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Evening star., 1949-06-16

American STATE Department had
been unable TO ecrt&c; NJ. Ward.
even through Moscow.
Evening star., 1949-06-16

Only birds and mammals are
provided with an internal heating
system.
Evening star., 1949-06-16
Yangtze River Mouth
Dragged for Mines
Before Ships Leave
By The As.eeiofsd Press =

SHANGHAI, June l6. - Two
fishing vessels began dragging the
ship channel at the mouth Of the
Yangtze today for possible Chinese
Nationalist mines.
The dragging is expected to be
completed by nightfall. II no
mines are found, the two foreign
ship in port are expected to sail
on the first favorable tide. They
are the American-owned China
victory and the British-owned
Shenking.
One of the fishing vessels was
loaned by the British consulate
general. The other belongs to the
Yangtze Conservation Board.
Shipping May Resume.
Of1cially the port has never
been closed by the Communist
regime. II no mines are found,
shipping will be resumed on the
Yangtze without fanfare. No
official announcement is expected
on the findings.
Two Nationalist gunboats have
been reported lying of the river
mouth. They may try to inter-
fere with the operation.
Mines were feared to have oeen
laid in the channel a week ago.
A Nationalist landing ship was
seen zig-zagging there. A gun
boat warned a pilot boat to get
out Of the area.
Shanghai experienced a three
plane bombardment by Nationalist
planes today. Bombs fell In the
upper Whangpoo River near the
shell-damaged Kiangnan arsenal
and dockyard. No damage was
reported from the bombs or
strafing attacks that followed.
The planes were similar to Amer
ican-built F-51 fighters (Mus-
tangs).
River Rising Dangerously.
Elsewhere on the civil war front
there was little news. Floods In
South China have repeatedly held
up Communist advances. Ma
tionaiist reports out of Canton
said 10000 persons had been
drowned.
The Yangtze was said to be
rising dangerously near Hankow
In Central China.
Foreign owned firms in Shang-
hal were plagued by labor troubles
that ranged from wage increase
demands to requests for bonuses.
Some employers were barricaded
In their places of business.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-15
Quick Thinking
Waterman Saves
Many Lives
BY Jimmie N. Jones

Had it not been for the alert
mind of Richard jenkins, Of 215
Chain avenue, no telling how many
lives might have been lost Sun
day afternoon, when a series Of
Pennsylvania crossings would have
been left unguarded when he
passed out at his post at Third
and Conover streets, at 500 p. m.
Jenkins, a veteran employee of
the railroad company, became vio-
lently i'll while on duty and sens
ing the condition had no way of
getting assistances nor informing
his %superiors of the situation, did
the only thing possible to prevent
a major casualty, and that was to
lower the gates at his crossing as
we'll as the others along the Con-
over, First, Second, Edison, Sum-
nit and Dakota streets, only 10
minutes before No. 1O7 from Co.
lumbus was due at $3.50, just as
he became unconscious.
The lowering Of the gates caus-
ing the stagnation of traffic along
the streets effected by the block
ing caused motorists to become
suspicious and called for an in
vestigation which brought Police
Sgt. Fred Lins to the scene and
! found the unconscious man lying
on the floor of the watch tower.
He was reported in an i'm
| proved condition this morning at
the hospital. The officials of the
railroad as we'll as the police de-
partment are showering jenkins
| for his alert action in saving the
lives of many who we're not aware
of the danger awaiting them if
he had not lowered the gates.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-15
legislature Fools
Around With Education
funds
FundS

MONTGOMERY, Aug. Is. AN
P) - The Alabama legislatures
senate finance and taxation COM
mittee, played "hide and seek"
with educational appropriations
for the state in a meeting held
here Sunday. Finally approving a
bill totalling nearly $57 100000,
it cut $4,5OO,OOO out Of the bill
passed by the house last week.
good healthy chunks coming out
of the appropriations the Negro
schools of the state have been
fighting for.
In a last desperate effort to
satisfy the advocats of greater
economy the Agricultural State
college at Huntsville was cut
sharply. Alabama State college at
Montgomery was dropped from
S425,OOO to 100000. Friends of
those institutions in the education
department rallied and it finally
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-15
Members of 76lst
Tank Battalion
To Hold Reunion

CLEVELAND, Aug. Is. (ANP)
Former members of the famous
761st Tank Battalion, outstanding
Negro combat unit of World War
II, will gather here August 26
and ~ in their first reunion since
the wal ended. Headquarters will
be in the Carnegie hotel and meet
ings will take place at the Cedar
YMCA.
The former ETC tankers will
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-15

had been cracked by running wat
err from an upstairs spigot.
Last week, according to Crews,
he and two friends were in the
house about 10 O'Clock when they
heard shots fired, first from an
auto parked in front and then
from the rear. Crews picked up
his shotgun, fired once in the di-
rection of the car and then at a
person standing behind the house.
The first shot -peppered the side
of Halls car, in which Cheek was
sitting. One pellet glanced off
Cheeks face.
Cheek was taken to Medical
college hospital. Police, however,
were unable to find the pistols
which Crews alleged the white
men used to fire at the house.
Neither were they able to discov-
err any bullet holes. Both white
men denied firing at the house.
Mrs. Crews said she had no idea
that any trouble would develop as
a result Of her buying the home.
Her family has not moved in the
house as yet because of the van
dalism and of threats that "you
had better not"
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-15
PEER|NG THROUGH A FOG

peoples bread. An over-production
of gangrenous corporations de-
vouring mankinds' substance. Ov-
reproduction Of barney mouthed
politicians whose politics are
spoils of plumber. An over-produc-
ton Of dirty legislation in every
state in the country. An over-pro-
duction of corporations being rep
resented in both houses of Con-
gress and in all state legislatures
in the country. Over-production
of shysters, heartless and brain
less, at the bar and Of judicial
mercenaries on the bench. Over
production of rent profit, inter-
est, and cheating.
"There is an over-production of
adulterated articles of food, shod-
dy garments, ~tenements, bogus
jewelry, watered stock and clap
trap"
These are discrepancies that re-
f, quire immediate attention, such
as houses, clothing, food and 9TH
er things which make the world
pleasant for small people. More
over John Swinton stated that all
the worlds organized labor with
the help of machinery to be in
vented would not produce a sur
felt of those things at anytime
within the next hundred years.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-15

was proposed to cut the state ap-
preparation granted to Tuskegee
$225,O0O and transfer the courses
taupht at that institution to Tren-
holin's school at Montgomery and
brakes establishment at Hunst-
Vile.
For years Tuskegee has been
the states only real resource in
agriculture. Sixty thousand dollars
was left. for Tuskegee to run its
veterinary school and home eco
nomics department, for the year.
White colleges suffered severe
cuts also.
The meeting closed with these
stringent measures applied to the
education bill but rumors are that
a way will be found to restore
some of the cuts and it is expected
that the appropriation to Tuskegee
will eventually be placed in the
budget again.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-15
Three Held Probe OF
Negro Home In
White Area"

ICHMOND Va, Aug. Is. "a
NP)-Police are holding a Negro
youth and two white men while an
Investigation is being conducted
into a flare-up over the purchase
of a home in a former all-white
neighborhood by a colored family
here recently. Principals in the af-
fair are James H. Crews, "a, son
of Mrs. Mable Crews, who pur-
chased a %two-story frame building
last month; and James H. Cheek,
Jr., 20, and Teddy L. Hall, 20,
both white.
Crews is charged with felon-
iously assaulting Cheek with a
shotgun, being disorderly and
damaging Halls car. Both white
men are charged with disorderly
conduct and damaging of the
Crews property.
! The incident began last July ~
when Mrs. Crews reported the
house had been vandalized. She
complained the house had been
entered, water turned on and al
lowed to overflow and several
windows smashed. Police investi-
gated and found the plaster walls
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-15

grabbed by the three men in an
alley on Franklin street, between
Franklin and Perry streets, where
the scuffle took place and the rob-
bers made off with his bill fold.
Two suspects are being held in
connection with the case.
Mrs. Bessie Pleasant, of 1921
West Second street, told police
that a sneak thief entered her
home sometime over the weekend
and stole $13 in cash and a $25
ring from her bedroom.
A report that 1886 pounds of
copper wire has been stolen from
the Dayton Power and Light, at
Miller's Ford plant. According to
officials of the plant. The copper
wire was removed from the sal
wage bin. The theft has been go
ing on over a period of months,
according to the check up.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-15
By Frederick O. Scott

Unemployment today is an eat
ing cancer-slow, but sure. The
claim that over-production is at
the bottom of all d~epressions is
not something new
When this statement was made
to the people in the 1905 it
made sense and still does, today.
The following was printed
March 9, 1884, by John Swinton's
paper. He was the labor editor at
that time and his print still holds
true.
"There is a never-enalng Dab-
BILE about over-production among
small potato theorists who trace
all of their miseries of life to the
super abundance of goods of life.
But there is an over-production of
certain kinds. There is an over
production of l~oafers, eating other
ISOLATION during their meeting
here and then enjoy some good
old fashioned pleasure as they
reminisce over the battlefield ex-
ploits which won for their outfit
form the 761st Tank Battalion as
concentrations from four major
generals and the then Under Sec
rotary of War, Robert P. Patter-
Continued on Page ~
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-15
From the Police B|otter
By Jimmie N. Jones
BY Jimmie N. Jones

John L. Stephens, 35, of 304
Norwood avenue, is in critical con-
dition at the st. Elizabeth hospital
following the shooting by his wife,
Anna Mae, 20, who pumped four
shots into him Sunday afternoon
following a family argument.
According to police who inves-
tigated the shooting, Stephens was
shot in the thigh, groin, knee and
heel. Mrs. Stephens is being held
in the central station on charges
of shooting with intent to wound
after being treated for several
razor slashes about the head. Po-
lice confisticated a revolver found
at the scene of the shooting.
Austine Kistner, 81, of 837 Val
ley street, was a victim Of a strong
arm robbery when he was attack
ed by three thugs who made off
with $40 in cash and a $40 check.
According to Kistner, he was
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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-09-15
Births

The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Haudeshell,
Arlington, a girl, Donna Jean, last
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Bendele,
Ottawa, boy, Paul Dennis, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Richards,
Beaverdam, a boy, Thomas Charles,
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert Pickens
Bluffton, girl, Brenda Kay, Tues.
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Binkley
Ada, a boy, Claid David, Tuesday
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Lauck, Ar.
lington, boy, Paul William, Tues.
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Hendrickson
Brooklyn, Iowa, boy, Paul Eugene
Saturday at Grinnell, Iowa, hos.
pital. Mrs. Hendrickson is the
former Luella Luginbuhl, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Gid Luginbuhl OF
Bluffton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Heineman
Put-in-Bay, a girl, Mary Margaret
September 6. Mrs. Heineman is tht
former Adelaide McGinnis, daugh
ter of Delbert McGinnis of Bluffton
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-09-15
Funeral In Arizona
For yUIe RenrOth

julie Benroth, 62, Bluffton native,
for 35 years resident of Phoenix,
Arizona, died in a hospital at that
city Sunday. Death was caused by
heart ailment with asthma and
pleurisy complications. He had
been in the hospital since Aug. IA
following a heart attack.
During the time of his residence
in Phoenix he was identified with
the automobile business and at the
time of his death was connected
with an automobile sales agency.
Funeral services were held in
Phoenix, Wednesday afternoon fol-
lowed by burial there.
Surviving are his wife and five
sisters: Miss Minnie Benroth and
Mrs. NJ. r. EULER, both of Lima
Mrs. T. J. Buchanan, San Francisco
Calf; Mrs. Fred Metzger and Mrs
M. B Sweeney, both of Dallas
Texas. ft4gs r stIe
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-09-15
Receives Science
Degree At o. S. u.

Charles Tripplehorn, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Murray Tripplehorn of
South Main street received the
Bachelor of Science degree at Ohio
State university graduation exer-
cises, September 2.
In connection with hia undergradu-
ate work he served as assistant to
DR.. Edward Thomas, curator of
natural history of Ohio State uni
versity museum and for the past
five years was naturalist at Shaw
nee Boy Scout summer camp near
Defiance. He will continue his
studies in the graduate school at
Ohio State this fall.
Attending the commencement were
Mr.. and Mrs. Murray Tripplehorn
and daughter Lora Jean, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Niswander and Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Zehrbach.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-09-15
lis YEARS HERE
TO BE OBSERVED
BY M. {. CHURCH
Special Services For Ami
versary Celebration On
September 25
Ohio Bishop and Other Church
Dignitaries To Appear
On Program

Special morning, afternoon and
evening services will feature the
10th anniversary celebration of the
Bluffton First Methodist church on
Sunday, Sept. %.
Methodist church dignitaries will
have prominent places on the all-day
program, special music will be
provided, and a dedication service
win mark the afternoon events.
Among those scheduled to appear
are Bishop Hazen G. Werner, resi-
dent bishop of the Methodist church
es of Ohio; DR., f. Bringle Mcintosh
president of Ohio. Northern univers.
ity; and DR.. John Versteeg, district
Also appearing on the program
will be Rev. Paul Niswander, d
graduate of Bluffton High school ir
1921, and son of Mr.. and Mrs
Lewis Niswander, former residents OF
this community. Rev. Niswandei
now is pastor in Nelsonville.
In addition to the morning, after
noon and evening services basket
dinner will be held at noon.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-09-15
COLLEGE TO open.
FOR fall TERMS
WORK THURSDAY !! ]! i! ! d
Enrolment to Drop Under Last
Year; No Classes on Satur-
day Morning
Students From Germany and
Holland Here; New Dean of
Men Announced

Bluffton college which previously
held classes five and one-half days a
week will eliminate nearly all Satur-
day morning classes from it's
schedule it was announced as final
preparations for opening classwork
on Thursday morning were made the
first of the week.
Registration of upperclass students
being completed Wednesday is ex-
pected to be under that of last year,
it was announced unofficially as
final student totals were compiled.
Altho regular dormitories are fill
ed, the demand for additional out
side accommodations is not as great
as in the two pervious years, reflect
ing a decreasing attendance of veter-
an enrolment. The freshmen class
this fall numbers 60, being 20 less
than last year. Included among the
first year students are five of last
springs Bluffton high school gradual
ing class.
Two Foreign Students
Two foreign students are a girl,
Ilse Hochstaettler of Bad Neuheim
+ Continued on page s.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-09-15
ACRE OF LAND IS
LEASED ON farm
OF FRED MUELLER
Blufft0n to be One of Three
Points in Allen County For
Storage
Work Scheduled to Start This
Week as Farmers Press For
Action

Blufton is one of three localities
in Allen county where large bins will
be erected by the federal department
of agriculture for the storage of the
1948 corn crop (that harvested last
Year, which has passed into govern
ment hands thru operation of the
federal loan setup.
The bins will be erected on the
Bigler road about one-half mile north
of town on one-acre plot which
the. agriculture department has leased
from Fred Mueller.
Erection crews are expected here
this week to begin construction of
the buildings, and Mueller said this
week that he understands about six
to eight bins vii be erected. Each
structure will have storage capacity
of 2,700 bushels of shelled corn.
Lease of the one-acre plot is on a
one-year basis, with the privilege Of
a five-year renewal.
Store Shelled Corn
Shelled corn from the 194s crop
also will be stored at Harrod and
Lafayette. in addition to the storage
center being established here.
Construction of the government
bins has been the result of pressure
from farmers who up until now have
had the corn in sealed storage on
their farms. With the 1949 harvest
at hand, and storage space at
premium, farmers are anxious to
have the government remove it's
grain from their farms, to make
space for the new crop.
Under operation of the federal loan
program, ownership of the corn pass
ed to the government this summer,
since the market price held below the
loan originally granted and farmers
therefore turned the crop over to
the department of agriculture rather
than sell it on the market and take
a loss.
In preparation for moving the corn
to the new bins to be constructed
here, farmers have been taking corn
to local mills for the last three weeks
to have it shelled in compliance
with federal requirements. Only
shelled corn is stored under the
government program.
Metal Bins
Storage bins to be erected here
are expected to be of metal, either
steel or aluminium, many of which
have been made this summer by the
Mansfield Steel Products Co., of
Mansfield, which holds an agriculture
department contract.
All told the government will erect
1890 additional movable bins in this
falls program, principally in mid
western states. These will have q
total capacity of 1887 $40 bushels.
The government now owns about
$4,000, ,000-bushel storage capacity
bins in the midwest.
Under the price-support laws, the
government becomes the owner OF
large amounts of corn, thru loan,
and purchases, whenever the marke,
price falls below the level at which
federal authorities agreed to buy.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-09-15
Teachers LedUirlgrT0-
Assume School Duties

A number of Bluffton teachers
have left to assume teaching duties
in various schools for the coming
year. Among these are:
Herbert Klassen, North Robinson
high school.
Anna Louise Hochstettler, McComb
high school.
Roberta Manages, Pandora high
school.
Paul Soldner, Wayne County
schools, Wooster.
Roberta Biery, Northfield School
for Girls, East Northfield, Mass.
Mrs. Ethel Magee and May Stein
man, Cleveland schools.
Christine Day, Old Fort schools.
Mabel Amstutz, Grace Bible In
stitute, Omaha, Nebraska.
Theda Hankish, Lima Central
high school.
Geneva Hankish, Defiance high
school.
Ruth Hankish, Ada high school,
Janice Hankish, Hoytville high
school.
Dorothy Schumacher, Wyoming
high school.
Lois Oyer, Elida high school.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-09-15
GOVERNMENT TO BUILD CORN STORAGE BINS NEAR TOWN
Squirrel Hunting Season Opens At
Daybreak Thursday Of This Week

Bluffton squirrel hunters will be
in the woods at daybreak this
Thursday morning when a 15-day
open season goes into effect.
For most district nimrods it will
be the first hunting since the close
of rabbit season last December, and
hunters have been busy preparing
for their first crack at game in
nine months.
Daily bag limit of squarrels is set
at four, and only four are permitted
in possession. Daily hunting hours
will be from daybreak until dark
Open season on squarrels will
continue through Sept. 80, after
which there will be a six-week lay
off until the opening date of pleas
ant and rabbit season, set for Nov.
Is this fall.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-09-15
Crack AthIete To 9svt i
Address Youth Rally

Gil Dodds, track coach at Wheat
on college, Wheaton, ILL.,, and holder
of the worlds indoor mile record
will address a Youth for Christ
rally at Pandora athletic field, Fri
day night, September % following
the Pandora-F Forest high school
football game.
Besides his coaching duties, Dodds
speaks extensively before young
peoples groups. In connection with
his Pandora engagement he will
give an exhibition oof track athletics.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-09-15
Gifted CeLlist In
Recital At Pandora

Donivan Schumacher, gifted cellist
will appear in a recital at Pandora
high school auditorium Wednesday
night, Sept. 2l at s O'Clock. The
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Schu-
macher of Findlay, formerly of Pan
dora, he was graduated from Ober-
lin conservatory of music and is now
member of the st. Louis SYM
phony.
Assisting will be Robert Marshall,
flutist of Rockport, and Allen Dud-
ley of Findlay radio station, as ac-
companist.
The concert is sponsored by the
Christian Laymen's association OF
Bluffton and Pandora.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-09-15
Harmon Field Cleans I'm New Look
For Annual Football Preview Here

Perfect football weather with it's
tangy briskness, new improvements
to Harmon field and the opening of
another gridiron season made Bluff
toms third annual football preview
success under the lights at the
recreation field last Friday night.
Gaping off the evenings activities
Buttons 1949 football squad turned
in brace of victories in their two
preview contests by conquering Mt.
Blanchard, Is to 0, and Lafayette,
6 to 0.
In other games of the nd-robin
style play, Mt Blanchard blanked
Maria Stein, 6 to 0; and Maria Stein
then recovered to top Lafayette, 6
to O.
Season Opener
Against a backdrop of perfect
football weather, topped off with a
full moon shining brightly overhead,
the 1949 grid season got away to an
auspicious start for Coach Lowry's
boys, for they were the only eleven
to escape undefeated in evening play.
This weeks assignment for the
Pirates will be more trying contest,
however, for the locals are scheduled
to meet Kenton's ramping Wildcats
at that place this Friday night. Last
season Kenton had an undefeated
record, and with a fine complement
of lettermen returning to uniform
this fall the Wildcats probably will be
as good as anyone else in the West
ern Buckeye league.
Helping to make last weeks pre-
view attractions a success from the
crowds standpoint was the fine new
scoreboard donated to the field by
employees of the Central Ohio Light
and Power Co.
Also in use for the first time was
the new enclosed broadcasting booth
in the center of the stadium erected
on Labor Day by the Recreation COM
mittee and other volunteer workers.