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THURSDAY, AUG. 31, 1939 le.1*"1.1 1 ............... ALLEN COUNTY Safety Precautions For Midget Racers Coroner Burt Hibbard last week held assurances from operators of an automobile race track near Lima that additional precautions will be taken to safeguard lives of racers and spectators He returned a verdict of accident al death for Mark Morgan, 32, Co lumbus driver, who was the fourth to be killed in mishaps at the one third mile track this year. One other midget automobile racer and two motorcycle racers have been vic tims. All contestants in the future will undergo examinations to determine their physical fitness and exper ience as racers A four-foot fence will be erected to protect spectators. Triplet Sons Die Soon After Birth Triplet sons died in oxygen tents in St. Rita’s Hospital in Lima last week, within a few hours after their birth to Mrs. Joseph Bishop, wife of a baking company salesman. The smallest, weighing one pound, nine ounces, died within two hours, and the largest, weighing two pounds, fixe ounces, lived slightly more than seven hours. Tot Dies After Eating Pills A 17-months-old Lima boy died last Wednesday afternoon in Me morial hospital after swallowing 28 “body building pills” left in his home by a saleslady, according to the at tending physician. William Henry Sullivan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sullivan was the victim. The mother had just purchased the pills when she was called from the room. She placed the pills on her sofa, and when she returned 28 were missing. Possibility Of Double Suicide Probed The possibility of a double suicide was advanced by Coroner Burt Hib bard in his investigation of the deaths of two unidentified men whose mangled bodies were found along the Nickel Plate railroad tracks, four miles northeast of Lima. Hibbard said scraps of paper con taining two addresses were found on a big rock nearby. The paper was weighted down to prevent blowing away, Hibbard said. Plenty Of Apples From 60-Year-Old Tree Ten bushels of large, delicious Summer Pippin apples were picked from an apple tree 60 years old by Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Evenbeck, in the yard of their home in Spencer ville, the past week. Twenty-two years ago the heart of the tree decayed and a tree sur geon made a new heart out of spe cial cement. The tree at the present time is in splendid condition and looks like it might reach the century mark. 158 Industrial Acci dents In July Allen county workers filed a total of 158 claims with the Ohio Indus trial commission during July! This was disclosed Friday in the monthly report issued by Thomas P. Kearns, superintendent of the com mission’s division of safety and hy giene. Of the 158 claims, only one in volved a fatality. There were no permanent partial disability cases. Lima Man Gets State School Post H. C. Roberson, head of the man ual training department of South high school, Thursday was appointed to the state board of school exam iners for a five year term Announcement of the appointment was made by E. N. Dietrich, state director of education, at Columbus. The board passes on teachers’ quali fications and certifications. Members serve without salary. 100 Pigs Loose On Lima Street Anyone passing through south Lima Thursday afternoon probably would have thought that a fair was in progress or that Main street had been transformed :nto a stockyards. Nearly 100 full-grown hogs scam pered about in a panic over lawns and sidewalks in the vicinity of 8. Main and Vine streets after the double-decker stock truck in which they were riding overturned. All available Lima police and fire men were called to the scene to help in the “hog round-up”. After more NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES than 30 minutes of chasing and “sooie calling”, tired police officers and firement had the stock corralled in an alley. Heir To Estate Is Missing Police are seeking traces of a man named Kemper who once lived in Lima. If and when they find him, they will tell him he owns several valu able pieces of land in Kansas. John Kemper, Gugoton, Kansas, died recently and bequeathed his estate to his only brother, but neg lected to give the brother’s name. The two men, according to a Hugo ton banker, lived in a convalescent home in Lima for a short time after the death of their parents, and John then moved to Kansas while the brother remained. Pioneer Grocer Is Dead Frank Bonanno, 70, pioneer Lima merchant and well known North Lima resident, died at 9:30 a. m. Friday in his home, after a five days’ illness of heart disease. Bom in the Province of Cusenza, Italy, Bonanno spent his early life and was educated in that country. Starting on a military career, he at tained a commission of major in the Italian regular army. Ultimately realizing a desire to come to America, Bonanno, his wife and a six months’ old son settled in Lima in 1891. Drops Dead At Fair Anthony Lerch, 58, Van Wert res taurant proprietor, died suddenly of a heart attack last week while at tending the Delphos Street Fair. Excellent Soy Bean Crop Reported Allen county’s 1939 soy bean crop is up to par, Clay Miller, chairman of the county sail conservation com mittee, announced Saturday. There are more than 50,000 acres of the crop, he said. Miller also announced that he re ceived word from headquarters of the Soil committee in Columbus that he should warn growers of soy beans that it is not permissable to cut their crop with a binder. Orphans Guests At Fair More than 40 inmates of the Allen County Children’s home will be guests of the Auglaize county fair board at the opening session of the 76th annual county fair. Their trip is sponsored by the Lima Elks under supervision of Roy Bower sock. Civil Service Posts Available Several opportunities for govern ment employment were announced Saturday by the U. S. Service Board of Examiners. Examinations will be held next month for positions as junior public health nurse, Indian field service, department of the interior, at an annual salary of $1,800. Applica tions must be filed by Sept. 11. Sept. 18 has been set as the dead line for filing application for the following positions: junior engineer, $2,000 a year junior marketing spe cialist, $2,000 psychologist, $3,800 associate psychologist, $3,200 as sistant psychologist, $2,600, and as sociate physical oceangrapher, $3,200. $20,691 Paid To Un employed Some 600 unemployed workers reg istered at the Lima office of the Ohio Unemployment Compensation bureau received $20,691.93 in com pensation benefits through 2,634 checks during July, the state bureau announced Saturday. The payments brought the total benefits through the Lima office since last January 1 to $258,072.09. Delphos May Have 15 Man Commission Delphos electors will vote Nov. 7 whether they should have a commis sion of 15 men to frame a non-par tisan charter for the city of Delphos and also for the members to form the proposed commission. This action was made possible when city council Tuesday night adopted an ordinance certifying the proposal to the Allen county board of elections, with the request that legal plans for such an election be made. No More One-Room Schools For the first time in the history of Allen county, one-room school houses will be a thing of the past when the county schools throw open their doors Tuesday, Sept. 5, for the first day of the 1939-40 term, ac cording to plans revealed Saturday by Dr. Herschel Litherland, county superintendent. Nine of the 10 county buildings will be in use on that day, the open ing at Elida being postponed until Monday, Sept. 11, to allow comple tion of an addition started last fall. With the opening of the new ad dition to the Elida school, the last one and two-room schoolhouses in the county will disappear. These in clude the Allentown and Homeacres two-room buildings and the West Camelback and Dilsaver one-room structures, operated last year as part of the Elida school district. Drys Press Fight In Bath Township Second local option election in Al len county since the return of liquor and beer may be held in Bath town ship in November. This was forecast Saturday when petitions were placed in circulation in Bath township with a view of ad ding that community to the “dry” districts in the county. The move is said to be under the direction of the Anti-Saloon League which has a representative in charge of circulating the petitions. The election would involve the future status of almost a dozen night clubs, country clubs and beer establishments now selling beer and liquor in Bath township. To Vote On Special Relief Levy A second attempt will be made to have Lima voters approve a spe cial half mill tax levy for poor re lief at the November election, city council voted at their session last week. The issue lost at the August primary by a margin of almost two to one. The move is designed to aid the city’s relief situation next year. If the special levy is approved, it was pointed out that the 1940 relief pic ture would be somewhat brightened. It is estimated that the levy would produce $26,000. HANCOCK COUNTY Auto Fires Are Numerous There were thirty alarms for automobile fire in Findlay in 1938, according to Fire Chief Ray Long. More than ten per cent of all fire alarms in the country today are for automobile fires, according to Fred Sheppard, manager of the Interna tional Association of Fire Chiefs. 1671 Fair Memberships Are Sold The sale of memberships in the Hancock County Agricultural society closed Thursday with 450 more mem bers this year than last, according to reports made at the directors’ meeting recently in the agricultural office. One thousand, six hundred and seventy-one memberships at $1 each were sold for this year as compared to 1,221 for 1938. 188 Illiterates In The County According to figures compiled by the Works Project Administration adult education program, there are 188 illiterate persons in Hancock county, Mrs. Eleanor McGuire, Bowling Green, supervisor, said on a visit in Findlay. In the four counties in this area over which Mrs. McGuire is in charge, there remain 375 illiterates in Seneca, 207 in Putnam, 566 in Wood and 885 in Allen. Painting Presented To Rawson Church Mrs. M. L. Crist presented a large oil painting “Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane” to the Methodist church of Rawson. It was painted by her nephew, Dan Palmer of Rawson. Will Fly Upside-Down Plane A new stunt of Michael Murphy, Findlay, Ohio, aviator, will thrill the crowds at the National Air Races in Cleveland Sept. 2 to 4. The plane is designed with landing gears at the top and bottom and Murphy will take off and land upside down while strapped in the lower cockpit. In practice trials, another pilot oc cupied the upper cockpit, but at the air races, Murphy said he will pilot the ship alone and use only the landing gear which necessarily will leave him hanging downward with his head a few feet off the ground. In other stunts, he has landed a small plane on the top of a small THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO automobile, and floated a plane to earth with a parachute. He is man ager of the Findlay airport and manages the Marathon Flying Aces who will present other stunts at the air races. Four Rescued From Drowning The story of how two Findlay fishermen rescued four Fremont per sons from drowning in Sandusky bay after their boat capsized last Sun day, was disclosed last Friday when Robert Seigried and Albert T. Glea sffn returned from a fishing trip on the bay near Crystal Rock. The modesty of the Findlayites and the fact that they just returned home, prevented the story from be coming known earlier. The victims of the accident themselves do not know their benefactors. 600 In County On WPA Only two persons have been drop ped from Hancock county WPA rolls because of the new Works Projects Administration provision requiring layoffs for persons on WPA continu ously for 18 months. Dr. Carl Wat son, state administration, said. The dismissals were as of Aug. 16. Total employment in Ohio on that date was 146,141 compared to a peak load of 277,000 employes in October, 1938. Rolls in Hancock county, stand at approximately 600 employes includ ing all city and county-wide projects. Rejected Project Now Approved City of Findlay has been granted permission to proceed as originally planned with its proposed nine-mile sidewalk building program which was drafted last spring, approved by the WPA and later rejected on an order of W. B. Schmuhl, Toledo district WPA administrator. To Resurface Section Of Dixie Bids will be taken by the state highway department in Columbus on Friday, Sept. 8, for resurfacing the 30-foot Dixie highway for a distance of 1.83 miles from Van Buren north to the Wood county line. The contract will require that the work be completed not later than Nov. 30. The present concrete surface will be covered over with several inches as asphalt concrete in a treatment. Has Good Hatching Season Jay Radabaugh is proprietor of an extensive poultry' hatchery in North Baltimore. He says the past season was the best in volume of business transacted in the 38 years he has conducted the hatchery. Dur ing the entire season his day-old chicks were called for as rapidly as they were ready to be removed. Hessian Fly Infesta tion Heavy The Hessian fly has increased so sharply in abundance this season that it now constitutes a serious menace to the 1940 wheat crop. From figures just released by T. H. Parks, extension entomologist of Ohio State university, Hancock county appears to be the center of the highest infestation in Ohio. Falls Into Mower, Is Hurt Paul Beach, 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beach, Arling ton, received a severe cut on his right leg when he stepped in front of the cutter bar on a mowing ma chine on the Henry Beach farm, southwest of Jenera. Both bones in the leg were pene trated and the flesh was cut three fourths of the distance around the limb. The injury is tbout three inches above his ankle. The boy, a fifth grade pupils this year, was riding on the mower while his father was operating the tract or. In turning around, he jumped or fell off, landing in front of the cutter bar. Suit Against Officials Heard Judge W. T. Copeland, of Wapak oneta, was in Findlay Friday to hear a further demurrer to the $50, 000 claim of Mrs. Hattie Cheney against the sheriff and other Han cock county officials, who maintain that Mrs. Cheney has shown no cause of action. The plaintiff *‘ks damages be cause she says she was unlawfully committed to the Hancock county home and later to the Toledo State hospital for the insane where she was a resident f■’ more than three years. Grasshopper Hopping Contest Held When Rex Flanagan, of Findlay, picks up a grasshopper to hop, he picks a hopper. At least the one he entered in a grasshopper hopping contest at Rawson park hopped four feet, four inches, while its nearest competitor spanned only two feet, nine inches. HARDIN COUNTY Child Caught In Wringer William Roger Long, little three year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Long of west of Ada is suffering from painful injuries he received when he caught his left hand and arm in the wringer. His mother had left the kitchen for a minute and when she returned he was hang ing in the wringer. Flex and liga ments were badly torn. Hog Cholera Breaks Out In County Hog cholera has become serious in several sections of Hardin county, it was revealed by veterinarians. It has appeared in particularly serious form in the last four days. It was reported. Four cases now in the county are scattered over the area. 14 Arrested For Drunken Driving Kenton police, in a drive against drunken driving in the city, last week made their 14th arrest so far in August of “tipsy drivers”. Wayne Carpenter of West Mans field was the 14th arrest. He was fined $50 and costs when arraigned before Mayor Ellis H. McFarland on charges of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. 23,908 Acres Of Wheat Allotted Hardin county’s wheat acreage al lotment for 1940 is 23,908 acres, J. O. Sherrick, chairman of the county agricultural conservation committee, announced last week. Setters setting forth individual al lotments have been mailed to farm ers as the first step of the 1940 pro gram, Sherrick said. Township com mitteemen will contact signers with in the next two weeks to further line up the coming season’s program. Approximately $7,000 in wheat parity checks have been received at the local office and will be distribut ed to 485 Hardin county farmers this week. Prize Cattle Taken To Fair F. H. Steiner and sons of north of Kenton have gone to Columbus with a prize carload of their Here ford cattle which will be exhibited at the state fair this week. The Herefords will be entered in carload competition and will be judged Wed nesday. Following competition they will be offered for sale at the cattle auction on the fair grounds. Two years ago the Steiners en tered the fair competition and cop ped first prize top sale price for their cattle. Setter Breaks Litter Record The unusual is attracting many visitors to the Ewing M. Bonnell home, Dunkirk, where twelve “pur ple-ribbon” puppies disport them selves about their blue-blooded mother. The mother is an English Setter of the famed Mallaw Hawk strain and the sire was Prince Mohawk Redfield. Dog fanciers say it is very unusual for an English Setter to have litters of more than six or eight pups. Seven of the puppies are colored white and orange while the other five are a mixture of black, white and tick. Gets Post In Panama Lawrence Ruhlen, Kenton business man, was enroute to Cristobal-Colon, Panama Canal Zone, last week to accept a position as maintenance engineer on the canal locks, under the federal civil service. Mrs. Ruh len is accompanying her husband. New Ada Roofing Firm Chartered Incorporation of the Turnerised Interlocking Roofs has been an nounced by Perry T. Turner and Mary H. Turner of Ada and Wil liam P. Henderson and Harry I. Kaylor of Kenton. They said they will manufacture a new style roofing designed to prevent rain from seep ing around nail heads and joists. Hay Bailer In Fed eral Suit A temporary injunction was grant ed Jesse Morgan of Dunkirk in com mon pleas court against M. I. Evans, deputy collector of internal revenue, and Charles W. Graves who holds a similar position. The order temporarily restrains the defendants from selling an auto mobile of Morgan’s now being held in the alleged failure of the plaintiff to pay $46 in social security taxes. Morgan’s suit claims exemption from the security act since he is en gaged in bailing hay and straw, set forth as an agricultural pursuit in his petition. Ton-Litter Every Year Loren Temple of near Kenton, a former vocational agriculture pupil at Kenton high school, has reported his sixth ton-litter of hogs in the last five years. Young Temple raised one litter each year for the last five years and a year ago he produced two. The present ton-litter consists of 10 Duroc Jersey pigs which have reached the weight of 2,008 pounds in the alloted six-month period. Scarlet Fever Reported One case of scarlet fever, reported last week in Dudley township, Hard in county, is the only case now in existence in this health district, it was reported by county health offi cials. Grange Endorses Rural Fire Protection Rural fire protection in the vicin ity of Kenton received the favor of members of the Hardin county Po mona grange when members voted to support the movement. It was planned that further action in the matter will be held in the near future. The move of the grange followed a movement which was started several weeks ago in the rural areas surrounding Kenton which are not protected from fire. The Kenton fire department does not answer calls outside the city limits but recently set up a program by which the rural areas could fur nish the equipment which would be housed in the Kenton fire hall and be available for use at all times. Breaks Jail At Meal time Officials in neighboring communi ties were joining with Hardin coun ty authorities in the search for Hol lis Caldwell,. 23-year-old inmate of the Hardin county jail who made his escape by bolting through an open door as meal trays were being removed from the cell block. Caldwell made his escape as Vaughn Lowery, acting deputy dur ing the vacation of Sheriff Lloyd Norman, entered the cell block to remove the trays after the supper hour. As Lowery bent over near the floor to pick up the tray full of empty dishes, the young prisoner sped behind him through the un latched door, it was reported. Ada Twins 81 Years Old J. D. and W. W. Huber, promin ent Ada twins, celebrated their 81st birthday Monday. Both men, who are in good health, won prizes for being the oldest twins at the Farm ers’ and Merchants’ picnic held in Ada recently. The brothers are the oldest sur vivors of the oldest Hubers who originally came to America from Germany in 1833. They were born and reared eight miles northwest of Ada. Both are successful farmers although they now reside in Ada. William owns and operates a thresh ing outfit. Quick Action Prevents Train Wreck Clear thinking and quick action on. the part of H. V. Shaffer, night tower operator on the Pennsylvania railroad at Dunkirk, probably pre vented a serious train disaster. Shaffer found a defect in one of the rails just ahead of No. 154, a passenger train which passes thru Dunkirk at about 3 a. m. When a freight train went thru Dunkirk, Shaffer noticed an un familiar sound. Upon investigation of the tracks he found a rail brok en apart about six inches. T. B. Exams For All Working In Schools All school employes of Hardin county will have tuberculosis exam ination before they will be eligible to work, as a result of a resolution passed by the county board of health. The resolution which requires the X-ray examinations follows: “Re it resolved that all superin tendents, school teachers, school of fice help, janitors, bus drivers and cooks in school lunch rooms who have been in direct contact with tuberculosis or are themselves ar rested cases of tuberculosis, must submit to an X-ray before the be ginning of each school term. The general wage level in the United States up to July 1 was 207 per cent of the 1910-14 level, indus trial production was at 86 per cent of the 1923-25 level, and prices re ceived by farmers were 95 per cent of the 1910-14 prices. PAGE THREE PUTNAM COUNTY Judge Changes Menire Method Judge A. A. Slaybaugh of common pleas court has authorized a revised method of selecting jurors for duty in the Putnam county courts. He instructed the jury commission to select 500 names of suitable jurors evenly divided as possible among the various villages and townships in Putnam county. He aso instructed the commission not to pick persons whom they be lieved incompetent to serve on a jury. Births Exceed Deaths In County The birth rate exceeded the death toll in Putnam county by 600 per cent during July, figures released at the Putnam county health office today revealed. Of the 48 births in the county last month 26 were girls and 22 were boys. Pandora Rates As Honest Town Rows of keys stuck in lock boxes at the post office in Pandora was a sight which surprised a passing visi tor recently. “How come?” he asked Postmaster Hiram Basinger. “Well,” came the answer, “people here are honest and they don’t want to bother with fishing around for a key,” he replied. Even the First National bank does not bother to lock their box. ’•T School To Open Sept. 5 Practically all the schools of Put nam county will open on Tuesday morning, September 5, according to County Superintendent C. D. Vermiya. Teachers have been employed for the new term and members of the facul ty, pupils and parents are now turn ing their thoughts toward the school season ahead. Grove To Vote On Sewerage Disposal Members of the Columbus Grove village council in regular session last week passed a resolution requesting the county board of elections to place a $22,000 bond issue proposal before the electorate of the village in Novem ber. 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