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Evening star., 1950-01-18

PIANOS
Rent . piano. Come in and select
your own piano, not the ordinary
rental instrument. If you are in
terested in giving. your child piano
lessons, this is an ideal and mex
pensive way to give them the best
at the beginning. All amounts paid
may be applied to the purchase price
at later date. Come In and get
1ull details now. CAMPBELL MUSIC
CO.. HOS G st, NV. DI. S464. -2l
PIANOS
More people buy pianos from Kits
than from any other store in the
city. a fact we are proud of and
consider remarkable testimonial
for the quality and value you get
in the pianos we stock. Before you
buy anywhere. don't fail to see our
display of pianos. A comparison
will convince you that 1t costs no
more to buy the best at KITS,
1880 G st. NV. 30
PIANOS FOR RENT, with option to
buy. New and used spinets and
consoles at low monthly rates.
p pan N PIANO L n co. corner 18th "a and
PIANO, Bradbury, beautiful tone.
Upright grand. Will sacrifice. Owner
leaving city. Box lev, Star,
PIPE, gaiy., black. cast iron, new,
used; cut and thread; fixtures
BLOCKS, 3056 M st. NV, NO. 1908.
1910 Baltimore ave. WA. 5501.
Evening star., 1950-01-18
MJSCL. WANTED (cont. J

! CLOTHING-Highes prices for mems
/ ST. NV. AID. 312S. Viii call ="
! DIAMONDS, silver, sold We pay
| highest prices. Ask for Mr.. OPEN
/ HEIMER, 917 F st. NV.
/ DIAMONDS. gold. OLD iewelry and
| silver. Cash paid. ERNEST BURK.
Evening star., 1950-01-18

1st RATE NURSEMAID
Fond Of children, respon sible, goot
cook, good pay. Excellent ref. nee
Write BOX 221-s, Star. -19
Evening star., 1950-01-18

ACCORDION, l2-bass Hohner, good
condition; very reasonable. 3402
s. 18th st, Arl, Va. 10
ADDING MACHINE, electric Sund-
strand; guaranteed; S9950. RE
Evening star., 1950-01-18

Photo and movie equipment, new,
used: 5000 items in stock at Bren-
ner's; every known make or model
included: lowest prices on East
Coast; year guarantee; pay cash or
terms t6 to Is mosl. Trade in
your old equipment Ask for Bren-
ner's free camera guide; 7-hr. photo
finishing; modern service shop: 27
years experience. See tomorrow
Evening star., 1950-01-18
BUSINESS OPP. (cont. J

RoqM1Me bstRs oil HqusE Rest say swa Rent sT5o Fns
Lease. Nicely furn. Income quoted
S465. lst fir. bath; $500, terms.
Mr.. Coliten
Evening star., 1950-01-18

REsTAURANT-Upper 14th St NV.
Serving dinners only, hours 4 to 8
pm. Income quoted 81 500 month
"; only $500 down, balance in
notes.
Evening star., 1950-01-18
MISCELLANEOUS FOR RENT

)RTABLE WASHER With wringe
IRIS. FEEsER. 211 18th st. n,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-30
Burkholder Case
Remains Mystery
Concluded from page u

tooncluded from page
high speed through the open country
Although identity of the body was
established following its discovery
through papers found on the Ever
EFT, Wash, retired fruit farmer, and
by telephone conversation with rela-
tives here, a brother, John Burk-
holder, of Rockport, went to Prairie
du Chen, to make positive identifi-
cation.
Following the coroner's inquest,
upon Burkholder's arrival, the body
of the mishap victim was brought
to Bluffton on Thursday for funeral
services and burial.
FUNERAL HERE
Last rites were conducted last
Saturday afternoon in the Paul Dill
Ter funeral home. Rev. Leonard
McIntire, pastor of the Presbyterian
church, officiated.
Burial was in the Ebenezer ceme-
terry.
Burkholder, who never had mar
ried, is survived only by brother
John, of Rockport, and a number of
nephews and nieces in this commun-
ity.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-30
Modern Farm Methods
Step Up Acre Yields

Concluded from page II
in the district between Bluffton and
Pandora, where potato farming is a
major activity.
Chemical Aids
A big lift in increased per-acre
potato yields has been provided by
new chemical bug killers, which
have brought phenomenal results.
Improved DDT sprays in many
instances have resulted in per-acre
yield increases of as much as rs
bushels; and a new insecticide called
Paeathion has also helped i'm the
production uptrend.
Chemical fertilizers have Joined
hands with chemical bug destroyers
in stepping up production, and in
Maine areas where potato production
has been phenomenal the use OF
fertilizers has increased as much as
500 since the late 1930's, national
reports show.
Closer Rows
Also contributing to the more.
per-acre trend in potato growing il
the practice of planting potato rows
closer together. Rows which used
to be 10 to IA inches apart now otter
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-30
NEWS OUR FATHERS READ
FROM ISSUE OF FEBRUARY u, 1919

Howard Businger, 9 years old
drowned in Riley Creek when the Ice
broke and he fell through. He Is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Businger. The accident occurred near
the Ami Pifer bridge in Orange
township.
Chester Stauffer purchased the
Ben Neuenschwander property or
South Main street
Homer Locher has returned home
from France where he served with
the 327th field artilliary.
John Spangler, William Radebaugh
and Ralph Stearns told of their
Army experiences at a Welcome
Home program at the Methodist
church.
In honor of her second birthday
little Esther Anna Gratz entertained
the following wee tykes at an after.
noon party: Edith Sutter, Josephine
Steiner, Rita Hankish, Wilmer and
Joe Mumma, Charles Amstutz ane
Carl Hochstettler.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-30
News Our Grandfathers Read
From Issue OF September II, 1912

Albert B. Welty has beer elected
supervisor of the industrial school
at Racine, Wis.
The thirteenth year of Bluffton
College opens next Tuesday and
Wednesday. President Mosiman will
deliver the opening address. Two
new members have been added to
the faculty, Miss Edith McPeak and
G. A. Lehman.
G. Davidson and force of hands
erected a large cattle shed for Locil-
er Bros.
Adam Steiner, Ed and Chris Dillei
and Allen Grismore left for Chicago
to purchase cattle.
Misses Persis and Lucy Weity
left for Pretty Prairie, Kansas, for
an extended vacation.
The class of 1912 at Pandora hac
marshmallow roast and picnic in Ec
Krohn's grove south of the railroad
The aster garden at the rear o1
Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. Mohler's resi-
dence is attracting much attention
Thousands of flowers are in bloom
Med Murray and daughter Trev;
will not move back to Bluffton from
Monroe, Mich. The furniture comp
any offered him better contract ant
he decided to stay on another year
Fred Zehrbach sold his Spring
street property to Lee McElroy.
Chas. S. Day is on an extende'
hunting trip north Of Toronto, Can
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Sommer are
the proud parents of a new baby boy
born to them.
Isaac Lugibill purchased the Peter
Moser farm. Moser bought the
David Balmer property on South
Main street and Newton Devier
purchased a property on South Main
street.
Some interesting items were found
in the records of the late J. u. AM
stutz concerning the undertaking
business. For number of years ne
made his own caskets for which he
charged from so to 75c for small
size to $3.50 for large size. Most
of the caskets were made of walnut
and some were vanished. He start
ed his undertaking business in 1852.
In 1853 typhoid fever epidemic
swept the Settlement taking the
lives of II adults and 10 children.
Five of the family of ]. S. Steiner
called (Buchwald Hans), two chilli
rem of j. F. Steiner were buried in
the same grave.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-30

swinging his cane.
On their arrival at the Ohio River
the returning army again met their
boats but found in them only more
corn on the ear. Of the barely cook
ed hog meat, Thomas related that
never had he eaten anything so
savory and delicious.
The Earl of Dunmore's expedition
against the Shawnees on the Musk
ingum, with Col. Angus Mcdonald
in command, long was known as
"The Wakatomaca Campaign" but
was of little consequence. Soon
after the white men were gone In
dians came back and rebuilt their
town.
Long the locale of tribal wars
between the Shawnees and the Della
wares who surrounded the town on
all sides, and the invading Wyandot-
tes, Iroquois and Mingoes, Wakato-
maea was a village of violence and
bloodshed.
Though most of the cold bits of
bone plowed up there through decad-
es were from those who died from
pestilence and other causes, and
came out. of the extensive Indian
graveyard, other of it is Indian bone
of those killed in battle.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-30

ada with several parties from Gin
cinnati and FindIay.
George B. Woods has secured a
position as teacher in rural school
two miles east of Rawson.
H. P. Huber returned to Jackson
vile, I'll. where he takes up his
fourth year in the high school at
that place. During the summer he
spent several weeks with other stu
dents in the wiIds of Canada in
study accompanied by an instructor
from the University of Chicago.
Leonard Wingate was happily sur
prised on his 26th birthday by a
crowd of young folks from Jackson
and Orange twp. Several auto and
buggy loads of youngsters We're on
hand to help him celebrate the occa-
sion.
A. C. Spangler suffered an injured
ankle when his horse SHE'D at on
auto and threw the horse, buggy ano
driver into the ditch.
T. G. Scheid is home from South
Dakota where he is interested in 6
160 acre government farm.
The 21st regiment of Ohio Volun
teers will reune here next week
Members from vicinity are: PhiliI
Which, John R. Dray, Jesse Walters
David Carr and Alb Wilkins.
Hunters can bag 5 squirrels a day
during the open season, Sept. IL
! through October 20.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-30

are as close together as six to eight
inches.
Machines, too, are playing their
role in boosting the potato output.
The big benefit of mechanical equip
ment is that it permits the right
thing to be done at the right time.
When machines are used on a big
scale, bad weather doesn't interfere
SO much with planting, cultivating
or digging because the work can be
done much faster.
Another dodge in helping give a
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-30

higher-per-acre average yield from
land that's planted is. the farm
practice of dropping the least
productive acres when the govern
ment orders a planting cut.
Ohio's corn acreage for the COM
ing year is to be reduced as much
as 21 per cent under the government
program, and altho federal orders
are not compulsory farmers must
comply if they expect to take
advantage of federal subsidies in the
form of crop loans and parity prices.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-30
SHORTS AND MIDDLINGS

Use standard varieties for garden
paintings this year. Try out the
new ones on a small scale.
Members of the Scioto County All
Chorus will sing at Farm and Home
Week, Ohio State University, March
"a.
James B. Lane, Xenia farmer, is
the new president of the Ohio FEEDER
alton of Soil Conservation District
Supervisors.
Face the ladder when going up or
down.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-30
WakatOmaca

Sometimes farmer on the Mus
kingum in Case township, Mus
kingum County, plows up bone or
maybe in digging a cistern uncovers
another-cold bones which won't get
warm, even in the sunshine. Human
bones stay clammy and won't warm
up-not in the summers of hundred
years.
Two hundred years ago the Shaw
nee Indians had big village,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-30
Trucks Spread Out

Automobile trucks move 93 per
cent of all farm products from
farms. Philadelphia gets 98 per
cent of its live poultry by truck.
Forty-nine large cities get all their
milk by truck. Chicago gets 81 per
cent of its butter by truck. Trucks
carry So per cent of all the beef in
America. There are 51z million
trucks on our highways and the an
nual gross revenue Of the industry
is two billion dollars.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-03-30
51ay5f&I1|&;l;31 &I1|;l;1
xzze.s'E:%}ejGl9ra
eY HARRY L. HAlR

ET HNENV M* VNN&
EDITORS NoTE-This Is one
of q series of articles to appear
in the Blufton News dealing
Uith early Ohio history. Others
wiH appear in forthcoming
issues.
Evening star., 1950-04-27
5000 Virginia Girls 10 Join An Clubs Home Contest

the State winner in home i'm
provement competition will be
awarded a trip to the National
All Club Congress at Chicago.
Medals will be given 10 county
winners,
Each Of the eight top-rankinG
participants in the Nation will re.
ceive a $500 college scholarship,
awarded by the Sears Roebuck
Foundation.
Evening star., 1950-04-27
Anne Arundel ShowpIaces To Be Open Tomorrow

reception and tea at pm. for all
pilgrimage ticketholders.
About 200 noted estates in 10
counties will be opened for inspec-
ton during the course of the 12-
day pilgrimage, held each year by
the Federated Garden Clubs Of
Maryland,
Evening star., 1950-04-27
MARYLAND 10 Treble Crews Checking Loads on Trucks

power to make arrests; This will
release the State troopers who
have been working with the
weighing crews.
With the added crews, the COM
mission hopes to block most Of
the bypass roads which heavily
loaded trucks many times use to
avoid enforcement of the weight
laws.
Evening star., 1950-04-27
Lions Plan Convention

BALTIMORE. April n tP.-
More than 1000 representatives
Of clubs in Maryland. Virginia.
Delaware and the District Of Co
lumbia are expected to attend the
28th annual district convention
of Lions International here May
24-27.
Evening star., 1950-04-27
Gorden Club Council Elects

RICHMOND, April 81 (P.-The
National Council of State Garden
Clubs yesterday reelected Mrs. F.
s. MattockS of Boulder, Colo, sec
ond vice president. The highest
office to be filled at the councils
convention here.
Evening star., 1950-04-27
BY fhs AsxeS,otsd Press

BLACKSBgRG. Va, April 81
State All Club officials expect
5000 girl club members to take
part in the organization home
improvement program in Virginia
this year.
The All Club department Of
the Agricultural Extension Service
at Virginia Tech announced that
Evening star., 1950-04-27
BY the Assoeioted Press

ANNAPOLIS, April 81. - The
Governors mansion and II other
showplaces in Anne Arundel
County will be open to the public
tomorrow, opening day of the 18th
annual Maryland House and Gar
den Pilgrimage.
Gov. and Mrs. Lane will hold a
Evening star., 1950-04-27
By the Assoeioted Press

BY the Asseeioted Press
BALTIMORE, April 27.-Weigh-
ing crew TO enforce the truck
weight laws on Maryland's high
ways will be trebled May Is.
The State Roads Commission
announced it viii have Is four
man crews at work instead of the
five now on the job.
Two men in each of the crews
will be in uniform and have the
Evening star., 1950-04-27

West Indian barracudas. with
taste for flesh discarded by
slaughterhouses, have been known
to attack and kill bathers.
Evening star., 1950-04-27

New markets in Germany and
Pakistan are boosting Belgium's
wool exports.
Evening star., 1950-04-27

Self sealing. easy to apply
with brush or roller appli.
Gator. Gives q washable
surface Of cleaning beauty
on interior wall surfaces,
including wall paper.
Choice Of 8 pastel colors.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-01-27
Rep. D'EWart On
Price Tag Comm.

Washington-Rep. Wesley A.
D'Ewart is one of 81 Republican
Congressman appointed to the
n e W Price Tag" Committee
which will study a n d report on
the cost Of proposed new govern
ment functions.
I'VE think our Committee can
make a real contribution to econ
omy in the federal government, /"
D'Ewart said this week.
dozens of new and often ap-
pealing government programs are
being proposed every year, but
their authors seldom tell the
people what their proposals will
cost.
I'VE are going to investigate
each of these proposals and put a
price tag on them. The taxpayers
are going to be able to tell the
cost of new programs before
they are asked to buy Them"
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-01-27
ca,t OF Thasks

To Vernon's m q n y friends OF
Browning:
We take this means of express.
ing our sincere thanks and deep
appreciation for their kindness
and thoughtfulness in the hour
of need.
We are mindful of the how the
Tribal Council and Supt.. Rex
Kildow made 80 many things
possible under the heart break
ing circumstances. To those who
rendered t he ir loving tribute
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-01-27
through floral expressions we are
appreciative.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Smith and
family.

An inexpensive record of your
self with your hair down" is
the pingpong. 6 for only IS cents.
Glacier Studio.
For sale-Barton electric wash
ing machine, in good condition,
te r m s reasonable. See Mrs.
Josephine AOlinger, Age ncy
square. 45-2tp.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-01-27

At the la st meeting of the
Methodist Youth Fellowship it
was voted to change the meeting
night from Sunday to Wednesday.
The meeting at the Winston
Gilchrist home has been post
poned to Wednesday, Feb. l at
z,
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-01-27

Dupler's Art Furs will show
fur coats at the Economy Shop
Wednesday and Thursday, Feb.
l and 2.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-01-27

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF
THE STATE OF MONTANA, m AND
FOR THE COUNTY OF GLACIER.
BARNES. BUTLER on COMPANY.
a corporation. Plaintiff.
Evening star., 1950-03-03
Mrs. Alice 5. LeffeI Dies
Returning From Tucson Trip

Word has been received here of
the death in Sweetwater, Tex, of
Mrs. Alice Skinner Leffel, 50, re-
tired War Department employe
who lived at 2577 Irving street NE.
Mrs. Leffel, who had been suf-
fering from heart ailment, was
driving home with daughter,
Mrs. Elizabeth Handy of Tucson,
Ariz., when she died Tuesday while
stopping at trailer court, rela-
tives said, Mrs. Leffel had been
visiting in Tucson.
Her husband. Charles K. Leffel,
General Accounting Office en-
ploye, died in 1910.
A native of Gratis, Ohio, Mrs.
Leffel had lived at the Irving
street address since 1919. She was
Ia Government employe for %
years.
Survivors, in addition to Mrs.
Handy. include another daughter,
Mrs. Julia K. Hook of the home
address: a son, Richard C. Leffel,
Alta Dena, Calf; five grandchil-
dren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
Monday at the Lee funeral home,
Fourth street and Massachusetts,
avenue NE. The time has not
been set. Burial will be in Fort
| Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1950-03-03
Barrymore S Daughter, 19.
EIopes With Writer, "a
By the Associated Press

HOLLYWOOD, March 3. -
Dolores Ethel Blyth, 10, daughter
Of the late John Barrymore and
Dolores Costello, has eloped with
a 24-year-old writer, Thomas
Alexander Fairbanks.
The couple disclosed last night
that they were married in San
Bernardino Wednesday by Peace
Justice E. o. Thompson. They
had hoped to keep the marriage
secret because the brides mother.
now married to DR.. John Vruwink
of Beverly Hills. was opposed, they
said.
It was the first marriage for the
bride, who uses the Barrymore
family's original name, and the
second for Mr.. Fairbanks. son of
Prof. and Mrs. Viktor Fuchs of
Hollywood. The neWlyWeds will
make their home, temporarily with
his parents.
Evening star., 1950-03-03
VA 10 Lay Off 1900
In Nation by April 10

The Veterans Administration
announced today that it plans to
reduce it's personnel throughout
the country by approximately
1900 by April 10. The number
to be dropped in this area will not
be known, it was said, for several
days.
Veterans Administrator Carl r.
Gray, jr., directed that kilograms
be dispatched to the various Offices
and facilities throughout. the
country, asking for reports on
personnel ceilings. These reports
are to be in by o'clock today.
After tabulation and study. direc-
tives will go out to each agency
and facility aS to the number to
be fired. This information is to
be in the field Offices by March
10, so that the dismissal notices
will 60 out in time to give each
affected person 80 days notice. 1t
was explained that all reductions
Evening star., 1950-03-03
Bridges and Aides File
n-Communist Ooths
BY the Assoeioied Press

Harry Bridges, head of the CIO
West Coast longshoremen, yester-
day submitted an affidavit to the
National Labor Relations Board
declaring he is not Communist.
Three other officers of the union
also filed the non-Communist
oaths. They were Vice Presidents
j. R. Robertson and German
Bulcke and Secretary Treasurer
Louis Goldblatt.
Such affidavits are required un-
der the Taft-Hartley Act before a
union is eligible to use NLRB elec-
ton machinery and other proce-
dures. Bridges and the long
shoremen had baked at comply
ing since the law went into effect
in 1947,
Evening star., 1950-03-03
Bridges Witness Says
GirIsWdrned ofTe|Iinq
Wife Of UnfaithfuIness
BY the Associated Press


SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 3.-The
key prosecution witness in the
Bridges perjury trial says two
women labor secretaries threatened
to tell his wife they had illicit
relations with him, if he testified
in the trial.
Mervyn Rathborne, former CIO
official. identified the two as Mrs.
Betty Texeira and Jean Simons
Murray who are under indictment
on charges of tampering with a
Government Witness-Rathborne
Met Him Near Home.
He said they met him near his
home at Half Moon Bay, south of
San Francisco, and then sat in an
automobile. Rathborne testified
the conversation went like this:
Miss Murray said: "We've talk
ed things over,, Betty and I, and
we're going to your wife. If you
persist with this testimony against
Bridges, we're going to her and
tell her you have been unfaithful
to her with both of us and each
will corroborate the other"
Defense Attorney Vincent Hal
Imam asked Rathborne:
rs it fact that you have been
unfaithful with either of those
girls?"
Prosecution Objects.
Rathborne didn't reply. Chief
Prosecutor F. Joseph Donohue OBJ
jected loudly and Federal Judge
George Harris sustained the OBJ
lection.
The witness once was an aSso-
ciate of Harry Bridges. president
of the International Longshore-
mems & Warehousemen's Union,
CIO. The Australian born long,
shore leader is charged with per-
jury at his 1945 naturalization
hearing when he denied that he
was or had been member of the
Communist Party. On trial with
Bridges are two other longshore
officials, J. R. Robertson and
Henry Schmidt, charged with
conspiracy through supporting
Bridges testimony.
Evening star., 1950-03-03

will be in accordance with civil
service rules.
OF the reductions. approximate
ly $500 will be in the hospitals
and homes and 1900 in other
activities. The cuts, it was ex-
planned, are being made now to
bring the personnel within the
budgetary limits for fiscal year
1851, beginning next July l.. They
are also partly to Offset a Short
age in salary funds for the bal
ance of the current fiscal year.
Evening star., 1950-03-03
"FIoky, tender pieervsf every time"
says Mrs. n. B. DuleX
d212 1oyh pIora NE.

-soys Mrs. II. B. DUIeX
1918 18Th Place, NE.
Il used to be scared to death
even to attempt to make a pie,
but not since l discovered
Spry. Now my piecrust altoays
comes out just as tender and
Aaky as can be. And Spry's
'Can't-Fail' Pastry Method
gives me the extra confidence
| need"
Evening star., 1950-03-03
"No longer scared to cot fried foods"

-soys Mrs. Lowrenee Churchill,
1882 Eosfern Ave., NV.
I'VE were always afraid to eat
fried foods until | discovered
the Spry way to fry. What a
difference! Now my tried
foods are crisp, golden, as di-
gestible as can be. We eat
them to our hearts content.
Evening star., 1950-03-03

will be replaced by guided missiles.
Except for one interceptor plane,
it has planned no prototypes
experimental models built from
engineering plans-for the years
beyond 1854. This does not mean.
Evening star., 1950-03-03
'compIiments soIore on my eokes!"

-soys Mrs. Robert E. Simonds,
1112 44fh Place Sc.
Il never dared to make cake
for company until I discovered
Spry. Now l get compliments
galore on my cakes! Spry
makes them light and tender
so good-tasting. And I find
the Spry One-Bowl Method
so quick and easy"