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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-07-01

and Water streets, where all VINO
could crowd in found seats on the
logs rolled up for benches and the
others, jammed in standing room
only, tried to keep in the shade.
There the pioneers took long swlgs
from their own black bottles and
blinked solemnly in simulated under
standing of the long winded speeches
of William Mcmillan, William Bur-
net, Levi Woodward and other county
and township officers and hoped the
whole thing soon would be over so
they could gather at Matthew Whit
on's, Joel Williams, the Green Tree
and other taverns to drown their
solemnity in suds.
The big event of the afternoon was
the parade from Lazy Elm to Isaac
Anderson's Inn, north side of Front
Street near Walnut, where more
speeches would be made, then a ban
quet and dancing far into the night
maybe till nine o'clock.
Headed by the fife and drum corps
from Ft. Washington, the big Fourth
of July pageant moved from Lazy
Elm up Main Street to Front and on
Front to Walnut. Behind the drum
corps was Abraham Garrison's son
Joseph and the trained family pet
bear; then came the Cincinnati
company of the First Regiment of
Hamilton County Militia, officered by
Capt. Israel Ludlow, 1t. Francis Ken
nedy and Ensign Scott Travers-the
latter two unaware that one was to
die by drowning and the other from
an Indians tomahawk in the next
few weeks. After the soldiers came
the county and township officials and
behind them the citizenry such as still
were able to stagger along.
The parade had moved off at {
blast from blacksmiths' anvils--
those of John Riddle and John Var
Cleve. Shooting anvils" usually
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-07-01
Cincinnati Celebrates

A scrawny little hamlet, the old
home town back on July 4, 1871, but
the metropolis of the woods never
theless, and Cincinnati celebrated
the first real Independence Day cele-
bration on the frontier.
The town had about DO log cabins,
two hewed-log and one frame house
and about $50 citizens, men, women
and children, not counting the gar
rison at the fort. There were two
blacksmith shops, one store, a mill
and too many taverns but as yet no
Church at all.
Residents from Columbia, North
Bend, the spots later Terrace Park
and Newton who would brave the In
dian menace began to drift into the
town days before the Fourth and
Kennedy's ferry was bringing many
from Kentucky Along the Ohio side
of the river an Indian was believed
to lurk behind every tree with the
rest hidden in the bullrushes waiting
for more trees to grow up.
In pioneer Cincinnati it was the
biggest crowd of the era before or
since other than that in town to see
James Mays hanged, next year.
The celebration began at sunrise
with a burst of cannon fire and
musketry from Ft. Washington-the
latter continuing until the sunset gun,
and the soldiers drilled intermittently
on the wide parade ground in front
of the fort.
The center of the ceremonies was
beneath Lazy Elm, the great leaning
tree in the southwest corner of Main
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-07-01

was fired on by two Indians in the
bushes and the boatman was killed.
Light, shot through his arm, fell into
the river and Mrs. Coleman jumped
in after him. On the river bank the
drunken man was tomahawked by the
Indians and Spencer was carried
away. Despite his wound, Light
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-07-01
Richland Center

Mrs. Melvin Marquart and Mrs.
Sylvester Dangler and daughter
Linda spent Friday with Mrs. Ivan
Marqgart and family of Beaverdam.
Sharon Kaye Gratz spent several
days last week with Barbara and
Marcia Boutwell,. Mr.. and Mrs. Will
ford Gratz were Sunday dinner
guests in the Boutwell, home.
Eugene Kohler was discharged last
week from the army. He had been
serving in Korea.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Eikenbary called
on Mr.. and Mrs. John Eikenbary of
Dunkirk Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Hendricks al
tended a family gathering at Devils
Lake i'll Michigan, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Schaublin left
last Friday morning for months
visit with the formers brother Harry
Schaublin and family in Santa Rosa,
California.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Core and
family attended a family gathering
in Mansfield, Sunday.
Mrs. Fred Dobson and daughter
Katherine of Ann Arbor, Mich, spent
several days with her mother, Mrs.
Sam Kohler and daughter Madaline.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Edwards of Col.
Grove spent Sunday evening with
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Amstutz.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Rhoads and
family of Ferndale, Michigan spent
last week with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Otto Amstutz.
Gene Carey of Lafayette was a
Saturday dinner guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Guy Eikenbary.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Anderson and
family of Findlay called on Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilford Gratz and daughter
Sharon, Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Basinger and
family of Lima spent Sunday after
noon with Mr.. and Mrs. Don Dill
man and family.
Mrs. Richard Olt and family, Mrs.
Mary Sims and sons and Mrs. Har-
old Amstutz and sons spent Saturday
at the VIM. Amstutz home.
Mrs. Robert Marquart called on
Mrs. Amos Luginbuhl, Sunday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Palte and son
spent Sunday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Matter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Gratz and
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilford Gratz and
daughter called on Ernest Gratz,
Sunday.
Barbara Marquart spent last We'd
nesday at the Ed and Melvin Mar
quart home.
John Nonnamaker and son Joe and
Johnny Neil were Thursday evening
supper guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Guy
Eikenbary.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Fridley of
Lima, Mrs. Fred Dobson and daugh-
ter of Ann Arbor, Mich, and Mrs.
Sam Kohler and daughter Madaline
were Sunday dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Rhuel Kohler and sons Dick
and Gene.
Edith Smith of Toledo spent last
week with her uncle and aunt, MIR.
and Mrs. Harold Hendricks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Marquart spent
Sunday evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
John Marquart.
Mrs. Halle Amstutz of Fostor;a,
Gerald Basinger and family of Lima
and Mrs. Don Dillman and daughter
Marilyn and son Jimmy called on
Mr.. and Mrs. John Barnhart, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Schau5lin
and family, Frank Sargent, Mr.. and
Mrs. Emanuel Boutwell, and daugh-
ters and Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Gratz
and daughter spent Thursday evening
with Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Schaublin.
Ice cream and cake were served in
honor Of Walter schaublin and Mrs.
Wilford GRATIS birthdays.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-07-01
Buckeye Coach Gets
NeIU Name As Corp.

The Buckeye Coach And Manu-
featuring Company has been in
corporated and is now known as
Buckeye Mobile Homes, Inc, it was
announced this week by Mrs. Naomi
Warfel of the company. The incor-
porators are L. H. Warfel, Mrs.
Warfel and T.. F. Kuenzli.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-07-01

made the river bank and got away.
Mrs. Coleman, buoyed up by the air
in her petticoats, fioated clear down
in front of Cincinnati where she was
fished out of the water no worse for
the wetting. The Spencer boy, ran
somed by the government, was more
than year in getting back home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-05
General Motors
To Leave India
ev the Associated Press

NEW DELHI. India, Mar. S.
American-owned General Motors
Corp. India's largest automotive
plant. announced today it is
closing March 81 as a result of
Indian government restrictions
on imports needed for its assem-
bly, line.
The restrictions had been Or
dered in an effort to create q
domestic auto manufacturing in
dustry.
Ford Motor Co. Of Canada,
which operates the second larg-
est plant. is expected to an
nounce similar closure shortly.
Indian government sources said
Ford of Canada is expected to
dispose of its holdings to the
same Indian firm which bought
GINS spar parts inventory. Ford
GINS spare parts inventory. Ford
a Madras firm two months ago
in anticipation of the shutdown.
The General Motors closure,
which has no connection with
the present political situation or
deteriorating Indian American
relations. followed more than
two years of negotiations in an
effort to ease import restrictions.
It is expected of IL major
foreign automotive plants. in
Guiding American. British and
Canadian. will be closing, with
the remainder committed to a
manufacturing program in In
dia for some time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-05
Britain Launches
Sub Powered by
Hydrogen Peroxide
BY the Associated Press

BARROW, England, Mar. S.
Britain today launched SUBJ
marine driven by hydrogen per-
oxide-the kind of stuff some
women use to bleach their hair
blond. British naval experts
claim it's the worlds fastest
undersea vessel.
The secrecy-shrouded "Ex-
plorer" was developed for long
range underwater missions with
out surfacing. She has no
coming tower or snort" tube
as on the traditional submarine.
The Admiralty said the devel-
opment followed long and pa
tient research into German use
of hydrogen peroxide in flying
bombs and submarines during
World War II. Naval sources
explained the hydrogen peroxide
replaces oxygen in supplying the
necessary element for fuel COM
bustion. This permits the SUBJ
marine to travel great distances
without the need for surfacing
to get oxygen.
An Admiralty spokesman said
he would not deny claims by
British naval sources that the
new 225-foot-long submarine is
the fastest in the world, exceed
ing in speed even Americas new
atomic-poWered submarine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-05
Cat Carrying 20 Missing
In French Alps or off Coast

Helicopters. ainphibious rescue
planes and transports carrying
survival equipment to be dropped
joined in the search operation.
French and Italian planes Joined
The American searcherS for the
plane. missing since shortly af-
ter noon yesterday. The planes
last radio report-"all normal
was heard as the plane few over
Corsica IS minutes after 1t had
taken of from Rome.
Air Force headquarters at
Wiesbaden, Germany. said the
CAT, whose flight was believed
to have originated in North AZ
RIGA. carried a crew Of four and
Is passengers. The headquarters
said the passengers included four
officers, nine airmen and three
civilians. all based at Bitburg.
Germany. The crew Of two off,
GERS and two a1rmen was from
the Hahn Air Base in Germany.
No names were announced.
1.-THE fight was a routine
movement Of passenger traffic. /"
the Air Force said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-05
Contest Winner Suggests
'Touqh Shell for Autos

CHICAGO, Mar. SAN Air
Force medic won a nationwide
safe car contest yesterday with a
proposal that autos be construct
ed with a tough shell" and safe
ty belts and that a civil automo-
bile authority be created to
pass on all motorcar design.
Julien M. Christensen of Day.
ton. Ohio, assistant chief of the
Psychology Branch of the Aero
Medical Center at Wright Field,
listed the following among his
suggestions:
Frame and body construction
strong enough to keep car doors
from opening during Follower.
a bumper encircling the entire
car. comfortable restraining har-
nesses, elimination of any stor-
age space under the rear window
to prevent stored objects from
flying forward in event of a
collision. crash pads on the front
panels. elimination of sharp pro-
tuberances inside the car; and a
left-foot accelerator for cars
equipped with automatic trans
missions.
The contest was sponsored by
Science and Mechanics Magazine
and Motor Vehicle Research, Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-05
BY ihe Associated Press

NICE, France, Mar. 5.-A
broad search was pressed over
the Ligurian Sea and the French
Alps today for a United States
Air Force CAT, missing with 20
men on a fight from Rome to
Bitburg, Germany.
A midmorning report that the
craft had been spotted in the
mountains north of Nice proved
false. Police said the report
came from authorities in the
village of st. Etienne de Tinee.
40 miles north of Nice and 6
miles from the Alpine ski resort
of Auron
But several residents of the
region told of hearing the noise
of a big plane yesterday and
French ski troops began a
search.
The weather was clear. but a
heavy wind made the sea so
rough that observation from the
air was difficult and forced the
cancellation of a surface search
by boats from Italy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-05
Here not mincxxg woras. SAP
t takes father. and.son craftsmanship
to make Studebaker the
best built car in America

TVH1s IS a challenge we are glad to
sigma challenge from South
Bend to Detroit.
1t is challenge from the youngest
minded firm in the automobile
industry.
1t is a challenge from today's up
and coming generation Of Studebaker
workmen to the workers in other mo-
tor vehicle plants.
1t is a challenge to all cars for
comparison of quality and durability
with Studebaker-theb best built Car
in America.
We don't hurry" Stockholders!
We back up this challenge to the rest
of the automobile world by pointing,
first of all, to the kind of people man.
ming our shops and assembly lines.
These Studebaker workers are In
diana natives, for the most part. They
come to us largely from our own COM
munity and the surrounding area.
They are solid citizens who have
been brought up to believe that the
name Studebaker stands not only for
great car but quality way of build
ing cars.
Each one finds out, the very first
day on the job, that insistence on
painstaking care is never relaxed.
Most of our people make lifework
of their jobs here.
Many are fothers and sons!
Since the earliest days of the Stude-
baker business more than 1O2 years
ago, father-and-son teams have con-
tinuously made up considerable por-
ton of the Studebaker working force.
These father and-son teams con-
tribute even more today than they
ever did before to the maintenance
of Studebaker's standards of quality.
One reason for this is the exacting
apprentice training school that we at
Studebaker have set up-with pre-
ferred eligibility accorded to the sons
and the other youthful relatives of
present and former Studebaker en-
ployees. The instructors in this school
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-05
Former Employee
AT NutIey Lab Says
He Was Communist
By the Assoeio.sd Press

A former employee at the
Federal Recommendations
Laboratories at Nutley, NJ j.,
testified today he had been a
Communist. A fellow employee
whom he named as a Communist
refused to say if this were true.
Peter A. Gragis of Long
Island, N. Y, testifying before
the1Senate Investigations SUBJ
committee. said he had made
the mistake" of joining the
Communist Party in 1886. He
said he broke with it in 1850.
He said that while working at
the Accommodations labora-
tories, a private firm, another
employed named Frank MCGEE
was the educational leader Of a
Communist cell to which he be-
longed.
Senator Mccarthy, Republic
can. of Wisconsin. the subcom-
mittee chairman, asked whether
Mr.. MCGEE were present. A
heavy-set, bespectacled man
wearing a dark blue shirt stood
up among the crowded spectators
and identified himself as Mr..
MCGEE.
Called to the witness chair.
MIR. MCGEE was asked if he had
been the educational director of
the Communist cell described by
Mr.. Gragis.
= Mr.. MCGEE refused to answer,
invoking his constitutional pro-
lection against possible self-in-
elimination. He similarly de-
.clined to answer when asked
about other testimony Mr.. Gragis
had given.
Mr.. MCGEE, who said he now
resides in Monroe. La. testified
that he had worked at the lab
oratories for about three and a
half years-from 1914 until about
July, 1947.
Before the start of the hear
ing Senator Mccarthy said he
hoped to show through the testi-
mony of six witnesses that 1.-The
Communist conspiracy" placed
some OF its members in jobs
at the Nutley laboratories.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-05
Helpless Woman, Is,
Dies in Basement Fire

A 75-year-old woman, unable
to help herself because of Grip
ping arthritis. burned to death
in the basement of her home
yesterday. police reported.
Detective Sergt. Emmett Tai
bot said Annie Mae Briggs, COL
ored. Of 302 T street NV, had
gone into the basement to turn
of a hot-water heater. Flames
from the gas burner apparently
ignited either bandages on her
arm or Smock she wore over
her dress. She wore the bandages
as a poultice to treat her ar
Thrills.
A roomer, Anthony Little, So,
colored. threw a blanket into the
basement after he heard the
woman's screams and saw her
af1re. Her sister, Annette jack
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-05
Legal Snarl May Bar
Reds-in-Unions Bill
sy the As.oeio,.d Pres.

Senator Butter. Republican. of
Maryland said today the ques-
ton Of constitutionality may bar
passage Of q bill to kick Com
munist- tainted officers of labor
unions out Of their posts.
1--WE certainly are not going to
report out a bill that is UNI
constitutional" Senator Butler
said in an interview. He is
chairman Of a Senate Internal
Security Subcommittee holding
hearings on three bills. one of
which he introduced. to deal
with subversives in labor unions.
Witnesses before the subcom-
mittee yesterday argued that the
three bills violate the Constitu-
ton. Nathan Witt. general
counsel Of the Mine. Mill and
Smelter Workers Union. said
passage would amount to Sub
verting the Bill of Rights"
The smelter workers union
has been expelled from the CLIO
on allegations that it was Com
munist dominated.
at all sure his bill was "the an
swer" to getting Reds out of
labor unions, but that he
thought some legislation should
be passed.
He said he has been eager to
learn the administrations views
of the three bills and that he
wrote Attorney General Brownell
some time ago. asking him to
come before the subcommittee
to outline the administration
position. Mr.. Brownell has not
yet appeared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-05
Warren Urges Lawyers
To Enlarge Civic Role
By the A,seeioted Prsu

PHILADELPHIA, Mar. S.
Chief Justice Earl Warren has
urged lawyers to give more of
their time to the cause of good
Government.
He said last night that al
though no group is more aware
of the necessity for sound Gov
eminent. "far too many lawyers
become so immersed in the af-
fairs of their clients that they
have little time for the consider
alton Of the general welfare"
The Chief Justice spoke in
dedication ceremonies for a new
law school building at Temple
University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-05
Pope Continues Gain

VATICAN CITY, Mai 5 P.-
Pope Plus XII again was re-
ported a little better today The
slow Improvement OF the past
week in the general condition
of the l8-year-old PCntiff was
maintained. Vatican sources
said. and he again passed a fair
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-05
Reds Restore LubIin

The City of Lublin, site of the
Communist group during the
war which finally emerged to
control Poland. is being restored
by Red authorities. It's royal
castle will become q cultural and
social center.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-05

for craftsmanship are seasoned veter-
ans of the Studebaker working force.
Cor buyers get the benefit!
Many people who have recently be-
come Studebaker owners will tell you
they decided to buy Studebakers be-
cause they had read and heard about
the care with which Studebakers are
built.
These people know that buying an
automobile is like buying house. The
quality you can't see is the quality
most important to be sure of.
Won't you let one of our friendly
nearby Studebaker dealers show you
the evidences of this painstaking
craftsmanship in one of the superbly
styled new 1854 Studebaker Cham
pions or Commander V-8s?
Won't you learn for yourself why
the very words-'father- and-son
team"-have come to mean Stude-
baker and Studebaker quality to mil
lions of Americas car owners?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-05

son, IS. threw two pillows into
the basement.
But because Of her ailment,
Sergt Talbot said. she apparently
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-05

was unable to wrap the blanket
around her. Instead she rolled
on a mattress. attempting to ex-
tinguish the flames.
Evening star., 1954-10-09

cent of $50 tracts in Area B,
the 76-acre pilot southwest pro-
Ject bounded by South Capitol, I,
Fourth streets and the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad tracks. The most
encouraging sign is that more
than two-thirds of the buys have
been by direct negotiation, with
out the need for condemnation.
The land buys so far have cost
more than $2.7 million.
The NCHA has settled pur-
chase of 215 of the $50 prop
critics in a slum area near Sec
ond street and Delaware avenue
Sc. The site will be cleared to
make way for new public hous-
ing project.
X Il x
More long-range plans for at
tacking slums in the central
northwest area got their biggest
boost so far with approval of
a $4,000 contract this week be-
tween the District and two OF
the country's leading experts on
slum housing.
The consultant. Baltimore
Mortgage Banker James w
Rouse and Nathaniel Keith, for
mer Federal redevelopment
chief, will file a report by the
end of the year outlining de-
tailed steps for slum programs
throughout the city.
Evening star., 1954-10-09
This Week in Area PIonning
Baltimore Parkway Opening
Starts New Traffic Era Here

fic studies on the city's top
priority bridge, spanning the
Potomac just upriver from Ar
lington Memorial Bridge at Con-
Stitution avenue.
They will huddle with Fed
eral planning and park officials
Monday to try to work out de-
tailed design plans.
\ X Y x
Capital Transit officials put
their cards on the table this
week on fringe parking.
For almost a month, with
patronage steadily increasing,
the bus company has been Civ
ing free rides to commuters from
the Districts pilot fringe lot on
the Anacostia side of the South
Capitol Street Bridge. Starting
next week. for another 90-day
trial period, the firm wants to
charge regular fares.
The big questions: How many
patrons like fringe parking? How
many just liked the free rides?
Big Washington employers,
transit officials and private park
ing operators pitched in this
week to help the Commissioners
decide whether working hours
should be staggered more to help
relieve downtown congestion.
With data on private employ
ment habits furnished by these
groups, Traffic Director George
E. Keneipp is to make a report
to the District Building next
Friday.
This data will be studied along
with what the city already knows
about Federal and District en-
ployes' working hours. Then
there will be conferences with
the Budget Bureau to decide
what to do about it.
\ X
The ambitious programs for
wiping out slums and rebuilding
vast parts of rundown South
west Washington have generated
wide interest in cities throughout
the Nation. The programs will
get a major presentation at a
convention of the National As
sociation of Housing and Rede-
velopment officials, opening in
Philadelphia Monday.
y X X X
Both the Redevelopment Land
Agency and the National Capital
Housing Authority moved ahead
this week in acquiring land for
separate um-clearance projects.
BY this week end:
The RIA has acquired 56 per