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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-06-26
Pleasant Hill

Mrs. Hugh Niswander and children
spent the past week with her sister,
Mrs. Mack Andrews and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Marquart and
family spent Sunday p. m. at the
Andrews home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Dobbins of
Ada, Mr.. and Mrs. Carey Younkman
and family and Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Stoodts called on Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur Phillips, Sunday p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Barnes called
Tuesday evening on Mr.. and Mrs.
James Phillips.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bateman and
Mrs. Sylvia Bateman, sisters of Mrs.
Erda Younkman Detroit, Mich, were
Saturday dinner guests at the Younk-
man home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Turner of
Cleveland spent the week end with
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Barnes and
daughter jeanne.
Mrs. Clara Jennings has spent the
past week with her son Willard Jen-
nings and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson McBain were
Sunday p. m. callers of their daugh-
ter, Mrs. Robert Koenig, Botkins, O..
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Olson of Up
land, Calf, called on Mrs. Sarah
Oates and son Don and Miss Clari-
bel Owens, Wednesday p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. Justin Basinger and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Kent Welty and
family, Miss Roma WeIty and Mr..
and Mrs. Winston Jennings and sons
were Sunday evening callers Of Mr..
and Mrs. Cleo Garau and son.
Mrs. Ellis Vandemark and daugh-
ters of Lima spent Wednesday with
Mr.. and Mrs. X. K. Huber. Mr.. and
Mrs. Huber and Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald
Huber and son Darrell Lee celebrated
Gerald's and Darrell Lees birthdays
Sunday with a picnic dinner.
Andrew Stauffer of Chicago called
on Miss Nellie Huber and Mrs. Lille
Fett, Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orton Stratton and
Mr.. and Mrs. Joel Basinger were
Sunday evening callers of Mr.. and
Mrs. Hiram Reichenbach and family.
Word has been received of the sud
den death of VIM. Huber, Williams
town, former resident of this COM
munity.
Mrs. Chrystal Basinger and
daughter Carolyn called on Mr.. and
Mrs. Willard Shulaw, Monday even
ing.
A basket dinner was held at the
Owens home Sunday in honor of Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest Olson, daughter Jam
ice and son Roger Of Upland, Calf.
Mrs. Olson was the former Helen
Hilty of this place. Those enjoying
the occasion were Mr.. and Mrs. Merle
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-06-26

Gallant and daughter of Findlay, Mrs.
Daisy Pfeifer Of Rawson, Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest k1ingler, Mrs. Merle
Payne, Miss Margaret Gulier, Mr..
and Mrs. Dale Owens and family and
Mrs. Eva Tullis of Lima; Jimmy and
Charles Tullis of Lafayette, Mrs.
Mabel Hilty and Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Hilty and family.
Tommy Owens of Lima is spend
ing the week with Don Oates.
The Owens school reunion will be
held next Sunday evening at Rich
land Grange. Covered dish supper at
6 p, m. followed by a program in
charge of Clair Huber of Findlay.
Mr.. Kenneth Watt and Miss Doro-
thy Davis of Lima spent Monday
evening with Mr.. and AIRS. Winston
Jennings and sons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cal Herr were call
ers of Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar thinner
man and daughters, Sunday p. m.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-06-26

and Mrs. William Cupp attended a
dinner Sunday at the Riser farm,
honoring the Misses Erna and senta
Pallat Of Cleveland, who are visiting
the Riser family.
Dir. and Mrs. Glenn Mayberry and
daughter Rose Leigh attended the
Chapman-Lugibill wedding at the
U. B. church in Col. Grove, Tuesday
evening.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-06-26

More than one-half of the first
$4,000 farmer cooperatives organ
lied have closed their doors. Diff
culties in management put 5,700 of
those organizations out of business.
Enthusiasts started 1,400 CO.
operatives in locations where there
was too little business to maintain
them. Transportation problems closed
another 1900.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-06-26
NOTICE or APPOINTMENT


Allen County. IS.
Estate of Ralph Watt. Deceased
Walter Richard Watt OF Lafayette Ohio.
has been appointed ard qualified A. Admin
istrator OF the estate bf Ralph Watt late Of
Allen County. Ohio, deceased.
Dated this 18th das of June. 1917.
Raymond r. Smith
Probate Judge II
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-06-26

Allen County 81
Estate of Walter o. Hawk. Deceased,
Mabel +. Hawk Fof Lafayette. Ohio. has
been appointed and qualified as Administra-
trix of the estate q Walter @. Hawk late of
Allen County. 0hSo. deceased.
Dated this 5th gay Of June. 1e47.
Rayrnond r. Smith
Probate Judge 10
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Weathermen called it the summer
Evening star., 1947-08-02
Berlin Paper Says Red Zone
Has Concentration Camps
By the Associoted Press

BERLIN, Aug. 2.-The official
newspaper of the Berlin Social
Democratic Party said today 13
large and well-known concentra-
ton camps and forced labor camps"
were operating in the Russian occu-
patton zone of Germany.
The newspaper charged the camps
were run by the NKVD CRussian
secret police and had tens of thou
sands of inmates. 1t said the in
mates included many German So
cial Democrats and Communists
considered undesirable" by the So
viet-sponsored Socialist Party.
Among the camps named by the
Social Democrats were two former
notorious Nazi concentration camps,
Buchenwald in Thuringia and
Sachsenhausen in Brandenberg.
On several occasions American
news correspondents visiting the
Russian zone on conducted tours
have sought to visit Buchenwald
and Sachsenhausen. Permission
was refused by local Russian COM
mandants. At these interviews the
Russian officials refused to comment
on reports that both camps were
confning Social Democrats who had
rebelled against the Soviet-indorsed
merger of their party with the Com
munists in April, 1916.
Evening star., 1947-08-02
Late Bulletins
City MANAGER Named

Joseph M. Pancoast, Alexan-
dria city attorney since 194s,
today was appointed tempor-
ary city manager to replace
Carl Budwesky, who resigned
yesterday. The action was
taken at a special session OF
council at which Mayor Will
liam T. Wilkins announced
that Mr.. Budwesky's resigna-
ton had been requested by
council yesterday morning.
Earlier Story on Page A-12o
Boys Tennis Title Won
KALAMAZOO, Mich. R.-
Robert Perry, of Los Angeles
today captured the National
BOYS Tennis Championship by
defeating a fellow Californian,
Allen Cleveland of Santa Mons
ica, 6-3, 6-3.
Evening star., 1947-08-02
U. n. Agency Warns
Atomic Stock Piles
Must Be Distributed
Commission, in First
Report, Says Step Would
Avoid War Temptation
By the Associoted Press

LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. e.
United Nations atomic delegates
warned today that atomic stock
piles and production facilities
must be distributed among the
nations to avoid tempting an ag-
gressor to launch an atomic war.
In one of a series of papers which
make up a plevieW Of the second
report of the U. N. Atomic Err cgy
Commissin. group of delega. de-
clared that the seizure of stockpiles
and production facilities, plus facili-
ties using nuclear fuel, would be a
signal that nation was about Ito
embark on atomic warfare" Rus
sia did not take part in drawing
up the papers.
at is of vital Importance that
production facilities, facilities utiliz-
ing nuclear fuel and stockpiles
should be distributed amongst ma
tions in such a way as to minimize
the military advantage that their
seizure would provide for a nation
which has aggressive intentions,
the delegates said.
Would Decrease War Motive.
"A weu-planned distribution could
not in itself prevent atomic war, but
the objective should be to decrease
the incentive for any one nation or
group of nations to attempt to Sc
cure a military advantage by seiz-
ure."
The papers. framed by the dele
gates in their individual capacities
and still not approved by their
governments, will be tackled by
the Political Committee of the COM
mission next Wednesday. The COM
mission is working on its second
report to the Security Council,
which must be turned in before
the U. N. Assembly meets Sep
tember 16.
An informed source said these
papers formed the base of that
report, which would deal largely
with the functions of an interna-
tional control agency.
With Russia standing aloof and
Poland taking only a slight part,
Gee ATNNTTC pooe ALL
Evening star., 1947-08-02
$5,083 Spent on Col. Roosevelt;
Records Indicate; Meyer Host at
Party on Day He Filed Report
Meyer Itemized Expenses
Hughes Publicity Agents Notes on Money
Spent to Entertain Elliott Roosevelt and Wife

compilation that John Meyer pub
iciy Howard Hughes $50879 entertaining Elliott
contracts today.
list of account for the
although bottom OF there
indicating for the 194 through 1916
list public by Chairman Ferguson OF the Senate
investigation
follows:
zsis isis. sRd date Nature of entertainment Amount
September Payment by w. Meyer:
Productions of account at the "cl Club
York $83l3
September Entertained by John Meyer:
Faye Elliott Roosevelt. Dinner
1100
September Entertained by John Meyer:
champagne. Dinner at Chasens
with Howard Hughes 1910
Entertained by John Meyer
Rcmanofs cocktails and champagne $500
Tail o the Cock, dinner, champagne $3.50
Club, champagne 210O
Cocambo Club, champagne 24OO
Liquor 1856
August Entertained by John Meyer:
"21" 400
Stork Club --------------------- 1850
~ Morocco 47O0
Liquor for apartment 1850
Entertained by John Meyer
dinner El Morocco Club l72O0
Copacabana Club ub----------------------- 84OO
Presents for four girls 10000
on A = D.
Evening star., 1947-08-02
RY the Assoeioted Press

BERLIN, Aug. 2.-Policemen,
standing guard at a German fac
tory in the United States sector
of Berlin-which was ordered
closed because it was manufac-
turing war materials for "a for
eign wer"-told correspondents
today they had orders to pre-
vent any of the plants equip
ment from being removed by
the Russians l g..
The plant under guard was the
Mariendorf unit of the Askania
works, big scientific instruments
industry. This plant and another
Askania unit in the borough of
Friedenau, also in the United States
sector, were ordered shut. by the
American Military Government
Evening star., 1947-08-02
By the Associotsd Press

SHANGHAI, Aug. 2.-Maj. Gen.
John P. Lucas. commander of the
American military advisory group
in China, said today he banned the
broadcast of an Air Force Day ad-
dress by 1t. Gen. Claire L. Chen
nault charging that "pennywise and
pound foolish conservatism OF politi-
clans" was zone of the greatest FORE
seeable hazards to development OF
our air power"
Gen. Chennault, wartime chief Of
the Flying Tigers and now head OF
air transport for the China National
Relief and Rehabilitation Admin
istration, had recorded the speech
for broadcast over American armed
forces radio station XMAG at Nam
king.
Asked by a reporter why he banned
Evening star., 1947-08-02
Negotiators 10 Make
Last-Minute Effort 10
Avert Ford Tieup
JAWS Executive Board
To Meet This Afternoon
On Request for Strike
BY the Associated Press

DETROIT, Aug. 2-The fate
full hour for the decision on a
Ford Motor Co. strike was at
hand today.
In one more effort. however, the
company and CIO unionists strove
for the understanding which could
ward off costly tieup. A strike
would make more than 100000 men
idle.
Negotia tors for Ford and the CIO
United Auto Workers headed to
the bargaining table in the hope
of breaking a deadlock involving
the Taft-Hartley labor law and
workers pensions.
Already Ford had rejected union
demand for a contract clause pro-
tecting it against financial liabil-
ity" under the law, and the UAW-
CIO had turned down as "unaccep-
table" Ford counter-offer.
May Call Strike Monday.
The international executive board
of the UAW which speaks for
100000 Ford production workers, was
scheduled to meet this afternoon
to act on request for strike ap-
proval. Heads of the JAWS Ford
department made the request.
Union sources have said that, If
the board approves, strike will
be called to take effect next week,
probably Monday or Tuesday. The
executive boards assent is neces-
sary under union law.
Company and union negotiators
broke up a conference late yester-
day after reporting mo progress"
Shortly before Ford had ordered
in 10000 men on overtime to work
today. A management spokesman
said the company wanted to build
up a materials stockpile 'in the
event of a strike" Ordinarily Sat-
urday is a holiday in the f1ve-day
week.
Ford Proposal Rejected.
In several quarters the situation
was described as the most serious
between Ford and the auto union
since the UAW's recognition strike
against the family owned automo-
bile empire in 1885,
The UAW-CIO came out of that
clash with recognition as production
workers bargaining agent from the
late Henry Ford. then company
president. and with contract re-
quiring union membership of al,
such workers.
The union yesterday turned down
the good faith" proposals of Henry
Ford, II, which he had offered as a
compromise to the JAWS demand
for protection against lawsuits under
the Taft-Hartley Act.
Thomas Thompson, president OF
the big Ford Rouge local 600 and
chairman of the union Negotiating
Committee, charged Mr.. Ford's pro-
posal would give power to crush
and wipe out our union" to the labor
disputes umpire
Mr.. Ford had promised the COM
Evening star., 1947-08-02
hopping Up in Java,
Advances in Sumatra
Reported by Dutch
Indonesions Are Expecting
Renewed Drive as Word
OfU. N. Action Arrives
By the Ass> .~d Press

BATAVIA, Java, Aug. 2.-The
Dutch Army announced that
mopping up and consolidation
were under way throughout Java
today, while in Sumatra they
claimed new gains in a drive
southwark on the Medan front.
These reports were contained in a
con1munique issued just after news
reached this Dutch colonial capital
that the United Nations Security
Council would ask both the Dutch
and the Indonesian Republic to cease
hostilities in progress since July 90.
The Republicans, by their own ad-
mission, were expecting an intensi-
fled Dutch push toward their capi-
tai of Jogjakarta in South Central
Java.
Last Ditch Defense Prepared.
A broadcast from Jogjakarta yes
terday reported that the Republican
high command had declared the city
and surroundings to be military
(See INDONESIA, Page A-2D
Evening star., 1947-08-02
Army Bans ChennouIt's Speech
Critical of u. S. Politicians

broadcast of the address, Gen. Lucas
said:
"If you read it. you would under
stand why 1t could not have gone
over an Army station. If it had been
a commercial radio, it would have
been none of my business"
Gen. Lucas said he saw a written
copy of the speech only after it had
been recorded. Gen. Chennault's
public relations officer said the
speech was recorded under arrange
ment with the program director OF
XMAG.
In the talk Gen. Chennault
criticized "the conservatism that sits
at polished desks and in legislative
halls at Washington"
The danger" he said, was not
the conservatism of plane builders,
but "the pennywise and pound fool
(Seo CHENNAULT, Page A-2J
Evening star., 1947-08-02
Man Leaps to Death
From Waldorf Roof
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-After tell
ing a dancing partner that this is
the last time I'll be dancing with
you," John William Prick. n. OF
Redwood City, Calf, plunged to
his death last night from the fash
ionable Starlight Roof restaurant
at the Hotel Waldorf Astoria.
Mr.. Frick's body landed on the
Park avenue sidewalk, 18 floors be-
low. Police listed the death as
suicide.
Mr.. Frick had been dining with
friends and police quoted them as
saying he had been depressed.
After leaving the dance floor, Mr..
Frick escorted his partner back to
the table, shook hands with other
members of the group and walked
away.
Three walters said they saw him
walk to the 3-foot parapet, place a
chair against it and dive over head
first.
Evening star., 1947-08-02
| Scientist Finds
Ape Mans PeIvis
In South Africa
By the Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa,
Aug. 2.-Dr. Robert Broom, noted
South African scientist, yesterday
discovered what he believed was the
pelvis of the Sterkfontein apeman.
(Scientists with the American
Museum of Natural History in
New York said DR.. Broom previ-
ously had found remains OF this
species, which they said appar-
emily lived in the Pleistocene
epoch, about 100000 years ago.
Sterkfontein is in the Transyaal0
Describing his new find, DR.. Broom
said:
THE = pelvis. nearly complete,
shows HE being walked on his hind
legs and was apparently closely
allied to man. The discovery is OF
great Importance.
Evening star., 1947-08-02
Kon TikiExpedition Sights Land
After ; Months Soi|inq Pacific

bags after a swell lifted the raft to
show him blue smudge lying close
to the horizon outlined against the
red morning sky. 1t was the island
of Pukapuka, easternmost atoll of
the Tuamotu group.
Strong side winds, however, were
driving us fast in the opposite direc-
ton. We couldn't turn the raft into
the wind, but We managed to work
along at right angles, sailing some
seven miles south of the island
parallel to its two-mile coast.
At $50 am. some natives on the
island must have started breakfast
Heavy blue smoke rose behind the
trees. After three months of salt
sea smells, it was strange to get
whiffs of burning wood from the
native village. Later. the strong
scent of fresh wood and greenery
Evening star., 1947-08-02
War Material Found lin Berlin
Guarded Against Red Seizure
Two Factories in u S. Zone Of City Found
Making Goods for foreign Power

when investigators reported they
were delivering precision instru-
ments and other parts for war
machines to the foreign power.
Five officials of the plants were
taken into custody and are expected
to be tried before an American Mill
tary Government general court.
Asked to state whether the for
eign power for which the plants
were working was Russia, an Amer
lean Military Government official
replied:
These men have not yet been
tried, but when they are brought
into court their trial will be open
to the press and public"
,Mariendorf is borough adjacent
to the Russian sector of the city.
A German left in charge at Marien-
1See WAR MATERIALS. Page A-2D
Evening star., 1947-08-02
(See PROBE, Page
Berretu Operated On

MONTEvIDEO, Uruguay, Aug.
R.-Surgeons were reported today
to have undertaken an operation on
Uruguayan President Tomas Ber-
reta, II, whose condition took a
turn for the worse last night. Ber-
reta, suffering from an undisclosed
illness, was granted a leave of alb
sence yesterday by the Uruguayan
Congress. Vice President Luis Battle
Berres, 40, assumed Office as acting
President.
Evening star., 1947-08-02
By Thor Heyerdohl
North Ameriecn Newspaper Alliance

AT SEA IN TUAMOTU ARCHI-
PELAGO. July 80 Delaye0.-At
dawn today the Kon-Tiki raft ex-
pedition sighted land for the first
time since we left Callao, Peru,
three months and day ago, to
prove that a pre-Incan blond race
could have drifted on RATS from
Peru to Polynesia some l,500 years
ago. .
But we are not sure where we shall
be able to run ashore.
We had known for two days that
land was near. Large flocks of
frigate birds had sailed above us at
great speeds, obviously headed for
land.
This morning at o'clock. Her.
man Watzinger, who had been on
watch, turned us out of our sleeping
Evening star., 1947-08-02
Policeman Routs Five
Trying 10 Paint Signs
At British Embassy
Slogans AssoiIing Britoin
Found at Consulate
Buildings in Five Cities

Five men who attempted to
paint signs in the driveway of
the British Embassy here early
today were routed by a Metro
politan policeman on duty there
as similar incidents were re-
ported at British consulates in
five cities throughout the coun-
try.
One Of the five, a 20-year-old
Washington resident, was captured
by the policeman. After being
questioned, he was released with
out charges shortly before noon.
Anti-British slogans and swasti-
kas were painted successfully on
British consulates in New York,
Phila dalphia. Baltimore, Chicago
and Los Angeles, the Associated
Press reported.
Men Had Paint Buckets.
Policeman William Weisbacker of
the ninth precinct reported he saw
the five men, loaded with buckets of
blue paint and brushes, run into the
embassy driveway about 2:30 am.
When challenged, they ran, he said.
Pvt. Weisbacker gave chase and
caught one of them.
When questioned by police, the
youth said he believed that "by
constant effort, assassinations by
the British could be stopped" He
told police he was member OF the
Jewish Community Center but had
mo religion" He was in the Army
from 1943 to 1916. serving overseas
in France and Germany, according
to police.
Special police guards at various
embassies here were discontinued at
the end of the war. Precinct COM
manders, however, have made it a
practice to station special police de-
tails at an embassy whenever it is
believed demonstrations might occur
as result of fare-up in the inter-
national scene. such as the recent
hangings of British and Jews in
Palestine.
Two Held in Philadelphia.
Among the anti-British slogans
appearing on consulates in the other
cities were British Following Nazis,
British are Nazis," and Exodus
1947'-the name of the Jewish refu-
gee ship seized recently en- route to
Palestine.
In Philadelphia police arrested
two youths, Daniel Taper. II, Cam
den, N. j., and Sid Troy, New York,
and charged them with malicious
mischief. They were arrested when
group of painters were surprised
Smearing slogans and swastikas
on the Philadelphia Savings Fund
(See ANTI-BRITISH, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1947-08-02
$500, in Bonds Pay
For Projects Unlisted
In Alexandria Issue
Auditing Firm Seeks to
Stroighten Out Situation,
Budwesky Announces
BUDWESKY QUITS post as Alex
andria city manager. Page AIR
By Mary Lou Werner

By Mary Lou Werner
One third of the $1,500,000
bond issue foated in Alexandria
last year has been spent on prof.
ects not authorized in the bond
issue, city officials admitted
today.
AS result, funds for improve
ments contemplated under the bond
issue, including acquisition of school
sites, are not available, it was
learned.
Asked to explain how the situa-
tion occurred, Carl Budwesky, who
resigned as city manager yes
terday, said he learned of the finan-
cial mixup when he returned from
Florida last spring. He said the
City Council had, during the past
year, authorized expenditures for
capital improvements not contem-
plated under the bond issue.
Funds Transferred.
To pay for these expenditures,
funds were taken from the tond
issue account and placed in the
general fund, and the bills were
charged off against the general fund,
he said.
Upon learning what had been
done," Mr.. Budwesky said, II started
working with the auditing firm that
takes care of our finances in the
preparation of a detailed analysis of
what the funds have been used for"
He said it would be necessary to
reimburse the bond account to the
extent of funds diverted from it to
cover the cost of items not intended
to be covered by the bond money.
II want to emphasize that there is
no particular difficulty involved" Mr..
Budwesky explained. 1T merely
means that those appropriations
made by the council since the last
bond issue must shortly be taken
care of either by temporary or long
term loans"
Borrowing Impossible.
This would be necessary, he ex-
planned, because it is impossible to
borrow new money to finance pro-
jects for which money already had
been borrowed. In other words, any
subsequent bond issue would have
to be foated to cover the expendi-
lures made on capital Improvements
from the present bond issue fund.
Actually, the money borrowed for
these improvements would be ap-
piled to reimburse the existing bond
issue fund so that the improvements
contemplated under the original
bond issue could be fulfilled.
Col. Everett A. Hellmuth, chair-
man of the city council finance COM
mittee, said he agreed with the
statement of Mr.. Budwesky that the
financial muddle presents mo par
ticular difficulty"
"The city's finances ran beyond
all expectations last year in raises
and work that had to be DONE" Col.
Hellmuth said. He referred to the
task of Strengthening out the bond
issue account as tremendously COM
plicated."
Col. Hellmuth added that he was
looking forward" to the employment
of a city controller who can be ex-
pected to keep a tighter reign or
city finances Employment OF a
controller already has been author
lied by the council.
Among unexpected expenditures
r~NTDC n.-. 0I