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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-12-02

received by Sidney Hauenstein from
A. d. Hilty of Colfax, Washington.
Ross Bogart has purchased a new
Ford 4 door SEDAN to deliver mail on
the rural routf The machine was
the first of it kind for Bluffton.
In a quiet wedding, impressive in
its simplicity, Miss Frances Burk-
holder became the bride of James
Balmer on Saturday afternoon. Mr..
RalmerF i the son of Mr.. and Mns.
Cal BalmerAand is associated with his
father m the lumber business. The
bride, the daughter of Mr. and Mis-.
Sam Burkholdsr, is one OF: the pop-
ular young women Of the community
and promine1 in the, social activities
of the younger set.
Nearly 100000 persons were iniur-
ed in week end traffic accidents last
year.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-12-02

G. H. MI. c.
The Gertrude Hoy Missionary Soc
iety will hold a pot luck supper Dec.
6 at $50 p. m. The committee will
serve hot meat sandwiches and coffee.
Iostesses for the evening win be
lartha Gredjng, Juanita Zimnerly,
.arjorie Nesper, Betty Main, Helen
.aas, Madlyn Marquart4and Dorothy
a1eiger. Leader for tie Christmas
program and gift exchange will l,.l be
Mabel Minck. fsees ssen s.
rss ' <ss..
olive Branch Ladies Aid 4eH Feats
The Ladies Aid society of the Olive
sranch church wiz meet Wednesday,
December s with Mrs. Arthur Nonna-
maker. There win be a tureen din
,.er at the noon hoqr and also gift
Exchange and program in the after
noon. s
.Woman's Fellowship
The Christian Woman's Fellowship
Of the Church Of Christ will meet at
the home of Mrs. Raymond Conrad
Thursday evening, December at 6
o'clock for a pot luck supper and
Christmas exchange. Mrs. Byron
Manges is in charge of the program
O. e. S. Installation
Installation of officers will be held
by Biuffton Chapter No. $50, Order
of the Eastern Star, in Masonic Hal
on Tuesday, December 7, 1854 at 7:3(
p. m. Edmond Hawk, Bowling Green
Ohio viii be the installing officer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-12-02

On Thanksgiving afternoon Mr..
and Mrs. N. w. Cunningham will OBJ
serve their doth wedding anniversary
at their home with reception for
the publicg ft
Sam sAmstgstz was elected Master
of the Orange Community Grange.
Tiiiman Geiger and r a y N o d
Apgshurgas from the Settlement are
employed, at Che Ijha,s Locomotive
works.. aA 4 sst ii AnaH
John.A., Lehmaa is working on the
Dixie highway. operating a. steam
roller. -. srY ssas ahai 81
Miss Alma kgin!is a student at
Findlay Business College. II
Construction of a sewer line from
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DEPARTMENT HEADS
Continued from Page u

Still to be appointed are the Trout
Derby committeeman and supervisor
and the complete roster of the Pro-
motion Department. In the latter
Gene Benroth is supervisor and Milt
Edwards and Byron Fritchie are di-
rectors in charge of newspaper pub
Iicify
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-12-02
NeJUs Our Fathers Read ].
FROM THE ISSUE OF NOV. 16, 1922

the high school to big Riley creek has
started.
r. L. Triplett witnessed the Ohio
State-Iowa football game at Colum-
bus.
A large Holstein sale viii be held
at the Dr., Niswander sale ! barn,
Thursday afternoon.
Lloyd Basinger has opened bar
Der shop in the room1 Occupied by
Harry Fisher.
--N0V.l 80, lsse-
Postmaster Gid Loeher urges the
public to mail packages early for
Christmas.
Buttons annual mid winter fair
will open with the offering of more
E - - s
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day, December . at 8 o'clock IN the
home of Mrs. Paul Hafner. Hostesses
will be Mrs. Charles Hankish, Sr. and
Mrs. Paul Hafner.
Mether's Study Club
Mothers Study Club will hold a
covered dish supper December IA at
$3.50 p. M. at the home of Bernice
Riser. There will also be gift ex-
change on that evening.
Past Presidents Farley
Past Presidents Farley of the
American Legion Auxiliary Christ
mas party has been postponed from
December 8 to December 10. Farley
members will meet at the home OF
yernal Corson at 5 p. m. Hostesses
are Vernal Corson and Gaynell
Rockey with Nina Fritchie in charge
of the program.
Troop 1873
Second Grade Brownies enjoyed
their meeting Tuesday evening by
coloring a cornucopia for their scrap
books. The following new officers
for the next six weeks were elected:
President, Margo Reichenbach; Sec
retary, Luanna Shelter; Treasurer,
Patricia Stonehill.
AMIGO Club
The AMIGO Club will meet at the
home of Cleda Clements, Tuesday
evening, December 7 at 7:30 p. m.
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oFFICIATES AT EIsTEDDFoD

Prof. Russell Lantz, head of the
Bluffton college Department of
Music, was the adjudicator of the
annual Findlay high school eisteddfod
Monday night in the Findlay high
school auditorium.
Evening star., 1954-04-17
By the Associoted Press

VICTORIA, Tex, April IT,
Air Force officers said yesterday
a young airman committed sui
eide by setting the controls
of an altitude chamber so
that he died just as though
his oxygen mask had failed at
$4,000 feet.
Capt. Everett Brown, Foster
Air Force Base public informa-
ton officer, said it was the first
known case of suicide by oxygen
exhaustion.
The dead youth was Airman
SIC Russell T. Schoonmaker. 10.
of Palisades Park, N. j.
Col. C. B. Sonnkalb, base COM
mander. returned the suicide
verdict. T..
Airman Schoonmaker was an
operator of the altitude chamber,
a room from which the oxygen
can be sucked mechanically so
that breathing conditions match
those at various heights above
the earth. It is used to test
the reactions of pilots at high
attitudes.
Airman Schoonmaker's death
occurred Thursday.
What his motives were we
don't know" Capt. Brown said.
He wasn't known to be despond-
ent. We are investigating to
Evening star., 1954-04-17
Europe Cold and Stormy
As Easter Season Opens
BY the Associated Press

ROME. April ia pre-Easter
storm whipped down from the
Alps into Italy today. endanger-
ing shipping and giving the
country touch of wintry
weather.
In the rest of Europe it was
unseasonably cold and generally
stormy. Raging blizzards in
Central Austria hampered a
search for 13 German students
and teachers missing since
Thursday night in the rocks and
slopes of Dachstein Mountain.
In Rome a record throng Of
tourists aWoke to a cold, gray
day and weather forecasters held
back predictions for Sunday.
Snow covered the hills around
Florence and there was freezing
weather in the northern noun
tain passes.
Fierce winds sent large and
small craft all along Italy's
Mediterranean and Adriatic
coast into shelter last night. One
passenger was killed and 10 in
jured aboard the post boat Lazio.
crowded with foreign tourists
among it's $50 passengers on a
Palermo o-Naples run. 1t was
forced to turn back.
Britain had a promise of sun
ny but chilly weather for Easter.
France had sun and snow. Ber-
lin shivered in chill winds with
snow or rain threatened.
Evening star., 1954-04-17
Altman, 79, Exhousts Oxygen
In Altitude Chamber Suicide

learn the reason behind the
mans action"
"He did leave a note, and ap-
parently he kept writing until
he became unconscious. But the
note was of a farewell nature
and was addressed to his buddies
and the men he worked with"
The young alrman's mother
rejected the suicide verdict. con-
tending "they are trying to cover
up their own error"
Mrs. Gertrude Schoonmaker
said at Palisades Park that her
son had previously been asked
to take part in altitude chamber
experiments for the Air Force.
She said she is convinced that
something happened to the
controls in the pressure cham
ber."
"He had many plans for the
future. both immediate and dis
tant," Mrs. Schoonmaker said.
"In his immediate plans was his
confirmation in the Roman
Catholic Church. A boy doesn't
plan this if he is going to take
his life"
She said also the youth had
arranged a furlough to coincide
with leave for a younger brother
who is undergoing basic training
in the Marines at Paris Island,
S. G.
Evening star., 1954-04-17
Pacific NAT0 Tied
To Freedom Promise
By the A,seeieted Press


MANILA, April 17.-Vice Pres
ident Carlos p. Garcia said today
the Philippines would support a
United States-sponsored Pacific
alliance If the Western powers
promise to grant independence
to Asian territories under their
rule.
Mr.. Garcia. who also is For
eign Secretary. made the state
ment to reporters shortly before
leaving for the Geneva confer
ence on Korea.
I'VE will commit ourselves to
the formation of a Pacific alli-
ance treaty organization on con-
dition that there will be a def
mite pledge Of the big powers to
give all Asian countries under
foreign rule their independence
if they so desire, and to. those
not asking for independence the
fullest measure Of self -determi-
nation" he said.
President Ramon Magsaysay
previously said his administra-
ton was prepared to accept "in
principle" q United States pro-
posal for a united front against
Communist aggression in South
east Asia, particularly Indo-
China. A formal declaration on
the Philippines stand has not
been made yet.
Mr.. Garcia reiterated that the
Philippines was strongly op-
posed" to recognition of Com
munist China and her bid for a
seat In the United Nations.
Evening star., 1954-04-17
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l IL Z C.J
rope for Joint defense of the
continent while a threat to that
area exists"
The Presidents declaration,
issued from his vacation head
quarters at Augusta, Ca, was
addressed to the Prime Ministers
of the six nations involved in
the projected European Defense
Community. United States Of
f1cialS indicated it was aimed at
encouraging the reluctant
French to join the organization.
SaltOnstaII Asks Details.
Chairman Saltonstall of the
Senate Armed Services Commit
tee said he was asking Secretary
of Defense Wilson to describe
the official nature of the COM
mitment."
Senator Mansfield. Democrat,
of Montana, a Foreign Relations
Committee member, predicted
there will be discussion in the
Senate of what he said was the
administrations failure to tell
members of the Armed Services
and Foreign Relations Commit
tees about the announcement.
Administration sources said it
had been discussed with both
Republican and Democratic
leaders.
On the other hand. several
legislators in both parties ex-
pressed the view that at least
some American troops must be
Evening star., 1954-04-17
$500 Million Aid Urged
To Stem Middle East Unrest

was sent to U. N. Secretary Gem
eral Dag Hammarskjold.
Signers included James G.
Patton, president of the National
Farmers Union; Jacob Potofsky.
chairman of the CLOS Interna-
tional Committee: DR.. Frederick
May Eliot. president Of the
American Unitarian Association:
DR.. Henry A. Atkinson. general
secretary of the Church Peace
Union; DR.. John A. Mackay.
president of Princeton Theolog-
ical Seminary; DR.. Arthur G.
McGiffert. jr., president Of Chi
cago Theological Seminary:
Howard Mumford Jones. Har-
ward University professor; James
H. Wolfe, Utah Supreme Court
justice; Bishop I. D. Warner.
president of the board Of bishops
of the Evangelical United Breth-
rem Church; Louis H. Pink,
chairman of the Citizens Confer
ence for International Economic
Union; the Right Rev. Henry w.
Hobson. Episcopal bishop Of
Southern Ohio; DR.. Donald B.
Coward, head of the Council on
Christian Social Progress of the
American Baptist Convention;
the Very Rev. Ivan Lee Holt.
Methodist bishop of Missouri:
DR.. Russell H. Stafford, president
of the Hartford Seminary Foun-
dation; the Very Rev. Hazen G.
Werner, resident Methodist bish-
op of Ohio: novelist Margaret
Culkin Banning; Frank w. Bux-
ton. former member of the
Anglo-American Committee Of
Inquiry: Freda Kirchway, presi-
dent. the Nation Associates; the
Right Rev. Charles K. Gilbert.
retired Episcopal bishop of New
York.
Evening star., 1954-04-17
JUN Opposed edo
Seeing Asian Threat
Replacing Russian

PARIS, April 17.-Marshal AL
phonse JUN has told President
Rene Coty he turned against the
proposed European Defense Com
munity in its present form be-
cause the Russian menace had
decreased while Frances inse-
curity over Indo-China increases.
Frances controversial top
ranking soldier m ade his
thoughts on the subject known
in a letter to the President pub
lished today.
He said he wanted to make
certain his position and that of
the French chiefs of staff over
whom he is still chairman are
clear when the government issues
its promised white paper on the
EDO feud which brought him
into disfavor with the govern
ment.
Sought Amendments.
Marshal JUN was ousted
March 81 from his post as senior
military adviser to the govern
ment after he criticized the EDO
and then refused to meet Pre-
mier Joseph Laniel and Defense
Minister Rene Pleven when they
called on him to explain.
In an accompanying outline of
procedures of the chiefs of staff.
JUN explained he believed many
amendments needed to be made
to the edo treaty and his rec
concentrations on these points
had not been accepted by the
government.
The EDO envisages bringing
West German forces into a two
million-man. one-uniform army
with France, Italy. Belgium. the
Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
Wanted Reservations.
'Near' the end of the year
1852" he continued, after
having gained a deeper under
standing of the treaty, I devel-
oped conviction that it ought
not to come into effect without
certain reservations suspending
the application of several ar
ticles (of the treaty..
But at the end of that year."
he continued. "the atmosphere
changed. due to new conditions.
There was less disquiet about the
lmminence of a Russian aggres-
sion, and, on the other hand, our
military forces were immobilized
and used up more and more in
Indo-China, to the detriment to
our security in Europe.
Would it be good, in these
conditions, that is to say with
our forces divided, to enter into
a combination. on the basis of
political integration, where
France could not hope to be in
the majority and where every
thing developed to create fear
that Germany would soon be in
first place."
Evening star., 1954-04-17
Massacre Of 100
On Cambodian Train
Laid 10 Wet Mimi
By the Associoted Press

PARIS, April 1.-THE French
Press Agency said today' Com
munist-led Wet Mini jungle
fighters had stopped a Cam
bodian train with mines and
slaughtered more than 100 men
and women passengers.
The agency gave this account
of the massacre reported to
have taken place Monday on
the Phnom Notwithstanding
line so miles from the capital
Of that Indo-China kingdom.
The train was stopped by the
explosion of several remote
controlled mines and many
coaches were overturned.
Wounded Burned to Death.
Five hundred Wet Mimi at
tackers rushed from the sur
rounding jungle brandishing
knives. rifles, hand grenades,
submachine guns and regular
machine guns.
Wounded pers ons in the
coaches were sprayed with gaso-
line and burned to death. Pas
sengers who tried to flee were
caught and put to death with
knives and hatchets. Old people
and children were slain.
The French Press Agency said
it took two days for the bodies
of the victims to be identified.
World Condemnation Asked.
The Cambodian government is
sued communique appealing to
the conscience of the civilized
world and demanding a solemn
condemnation of all acts of bar
barism committed by the Wet
Mimi on the soil of Cambodia,
the French agency said.
Cambodia recently protested
to United Nations Secretary Cen
eral Dag Hammarskjold against
the Wet Mimi incursions, which
have stepped up in the past two
weeks. Previously the tiny king
dom in the French Union of as
sociated Indo-Chinese states had
been left more or less at peace
by the rebels.
Evening star., 1954-04-17
Indo-Chinu
Continued From First Page.)


Castries' threat to resign had
been made to his wife in a tele-
phone conversation and she had
reported it in a press interview.
Foe Digs in Deeper.
Behind curtain of mortar fire
that blocked yesterdays French
charges against the infiiltrated
Wet Mimi. the enemy managed
to dig deeper, tanning out from
new craters they had blasted in
Diem Bien Phu runways with
high explosives.
Other rebel units trying to
sneak toward the airstrip from
the northwest were knocked out,
the French said. The action was
described as a light mopup.
Some French troops skirted
the rebel air field positions to re-
inforce strongpoints on the east
ern and western rims of the be-
sleged fortress.
Evening star., 1954-04-17
Air Force Jets Using New Gun
With 5OPct. Faster Firing Rate

The Air Force has put into
production a 20-millimeter gun
for use in fast jet aircraft which
has a rate of fire so per cent
greater than present models.
It was first tried successfully
in the last stages of the Korean
war in F-86F fighters.
Disclosure of the development
came during testimony before a
closed session of a House Appro-
priations Subcommittee. That
transcript was released today.
Designated the M39, the gun
weighs 1862 pounds and has a
ve-chamber mechanism.
Members of the subcommittee
questioned Air Force witnesses
as to the reason for development
of the gun while the Navy also
Evening star., 1954-04-17
New Air Guard Hangar
Planned at Andrews

The Air National Guard con-
struction program for fiscal year
1854 includes expenditure of
$1,055,000 at Andrews Air Force
Base.
Witnesses before a House APP
preparations Subcommittee broke
down the program thus:
Hangar, 1895, 700; motor serv-
ice shop. $4,000; engineer serv-
ices, $44,565; motor pool park.
SIS. .785; and paint, ETC., $5.050.
The transcript of the closed
hearings held last month was
released today. e-t-
Evening star., 1954-04-17


munit Party Chief Nikita Ser
geyevich Khrushchev-the rising
star in the Kremln galaxy.
Khrushchev, white-thatched
and blunt talking. is the man to
watch. His fortunes have risen
steadily. especially since the
death of Stain a year ago. His
words are carrying increasing
weight in the high Soviet coun-
cilS. 54.ss
Moscow dispatches reported
the press accolades for Khrush-
chev were particularly enthusi-
astic. Soviet bigwigs always get
special attention on their decade
birthdays - 50th, Goth, 10th.
Similar praise greeted the 5Oth
birthday Of Georgi Malenkov in
1862 when his star was just be-
ginning to be seen over the hori-
zon. The same went for Foreign
Minister v. M. Molotov when he
was so in 1850, and for Lazar
Kagar1ovich, first deputy prime
minister, when he was so last
year.
On Pravda's Front Page.
A large portrait of Khrush-
chew was spread across two COL
umns on the front page of
Pravda. organ of the Soviet
Communist Party, and other
newspapers in the Soviet capital.
Beneath the picture was warm,
congratulatory message from
the Soviet government and the
Communist Party. Then fol-
lowed the text of decree
awarding him the highest Soviet
civilian decoration-the Order of
Lenin.
On top of these things-to
which the other top men also
had been treated on their decade
Observation-Disclosures received
a little bit more.
He was pronounced a "hero of
Soviet labor" and awarded the
hammer and sickle gold medal" "
Khrushchev has become a key
man in Soviet public affairs as
administrator of the vast ma
chinery of the Communist pub
lie affairs. as administrator of
the vast machinery of the Com
munist Party in the U. S. S. r.
and as boss of the drive to raise
food production and industrial
ize agriculture throughout the
sprawling nation.
Delivering Policy Statements.
Ever since last September,
when Khrushchev was given the
formal title to the post he al
ready held in fact for some time
first secretary of the central
committee of the Communist
Party-he has been delivering
the Kremlin's major policy state
mentS.
He was the man who spoke
during this interval at the two
central committee meetings on
agriculture, current prime head
ache in the Soviet empire, and
Malenkov was distinctly in the
background at these meetings.
Formally in the Kremlin hi
erarchy, Khrushchev is listed in
third place, following Malenkov
and Molotov.
But in terms of the power he
exercises today in Russia it
seems probable that he is No. 2
man and running a pretty close
race for No. /.
Evening star., 1954-04-17
KnowIund
Continued From First Page.)

would be willing to do in provid-
ing assistance, whether they
would be willing to take part. I
feel that they would not be salts
fled with having this country as
sumo 80 per cent of the burden
as it did in Korea.
II do not think that Congress
or the people would go for that.
Nor do I think that they would
care to see so backseat drivers
restraining the use of our full
military potential as they did in
Korea. I think the time has
arrived when those nations Civ
ing lip service to free world de-
fense should be willing to take
part in the collective security
system.
ut is my personal belief that
in the event of the contingency
Of French withdrawal in Indo-
China-and personally I don't
believe that IS likely to happen
American ground forces would
not be required.
Evening star., 1954-04-17

He explained that more than
one board examined each case.
Chairman Scrivner. Republi-
can, of Kansas. expressed fear of
public reaction to release of the
statistics, commenting that the
subject of "subversives in Gov
ernment is almost as explosive as
the atom ITSELF" The subcom-
mittee decided to explore the
matter thoroughly.
Mr.. Mahon said in answer to
a query today. however, that
they they found nothing dis
turbing" in the situation.
Evening star., 1954-04-17
French Paper Quotes Nixon
Thot Troops VIII Be Sent

PARIS. April II (P. The
afternoon newspaper France Soir.
in a dispatch from it's Washing
ton correspondent, said today
Vice President Richard Nixon
had told top congressional lead
ers the United States has de-
cided to send ground troops to
1ndo-China if necessary.
The dispatch from Georges
Henri Martin said:
THE Government of the Unit
ed States has announced for the
first time to the American people
that it is ready to send ground
troops to Indo- China to relieve
France if that country decides
to recall its expeditionary force.
The government spokesman took
certain precautions to preserve
his anonymity because foreign
policy questions are not among
his duties. but within several
minutes this affair became an
open secret in Washington. The
decision to send troops to Indo-
China if France withdraws has
been announced to the most in
f1uential parliamentary leaders
by the Vice President of the
United States himself. Richard
Nixon"
Evening star., 1954-04-17

has a 2O-millimeter weapon
called Mark IL.
1t was explained the Air
Forces version does not incor-
porate certain safety features
deemed necessary for carrier
operations. However, the wit
nesses added, this factor was
being corrected.
Another factor motivating
against Navy use is the M39's
weight. The Max IL weighs
101 pounds.
The reason the Air Force is
not using the Navy gun is that
present-day high-speed jet air.
craft have a very short time on
target and therefore require
gums with higher rate of fire
resulting in better kill prob
abilities"
Evening star., 1954-04-17

NEW YORK, April 17.-Nine-
teen prominent Americans last
night called for a new United
States policy in the Middle East,
based on a multi-million-dollar
aid program to stem unrest,
poverty and threats to the Vests
security.
Without such a program. they
said, I'VE are inviting disaster. !"
The group. including religious.
agricultural. labor and educa-
ton leaders, said present policy,
with it's concentration on arms
and military alliances, has not
won us the friendship of the
Arab world"
Eyes Turning to East.
Instead, they said, the crush
ing poverty of the Arab peoples,
aggravated by feudal-type rule,
is turning their eyes mot to
the West, but to the East"
'The democratic world" the
group said. "can build its Secur-
ity firmly only when it has mo-
bilized it's resources to secure
peace and the development of
the region for the benefit of it's
peoples"
In a 171-page document sent
to President Eisenhower. the
group urged that the United
States pledge $3.50 million to a
$500-million United Nations fund
to promote stability" in the
Arab states and Israel.
Copy Also Sent to U. N.
The aid, they said, should be
conditional on settlement of the
Palestine war" and permanent
resettlement of Arab refugees in
Arab countries"
A copy Of the document also