one hill and not much trouble. We took the next hill. Our company was cut down to less than half strength. We got caught by barrage of screaming meem- ies, 81 nm mortars, heavy artillery and anti-aircraft weapons. It was holy hell. We had to keep moving forward until we came to a town which was our objective. It was getting dark so we dug in. I got hit in the trump with piece of shrapnel but it only hurt for a few minutes. The same shell got few others. Just wounded them a little we were all lucky. By this time we were hurting for water. Our canteens were frozen (the term perature was about 20 below) so one volunteer found a brook and brought back some water for us. (The next morning we found a dead heinie in it just about the place he got the water from.
 My feet froze that night but I couldn't do anything about it but take it. The next morning some of the fellows helped me walk until my ankles limbered up. We went into attack again. We took several hills and at nightfall we came to another town named Diekirck here in Belgium. We dug in on the out skirts and stayed until morning. We started to take the town at ' o'clock and won the town about 5 o'clock that afternoon. We ended up with or 6 men out of 200 that night. We slept CD in houses that night. By the way, our regiment took HOO prisoners in this town. I was then a prisoner guard all night. I still hadn't had any sleep or washed or shaved for two weeks.
 ''The next day I was evacuated 4
The messenger., 1945-07-01

OIlG CIldC CIlG graphic story of |.| "|1 the vertible hell s =="| the young lads of S |" Bloomfield ex- |82sss perienced in the infantry battles ||; with the Nazis. RRsNs
 And the cool 8||IsSa telling of it. l8zaa@8zBa now that it's over E Mor+onson IT, when a mother 1' -o' W ''~ ' ' no longer need
 to worry is typical of these home town stalwarts, typical of all United States forces.
 Our story is from Elmer Mort ensen, son of Mrs. Dorothy Mort ensen, and gives an account of his days with General Patton's Third Army during the battle of the Bel gium bulge.
 "Since there is no more censor ing of letters, I can tell you every thing that has happened to me since I left the States. I'll start from the beginning. We were at Camp Kilmer at Brunswick, New Jersey in a POE. for four days before we left. We left there at 10 o'clock the night of November 21 six months ago today. We boarded train and left for New York City. We got on ferry and went out to Staten Island where we boarded the Queen Elizabeth. It was quite a thrill to me. We pulled out of the harbor, without a con- voy, at nine or ten o'clock the morning of November 22. We couldn't go up on deck to see the Statute of Liberty because we were double loaded.
 "We sailed for four or five days and pulled in the harbor at Green ock, Scotland. We unloaded the following morning, got right on a train there and rode through Scot land to South Hampton, England. There we stayed for day and a half. It was a real mud-hole. We slept "A men in tent! From there we went to the docks, boarded an other boat and crossed the Eng fish Channel. It took us one day to cross it and the water was rough so we waited three days for it to get a little calmer. (This was at LeHavre). We boarded L.C.T.'s and came ashore. We went to an other reinforcement depot there another mud-hole. This time there were 16 men to tent. We slept on straw that was so wet you could ring water out of it! This place was an old air base used by the ferries. It sure was bombed. LeHavre was one hell of a mess and still is. It will take from 20 to 30 years to build it up. We stayed here for two days.
 "We then boarded box cars here and went for three day ride into Belgium. When we got there we went into another reinforcement | TI1o sF
The messenger., 1945-07-01

A daughter has been born to S/Sgt. and Mrs. Roland l. Viol- cite of 85 Darby Street.
The messenger., 1945-07-01

bloody encount- CTS, the pain of frozen feet and shrapnel wounds, the horror of
 seeing comrades shot down around one that's the graphic story of the vertible hell the young lads of Bloomfield ex- perienced in the infantry battles. with the Nazis.
 And the cool: telling of it-'
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-28

NORWOOD. Mass.-UP-rhe Ar
my has awarded the Certif cate OF
Merit 10 'SoX" a dog who was
killed In action in Germany while
serving with the k.9 corps. The
Doberman Pinscher. owned by a
Norwood air raid warden. served
two years.