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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-02-02
bluffton Gets Lower
Fire Insurance Rates
Race Relations Is
Union Service Topic

Next Sunday, designated as Race
Relations day will be observed in a
union evening service at st. Johns
Reformed church at 7:30 o'clock
sponsored by the Bluffton Ministerial
association.
Appearing on the program will be
group of Bluffton college students
including Miss Joanna Bowen who
was employed in social service work
in New York City's Harlem district
and Misses Pauline Holman and
Esther Berky connected with Brad
field Center, colored recreational pro-
iect at Lima.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-02-02
Byers To Head
Indiana Diaries

Floyd Byers of Goshen, Ind,
formerly of Bhufton and son of
Prof. N. E. Byers was elected presi-
dent of the Indiana Dairy Products
association at the thirty-second an
nual convention of the group in In
dianapolis, recently.
Byers is head of the Goshen Milk
Condensing company and one of the
leaders in the Indiana dairy indus.
try. He was previously chairman OF
the state associations milk products
division.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-02-02
Territory Now In MT.
Cory-Rawson District
Real Estate Deals

Mrs. Geneva Badertscher has pur-
chased the Wayne Amstutz property
on West Elm street and has moved
there with her family. She recently
sold her Poplar street residence to
John Weaver of the Bluffton college
business office.
In a real estate deal involving an
exchange of residences, Eugene Ben
roth has acquired the property of
the Misses Dora and Stella Kirch-
hofer on South Jackson street and
the Kirchhofer sisters have obtained
the Benroth property on South Lawn
avenue. They plan to move early
in the spring.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-02-02
Yarn of the Knitted
SOx

The two Kentucky maidens who
boarded at the old American House
Columbus, in the early 1840's were
in dither-students at the classical
Worthington Female Seminary,
miles away, they were learning to
knit and now had job at their new
accomplishment. Lyme Starting,
wealthy young bachelor who also
lived at the inn, had promised each
of them $25 if each would knit him
pair of sox.
Startling had big feet but plenty of
money. Widely known as "the
founder of Columbus" he too, was a
Kentuckian; huge, fond of horses and
Bourbon whisky, very eccentric and
had to have his sox custom made
no ready-made ones ever We're found
to fit him. Startling was so immense
that he owned and had to use an
extra-sized carriage.
The Kentucky bellies knew less
about knitting sox than they admit
ed. 1t was necessary for them to
consult ancient DANES, learned the
niceties of turning the heels and
tipping the toes and finally had the
two pairs finished.
$50 for Two Pairs Sox
The demure young bellies. sent the
sox by a colored waiter to the big
mans room, each pair neatly wrap
ped in a napkin and both accom-
panied by a note. Soon the waiter
returned with his tray. On it were
two envelopes, each containing $25.
Elated and feeling rich with the
thought of future sox to knit for the
man who couldn't find them else
where, the maids made foray on
Columbus dry goods stores, milliners
and boot shops. twenty-five dollars
in the old days was lot of money.
Startling was equally pleased. The
comfort giving sox put him in such
a generous frame of mind and he
was so appreciative that he made his
will and left each of the girls $4,000.
On thinking it over however, he cam
celled those bequests. Maybe toe
had poked its way through the sock
or maybe the whole job began to
show big holes. Anyhow, Starring
had revulsion of feeling and cut
Continued on page 10y
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-02-02
Oberlin Graduates
Robert B. Marshall

Robert B. Marshall, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Francis Marshall of Rock
port was graduated with the degree
of Bachelor of Arts at midwinter
commencement exercises of Oberlin
college, Wednesday morning.
Marshall, graduate of Beaver
dam high school and war veteran
took a pre-medical course in college.
President Arthur Fleming of Ohio
Wesleyan university delivered the
class address in Finney chapel.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-02-02
LOCAL RESIDENTS.
TO BE APPOINTED.
IF THEY QUALIFY
Two Enumerat0rs to be As
signed to Richland Twp;
One i'm Beayerdam
Eighty Enumeratoss to Cover
Iii Districts I'll Allen
County

Three enumerators will take the
national census in Bluffton beginning
the first week in April, with al
canvassing in the three districts tc
be completed in a three-weeks pro,
gram.
In Richland township two enum.
orators will work in two districts
and one enumerator will handle al
of Beaverdam.
Local residents will be appointed
enumerators if there are enough ap-
plicants for Bluffton and Richland
township districts who pass an exam
ination to be given at census head
quarters on East North street in
Lima. Date of the examination has
not been announced.
Apply Now
Applications to take the examina-
tion now are being received at tho
Lima headquarters. Prospective
enumerators will be on the basis OF
the number of calls made.
Allen county will be divided into
ia districts for the census enumera-
ton. The canvassing, however, will
be handled by only so enumerators
with some working in more than one
district.
Census Setup
In addition to the 80 enumerators
there will be five district supervisors
each of whom will be in charge OF
20 enumerators. District enumerat-
ors will report daily to their super
visors.
Taking of the census in Bluffton
and Beaverdam is to be completed
within three weeks after it's start
during the first week of April
Farmers, however, will have addi-
tional time to complete their reports
Census blanks for those who
operate farms will be mailed to
them before enumerators start max
ing calls, in order that the informa-
ton can be prepared in advance.
Town residents, however, will not get
blanks preliminary to the calls made
by the enumerator.
Explain Census Here
Arrangements will be made for a
representative from census head
quarters to visit each high school
in the county before the canvassing
is started by enumerators. An ex-
planation of the census will be made
to members of the high school
faculty and to students, SO that
pupils may take information home
to their parents.
Transients will be counted on one
special day thruout the entire nation
during which enumerators will visii
hotels, tourist homes, ETC., including
those in college dormitories anc
hospitals.
Continued on page 10y
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-02-02
Schools Contribute
SI25 In Polio DriUe

Bluffton public school pupils con-
tribute total of $125.49 in the
March of Dimes campaign, through
a special school solicitation.
: Grade school receipts were S78.74
and in the high school classes con-
tributions amounted to S4675.
Eighth graders led the grade school
contributors.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-02-02
SCHOOL TRANSFER
PETITIONS SIGNED
BY 81 PETITIONERS
AndersOn-Marshall Petition n
Carries Names of 43
Qualified Voters
Signatures On Beagle Petition
Number 81; Both Comprise
Large Majorities

Names of 94 Orange township
residents seeking transfer of ths
areas in which they live from The
Cory-Rawson to the Bluffton schoo
district appear on the tw petition.
filed during the last week with tht
Hancock county board of education
Both petitions are reported to con.
tain signatures representing a large
majority of residents of the territory
affected.
Petition of Jesse Anderson and
Harold Marshall, filed last Wednes-
| day, is signed by AZ of 48 qualified
voters, as follows:
Jesse T.. Anderson, Truman Bixel,
Levada Bixel, Arthur Swank, Edith
Swank, Pearl l.. Anderson, Dorothy
J. Anderson, Carl ID. Marshall, Ber-
della J. Marshall, Myron R. Triple
horn, Mary E. Triplehorn, John
Triplehorn, Maggie E. Ewing.
Bernice Klingler, Amos E. King
ler, Robert E. Klingler, John A.
Anderson, John A. Warren, Edna M.
Warren, Mel Long, Nelson M. HE
stand, Nellie A. Hiestand, Harry d.
Anderson, Lillian M. Anderson, Clara
M. Long, Harold w. Marshall, Adah
P. Marshall, Samuel F. Amstutz,
Carrie Amstutz.
Roma Fisher, Charles Fisher,
Waldo Wilkins, Blanche Wilkins,
Ralph Henry, Delbert Wilkins, Mar
vel M. Wilkins, Russell Amstutz,
Lamoile Amstutz, Bernard H. Win
get, Alvina Winget, Ebert Ander-
son, Iona Marshall and Ray Mar
shall.
Beagle Signatures
The second petition, filed by Will
liam A. Beagle, Monday, bears the
signatures of 81 of so qualified
voters, as follows:
William A. Beagle, Lola Beagle,
Noah M. Geiger, Emma Y. Geiger,
Harvey G.. Shine, Leslie M. Heigh-
way, Nettie Nusbaum, Jacob Nus
baum, Edith Nusbaum, Albert Kempf
Howard Nonnamaker, Alma Nonna-
maker, d. d. Williamson, Bertha p
Williamson, George Kimmel, Bernice
Kimmel, Adrian S. Pifer, Leota A.
Pifer, Helen M. Pifer.
Florence Scothorn, Daniel A.
Krichbaum, Clara E. Krichbaum,
Dorothy Klingler, Maggie Marquart,
Fred Marguart, Mabel M. Marquart
Albert Marquart, Emma nj. Mar
quart, Maud M. Fisher, James w
Fisher, Walter ?. Mcdaniel, Marcia
Mcdaniel.
William J. Burkholder, Heller
Camper, Lloyd Arnold, Paul F
Eikenbary, Everard L. Bish, Meta
V. Bish, Mildred B. Klingler, James
L. Scott, Columbus w. Klingler
Kenneth Schaublin.
Faery L. Nonnamaker, Marlowe ?
Bish, Lillian Kempf, Enos P. Steiner
Clarence v. Young, Eulalia Warren
Ethel G. Young, Clyde Warren anc
Paul Shulaw.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-02-02
Baritone On College
Music Course Feb. 8

Andrew B. White, baritone, will
appear as the second number of the
Bluffton college concert series in
Ramseyer chapel, Wednesday night,
February s at $50 o'clock.
He is a former winner of Atwat-
er-Kent additions in New York and
later was connected with the Detroit
Civic Opera association and guest
soloist with the Detroit Symphony
orchestra.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-02-02
Columbus Speaker
To Address PTA

George E. Jenny, supervisor of
education of the Ohio State Museum
Columbus, will address the BlufTton
Parent-Teacher association meeting,
Monday night, February IS, it is
announced by officers of the organi-
zation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-02-02
BedUerddnl Lions To
Hear Railroad Man

M. Fl. Markworth. industrial agent
for the Nickel Plate railroad will
address the dinner meeting of the
Beaverdam Lions club on Wednesday
night, February s, it is announced
by club officers.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-02-02
Cut of 12H Per Cent for Home
owners Here is Now
Effective
Efficient Fire Fighting Record
Here Drops Insurance
Costs

Lower fire insurance rates for
Bluffton, announced last week by the
Ohio Inspection Bureau, will result
in savings of approximately 121a
per cent in the charges for dwelling
coverage, with slightly greater re
ductions established for commercial
properties.
Fire insurance for residential
properties with non-combustible roofs
drops from $1.60 per thousand to a
new rate of s1.40, a reduction of
20 cents per thousand.
Homes with good shingle roofs
will have new rate of $500 per
thousand, drop of 20 cents from
the previous schedule of 1920.
No PREMIUM REBATES
Reductions in rates Tor insurance
on business properties will be some
what greater than those applying to
dwellings, local insurance men said.
No rebates will be made on the
premiums paid for policies written
prior to January %, it was an
nounced this week. The lower rates
will become effective on the next re-
newal date of the policies.
In re-rating by the Ohio Inspection
Bureau Bluffton was placed in Glass
Six. For years the town had been
rated in Glass Eight, which is con-
sidered good rate for village of
] this size.
GooD FIRE PROTECTION
Few other small towns in Ohio
qualify for the sixth classification,
in which Bluffton now is rated, local
insurance underwriters said in COM
menting on the change.
In announcing the lower insurance
rates, Glenn w. Knorr, Lima, super
intendent of the Ohio Inspection bu-
reau, said that performance of Bluff
tons new fire pumper may have been
responsible for the rate drop.
Inspection of work of the pumper
and the local fire department at
three critical fires here gave the vii
lage an excellent record, it was
pointed out. These were the fires
in the Mrs. Edith Mann business
block, occupied by the A to z Mark
ct, the Fred Badertscher apartments
and the Biederman apartments dur
ing the last three years.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-02-02

"Toperops is the name of a new
snapbean which the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture calls a gold
medal winner.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-02-02

Mr.. and Mrs Robert Botchlett,
Kenton, boy, David James, at Nc
kitrick hospital of that city, Satur-
day. Mrs. Botchlett is the former
Dorothy Long of Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-02-02
Births

The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Schaller, Raw
son, girl, jeanette Lee, Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lavoid Eagleson,
Leipsic, boy, Randall Dean, Fri
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Triplett,
Bluffton, girl, Ann, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Henry,
Bluffton, boy, James Neal, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Sumney,
Lafayette, a girl, Judith Lynn, Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Young, Beav-
erdam, a girl, Carol Ann, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Boehm, Raw
son, a boy, Wednesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Collar, Pan
dora, girl, Roberta Joan, Wednes-
day morning.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-02-02
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EDITORS NoTE-This ts one
of series of articles to appear
IN the Blufton News dealing
With early Ohio history. Others
UiA appear in forthcoming
issues.
Evening star., 1950-05-11
Nationalist Planes
Hit Reds on Island
~ the ASse<iosea Prsu

TAIPEI. May 1.-THE Nation-
alist Air Force claimed to have in
fiicted many casualties on Chinese
Communist troops on Taohua
Island today in raid on bar
racks.
The island Is 7 miles South
of Chusan Island. main National
ist blockade base Of the China
coast.
Gen. Shih chueh. defense chief
Of Chusan. is in Taipei for final
conferences with the Nationalist
high command on the expected
Red invasion attempt against the
l75- -square-m island.
Shih made it clear that he ex-
poets the invasion attempt soon.
There were other reports here
that the Reds were making exten-
sive preparations for the invasion
OF Formosa and might strike here
at the end of this month or the
beginning of June.
Some Nationalist sources say the
Reds would have to land more
than 200 900 men in four days be-
fore they could conquer this island.
Evening star., 1950-05-11
GE Develops TV Tube
Two Feet in Diameter
Rx the Assoeintad Prssa

SYRACUSE, N. Y. May 1.-THE
General Electric Co. announced
today that it has developed a
television tube to provide a
24-by-18-inch picture. slightly
larger than the conventional
newspaper page.
The new tube is "a inches in
diameter, larger than the biggest
one now manufactured.
DR.. w. r. G. Baker. GE vice.
president. said production of the
tube would begin at the company's
Electronics Park plant here next
fall, and that sets using the tube
probably would be available for
sale by the end of the year. No
price has been established.
Evening star., 1950-05-11

bill banning rail strikes, saying
they pose a greater threat to the
welfare of the country than walk.
outs in any other industry.
The appeal was delivered on be-
half of the Association of Ameri.
can Railroads by Daniel P. Loomis
chairman of the Association OF
Western Railways, in testimony
prepared for a Senate Labor sub.
committee.
AS the Senate group continued
it's hearings on a bill calling fol-
compulsory arbitration of raj
labor disputes, $4,000 firemer
stayed off the job on four major
lines.
For 10 years, Mr.. Loomis de.
clared. the Railway Labor Act has
proved unable to cope with mount
ing disputes. He blamed the
rail unions, saying they have con-
sistently refused to accept the
recommendations of Presidential
fact-fi finding boards appointed un-
der the act.
He said the bill offered by Sen
ator Donnell. Republican, of Mis-
souri,, which is being considered
by the subcommittee. may result
in more, rather than fewer, agree
ments being made through col
lective bargaining.
The Senators also called as q
witness President P. j. Neff OF
the Missouri Pacific railroad
which was tied up by a 45-day
strike last year.
Evening star., 1950-05-11
Group Delays Action
On Home-RuIe Bill

/ Action on the compromise
home rule bill of Representative
Harris, Democrat. of Arkansas last
night was deferred by trustees of
the Central Suffrage Conference
until their Home Rule Committee
can study the measure.
The group. which met at 20
jackson place NV, said the
Harris bill might hinder efforts to
get the Kefauver home rule bill
discharged from the House District
Committee. The conference has
been campaigning to force q vote
on the Kefauver bill by getting
enough Congressional signatures 10
discharge it from the committee
Culver B. Chamberlain. presi-
dent of the conference. said he
was In sympathy with any measure
that would increase the participa-
ton of local residents in local
government.
"On the other hand / think any
measure that fails to provide for
local legislative body such as a
town council should not be con-
sidered as providing local self-gov-
ernment." he added.
The Harris bill would give the
District an elected delegate with
no vote In the House. and an
elected school board. The Board of
Commissioners would be retained.
Evening star., 1950-05-11
Draper Denies Aiding
1916 May Day Parade,
SAYS He Went Fishinq
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

HARTFORD. Conn. May Ill
Dancer Paul Draper says he was
fishing early in May. 1916. ano
not serving as a sponsor for New
York City's left-wing May Day
parade that year.
The 40-year-old dancer spent
more than five hours on q Federal
Court witness stand yesterday.
He and the harmonica player
Larry Adler. are suing Mrs. Hes
ter r. Mccullough for 500, ,000
damages each for alleged libel.
The entertainers allege the
Greenwich Comm matron's pub
lished accusations that they were
"pro-Communist in sympathy
damaged their professional repu-
tations and cost them thousands
of dollars In fees.
Mrs. McCullough's counsel had
asked Mr.. Draper about a
published report which listed him
as a sponsor of Manhattan's May
Day parade of 1916.
Fishing With Writers.
Mr.. Draper testified he was fish,
ing for channel bass at Mantua,
N. c., with writer's Paul Calico
and Samuel Grafton in May, 1916
The dances denied any con-
nection with the parade, which the
defense said was sponsored by the
Communist Party.
Under further examination, Mr.
Draper said he did nothing at all
as a member of the Advisory
Council of the Theater Arts Com
mittee. c. Driscoll Grimes. de-
fense attorney. said the committee
was affiliated with the American
League for Peace and Democracy
cited as subyersive by the attorney
generals Office.
Mr.. Draper testified that funds
he raised for the Joint Anti
Fascist Refugee Committee might
have aided the escape from the
United States of Gerhard Eisler
the Communist.
Eisler escaped from this country
last May as a StoWaWay on the
Polish liner Batory.
Connection Made Public.
Mr.. Grimes asked the witness II
he did not recall Eisler's connec-
ton with the committee having
been made public by the FBI in
February, 1947.
II have a vague recollection that
this went on" Mr.. Draper replied.
Il wasn't following everything like
a hawk"
Mr.. Grimes suggested that funds
the committee raised were not all
for Spanish refugees or starving
children in Spain.
That seems obvious" answered
Mr.. Draper.
And some of the funds that
you helped raise might have gone
to Eisler?"
"They might have" the dancer
said.
Evening star., 1950-05-11
Z Southern Freight Trains
Fired on From Ambush
BY the Associoted Press

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, May IL
The Southern Railway reported
today that two of its freight trains
were fired on from ambush today
at a switching yard north of
the city.
D. w. Brosnan, general man
ager of the Southern's central
lines, said one shot was fired at
each train. None of the crew.
men was hurt, he added, but "one
shot pierced a crewman's sleeve -
Earlier, Mr.. Brosnan accused
striking f1remen of some acts of
sabotage" He did not elaborate.
This is not true" said H. A.
Porch of Cleveland. Ohio, inter-
national vice president of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men and Enginemen, there has
been absolutely no violence or
sabotage by striking employees"
Evening star., 1950-05-11
Architects
Continued From First Page

these forms "give very little hint
Of the growth toward a great
American architecture which is
evident in many other cities"
Asserting that the Capital is
afraid to re-examine its old, safe
formula" the study finds that,
consequently, the city ''has lost its
role as planning leader in the
United States"
Comparing city planning and
architecture in South American
cities with that in Washington, the
study said:
"In contrast with most Federal
building in the United States,
which is inferior to our best private
work, these capitals have exciting
official city plans, as we'll as hous-
ing, schools and hospitals.
Old Ties Broken.
"They have accepted more easily
the emerging new ideas of urban
life. 1t is curious that nations
seemingly~more closely tied to the
old concepts of ceremony and dis.
play have broken these ties more
easily than we have"
Turning to WaShington'S archi.
tectural and planning needs, the
study urges that this city be
viewed both as a capital anc
as a CITY,"
Because it lacks the richnes.
inherent in a more functionallJ
varied city. it will need more
imaginative planning than any
other CITY," the study declares.
This cannot be done by mer
who are afraid to dream. AS &
capital and as city. Washington
must become a worthy symbol o.
United States democratic cultur,
"a city which the world can SCI
as an exhibit of this culture
White temples and green garden.
along the Potomac aren't enough"
In what local architects termed
one of the most important plan.
ming points of the report, thu
Washington chapters Committee
on Urban Planning urged crea-
tion of a central planning agency
having wider geographic scop.
than the National Capital Parl
and Planning Commission.
Would Embrace Outlying Areas.
The committee wants such al
agency, which it suggests shoul'
be called the Metropolitan Wash
ington Planning Commission, 81
that suburban Maryland and Vir'
ginia can be enlister as "effectiv,
partners" with the District il
dealing with planning problems.
"The jurisdiction of the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission is limited to tht
District of Columbia" the study
pointed out. "It is impossible te
have effective city planning under
such conditions. it added.
The study made specific rec.
concentrations regarding land use
traffic and parking, zoning, anc
other items.
Citing demands on the part Of
home owners for increasingly
severe restrictions against apart.
ment buildings and row houses,
despite "the fact that for many