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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-01
UTILITY'S MILLION
DOLLAR EXPANSION
UNDER WAY HERE
Excavation Started for New
Addition to Central Ohio
Power Plant
Plant Addition and New Unit
At Generating Plant to
Cost S1,100,000

Excavation is being started this
week for a new addition to the
Woodcock generating plant of the
Central Ohio Light and Power Co.,
the first move in an expansion pro-
gram that will involve the expendi-
ture of more than a million dollars.
Enlargement of the present plant
building and the addition of a fourth
generating unit are the major items
in the proposed program, total cost
of which is estimated at $1,100,000.
Conrad Brothers, of Bluffton, who
have the contract for the excavation,
will be finished with their phase of
the work within the next two weeks,
following which the Maxon Construc-
tion Co., of Dayton, general con-
tractors, will begin erection of the
building.
SECOND ADDITION TO BUILDING
Joined to the present structure on
the north side, the new building will
be 110 feet by 33 feet. Provision
for Incorporating an addition was
made when the building was con-
structed nine years ago, and work on
the structure to connect it with the
addition involves only the removal
of temporary wall. This is the
second addition to building, another
having been made in 1941.
Construction of the addition will
be under way thruout the coming
winter months, with completion
scheduled for early spring.
Three generating units now are in
operation at the plant, each con-
sisting Of a boiler, generator and
turbine. The first was installed
when the plant started operation
here in 1888, the second in 1889, and
the third in 1941.
New 10000 K. w. UNIT
Three presentun its have a gen.
Grating capacity of 1880 kilowatts
and are running to capacity more
than so per cent of daytime hours.
The new unit to be installed will
consist of boiler capable of gem
Grating 10000 pounds of steam per
hour and a 10000 kilowatt turbine
and generator.
Demands on power have increased
and are continuing to increase in
both industrial and residential con-
sumption and in order for Central
Ohio to maintain efficiency and serv-
ice these additions are necessary, it
was stated by E. w. Erwin, of
Findlay, vice president and general
manager of the Central Ohio COM
pany.
The new boiler will be equipped
to be fired with either coal or oil,
in case of coal shortages, and one
of the present boilers will be con-
verted in the same manner.
To BUILD NEW STACK
To take care of the new boiler a
165-foot smoke stack will be built,
the same height as the present stack.
The building contract has been led
to the Maxon Construction company,
Dayton. The company expects to
have the boiler completed before Dec.
Is, but the new turbine will not be
put into operation until September
1947, Mr. Mullikin said.
Construction of a second circuit
from the Woodcock station to the
Findlay power plant is completed
and in operation, it was announced
yesterday. Completion of this new
circuit makes two separate circuits
available between the two plants.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-01
KaItenbdch Funeral
Services Saturday

Funeral services for Mrs. Gladys
Garlinger Kaltenbach, 81, were held
at the Stanley Basinger funeral
home, Saturday afternoon. Officiat-
ing at the services was Rev. E. j.
Penhorwood, pastor of the Lima
South Side Church of Christ, form
erly of Bluffton. Interment was in
Maple Grove cemetery.
Mrs. Kaltenbach, who came here
from Downey, Calf, on a visit, died
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Garlinger of Geiger street
last Wednesday morning.
Snug Firescreens
Firescreens should fit snugly at
the top as well as sides.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Augsburger
of near Bluffton are on a motor trip
to visit their daughter, Mrs. Ray
mond Reynolds and family in
Lubbock, Texas from where they will
go on to California. They expect
to be gone for a month.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-01
RemOdeIs Residence
For Funeral Home

Stanley Basinger has begun re-
modelling the former Oberly residence
at College avenue and Jackson street
into a funeral home. Basinger pur-
chased the property last winter from
heirs of the late Mrs. Elizabeth
Oberly and this spring erected
garage on the lot.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-01
TWO COUNTIES N
APPROVE MARSH
RUN CLEAN0UT
Four Miles Of Stream Thru
Hancock and Allen Counties
Will Be Improved
Stream Flows Thru Union And
Orange Twps., Emptying
Into Riley Creek

A four-mile stretch of Marsh Run,
small stream emptying into Big
Riley creek near Buckeye lake, will
be cleaned this summer in a two
county project approved at a joint
meeting of the commissioners of
Allen and Hancock counties.
Marsh Run enters Bluffton cor
poration from the northeast and
crosses the Dixie highway near the
A. c. and Y intersection on North
Main street.
Cleaning of the stream is to begin
at State Route 90, near Mt. Cory,
and continue downstream thru Union
and Orange townships and into
Bluffton where it empties into the
Big Riley.
Hancock County in Charge
Most of the stream lies in Han
cock county, and the Hancock
engineer has been authorized to
proceed with engineering plans and
supervise the work.
An experiment to determine the
value of various kinds of grasses in
preventing bank erosion was conduct
ed along Marsh Run nine years ago
by the CCC federal agency.
Eleven different kinds of grasses
were planted and the banks were
excavated at different slopes to
determine which combination was
best. 1t is said the banks easily
show the benefit of the seeding ex-
pertinent thruout the entire length
of the test area.
However, the stream has very
slow fall and the bottom has siltcd,
resulting in a petition for cleaning
from adjoining land holders. The
petitioners include Roy Rogers,
Melvin Williamson and other
residents.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-01
Building New House

Excavating for new residence
las been begun by Harry Turner of
the Page Dairy plant here at his
recently purchased lot in the Mrs.
Caroline Matter addition on Harmon
road.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-01
Births

The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Schaublin,
Bluffton, a boy, Kenneth Eugene III,
Wednesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Briggs, Bluff
ton, boy, Thomas Allan, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Benroth,
Bluffton, a boy, Thomas Robert,
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Garlinger,
Bluffton, girl, Janice Lee, Satur-
day.
Rev. and Mrs. Richard Reilly,
Pandora, boy, Timothy Lee, Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Smith,
Jenera, girl, Sharon Kae, last
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Williams, Bel
levue, a boy, Tedd Jay at Bellevue
City hospital, Sunday. Mrs. Will
liams is the former Letha Niswander
of Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-01

A cocktail party is a group of
people in room too small to hold
them as they blow smoke in each
others faces and hold empty glasses
in their hands.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-01

What we have done for ourselves
alone dies with US. What we have
done for others and the world re-
mains and is immortal.
Albert Pine.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-01
BLUFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning

Grain (bushel priees) Wheat
S1.89; oats Toe; soys $2.04.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-08-01

ly into crop possibilities thruout the
country.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-02-14
RUPTURE

SHIELD EXPERT, H. L. HOFF-
MANN of Minneapolis, Minne-
sofa will demonstrate, without
charge, his Rupture Shields"
in BILLINGS MONTANA AT
HOTEL GRAND ON WEDNES-
DAY, FEBRUARY 20.
From 10 A. M. to 4 P. M. Please
come early. Evenings by ap-
pointment.
I have been supplying my
shields to rupture sufferers in
this territory for ten years and
longer. I have fitted thousands
of cases in the United States
during this time. There are
many of my satisfied customers
right here in your community.
CAUTION: If neglected, rup-
ture may cause weakness, back
ache, nervousness, stomach and
gas pains. People having large
ruptures, which have returned
after surgical operations or in
lection treatments are especial
ly invited. IF you want it
done right, don't experiment.
See my associate, Bert Lyons"
If unable to see him at this
time, address:
HOFFMANN'S
SURGICAL APPLIANCE co.
315 Masonic Temple
Minneapolis, MINI.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-02-14
Social Security
Bodrd Reports

Eleven specific recommended
lions for the expansion and
improvement of the old-age
and survivors insurance pro-
gram have been made to con-
gress in the tenth annual re-
port of the Social Security
board, Glenn A. Gardner, man
ager of the Billings office of
the board, reported last week.
Heading the list is a recon-
mendation, made repeatedly by
the board. that coverage Of
the program be expanded to
include "all gainfui workers,
including agricultural and do
nestle employees, public en-
ployees and employees of non
profit organizations, and self
employed sons, including
farmers.
Mr.. Gardner said "the So
cial and economic welfare of
the area served by the Billings
office of the board will be
strengthened whenever action
is taken to extend the benefits
of the system to the millions
that are not now covered.
1.-THE board has urged this
action in the past, and now, in
a period of increased job turn
over, we are impressed more
than ever by it's urgency, MIR.
Gardner continued. aside from
the fact that the board has
had appeals from many per-
sons and groups now in non
covered employment for IN
clusion in the system, we have
seen how periods in non-cov-
cred employment, such as those
spent by millions of our men
in the armed service of the
country, can affect qualifica-
lions for henefitS"
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-02-14

AND, I am glad to say, the
board has recommendation
cidentally for the fifth conse-
cutive year-that credit be
given to servicemen for their
period Of service in the armed
forces.
Limitation of coverage is re-
cognized by the board as the
most serious continuing short
coming of the old-age and sur
vivors insurance, Mr.. Gardner
added.
Recommendations of immed-
late Importance to persons al
ready covered by the act in
clude one for an increase in
benefit amounts, particularly
for low-paid social workers, and
one for an increase from $4,000
to $500 a year in the amount
of earnings subject to contri-
button and counted in compu-
tation of benefits, Mr.. Gardner
pointed out.
AT present levels, monthly
benefit payments amounting to
approximately $3.50 went to
425 men, women and children
in this area last year., Mr..
Gardner said.
Three recommendations by
the board are for changes in
provisions of the act that ex-
perience has shown case hard
ship to beneficiaries and DO
tential recipients, Mr.. Gardner
said.
They are for a reduction of
the qualifying age for all wo-
men beneficiaries to 60 years,
from the present IS; deletion
of the requirement of school
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-02-14
Locals

Mrs. Lynn Wilson of Billings
was a houseguest of Mrs.
Harold Ruby Monday through
Wednesday of this week.
COME IN and See the CON-
plete display of new Philco
radios and combination radio
and monographs. Sat-. Feb.
16. KUCHERA'S.
Mrs. w. F. Wilson returned
last Thursday from Billings
where she has been a patient
at the Deacones hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Castle,
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Mere
dith, Wanda Newkirk, Dorothy
Kalberg, Leona Tintinger, Bill
Sibley, Grover Dunlap and
Dale Reed were Billings callers
Friday evening.
I. L. Dement'S office in the
court house will be closed on
Saturday, Feb. 16.
COME IN and See the COM
plete display of new Philco
radios and combination radio
0AAo 04AO11OS1 QUAA0. 0dG., cSU.
16. KUCHERA'S.
Mrs. Warren Meredith and
son, Gary, were Billings call
ers Friday and Saturday of
last week.
COME IN and See the CON-
plete display Of new Phi1co
radios and combination radio
and monographs. Sat-, Feb.
16. KUCHERA'S.
MI. and Mrs. L. r. Cool were
Billings callers Monday and
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank West
and family of Livingston are
visiting friends and relatives
in Hardin this week.
D. L. Egnew left Tuesday
for California where he will
visit his sisters in Los Angeles
and San Francisco.
Mrs. Donald Kalberg, Mrs. A.
J. Kalberg and Miss Ena Mann
were Billings callers Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Kauy-
att and son left Monday for
Worden where they will visit
Mr.. Kuayatt's parents.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-02-14
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EN- nc Roy Morrison ar
rived in Hardin Sunday to
spend a 30 day leave at the
home of his parents, MI. and
Mrs. Frank Morrison.
Morrison has spent the last
Is months in the Pacific and
the Atlantic and was stationed
at Hong Kong before his re-
turn to the States. He will re-
port at San Francisco at the
end of his leave.
Ellsworth Skeie arrived in
Hardin Tuesday after having
recently been discharged from
the army at Fort Lewis, Wash.
Skeie has been in the army
since July of 1943 and was a
sergeant in the air corps.
Cpl. Hubert Allen Pease of
Lodge Grass was discharged on
Jan. 80 from the Marine corps
with 81 points. Pease is the
son of Mrs. Celeste Pease of
Lodge Grass.
Discharges filed this week in
the Office of the County Clerk
and Recorder are as follows:
Army: Albert M. Stevenson,
Jack Kiefel, Sampson Birdin-
ground, william Reichart, Ellis
worth Skeie and Frank La
Forge.
Navy: Edgar S. McGrath,
Bernard Bolton, William V.
Graham and Donald E. Vein
berg.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-02-14

attendance as q condition Of
receipt Of benefits by children
aged 16 and II, and increase in
the amount of earnings per-
mitted a beneficiary without
suspension of benefits, with a
less severe penalty than at pre-
sent for the first failure to re-
port earnings in excess of the
permitted amount.
In addition, the board has
recommended:
Greater uniformity in defin-
ing, for the purposes of the in
surance system, family rela-
tons qualifying members of a
workers family for benefits.
Adoption of a long-range
plan for financing old-age and
survivors insurance which looks
toward an eventual three-way
division of costs among en-
ployers, employees and the gov
eminent.
Benefits during periods OF
permanent disability like those
for old-age retirement.
Two additional insurance
provisions have been urged by
the board, Mr.. Gardner said
to improve the health of the
nation and to compensate the
worker for wages lost during
periods of sickness or other
disability. Those provisions are:
Cash benefits to insured
workers and their dependents
d ng temporary disability
less than six months) and ex-
tended disability (six months
and OVER.
Insurance against costs of
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-02-14
DOT IMPRACTICAL
FOR LIVESTOC

Although DOT has proved an
excellent insecticide for many
purposes, no practical way has
yet been worked out for ap-
plying it to range livestock for
the control of parasites, &C.
cording to d.. Howard WEIGH
Of the Montana Veterinary Re-
search laboratory at Montana
State college.
Using DOT as a dust is ex-
pensive and impractical under
range conditions, DR.. WEIGH
said, and if the material is
used in a spray it is necessary
to have a spray of very high
pressure. He also pointed out
that while DOT has a residual
effect that lasts for a consid-
cradle time when used as a
spray in building for the con-
troll of flys and mosquitoes, the
residual effectiveness on live
stock lasts but a short time.
Until a practical, inexpensive
method is found for applying
DOT to range livestock, it is
still in the same class with
other insecticides, Dr.. WEIGH
said. For control of cattle lice
and sheep ticks, dipping is still
the most reliable method, he
said.
81. An empty coal bin these days
is enough to put a lump in
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-02-14

medical care, including pay
ments to physicians and hos
pitfalls, with provision for de-
GENERALIZATION Of adminiStra-
ton and possible utilization of
state administration.
These recommendations and
others concerning the unem-
ployment insurance and public
assistance systems show the
course that the board has said
1t believe to be 'feaible and
necessary as the United States
faces forward to peace, Mr.
Gardner concluded.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-02-14
HOSPITAL T
BIG HORN COUNTY
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL.

A daughter was born Feb. 6
to Mrs. John Smith. She weigh
ed nine pounds, eleven ounces
and was named Judy Arlene.
A daughter was born to Mrs.
Pete PitSch on Feb. 8. She
weighed six pounds, fourteen
ounces.
Sharon Lee Lining, John
Scott and Mrs. Joe AStle were
all admitted to the hospital
Feb. II for medical care.
Minor surgery was performed
on Linda Torske Feb. 10.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-02-14

Patronize local advertisers!
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-02-14

An empty coal bin these days
is enough to put a lump in
your throat.
The union times., 1946-11-30
Man Bites Dog As Union Gets An Injunction.

TOLEDO (LPA)-The current trend toward anti-labor injunctionS throughout the country was reversed here last week when the Oil Work CTS Int1. Union went to court and obtained a temporary injunction against the Pure Oil Go.
 The injunction, unique in the history of this section, restrained the company from enforcing a two. point order which provided: l. That when refinery stills were closed down for repairs or for any other reason the men employed on them would be transferred to main. tenance work; 2-That if the men were not assigned to maintenance work they would be sent home.
 The regulations were similar to those which caused a Pure Oil strike which extended from last May 20 to June 2. OWIU Attorney Lowell Goerlich said the idea of applying for the injunction came when the same company during last summers strike went into court and obtained an in junction limiting the number of pick cts and permitting supervisory en- ployes to enter the struck premises.
The union times., 1946-11-30

balanced by rise m industrial building.
 Construction employment remained at very high level. The employed constructor force in October was only 153,0O0 below that of the correspond ing month of 1942, the year when the huge war construction program was at its peak. It was the fifth successive month this year in which the number of workers engaged on construction jobs exceeded 2 million.
The union times., 1946-11-30
So Billion Back
 Pay Debt To US. Labor In Danger
(Continued from Page One)

industry can override the effects ot the Supreme Court decision, employ CTS agree. The N. Y. Journal of Commerce, however, pointed out that Congress does not have the Constl- tutiona1 right to outlaw obligations which have already been incurred un- der an existing law, as interpreted by the courts. While Congress may pass new legislation providing new mean ing of working time under the Wage Hour law, and may thus reduce future obligations of employees, attorneys feel that Congress is less likely to pass a statute of limitations for past debts"
 The big business daily said that unions are pointing out that the Wage-Hour Administrator or the courts have defined work under the law to include the following: l. Time spent. changing clothes, 2- Time spent checking or preparing equipment, 3-Medical examina- ton time, 4-Time spent prepar- ing reports, 5-Walking or tra- yelling to work on the company's premises, 6-Waiting for work, 7 Time spent waiting to be paid, 8-Eating meals on duty, 91Rest- ing for periods not exceeding 20 minutes.
 Some employers believe" accord ing to the Journal of Commerce, "that Congress did not intend that they should pay for non-productive time. But the courts have steadily widened the meaning of the Wage-Hour Act, and until its scope is explicitly re- stricted by Congress, thru a new Wage-Hour law, it may be prudent to eliminate all potential sources of suits for back pay
The union times., 1946-11-30
Big Drop In Aoevance Claims Filed By Connecticut Veterans
Wagner Act Drive
 Led By Scab Herders

(Continued from Page Four) fscation of their. arsenal by the local sheriff.
 The National Metal Trades Asso- ciation, having successfully defied the labor provisions of the National Recovery Act in the name of s'pa- triOtism' fought, with equal viru- fence, the passage and successful operation of the National Labor Re- lations Act of 1885. With the ad- vice of the National Association of Manufacturers, it proclaimed that the National Labor Relations Act was unconstitutiOnal; and advised members to disregard the law. After the law took effect, the Association expanded its espionage and strike breaking services to its members in an effort to prevent employees from exercising their rights guaranteed by the statute.
 Here then are the men who will up- hold law and order and equality under the law. These are also the men who III acting as the Spearhead tor the open shop for over a generation conspired with spies who sold out their fellow workers for money and with stumble buns with criminal records whose stock in trade was the fomenting of violence on the picket line.
 In case the moral of this story escapes the legislators who are he. ing inspired by the lofty sentiments of the National Metal Trades Associ- ation, they should remember that for I2O years our nation repressed the right of workers to join unions of their own choosing and as re- suit the United States had the bloodiest history of labor relations of any country in the world. This is what the National Metal Trades prescription will bring again if we let it.
The union times., 1946-11-30
Building Slows
 Down In October, Labor Dept. Says
But Workers In Construc. ton Force Still Number
 Over Two Million

There was a slight decline in con- struction activity in October, accord ing to preliminary estimates of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. s. Department of Labor. Construction employment dropped 5o,000 below September leaving 2,246,000 workers on the job, and at the same time ex- penditures for construction actually done during the month, including building repairs, slumped $32 million to total of $1 ,215 million.
 $427 MILLION SPENT
 BLS also reported that private residential building and repair con- tinued to move slowly down from the August peak, although the decline was nearly offset by further advance in the National Housing Agency's reuse home building program. In October $427 million were spent for construc- ton and repair of non-farm homes, and residential site employment aver aged 685,0OO
 In spite of restraining orders. privately financed nonresidential building maintained the 1946 high mark set in August. For the third consecutive month, the decline in commercial building was counter