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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-09-02
Marion Fisher SerUes
Navy In Corpus Christi

Marion r. Fisher, aviation machin-
lists mate first class, USN, son OF
Mrs. Jeanne C. Swank of 144 Riley
street was recently transferred to the
Acceptance, Transfer and Training
Unit, U. S. Naval sAir Station al
Corpus Christi, Texas, from the U. S
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Jacksonville, FloridA
Fisher entered tie Navy on June
25, 1941 and received his recruit
training at the u IS. Naval Training
Center, Great Lalss, Ill. Before en-
tering the Navy he graduated from
the Bluffton High School,
He is married the former Miss
Lois Pearl Smith q Jacksonville, Fla
New school clothes are important
in the life of child.t This is an op-
portunity to teach pride in appear
ance through selection, good groom,
ing, and clothing care.
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College Faculty
HoIding Retreat
This Week End

Members of the Bluffton college
faculty will Assemble from the var
ious points at whichsthey have spent
the summer for their Third Annual
Retreat at Camp Friedsnswald near
Cassopolis, Mich, on F2iday evening
September for a shree-day ses-
sion preliminary to Ahe re-opening
Of classes at the college on Septem-
Der 16.
Highlights of the program will in
clude discussions M means by which
the faculty can participate in stu
dent activities, nfoblems of the SOC
ial room and snack shop, methods of
implementing aepositive recreational
program and social life for the stu
dents, religious, social and academic
relationships of students and faculty.
Faculty members families will also
accompany them to the retreat where
program of recFeation will be
offered.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-09-02

parents, Rev. and Mrs. Guy U. Chap
in.
Mrs. Georgia Watt of Toledo, a
former resident here, spent the past
week with cousIs, Mr.. and MRS. Fred
Biteman, Mr. syand Mrs. Cliff Urich
and other relstives and friends.
Mrs. Fred EWestphal spent Thurs
day in Columbus.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scarf Oswald and
son Roger of Lima, we're Sunday eve
ming callers in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Everett Cumrin&
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Brackney
have returned from weeks vacation
spent in the Dakot ).
Mr.. and Mrs. erald Clum and
family left SatuA day to spend a
weeks vacation Sage Lake, Mich.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Alderman of
Piqua, spent Saturday night and Sun
day with Mr.. ind Mrs. J. C. Wollett.
Mr.. and M Luke Ridenour of
Thornville, ok were week end guests
of the lattefs mother, Mrs. John
Adams Sunday. They were dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Guy
and son in Harrod.
Mr.. and AIRS. Russell Rex are va
cationing inn Florida in the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs.AsWalter Bower and son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bower are former resi-
dents here whA recently moved to
Gainesville, Fla, 80 make their home
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Criblez and
children of Button, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Darwin Hull Rand children of Ft
Wayne, Ind, weIe Sunday dinner
guests of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Lew Hullibarger.
Mr.. Clyde SagSr of Yamhill, Ore.
has returned hoRe after spending
several weeks with cousins, Mrs
Ethel Helser arD Mrs. Blanche Hell
ser here.
Mr.. and Mrs Dorance Thompson
and David and Betty have returned
from a trip Hrough the Smoky
Mountains last week.
Mr.. and Mr. Glen McCleary are
the proud pareAts of baby boy borr
Sunday in Memorial hospital.
Mrs. Evelyn Walls of Lima, spent
the week end with her sister, Mr.. anc
Mrs. Clarence Hall.
Mrs. Evelyn Boyer and son OF
Bluffton, were Sunday dinner guest:
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde
Williams. E
Mr.. and Mrs. Wavd Ransbottom
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Soodt and fam
lily, Mr.. and Mrs. LlSgd Stoodt anc
family, Mr.. and Mrs SClarence Long
of Lafayette, and Mo. Mamie Brok'
hart of Paterson, NJ j., daughters
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. H Kidd, Bluffton
helped their parents celebrate theil
59th wedding annivdr rsary Sunday.
Mrs. Mamie Brokhart of Paterson
N. J., visited Friday with her sisters
/ Mrs. Wavel RansbotDm, Mrs. Wesle!
Stoodt and Mrs. Claence Long.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Kent Darr and sol
Nentertained in their home Saturda,
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evening: Mr.. and Mrs. Norris Stultz
and daughters, n and Margie of
Findlay; Mr.. and Mrs. 7. Darr and
daughter Kay of fremont; and Mr..
and Mrs. Hugh Hbinson.
Mrs. Donald Ewrsole is surgical
patient at Memdfial hospital. Mrs.
Nettie Knoble is \ medical patient at
Memorial hospital and Mr.. R. E.
Watt is reported seriously ill in his
home here.
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LAFAYETTE News

Miss Georgia Fac4er spent the
week end in Vermilljbn, O., visiting
in the home of her tother, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Fackler And son.
Mrs. Edith DoYning and Mrs.
Ethel Helser weref Sunday dinner
guests Of Mr.. andA Mrs. Benjamin
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Stump and family and Mrs. Guyton.
Mr.. and Ms Max Shrider and
children of Affertwgn, called Satur-
day evening in the homes of Cliff
shrider and Mr.. AID Mrs. Everett
Cumrine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Made Gerhart and
daughters, VickieT and Judy, visited
over the week er L with the latter's
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Sara Badrtscher To
Teach Hl Old Fort

Miss Sara Badertscher, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. ISlph Badertscher,
who was graduaAd from Bluffton
college this spriIA, will leave this
week to ASSUME a teaching post in
the second gTae of the Old Fort
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Services Wednesday
For ChdsE. POUeU

Final rites were held Wednesday
afternoon fro& the Paul Diller fun
eral home fdr Charles Frederick
Powell, "a, retired Michigan grain
broker, who@iied at the South Main
street homefof his stepson, Bernard
Schiffke, eaFly Monday morning. His
death waE due to a coronary
thrombosis.
The Rev. Robert King officiated
at services with burial in Maple
Grove cemetery.
Mr.. Powell was a native of St.
Thomas, Ont, but had lived most of
his life in Michigan. He was a mem
Der of Licking Lodge No. POI F&AM,
Utica, Ohio, and the Methodist
church at Pennington, Michigan,
where he had been in the grain
business.
In addition y his stepson, he is
survived by his widow, Freda; two
stepdaughters, Mrs. Hilda Church,
Pennington, Mich, and Mrs. Louise
Bowers, Pomona, Calf; four grand
children; sevA great-grandchildren ;
two sisters, Mrs. Ethel Carlton and
Mrs. Elizabeh Thompson, both of
Omaha, Neb.S
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Food needs iare as high at this
time of year as during winter
months, so beware of skimpy summer
meals.
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lonsIonsIne BroMn-
New Milestone for Communists
Failure to Stem Reds ReoPs New Harvest at Geneva
Where Peoce Signing Moy Result IN Loss Of All Asia

Poles, or the Czechs. or the
Hungarians?
When there was still time to
save China from the Red
clutches, we piously threw the
Nationalist government to the
wolves and refused them
enough arms and ammunition
to defend themselves against
these "agrarian reformers'
whose roots were In the Krem-
lin and whose equipment and
supplies were pouring In pro-
fusion from Soviet arsenals and
captured japanese materiel.
While the Chinese Reds
steadily expanded their con-
quests from the little area
around Yenan which they held
In 1045 until they controlled
huge areas Of mainland China.
the confused American people
were being told that these par
ticular Reds were benign adj
iyocates Of democracy fighting
against a corrupt military die
tatorship. The few Americans
who were outspoken in their
warnings that these Chinese
Reds were Reds of the dyed
In the wool variety were
sneered at on the floor OF the
Senate and in much of the
Nations press as "the China
Lobby boys"
The signing of the Indo-
China accord at Geneva marks
another sorry milestone in the
steady advance Of militant
communism. Reality permits
Of no other Interpretation. The
free part Of Wet Nam. Laos
and Cambodia win gradually
disappear behind the Iron
Curtain just as surely as did
all Of Central and Eastern
Europe in the years immedi-
ately after World War II.
Our allies. particularly the
British and French. walked
into the Geneva trap with
their eyes wide open. They
find some solace. publicly. in
their argument that peace
in Indo : China win mean d
stronger France better able to
contribute to the defense Of
Western Europe. But observers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22
Do1s F7eeso7-
Is Eisenhower Briefed on Acc?
Press Conference Attitude on Power Controversy
Shows Lack of Knowledge on Majority stond
tReproduetion Rishts Reserved,

Actually Acc was established
by Congress with the hope and
aim Of making that most SEN
lsitive agency Of Government
more independent than any
other. To protect it from Com
greSs itself and all other in
reference, a special joint COM
mittee was established to be its
political shield and mentor.
All this and much more the
President might have learned
just before his press confer
ence from q trusted friend
and the only Republican Sena-
tor from the IVA area, Cooper.
of Kentucky. Senator Cooper,
never consulted prior to the
Presidents order, clinaxed a
long. patient effort to resolve
the situation by waiting from
10 to IL o'clock in a White
House anteroom Wednesday
for a word with Gen. Eisen-
hover before the President met
the press.
The staff couldn't seem to
find the right door. Senator
Cooper had earlier--and vainly
talked to Presidential Assist
ant Adams, Budget Director
Hughes. Counsel Stanley. Acc
Chairman Strauss and Acc
General Manager Nichols.
This week a Senator warned
an Acc commissioner: 'Son,
your honeymoon Is over. You
have had everybody's respect,
you have been sheltered from
political pressures. Now you
are fair game for everybody. "
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envelope capable Of supporting
life as it is known on earth?
Very little water vapor and
even less oxygen have been
found in the Marian "air."
Spectrographic analysis of light
reflected from Mars shows far
less oxygen at the surface than
exists at the top of Mount
Everest on the earth.
Scientists wonder If Mars has
any water. White regions cap
ping the planets north and south
poles lead some astronomers to
speculate whether they are thin
layers of snow, ice or hoarfrost.
melting and refreezing in the
changing Marian seasons.
A co-ordinated around the-
world patrol by 10 observatories,
organized by the International
Mars Committee. is attempting
to photograph the entire surface
Of Mars every day during the
summer.
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atomic attack will not be de-
pendent on uncertain allies.
America has an important
air base in Morocco. The Com
nunists are fomenting more
trouble there, as they are In
Tunisia. The northern borders
Of Africa are infested with
Communist saboteurs who are
bent on stirring up friction.
The present cabinet in Paris
Is well aware of the danger
of more revolutionary disturb
ances in Tunisia and Morocco
and is inclined to adopt q con-
ciliatory course and to try
giving the nationalistic ele-
ments some important con-
cessions. These probably will
not satisfy them, or at least
the Communist mischief
makers will see that they do
not end the trouble.
It is ironical to go back now
and read how ready some
members of Congress were to
condemn Secretary Dulles q
few weeks ago as responsible
for what was happening in
Geneva. It is now apparent
that the French and British
were pulling out. He was we'll
aware that the French
planned to scuttle Indo- China.
AS 1t turns out, Mr.. Dulles
was wisely striving to dis
associate America from the
appeasement plot. He has
managed to keep Americas
moral position free. Hence
the United States is In a
strong position now to ques-
ton the good faith of the
Communists, who have been /.
claiming they were interested
in the fulfllment of the
aspirations of the people of
the Indo- China states for full
independence. Those people
now will get the Communist
kind of independence" so
well known to the enslaved
populations of Poland and
Czechoslovakia.
(Reproduction Rishts Reserved.)
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Constantine Brown

Flags are flying at half
mast, figllratively speaking, in
Washington as q result Of the
resounding trounci1g the free
world has taken at Geneva.
Our diplomats, well accus-
toned to laviShil1g billions of
the taxpayers money around
the world. are not overly con-
ceThed by the loss of some So
billion poured into Indo-
China by the United States IN
a vain attempt to bolster the
resistance of the embattled
French. But even the most
i1veterate optimists among
our policy makers admit that
the Geneva peace agreement
may well be q death blow to
our hopes for freedom and
democracy In Asia.
Since the end OF World War
II nine years ago. the Conn
munists have made gain after
gain at the expense Of the
Tree world. On WI day world
communism was represented
by 100 million Russians. Today
some 900 million are definitely
under the thumbs of the con-
spirators Of the Kremlin.
The Moscow and Peiping
world imperialiSts gained most
of their many victories by de-
fault, by the sorry lack Of will
power in the free world, by the
inability or complacency OF
the free nations in their fail
ure to take q determined
stand while there was yet
time.
The early designs Of the
Reds against Poland and the
Balkan nations were apparent
to all who could see. A cou-
rageous and fortnight stand
in those first postwar years
could have spared millions
from their prisons behind the
Iron Curtain, could have sus-
tanned the high hopes for q
world Of freedom and peace
found everywhere after the de-
feat Of the Axis. But the wise
men ut the helms Of state
asked in effect: What do you
want us to do? Go to war with
Russia for the sake Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22
85' Change in Temperature
Each Day IS Mdrtidn's' Lot

II summers heat Expresses,
consider for q moment the daily
change Of temperature on the
planet Mars.
At noon, certain green colored
areas on Mars bake at more than
IS degrees Fahrenheit, scientific
measurements from the earth
have shown. BY twilight. how
ever. temperatures drop to about
10 degrees. and by midnight. 60
far below zero.
Earthbound weathermen, as
tronomers, physicists and biolo-
gists this summer are hard at
work around the world, con-
firming and collecting such de-
tailed facts about Mars. Earth's
neighboring planet swung closer
on July 2 than it had been in
IS years within 40 million miles
raising scientists hopes Of
f1ndign new clues to a still-un-
answered question:
Does plant life. however prim-
tive in form, exist on Mars?
Are the green regions vegeta-
ton?
In Bloemfontein, South Africa,
a Mars expedition" sponsored
by the National Geographic So
ciety and Arizona's Lowell OBJ
servatory. plays q leading part
In 1954's studies Of the red planet
and its green markings.
One major goal Of this expedi-
ton. led by DR.. =. G. Slipher
Of Lowell, win be to probe un-
solved mysteries Of the Marian
atmosphere. What, for example.
causes the "blue envelope" that
clouds the, planets surface on
pictures made with blue-sensitive
Photographic elnulsions
At rare times, particularly
when the earth and Mars come
closest In their orbits, this blue
haze disappears. Then the fea-
lures Of Mars stand out even
on blue light photographs.
Scientists do not know why.
although they suspect that the
earth itself may be affecting
radiations from the sun upon
the Marian atmosphere.
II Mars does have haze. clouds.
and changing weather above its
surface. Ii its atmospheric
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22
7 Treatment Of otSoviet Minority
Russos National Home for Jews in Cold Siberia
Is Turned Into 10 800 Square Miles Of Ghetto

Red Army was built up into
the strongest force on the
Asiatic continent, and the milf
tary authorities needed a.
growing farm belt. more in
dustries and more human
chattels.
The Moscow government
had chattels, but small funds
and even less know-how. Some
Red wizard devised the pat
tern Of settling Jews in an
alleged homeland strategically
located near the Amur bend
and the Manchurian border.
Thus an important gap would
be filled and world Jewry was
expected to contribute lavishly
to the success Of the venture.
In 1884, 10,820 square miles
OF land, centered on Birobid-
ian City. were set aside for the
purpose. Wheat, oats. soybeans
and vegetables could be grown
on 2 million acres of arabic
land. There were raw ma
terials, including coal. iron and
granite: and q few backward
light industries. Plenty OF OPP
portunities." the party line
contended. and "a free. health
full and prosperous life for any
number Of settlers"
But. wisened by II years of
Soviet rule. the Russian Jews
did not arrive In such num-
bers as the government had
expected, and their co-reli-
gionists abroad were reluctant
to invest. even though Bro
bidjan committees and agen-
cies sprang up in various
countries, including the United
States.
So the approximately 10O.-
900 Jews who did settle soon
found themselves treated worse
than ever by officials who were
disappointed because Jews
elsewhere had refused to
march into the trap.
Farmers. corralled In sc, CO.
operatives. were dominated by
party stalwarts who kept
working families on short ra-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22
For the Record
By Erwin Lessner

tErwia Lessner Is the author
OF "Blitzkrieg Bluff" and other
books, as nell as q history of
Siberia iuhich is slated for
publication early merit year. He
Is a contributor to Harper's.
the American Mercury, and
other nGgGzinesJ
Recent reports from Bro
bidjan.. the province in
Southeast Siberia which the
Soviets once advertised as q
National Home for Jews" in
dictate that the Jews have
been reduced to a helpless and
hopeless minority. ANY one
who had had q glimpse Of the
situation there would have
foreseen this tragic swindle.
I travelled through Birobfd-
jan in May, 1871. The people
] saw did not seem to differ in
their bearing. garb and grim
looks from the others I had
seen throughout Siberia. But
my OGPU guide told me with
undisguised hatred: .Of course
they're Jews. II you can't tell
them from other people. We
can"
Some $50 miles farther east,
the train stopped in sight of
barbed-wire entanglementS and
pyramid-shaped watch towers.
inclosing accommodations in
which no beasts could have
survived In. those winters with
temperatures of so below zero.
From the conversation Of two
Russians in my compartment
I understood that many Jews
had already died there. and
that many more would be
shipped to the gruesome place.
Minorities are the natural
whipping boys Of tyrannical
governments. whatever the
label on the particular form Of
tyranny happens to be. The
Red proposal for q national
home" for Jews was q cynical
piece Of opportunisrl. It de-
veloped when the Far Eastern
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tions and used profits for
party purposes. Protests
Melted confinement In q camp.
Non-farming jews were adj
rnitted only to the needle
trade. They had to produce
uniforms for soldiers and
suits for party functionaries
at low wages and long hours.
No other jobs were available
to them in light industries.
Many applicants for jobs were
assigned to mines and quar-
ries. where they worked to-
gether with convicts, and on
similar terms. Farmers who
had incurred disfavor were
put to work draining mos
lquito infested swamps. or
clearing virgin forests that
teemed with wild animals.
No rabbi was admitted to
Birobidjan. To express inter-
est In religion was tantamount
to a one-way ticket to mines,
swamps, or camps.
autonomous settlers" were
enfranchised to cast their bal
lot for the one-party ticket:
but since the SovietS did not
trust even Communist Jews,
at least IS out Of Birobidjan
City's IS municipal councillors
had to be non-Jewish, and ac-
tually were dyed -the-w0ol
anti-Semites. who terrorized q
frightened majority into sub
mission.
Such were the conditions on
the eve Of World War II. Dur
ing the war, thousands Of de-
portees from all parts Of the
u. s. s. r. went to Birobidjan.
so and so Of them penned Ia
one cattle car. many dying en-
route.
Still, the Far Eastern Red
Army Moloch clamored for
more human flesh. TWO years
after the end Of the war. the
Soviet government had the
Yiddish periodical Einigkeit
(Union) proclaim that ma
tional dignity and Soviet pa
tyiotisra required Jews 10 60 to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22
Allow to the Prestige Of Fronce
Meyer Before Has the Weakness of the French as an
Of America Been So Dramatically Demonstrated
Dovid Lawrence

Maybe the French govern
ment and the French people
will not realize for some time
to come what they have truly
lost by the debacle in Indo-
China.
For one thing they have lost
in America some of that
wholehearted faith which has
prompted the Congress to
spend nearly 81 billion q year
to help the French hold out
in Indo-C China. They may
have lost also a reliance by
this country on the wall Of
France to fight If the Com
munist invader marches
across Europe. In either case,
it's a damaging blow to the
prestige of France. For never
before has the weakness of
the French as an American
ally been so dramatically
demonstrated. and it cannot
but hasten the "agonizing
reappraisal" which America
will be asked to make now in
order to concentrate her
money and her manpower on
the defense Of this country.
It is an open secret that
American military men have
grown increasingly skeptical
about the wisdom of main
tanning large American forces
in Europe which could be
faced with the necessity Of an
emergency evacuation If some
future French cabinet sud-
denly decided to appease the
Communist aggressor. as has
just been done with IYido-
China.
For several months now the
French government has dilly-
dallied with the European De-
tense Community plan. It is
well known that the principal
opposition inside France to the
continuance of the Laniel cab
met was not its inability to
liquidate the Indo- China war
but its sponsorship Of the edo
plan. Now. with the Indo-
China truce q matter Of his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22
Fletcher knebef
Potomac I ever

The United States Government takes the firm position
the only things dislkes more than the doChna settlement
is the prospect Of doing something about IT. I
Congress congraulates Herbert his birthday
MONTH President who could add
and two and get four Most Of the others added
two-and borrowed four
We've gained break Communists in the last
got half hearted
49,
Senators brand the Tndo-China settlement as another
Munich" appeasement That's untrue When they
Munich pact Hitler at least let Chamberlain keep umbrella
House subcommittee okays bill to outlaw the Communist
Party Candidates this fall will be against three things
communism and their opponent
The who settled the Indo-Chna lacked
vision but there nothing wrong with their hearing They
could hear the ticking Of the H-bomb