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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-10-05

Millen Geiger will attend Bowling
Green Normal school this summer.
John Everett, Paul Faze Edwin
Cupp and Clarence Hughes attend
ed the Congress convention held in
Lima.
Miss Minnie Balmer entertained
the Willing Workers at her home.
Roy Cook, rural carrier at Leipsic
has transferred to Pandora rural
route.
The Farmers Grain company, COM
posed of a number of farmers of the
area, have purchased the Stearns d
Hochstettler Elevator here. The new
firm is incorporated for S15,000
Ebert Day and Raymond Bame
enlisted in the infantry for service
in China.
Lightning struck Eli Hartman's
barn while he was in the haymow.
The gable was knocked out and a
horse knocked down and the hay set
afire. Hartman grabbed hayfork
and succeeded in extinguishing the
blaze. A cat sleeping in the hay
where the blaze started also escaped
unscathed.
The community assn is conduct
ing a campaign to sell $4,000 worth
of preferred stock for the Page
Dairy Company. Outcome of cam
paign will determine whether a milk
condensary will be located here.
Among the boys expected home
soon from overseas are: Waldo
Diller, Hiram Niswander, Aldine
Roethlisberger, Calvin Deppler and
Harvey Garmatter. Armin Diller
and Harry Harris have returned
The wedding of Lewis BurkhoIder
and Naomi spallinger has been an
nounced.
A girl was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Gid Lugibill at their home on Lawn
avenue
The Masonic lodge conferred the
third degree on three candidates, as
follows: Wade Eaton, Ralph Steans
and LaVerne Morrison.
R. L. Triplett has been excavating
for his new residence which he will
build on College drive this summer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-10-05
Open DriUe For
Playground LeUy

A countrywide meeting to be held
in the Lima Central high school
auditorium next Wednesday night at
7:45 o'clock will mark the opening
of an intensive campaign in support
of the proposed Allen County fair
ground levy to be on the ballot at
the November election. Don Lackey
of Lima is committee chairman and
Harry Marshall of near Bluffton
vice chairman.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-10-05
Yesterdays
Stale Meats


offices-"Nothing is so dead as yes
terday's newspaper" Now any issue,
person or thing can get pretty dead
in 100 years; but newspaper, from
century on back comes to life again
and its little stories bring more
thrills than the build-up for the birth
of the Queens newest baby.
Material for True Tales About
Ohio" comes from deep delving into
old tomes-musty history books, old
newspaper files, private papers of old
families, ancient letters and manu-
scripts which come to hand; personal
interviews with old time residents
over the state, wherever they may be
found; family traditions and anything
else which the writer himself, can be-
lieve.
Least reliable of the foregoing are
the interviews with old residents and
the family traditions. You just can
not believe everything you hear, much
less print it. You cannot stake your
life on the old history books, either.
Type then was set by hand; manu-
scripts written in longhand; the old
historians writing was poor and the
old printers could not read it. Proofs
seldom were read and some astonish-
ing bits of literature were results.
All of which is round about way
of saying that only the newspapers
can be depended on-the papers and
the court house records. Newspaper
material is checked for accuracy and
dozen other angles before being
published and even in the old days
there was such a thing as libel and
the publishers avoided it.
Early Newspapers Quaint
The earliest Ohio newspapers We're
quaint things, weeklies with four
pages and usually four or five col
umns to the page. The whole front
page and most of the rest of the
paper was a solid mass of little ad-
vertisements like the want ads and
classified of today. There were no
display ads and only "stick or two"
of news scattered here and there in
side the paper-only few inches,
set a column wide, at most. The
news usually was three months or
more old-letters and gossip brought
in by travellers.
There was little local news and no
need for it. Everybody knew what
went on in the town before the editor
found it out anyway. Much of the
news was from Paris, London and
Philadelphia, then the country's capi-
tai city.
Cincinnati newspapers were oldest
and nearly complete bound volumes
of original issues from 1893 to date,
inclusive, are in the Public Library
and may be seen and read by all for
the asking-but you can't carry them
out.
Many of the disconnected little
items, ads, readers and editors OBJ
servations and news hits as they ap-
peared word for word over $50 years
ago may be interesting to readers of
this column-the little things the
writer runs onto but does not use in
seeking material for it.
Early Cincinnati Newspaper
From the Cincinnati Western Spy
and Hamilton Gazette" whose first
issue appeared May %, 1899, the fol
lowing have been selected. 1t was
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-10-05
Pandora Man Hurt
In Fall From, Tree

Ernest Bauman, So, received SER
ious head injuries in fall from a
walnut tree at his home in Pandora,
Friday. The accident occurred when
a limb broke on which Bauman was
standing, and he fell distance of
about 10 feet, striking his head and
rendering him unconscious. He had
partially recovered consciousness Sat
urday night.
Children love their parents, then
Judge them, then forgive them.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-10-05
NEWS OUR FATHERS READ
FROM ISSUE OF MAY %, 1919

Clair Boothby has opened an QUITO
painting shop in the NJ. NJ. Murray
building, corner Main and jefferson
streets. His adv. says-"If your
auto looks quite bunny, and its
coat no longer suits. If you want
it fixed up proper, just bring it up
to Boots y.
Marvin Matter returned from over
seas. He is now at Camp Mills.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-10-05
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EDITORS NoTE-This ts one
of series of articles to appear
tn the Blufton NesUs dealing
with early Ohio history. Others
pIl appear IN forthcoming
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-04-28
Editorial
DIxIECRATS TO REDUCE
NEGRO IN SOUTH CAROLINA

there have been no laws regulat-
ting the primaries in the state OF
South Carolina since the Supreme
Court decision held that Negroes
were entitled 10 vote in the par
~ primary back in 1914. This
most recent state law will re-
duce Negro voting by more than
so per cent.
Veteran observers of Southern
politicsG view this latest Dixie
erat action az an incentive to the
States Fighters throughout the
South. More important is the fact
that former Secretary, James F.
Byrnes. has been critic of the
Fair Deal. and he il a candidate
for Governor in the primary next
July. Then too. there are Govern
nor Thurmond and Senators Olin
Johnson and Burnet Maybank who
have shown decided interest in the
Dixiecrat movement. Although
they sat silently at the recent BIZ
ennia session, their presence was
demonstrated good faith in what
was being ironed out during the
discussions.
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-04-28
Negro Priest From
Jamaica Reports
Catholic Increase

Boston. April Special The
development of a native Negro
Catholic clergy in the British
West Indies will be a slow and
gradual" process, according To
Father Gladstone Wilson, STD
jed, Chancellor of the Vicar
late of Jamaica.
One of the two Negro priests
of the Vicariate, Father Wilson,
as Chancellor. is a close assis-
tant to the Vicar Apostolic. He
was in Boston this week to at
tend the conservation of the new
y-appointed Vicar Apostolic,
Most Rev. John J. McEleney,
S. j.
In an interview granted the
Boston Pilot, Father Wilson not
ed that there are four Negro ia
maican priests of the Society of
Jesus in jamaica, and one Negro
Brother of that Society. Eight
more Jamaicans are studying for
the priesthood.
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-04-28

The States Fighter movement
which split the South wide open
during the last Presidential cleo
ton has not lost any of its
strength in the State of South Car
DINA. 1t il still in control of the
State Democratic party.
This was proven last week at
q biennial session of the Demo-
cratic state convention, the Dixie
Gratis let it be known that it is
growing in strength when il won
an overwhelming support of res
olutions. rules and party platform
statements that blasted Truman
fair deal issues.
Noteworthy, was the agreement
to adopt party rules complying
with the new election law put in
TO effect by the state legislature.
This law reduces voting only 10
those persons who can establish
literacy and property owning quail
ifications. 1t is for both white and
Negro but the primary purpose
Is to reduce the voting strength
of the Negro.
1t must be remembered that
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-04-28
RUTH LIPSCOMB SCORES IN
PIANO RECITAL AT BLUE
FIELD STATE COLLEGE

Bluefield; w. Va, -(Atlas) -
.Bluefield State College was
treated TO one of the most brilli-
ant performances of its history;
by Ruth Lipscomb; concert plan
list last Tuesday evening. 1t was
an epoch event; which drew mu-
sic lovers; white and colored mani
Testing in no uncertain manner
their appreciation of the artistry
displayed in the rendition of some
of the worlds great masterpieces.
So completely was the audience
thrilled by the technique and mu-
sicality; and by the beautiful tone
quality and Unborn sentiment of
Miss Lipscomb: the influential
Bluefield daily; The Sunset News
was urged to comment. The
concert was undoubtedly one of
the finest ever presented here by
any pianist"
Miss Lipscomb's rendition of
Bach; Schumann; Debussy; Chop
in; was so intelligent and brilli-
antly interpreted; it was actually
possible for one to close his eyes
and gaze upon the composers and
their compositions as she played
them.
A product of the Julliard Schoo
of Music and has won nation wide
acclaim as one of the most prom
Using artist of the century. Only
recently she completed a success
full concert tour which ended a
the st. Paul Polytechnic Insti
tute. Her concert at Bluefield Col
lege last Tuesday evening wa.
the beginning of another tour tina
will cover more than four states
4sH%
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-04-28
FATHER DIVINE
WINS 5000. 900
WILL SUIT

NEW YORK It's truly wonder
I'll when sea can come ia poses
SION o an estate valued a more
than 100000 specially when it
eaa contested bg relatives. But
Father Divine came out q court
the winner
The sun involved the estate Of
the late May Sheldon Lyon, the
buik Of which was left "a TWO
Father Divine Heavens in
vii dated Dec y, 1873, and vas
marked officially dismissed on
the merits" in Supreme Court
last week.
A cousin Of Mrs. Lyon brought
salt, contending in the action that
shortly before the death Of Mary
Sheldon on Oct 10 1913, Mrs.
Lyon expressed desire to leave
the cousins s350o00 but Father
Divine by undue force and inau-
ence' prevailed on her to not
sign a new viii.
When the case came up Phil
lip Zennef, attorney for the up
state cousins who brought the
suit, reported to the Supreme
Court that the complaint was
dismissed due 20 the failure of the
clients To produce sufficient evi.
denee 70 sustain the complaint.
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-04-28
CHS Nine Faces
Danville In Game
Here Wednesday

Champaign Highs baseball
team plays the second game
of four scheduled engagements
this week Wednesday afternoon,
when il is host to Danville.
Game time is 400 pm. The tilt
was postponed from April IL.
Champaign's scheduled game
at Buckley tonight has been
called off because of wet
grounds. 1t might be re-seheduled
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-04-28
Recent Revival

Rev. J.W. Hamilton of East
Vine Street recently closed re-
vival service held in the Pene-
cosal Church in Ohio. Elder Onei-
da Rollins pastor.
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-04-28

after the regular season II date
agreeable to both teams can be
arranged.
Coach Ray Grierson expects to
have his top pitcher Righthand-
er Brad Priebe, ready for Dam
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-04-28

vile.
Danville won both ends of q
doubleheader from Central but
lost a twin bill TO Decatur last
Saturday. Decatur also holds a
pair of victories over CHS.
Milford chronicle., 1950-08-11

9796 cotton, 5q5 wool 3-pieee
sleepers. Durable, warm feet Of
extra heavy fabric. Button drop
seat extra full on all sizes. Color
grey. Sizes o to 5,
Evening star., 1950-03-26
Rabbi Bernhard Klein Dies Jacob Fain Funeral Today
Merchants Father Was % Headed Disinfectant Firm

Rabbi Bernhard Klein, SO
father of Sidney Klein, owner OF
several women's apparel stores
here, died Friday at George Wash
ington University Hospital. He
had pneumonia for a week.
Rabbi Klein, who lived with his
son at 5433 Thirty-first street
NV, was born in Hungary. He
received his rabbinical training in
Hungary and came to New York
in 1878. He was connected with
the Chasam Sopher Synagogue in
New York before he retired 25
years ago and was long active
there in the affairs of the old
Peoples Hospital. For the last five
years he had made his home here.
Rabbi Klein leaves another son,
Jerome Klein, 729 Columbus ave-
nue., Alexandria, and five daugh-
ters, Mrs. Sadie Frank, 1854 Euclid
street NV; Mrs. Lottie Kaplan,
5422 Fourteenth street NV; Mrs.
Edna Gaines, Miami. Fla; Mrs.
Lena Kirsch, New York, and Mrs.
Rose Solomon, Winston-S Salem,
NC. Fourteen grandchildren and
six great grandchildren also sur
ViVe.
Funeral services will be held at
1890 o'clock this morning in the
Danzansky funeral home, 1901
Fourteenth street NV. Burial will
be in Tifereth Israel Cemetery.
Evening star., 1950-03-26

Jacob R. Fain, 81, owner of the
Owl Disinfectant Co.. died Of
heart disease yesterday in Sib-
ley Hospital. where he had been
patient since last Sunday.
Since coming here 80 years ago,
Mr.. Fain had headed the concern,
one of the oldest and largest dis
infectant and exterminating busi-
nesses in Washington. The Of
fees are in the Albee Building,
1926 G street NV.
Mr.. Fain was a native of Provi-
dence, R. l., and was active in
youth organizations there. He
served as general manager of the
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Of
Americans for six years before
coming here. Mr.. Fain lived at
1854 Woodley place NV. He
was member of B'nai Birth.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Estelle B. Fain, and two sons.
Martin R. Fain of the Woodley
place address and Seymour B.
Fain, 1925 Macomb street NV.
Five brothers, Harry, Lewis, Ir-
wing, Barney and DR.. William
Fain, and two sisters, Mrs. Myron
Etcoff and Mrs. Max Lopatin, all
of Providence, also survive.
Funeral services will be held at
4 pm. today in the Danzansky
funeral home. 1901 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial was to be in
the District of Columbia Lodge
Cemetery. Fifteenth place and
Alabama avenue Sc.
Evening star., 1950-03-26
Rites Planned Tomorrow
For Mrs. Dorothy SmeI|ie

Funeral services for Mrs. Doro.
thy Green Smellie, At, who dice
Friday at her home, 1900 Hart
wick road, College Park, Md, will
be held at 2 pm. tomorrow at st
Andrews Episcopal Church, Col
lege Park. Burial will be in Fort
Lincoln Cemetery.
Mrs. Smellie, who suffered a
long illness, was the wife of Ed
win F. Smellie, on the technical
staff of the Applied Physics Lab
oratory, Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity, Silver Spring. She was 8
member of the Order of the East
ern Star. the st. Andrews Guild
the Progress Club Of College Park
and the Paint Branch Garden
Club.
Besides her husband, Mrs
Smellie is survived by five broth
ers. John H. Green, Waco, Tex;
Walter L. Green, attorney, Hy-
attsville; Arthur j. Green, Carls-
bad, N. Mex: William Green
La Jolla, Calf, and Donald R
Green, Las Cruces, N. Mex, and
two sisters, Mrs. Mary Beth
Wackwitz, Mitchellivlle, Md, su-
pervisor of art in the Prince
Georges County schools, and Mrs
Helen Carter, Everett, Wash.
Evening star., 1950-03-26
Oarh nf Uhanka

lIleHuS ana relatives IOr JlelF
beautiful floral tributes and cards received
at the passing of our beloved sister and
step-mother
MRS. SARAH W. BUSH. MRS WRITE
FENWICK, FRANK DANIEL BUSH
GRIFFITH, CHARLES. We wish to
ministers, the Rev. L. T Hushes and the
Rev. w. A. Stewart; our many friends,
relatives and nelshbors for the kind ex;
tributes and cards received at the passing
Of our beloved son, CHARLES GRIFFITH.
THE FAMILY. 26"
HINTON. HUBERT H. I wish to thank
the many friends and neighbors and CO.
workers of The Evening Star for their
cards, kilograms and beautiful floral ex-
pressions during my bereavement in the
loss OF my husband, HUBERT H; HINTON.
MATILDA HINTON.
KEMP. MATTHEW. sr. The family of
the hundreds OF kindly people for their
GRACIOUS rS sxprsSsions res; Of Sympathy syn
the relatives and friends for their, kind
ness sympathy and beautiful floral trib-
ute. to the late william la NALLEY y LsY-,r
PROCTOR, MRS. KATE. We wish to
ministers, the Rev. Maynard Cathings and
the Rev. R.. w. Hall. our many friends,
relatives, neighbors and organizations, for
the kind expressions of sympathy, the
many floral tributes and cards received at
the passing Of our beloved mother. MRS.
KATE PROCTOR. THE FAMILY.
SMITH, JOHN d. We wish to acknowl-
edge with sincere appreciation the heart
felt expressions of sympathy by our
relatives and friends in our recent
bereavement.
LENA v. SMITH AND FAMILY.
WESTON. JOSEPHINE G. The family
of the late MISS JOSEPHINE G. WESTON,
gratefully acknowledges your thoughtful-
ness and sympathy in its bereavement.
LAURA LEE SPENCER, HENRIETTA DAVIS
SHOCK
Evening star., 1950-03-26
Jose AIeman Dies:
Rich Cuban Owned
much u. 5. Property
BY this, Associated Press

v
ator Jose Manuel Aleman, who
attained fantastic political power
and wealth in recent years, died
of cancer today at the age of As.
He owned vast properties in both
Cuba and Florida.
Senator Aleman rose to power
during the latter part of the 1914
48 presidential term of Ramon
Grau San Martin. With Grau and
the presidents elderly sister in
law, Mrs. Paulina Alsina Grau, he
controlled most of the political pa
tronage of the island.
Born in Havana January 20,
1905, he was a son of Gen. Jose
Aleman, who was education min
lister in the cabinet of President
Gerardo Machado.
He got minor job in the educa-
ton ministry under his father in
1926. Later he joined in the re-
bellion that overthrew Machado in
1888.
hOcketed TO High Office.
In the Grau regime, he got work
again in the education ministry in
1916. Suddenly he rocketed to
minister of education. At various
times there were charges in the
Senate that his ministry had mis-
handled millions of government
funds. He was accused in a suit
against Grau and other officials
charging misappropriation of STA
million. This is still pending in
the, courts.
Senator Aleman was known as a
politician who never forgot friends.
Some he made wealthy or poll
tically prominent overnight. Once
a friend arrived late at a political
meeting because he had no auto
mobile. The next morning a new
Cadillac was driven to his home,
a gift from Senator Alenan. Poll
tical legend says he gave away
nearly 100 cars.
Estimates of his holdings. in
cluding vast investments in Flori-
da, ranged from $40 millions to
5000 millions.
For the last two years Senator
Aleman spent most of his time in
Miami taking medical treatments.
He lived for many months in a
Miami beach mansion guarded by
machineguns and foodlights. A
bomb blew away the kitchen of
his home in the Kohly residential
district of Havana last year. He
was away at the time.
Country Estate Raided.
A country estate of Senator Ale
mans on the outskirts of Havana
was once raided by troops after
Dominican President Rafael Tru-
jillo charged there was a plot in
Cuba to invade the Dominican Re-
public. The army announced the
seizure of several truckloads of
machineguns, rifles, ammunition
and other war material.
Senator Aleman was president
of the provincial assembly of the
Cuban Revolutionary Party (Au-
tenticos). Although of the same
political party as President Carlos
Prio Socarras, who succeeded
Grau in 1948, Aleman was critical
of Prio's administration. He re-
tired from politics last November
because of i'll health.
Just what Senator Aleman
owned here, he never discussed
publicly. A reliable source esti-
mated that not less than $35 mil
lion of his fortune was invested
in Florida.
Resort hotels and big apartment
houses were among his holdings
in the Miami area. He also owned
a large tract of land on Biscayne
Bay being developed as a resort
area, a magnificent baseball sta
dium held in the name of his SON,
Jose, and many other properties.
Senator Aleman is survived by
his widow and two children.
Evening star., 1950-03-26
Navy Flyer Is Killed
In Florida Crash
BY the Associated Press

MIAMI, Fla, Mar. Is. - A
young Navy pilot was killed to-
day. when he dived his Navy fighter
plane to drop a marker for target
practice and crashed into the
Atlantic off Fort Lauderdale.
The dead flyer, veteran Of
six months in the Pacific on the
U.S.S. Saginaw Bay, was iden-
titled as 1t. G.g) Robert Clayton
Heck. of Oak Park, III,
Evening star., 1950-03-26
Deaths Reported

tBy the D. G.. Bureau of Vital Statistics }
Marry E. oconnell, 90, 1916 Missouri
Louise M Prince 90, 1915 18th st. NV
Charles H. Howard, s3, 2024 Nicholas
ave Sc.
Elizabeth Dorney. SO. 4sO St .sw.
Abner T. Hood 50, 40ll Bird st. Sc.
John G. Haley, 81, 3214 18th st. NV.
John F. McEvoy, II, Soldiers Home
Mary A. Gayer, 70. 1850 Macarthur blvd
Sarah Garfield. r. 202l Monroe st. NV
Janet H Davis, y, Is Williams lane,
", E; Ghevy 4 y, ( Chase, Md. 90 $50
Florence N. Hall, 81, 1872 Ontario pI
NV.
Ethel M. Twist. So, 900 10Th st. NV.
Lillian E. Burgess, 63, 10 Sth st. ne
Clinton H. Cadenhead. Sc, Q 2nd St ne.
George A. Maloney, As, 1901 Massachu-
settS ave. NV.
Emily M. Graves, 80 Rockville, Md.
jeanne Strong. 4, Cheona, ILL.,
Hardey. Infant. 1929 Benton ST. NV.
Mary Garner, "A, 45S First St sw.
Georgia Holmes, IS, 212 D st. NV.
Daisy M. Cornish, 45, 3SOS Hayes st. n e.
Thomas P. Bell. 80. 511 Florida ave n "