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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-08-04
Hancock Farm Bureau
Picnic Set Aug. 8

The annual picnic of the Hancock
County Farm Bureau will be held at
the Hancock County Fairgrounds
Tuesday evening, August Q, it was
announced this week by Harry Moore,
Orange township, president of the
association.
Mr.. Moore said the picnic supper
will be served at Z p. m. Those at
tending are asked TO bring a we'll
filled basket and their own table serv-
ice. Milk and coffee will be furnished.
The program includes games and
contests for all, and the Farm Blu
reau Council having the largest per-
centage of members present will be
awarded a prize.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-08-04
Air Tour, Flowing Contests Expected
To Attract Record Crowd Here Monday

A new record crowd in excess of
the 800 farmers who went aloft in the
1852 Allen County Soil Conservation
Air Tour is expected to fly from Bluff
ton Airport next Monday in the coun-
tvs second big aerial tour.
Lorain Basinger, Bluffton high
school vocational agriculture teacher,
is chairman of the 1856 Tour, and re-
ports that interest seems to be at an
exceptional high point. Approximate
ly eight planes will be on hand at the
local field to make the big air lift.
The 80 to 40-minute flight will
point out conservation work in plan
ned tiling of the Bluffton college farm.
Further west, the protected woods on
the Edgar Begg farm and nearby sod
shute of his brother, Lawrence, will
be marked for the overhead visitors.
The planes course then turns
south over the Agrico fertilizer plant
at Cairo, and hence to view strip
cropping, contouring and orchard
terraces on the Lima State hospital
farm. The elevators of Ohio Equity
and Pillsbury will be seen in the dis
tance.
The Lima water reservoirs will be
viewed as the plane turns east. On
the return circle the sod waterway of
the Don Willeke farm; strip cropping,
pond and multiflora rose fence will be
observed on the Joel Bicknell farm,
and on the nearby Darl Weaver farm
northwest of Lafayette the tour will
inspect sod waterways and multifora
rose fence.
Between Bluffton and Beaverdam
on the way back to the port, the
planes will point out sod waterways
and field strips on the Edgar Huber
farm; diversion ditch and waterway
at the Stratton Greenhouses; strip
cropping and waterway on the II.
Reichenbach farm; a diversion ditch
and waterway outlet on the Edgar
Herr farm, and finally the planes will
fly over the blowing contest sites on
the Wilson McBain and Charles Fish
er farms.
Cost of the air tour will be So.
Monday is also the date of the AL
len County Flowing contest. Level
land plowing competition will take
place on the McBain farm, while the
Charles Fisher farm, across the road,
will be the site of the contour plow-
ing contest.
Gene Schmidt, Bluffton, is general
chairman of the events this year,
with another Bluffton man, Dean
Niswander, chairman of the blowing
matches. AL Post, Conner, is commit
tee chairman of the tractor rodeo
and Junior blowing contest.
Winners of the local matches will
compete in area events August 10 at
Defiance.
Sponsoring organizations include
the Allen County Implement Dealers
Assn, Soil Conservation District, Ex-
tension Service, vocational agricul-
ture teachers, Lima farmers Club,
and Allen County oranges.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-08-04
Completes 35 Years
Railroad Service

Byron R. Filhart, former Blutfton
resident now living northeast OF
Jenera, was recently awarded 3D.
wear Din for service with the Akron,
Canton & Youngstown railroad.
Filhart, who started his telegraphy
work in Bluffton under Foster
Buckland, has been station agent In
Jenera, Arlington, Pandora, and Mt.
Blanchard. For the past several
years he has been a relief agent be-
tween these towns.
In recognition of his 35 years with
the road Filhart was recently tender
ed a congratulatory letter by Sec
retary of State Ted w. Brown. He IS
a brother of Mrs. Nina Fritchie, 5.
Jackson street.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-08-04

siderable action last season. There
will be IL seniors in the fold which
will provide Schmidt with plenty of
experience with which to form the
nucleus of this years team.
The list of returning veterans
is the largest to report for pre-
season practice at the local high
school in several years. And, al
though the squad will reportedly be
not too fast, the experience should
be a large factor in pointing for a
successful season.
Heading the list of bacEfield candi-
dates will be Jack Fields, fullback.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-08-04
Four BluftOn
Teachers Engaged
In Summer Study
Staff Complete Except For
Music Vacancy, Superintend-
ent Reports

/
-Four Bluffton school teachers, who
have been taking advanced studies in
various universities this summer have
either completed their summer work
or are in the process of doing so be-
fore school re-opens on September s,
Superintendent of Schools A. B. Muir
ray has announced.
Miss Margaret Diller, home eco
nomics teacher, has returned from
Colorado State College of Education,
Greely, Colorado, to hold summer
conferences with home &c students.
Also studying at the Colorado school
this summer is Dean kittIe, Bluffton
industrial arts teacher. Mrs. KittIe
teacher at the Shawnee school, Lii
ma, attended school this summer with
her husband.
Darwin Luginbuhl, art teacher in
the local schools, has been taking
work on his masters degree in the
art school at Ohio State university,
and Robert Ewing, elementary teach
er, is doing work on his masters de-
gree in education az Bowling Green
State university.
Mr.. Murray reported that only one
vacancy remains to be filled in the
teaching staff before school re-opens
next month. The services of a music
teacher are still needed.
The school maintenance staff this
week will redecorate and equip the
two rooms at Bluffton college which
will be used to house second grade
pupils next year while the new ele-
mentary building is being erected.
Workmen on the new building are
expected to complete pouring the
foundation walls next week, and
BRICK work should start to show
above ground level soon.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-08-04

one of the leading in the area last
year. Fields will be bolstered by the
return of quarterback Jim Berry and
halfbacks Joe Urich and Bret
Triplett. All except Urich are seniors.
Lettermen returning on the line
will be Ray Cummins, Bob Green,
Ronald Lora, Barry Corson, Bret
Triplett, Ronald Chidester, Jan Con-
rad, Richard asinger, Frank
Chamberlain, Don Alspach and Dav-
id Shumaker. Only the latter two
are underclassmen.
The addition of Dan Gleason at
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-08-04

The bunnies seem to be thriving on
their milk diet, hand fed, and do not
seem to mind the fact that individual
sterile bottles are not always pro-
vided. The photos above show Dianne
and Doug caring for two of the five,
and closeup view of Mopsy mop
ping up.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-08-04
Bypass Opening
Hits Gas Stations
And Restaurants
Week. End Dollar Days,
However, Set New Sales
Records Here

Bluffton's first week without
Dixie highway traffic streaming
over Main street was viewed bv the
downs citizens with a wide diverp-
ence of opinion as to the effect the
bypass viii ultimately have on the
town.
A drop-off in business volume of
from 40 to so per cent was reported
by most of Bluffton's gasoline serv-
ice stations assthe first weeks score
was tailed. Restaurants were miss
ing a smaller proportion of receipts.
But at the same time other retail
firms were reporting the most sue
cessful Dollar Day sale in the 90
year history of the event last FRIDAY
and Saturday. Some expressed opin-
ions that easier parking on Main
street had contributed to the sales
success. Other businessmen reported
that their customers had remarked
repeatedly that the change in traffic
conditions m a de shopping more
pleasant.
The Button sale set new records
in many of the stores despite the
fact that the towns Dollar DAYS
We're also conducted at the same time
Lima store were conducting their
semi-annual Dollar Days event.
But the cash register receipts for
the towns principal service stations
told sad story. One station operator
said that the reduced volume would
make it necessary for him to handle
the business by himself without bene-
fit of additional hep for relief in
evening hours or other times of the
day.
Although Bluffton restaurants
were not affected percentage wise as
seriously as the gas stations, all said
that the reduction in business would
be serious problem. One restaurant
owner said that his establishment
particularly felt the SIS in breakfast
business.
Meanwhile, the Bl' ffton Business
Mems association to < steps to set
up signs on nearby tHpass intersec-
tions to advise motori IS of the close
proximity of the br iiness section
Oliver Beach was amfd chairman OF
a sign committs lid steps were
taken early this week to at least get
some type of sign on the highway
within this week.
The association last Wednesday
evening also adopted recommenda-
tions of its highway committee urg-
ing action by Town Council to inn
prove Bluffton approaches to the
new highway. The association will
seek:
1. Widening, paving and curbing
of the Bentley road approach.
2. Illumination of Bentley road ap-
proach with electric vapor lamps.
3. Installation of warning flasher
lights at the Bentley road and Route
103 intersection.
a. Installation of flasher lights at
Nickle Plate Railroad.
5. Erection of signs directing traf-
fic through the Bluffton business
section.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-08-04

their employees and families.
Mirror Lake, located on Route 81,
was developed some years ago on
the site of a five acre abandoned
stone quarry. The grounds are
beautifully handicapped and board
walk extends around the entire lake.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-08-04
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS

Orange township Democrats will
hold caucus Friday evening in the
Orange Center Community House to
name candidates for township and
board of education offices in the
November election. The. meeting will
start at P. NJ. -
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-08-04
1856 Pirate Grid Prospects Brightest
In Years With Is Vets Due To Report

Fifteen etteen will report to Coaches Pete Schmidt and Joe
Harris when Bufton high school Pirates begin practice
week in August for the 1855 football campaign it
was announced this week.
in the group of returning veterans will be the entire
oacked and II hnemen most of whom
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-08-04
Building Committees Get Green Light AS
Two Church Finance Drives Go Over Top

Financial drives launched recently by Bufton churches
to provide improvements aggregang approximately 900
have been declared successful this week. and building commit
tees moving ahead with their respective architects to get
the projects underway.
The 900 Presbyterian Sunday School addition
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-16
japanese Envoy Offers
/ realty Draft to MoIik

LONDON. Aug. il lR,.
Japan's special envoy. shunich
AGatsumoto. called 81 the soyiei
embassy today to hand oyel
Tokyo's proposed dratt Of Z
World War II peace treaty with
Russia.
Thanked by three aides ind an
interpreter. Mr.. Matsunloto was
ushered into the Soviet Embassy
by Russian protocol officers.
official japanese sources said
he was TO 60 over the proposed
draft with Russia's ambassador,
Jakob Malik. In an effort to mar
row the differences between the
two countries which have dead
locked the nine-week-old talks,
The inf0rmarts said that the
Japanese draft represented
simply . summing up Of Japa-
nese views already made known
largely to Mr.. Malik.
The talks have now entered Q
more decisive stage with the
presentation Of the japanese
draft, but they still are expected
to drag on, possibly for months
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-16
lAir Force Association
Picks b. c. for Farley

sANFRANCIsco.A Aus. IS tl,
More than $500 members Of
the Air Force Association closed
their convention with election
Of GIN Robb Wilson Of New York
is president. Mr.. Wilson. editor
publisher Of Flying Magazine.
succeeded John Alison Of Los
Angeles. vice president Of North-
rop Aircraft.
New Orleans was chosen for
the 1856 convention, and WASH
irgton. D. c.. for 1857.
Other new officers included
Charles w. Purcell. PikesviIle,
Md, as regional vice president.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-16

mario Aniadeo, . Catholic law
Yer and former top diplomat;
l(2l David Michel Torino, q
Header Of the opposition Radi-
Ical Party: CD an unnamed Radi-
cal Party. member Of Congress
There are only l2,. and 20
Headers Of the Democratic tcon-
servative) Party. whose presi-
idept made q radio speech last
week criticizing the Peron adj
ADMINISTRATION.
Mr.. Amadeo has been IN hiding
since the June revolt. He caused
q sensation last month BY issuing
printed pamphlets calling on the
army TO GUST Gen. Peron.
Mr.. Torino was still free last
night He received newsmen
lat his home and said he was
"surprised' ct the announce
Iment Of the plot IN the afternoon
papers.
The public demonstrations ii
IBuenos Aires and Cordoba pro-
tested the governments removal
lof yesterdays Catholic feast Of
the assumption from the list Of
Iofiicial holidays.
In the capital. some 400 per-
sons collected in the central
Plaza de Mayo. shouting HE
must goln and liberty libertyl'
during the police action against
them four shots were fired but
nobody was reported hurt.
Several persons including 4
policeman were reported injured
lin Cordoba. There an oyer-
now crowd at 4 special mass Ia
ISanto Domingo Church ignored
police orders to disperse and
started 1 demonstration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-16
Hoppenot in Saigon

SAIGON. Aug. 16 R. Henri
|Hoppenot, formerly Frances
chief delegate To the United Ma
lions. presented his credentials
today to Premier Ngo Dinh Diem
les the new French Ambassador
to South Wet Nam.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-16
Peron CHARGES
Catholics Plot
Against Life
BIJENOa AYREe Aros

BuENOS AIRES, Argentina,
Aug. Is (E. Government
charges that aCathoiic NATIONAL
lists and opposition pouticians
had plotted to shoot President
Juan Feron brought Argentina
today to its, greatest state Of
tension since the June is re-
volt.
Police said more than so per-
sons had been arrested In con-
lection with the alleged plot,
but other sources indicated as
many IS zoo might have been
jailed. Previous announcements
Of such plots during the nine
years of Gen. Pefon,s regime
have signaled widespread round
ups Of his enemies.
The government breakdown
could signal the end Of the spa
cification" campaign Gen. Peron
launched after the abortive navy
uprising two months ago.
It also could mean new
fiareup In the feud between the
President and the Roman Cath
Ole Church mostly dormant
since the revoltand q new
breakdown on the Opposition
parties which have refused 20
60 alone with the paciflcaki0n
campaign unless the government
ends its restrictive measures,
49,. n......
lollssl 4s'os
ADDING 70 the unrest were new
nntigovernment demonstrated
70 'front.' o. buenos Ares Metro
pon.an Calneorai last night ana
eariler YESTERDAY N the central
~ $3.50 ..sa.s .s 10y ~. J. su. 80 ~ -
Is scatter tie crowd. srrestine
about "a demonsttrators n t5s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-16
MAsoN-DRl COATING

: factory DemOnstratOr on your painting problem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-16

The government singled oul
a. rtngleaders In the plot a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-16
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-09-09
NO REGULAR CLASSR0OMS FOR THOUSANDS
OF BOYS AND GIRLS THIS Year
BY CONG. LEE METCALF
By CONG. LEE METCALF

man Carroll Kearns (R-Pa.) At that
time DR.. Brownell of the Office of
Education testified for Mrs. Hobby,
then Secretary of Health, Education
and Welfare, and stated that the of
ficial position of that department was
opposition to federal aid for school
construction. The subcommittee heard
other testimony from school officers
throughout the United States that
the only way to catch up on school
construction was for the federal gov
eminent to help the states. The rea-
sons for the extreme classroom short
age were mainly the inability of school
districts to find manpower or mate
rials to build schools during the war
building during the depression years.
This coupled with an unprecedented
population growth created a need
that was beyond the ability of the
local agencies to meet. Nevertheless
the Administration speaking through
the Department of Health, Education
and Welfare was opposed to federal
aid. In the meantime local district aft
er local district bonded itself to statu-
tory and constitutional debt limits
and still found itself unable to meet
the increased demand for school build
ings.
In January the President changed
ground. In his State Of the Union
message he said, Population growth,
additional responsibilities of schools,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-09-09

and increased and longer school at
tendance have produced an unprece-
dented classroom shortage. Affirma-
tive action must be taken now" On
February Is the President sent Con-
gress a special message presenting a
program to deal with the classroom
shortage.
The plan sent up by the Presi-
dent was completely unsatisfactory
to both houses. In the Senate it
was charged that this not only
would not solve the classroom short
age but would merely provide for
a bonus for bankers if it were
enacted.
Both houses held additional hear
ings on various plans to alleviate a
condition that was becoming more
and more critical. The House hearings
thoroughly explored the whole field,
gave close attention to proponents of
various plans and to opponents of all
school construction whatsoever. AS a
result HR 1852 was introduced on
July 1. HR 1852 was sent to the
various witnesses who had testified
on school construction and was sub
jected to debate in the full commit
tee. On July 21 an amended version,
HR 1885 was agreed to and intro
duced by Mr.. Kelley of Pennsylvania.
This bill was promptly reported ia
vorably by the House Committee on
Education and Labor and is pending
for action when Congress convenes
next January.
Now | note in the current news re-
leases from the Department of Health,
Education and Welfare that the new
secretary, Mr.. Marion B. Folsom, is
so concerned with the current class
room shortage that he is giving it
close study in preparation for recon-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-09-09

This is the week that millions of
young Americans return to school
after a summer vacation spent in all
sorts of activities. But for thousands
of these boys and girls there will be
no regular classrooms, and for thou
sands of others the facilities offered
will be substandard and frequently
dangerous to health and life.
The United States Office of Edu-
cation predicts a shortage of more
than 100000 classrooms. This is in
spite of the greatest effort ever.
made on the part of local agencies
to meet the shortage. Since school
started last autumn more than 10000
new public elementary and high
schools have been constructed, 5000
more than were constructed in like
period in 1953-54, and many thou
sands more than were constructed In
any one year before that. Yet this
effort is not making a dent in the
need.
This year 100000 more boys
and girls are going to attend school
than ever before; this increase
alone uses up $4,000 of the new
classrooms leaving only 10000 TO
replace those destroyed or grown
obsolete or to relieve overcrowding
that has accumulated in the past.
Last year at about this time was
called to Washington as member
of d subcommittee of the Education
and Labor Committee under Chair
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-09-09
CARE REORGANIzES
4-POIhT PROGRAM

NEW YORK CITY-(CNS) A
reorganized CARE has limited its
work to pushing broad, APPOINT pro-
gram. This includes
i. The famous CARE food, clothing,
and tool-kit packages;
2. A Freedom Village program,
getting it's funds through the Co
operative Free World Fund and other
similar sources;
3. American Bookshelf, in coop
GRAFTON with U. S. Information Agen-
cy; and
4. Shipping U. S. farm SURPRISES
to needy people overseas.
CARE Development Corporation
and its successor, CARE Development
Fund, have been abandoned. Groups
that invested in these projects now
have their money back.
CARES big push this fall will be
to ship thousands of 20-pound dairy
food packages overseas from the ma
TONS surplus stockpile. Each package
will cost the donor 81.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-09-09
Plug LoophoIes In Corporation License Tax Low?

Corporation license taxes paid in the six other
mountain states having such license tax laws
Arizona Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico Oregon and
Utah-represent an average per capita income of
S6l1 to the treasures of those states paid by
porations operating in those states
In Montana, however, because of loophoes in
our Corporation License Tax law, per capita pay
ments into the state treasury by almost forty-fiv
hundred corporations in 1854, amounted to only
S3.07. (NOTE: Compare this $3.07 per capita tax
payment by corporations with the more than S1450
per capita sales tax payments made last year into
the Montana treasury by slightly 100000 ciga-
rette smokers for a total in of three million
dollars for the year. compared with 81 81 GIT
collected in corporation license taxes.)
These lOOpholes in corporation license tax
law make possible the greatest kind of deviation
from the principle that income taxes should be levied
ability to pay basis They constitute double
barreled Injustice /. Corporation tax evasion
that the people of Montana must carry extra tax
burden in order to keep the wheels of government
in operation 2. Because this tax evasion is almost
solely limited to foreign corporations it puts "do-
nestle corporations in unfair competitive posi-
ton cForeign corporations ones chartered out
side of Montana and include major metal mining and
smelling, oil, Insurance. farm machinery, chain OPP
eratons ETC., which handle much of the business vol
of the state Domestic corporations ones
chartered by the State of Montana, such locally
owned mercantile establishments, Montana-owned
lumber operations, smaller mining and independent
oil companies home-owned meat packing plants,
ETC.
Pertinent to any discussion of corporation license
taxes are some of the points made by J. F. Reid chair
man. Board of Equalization, in testfying before the
House Ways and Means Committee of the 1855 Legis-
lature for legislation to tighten up the present
poration license tax law.
In reviewing the history of this tax law, Reid
told the committee that the law first placed
the books in 1917 The tax rate per cent and
had exemption of the first 900 of net income
That year the one per cent levied against 528 tax
paying corporations then operating in the state, pro-
duced $786 ,457 in revenue.