davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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employees a little better chance OF
clearing themselves than they now
have in these agencies. but en-
ploye groups felt that II perma-
nent authority was to be given it
should also contain the right for
an employe to have an impartial
appeal.
The pending legislation would
guarantee employees some kind OF
written charges and a review by
the agency-something which they
do not have. now. But the military
and security agencies baked at 1t,
PLUG-Bing Crosby's lavish
praise in Paris the other day
of the Economic Cooperation
Administrations program In
Europe was the result Of the
inspired work Of ECA's live
!, wire publicity chief, Robert
Mullen.
Mr.. Mullen did some super
duper behind the-scenes ar.
ranging to have the croOner
say in public what he had been
saying privately. The result
was q terrific plug for the ECA.
Other Government publicity
men please take note.
Il
REOPENED-One Of the less
publicized provisions of the bill to
amend the Hatch Act, due to be
sent to the White House this week,
would give the Civil Service Com
mission the right to reopen the
cases of several hundred Federal
employees fired because of political
activity.
The present law makes dismissal
mandatory and the employees in
volved have no recourse. But the
new legislation would provide for
reopening of these cases and it's
expected that in number of in
stances the commission would re-
store these peoples jobs.
~ + 4
RECLASSIFIED - More than
Is, 900 Government employees have
been brought under the Classifi-
cation Act for the first time by
last years Pay Redistribution
Act.
The Civil Service Commission
has just completed the job Of
classifying their positions. Some
Evening star., 1950-05-08

More than 1000 persons saw
the Langley Day Air Meet at
Beacon Field Airport, south of
Alexandria, yesterday.
Sponsored by the Washington
Air Derby Association, the meet
featured air races and parachute
jumps.
One chutist, Wally Lewis, 20, of
5001 Fourteenth street NV,
dropped to an altitude Of about
1000 feet before opening his
chute. The parachute contest was
won by Neils Qvistgaard, 25, of
1919 Highland drive, Silver Spring
who landed closest to the mark
1t. Walter Snead of the Civil
Air Patrol performed aerobatics
over the field. The latest models
of civil aircraft were exhibited,
and a new Hitler 800 helicopter
was demonstrated.
Jim MentgeS and William
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Two Children Orphaned
As BIost Skaters Home

CROOKSTON. Mimi, May 8 (H)
The crest of the riotous Red
Lake River pushed downstream
toward Grand Forks, N. Oak.
today after battering this North
western Minnesota city yesterday
for the second time in two weeks
Meanwhile, ,Crookston dug into
its pockets to raise a fund for tive
children orphaned Sunday as 6
blast shattered their flood -bount
home and killed Mr.. and Mrs
Arthur Arsneau. Fire followed the
explosion. attributed to either .
gas or an oil stove.
Evening star., 1950-05-08
India BIames Sabotage
As & Die In Train Wreck
sy ne Aa.s<ia,sS Press

NEW DELHI. India. May a.
Sabotage was blamed hy tnvesti.
gators today for 1ndias worst
train wreck. in which at least 81
persons died yesterday.
The crack Junjab Mail train
plunged so feet from a bridge in
Bihar State. The chief OF the
Bihar Criminal Investigation Bu-
reau said saboteurs had removed
fishplates holding the rails to-
gether,
Eighty-two bodies had been re-
covered today. and more victims
were believed buried in the wreck
age, More than 100 were injured.
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their exams will not be affected
by the order.
&RA
JOBS-The following Job open
ings have been announced at the
Boiling Air Force Base; Ware
housemen. packers. freight ham
dlers and checkers. and supply
inspectors. The pay RANGES from
$l.07 to SITS an hour. Apply at
the commissions main once, Sew
enth and F streets NV. The
commission has announced exams
for jobs at Fort Belvoir. Va. They
include those as printers, letter.
press operators. furniture reflnish-
erS, meat cutters. munitions ham
dlers. laundry workers. plumber
helpers and lift trucker operators
The pay ranges from 81 to &2.2S
an hour An exam for oceanog-
rapherS. paying annual salaries
of $S.825 to $4,000 will be an
noOnced later this month Also,
the commission within a few weeks
will announce an exam for medi-
cal internShips and residences In
st. Elizabeth's Hospital More
than $500 persons passed the re-
cent exam for junior scientists
and engineer Jobs. A total OF
7.400 persons took the exam.
BE sure to listen at 645 pm.
every Saturday over WMAL,
The Star station. to Joseph
Youno'S Federal SPOTLIGHT radio
broadcast featuring additional
neDs aud piewS OF the Govern
r,ent scene
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| Economy Drive Gets
Impetus, Texan Asks
$3.50 Million Slash

The waning economy drive got
a shot in the arm today when a
House Democrat. Representative
Thomas. of Texas. announced he
will propose a $3.50 million cut
from the total in the $294 billion
omnibus money bill.
The Texas said he will exempt
the $14 billion defense program.
but urged the House to instruct
the Budget Bureau to carve three
quarters Of a billion from the over
all total for other agencies.
AS the House entered the final
week of debate on the budget, it
has thus far added slightly to the
committee figures. Presumably
the Thomas motion will come late
in the week after the two remain
ing chapters-Civil Function and
National Defense-are considered
in detail.
The showdown on Republican
economy efforts will come at the
same time.
Staff Requirements Opposed.
It will center on these two
moves:
l. An amendment to forbid Fed
eral agencies to hire new employees
for vacancies occurring during the
next fiscal year.
2. A motion to send the entire
bill back to the Appropriations
Committee with specific instruc-
tions to cut about a billion dol
lars" in specified sections.
Representative Taber. Republi-
can, of New York, leader of the
Republican drive to trim the bill,
said his best estimates, based on
Civil Service Commission reports,
are that the ban on replacing en-
ployes next year would save ANY
where from $500 million to $500
million"
If adopted. the amendment
would be subject to a roll-call vote,
as would be the motion to recon-
NIT the measure for the billion
dollar reduction.
Inability to obtain roll-call votes
on amendments considered pre-
viously, Mr.. Taber said, has con-
tributed to the failure of the Re-
publican economy drive. He said
he believes the members would
vote for cuts in Federal spending
if their votes were made a matter
of record.
So far, with most Of the bill
tentatively approved, the House
has added $67.547 .504 to its total.
1t has voted cuts but they were
more than offset by increases, the
largest being boost of $75 million
for public hospital construction.
No changes were made in funds
recommended by the Appropria-
tions Committee for the Veterans
Administration. the Atomic Energy
Commission and scores of other
agencies. Largest reductions were
81 million in State Department
contract authority and $2,950, 900
in Public Housing Administration
cash.
Still to be voted on are funds
for national defense and for the
Army engineers program of river
and harbor and food control prof.
ectS. q @vE-.
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The Weather Here and Over the Nation

tered light frost in the interior
tonight. Tomorrow some oloudi-
ness and cool.
Virginia-Clear tonight with
lowest temperature from 40 to As
degrees in southeast and from IS
to 40 degrees with scattered frost
in northwest. Tomorrow some
cloudiness and cool.
Wind velocity at 1880 o'clock
this morning, Is miles per hour;
! direction. north.
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District of Columbia - Sunny
and cool with highest temperature
in lower COS today. Clear to-
night with lowest about 43 degrees
IN the city and 38 degrees with
some light frost in low places in
suburbs. Tomorrow morning fair
with some cloudinesS and con-
tinued cool in afternoon.
Maryland-Clear and quite cool
with lowest temperature from 35
to 40 degrees tonight. Some scat
Evening star., 1950-05-08
Hoeerstown Soldier
Dies in Jeep Mishop
BY the Associoisd Press

CrosSville, Tenn, May S.-One
soldier was killed and three were
injured when an Army convoy
jeep overturned yesterday.
The post information officer al
Fort Campbell. KY, identified the
victim as Pvt. Harry r. Harsh.
man, son Of Mrs. Phyllis Harsh
man of Hagerstown, Md.
Evening star., 1950-05-08
7 Flood Crests Sweep
Toward Winnipeg as
City BoIsters Levees
BY the Associoted Press

WINNIPEG. Manitoba, May 8.
Hundreds of blocks of this great
prairie city lay beneath a sea of
muddy water today as troops and
civilian volunteers worked wearily
to bolster sagging levees against
q new flood threat from North
Dakota and Minnesota.
Silt-laden water swirled through
many Winnipeg streets, paralyzing
communications and transport on
the outskirts. and authorities
warned that the worst is yet to
come.
The city may face two food
crests as spring torrents pour
down the Red River from the
rain-soaked Northern United
States. The first crest is expected
within the next few days.
1900 Warned to Flee.
Meanwhile, the Canadian Army
warned some $500 residents in
low lying areas to flee at once
because the dikes might break at
any time. More than 4,4o0 per-
sons already have been evacuated
from their homes, from hospitals
and from the city Jail.
An estimated 1000 other per-
sons have fled from a dozen small
Canadian towns engulfed by
flood waters in the 60-mile stretch
from the United States border to
Winnipeg.
Brig. r. E. A. Morton, food
relief director, said water % feet
deep might soon pour over dam
aged sections Of the dixie protect
ing low-lying residential districts
Of suburban Norwood and East
Kildonan.
THE danger is real" he said.
Everything is continuing to be
done to prevent a calamity"
In radio broadcast last night
Brig. Morton told worried citizens:
Don't panic. Obey all instruc-
tions. Work if requested. Be
calm and patient"
1000 Homes Abandoned.
More than 1000 Winnipeg
homes already have been aban-
doned to the flood and damage
estimates range into millions of
dollars.
The river rose two inches yes
terday to level of 27.3 feet
more than nine feet above flood
stage. Authorities said they ex-
pected the first crest might add
four more feet.
At dawn today the Winnipeg
fiood level held steady at 27.6
feet.
Relief supplies are being poured
into Winnipeg-a city of 350,000
from all over the dominion. The
Rolay Canadian Air Force is fly
ing in bedding and food for the
refugees, who are crowded into
railway cars, hotel dining rooms
and private houses.
Huge pumps have been flown in
from Canadian naval installations
on the West Coast.
Three officers of the American
and Canadian Red Cross arrived
by plane yesterday to inspect the
eity's relief setup.
Colin Herrle of Washington
national director of disaster relief
for the American Red Cross. came
to see what contributions will be
needed from the United States
City Engineer w. D. Hurst said
the river would have to climb an
other 10 feet before the whole fiat
prairies city would be under water.
No one has predicted the river
would go that high.
United States Army engineers
last night warned residents of
Emerson, Manitoba, about three
miles across the border from Penn
hina. N. D.. that a crest of 48 feet
would hit in a few DAYS.
Evening star., 1950-05-08

I n E multary
and security
agencies de
cided to forego
the whole bill.
TIL ey still
have temporary
summary dis
missals powers
and feel that
permanent au-
thority isn't a
too pressing
matter at the
moment.
Ironically. the
hill ,xro,,11 oiyc
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The Federal Spotlight
Summary Firing Bid Dropped
By Military, Security Agencies
The Federal Spotlight
BV Josepk YOUNG

The military and security agencies decided
for the bill give them dismiss
civilian employees
They passed the word quietly to Congress
the Civil which
handled the bill determined to amend accused
Evening star., 1950-05-08
US. WEATHER euRfAU MAP
ossar,mse, sf cormerte

general of clOudneSs and precipitation expected
night from the Atlantic westward through the Valley
norhward to Minnesota and westward to Montana will
suit in showers and thundestorms in the South rain in the
Upper Mississippi Valley and and in the Western
Dakoas and the Rocky Mountain region will cooler
the Northeast -AP Wirephoto Map.
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Temperatures in Various Cities.

Argentina's output Of tanned
cattle hides for the past year to-
tailed Q million units.
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employees the right 70 appear 10
an impartial board outside OF
their agency.
Rather than have such setup,
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River Report.
tFrom United States Eneineers.)
Fotomac River muddy at Harpers Ferr,
and at Great Falls, Shenandoah muddy a
Harpers Ferry.
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Reservations, infonnstioH, se
youV travel sssnt ll24 Connec-
tieut Ave, NV, Washington
6, D. c. Tel: Executive 3944.
Offices in New York. Mionni,
Chicooo. Los Angeles, Son
francisco. Montreal and Toronto
Evening star., 1950-05-08
y Tide Tables.

The Sun and Neon.
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High and Low Of Last "a Hours.
High, 81, at ago pm.
Low, SO, at 1855 pm.
Record Temperatures This Year,
Highest 90, on May 8.
Lowest, Is, on March 3.
, Tide Tables
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Monthly precipitation in inches In th
Capital lcurrent month 70 date):
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-10-05

Upset by Bellefontaine last week
for the first time this season, Bluffton
High gridders will face another
severe test Friday night when they
journey to Van Vert to take on the
strong Cougar aggregation.
Traditionally one of the power
houses in the ever-tough Western
Buckeye league, Van Vert this year
appears to have one of the schools
better teams and looms as a very de-
cided favorite in the contest Friday.
Last Friday, the Cougars tuned up
for this weeks clash with Bluffton by
handing Kenton's Wildcats decisive
$40 licking. 1t was the Vans Vert
crews third successive victory of the
season.
In the opening contest of the year
for the Pirates, the Bluffton team
gained 13 to 0 victory over the
same Kenton team.
While Van Vert last week was
continuing its undefeated march thru
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-10-05
College Junior
Play Oct. 20, II

Bluffton College Juniors will pre-
sent as their class play "Blithe
Spirit" by the famous playwright,
Noel Coward, on the evenings of
October 20 and 81. The three-act
production will be staged in the
Bluffton High School auditorium,
with performances beginning at 8:15
p. m. each evening.
The cast of seven is directed by
William Burbick, assistant professor
in speech, and Addison Myers, a
Junior and a dramatic student at the
college, who will be in charge of re-
hearsals and management while Bur-
bick is at Ohio State University do
ing graduate work.
Leads in the entertaining play
which has successfully run the gamut
of Broadway, Hollywood, and many
stock companies, are taken by
Lorraine Ferguson, White Pigeon,
Michigan; Corrine Kamp, Washing
ton, Illinois; and James Reusser, of
Williamsport,. Pa.
Burtis Meyer, Bern, Kansas; Mar
garet Salzman, Upland, California;
Dolores Bolen, Souderton, Pennsyl-
vania; and Robert Riley, Vaughns-
vile, Ohio, comprise the rest of the
cast
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-10-05
Bluffton High Gridders to Play
At Van Vert this Friday Night

the opposition, Bluffton gridders were
upset for the first time, as Bellefon-
taine made use of third and fourth
quarter touchdowns to win, 13 to O.
For more than half, the crippled
Bluffton team put up game battle,
fighting their larger opponents to a
standstill. The resistance of the
eleven was broken in the third period,
however, when Barlow, backfeld ace
on the visiting team, cut loose for a
60-yard touchdown run.
Barlow also scored the fourth
period touchdown by snagging long
pass and romping 35 yards to cross
the payoff stripe for the second time
during the evening.
Bluffton's most serious threat was
in the third quarter, when the
Pirates drove deep into Bellefontaine
territory, only to have their touch
down bid bog down on the 10-yard
line.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-10-05
Pleasant Hill

Past week visitors of Mrs. Clara
Jennings, of Beaverdam, were: Mr..
and Mrs. Coke Smith, Mrs. Gertrude
Tripp, South Carolina; Mrs. Viola
Simms, Georgia; Mr.. and Mrs. Clair
Huber, Findlay; Mr.. and Mrs. Doit
Jennings, Kenton; Mr.. and Mrs.
Gerald Jennings, Ottawa, and Mr..
and Mrs. Willard Jennings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hess and son
Bill spent Sunday evening with Mrs.
Lille Fett and Miss Nellie Huber.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Reichenbach
and son Roger spent Monday evening
with Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Reichenbach
and son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Phillips called
on Mr.. VIM. Younkman, Sunday even
ing, who is confined at his home with
an attack of appendicitis.
Over the week end callers at the
r. L. Huber home were Mr.. and Mrs.
Berdell Huber and children, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lysle Niswander and children,
Rev. Oppermann and Mr.. Richard
Stettler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Avery Watt were
Friday evening visitors at the w. S.
Jennings home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alva Salisbury and
family of Lafayette were Tuesday
visitors of Mrs. Sarah Oates and Miss
Claribel Owens. We are glad to re-
port that Claribel is much better and
is out and around again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mack Andrews and
Nancy and Billy attended a family
reunion Sunday at the Amos Reich,
. enbach home in honor of Mr.. Reich.
enbach's 9th birthday anniversary.
Mrs. Helen Montgomery and sor
David were Tuesday all-day visitors
at the Maurice Bell home.
Mr. and Mrs. Coke Smith, Mrs
Gertrude Trip, of Easley, South
Carolina, and Mrs. Viola Simms, OF
Athens, Georgia, Mr.. and Mrs. Clail
Huber, FindIay, and Mrs. Clara Jen
nings We're Saturday evening dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Willard
Jennings and son. Marie, Gertrude
and Viola will be remembered here
as the daughters of the late Scot
Jennings. They are spending a weel
with their relatives which include:
the Greding, Jennings and Huber
families.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil FARRELL, Cleve
land and Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Thomp
son and son Gene of Chicago spent
the week end with Mr.. and Mrs. Guy
Younkman. Mr. Carey Younkmar
called Sunday evening.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-10-05
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
STATE OF OHIO
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS

September 80. 1850
Engineer of Sales Legal Copy No. 5O-54S
UNIT PRICE CONTRACT
U-567 l0
ok
Sealed proposals will be received at the Of
flee of the State Highway Director OF ONO,
at Columbus. Ohio, until l0;OO, A. NJ, Ono ONO
for improvements in:
Allen and Van Vert Counties, Ohio. on
Sections VAN-30- t27. .fS-27.1e), and ALL-3oN-
(0.03-0.36), u. S. Routes Nos 80 and 3oN, in
the City of Delphos, by grading, draining and
paving with reinforced Portland cement con-
crete.
Width: Pavement as feet and so feet
Roadway AZ feet and so feet.
Length: 5,2S3.7 feet or 1000 mile.
Contract to be completed not later than
September 80. 1851.
Ohio State Employment Service
los N. Washington Street
Van Vert, Ohio
Ohio State Employment Service
Public Square
Lima, Ohio
will furnish the successful bidder an employ.
ment list from which all qualified unskilled
labor as is locally available, shall be selected
for this project.
The attention of bidders is directed to the
special provisions covering sub-letting or as
signing the contract the use of domestic ma.
terials, selection of labor, hours of employ
ment and conditions of employment.
Inc minimum wage 10 DE pdiu 10 all iao0i
employed on this contract shall be in accord
ance with the Schedule of Prevailing Hourly
Wage Rates Ascertained and Determined bs
The Department of Industrial Relations appli
cable to State Highway Department Improve
ments in accordance with Section 1T-S, It'd
17-4a, It's and l7-5a of the General Code Of
Ohio"
The bidder must submit with his bid a GER
titled check in the amount of sl0.O 100000.
Plans and specifications are on file in th'
department of highways and the office of tht
division deputy director
The director reserves the right to rejec
any and all bids
T. J. KAUER, q
State Highway Director
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-10-05
STATEMENT

Statement of ownership, management,
editorship, circulation, etc.. of The Blutfton
news. published weekly at Bluffton. Ohio.
required by Act of Congress of August ID,
1912.
Publisher-The Bluffton News Publishing
Il Printing Co., Btuffton, Onio; Edltor-
G. A. Biery. Bluffton, Ohio Managing
Editor-C. A. Biery, Button. Ohio; Business
Manager-Fred Gettles, Bluffton, Ohio;
.s@oere--C A. Biery. Fred Getties, X. l..
Tripfett, Eta Bery, Leona Gettles, Roberta
ie.y. Deveriy Biery. all of Button, Ohio.
holders, none.
The average number of copies of each issue
of this publication sold or distributed, through
the mails or otherwise. to paid subscribers
during the twelve months preceding the date
shown is also.
C. A BIERY, Editor
Sworn to and subscribed before me this goth
day of September. 1850.
LELAND DILLER, Notary Public
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-10-05
LEGAL, NOTICE

address is 5000 West Madison, Chicago.
Illinois, is hereby notified that LavipafE.
Purse has filed her petition against bim for
Common Pleas of Allen County, Ohio, alleg-
ing Gross Neglect of Duty as her ground for
same and praying for divorce and claiming
certain household goods as her personal prop
erty, and that said cause will be for hearing
on after the 2nd day of November, 1850.
LAVINA E. PURSELL
BY Sylvan II. Wise,
her attorney. 2S
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-10-05
Canned Oranges

For every dozen oranges that
moved to market in their own skins
last season, about seven other
oranges went to consumers in tin
cans or bottles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-21
NEW CHIEF
 M0BILizER
 IN OFFICE
Charles Wilson Takes Oath Lakes 0ver-Assistanfs
 Are Quickly Named

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21- R - Charles E. Wilson took office to- day as Director of Defense Mobili- zation and immediately appointed General Lucius Clay and Banker Sidney Weinberg as his assistants.
 Wilson, former President of Gen. eral Electric, told reporters of the two appointments at the White House after taking the oath of of flee in President Truman's presence.
 Wilson said Clay and Weinberg will serve without compensation.
 Clay, former U. s. Commander at Berlin, is relinguishing his duties as Chairman of the Board of the Continental Can Co.
 Weinberg is senior partner of Goldman, Sachs and Company, New York investment banking firm. He was a vice. chairman of the War Production Beard in World War II.
 The oath was administered to Wilson by Chief Justice Vinson in MT. Truman's circular office. The three men stood beneath large portrait of George Washington.
 w. Stuart Symington, Chairman of the National Security Resources Board, some of whose duties Wilson is taking over in the mobilization job, stepped up after the ceremony smiling and said, "let me be the first to congratulate you"
 Wilson told reporters his immed- fate plans are to continue just what he is doing now-that is, sur veying the job that must be done, and getting just as many facts as I can"
 Wilson took the oath of office well under 24 hours after the Sen- ate rushed through confirmation of his appointment.