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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-06
Mt. Cory

Frank Burns was taken from his
home west of town to st. Rita's hos
pital in Lima by the Diller invalid
coach. Frank Ralister, his nephew,
went with him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lehr Green left
Friday for Florida to escape the
snow and ice.
AS the result of three-car acci-
dent, Saturday night at 10 o'clock
on Route 103 east of Bluffton, Ollie
Nonnamaker of Jenera received Sc
we're decorations of the jaw. He was
inspecting damage done to a car
driven by his son Max, IT, which
eollided with a car driven by John
Koch, 46, of Bluffton, when another
car driven by Harry Bame, Al, Je-
nera, slid into the Koch car, the inn
pact knocking Nonnamaker to the
pavement.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Huber were
Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Cora
McGeorge and family in Lima.
Mrs. Ralph Steininger, Mrs. Ralph
Mosier were slightly injured in a
two car collision in Findlay, Mon
day evening.
Mrs. Chester Huber was caller
in Benton Ridge Friday afternoon.
The ". c. T. Il. held their month
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" meeting Tuesday afternoon in
the home of Mrs. w. S. King. After
devotions and business session re-
freshments were served by the host
ess.
Mrs. Barbara Renninger is spend
ing the winter with Mr.. and Mrs.
Virgil Wooley and family in Lima,
Chester Huber called on VIM.
Bush in Findlay, Saturday.
Mrs. Huber is now able to give
light and massage treatments in
your own home. Call her on phone
for appointment.
A play was given in the high
school auditorium Friday evening by
the P. T. A.
Mrs. Arlo Doty was taken from
the Bluffton hospital to her home
north of town, Saturday.
Wayne Amstutz of Rawson has
been given the right to exclusive
use of the name "Tawa" as a herd
name in registering his purebred
/ Holstein-Friesen cattle.
Six Rawson residents received la
cerations and bruises at 9:15 p M.
| Sunday when the automobile in
which they were riding figured in a
collision on Route 25 one and one
half miles southwest of the Powell
church. Taken to the Findlay hos
pital for treatment were: Mrs. Mar
celia Smith 81, Rawson, driver of
the car, cuts on the head and arm
! injuries; Robert Smith Is, sprained
back; Mary Ann Robinson Is, facial
lacerations; Mary Jean Hugus IT,
cut on head and legs; George Spaeth
Is, cuts on the head and legs; Lama
| Tyson, shock, and Jack Smith, un-
| injured. All reside in Rawson, Mrs.
Smith was driving north when the
car skidded and collided with a car
driven by Arthur Greer of Dayton.
The Dayton parties were only
slightly injured.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Frantz have
moved east of Findlay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert McVey were
Sunday dinner guests Of Rev. and
Mrs. McVey at Bucyrus.
Mr.. and Mrs. John White were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles White and daughter
Marilyn
The senior class has chosen as its
play "Cheerio My Deario," to be
presented March 28 in the school
auditorium. Mrs Nellie Turner will
direct the play.
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time there were pussy willows along
Riley creek and farmers were busy
with spring plowing . and here is
Easter coming up early next month
and no signs of spring-they've even
folded up plans for sugar camps
which looked so good week ago
SOLDERING thot and another more
SOLDERING thot is that Easter shopping
season which will make dent in our
poeketbook just when We'll be trying
to raise 7-bux to get license for the
chevvy all Of which proves that
misfortunes never come singly and
pork chops don't come at all with
live hogs topping the market at 70
cents a pound here Saturday I'D. and
do you remember when they killed
the little piggies because there were
too many of them-wish we had some
back now and with wheat crowd
ing the $3.50 mark it was only few
years ago farmers were being paid
TO grow less wheat because Of the
surplus bogey i. which reminds US
that the late Zack Showalter said no
good would come of such wanton de-
struction of food put here by Provi-
dence for our use and a friendly
reminder that your income tax report
must be filed by next week q. and
the Red Cross drive needs your sup
port.
Help feed the birds. With the
ground covered by snow, BIuffton a
rea residents are asked to cooperate
in a bird feeding program. Five
pound sacks of grain provided by the
Sportsmen's club will be in the
Bluffton News office window Thurs
day morning. Anyone willing to feed
the birds is asked to stop at the News
office and help himself to sack of
this grain as long as the supply lasts.
It's free and self-serve. Don't wait
to be waited upon--heip yourself.
So
Just how basketball-conscious
Bluffton has been this winter is re-
Elected in some figures released the
first of the week by Sidney Stettler,
high school faculty manager of ath-
letics, whose records show that single
admissions this season increased II
per cent over a year ago. The total
this year was over 5000 as compared
with 5000 last year.
r y
"True Tales of Ohio" a new fea-
ture which has been added to the
Bluffton News is being unusually
we'll received according to reports
reaching this column. One of our
readers, Miss Minnie Benroth of Ii
ma is compiling a scrap book of the
series, which we think is a splendid
idea and worth passing along to some
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of our other subscribers who are in
terested in narratives of early pio-
neer days. The series is written by
Harry Hale, a former Cincinnati
newspaper man who obtains material
for the articles from old records and
documents.
And now the Ross Bogarts winter
ing at Bradenton, Florida, are great
grandparents since q boy was born
to Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Holmes of North
Wales, Pa. Mrs. Holmes is the former
Kae Baumgartner, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Martin Baumgartner. Mrs.
Baumgartner will be remembered as
the former Bernice Bogart, elder
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Bogart.
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LEGAL, NOTICE

Rose Henton, whose last known place oi
residence was 4A02 Cottage Grove, Chicago
Illinois, is hereby nodfied that Edgar Hen.
ton, has filed his petition against her for di.
voree. and other equitable relief, on the
grounds of gross neglect of duty and extreme
cruelty, in Case Number 37467 of the Com,
mon Pleas Court OF Allen County, Ohio, and
that said cause will DE for hearing on or a.
bout six weeks from the date of the first
publication OF this notice,
Francis w. Durbin
Attorney for Plaintiff
Suite 33l Dominion Building, Lima Ohio 81
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APPRECIATED

wish to thank all my friends
who SO thoughtfully remembered me
with cards, flowers and gifts during
my recent illness. They were much
appreciated.
Da41~m Ios--~1
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Ma~A
OeAAots6I

Winter back for return engage
ment--roads blocked with srowdrifts
the first or the week and no school
and to think that q year ago this
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-06
Beginning at 1880 A. M.
The following property:

CATTLE-Guernsey-B -Brown-Swiss years old,
fresh by sale day. Red coming with 9TH calf fresh by
sale day. HostenJersey to be fresh in May with 4h
calf Jersey coming with End calf Jersey heifer
ing years DID, not bred Jersey heifer coming years DID,
fresh in spring; Jersey bull coming years old.
43 HOGs-3 Spotted land China sows, one regis
tered with papers gs some with pigs and to far
by day of sale registered Spotted male hog coming
years DID, good one good young male hogs avg $50
lbs; 20 shoats avg so to 100 lbs Some of these
fine gifts
Is SHEEP-14 Shropshire ewes, some with lambs
Shropshire ram.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09

a notch or two while utilities helc
up fairly well.
Volume of 81, $40, 900 compared
with So, 1870, 900 Wednesday, which
vas a one-month low in turnover
The stock market, begged dowr
IN sluggish trade, again Offered
little guidance to bond dealers.
The wary attitude that has char
acterized SO many sessions thi:
year continued to prevail an inves.
tors ignored most current bushes;
development and turned a skepti
cal eye on the future.
The new security market, which
has digestedS hundreds of millions
OF dollars of issues thus far i1
the month, took a breathing spell
with only a few small sales re-
ported.
, Corporates closing lower includ.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ed A T & T new 2 3-4s at ia 1-8,
B & o stamped convertibles a!
40. Alton IS at 371-2,St. Paul in
comes at II "a, Rock Island re-
funding As at 4s IL, Missouri Pa
cific general As at AZ IL, National
Steel IS at 105 So, N. Y. Central
consolidated As at IS 7-8, New Ha-
ven collateral IS at 60, Frisco 4
lbs at A 3-4, and Seaboard in
comes at 63 "a.
In the overseas section several
Uruguayan issues imported frac-
tionally.
U. S. Governments moved mar
rowly in the over-the-counter mar
ket, the Victory Loan 2 lbs Of
Dec. 1967-'73 adding 1872 at 103 1882
bid.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09
CHICAGO BUTTER

CHICAGO, May 8-(P-(USDA)
Butter firmer: AA93 score 61.5;
A go - COS; B 80 - 59.75. Eggs
steady to firm: Large No. l and
2 extras 1856; medium extras
4O.41; standards 40-40.5; current
receipts $685.; dirties and checks
1888.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09
RAILROAD LIENS
HIT ANOTHER Low
Losses For The Day Run
From Fractions To
Around Two Points

NEW YORK. May ZAP, -
The rail section of the bond mar
ket slipped into new low price ter.
ritory for the year again today.
In scanty trace. losses of 1rac-
tons to around fwo points pre-
dominated among the carrirs. A
handful of induslrials backed up
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09
LOCAL QUOTATIONS

a. Indicated annual dividend rate.
b. Income and profits dividends paid
in past IL months.
C. Paid in 1916.
THE above quotations are nominal
and are believed to be indications Of
the price at which the securities may
be purchased or Sold.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09
BOND AVERAGES
Compiled by The Associated Press
MAY g.
GRAIN
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, May R)-An-
nouncement of supplemental grain
ALLEGATIONS to foreign countries
for May and June created buy
ing in cereals or the Board Of
Trade today.
Wheat closed 1:4-1A higher, May
$2.66k-A, corn was A-2h high
er May $1.69h-B, and oats we're
h-k higher, May 1884. The
range:
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09
TREND OF STAPLE PRICES

NEW YORK, May 8-The AS
ISOLATED Press weighted wholesale
price index of IS commodities to-
day declined to 1902.
Previous day 1924, week ago
170.61, month ago 1886, year ago
117.15.
1s47 1916 1945 1914
High 1872 1872 1921 70. 70
Low 164.05 1902 107.90 1861 3
Q926 average equals 1000.
Biological warfare research
brought such peacetime benefits
as vaccines against the cattle
plague, rinderpest; two highly
fatal poultry maladies, Newcas-
tie disease and fowl plague, psit-
tacosis and tularemia: and an
improved toxoid to fight botu-
linus poisoning in food.
Evening star., 1947-05-15
House Group Won't Interfere
With Dupont Circle Underposs

creased cost of the underpass. Orig
ir1aI estimates put the cost at 81, ,750,-
600, but recent estimates are $3,-
800, 900. Some thought any under
pass should be in line with Massa-
chusetts avenue instead Of Connec-
ticut avenue as planned Most
thought there should not be any
tunderpass at all.
Before 1t adjourned. the House
group reported out several bills, all
dealing with the police and fire
departments.
The bills would. s
Authorize an adequate White
House police force selected from
members OF the Metropolitan and
park police lists.
Allow police and firemen credit
against retirement for military serv-
ice. provided they pay TO the re-
tirennerit fund the sum equal 10
what they would have paid from
See DUPONT CIRCLE, Page A-5J
Evening star., 1947-05-15
Air Power Can Prevent
War, Rickenbacker Says
By ,h.iA..oeio,.d Pres.

LOS ANGELES, May 415.-Capt
Eddie Rickenbacker declares that.
Air power won World War II
Air power can prevent World War
III"
Addressing the Kiwanis Club yes
terday, the World War flying ace
and president OF Eastern Air Lines
continued:
Had Congress appropriated ST.
600, ,0O0, 600 for aviation development
in 1889, we wouldn't have had to
spend $500, 900 ,OOO, 900 to win the
war"
e H. T. (Dick) Merrill, Eastern's
chief pilot, was presented q Cham
ber Of Commerce trophy commence
rating the 10th anniversary of the
first commercial trans Atlantic
round "trip flight, made by him.
Evening star., 1947-05-15

The District Commissioners an
nounced today they found them
selves unable to escape from a con-
tract for fire alarm boxes which
Fire Chief Clement Murphy esti-
mated is costing the District SIS 900
too much.
The announcement was made on
the advice of Corporation Counsel
Vernon E. West, who pointed out
the contract with the Gamewell
Co. of Newton Upper Falls, Mass.
requires the District to trade In
100 used boxes to the company for
$40 each. Under the same con-
tract the city pays Gamewell $140.50
each for $50 new boxes, he said.
Chief Murphy asked for an opin-
ion on the contract because. he
said, the used boxes are suitable
for use indefinitely.
The contract was made last No-
vember when Herbert Friede,
then fire alarm superintendent, was
in charge Of fire alarm box pur-
chases. An administrative shake
Evening star., 1947-05-15
Nunan Quits as Head
0f Revenue Bureau

The White House today announced
the resignation Of Joseph D. Nunan
IT.. as commissioner of internal
revenue and the appointment OF
George j. Schoeneman, now spe-
cial executive assistant to President
Truman, as his successor.
The change is effective June 30.
Mr.. Nunan, a Roosevelt appointee
told the President he was .cesigning
to return to private business.
In accepting the resignation. MIR
Truman praised MIR. humans serv-
Ices, telling him that "the drives
which you organized against chisel-
ers and black market operators
brought in enormous revenues from
tax dodgers. particularly during the
period of active hostilities."
Mr.. Schoeneman, career EN-
ploye, was In the Internal Revenue
, Bureau for a quarter of a century
before he came to the White House.
Entering the bureau In 1920, he
was promoted TO supervisor OF
accounts and collections three years
later and then served successfully
as assistant deputy commissioner
and deputy commissioner before his
promotion In 1914 to assistant COM
missioner.
In 194s he was appointed admin
istratiye assistant to the President
and later on took over his duties as
special executive assistant.
Evening star., 1947-05-15
DC. Bound byFire Box Contract
COSTING SIS, 900 Too Much

I'D early this year turned over MIR.
Friede's former functions to Mr..
Murphy and gave Mr.. Friede a new
lob as director of communica-
tionS.
In his written opinion, Mr.. West
told the Commissioners his office
has been unable to obtain the file
containing the award. OF the con-
tract. Mr.. West suggested the old
boxes could be retained II the
Gamewell Co. would agree to a
modification of the contract, and
Engineer Commissioner Gordon r.
Young recommended that an at
tempt be made to reach such an
agreement.
The Gamewell Co.. however. has
aksed the District to deliver the
old boxes
Chief Murphy told the Commits
sioners he would like to extend the
city,s fire alarm system by placing
new boxes obtained from the COM
pany where none are now situated.
maintaining that the 100 old boxes
do not need replacing.
Evening star., 1947-05-15
Two Planes Are Burned
AT Congressional Airport

Two small planes were sdestroyed
today when a workshop at Con-
gressional Airport burned to the
ground. No one was injured.
/. A. c. Hyde, airport owner, esti-
mated damage at $40, 600. He said
the fire started in the wing OF q
Piper Cub plane on which me-
chanics were working. One Of
them, George Oakes, attempted to
put it out with a hand extinguisher,
but it spread rapidly, Mr.. Hyde
said.
The planes gasoline tank and
containers OF aircraft cement, or
dope" exploded soon after the
Workmen ned the timber and-metal
structure.
Mr.. Hyde said the two planes lost
were worth about 81 200 each.
Firemen from Kensingtoin and
Rockville succeeded Ii confning the
IRE 10 the one building. saving
nearby hangars housing many small
planes. Two planes standing near
the workshop were pulled to safety.
Evening star., 1947-05-15
By John W. Thompson, j

Al House District subcommittee
today fatty refused TO interfere with
District government plans for q
Dupont Circle underpass.
The group, headed by Representa-
tive Beallf Republican, Of Maryland
agreed III executive session that II
would be economically unsound and
|comuunity-wise undesirable for
CONGRESS to interfere with the car
rying forward Of this project at
this stage.
Similar action was believed likely
from Senate subcommittee under
Senator McGrath, Democrat, OF
Rhode Island, which Joined the
House group last month IN . public
hearing Of opposition 70 the pro-
ject.
Opponents mostly citizens and
civic groups from the vicinity OF the
circle raised objections to the irl-
Evening star., 1947-05-15
Pay Boost and Price Cut Urged
BY BowIes to Avert Collapse
Three Former oPA Chiefs Join in Report
Stressing Need for Balancing Economy

bankruptcies and foreclosures, the
report asserted.
In addition to price cuts and wage
increases, the committee advocated
/. Scrapping the pending 10 to 80
per cent tax cut program and sub
stituting q measure boosting per-
sonal exemptions from $500 to $700.
This, the Bowles group said, would
provide two-thirds Of the relief to
persons with net (after exemptionD
incomes below 5000 instead Of only
half as under the congressional
proposal.
2. Reduction or elimination of
excise taxes on such things as
freight, electric power, admissions,
gasoline and cigarettes.
8. A prompt cut Of at least 20
per cent" in home construction costs
to be achieved by collaboration OF
1See B0WI, ,ES Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1947-05-15
President Signs Bill
For Police Powers
Al National Airport
Also Approves Measure
Letting Juvenile Court
Woive Felony Jurisdiction

President Truman today signed
a bill which gives regular police
powers to certain officials at
Washington National Airport,
thus taking the airport out of a
"no-man's land 50 far as law
enforcement Is concerned.
The President also signed:
l. "A bill giving Juvenile Court the
authority to waive jurisdiction in the
case of any child charged with an
offense which could be punished by
death or life imprisonment. The
bill also would allow the Juvenile
Court to turn over to District Court
the case Of any child 16 or over
accused of a felony.
Q. A bill directing removal of two
stone pillars on West Executive ave-
nue. between the White House and
the State Department. This meas
ure had been requested by the Com
missioness because the pillars were
considered q traffic hazard.
Wolyerton Introduced Bill.
The measure granting police power
to- airport officials was introduced
by Representative Wolverton, Re
publican, of New Jersey. 1t is de-
signed to alleviate the Jurisdictions,
problem that has existed for years
along the disputed District Virgins
boundary.
Heretofore, guards at the airport
who carried firearms without statu.
tory authority, had no powers. Ir
the event Of a disturbance, the prac.
tice had been to detain the offender
until the United States marshal ai
Alexandria could make the arrest
Under the bill the civil aeronail.
ties administrator is authorized tt
designate guards as policemen, witt
authority to arrest by warrant Of
to arrest without warrant when ar
offense is committed in their pres.
ence. They are specifically author.
lied to carry arms.
Park Police May BE Used.
Park police could be assigned BY
the director Of the National Parl
Service to patrol the airport if tf1s
Secretary OF Interior directs. the bill
says. The administrators OF the air
| (Sec D q HHIG PAGE A-61
Evening star., 1947-05-15
Aberdeen Boy, IA, Dies
In Factory-Hone Fire
by tn. Associated Pres.

ABERDEEN, Md, May 15.--A "a
year-old boy was burned to death
early today in a fire that destroyed
his fathers one-story factory and
their adjoining home.
The boys parents, Mr. and Mrs
Haig Galajikian, were taken to
Union Memorial Hospital in Balti-
more with critical burns.
State police identified the dead
youth as Haig, jr.
Police and fircmen entered the
blazing building and found Mr.
lajikian and his wife unconscious
on the floor of their bedroom, in
| the rear Of the factory.
They were unable to get near the
boys bedroom because Of the rapid
spread Of the fire. His body was re-
covered about seven hours later.
Evening star., 1947-05-15
BY the Assoeioied Pres.

Chester Bowles today proposed
a 10 per cent price rollback and
widespread adoption of a Is
cents-an-hour wage increase to
ward off what he called an 'im-
minent" business collapse.
Mr. Bowles' report, drafted by a
committee which included two other
former OPA chiefs, was issued under
the sponsorship of Americans for
Democratic Action. the liberal" po-
litical organization headed by for
mer Housing Expediter Wilson
Wyatt.
while it is no longer possible to
prevent some kind of business re-
action, it is possible to prevent that
reaction from degenerating into a
collapse such as followed World War
/, with widespread unemployment
Evening star., 1947-05-15
Accused 1riggerman
Denies Firing Shot
In LyneI1ing Case
Admits Riding With
Leaders When Victim
Was Taken From JoiI
BY the Associated Press

GREENvILLE, s. c., May 15.-
Roosevelt Carlos Hurd, ST., As,
accused executioner Of a colored
lynch victim, admitted in a pur-
ported statement which was Of
fered in evidence today that he
participated in the Killing but
denied he fired the fatal shot
gun blast into the victims head.
Hurd is one Of 81 defendants DC
cused of murder and conspiracy to
murder In connection with the slay-
ing of Willie Earle last February II.
Twenty -eight are Greenville cab
drivers.
Hurd. who acknowledged Sec
ond grade education, said he rode
with the leaders who went to Pick
ems, S. c., with taxicabs and took
Earle from Pickens Jail. He said
the lynch victim was questioned
about the fatal stabbing Of a white
taxi driver,
Asked About Accomplice.
Relating how the mob stopped at
the roadside, near a slaughter pen,
Hurd said one of the other defend
ants, Ernest Stokes told Earle he
knew he had confessed to the stab
bing OF T. w. Brown, and demanded
to know who the accomplice, had
been.
"You know we brought you Out
here to kill you," Hurd quoted Stokes
as saying, "and you don't want te
die with lie on your tongue" Earle
however, insisted he didtnot know.
Several men then dragged Earle
from the car, Hurd's statement re-
lated, "and everybody started beat
ing him. They knocked him down
on the side OF the road. Somebody
fred gun two ior three times. ]
don't know who fired the gun. Ldid
mot have a gnn and I don't know
whether the shots hit the Negro OF
not. When I seen they were going
to kill the Negro, I just turned
around, because / did not want tc
see it happen"
Hurd, a swarthy. bespectacled caE
dispatcher, craned his neck arounc
1NI~yTT7Hyz 49, 4 Z < -
Evening star., 1947-05-15
Bulletins
Thonpsons Are Freed

DETROIT (R.- Louis ".
Thompson, wealthy Highland
Park automobile dealer, and
his second wife, Helen, were
freed today of murder and
conspiracy charges in the
death of his FIRST wife, Lydia.
Common Pleas Judge Neal
Fitzgerald granted = defense
motion that charges be dis
missed on the ground the
prosecution had not proved
the slaying occurred in Wayne
County.
81 Indicted in Milk Strike
NEW ORLEANS tP.Sixty-
one men. including several
AFL union officials, were In
dicted by the Federal grand
jury here today on charges Of
conspiracy to interfere with
interstate commerce during
the recent Louisiana milk
strike.