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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-01-27

Mrs. Bert Clark won the silver set
given away by Fett Hardware.
Miss Della Luginbuhl is. the new
assistant in DR.. Ford's dental office.
Eli Stettler sold three acres of
land near Beaverdam to Mr.. White,
a motorman on the Western Ohio
for $2,700.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-01-27
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From the Issue of January IS, 1915
Evening star., 1955-05-18
SERVICE NEWS
Officers
Wives
Clubs
BY EVELYN M. DENT

Mrs. Charles E. Wilson, wife
Of the Secretary Of Defense
and Mrs. Arthur w. Radford,
wife Of the Chairman Of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff will be
the guests Of honor Of the
Marine Officers' Wives Club
final luncheon of the season
today at the Army Navy Coun-
try Club.
A special program has been
planned by Mrs. Nels Nelson
and Mrs. Richard Weede. A
variety show featuring the
clubs own members will take
the solo spotlight.
Wives of officers stationed at
the Marine Barracks and the
Naval Gun Factory will be
hostesses for the day headed
by Mrs. Robert H. Williams
and Mrs. Earl Piper.
Medical Service Corps
A varied program has been
planned for the Navy Medical
Service corps wives Club when
they meet at luncheon on
Thursday at the National
Naval Medical Center officers
Club.
Preceding the luncheon
there will be a social hour,
and white elephant sale. Fol-
lowing the luncheon, an elec-
ton of officers for the coming
year will take place, after
which Mrs. Walter H. Moor
man will give a short talk. Her
subject will be "Navy Blues
and Navy Beau" Mrs. L. H.
McKerley heads the hostess
committee for the luncheon.
Army Surgeon General Corps
Mrs. David Marchus and
ladies of the Falls Church
Unit of the Officers Wives
Club of the Army Surgeon
Generals Office will be host
esses today at the monthly
luncheon of the group at the
Sheraton-Park Hotel.
After viewing Inga's fashion
show, the ladies will hold a
business meeting to elect new
officers.
Military District Of Washington
There will be a luncheon
today at the Fort Myer OFF,
GERS Club for the women's
club Of the officers of the
Military District Of Washing
ton.
Mrs. John H. Stokes, jr., wife
Of the commanding general,
Evening star., 1955-05-18
ENGAGE ENTS

Robert Taney Pumphrey Of
Germantown. Md. The we'd
ding will take place in June.
Miss Virgins is a graduate
of Longwood College In Farm
vile, Va. Mr.. Pumphrey is
attending the University Of
Maryland.
GRANGE-BEDFORD
Capt. and MIS-. Clifford
Grange of Jacksonville, Fla,
and Chevy Chase, announce
the engagem ent of their
daughter Matha Elizabeth to
Midshipman Arthur Gordon
Bedford, son of Mr.. Harry
Bedford of Sanford, Me.
Miss Grange attended the
University of Florida and is
attending Marty Washington
College Of the University Of
Virginia. Midshipman Bedford
is a member of the graduating
class at the United States
Naval Academy. The wedding
will take place on June 4 in
Washington.
YATES-BEKKALA
Announcement has been
made of the engagement Of
Miss Martha Susan Yates,
daughter of Mrs. William B.
Yates and the late Mr.. Yates,
to 1t. James Bekkala, USA.
A June wedding is planned.
Miss Yates attended st.
Paul's School in st. Petersburg,
Fla, and was graduated from
st. Anthony's School in Brook
land. 1t. Bekkala is the son
of Mrs. Ida Bekkala of Calu-
met, Mich, and the late Jacob
Bekkala. He is a graduate Of
the Michigan College of Min
ing and Technology, and is
stationed at Camp Claybanks,
Mich.
Evening star., 1955-05-18
REED-FOOTE

Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Mar
shall Reed of Arlington an
nounce the engagement Of
their daughter Mary Janice
to Mr.. v. Stuart Foote, jr..
son of Mrs. A. Beckhem VIII
son of Alexandria and Mr..
Vernon S. Foote Of Scarsdale.
N. Y.
Miss Reed is a graduate Of
the Chamberlin School in
Boston. Mr.. Foote was gradu-
ated from George Washington
University. The wedding will
take place on June ID.
WARD-PARKER
Mr.. and Mrs. Dayton Sam
uel Ward of Kensington an
nounce the engagement of
their daughter Tonisa Ann to
Mr.. Charles Howard Parker,
son of DR.. and Mrs. James
A. I. Parker, also of Kensing-
ton. A June wedding is
planned.
Mr.. Parker served with the
United States Army Medical
Corps in Germany.
TWYMAN-JAMES
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E.
Twyman of Madison, Va, an
nounce the engagement of
their daughter Nancy Caroline
to Mr.. John Roland James, jr.,
son of Mr.. James and the late
Mrs. James. A June wedding
is planned.
WIGGNS-PUMPHREY
Mr.. and Mrs. James Eugene
Virgins, jr., Of Arlington an
nounce the engagement Of
their daughter Janet Marga-
ret to Mr.. William Frank Pun
phrey, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Evening star., 1955-05-18

gave a tea recently for the
staff officers wives in their
quarters at Fort Myer and for
mulated plans for the coming
year.
Department Of Logistics
The newly formed Oficers'
Wives Club Of the Department
of Logistics will meet at lunch
con at the Army Navy Country
Club on Friday. Members are
asked to a social hour at
1880, preceding the luncheon,
to meet the wife Of the new
Chief Of DEP LOG, Mrs. Car
ter B. Magruder.
Finance Corps
Mrs. Thomas c. Davis, Mrs.
Sherburne ]. Heliher, Mrs.
John L. Clancy and Mrs. VIII
liam c. Thomas, outgoing Of
ficers Of the Army Finance Of
ficerS' Wives Club, viii be
the hostesses for the final
luncheon meeting tomorrow at
the Army Navy Country Club.
Evening star., 1955-05-18
Strawberry
Festival
Saturday

The 5th annual Strawberry
Festival of st. Adams Church
will be held from II to 6
o'clock Saturday on the Wash
ington Cathedral Close, Wis
consin and Massachusetts, ave-
nues NV.
The festival is held to raise
money for enlarging the facil-
tiles of st. Adams and all the
organizations in the church
work together on this project.
Strawberries aplenty will be
available to take home or to
eat there and among the spe-
cial attractions will be old
coach rides, fortune telling.
pony rides and a concert by
the Metropolitan Police Boys
Band from IL to !.
Picnic boxes containing fried
chicken can be had II reserved
through the church office by
tomorrow. They may be picked
up after IL noon on festival
day.
One of the new attractions
this year will be the book
booth, where 10 authors OF
children's books will be on
hand at different hours
throughout the afternoon to
autograph their latest books.
There will be many other
booths, including q post office,
picture, mems corner. aprons,
fruits, flowers, white elephants.
candy and cakes and cookies.
Mrs. Harmer A. Reside is
chairman of the festival, which
will have many other appeal
ing attractions for one and all.
Evening star., 1955-11-13
Rg be- AasoeiatsN Z FEes.

seven visiting Russian news
men got Q cool reception at the
Capitol yesterday and q lecture
on freedom Of the press. Later
one observed that eY0ur SEM
ators are not very polite"
Senator O'Mahoney. Democrat
Of Wyoming, former newspaper
reporter and editor. told the So
Wet tourists that mo government
oficial would dare to tell q news
paper editor what he must
print In this country.
He added that Government Of
ficiais here also don't apologize
to al1yobdy" for their statements
and decisions as Foreign Min
lister Molotov did recently ~
Russia.
Boris Izakov. who speaks Eng
Iish, tartly told Senator o'Ma-
hony::
senator, you have bad infOr-
nation"
Mr.. Izakov said each Of the
seven visiting Soviet newsmen is
writing In detail about the
groups tour of this country and
that these accounts are being
published in full In Russia with
out any censorship"
Evening star., 1955-11-13
Visiting Soviet Newsmen
Lectured BY O'Mohoney

Senator o,Mahoney left q Sem
ate hearing to meet the RUS
slams briefly In his qfiice, where
he gave his little lecture on press
freedom.
The Soviet newsmen were
|ushered into the hearing. being
conducted by a Senate Judiciary
Subcommittee.
When a recess was called Sem
ator LANCER. Republican Of North
Dakota, who had met the RUS
sian farm delegation that re-
Gently toured this country, asked
to make q comment.
EFF I may make an observa-
ton. the farmers from Russia
looked y lot better to me than
these guys" he said.
Senator o'Mahoney told SEM
|ator LANCER that the Russian
|newSnen would say the farm-
|ers were hlreaucrats while they
|fthe newsmen) are members Of
the free press :.
The Russian Tewsme1 were
conducted on q two-hour tour OF
the Senate and House chambers
and press galierys by Pat NUM-
roe. 3 washington correspondent
for western newspapers and
chairman Of the Correspondents
Gallery Committee, and Joseph
IL. wills, superintendent Of the
Senate Press Gallery.
It was Mr.. Izakov. Mr.. Num-
roe said, who commented that
United States Senator'S "are not
very polite"
Because Congress is in recess
and because yesterday was q hoi-
iday for most Government eni-
ployees, few persons were around
the Capitol.
Evening star., 1955-11-13

~ NSe-yy~e - % IL
everything that isn't absolutely
necessary. Another is that they
shop around for bargains. and
spend their money with great
lcare.
Naturally. this brings no
cheers from the rural retailer.
And dealers, who are overloaded
with trade-ins. are particularly
unhappy In the depressed mar
Iket.
Even more serious. however,
Us the debt situation.
In Southern Iowa, where
drought complicated canditions
already bad because 81 falling
hog prices, it Is common knowl-
edge that oil companies are
carrying many thousands Of dol
lars IN credit accounts for gas
sold to farmers. Merchants also
report their collections slow.
These are recognized danger
lspots. The small merchant with
lout much financial reserve IS ID
1.-THE same fix as the farmer who
Operates on q ShoeString. They
rise or faIl together.
| Another warning note wal
sounded last month when ths
Farm Credit Administration re-
ported that farm mortgages
stood at $1.3 billion at mid-year
Ian increase Of $500 million ovel
the corresponding period las
year. Individual mortgages alst
lare getting larger.
Conditions In Iowa are prob.
ABLY worse than IN any OF tn,
farm belt States. AT any rate
there's more agitation there
iAgriculture In Iowa means. pri-
1marily. corn and hogs. HoI
Evening star., 1955-11-13

by the price decline. Some
|giocnliIy predict that these little
fellows some day viii simply be
working for the big land hold
|ers.
Farmers going in for diyersifi-
cation Ohio has many Of then,
ARE in least trouble because
they can shift output as condi-
|tions warrant. But II they are
dependent on one crop and
things go bad. they've had it,
It is apparent, in any political
discussion In the area. that the
Republicans Job viii be sin1pli-
fed II President Eisenhower runs
again. While farmers grippe about
their plight, they still have a
Evening star., 1955-11-13

good word for the Chief Execu-
tive.
Even some Of the leaders in
the National Farmers organi-
cation, the protest group formed
In recent weeks in Southern
Iowa. are not talking about q
break away from their tradi-
|tional repuhlicanism yet.
Their public relations spokes-
man, Eld0n Roberts, Corning
farmer. says. however, that the
rank and file are beginning tc
question sIkes Judgment. IN
holding on to Secretary Benson
Congressional races are some
thing else again. In Ohio, Sem
'ator Bender. Republican. won in
Evening star., 1955-11-13
G. O. P. Has Year to Fix
Falling Farm Finances

When the Secretary cut price
supports on dairy products. In
|cluding cheese, butter and pow
|dered milk. from 90 to rs per
cent Of parity tparity is g figure
designed TO eQualize income from
farm products and the cost Of
the things farmers buyl In April,
1858. there were dire predictions
Of the harm that would befall
producers.
Actually. according to informed
sources. conditions improved
Farmers cut production. as the
administration intended. and en-
Iergetic sales tactics boosted the
consumption Of fluid milk, which
| Is not supported. This made les.
milk available for supported by
products, and the Government
lalso made headway In disposine
Iof stocks held under loan
through school lunch programs
consumption il the armed serv-
ices and foreign relief.
Dairy Picture Changing
Recently. however, milk pro-
duction has been on the upturn,
and this has resulted In more
dairy products being put under
supports. Whether the reversal
Iof the favorable trend Of the
past few years is only temporary,
or whether excess milk produc-
ton again will become q night
mare IS . question that time
Ialone can answer
A lot Of interreiated factors
operate III the farming Industry,
with unfortunate results at times,
For example. the boost b milk
lproduction seems to have been
lspurred By lower prices for feed
grains, Another factor may be
the falling market for hogs and
beef, which would cause farmers
to switch from this non-sup-
ported livestock to milk.
There Is little doubt that the
Isorest point In the farm country
now Is the boost in farm equip
ment prices that followed pay
raises won By t.le CIO in the
automobile and steel industries.
In some instances. it Is charged
manufacturers not only added
to prices the seven per cent rep
resented by the wage boost, but
also tagged on more profit fol
themselves.
The equipment price rises
frightened the squeeze. between
falling prices and rising operat.
ling costs TO which the farmers
Ialready were subjected. and
they have plenty to say about
THE wage-price spiral. None d
lit Is complimentary.
An immediate result. accord,
ing to one ulinoisan. is that the
farmers have stopped buying
Evening star., 1955-11-13
Continued from First PAGE

Continued From First Page
kry was surveyed BY this reporter
IN late 1854. farm income was
slipping. But there was q gem
eral feeling that it was much
too early to pass judgment on
: the policies of the new admins
tration and that time would
correct thek dislocations growing
out Of the lower supports in
voked by Agriculture Secretary
/. Ezra Benson.
Today, criticism Is more wide-
spread and more emphatic. There
is an occasional admission that
zhings were better under the
Democrats.
Up to now, however, President
Eisenhower has escaped blame
Tor the farmers, plight. Critics
center their attacks on @the
people around him.
Criticism OF Agriculture Sec
fetary Benson bobs up fire.
nnentIy.
Competent observers point out
that the powerful American
Farm Bureau Federation, which
went down the line for the Ben
eon program. is losing some Of it:
early ardor and insisting thai
something additional such as .
soil bank program--is needed tc
keep the farmer prosperous.
When Mr.. Benson's emergency
eH5 million pork-Iard purchase
plan was devised to ease thu
plight Of hog raiSers. the De'
Moii1es Register and Tribune
which enjoys almost scriptura
status In the farm belt, Responded
with q tart editorial capticnes
sToo Little and Too Late..
PoIl Results Noted
IN i poIl by the Wisconsin
AgricuItirist, only II per cent
of those questioned thought this
Secretary was doing q good job
He was rated fair by "a per cent
-and poor by As per cent. Tht
other nine per cent gave ns
answer.
It isn't unusual to hear farm
spokesmen argue that the farm
depression after World War
went unnoticed and led to tht
1929 crash and that the same
sequence can recur.
Milk provides what Is probably
the brightest spot In the farm
-picture from the administration
standpoint. There are complain.
ing dafryrnen. naturally par.
ticularly in the upper Midwest
but there also are indication
that the industry may be stahiI.
1zing. and that would represen'
b victory for Benson policies
However. the Agriculture Depart,
-Eaent warns against hasty con,
illusions at this stage.
Evening star., 1955-11-13

Ia nose finish from Senator Burke.
democrat. last year. One pron1i-
Inent figure In the d. o. p re-
calling the closeness Of that race.
comments that 1t would not take
much dissatisfaction to reverse
the result when Senator Bender
goes for q full six-year term In
1885.
Elsewhere. Republican leaders
have talked In similar vein about
marginal congressional districts.
CTomorrow: The Legislative outiookI
Evening star., 1955-11-13

lpriceS are way down. and IN the
Southern part Of the States the
corn crop. needed for feed. has
lbeen hit by draught. Dairymen
also are complaining.
=. Howard Hill. president Of
the Iowa Farm Bureau Fedora
tion and q widely respected
authority. told the Senate Agri.
culture Committee In Des Moines
that ''it is doubtful II the aver
age farmer can even stay in
business under the present level
lof farm prices .
Mr.. Hill was talking about the
operators Of the family-type
farm. Of 100 acres OF so-the
Iclass that has Been hardest hit
Evening star., 1955-07-06

BIG SURPRISE OF BRITISH
yearod unknown from Yorkshire
sensational
medal the qualifying British championships
nt-A
Evening star., 1955-07-06

but he hopes to thwart the Red
Sox rise tonight by employing
Bob Porterfield and Ted, Aber-
nathy on the mound. The Red
Sox will counter with Tom
Brewer and Bill Henry.
Tough Month for Porterfield
Porterfield, accustomed to hard
luck, has never had it rougher
He has dropped seven straight,
some of them because Of bad
breaks and others due to his own
|inadequacy. He hasn't won since
June 4.
Abernathy is responsible for
one Of those rare Red Sox de-
feats during their comeback. He
gave them q 80 licking for his
first major league victory last
Thursday.
That was one Of the Senator's
infrequent triumphs. They've
lost % Of their last 26 games, are
separated from the cellar by only
Az games, and face q schedule
that isn't comforting. Idle to-
morrow. they open a four-game
series with the Yankees Friday
night at Griffith Stadium, ad-
journ after Sundays double
header for, the All-Star game,
then take on the White sox in
three games.
Evening star., 1955-07-06
BY BURTON HAWKINS
star star Correspondent

BOSTON. July 6.-The ignited
Red Sox. rapidly whisking into
pennant contention with q siz-
zling, month-long drive, viii try
to put more excitement in the
American League race tonight in
. twi-night double-header with
the downcast Senator'S.
Ten games below the 500 mark
In early June with q leaky infleld
and feeble attack. the Red Sox
have shewn resiliency by re-
bounding to win "a Of their last
20 games. They've climbed
within eight games Of the pace
setting Yankees. are only 2lz
games from second place, and
have their fans In q frenzy.
Chuck Dresser. the Senators
manager, believes Boston will
pass Chicago and Cleveland and
wind up second to the Yankees,
Evening star., 1955-07-06
woBrifish Pros
Lead With tos;;
Has II
Nelson Equals Por
Of II; BuIIo Angry
After IS in Open

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, July
Is @.-Dai Rees Of Wales and
Sgd Scott Of England, who tied
for second place last year, shot
their way into a tie for the lead
in the first round Of the British
Open golf championship today
with scores of SO.
Rees, regularly a contender In
Britain's major tournaments,
shot a consistent round of "a
$50 to tie the 41-year-old
Scott after about two-thirds of
the field of "a qualifiers had fin
|ished the first round. Scott, who
had q couple Of sensational
rounds in last years Open, came
in early with the same score.
Rees had only one five on his
|card--a bogey at the 316-yard
18th hole.
Scott and Rees had q two
stroke margin over Ed Furgol Of
Clayton, Mo-. 1854 United States
Open champion and leader Of the
five-man American delegation,
and three strokes over 1889
United States Open Champion
Byron Nelson from Roanoke, Tex.
Two Britons Tie ut 70
Two English players. Henry
Cotton and Cecil Denny. and D.
F. Smalldon Of Wales, had 70s
to tie for second place.
Furgol shot a round Of 36-35-
II over the par 36-36-72 st. An
drews Old Course to tie Peter
Thomson, defending champion
from Australia, and Flory Van
Donck Of Belgium. Nelson came
in with 38-34-T2 after he almost
had been disqualified for practic-.
ing on the course.
Nelson was asked to swing at
a few balls so photographers
could get pictures Of his fluid
swing. He dropped a half dozen
near the first tee, but before
he hit any an official of the
Royal and Ancient Club, which
conducts the tournament, came
out and warned him he might
be charged with violating the
rule against practicing on the
course.
Bobby Locke of South Africa.
another three-time winner of
the British Open, came in with
a first round Of 39-35-74.
Johnny Bulla Of Pittsburgh,
who finished second in the 1889
British Open, yielded to a fit of
temper after shooting 37-38-75I
and stalked off-to his hotel with
out even reporting to the club
house. His partner turned In
his card.
Bulla hurled his putter down
on the edge of the 18th green
after over-stroking a long putt.
A large gallery of Scots MUIR
INJURED in disfavor when he threw
down the club.
Throughout the round Bulla
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Evening star., 1955-07-06
German 'sWork
for
Sucker Deal
BY the Associated Press

There were snickers when the
Kansas City Athletics shelled
out $50, 900 to get Tom German,
Ewell Blackwell and Dick
|Kryhoski from the Yankees last
March - but maybe it wasn't
such a bad deal after all.
The AS took a sizable risk in
the deal and it looked worse
when Blackwell and Kryhoski
departed for the minors. But
now German has come through
with the big payoff.
Only a so-so relief pitcher in
three trials with the Yanks, Cor
man has looked almost brilliant
for the Athletics. He flashed his
stuff again last night, putting
down an eighth-inning rally and
going on to beat the Indians, 4-3.
It was the 10th victory in the
last IL decisions for the AS and
German, a 29-year-old right
handler. has won two Of them
and saved five others. For the
season, German has made 20 ap-
pearances, posting a Al record
(the defeat came on an un-
earned Boston run May 13) and
saving nine other games.
Takes Over for Shantz
The bespectacled New Yorker,
who won his chances with the
Yanks off his minor league
showing with the old Kansas
City Blues. came on against the
Indians with the score tied at
3-3 on Jim Hegan's homer of
Bobby Shantz. The little south
paw left with two on and two
out, and German got AL Rosen
on a foul pop with his first
pitch to end the inning.
German retired the Tribe in
order in the ninth.
Joe DeMastri and Hector
Lopez. unlikely power sources,
See BASEBALL, Page C-3
Evening star., 1955-07-06

CINCINNATI, July s B.-
Birdie Tebbetts, the philosophiz-
ing manager of the Redlegs,
said today his fight last night
with Harry Walker of the Cardi-
mails proved his f1sticuffs and
wrestling were rusty.
Tebbetts and the Cardinals
manager traded lefts and rights
In the, ninth inning. They
to the ground and
rolled over and over.
II got stepped on pretty
often" Tebbetts grinned. "There
must have been SO guys on the
field and they all must have
stepped on me. 1t was one
time ! wished I was on the bot
tom of the pile"
Walker, who is getting a repu-
tation as a staller around the
circuit, also was good-natured
about the bout.
ut was just one Of those
things when we were all teed I'D
trying to, win" Walker said.
Evening star., 1955-07-06
Ambitious Red Sox Seek
To Gain at Griffs' Expense
PorterfieId and Abernuthy
Try to Check Boston Rise

This could be a brief but fruit.
ful home stand for the Red Sox.
Following the Senators here are
the morose Orioles. who can't
be enthusiastic about clashing
with the Red Sox four times in
their own park Boston won II
OF IA games on its last home
stand and has hitters who can
See SENATOR'S, Page C-3
Evening star., 1955-07-06

TIN not mad at Tebbetts and ]
know he's not sore at me-"
Fielders Warming Up
Tebbetts, a philosophy major
in his years at Providence Col
lege, agreed.
Il had no objection to the
way Walker was managing the
ball club" Birdie said. IF they
were taking extra time, that was
up to the umpires. But when
an outfielder and an infielder
were warming up, had to pro-
test the violation of q league
rule"
The Reds had tied the game
at "A in the ninth on Gus Bells
double. a single and a bunt.
Then Walker sent Ken Boyer to
third base and Pete Whisenant
to rightfield.
Then Catcher Bill Sarni and
Pitcher Paul Lapalme conferred
on the mound. Umpire Jocko
Conlan went onto the field and
See TEBBETTS, Page ca