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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-29
GIFTS HOME

KOKOMO, Ind up After the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Abney
burned. claiming the lives of their
two small children, the Kokomo
building trades council offered
free labor to build them a new
house. Materials and furnishings
will be bought with donations
collected by the Fraternal Order
of Police and the Kokomo
'TrblIne
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WATCH NIGHT SERVICES
Watch night services will be
held Tuesday, Dec. 81, at 8
o'clock in the Wesleyan Metho-
dist church, 18th and Castle
streets, it has been announced.
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Noes CLOSES

The offices of the North Caro-
lima Employment Service will
be closed Wednesday in Observ-
ance of New Years, the manag-
er announced yesterday. The
offices of the N. C. Unemploy-
ment Compensation commits
sion will be also be closed.
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y when the plan goes before tina
Security Council?
h, Grornyko has only the vote Of a
delegate in the commission; in the
Security council he has an over
riding veto.
What he will do was anybody's
guess at the present stage.
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PEACE IN 1872

Pope Plus made two appearance
cs during the week.
ca Sunday, to the cheers of a
vast th-olg filling ST.. Peters
Square. he denounced what he call
cd a new wave of anti-clericalism.
lis speech WIS interpreted as a
s'crn notice to communists that he
IVES ready to fight atheism to the
en-.
Next the Pope delivered his an.
/. al Christmas eve address.
Speaking to the College of Cardin-
ais. with his message broadcast
tne Pope appealed for higher con-
cepts of international justice and
equity. He criticized the manner
in which peace settlements are be-
ing made but pleaded for a real
peace in the coming year.
President Truman in his Christ
mas message delivered at the
lighting of the huge Christmas tree
On the White House lawn saw hope
for the New Year.
The progress we have made
gives hope that in the coming year
we shall reach our goal" the Pres
ident said.
King George VI spoke to his sub
iects throughout the world On
Christmas day. His theme was that
goodwill and a full airing OF post
war differences would hasten the
recovery of the world.
UNITED NATIONS: ATOMIC
The atomic situation appeared
stalemated. The United States and
Cansda resolved differences on
procedure thursday. Friday the
working committee of the united
Nations Atomic Energy commls-
sion approved the general findings
of the commissions report ina
must 20 to the U.N. Security Coun-
Gil next Tuesday. :.
But Andrei A. Gromyko. Sovie'
delegate, remained away from tne
closed working committee SEES
sions. He insisted vainly on Dec.
20 that he must have time to STUDY
the U. S. plan. In effect, he gained
the time when the commission sus-
pended work over the Chrlstmas
holiday but he sent a sclentlst, ",
S. P. Alexandrov, to sit for RUSSIA
in the committee.
Alexandrov sat silent as eacn
paragraph was taken up and ap'
proved by 10 delegates. POLAND do'
stained from voting.
The problem now is: VIII Gro,
mvko receive instructions from
Moscow to accept the plan wheE
the commission meets Monday OF
will he hold his fire and act llnal.
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STRIPS STOLEN

Four bright fender strips valu-
ed at $22 were taken from an
automobile belonging to Lloyd
Hale, 1913 S. Sixth street while
the car was parked in front
of the address according to
a police report.
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BIKE RETURNED

A Packard bicycle reported
stolen by Clarence Williams
Dec. Is was returned to him
yesterday afternoon by the Will
mingtcn police department.
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though ii is not likely that there will
be more than 1000, 900 competitions
during the year, as compared with
about 450 0OO in 1916.
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VISITS PARENTS

VISITS PARENTS
Private Coy Etherdige, Sind
Airborne division, Fort Bragg,
is spending the holidays with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Coy
Etheridge, liz Park Torrance.
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MEE1II OOI1 O1VID
The regular meeting of the
South Wilmington Home DEM
Onstration club has been post
poned from Wednesday, Jan. l,
to Wednesday, Jan. 8. The
club will meet at the home of
Mrs. L. j. Lanier on the Caro-
lima Beach read.
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Churchill, Stain
Exchange Greetings

LONDON, Dec. %. - @ - Re
cent harsh words were forgotten
when Winston Churchill sent birth
day greetings to Prime Minister
Stain.
"All person good wishes on your
birthday, my wartime comrade."
said a telegram from Churchill to
Stain which was released for publ
cation tonight.
my warm thanks for your good
wishes on my birthday" Stain re-
piled.
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But the officer, who apparently
will command the Lawson, could
MT be such a rough skipper. Be
fore this reporter took leave OF the
waterfront which looked and sound
ed like the banks of the Seine, the
crews we're loading cases of good
American beer aboard the grey
ship.
Nobody goes thirsty in the
French Navy.
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TRIUMPH FOR CHANG


The Chinese delight in ceremony.
So it was a special ceremony in
Marking on Christmas day when
the national assembly handed over
to Generalissimo Chang Kai-Shek
the completed text of a constitu-
ton for China, which takes effect
next Christmas day.
The constitution was a victory
for the Generalissimo. However.
his party, the Kuomintang, will not
relinquish its responsibility for the
government until the new president
is elected and the constitution is
effective.
Chinese communists boycotted
the assembly. They said they
would not recognize the new con-
stitution, that it was illegal"
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agency, to have blocked the rail
way tracks and sacked a train
bearing flour,
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-BEvIN LAsHEs BACK

Ernest Bevin, Britain's foreign
secretary, stepped before a micro
phone last Sunday and made a
radio report to the nation.
He struck at the ''rebels' who
attacked his policy at a. critical
labor party meeting while he was
in New York, telling them to have
patience. Furthermore, he said that
Britain is not bound to the United
States or any other country. He
denied that he is not working close
ly enough with Soviet Russia.
Bevin's report gave an optimis-
tic picture of the United Nations
and the foreign ministers council.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-29

A news dispatch last Monday
dated "Dairen, Manchuria, Dec.
20" said an unarmed United States
Navy ship on a courier mission
to the United States Consulate in
Dairen had been ordered out OF
the port by a Russian ultimatum
that ''unless YOU leave within 20
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minutes we will not be responsible
for the consequences"
The story also related that the
Russian military commander had
refused to permit an American
businessman to leave the ship.
The State Department checked
Immediately. First it said Russia
was within its legal rights. Then it
reported that latest information in
dicated no official "ultimatum"
was involved; that a minor Soviet
official simply had become nervous
about the reaction of his superiors
it the vessel stayed longer on his
responsibility.
The Navy said the facts reported
in the dispatch were correct. The
aewsman reporting the incident in
Dictated those aboard the vessel
would be surprised to learn thai
it was no ultimatum.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-04-04
Fnty-third Wedding
Anniversary Sunday

Observance of the 53rd wedding
anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Wilkins of Bluffton was marked
with family dinner at the home of
their son-in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Luke Scoles of Pandora,
Sunday.
Present were: Mr.. and Mrs. John
Wilkins, Mr.. and Mrs. Waldo Will
kins and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Del
bert Wilkins and son, Clarence and
Pauline Bilby of Bluffton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. F. Hanna
and family, Benton Ridge; Mr.. and
Mrs. Dwight Mauk and family,
Lima; Mr.. and Mrs. John wilkins,
Jr. and family, Arlington; Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Basinger and family,
Pandora; Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd Clap
per, Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Wilkins
Ada, and the host and hostess, Mr.
and Mrs. Scoles.
Afternoon callers were Mr.. and
Mrs. T. j. Crawford and family OF
Jenera and Mrs. Ralph Badertschel
and family of Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-04-04
Former Resident Dies
After Birth Of Child

Mrs. Treva Marceyle (Fett)
Smith, SO, of Findlay, formerly of
Bluffton, died Tuesday afternoon at
Findlay hospital following the birth
last Friday night of stillborn son.
Funeral services for Mrs. Smith
will be held Friday afternoon at 2
o'clock at Jenera Trinity Lutheran
church of which she was a member
and burial will be in the church
cemetery.
She was born October 13, 1910 in
Lima, the daughter of Lewis and
Lille (Huber) Fett. The family
later moved to Bluffton where her
mother now resides five miles south
of town.
Mrs. Smith was graduated from
Bluffton high school in the class of
1927 and received her degree from
Bluffton college in 1881, specializing
in music.
Following her graduation she
taught public school music and be-
came choir director for Trinity
church at Jenera and organist for
several churches.
She was married December 90,
1885 to Howard Smith who survives
together with one son Tommy, age
5, at home and sister, Mrs. Robert
Hess of Findlay.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-04-04
King Of Kings" Film
Here On Sunday Night

King of Kings" generally accept
ed by church groups as an American
passion play" film, will be shown at
1880 p. m. this Sunday in the Bluff
ton High school auditorium, under
auspices of the Bluffton Ministerial
association.
Produced by Cecil B. DeMille, the
film is a classic in acting and gen.
eral treatment as well as in its SUBJ
ject matter.
Impressive pageantry of the film
depicts the latter years of the life
of Jesus. Much emphasis is placed
on the betrayal, trial and crucifxion.
Showing of the film is timely here,
coming as it does just preceding the
Easter season, it was pointed out
by the Ministerial association.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-04-04
Elm Street Bridge
ReOpened To Traffic

Repair work is continuing on the
40-year-old concrete bridge spanning
Little Riley creek on West Elm
street, but the structure was re-
opened to traffic, last Saturday
night.
Allen County Engineer Hobart M.
Mumaugh said county employees are
putting a reinforced concrete veneer
wall over the face of the two abut-
ments and building new concrete
wing walls. Repairs. will cost ap-
proximately $1,000 and will be COM
pleted in another 10 days.
Built 40 years ago, the bridge was
one of the first of its kind in the
county, but the strain of almost
half a century rendered it unsafe
this spring and it was closed nearly
three weeks ago for repairs.
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DELAY IN RICHLAND
TWP. ROAD REPAIR
WORK THIS SPRING
Improvement of -Four Miles of
Road Cannot Be Started
Until Later
Delay Results From All County
Maintenance Equipment Be-
ing Used Elsewhere

Richland townships spring road
improvement program involving re-
surfacing of four miles of county
township highways and construction
of a new bridge will be delayed until
early summer, it was learned this
week.
Postponement of an early start on
the work has resulted from the need
to use all Allen county road MAIN
tenance equipment in repairing high
ways that were torn up during the
winter when heavy equipment was
moved out of the Lima Tank Depot.
Work on the township roads is f.
nanced by township and county funds,
but county equipment and mainten-
ance crews do the repairing, and the
local program cannot be started until
both are available.
Four miles of new hard-surfacec
roads and one bridge will be built ir
Richland township this year, as q
part of an extensive S335,O00 Aller
county program.
Road Program
Work in the township includes the
| surfacing of three miles of the Tom
Fett road from the Putnam county
line to the Rockport road, and sur.
facing one mile of the Swaney roac
between the Dixie and Lincoln high
ways.
Estimated cost of the road con
struction is $4,000 per mile, or tota
of $10,4O0.
The new bridge will be built OF
the Tom Fett road, south of th'
Ernest Gratz farm buildings. 1t will
replace the present structure across
a ditch at that place.
Load limits on Richland TOWNSHIP
roads also have been reduced during
the spring season by action of Allel
county commissioners to preven
damage resulting from excessiv
moisture and thawing weather il
road beds.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-04-04
COAL Deliveries
RATIONED BECAUSE
OF Mine WALkOUT
One-ton Limit Set by Federal
Government Will Mean
Little Here
No Coal i'm Bluffton Yards to Be
Rationed; Consumers Have
Coal in Bins, However

Government orders restricting coal
deliveries for the duration of the
United Mine Workers strike will have
little effect so far as Bluffton deal,
ers are concerned, for their yards are
practically bare of coal and no other
fuel shipments are believed enroute.
On the other hand, everyone who
burns coal has a supply on hand that
will be adequate for the rest of the
heating season, barring unseasonably
cold weather, local fuel dealers said,
and the lack of coal in the yards is
not regarded in serious light.
Government Orders Arriving
Expected government orders re-
stricting coal deliveries were being
received the middle of this week by
dealers in this area.
For the remainder of the strike
period deliveries for an individual
may not be in excess of one ton, or
an amount sufficient to carry the con-
sumer for five or 10 days, whichever
is his specified minimum required fol-
an order.
Biuffton municipal power plant, the
Central Ohio Light and Power Co.'S
generating station here, Blufftor
High school and Bluffton college al
reported they have sufficient supplies
of coal on hand for their immediate
needs.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-04-04
Bread Made From New Gray Flour Is
Beginning 10 Appear On Markets Here
Few Buyers OF Bread Notice
Any Difference in Taste
or Appearance
New Gray Flour Also Is Appear
ing on Grocer's Shelves;
More Nutritive

Gray bread, made from the new
so per cent flour ordered by the
government, is beginning to appear
on Bluffton markets, but grocers say
that unless you look very closely
you won't know the difference.
Some bakers are using the new
flour exclusively for their bread, and
the few buyers who have noted that
the baked product is slightly grayer
in appearance admit that, if any
thing, the bread tastes better be-
cause of the changed formula.
Those who have used the new
bread say that about the only diff
ference in appearance is a more
creamy appearance of the loaf when
it is sliced.
Most bakers are not putting the
gray flour in cakes, cookies and
other baked goods, but in view of
acceptance of the new bread they
are not expecting unfavorable re-
suits from the switch to its use in
pastries.
!. NEW FLOUR COMING
Flour made by the new formuls
also is beginning to appear or
grocer's shelves, altho in some in
stances white flour" still is avail.
able.
Home economists who have tried
the flour report virtually no differ
ence in the outward appearance, and
nearly all say that tests of the new
flour show an actual gain in the
natural enrichment of the bread.
Millers report the new 80 per cent
flour will be of the same nutrient
packed quality sold to American
householders more than 80 years
ago, with all the added refnements
that American families have come tc
expect from bakers.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-04-04
Barnes To Teach In
TlUO High Schools

Final arrangements for combining
the vocational agriculture depart
ments of Bluffton and Beaverdam
High schools were worked out at a
Joint meeting of the boards of edu-
cation of the two schools, last We'd
nesday night in Bluffton, and Harry
F. Barnes who has been head of the
department here was hired as in
structor under the new program.
Barnes salary was set at $4,000
year, with each school providing
$500. Half of the total paid by
each school, however, will come from
federal government funds. In ad-
dition to his $4,000 salary, Barnes
will receive mileage allowance up
to 5000 annually.
Under the combination program,
Barnes will spend half time at each
school. The new arrangement be-
comes effective next fall.
Consolidation of the two courses
was necessary because enrolment in
Bluffton has fallen to approximately
IT boys, less than the number neces-
sary to qualify for continued aid
from outside vocational sources.
Beaverdam, creating its department
for the first time, will have a pros
pective enrolment of 20.
At regular meeting of the Bluff
ton board of education following the
| meeting with the Beaverdam group,
it was decided to raise the salary
of the clerk of the board from $35
to $45 per month. This gives a new
annual salary of $540 per year
James West is clerk of the board
succeeding Leland Diller, who re-
signed in late summer.
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Births

The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Stettler,
Bluffton, a boy, James Allen, Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Spencer, La
fayette, a girl, Sandra Kay, Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Sousley,
Blufftoh, girl Karyl Jean, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alphie Keller, Day
ton, girl, Ann Maureen, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Downey,
Beaverdam, a boy, Michael Lewis,
Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. George Schumacher,
Bluffton, boy, George William,
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Dukes, Findlay,
boy. Wayne Allen, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Henry
Ada, q boy. Delbert Leo. Tuesday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-04-04
TOWN RETURNING
TO SLOW time ON
Permanent BASIS
Action Annuling Municipal Ordi-
nance Taken At Monday
Meeting of Council
Under Repealed Law Town
Would Go To Fast Time
On April %

Bluffton will remain on Slow Time
this summer, it was decided Monday
night when the municipal council re-
pealed an ordinance passed in 1914
which provided for the towns clocks
to be set ahead one hour every year
on the last Sunday in April.
Action of the council was predicted
on the fact that sentiment of the
town and surrounding area indicated
desire to retain Slow Time the
year around now that the wartime
emergency no longer is prevailing.
This will be the first time since
1941 that Bluffton has been on East
ern Standard Time during the sum-
mer months. Local action is in line
with Governor Lausche's appeal for
a uniformity of time in Ohio this
year, with retention of EST (Slow
Time) favored by him FOR the state.
Bluffton's Time Ordinance, passed
in 1914, provided for operation on
Fast Time from the last Sunday in
April to the first Sunday in Sept
ember, and on Slow Time for the re-
mainder Of the year.
Burton first went on Fast Time
early in the winter of 1941-42, when
President Roosevelt declared nation
wide adoption of Fast Time as war
measure. Since the winter of 1942-43
however, the town has operated on
Fast Time only during the four sum-
mer months.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-04-04
Collapse During Walk
Fatal To Mrs. Fisher

A collapse in field near her
farm home two miles south of
Bluffton proved fatal Friday morn
ing for Mrs. Effie Augusta Fisher,
55, wife of Charles w. Fisher.
Mrs. Fisher had been home only
few days from the Bluffton Com
munity hospital where she had been
undergoing treatment.
On Friday morning she went for
a walk, and when she failed to
return after half an hour members
of the family found her slumped to
the ground in a field.
A native of Fremont, Mrs. Fisher
was married June 27, 1909, tc
Charles Fisher, who survives.
Other survivors include the follow
ing children: Dillon E. Fisher, Bentor
Ridge; Irwin G. Fisher, Bluffton
Mrs. Alma Hummon, Toledo; Mrs
Blanche Garlinger, Bluffton, and Mis-.
Doris Fisher, at home; two brothers
Lawrence Schaefer, Bowling Green
and Fred Schaefer, Toledo, and /:
sister, Mrs. Esther Flemion, Toledo
Mrs. Fisher was a member of tn,
Gilboa Methodist church.
Funeral services were held Sunda,
afternoon in the Paul Diller funera
home, with Rev. Paul E. Fisher
Gilboa Methodist minister, officiating
Burial was in Maple Grove cemetery
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Rites Thursday For
PaUliJ1a VernliLLiOn

Funeral services will be held at
1:30 p. m. Thursday in the Jenera
Methodist church for Mrs. Paulina
Vermillion, ID, who died at noon
Monday in her home at Jenera fol-
lowing a stroke of apoplexy.
Rev. w. E. Ballinger will officiate
at the rites, and burial will be in the
Findlay Maple Grove cemetery.
Mrs. Vermillion had been in poor
health for the last two years.
She was born Oct. 20, 1872, in
Hancock county, and on March 2,
1906, was married to Levi Vermil-
lion Rho died % years ago.
Survivors include only a sister,
Mrs. Elizabeth Gossman, of Jenera
Six sisters and two brothers pre-
ceded her in death.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-04-04
None Hurt Seriously
In Three Accidents

No serious injuries we're reported
in any Of three minor accidents eth
er occurring in the Bluffton area or
involving local residents over the
last weekend.
An automobile driven in Findlay
by r. Z. Griffith, of Lawn avenue,
was involved in a collision with a
bicycle, last Sunday but A. ]. Deck
'er, of Findlay, rider of the bicycle,
was only slightly hurt.
Griffith took Decker to the Find
lay hospital for treatment and then
reported the mishap to police head
quarters.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hamm, of
Rural Route 1, Rawson, escaped
with minor hurts and shock when
their car was struck by truck,
two-tenths of a mile south of Raw
son on the Dixie highway Friday
night.
Taken to the Bluffton hospital for
treatment, Mr.. and Mrs. Hamm were
discharged on the same night. The
driver of the truck, a Sandusky
man, was unhurt.
In the third mishap, William J.
Hatfield, of Ossian, Ind, escaped
serious injury when the automobile
he was driving rolled over several
times and then hurdled fence be-
tween Williamstown and New Stark,
at a. m. Monday.
Hatfield was taken to the Com
munity hospital here and was dis
charged Tuesday morning, after
treatment.
State Highway patrolmen said
Hatfield fell asleep, and the car
overturned several times after it
went into the ditch.