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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-07

For many decades Bluffton youth
has enjoyed the benefit of a scouting
program. In recent years scouting
has grown to marked degree with
in the community which sponsors
two troops. Recent reorganization of
both troops finds them under the
leadership of two World War III
veterans.
Wade Shook, scoutmaster of troop
81, sponsored by the American
Legion, and Kenneth Obel1y, scout
master of troop Sc sponsored by the
Mennonite Church, have both obtain
ed a high rank in scouting and
Shook has the rating of an Eagle.
Under the able leadership of these
two men strong scouting program
is underway again in Bluffton. A
recruiting program the past few
weeks finds a great number of boys
in the community interested in scout
ing which is open to all boys age IL
years and up.
During the war Bluffton Scouts
were active in gathering waste
paper as an aid to the National
salvage program. Although many
tons were gathered earlier in the war
period data available shows ap-
proximately 80 tons of waste paper
gathered from Dec. ID, 1914 to
present date. This paper sold to
the Triplett Company was shredded
and used to pack delicate instru-
ments essential to the war effort.
The paper salvage during these 13
months earned the Bluffton Scout
troops s357.60.
Prior to above date paper was sold
to Lima and Findlay dealers. In the
13 month period 10 drives for waste
paper were made in Bluffton.
Bluffton has always had an out
standing scout record and in years
past the scouting movement was
headed by such able men as DR.. J. S.
Steiner who was the first scout
master in Bluffton nearly 35 years
ago. Following him many citizens
of the community acted as scout
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-07
Attend Funeral Here

Among those from out of town
attending funeral services for Amos
Gratz Thursday afternoon were:
Clyde Sommer Y2/c, Norfolk,
Va; VIM. and Emil Gratz, Allen,
Mich; Raymond Gratz, Hillsdale,
Mich; Harold Will, Ann Arbor,
Mich; Marcile Sommer, Indianapo-
lis; Mrs. Levi Hauenstein, Mrs. Or
vile Badertscher, Francis Bader-
tscher, North Manchester, Ind; w.
L. Edgar, Emery Mate, H. C. Pres
colt, Leon Wainwright, Mrs. Earl
Keller, Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Will and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Gratz
and daughter Rita, Mr. and Mrs.
Merle Brumet and son Jimmy, w. L.
Gratz, daughter Dolores and son
Jerry, Toledo.
Mrs. Frank Cohagen, Mrs. Karl
Bentley, Ft. Williams; Francis
Gratz, Sidney; Mr.. and Mrs. H. E.
Gratz and family, Mr.. and Mrs. M.
L. Gratz and daughter Joyce, Doris
Jean Morris, Lakeview; Rev. and
Mrs. Walter Marks and son, Van
lue; Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Binkley,
Harrod; Chris Lora, West Cairo; !;
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Gratz, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Manahan, Mrs. Don
Sirks, James Marks, Lima.
Good sense is thing all need, few
have, and none think they do not po-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-07
NTON SCOUT TROOPS PLAN OBSERVANCE OF NATIONAL BOY SCOUT WEEK
Scout Troops Hold
Meeting And Supper

Bluffton Troops So and Sc will
hold a joint meeting and pot luck
supper next Monday night at Scout
headquarters in the town hall.
Scouts will attend in full uniform
and following the supper an evening
of scout activity and games will be
held.
AS part of the national drive
for clothing Bluffton Scouts will
bring discarded scout clothing and
scout equipment to the meeting. This
equipment will be sent to head
quarters where it will be shipped to
foreign countries urgently in need
of such materials to re-establish
scouting in war torn areas.
As an observance of Scout Week
a Scout Window will be installed in
a down town store Ronald Diller,
Gene Hankish and John Tripplehorn
from troop Sc are in charge of in
stalling the window. Stuffed ami
mails and birds will be contributed
by Troop 81 for display in the ex-
hibit.
The exhibition will include a large
variety of camping equipment, wild
life display, advancement charts and
other scout data pertinent to the
scouting movement.
During scout week both troops will
wear uniforms to school and church.
Troop 81 will attend church in a
body as has been the custom of
past year. Plans are being made to
attend the Missionary Church serv-
ice this year. Scouts of Troop Sc
will attend a church of their choice
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-07
BLIIftOH Scouts In
CiUic Day At Lima

Civic day at Lima on Saturday is
one of the highlights of Boy Scout
Week. On this particular day area
scouts are given the opportunity to
''take over" and run the county and
city offices at the county seat.
Scouts are nominated from each
troop to fill the official positions.
Bluffton scouts will be represented
by Robert Neuenschwander and
Junior Dunifon nominated from
Troop 80. Billy Burcky and Ronald
Diller will represent Troop Sc.
Scouts will perform the duties of
the offices during the morning and
afternoon.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-07
Scout News
Troop 56-By SAM BUTLER

TROOP 56-By SAM BUTLER
Ronald Diller opened the scout
meeting Monday night by leading
the group in the scout oath and
laws. Following this Gene Benroth
led the group in the business of the
evening. The "Scout Week" was
discussed and what duties each had
to perform during that week. The
meeting was closed by repeating to-
gether the Scouts benediction.
All those who wish to pass the
tests for the marksman merit badge
meet at Kenneth Oberly's Saturday
afternoon at $50 o'clock.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-07

yearly Cub Scouts Boy Scouts and Senior
Will mark the Seth anniversary the
Boy Scout Week Feb sh to 14 The theme
scouts Of the WorldBuiding Together Members
en helping brother Scouts
Their World Friendship voluntary contributors and
their Shirts On Backs project
parts and equipment will assist eyeo
understanding the boys Of IS the o06ciaI
poster marking the
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-16
Along The Cape Fear

The bell in the parish Ct st.
James church here has been ring
ing out the. refutation to that rhe-
toriea1 question for 106 years.
Yes, the Old ST. James Bells our
belle of bells, and our reason for
calling it such is that since 1910
it. has pealed out the wondrous
notes of wedlock for four genera
tons of happy brides. - 1T
That also includes four genera
tions of bridegrooms who may have
had a negative answer to the
institution" question on the. tips
Of their tongues. But the Old st.
James Bell carried them through
that dark moment of doubt.
ETERNAL yoICE-The bell has
also carried others through dark
moments, not only of doubt but of
despair. 4l
All Of us, when our loved ones
die, are inclined at some moment
in our sorrow to doubt that there
is. after all, God, that He will,
See CAPE FEAR on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-16
NAVY TO ASSUME
CONTROL AT DAVIS
June / sci As Time For
Turning Over Of Camp
For New Work

Yesterday, 10 days after taking
over Camp Davis leases. the Navy
department informed Representa-
tives Graham A. Barden, of New
Bern, that II plans to start work
there by June on highly scien-
tific laboratory and testing ground
for newly-developed ordnance, in
Guiding the latest 'buz-bomb. "
Experimental material now being
developed by the Navy under con-
tract with the applied physics lab
oratory of Johns Hopkins univer-
sity will stand trial at the former
Army anti-aircraft command train
ing center.
Approximately 100 university lab
oratory personnel, top U. S. scien-
lists among them, will collaborate
with limited Navy crew in develop
meat of flying radio controlled
bombs and other ultra weapons.
With maturity of postwar plans,
the Navy may use the camp for
other purposes, Representative Bar
den was informed by high-ranking
Navy officials.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-16
OFFICE REMOVAL
RUMORS SPIKED
District Attorneys Office
Spokesman" Surprised
AT News

Current reports that the office
of the us. District Attorney in
the Customshouse here might be
moved to Raleigh were spiked
yesterday by spokesman of that
office.
1t has been reported that John
Hall Manning, presidential nomi-
nee for district attorney, favors
his home city of Raleigh for the
office.
According to the office spokes-
man. all employees of the office
here, and Manning himself in Raj
eigh, expressed great surprise at
the reports, saying that no such
move is anticipated.
The reports are said to have
originated from reliable source
which revealed that 'fbids on two
or more truckloads of equipment
to be transported from here to
Raleigh have been submitted to
Manning"
The office spokesman said the
only trucking bids now under con-
sideration at the office are those
concerning the transfer of old rec
ords from here to the archives OF
the Department of Justice in Wash
ington, D, G..
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-16
GOERINC FAVORS
SP0ILS SYSTEM
Nazi No. z Argues Every
thing Seized Is Con-
querer's Booty

NUREMBERG, March 15-F-
Hermann Goering bluntly told the
International Military tribunal.
Friday, that he believed the 1907
Hague rules of warfare outmoded
and argued that in modern total
war everything in seized areas,
even manpower, could be consid,
cred conquerors' booty.
The judges leaned forward and
listened intently as the No. Nazi
war crimes defendant expounded
his ruthless theory toward the
close of his third day on the wit.
ness stand.
No Legality
Then, with sense Of dramatic
timing, Goering ended testifyina
in his own defense with quota.
ton he attributed to Winston Chur.
chill-"in a struggle for life Of
death there is no legality"
Goering described Churchill al
zone of our strongest and toughest
opponents" Defense counsel said
the quotation was obtained from a
German white book, and was al
llegedly made by the former Brit
|ish prime minister to Scandinavian
correspondents in 1910 when Chur
chill was justifying the British
campaign against seaborne sup
plies to Germany.
Goering declared the Hague rules
of war were conceived in an ers
when "the army was remote from
the civilian population" but thai
today everybody fights, even tho
child in a bombing raid fights"
Defends Slave Labor
Defending the German system
of slave labor, he said "the use Of
manpower is an integral part Of
total war;" At another point ha
See GOERING on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-16
YOUTH
Is PRIZE ORATOR
B. Phillips, Jr., Wins
American Legion Con-
test In Robson -......:.

LUMBERTON, March 15.-Robe.
son county winner of the. oratorical
contest sponsored by Lumberton
Post No. AZ American Legion, is
j. B. Hudson, Jr., Lunberton High
school junior who was, one Of four
contestants speaking in the Legion
Hut here Thursday night.
The contest followed a barbecue
supper served by the Post.
=, Two-point Margin
Hudson took first place with a
two-point margin over Dale Davis
of Philadelphus High school. Other
contestants were Misses Esther
Macdonald of ST. Paups and Faye
McPhaul of jParkton.
Subject of all the 1o-ninute
speeches was "The Privileges and
Responsibilities of an American
Is See WINNER: on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-16

BELLE OF BELLS - 1t was
Edgar Allan Poe who wrote that
lovely lyric about bells.
But Mr.. Poe never in his career
was any more lyrical than we are
right now.
We have discovered bell. Il we
knew anything further about SON
net other than that it rhymes with
bonnet, we'd burn up our type
writer right this minute on sonnet
about this bell
Since, however, our lyriclsm
matches Mr.. Poe's in spirit rather
than in the written word, we must
pconfine our poetical efforts anent
this bell to a single line of tri-
meter verse, consisting of spon-
dee. an anapest, and an lamDus'
and containing internal assonance
as well as consonance, To wit.
.oThis bell is the belle OF bells"
RINGING REFUTATioN-There
;s whiskered joke which says,
..Marriage is an institution. but
who wants to live in an institution?
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-16
INSTITUTE PLANS
OUTLINED HERE
Wilmingtonians Hear Biz
mingham Man Sketch
Program For South

The overall program Of the Sou
thern Research institute, Birmlng-
ham, was given, before group OF
Wilmington industrial enthusiasts
gathered at luncheon at the Cape
Fear Country club yesterday.
Three sighlighting detectives OF
the institute, for the preservation
of the South's progress so far, as
well as for furthering it's industrial
detectives, was given by M. H.
Fies, Birmingham consultant, en-
gineer, treasurer, and member OF
the Institutes board Of trustees.
Industrialists Share
Sharing the program, at the in
v;tation of tae City Economic
Development committee, and c.
McD. Davis, president Atlantic
Coast Line railroad, were L. H.
Brammer, assistant to the chair
man of the board Of trustees, DR..
c. L. Wrenshall, assistant to the
Institutes director, and DR.. W. A.
Lazier, world famous Industrial
scientist.
The three highlighting points of
interest to local industrialists as
given by Fies, are:
l.. Research for private industry.
2. Fact-finding in scientific field
for the economic bettermeat of the
South's resources.
3. To furnish post graduate
training to Southern men and wom-
en- preparing them for their part
in southern industry.
To Furnish Help
The institute is ready to furnish
help to any bonafide industry in
the South, at a fee which will just
cover operating expenses. Find
ings are exclusively the property
Of the concern coltr acting for the
research.
I'VE hope, however to invite gen.
eral use. of the findings after the
initial sponsor has had the advan-
tage Of them,,' Fies said.
What started off to be an Ala
bama affair quickly grew into
See INSTITUTE on Poge Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-16
India Given
Chance ToBe
lndependt.
Freedom Offered People
By English Prime Min
lister Attlee
COMMISSION STUDIES
Briton S ees Many OBJ
stacles In Way OF Coun-
try's Acceptance

LONDON, March 5.-UP)
Labor Prime Minister Gle
ment R. Attlee Friday offered
India's 4O0,00O,000 people
complete independence under
plans to be worked out by a
three man cabinet commits
sion which leaves for India by air
Tuesday.
India herself must choose as to
what will be her future constitu-
ton and what will be her position
in the world" Atlee said in his
torie declaration in the House of
Commons.
Hopes India'n Stay
81 hope that the Indian people
may elect to remain within the
British Commonwealth If on
the other hand India elects for in
dependence in our view she has
the right to do so. 1t will be for
us to help to make the transition
as smooth and easy as possible
Attlee warned Indians, however,
that no nation could safely remain
completely isolated in these times.
He suggested that if Indians re-
fused to remain in the British
Commonwealth they might seek to
safeguard their future through
membership in the United Nations.
Transitlon Period
The Labor Prime Minister made
it clear that there must be 3
transition period during which In
dams themselves would get togeth
err to agree on their desires. As
part of the transition, he said, II
is desirable that there should be
an interim Indian government
commanding the greatest possib.e
support by the people.
1t was made equally clear that
lAttlee realized the enormous prob.
lem of seeing that 1ainorities were
safeguarded. But he added:
1--WE cannot allow nainorities to
veto advances by the majority"
Attlee warned also Tat the in.
term government which he hopes
will be set up will inherit liabili.
ties as we'll as assets.
Threat of Famine
Chief among the immediate
See INDIA on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-16

The news, unhappily, is no bet
ter. ALI the signs indicate that
there is in the making a very great
crisis in the Middle East and it is
plain that at this time, when it
may still be possible to avert and
resolve the crisis by diplomacy,
there is no effective diplomatic con-
tact between Moscow and Washing
ton. This is exceedingly serious.
For il true negotiation cannot
quickly be resumed, there is the
greatest danger that situation
will be created which can meyer
again be dealt with by negotiation.
That we are not in diplomatic
contact with Moscow is shown ny
the fact that we have made pub
lic and perenptory inquiry as TO
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-16
SENATOR WANTS.
DAILY PARLEYS
Vandenberg Says Big Pow.
ers Should Discuss Prob
lens Constantly

WASHINGTON, March 15.-P)-
Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich.), ad-
vocate of plain speaking to Russia,
proposed Friday that the big pow
ers talk over their disputes EYE
to eye each morning. through
the United Nations Security coun-
Gil.
Calling for continuous sessions
of the council during these cur
rent hair-trigger days." Vanden-
berg told the Senate that such
intimate contacts would be ga
better and more hopeful way" Of
dealing with international prob
lens than 1.-The old and tedious
method of writing notes from cap.
ital to capital
Get Soviet Note
The United States, still awaiting
some answer from Russia to in
quiries about what goes in Iran
and Manchuria, got note from
Moscow during the day about a
loan the Soviets want.
Nikolai Novikov, in charge of the
Soviet embassy here in the alb,
See SENATOR on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-16

the old Catholic cemetery.
Official announcement of the
project was made last night by
Colonel Cliff Titus, Henry L. Cara.
vati, and Charles E. Kelly, mem
bers of Southern Associates, Rich.
mond, Va, who are beginning i'm
|mediately nine-week campaign in
Wilmington to raise $780, 1000 of the
100000 total.
For Bishop Waters
Southern Associates, a public
relations and Embarrassing organ.
ization, is handling the campaign
for Bishop Vincent S. Waters, Ra.
leigh, and Rev. C. E. Murphy,
pastor of St. Mary's Catholic
church here. "a,
The official announcement of the
project comes as an upshot Of
Bishop Waters statement this time
last month when he termed Viii.
mington IAN ideal place for 9
Catholic hospital" ~ tx
There has long been an expressed
need for additional hospital facili
ties Wilmington. Civic leaders
hail the new hospital as "a big
boon to our city,"
The three men who are handling
the Embarrassing campaign have
impressive records in public serv
lice.
Experienced in Hospitals
Colonel Titus, who will supervise
the campaign, is public relation:
officer for Woodrow Wilson genera.
hospital, Stanton, Va. and has
Is years experience in hospital
work behind him. Colonel Titus
has been president Of the Cham
See HOSPITAL on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-16
SANDLIN OFFERED 4
ELECTRICIAN JOB
BY CITY COUNCIL


City councilmen's predictions
on Wednesday that the suces-
sor to L. T. Garren, recently
resigned cit, electrician, would
be "a local man such as David
SandIin, Jr." are close to. COM
: ing true.
In special council session yes
terday morning, City Manager
A. C. Nichols announced his
selection of Sandlin to assume
the vacated. post, and the corn-
Gil voted unanimous approval.
See sANDLIN on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-16

The subcommittee move
came as a climax to Senator
Josiah Bailey's unfailing eff
forts to get the 81 ,538, 900 appro-
priation written back into the
bill after it had been cut out
by the Budget bureau in an
ECONOMY" move.
Briefly, the projects call Cor
a deepening Of the Cape Fear
channel at a cost of $3.50, 900,
widening at a cost of $675, 900,
and construction of a channel
and turning basin in the North
See SEAPORT ON Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-16
TODAY and TOMORROW
by WALTER LIPPMANN

whether, and if so why, the Red
Army, with offensive armament,
is moving through Iran in the d.
rection of Turkey and Iraq. Our
query is based on reports received
at the State Department. In nor
NAL diplomatic relations the first
step would have been to check
these reports by instructing the
american embassy to discuss tham
with tAe foreign office in Moscow
a.-d to discuss them Simultaneous
ly in Washington with the Soviet
Ambassador.
Perhaps this has been done. But
the fact is that we have no am.
bassador in Moscow, and the
ISoviets have no ambassador in
See 'IPPMAN on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-16

R. Hunt Parker, presiding.
After an absence of less than 80
minutes the IL men found the ac-
cused knife slayer not guilty of Sec
ond degree murder.
Mrs. Collins nerveless calm,
subject during the trial to both
admiration and reproof, remained
unbroken when the foreman an
nounced the decision.
Taking the stand during the
morning session, the defendant told
her story in direct statements and
in answers to the questions of her
attorney, William K. Rhodes, Jr.
Builds Seif-Defense
In support of her self defense
plea, Mrs. Collins told how she was
drawn to the playground by anx-
iety for her small son. Her neice,
Bobbie Jean Granger, had left
him and come to the apartment
complaining that she had been
stoned by one of the Bordeauxs.
After finding the little boy and
Gliding the Bordeaux child -
Il asked her if she didn't know it
was against the law to hit people
with glasses on'-she stopped in
the recreation area while her son
played on the swings.
Here Mrs. Collins established her
position by pointing to the ground
plan drawn by Policeman M. w.
Mills.
She seated herself on the axis
oar Of see-saW to favor a sudden
attack of weakness, she said. Mrs.
Collins stated that she had been
Ill since November and on the ad-
wee of her doctor was resting and
building her strength for an OPP
Grafton.
Mrs. Bordeaux Approaches
Mrs. Bordeaux then approached
at a run, said the defendant. She
tuftner deposed that the BordeauS
woman took set Of lead knucks
uom her skirt, put them on her
udaa and made a swipe' at her.
l never saw such look on q
s s lace, she had murder in
seF eyes and knew it was kill OF
W Killed the defendent explained
|, Ode told how she ducked the
S 9l.'' and struck at Mrs. Bordeaux
with the knife.
~ accounting for the. presence o:
Vic knife, Mrs. Collins said sne
Bee GUILTY on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-16
OUTSTANDING SEAPORT
81, 538, 600 Allotment
Made For Riuer Work

Wilmington's unflagging bid
to become one of the Atlantic
seaboard's outstanding port
cities in postwar world trade
received a 81, 538. 600 shot in the
arm yesterday.
In a last-minute but decisive
move Senate appropriations
subcommittee wrote into the
War departments Civil Func-
tons bill Wilmington's three
big Cape Fear river improve
ment projects, which, when
completed, will allow modern
deep-draft vessels to enter this
port regardless of low tide.
Climax to Efforts
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-16
And So To Bed.

The last straw is, Of course,
the straw that is last, and .
local juror got his last night.
Weary with the warnings Of
the current trials at the coun-
ty courthouse, he sought sane
tuary in LEGAL movie house.
No sooner had he taken his
seat than. the following scene
flashed on the screen.
A lawyer, full Of vim, vigor,
and vitriol, jumped from his
chair and began a long and
violent harangue to the yen
tlemen of the jury. =
As the Juror stumbled from
the theater five minutes later
he was heard mumbling, 81
object, your honor. oh, how
! object"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-16
Soviet Arnly
Moving Near.
Turk Border
Iranian Minister SAYS
Troops Definite Threat
To His Capital
READY FOR BATTLE
Soviet Forces Reported
Within 20 Miles OF Teh-
ran In Movements

WASHINGTON, March Is.
-(AP)-The United States
was reported Friday night to
have assured both Iran and
Turkey that it will stand firm
with them against any
foreign aggressive a ct i o n S
which violate the principles of the
United Nations charter.
American policy, as lately pre-
scented by Ambassador Wallace
Murray at Tehran and as given
some weeks ago to the Turks in a
series of talks between Ankara
and Washington representatives,
is based entirely on United Ma
tons charter commitments. II
avoids any special assurances
which might go beyond the linn
its of the charter.
No BLANK Check" Promise
Diplomatic officials who cannot
be named disclosed this informa-
ton. They declared that this gov
eminent has exercised special care
not to give any of the countries
Nblank check promises which
might encourage them to provoke
Russian actions against them.
Murray's visit to Iranian govern
ment officials at Tehran came ur
at Secretary of State Byrnes' news
conference Friday and Byrnes de.
See SOVIET on Page Two