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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-15

''Twice is once too often" was
the reaction of railroad men in
Chicago yards, remembering
1916, to Truman's new seizure of
the nations railways.
The i94s seizure settled moth
ing. Nor did the order enjoining
strike. which expires May Is.
Technically the lines were under
Army operation. but the low pay
for long hours that had driven
railroad men TO strike still pre-
vailed.
Resentment was general among
the rail workers. One switchman
said: Truman lost another 200,-
600 votes by this act" Another
said the strike should have gone
on regardless of the injunction
issued by Federal Judge T. Alan
Goldsborough-who had already
gained fame of sort among Am
erican miners as 'the enjoining
judge"
WE HAVE the power" one
brakeman said. 1--WE could have
tied up the railroad companies.
But the government always steps
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-15
= FACTS ABOUT
South Africa

The Union of South Africa independent nation al
though member of the British of Nations
Color bar legislation which every aspect of South
African life is enforced 10 less
than 2373ooo whites of ancestry
of the
Restricted the remaining percent approximately
so percent of the population consisting 100000
purebooded" natives mixed African and
European 100000 Asiaics mainly from India
Total population is ll.4o0ooo.
places natives at the
coloreds" granted superior
and civil service jobs
considered inferior white
similar category Jealous of their higher position
Asatics seldom cooperate natives.
With the ballot limited almost exclusively
white minority permitted
Parliament.
advisory Native Representative Council of 22 members.
High and inability TO make a living from the soil
forced natives urban they live only
designated often their
of employment.
prohibit their becoming skilled They
effective labor striking
criminal offense. This has permitted exploitation
the diamond and gold owned largely American
British capital.
of the small and poor grade of
aside native there the danger of famine
ls45. died with the making little
than a token relief effort.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-15
Sweeping

Ostensibly-and for propagan-
ola purposes-the bill is directed
against the American Commun-
lists. But its purposes go far be-
yond the stupid, dangerous and
undenocratie objective of silenc-
ing the few thousand members
of the Communist Party.
The bill encompasses all those
who fight for progressive legisla-
ton, whether they are Commun-
lists, non-Communists, or anti
Communists. The definitions of
Communist which will be used
in administering the act, will
come, as does the legislation, from
the House Un-American Com
mittee. That Committee has
judged as communist" almost
every positive, constructive pro-
posal to the left of slavery.
The fight against Jim Crow;
the fight against the poll tax
and lynching; the fight for pub
lie housing, health, and educa-
ton programs have all been
judged as communist or COM
munist-inspired by the authors
of this legislation.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-15
South African Jim Grow
breeds feor Of civil, war
BY FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS

WHITE South Africa goes to
w the polls Wednesday, May
26, to ballot on the kind of white
supremacy it will use to control
and exploit the remaining 80
per cent Of the population.
Keeping an eye on the out
come will be American and
British capitalists for whom the
Union of South Africa is an i'm
portant bastion in the imperialist
system.
Those eligible to vote come al
most exclusively from the 2,373,-
600 Europeans who rule the ma
ton. Approximately 100000 ma
tives, plus another 100000 "col-
ored' of mixed native and Euro
pean ancestry, and 100000 Ash
atics, mainly from India, are vir-
tually disfranchised.
Although there are at least
six political parties in the field,
the real contest is between two
major parties, the United and
the Nationalist. The native ques-
ton influences all political think
ing. Both major parties firmly
believe in jim crow and con-
tinued domination by descend
ants of the Dutch, English and
other European peoples. The bat
tie is not over the issue of segre-
cation, but how much segrega-
ton.
FIELD Marshal Jan Christian
SHUTS, rs, present premier and
leader of the United party, is
widely known for his support of
discrimination before the United
Nations and his anti-Negro atti-
tudes in general. But his chief
opponents, the Nationalist, head
ed by DR.. D. F. Malan, are so
bitterly anti-Negro that SHUTS
and his followers are regarded
as progressive" and are ex-
pected to receive the bulk of the
support of the South African
Trades and Labor Assembly, rep
resenting the established white
labor movement
Currently the United Party is
pushing measures asking for the
higher education of Negroes, for
better housing and health facili-
ties for native workers flocking
into urban areas to work in
mines, mills and factories, and
would expand the authority of
the Native Representative Coun-
Gil and of white representatives
of natives in the national parlia-
ment.
SHUTS has also proposed that
they be permitted to perform the
necessary skilled work in the
construction industry to build
their own homes, since no white
labor is available, and is asking
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-15
4 IT'S A FACT 4
Truman edict

Two years had elapsed since the 1916 rail strike
by But the script followed May TO- 1948
almost identical with that staged earlier.
In 1916 Truman told Congress-
~ Unless the railroads manned by returning strik
shall Immediately undertake TO them by the Army
of the United States"
In 1948, with the New Deal dead and buried Truman
found necessary the Congressional sounding
board He simply announced:
Government seizure imperative for the protection of
upon worker by remain
ing the job"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-15

WI ARE only a few steps
w from fascism = a city
Evening star., 1948-02-05

VOL, 10:30-Speaksr Of the HOUSE Joseph
W. Marlin. jr, and Representative Everett
DrSen are the speakers at the annual Lin
coin Day dinner here.
W0p, tt:i5-Authw A. {. spsetorsky
reviews Charles Gorhan's The 6lIdsd Hsars."
WRc, tt:30-leeuona's DANA lscumi,"
chopin's Waltz In E Minor" and LISTS 'Ra
koeli March" played by tho First Piano
Quartet.
Evening star., 1948-02-05

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Evening star., 1948-02-05

Grant, Rufus Lusk, Col. William Roberts ana
Katherine Stone.
WRc, 9:O0-Ed Archie" Gardner calls on
Al blson.
Wpc, e:30-ersgory Peck drops ln.
VOL t0:00-Susan Peters and Robe1
Mitchum In God and a Red Scooter"
WTop, tO:0o-6sorgs Murphy IS a young
police officer who uses q lie defetfor 10 ob
isin a confession Of love in The Case Of the
DormitoN Theffs.
Evening star., 1948-02-05
ON the AIR I0Nl6H1.

WToP, 7:t5-Georsia Gibbs sings with
Jack Smith.
WhAL, WINK, 8:00-Today's Home Rule
hearings In tho House broadcast.
VOL, S:f5-Ted Husing reviews the week S
activities at the winter 0ympies in Switzerland.
VOL, S:30-Jatk Smith visits.
WMAL, 8:30-A debate on Home Rule for
tho District. Participants arc Cen. U. 5.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-10-28
The French sPremiere
Vile"

1t was a piece out Of Paris, drop
ped down in the wilderness, that
ghost town of so log cabins, 20 in
a row, waiting for the arrival of its
500 French inhabitants, nearly all
intellectuals, with hands unstained by
toll. Most of the half-thousand
emigrants were artists; coach and
peruke makers; friseurs, and carvers
and gilders to his majesty, the king.
Somebody had been misled-in
fact, the whole 500 somebodies. They
had come from sheltered, exclusive
life in the wealthy circles of Paris
to settle in what they believed a
ready-made heaven on the Ohio
River, near Marietta. That was
October, 17go. when ails there was tc
the Ohio hsa g1(e q few log
cabins at Mariftga and fewer a
Cincinnati-both towns less than two
years old.
Tall tales about the Garden ot
Eden in Ohio had gotten into the
French newspapers through the
claims of Joel Barlow, agent for the
Ohio Company, holders of govern
Continued on page 12)
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-10-28
UNCERTAIN FUTURE
.STYMIES SALES OF
FARM REAL ESTATE
Buyers and Sellers Adopting a
"Wait and See What Hap
pens" Attitude
Number of Prospective Renters
Seeking Farms is on
Uptrend Here

High prices for farmland and un-
certainty concerning the future price
trends of farm products, including
the possibility of cuts in government
price support structures, have result
ed in a stalemate in farm real estate
sales these days.
With landowners unwilling to low
er prices and prospective buyers
wary of entering into contracts at
time when it appears that farm
products may decline to lower selling
levels, sales Of farmland are few and
far between.
In the resultant stalemate, with
both groups waiting to "see what
will happen" this fall is expected
to bring an unusually low number
Of public auction sales on farms, for
land simply isn't changing hands as
it normally does at this time of the
year.
More Tenants Seek Farms
Another unusual development this
fall has been a decided uptrend in
the number of prospective farm ten
ants at a time when farms for rent
are comparatively few.
Increase in the number of would-be
renters to some extent is caused by
slackening of industrial activity and
the layoff of workers.
Another factor in the demand for
farms to rent is the tight housing
] situation in towns and cities; and to
obtain a house in the country many
would-be renters are willing to quit
factory jobs and switch to farm
tenancy where wages may be lower
but they can be sure of place to
| live. ....
Existing prices for land and farm
equipment have put farming into the
big business class these days. With
land prices generally ranging from
1925 to $500 an acre, it is estimated
that it will require $4,000 to buy
and equip 100-acre farm.
And with a capital outlay of these
proportions required, there are few
who can go into farming, and man,
who have the financial backing ar
cautious of buying at this time IN
view of the uncertainties of tn
| future.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-10-28
Guurdsn,en Quartet To
Omen Concert Series

Opening the 1948-49 Bluffton Col
lege concert series, the celebrated
Guardsmen quartet will make their
third Bluffton appearance in a con-
cert in the high school auditorium
at p. m. next Monday.
The Guardsmen are motion picture
and radio stars in addition to the
triumphs scored on the concert stage.
An interesting feature in their
full-evening program is their routine
showing how the fine male quartets
of half century ago performed in
public appearances,
When portraying the old-time
groups, the quartet are dressed in
authentic costumes and use songs
popular during the gay nineties."
Their Interpretation of songs of that
era are complete with gestures and
clever pantomime.
In their two previous appearances
in Bluffton, the Guardsmen have won
an enthusiastic local following.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-10-28
BLUFFTON STORE
OWNER INJURED
in AUTO CRASH
J. Y. Ruff in Toledo Hospital
With Complications From
Accident
Mrs. Gail Mumma Less Serious
ly Hurt in Collision at
Intersection

]. V. Ruff, 40, of Leipsic, owner of
the Ruff Variety store in Bluffton,
was seriously injured in an automo-
bile accident at 10:30 a. m. last Mon
day at the intersection of College
and Putnam-Allen county line roads
Mrs. Gail Mumma, 81, 504 N.
Main street, driver of the other
automobile involved in the mishap,
also was hurt, but less seriously.
A report by the state highway
patrol said visibility was poor be-
cause of a fog, and that the mishap
occurred when Ruff's car, going
south, and the Mumma car, travelling
east, collided at the road intersection
Ruff, who sustained bruises and
decorations of the forehead and left
knee, was released to go to his home
in Leipsic, following treatment at
Bluffton Community hospital. Com
plications developed Tuesday after
noon, however, and he was removed
to a Toledo hospital because of a
possible skull fracture.
Mrs. Mumma was treated at the
hospital for a bruised left ankle and
right knee, and decorations of the
left elbow.
Both cars were badly damaged.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-10-28

wreaked damages estimated at up
wards of $500 at Harmon field, mu-
nicipal recreation center and at the
Buckeye lake park where the towns
swimming pool is located.
At Harmon field stadium panels
of doors were broken in, and windows
to the ticket booths were broken
over the past week end, in a renewal
of depredations started two weeks
ago when the brick columns at the
west gate were razed to the ground,
and the wooden gate and latticework
were left a mass of shambles.
Damage at Buckeye lake was
centered in the park at the swim
ming pool end, where two stone and
brick outdoor fireplaces were
destroyed, and one bridge railing
was broken loose from its supports.
eliminating activities at the
Buckeye, vandals on Monday night
took hay rake from field on the
Fred Mueller farm and ran it into
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-10-28
VOTERS WILL GET
FOUR BALLOTS At
POLLS ON NOV. z
Electors Win Vote on Presi-
Dental, State, Judicial
And Special Issues
Allen County Fairgrounds Issue
Seeking 0ne-Mill Tax viii
Be Presented

Rluffton voters will receive four
ballots to mark when they 90 to the
polls on election day, Tuesday, Nov.
2.
One ballot will be for presidential
candidates; a second will bear the
names of state and county office
seekers; the third viii carry the nom
partisan judicial ticket, and the
fourth viii be vote on the proposed
Allen county fairgrounds tax levy.
The presidential ballot will carry
three columns. In one will appear
the name of Harry S. Truman, under
the Democratic emblem; and under
the Republican emblem will be listed
the name of Thomas E. Dewey.
The third column, for an independ-
ent candidate, will not have a party
emblem. It will bear the names of
% presidential electors pledged to
Henry Wallace. Wallace's name,
however, will not appear on the
ballot.
Longest Ballot
The state, district and county
ballot will be the longest of the four
which voters will be asked to mark
at the polls. On it are the names
Of candidates for state, district and
county offices, under the Democratic
and Republican party emblems.
This ballot will carry the names of
candidates for the governors office
at the top of the ticket, and will end
with candidates for coroner.
No party emblems or party
designations will appear on the non
partisan judicial ballot. This bears
the names of candidates for the
state supreme court, court of ap-
peals and probate court.
The Allen county Fairgrounds issue
viii be presented to voters on the
fourth ballot. This proposes /
eounty tax levy of one mill for five
years, with a Eyes" and mo" vote
provided.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-10-28
Boy Scout Drive
For Funds Monday

A one-day campaign to raise funds
for Boy Scout work will be staged
in Bluffton, Monday, beginning with
a breakfast for committeeman and
solicitors in the Walnut Grill at 7
o'clock.
The campaign committee is headed
by Rev. V. C. Oppermann and in
cludes Rev. J. n. Smucker, Rev.
Paul Cramer and Rev. E. N. Bige-
low.
Solicitors are: Armin Hauenstein,
Evan Basinger, Richard Lewis, Chas.
Emans, Harry Bogart, Silas Diller,
Ralph Diller, Ralph Badertscher,
Clay Henderson, Ralph Stearns, For
rest Steinman, Geo. Carmack, Edgar
Conaway, Murray Tripplehorn, Chas
Alderman, Gordon Bixel, Carl
Smucker, Dean Niswander, w. A.
Howe and Gerhard Buhler.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-10-28

the lake where it was submerged in
the water.
Police authorities believe the same
group is to blame for the depreda-
tons, and special officers have been
added to the towns night patrol fol-
lowing the latest outbreak over the
weekend.
First indication of the wave of
vandalism came with wrecking of
the west gate at Harmon field, two
weeks ago, following which reports
were made that someone had slashed
tires on bicycles left at the high
school while students were inside
at night meetings.
In the meantime, authorities are
hoping some progress in the case
may come as the result of investiga-
tion by Juvenile court authorities of
charges against three local youths
of minor age. The case was turned
over to the juvenile court Wednesday
by the mayors office.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-10-28
Split Ticket Voters Are Advised To
Avoid Party Circle "X'' This Year
New Election Laws Make 1t
Easy To Have Ballots Ruled
Out In Election Tally
Split Ticket Voters To Be Safe
Should Mark *" Before
Each Candidate

Persons intending to split their
ballots next Tuesday-voting for
some Democratic candidates and
some Republicans-will be safe if
they make no "X' in the circle under
a party emblem, it was recommend
ed by board of elections officials
this week.
The most certain method of having
votes counted will be for split-baliot
voters to mark an *" in the space
provided at the left of the name of
each candidate for whom they de-
sire to vote.
Scratching any name invalidates
ballot this year, and with but one
exception any mark other than an
"X" in the proper spaces also will
cause a ballot to be thrown out by
elections officials. The exception is
in the judicial ballot where space is
provided for write-in candidates.
STRAIGHT BALLOT
If a voter makes an ''X" in the
circle beneath the emblem of either
the Republican or Democratic party
he has cast a straight ballot. That
is, he has cast one vote for each
candidate of that party on the ticket.
However, if he puts an "X' in
either circle and then picks out a
candidate in the opposite column, he
is flirting with trouble this year. If
he marks an "X" next to the name
of a person who has only one OPP
ponent for an office he is on safe
grounds. But if he picks out only
one or two candidates in a field
where more than that are to be de-
cided, his straight vote for all other
candidates will be invalidated. Only
the one or two candidates he has
designated will be counted.
The reason for this, it is pointed
out, is that election officials would
be unable to tell which persons he
was not supporting if he crossed
over after making a straight ballot
mark. And the voter may not elm
mate names by scratching them out
or his whole ballot is void.
The thing to do is to vote q
straight ballot for a party or forget
all about the party emblems and
mark an TX" to the left of the
name of every candidate you want
to support, it is recommended.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-10-28
Last Rites Held
For Charles Lauby

Charles Lauby, 46, died at his
home on South Jackson street Sun
day morning following a three
months illness of a kidney ailment
Born in Blutfton, March II, 1902,
the son of Henry and Leah (Am-
stutz) Lauby, he resided in Cali
fornia for twenty-three years, re-
turning here with his wife and child
rem three years ago.
The family has resided here since
then while he was employed for
year as a printer at the Bluffton
News office and two years as field
representative for the Missionary
Church Association at Ft. Wayne.
Last summer he and his family
were in California where he was field
representative for two months for
the Pacific Bible College at Azusa.
He was graduated from Blutfton
High school in the class of 1920 and
after learning the printing trade in
the Biuffton News office moved to
California with his mother and broth
err John Lauby and family. For
seven years he operated job print
ing shop in Van Nuys.
In 1929 he was appointed in
structor in printing at the Mckinley
Home for Boys in Van Nuys which
| position he held until 1943 when he
was made assistant superintendent
of the home. Two years later in
1e45 he and his family moved to
Bluffton where they have since re-
! sided.
Surviving is his wife, the former
Edna MoIIett, daughter of the late
John B. MoIlett formerly of Biuffton
| The coupIe were married May 30
1880. She is instructor in religious
education in the Bluffton and Pan
dora schools. Also surviving are
two daughters Mary Ii and Lois l.
and one son Charles 6, together witt
two sisters, Mrs. Vernon 1oakan
| and Mrs. Harvey Gratz, both o.
Bluffton.
| Funeral services were held in th'
First Mennonite church, Wednesda!
afternoon. Officiating was Rober
| Welch of the Bluffton Missionar!
church assisted by Rev. J. n. Smuck
er and Rev. Howard Landes O
| Bluffton; Rev Frank Harder, Pan
dora and Rev. J. Z. Ringehberg AM
Rev. S. J. Grabill Of 1T. Wayne. In
t~nent was in Maple Grove GENE
| terry.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-10-28
Candidates in Final
Canvass for Votes
Ton Of Clothing
And Shoes Given
For War Relief
MORE than a ton of clothing

MORE than ton of clothing
IVA and shoes was gathered in
the collection for overseas re-
lief last Saturday as Bluffton
housewives searched their
clothes closets for used or out
moded wearing apparel.
The collection was. sponsored
by a joint committee of BiufftOn
college students and the First
Mennonite church. Wearabies
collected Saturday are stored in
the basement of the church
where they will be sorted and
cleaned and repaired if necessary
before being sent for distribution
this winter in European areas
served by war relief agencies.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-10-28
In New Locations

Mrs. E. P. Basinger and daughter
Gail have moved from their farm
north of Bluffton on the county line
to their home on West Kibler street,
formerly occupied by Clair Michael
and family.
The Clair Michael family has
moved into the Marquart property on
South Jackson street vacated by
Francis Marquart and family who
are occupying the Marquart house
next door, recently moved into town
on the lot purchased from Mrs. Peter
Gratz.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Sommers are
occupying the farm vacated by Mrs.
E. P. Basinger and daughter.