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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08
Roy Rogers Bags Red
Fox In Hunt Tuesday

Roy Rogers, farmer living north
of town on the Dixie highway, shot
a red fox in Union township Tues
day, southeast of Rawson, while
on a fox hunt with a party of area
hunters. The animal was bagged at
$50 feet with a shotgun firing num-
Der six shot.
The hunters, which included Lehr
and Merritt Green, John Bowersox,
John Cupples, Guy Anderson and
Rogers, set out on the hunt fol-
lowing the heavy snowfall of Mon
day night. Tracks where the fox
had crossed the road were spotted
by the men as they cruised up and
down country roads in their cars.
While one man followed the trail
the other men stationed themselves
around the section. Guy Anderson
got the first shot at the animal, but
Rogers was the lucky hunter to
bring down the quarry.
The fox was a female and weigh
ed eight pounds. The same group
of hunters while fox hunting in the
same area the day before scared. up
three foxes, but none were bagged
Once while Rogers was waiting near
his car for the rest of the party tc
return, a fox came down a fence
row almost to him, but his gun was
in the car and before he could get
a shot the animal had vanished.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08
Beaverdam

Mr.. and Mrs. A. 3. Pugh and son
Jack were Sunday afternoon callers
of Mr.. and Mrs. Milo Sautter at
Lima.
Robert Zimmerman who has spent
the holidays with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Zimmerman returned
on Tuesday to Miami University.
Miss Irene Rowland of Fostoria
was a holiday guest of Mr.. and Mrs
Everett Rowland.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. w. Byerly of Lima
were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs
Cynthia Elliott and Mrs. Katherine
Bassett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delmer Beery were
Sunday afternoon visitors of Mrs
Carl Beery and daughter at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Larue al
Harrod.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Downey ot
Lima were Sunday dinner guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold E. Downey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Frick o1
Lima were Sunday evening callers
of Miss Ruth Durkee.
A Community Institute will bt
held at the local High School Audit
orium on January Ii. r. Wobus, D
d. of Sidney will be guest speaker.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08
Good Attendance At
Week Of Prayer Here

Attendance at week of prayer
services in progress here has been
good it is announced by the Bluffton
Ministerial association sponsoring
the project.
Schedule for the remaining serv-
ices of the week follows:
Wednesday, 1880 p. m.-Evangel-
ical Mennonite church, speaker Rev.
Harry Yoder. Topic - T him G s
Wrought by Prayer.
Thursday, p. m.-First Mennon-
ite church, speaker, Rev. Victor
Monk. Topic-The Power of Prayer,
Friday, 1880 p. m.-Lutheran
church, speaker, Rev. V. c. Opper-
mann. Topic-Jesus Prayed for His
Disciples.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08
Pleasant View

Miss Carol Jean Frantz had the
misfortune of falling on the ice and
fracturing the large bone in her right
ankle. She is improving nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sheidler and
family spent New Years eve with
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Harris and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Windle and
Mr.. and Mrs. Nile Newton and son
Stanley spent New Years Day with
Mr.. and Mrs. C, C. Wehrly of Pan
dora.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland Frantz and
Mrs. Estell Sampson attended the
funeral of Mrs. Henry Fischer at
Findlay, Sunday afternoon.
The Lehman family has moved
from the Jesse Hummon farm to the
farm recently vacated by the Enos
Walters family. The Walters family
moved on a farm east of Rawson
which they recently purchased.
Callers the past week in the Dwight
Frantz home We're: Mr.. and Mrs.
Lysle Niswander and son, Mrs. Quin-
ten Burkholder, Mrs. Dorothy Burk-
holder, Harry Burkholder, Ethel
Sparrowe, Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Zim-
norman and family, Mrs. Sam Bad
ertscher and son Waiter, Donna and
Esther Hartman, Hubert Planken-
horn, daughter Armida and son Doyle,
Margaret Basinger, Mary Alice
Waltz, Mr.. and Mrs. Leland Frantz
and sons and Mr.. and E. Y. Frantz.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08

Profit on the 1948 spring pig crop
will depend TO a great extent upon
size of the litters and the number
of pigs saved. Brood sows need good
rations with a protein supplement
and they should get some exercise
every day. Alfalfa meal can be i'm
cluded in the ration to provide part
of the protein, Pig brooders will
save pigs in early litters.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08
Isaac NeuenSchWdnder
Elected To Fair Post

Isaac Neuenschwander, RichIand
township, was named vice-president
of the Allen County Agricultural So
ciety, sponsor of the annual Allen
county fair, at organization meeting
of the board last week.
Silas DiIler, Bluffton, is director
of the board.
Biggest problem facing the new
officers and director will be the Sc
lection of site for the 1948 fair
which will be held from August "a
to %. EE-.* '.ef g.
New president of the association is
Oscar Renner, Lima Route 3, who
replaces L. r. Stemen, Elida, head
of the organization for the last sew
eral years.
Subscribe to the Bluffton News
$500 per year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. Paul I'll. Cramer, Pastor

Sunday school $50 A. NJ.
Morning worship 1890 A. M.
District Prince of Peace contest,
7:30 P. NJ
Bluffton Youth Fellowship $50 to
10 P. NJ.
W. s. &C. s. meeting at the home
of Mrs, J. S. Steiner, Thursday 6
P NJ. Potluck supper.
NJ. Y. F. mid-winter Institute Sat
urday and Sunday, Jan. 10 and II at
Grace Methodist church, Lima.
Kings Herald will meet Sunday
morning at 1920 a. m. with Mrs
Gerald Berry in charge.
Don't forget the Week Of Prayer
services.
County Methodist Mems meeting
Epworth Church, Lima, Wednesday
January ID at Gas. Supper meeting
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08
EVANGELICAL 4 REFORMED
CHURCHES
v. C. Oppermann. Minister

v. c. Oppermann, Minister
Emmanuels:
$50 A. M. Church School
10:45 A, Nj. Morning Worship
Annual meeting Of Congregation
will be held in connection with the
worship service on Sunday.
The choir will meet for rehearsal
on Thursday evening at 500 P. M.
All members attend.
The Friendly Couples class will
meet at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilford Gratz at 500 o'clock on Sun
day evening. All try to attend.
Catechism instruction Saturday at
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08
CARD OF THANKS

wish to thank my relatives and
friends for their get-well cards,
Christmas greetings, flowers and all
other gifts which we're sent at
Christmas time; | also thank those
who were responsible for the record
ing of the Messiah which was enjoy
ed by myself and others at the
hospital,
DR.. NJ. r. Bixel
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08

Church school GAS
Mr.. Gaylon Thomas, Supt.
Morning worship HOO
Meeting for new members, p. M,
downstairs in the church. Theme:
History and organization of the
Presbyterian Church" Open to all.
The annual congregational meet
ing is Thursday, January s, with
pot-luck supper at s p. m. Each
family may bring hot dish and a
cold dish, and their own eating serv-
ice, Rolls and coffee will be served.
Those who cannot be present for the
supper may come to the meeting at
1880.
The Week of Prayer services are
announced elsewhere in this issue.
Sermon for Sunday: when Faith
Comes Hard"
All are welcome to the services of
these churches.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08

Small differences in land elevation
sometimes cause a lot of difference.
in fruit production in Ohio orchards.
In one area in the state, two or
chards at elevations of 1,1O0 feet
had very little frost damage in Is,
years. A nearby orchard at $50
feet elevation produced only two
profitable crops in the Is years.
DDT may provide entomologists
with weapon to prevent spread of
the white-fringed beetle from six
southeastern states. This new pest
has a voracious appetite. /
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08
FIRST MENNONITE CHURCH

J. n. Smucker, pastor
Thursday
7:00 Choir rehearsal.
500 Union service, Week of
Prayer. Rev. Victor Monk, speaker.
Sunday
$3.50 Sunday school, with classes
for all ages.
1880 Worship service
1880 Prince of Peace Contest,
First Methodist church.
8:30-10 Bluffton Youth Fellowship
at Methodist church.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES
Ernest n. Bigelow, Minister

Rockport:
Morning worship 9:30
Church school 10:30
Mr.. Lawrence Begg, Supt.
Schools of Mission" 1880, for the
whole family with class for children
and class for adults. Let all be
present for this first meeting Of this
school. It will continue through
four weeks.
Women's Missionary society meets
on Wednesday, Jan. IA at 2 p, m.
in the home of Mrs. D. c. Campbell.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08
STOCK SALES

For rent-f3ulls: Snorthorn Here
ford, Angus and Brown Swiss. Ira
Moser. 49, IF tt
Bull service, So per COW plus 10
cents mile one way. G.. n. Long &
Son, Ada, Ohio. Ada phone Red
1870. -s...- .-~- If
For sale pigs avg. 40 lbs. Irwin
w. Moser, miles south of Bluffton
on Allen-Haneock county line.
For sale-Heifers. Millard Herr,
Bluffton phone 641-W.
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IN Ohe
Churches
EBENEzER MENNONITE
1.-TWO miles west of Bluffton)
Rev. Howard T. Landes, Pastor

1.-TWO HlIIEs NEot VA D4u8A WHY
Rev. Howard T. Landes, Pastor
Thursday
2 P. NJ. The Ladies Missionary
Society will hold their monthly meet
ing in the church.
7:30 Prayer and Bible study
Sunday
9:30 Sunday school, Phares Bixel
Supt.
1880 Morning worship
Ordination Of new deacon.
7:30 c. Z. Groups
$40 Evening service.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08
LUTHERAN CHURCH

Rev. Victor e. Monk, Pastor
Sunday school $50 a. m. VIM. Ed
wards, Supt.
Worship service 7:30 p. m.
Congregational business meeting
Wednesday, January 14th at 7:30.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08
EVANGELICAL MENNONITE
f. ]. Shady, Pastor

Wednesday,
Rev. Harry Yoder will speak in
the special service in cooperation
with the community week of prayer.
Thursday
No service in the church.
Sunday
9:30 Sunday school
c. D.. Diller, Supt.
1890 Morning worship
1000 c. w. B. programs.
7:45 Evening service.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08

Blessed is he who has found his
work; let him ask no other blessed
ness.-Carlyle
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-08
CHURCH OF CHRIST

Bible School, $50.
Communion service, 1890.
Thursday evening-The ladies of
the church will meet at the home of
Mrs. Grace Amstutz. Please bring
your sales tax stamps.
Everyone welcome.
Evening star., 1948-03-21

ished with saw, chisel, adze and
Communist glue.
His old teachers in the Politburo
could only give approval.
If the vice minister for foreign
affairs of Soviet Russia, v. A. Zorin
were here for anything other than
his announced purpose of supervis-
ing grain deliveries for Russia, he
must have been satisfied with the
way the local product worked
zorin was here before the crisis
began building up and left after
Gottwald had resolved it.
The Prime Minister doesn't show
his 81 years. He was born at De-
dice, in Moravia, November %, 1896.
His father was peasant and his
early life on the farm is one of his
political and social assets.
He was sent to Vienna to be ap-
prenticed to a carpenter when he
was II and remained there unit,
1915 when he was drafted into the
Austrian Army. In those formative
years the scorn that the Habsburg
society had for the peasants of Bo-
hemia and Moravia told keenly on
the youth.
He Joined the Social Democratic
movement in Vienna when he was
only 16. He fought with artillery
on the Russian front and was
wounded In the Battle Of Br,1siioy.
Evening star., 1948-03-21
By Robert N. Cool

by koDert ~. Nooi
When the United States aircraft carrier Valley
Forge drops anchor in the Persian Gulf March a.
the United States will be showing the flag" in a
strategic area of the greatest Importance.
After three-day visit the 27 0OO- ton carrier and
its two escortng destroyers will proceed around the
Arabian Peninsula and up through the Red Sea and
Suez Canal to the Mediterranean.
Officially, the Valley Forge and It's escorts are
en- route from Tsngtao, China to San Diego, Calf.
Their stop at Ras Tanura, American-built re-
hnery port the vital United States operated
Damman oil fields, is the first such visit since 1945
when President Roosevelt received Ibn Saud King
Of Saudi Arabia, aboard a Navy vessel in Great
Bitter Lake at the head of the Red Sea on his way
home from the Yalta Conference.
Arabia Oils Our Pacific Fleet
Recently the Navy has been concerned about
the possibility of trouble in Arabia where nearly
all the oil for the Pacific Fleet is obtained Tension
over Palestine has caused fears for Arab-Amer-
ican relations. However Ibn Saud long has been
friendly toward America, and he has kept his
Arabs firmly in check during recent Mideast dis
turbances.
The American stake in vast arid Saudi Arabia
Is based on ol-an increasingly scarce commodity
Of which the Arabs have the greatest known
reserves.
Back in 1888, the Standard Oil Co. of Cali
fornia and the Texas Co. made a deal with Ibn
Saud which gave a subsidiary, now known as the
American Oil Co.. sole rights to oil
exploitation in Saudi Arabia until 1898. This
vast concession covers 100000 square miles of
desert which, experts say may contain as much as
1oo,o0o,ooo 900 barrels of petroleum.
Already operations in Saudi Arabia have
become the largest American oil enterprise outside
the United States
Working under the slogan "The Arab is always
right" ARAMCO has sunk its bonanza wells in the
sun baked wastelands An engineering base housing
Evening star., 1948-03-21

500 technicians has been established at the coastal
village of Ras al Mishaab. A United States built
refinery stands at nearby Ras Tanura, and a
$175,0o00oo pipeline is being constructed in the
direction Of the Mediterranean Sea- 11OO miles
distant.
During the war a mighty airfeld for heavy
bombers was started at Dhahran in the center of
the oil development Completed after VI day.
this base is visited almost daily by United States
Super FortreSseS flying from Germany. Only $50
miles from the Soviet Kuban oilelds it is regarded
as Of great possible value military outpost BY
the terms Of the wartime agreement this base is
under United States control only until April l,
1S49. The Air Force hopes to extend this time,
though Arabs are being trained to operate the field
All this American activity has transformed the
desert kingdom of Ibn Saud. His tremendous oil
royalties, gifts and lendease handouts completely
overshadow the tribute Of Mohammedan pilgrims
to Mecca, formerly the chief source Of revenue in
Saudi Arabia.
Symbolic of the change is the United States
operated airline which now connects Dhahran with
1bn Saudi's isolated desert capital at Riyadh Its
planes fly over wandering Arab tribesmen, prom-
nent among the monarch's 100000 subjects.
Ibn Saud Is a Progressive Man
A progressive man, among Mosem potentates,
68-year-od Ibn Saud has $50 automobiles and has
been responsible for opening more than Is broad
casting stations. "four-year plan," financed by
oil millions is intended to modernize the country
with seaports. railways and airlnes.
In recent years Ibn Saud has established more
than 200 new towns for the wandering Bedouns
In an attempt to lure these nomads off the desert
he has set up modern schools hospitals and water
systems
If anticipated oil reserves develop as expected
experts reckon that the barren kingdom may COL
lect total of $23 100000 in royalties alone from
the American firms.
Never perhaps, has much self interest linked
two countries of such differing cultures
Distributed by the Associated Press)
Evening star., 1948-03-21

the two other branches Of the
service-the Army and the Navy
to authorized strength.
The top military leaders Of the
United States who compose the war
time body known as the Joint Chiefs
Of STAFF met for several days with
Defense Secretary James Forrestal
ut Key West where they discussed
all the facets of the present situa-
ton created by the q. 9. 8. RS
aggressivsness. To them the pres
ent developments which are alarm
ing the American people are not
news. They have been foreseen for
some time through close examina-
ton Of military and diplomatic in
telligence reports which all pointed
the same way: Russia's drive for
world conquest. But in the past
nobody in the Government was will
Ing to take into consideration their
Evening star., 1948-03-21
Carpenter C0ttlUaId Uses Red Glue
He Has Hewed to the Line
Since Joining the
Party i'm '32

Later he fought with the Aus
trian Army in the Piave Valley but
went on q leave and didn't come
back. In plain terms, he deserted
the Austrians whom he never liked.
He returned to Prague when the
republic was born, worked for a
while in a furniture factory at
Rousinov, and in 1921 switched to
the newly formed Communist Party.
That marked the beginning of his
rise.
Once on Staff of Pravda
He went to Bratislava as chief
editor of the new Communist paper,
Voice Of the People, and then joined
the new Communist daily, Pravda,
which is still published.
There he began to gain first-hand
knowledge Of the Slovak people. He
also began to widen his reading In
history and economics, and his
study Of literature so now he can
spout reams Of Shakespeare and
Heine and Capek.
The rest of his history is that of
a faithful party worker who made
few mistakes, who hewed to the
party line.
He was elected secretary general
OF the party at its fifth congress in
1929, and deputy to the Parliament.
He attended the seventh interna-
tional Communist congress in Mos
COW IN 1895 where he learned how
to set up national front such as
was established at Kosice to govern
Czechoslovakia after liberation in
1945.
During the war he broadcast from
Radio Moscow-the eastern coun-
terpart of Jan Masaryk and Prokop
Drtina who broadcast from London.
He founded Czechoslovak news
paper in Moscow and helped form
Czech military units.
When President Benes went to
Moscow from London in 1943 to
discuss unity with Soviet Russia it
was Gottwald who was the Czecho-
slovak spokesman in the Kremlin.
When the Communist Party
as the largest-although
still a minority party in the
Czechoslovak elections in 1946, the
position Of Premier was his.
Distributed b. the Associated Press,)
Evening star., 1948-03-21
Czech Premier Can Turn
Period Piece Into
Work Bench
BY A. |. GoIdbero

PRAGUE. - Klement Gottwald
follows a personal pattern in lead
ing Czechoslovakia into new paths.
He is an old Social Democrat
left-winger turned Communist who
has welded Czechosloyakia's s Social
Democrats into the Communist
program.
The Premier is a former car
penter. He can remodel a period
piece Of furniture into a workers
bench with the grooves neatly
joined under a slick coat of lacquer.
He is a Moravian who as a youth
full apprentice in Vienna suffered
personal insult at the hands of the
Germanic Austrians. Today he
holds up German aggression and
anything that appears to cultivate
it as a direct menace to Czecho-
slovakia.
Knows How to Obey Orders
His highest schooling-before he
studied the program Of the Com
munist Politburo and Comintern in
Russia-was in C noncommissioned
officers school in the Austrian
Army. Like any good sergeant or
corporal he knows how to integrate
small groups into a large-scale
action. He knows how to obey
orders.
The Premier is not a towering,
impressive man. He is fairly
chubby and Of medium height. In
moments of repose, especially with
his family. his eyes twinkle, he
laughs and chuckles, he INDUCES in
little family jokes.
In action, as party leader and as
government officer, Gottwald is in
clsive and direct. His moves in
pushing control of the nation into
Communist hands between Febru-
ary 1S and February 81 were
thorough and complete. He knew
which aides he could count on. He
knew when to start crying the new
slogans, when to mass the crowds.
when to call out the guns.
His action was as complete and
smooth as a planed board, the edges
mitred and fitting clean. the I'm
ished product sitting solidly and
without wobbling when he had I'm
Evening star., 1948-03-21

had authorized the specific act or
acts OF the union agent, and that in
the absence OF such proof you could
not hold the union In the case"
Congress has declared the labor
Of . human being Is not q COM
modify" he recalled.
The Supreme Court is being asked
In several cases to draw the line
clearly where the lawful exercise Of
patent rights stops and unlawful
practices under the Sherman Act
begin.
Does the Justice Department now
need additional legislation to
strengthen the antitrust fights Mr..
Sonnet thinks not. He believes the
broad problem Is one of additional
enforcement. He thinks the pro-
posal Of the Federal Trade Com
mission to strengthen the Clayton
Act would be Of material assistance.
With adequate enforcement and an
Antitrust Division fully manned,
Mr.. Sonnet thinks some changes
in the law may be found necessary.
But that time IL not yet.
Special Merger Unit
The Assistant Attorney General
pointed out . monopoly In meas
ured not by Q percentage control Of
an industry, but "ths ability 10 con-
troll . given industry and TO forcs
out competitors" The Government
need not prove q specific intent to
exercise monopoly power, he said.
The existence OF the power itself
Is unlawful.
Mr.. Sonnet asserted his division
has been responsible for intangible
benefits that cannot be measured
by money, yet are enjoyed by the
American people. He holds Amer
ica's system Of free enterprise must
be saved from monopoly by private
enterprise, as well as from monopoly
by Government. Nonopolistic con-
troll is usually by q small knot OF
selfish interests, he asserts. As be-
tween the two evils, Government
control seems preferable. because
then the peoples representatives
prevail.
The Federal Bureau OF Investi1a.
ton Is now investigating all anti.
trust cases. new policy.
Mr.. sonnett's division has q msr.
ger unit that studies proposed
mergers. II 1t finds q merger might
result in antitrust violations, 1t ad.
vises the businesses concerned that
Attorney General Clark and the
Justice Department look with dis.
favor upon it. But, officials said,
most proposed mergers are approved.