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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-02-12

! the 13th-forewarned is forearmed.
| Surprising the number of nice peo-
| pie you meet when you take up air
plane flying. There's Jim Hilty who
is learning at Bluffton airport under
| the G. |. bill, who lost his direction
and landed in a beet field near Dola
last Thursday evening. He had no
more than alighted than the farmer
invited him in for supper-a bounti-
full repast with realfor-sure pork
chops (imagine pork chops these
days) . and it developed that the
farmer, like Jim, was an EXC L,
so the Bluffton flyer did some mis-
sionary work and interested the
Dola man in flying with the result
/ that he, too, has enrolled as a stu
dent flyer at the airport here.
You've heard of a pot of gold
well, if you'll change that from gold
to nickels, you'll know what it was
that Gerald "Tuffy" Swank, North
Main street barber was toting into
the Citizens bank the other day
$500 worth-and that is a lot of
! nickels. You know the old story
save the nickels and the dollars will
take care of themselves-and that's
just what happened here.
Streets covered with ice and snow
the past two weeks have made es-
pecially timely a warning from the
state highway department calling at
tention to the vast difference and
added precautions necessary for safe
| driving in the wintertime.
A car travelling 20 mills per hour
can stop in q feet on dry pave
ment, but on packed snow it takes
10 feet without chains, says the
departments bulletin With tire
chains on rear wheels it takes 40
feet. On smooth ice, the distance is
169 feet with natural rubber tires
and 1877 feet with synthetic tires if
chains are not used. With chains
on rear wheels, stopping distance is
reduced to So feet on glare ice. On
ice or snow, drivers are used to
start slowly, drive at reduced speeds,
lengthen distance between vehicles,
apply brake lightly and intermit
tently when braking is needed and
allow longer distances.
1t was just 100 years ago this
month that gold was discovered in
California at a spot on the American
river, known as Suffers mill-a
sawmill operated by John A. Sutter.
Tradition. has it that he was dist
antly related to the Sutter families
in the Bluffton- Pandora area. The
discovery is credited to one of SUIT
ter's employees, James w. Marshall
who found the yellow particles in a
newly dug millrace for the sawmill
on the morning of February 2, 1948. |
This was the spark which touched
off the big California gold rush at
the middle of the last century.
When the U. S. army transport
Eldon johnson discharged it's pass
engers in Honolulu recently, 1t. Col. |
Norman King, formerly of Mt. Cory, |
commanding officer of the 31st |
Weather Squadron was on hand to
greet his wife and three sons who
arrived to make their home in
Hawaii.
Mrs. King, the former Marsella
Reese, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. P.
j. Reese of Mt. Cory and sons Edi-
die, 5, Don, 2, and Dean, 4 months,
have been staying in Sacramento,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-02-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Diilman and
family and Mrs. Ella DiIlman were
Monday eve supper guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Don Dillman and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Chidester
and family moved Monday to their
farm which they bought of the Augs-
burger heirs. Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd
Slower and daughters moved where
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-02-12

the nations immortals-and it's sur
prising the number of Bluffton peo-
pie who were foresighted enough to
arrange to have their birthdays on
these same days-there's John Gar
linger, IA on Wednesday, Edison's
birthday, who expects to go roller
skating at Lima in the evening just
to prove that you're only as old as
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-02-12
LEGAL NOTICE

Marie Taylor, who is not resident of Ohio.
and whose last known address General
Delivery Nashville. Tennessee, Will take
notice that on the 23rd day of January, le48.
the Plaintiff. Norman Leslie Taylor, filed his
petition for divorce against her in the
Common Pleas Court of Allen County, Ohio.
in Case No. 3805l. on the grounds of gross
neglect of duty and extreme cruelty praying
that he may be divorced from saidFDefendant,
and for such other and further gralief is
proper in the premises. Said eause viii be
for hearing on or after March 20, 1948.
NORMAN LESLIE TAYLOR
By L. L. hudwg,
46 AttornsS for Plaintiff.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-02-12

Chidester vacated.
Past week callers at the Ernest
Gratz home were Mr.. and Mrs. Ken
meth Gratz and sons, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Boegli, Mrs. Richard Core,
Mary Gratz, Reno Gratz, Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Boegli, Mrs. Kathryn Maid
low, Mrs. Ralph Maidlow and son
Kenneth Lee and Rev. Oppermann.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-02-12
MtnA
Dea4otsdI

Mid-February-a season lavishly
showered with birthdays of some Of
Jackson advocate., 1948-01-31

over the previous year. Colored
youth make up 10 per cent of the
total All enrolment.
The annual repor of Extension
Director M. L. Wilson states that
4H'ers raised 10000 head of live
stock, grew $4,000 acres of gar
dens, and nearly 5000 acres of
fod crops in 1916. In their poultry
work, they handled nearly nine
millinon birds.
Other All activities included the
preparation of 18 million meals,
the canning of 20 million quarts
of food, the brining of 100000
gallons of fod products, and the
drying, curing, storing, or freezing
of IL million pounds of food.
To help fight famine overseas,
4H'ers in one West Virginia coun-
ty collected and SHIPPED four car
loads of wheat. And thousands of
clubbers in various states sent
friendship boxes of food and clo-
thing to neighbors in other coun-
tries.
Jackson advocate., 1948-01-31
Junior Red Cross
Meets At CHAPTER
House

The following schools were rep
resented at the regular monthly
meeting of the Junior Red Cross
Council, which met at the Red
Cross Chapter House, 704 w. End
Street, January 13, 1948. Dunbar
High, Gibbs, South End, Jones
High, Capitol Hill, Stephens and
st. Bartholomew.
One of the highlights of the
Program was an address by Mrs.
Beulah Smith, Field director, AM
erican Red Cross, North Little
Rock Veterans Hospital, who dis
cussed Junior Red Cross and my
Institution
Among the activities for Dec
ember, the schools reported making
Christmas cards; tray covers, nap
kins and nut cups for the Vetrans
Hospital; distributing baskets of
food and fruit to needy families;
giving remodeled toys to under
privileged children. Fruit and
nuts sent to the County Hospital
Stockings filed with Christmas
goodies" wer given to all ladies
at the w. M. Gibbs Home, tree
was decorated and program render
ed. The Orphans Home, 10th and
Chester Street, received filled
stockings and nut cups. Children
at the Baptist Hospital, McRae
Sanitorium and Jacksonville recei-
we'd Christmas Favors.
Council representatives are as
follows: Stephens School, Willie
Elan; Dunbar High, Evelyn Troll
ltete; Capitol Hill, Mary Brown
and Perlester Hollingsworth; S.
A. Jones High, Leroy Terrell and
Alma Bishop; South End, Alonzo
Pettus and Charles Simms; Gibbs,
Joyce McClinton and Lloydz Will
liams.
Charles Simms, zeRporter
Jackson advocate., 1948-01-31
Memphis Postof-
flee Discrimination
To Be Investigated

Memphis, Tenn, Jan. &c - 1t
was learned here today that the
Memphis Postoffice will be inves-
tigated at an early date on charges
of discrimination in refusing to
employ Negroes as mail clerks.
The investigation was annQunced
by Sen. William LANCER, North Da-
kota Republican, chairman Of the
post office and civil service COM
mittee.
The charges were made yester-
day by Clarence Mitchell, labor Sc
cretary Of the National Association
for the Advancement Of Colored
People.
Postmaster H. C. McKeller says
it is true that there are no Ne
gro Clerks in the Memphis Post
office, but he said it has never
been the custom to appoint them.
He contended that there are few
Negro applicants for such posts.
There are some 200 Uegroes en-
ployed by the postoffice in Mem
phis.
Sen. X. D. McKeller, of Tenn.
brother of the Memphis postmas-
ter, said in Washington that he
has not heard about the proposed
investigation, but would look into
it at once.
Jackson advocate., 1948-01-31
THE COMMON DEFENSE
By Rev. WiIIium c. Kernon

WAGING THE BATTLE ON THE COMMUNITY LEVEL
fuII-poqe messoge of "a created by the lnstIt-
ute for Americon Democracy of New York appeared IN
the December y issue of the APPLETON (Winconsn)
POST-CRESCENT Purporting to be the counsel OF
fother to his body, the advertisement said:
"You're cute now body ovobe, kissobe, sweet
Not soul in the world has thing against you now
But Just wait till you grow up You'll be oshomed to dis
cover that you're Stunned by some, dislked by others
:. actually hated by few!
You see boby you hoppen to have been born OF Goth
oIic - or Jewish Protestant parents And some
people Just don't like Catholics or Jews - or Pro-
testonts - depending on whot their personal be-
Iefs hoppen to be-
"And the stroneest thing boby, is that you too moy
become one of the hoers You moy grow to hate some
bobies who just as cute - just as sweet and ov-
obIe and kissoble you are today!
"But right now, you don't hate anybody - not sou
in the whole world
"And boby remember this: Don't ever hate anyone
ever Thots the way to keep anyone from hotng
you persons religious belief his own prvote pro-
perty = even more thon the color OF his hoT ond
eyes and skin So boby Ieon TO respect the other te
lows faith Learn TO Judge people by whot they say and
do instead of by their color creed by the place they
came from.
IF YOU and lots of other babies will abide by those
bosc principles you grow up, we'll never have TO
worry about the 'hoters' anymore"
The message wos sponsored by the Appleton Inter
foth Committee Tolerance and Understanding which
stoted I'VE the undersigned, believer intellectually
in the counsel of this foher TO his baby We cordially
invite all citizens of this community TO join hearts and
honds with us in the creation of the spirit of LOVE-
PEACE, AND GOOD WILL which sholI moke it impos
sbe for hate to have any poce in human relationships
Subscribing to this statement the Mayor of APP
peton, the udge of the Municipal Court the Pastor of
the First Methodist Church. the Grond Knight of the
Knights of Columbus, the President of the Appleton
Chapter of Bnoi Birth the President of the Ministerial
Association, the Superintendent Of Schools, the Prin-
cipo of the high school, the Commanders of the local
posts of the Amercon Legion, the Catholic War Vet
erons and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, two members
of the Governors Committee on Humon Rights and three
prvote citizens of Appleton
The bottle for Ameconism must be woged on the local
level The citizens of Appleton wogng it So ore
numerous other communities. They deserve our groti-|
tude - and emulation
Jackson advocate., 1948-01-31
CoIored 4-H Girls
OutnuInber Boys
By $4,000

In line with the national Al
club membership pattern, colored
farm girls continue to outnumber
farm boys enrolled in All clubs,
according to the records of Ex-
tension Service of the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture.
Latest available records show
that the number of colored All club
girls exceed that of boys by $4,000.
OF the 299,a6 colored rural youth
enrolled in All club work, III, ,799
are girls and 127. 767 are boys.
Among all Alters, white and col
ored, girls outnumber boys by a
bout 275,0O0. However, the lar
ger enrolment of girls is no new
The total number of All club
youth now stands at about 1000,
600. This is an increase of 52,417
Jackson advocate., 1948-01-31
Plans Underway
For Catholic
Church At
Conway

Plans for organizing Roman
Catholic Church for the .colored
citizens of Conway, Arkansas, have
been announced by the Pastor of
St. Joseph Catholic Church in Con-
way, the Reverend Anthony La
chowsky. Father Lachowski also
stated that approximately thirty
persons are interested in member
ship. Y
The selected site for the church
is in the Eastern section of the
city, the lot was purchased from
Mr.. William G. Erbacher by Bish-
op Albert L. Fletcher of Little
Rock. At the present small build
ing has moved to site, and services
will be held as oon as it is re-
modelled.
Jackson advocate., 1948-01-31
Tin In Transport

Transportation has long mads Use
of tin In constructing equipment
parts. Tin Sn some form or other
ngures In the building Of automo-
biles, street cars, trains, airplanes
and ocean liners. Before the war,
each motor ear and truck took aboU
7 to 8 pounds Of tin. For the con
struction Of q big ocean liner aboU
II tons 08 tin was used.
Evening star., 1948-04-19
De|bertius Ketchum Dies;
Retired Rail Engineer, II

Delbertius Ketchum. II. retired
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad engin-
eer, died yesterday at his home,
48o7 w street, Boulevard Heights,
Evening star., 1948-04-19
Social Agency Council
|P|ans Youth Week 10
Interest D. T.. Adults

A week of activities planned to
arouse the interest of Washington
adults in the city's youth was an
nounced today by the Council of
Social Agencies.
Part of the national observance
of Boys and Girls Week, the activi-
ties will start next Sunday with
special services dedicated to youth
in many churches Campfire Girls
and Boy and Girl Scouts are ex-
pected to attend church in their
uniforms.
Public and parochial schools,
youth clubs and numerous civic and
social welfare agencies will CO.
operate in varied programs during
the remainder of the week.
Family Day" Planned.
Special parent-teacher meetings
are among activities planned for
Monday, when the observance will
be marked in the schools Schools
have been asked to conduct pro-
grams emphasizing the importance
of completing high school and, if
possible, college.
Family Day" is slated for Tues
day with programs for parents and
children in the city's youth centers
Wednesday will be designated
United Nations Day" and will fea-
ture activities promoting interna-
tional understanding.
Professional and civic leaders will
advise on job opportunities on
Thursday, Careers Day." Awards
will be presented Friday to youth
leaders, and the week will conclude
with Health and Recreation Day.
Saturday featuring sports and safety
contests.
Youth Awards To Be Given.
A highlight of the week will be the
presentation of American Legion
youth awards to children represent
ing the Boy and Girl Scouts, Camp
fire Girls, boys clubs, Friendship
House and Recreation Department
Fairgrounds. The ceremony, which
will be televised, will be at pm
Tuesday at the WNBW studio, Four
teenth street and New York avenue
NV.
Radio station WWDC is planning
to broadcast interviews with boys
and girls throughout the week.
Evening star., 1948-04-19
z Men Badly Burned
In Laundry Explosion

Two Of three men burned in a
boiler room explosion OF the Du-
pont Laundry. 2535 Sherman ave.
nue. NV, yesterday were in crit
ical condition today at Freedmen's
Hospital.
The blast, believed to have been
set of by an electric spark, dam
aged the rear and side Of the
building. The laundry was not in
operation today as officials sought
to determine whether the structure
was safe. Building Inspector Oscar
Estep said rear wall would have to
be pulled down.
The injured men, all of whom
were cleaning the boiler pit at the
time of the explosion, were: George
Genus, 49, of Landover, Md; Clar-
ence Murphy, SIS, OF 704 Eastern
avenue NE, and Yarold Snoot, "a,
Of ITO Morton street NV, all COL
ored.
Mr.. Genus and Mr.. Murphy were
badly burned. Mr.. Smoot was re-
leased from the hospital following
treatment for burns on his hands
and face.
The laundry has about 80 en-
ployes. The only ones in the build
ing yesterday were the three men
cleaning the boiler pit.
Evening star., 1948-04-19
Congress Gets Plea
To Hold U. 5. Rights
Ito 0fshore Oil Areas
By N, A.,oeio,ed Press

Prompted by new indications oi
possible oil formations of the Gull
Coast, three cabinet officers urged
Congress yesterday to refrain from
any attempt to disturb the rights
Of the rights OF the United States
in the marginal seas"
Defense Secretary Forrestal, At
torney General Clark and Secretary
OF the Interior Krug joined in the
Recommendation. It was sent in let
ters to Chairman Butler of the SEN
ate Committee on Interior and In
sular Affairs and Chairman Welch
| of the House Public Lands Com
mittee.
The Navy and Interior Depart
ments announced Saturday that in
dications OF some salt dome geologi-
cal formations, possibly OIL bearing
have been discovered in recent sci
entific explorations of the conti-
mental shelf in an area extending
about Is miles off-shore between
Sabine Pass, Tex, and Grand
Cheniere, La.
Area Claimed by u. S.
Secretaries Forrestal, Clark and
Krug noted that the area is within
that claimed for the United States
by President Truman on September
%, 1945. They also said that a
bill pending before the Senate Ju-
dietary Committee attempts to de-
prive the United States of the re-
sources in this area" in favor Of the
individual States.
Their letter continued:
"This is strikingly evidenced by
recent attempts by two States to
extend by State statutes their
boundaries far beyond the Smile
belt-Louisiana by statute in 1888
attempted to extend its boundary
27 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico
In 1941 Texas, by statue, attempt
ed to extend its boundary q miles
out in the Gulf Of Mexico and as
recently as 1947 attempted to ex-
tend its boundary to the outer edge
of the continental shelf. more than
100 miles from shore.
n Development Urged.
"ThiS discovery of a potential
source Of oil emphasizes the fact
that Congress should not attempt
to disturb the rights Of the United
States in the marginal seas, as de-
cided by the Supreme Court.
1T also points up the urgency for
Evening star., 1948-04-19
Former Czech Secretary
Pleads Guilty 10 Treason
BY the Associated Press

PRAGUE, April 19.-The of1cial
Czechoslovak' radio said Otto Obuch,
secretary to former Deputy Premier
Jan Ursiny, pleaded guilty today to
treason. It was the first treason
trial since the Communists took
over Czechoslovakia.
Mr.. Obuch's plea came at the end
of the reading of a 25-page charge
in the court at Bratislavia, where
Mr.. Ursiny, Mr.. Obuch and Is other
members of the old Slovak Demo-
cratic Party are on trial, charged
with plotting against the security
of the state.
Mr.. Obuch was accused of being
an agent of eXiled enemies of the
state. Mr.. Ursiny, the charges said,
passed on information to Mr.. Obuch
from secret cabinet meetings.
Bulgarian Premier Georgi Dimi-
trov is expected to arrive in Prague
tomorrow to sign a mutual assist
ance and friendship pact with
Czechoslovaki..
Evening star., 1948-04-19
Statue Of Nathan Hale
Accepted by Clark for
u. ). al Ceremony ;.

A ceremony outside the Justice
Department Building yesterday
marked the Government accept
ance of life-size statue Of Nathan
Hale, Revolutionary War hero who
declared "I only regret that I have
but one life to lose for my country"
The statue, a bronze duplicate
Of one on the Yale University
campus, was bequeathed to the
Government by the late George
Dudley Seymour, distinguished
citizen Of Connecticut. It was for
merly at the site of Hale's birth
place, Coventry, Conn. The presen-
tation yesterday was made by DIR.
Charles Seymour, president Of the
university, and was formally ac-
cepted by Attorney General Clark.
Master OF ceremonies at the
gathering on Constitution avenue
was Senator Mcmahon, Democrat,
of Connecticut, who was author OF
the Senate resolution authorizing
acceptance of the gift. Guests in
cluded Senator Baldwin, Republican,
Of Connecticut, members OF the
Connecticut House delegation, Gov
ernment officials and representa-
tives OF patriotic and veterans
organizations.
DR.. Seymour told in detail the
brief career of Hale: He was born In
1755. A graduate Of Yale, he taught
school for a time and then became
an officer in the Continental Army.
He answered Washington's call for
q volunteer to spy on the British
lines. After completing his mission,
he was returning to the American
lines in his disguise, but was cap
tured and hanged. He was 81 when
he died.
HE has been the symbol of youth
full patriotism in its noblest and
highest FORM" Senator Mcmahon
said.
"Iis heroic sacrifice has thrilled
youth throughout the years." At
torney General Clark declared.
Every citizen of the United States
has a sacred duty to guard and
help preserve, in time Of peace as
well as in time of war, the freedom
for which Nathan Hale and other
Americans have fought, and for
which many of them have died"
Evening star., 1948-04-19
Curtiss Wright Awarded
XP-87 FIGHTER Contract
BY the Associated Press

A s1,5o0,00O Air Force contract
was awarded the Curtiss- Wright
Corp. of Columbus. Ohio, today for
engineering and tooling for early
production of the four-engine, 600
mile-per-hour, all-weather jet fight
er-the XP-87.
The Air Force announcement said
that although no contract has been
awarded for quantity production OF
the XP-87, the company has started
preliminary work in detailed enei-
neering, tool designing and plan
ming. The first model of the new
fighter is undergoing successful
flight tests at Muroc Air Force base
In California, the announcement
said.
Evening star., 1948-04-19


and started his railroad career with
the Southern Railroad. A short
time later he became an engineer
with the B. g. o. He retired in l94l
after AZ years service.
He was member of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and
Engineers and the Harding Camp OF
the Spanish sh-American War Vet
Grams. He was a former member OF
the knights of Pythias in Baltimore
and the Bennings Council No. 21 OF
the Junior Order of United Amer
ican Mechanics here.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs.
Hattie L. Ketchum; five daughters,
Mrs. Ethel L. Desput, Cedarhurst,
Md; Mrs. Mae G.. Smith, Ports
mouth, Ohio; Mrs. Ruth Dixon, Mrs.
Stella Davis, Mrs. Helen Legge and
a son, William H. Ketchum. all OF
the Washington area. Another son,
Milton Ketchum, lives in Clarks-
burg, w. v. Also surviving are a
brother and sister in New York
State.
Funeral services will be held at
1:30 pm. Wednesday. at the Suit
land (Md) Christian Church.
Burial will be in Glenwood Gem
eterv.
Evening star., 1948-04-19
CHICAGO U. Alumni to Meet

Nathaniel PETER, authority on the
Far East and professor of inter-
national relations, Columbia Uni
versity, will discuss China's relation
to the world situation at break
fast meeting of the University OF
Chicago Alumni Club of Washing
ton at 1890 pm. next Sunday in
the Sheraton Hotel.
Evening star., 1948-04-19

NATHAN HALE ESTATUECeremonies at the Justice
Department yesterday marked the Governments acceptance
of the Revolutionary War hero Here, Lewis L.
Hemingway of New Haven places wreath at the statue on
left right Charles Seymour pre
Yale University who presented the statue the Rev.
Shera Montgomery chaplain OF the House OF
Democrat of Connecticut and Attor
ney Clark who accepted the statue behalf OF the
Government -AP Photo.
Evening star., 1948-04-19

Mr.. Ketchum,
who was known
as Dan" W a S
born in Antrim,
Pa. He worked
as a lumberjack
in h a t State
and later served
with he 18th
r e G i'm e mt Of
Penns vi v a n / a
Volun teers in
the Spanish =
American War.
After his dis
charge he came
Evening star., 1948-04-19

| appropriate legislation to provide
for the development, exploitation
and conservation Of the resources
In such areas"
They said such legislation had
been introduced In both Houses.