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THURSDAY, NOV. 9, 1939 ALLEN COUNTY $100 Offered For Hal loweeners Arrest A reward of $100 was offered Fri day by Henry G. Wemmer, of Lima, for information leading to the ap prehension of persons responsible for damage done to his property at Jameson and Market streets, Hal loween night. Wemmer reported the incident to police, saying that damage estimated at $100 was done when several per sons, believed to be Lima youths, broke several stone caps off the brick wall surrounding his property dur ing their prowlings Halloween night. He said the incident occurred about 9:30 p. m., and occupants of the house saw a group of about six youths fleeing from the scene. Baby Slayer May Gain Freedom Velma Baker Fink, 22-year-old Clyde divorcee acquitted six weeks ago on first-degree murder charges in the slaying of her 10-weeks-old baby, will face her final obstacle to freedom Nov. 15. On that date she will be given a sanity hearing before Judge Neal L. Lora in common pleas court. The medical staff of the Lima State hos pital, where Mrs. Fink has been un der observation since Sept. 25, re ported the woman sane last week, according to Supt. H. M. Turk. Dr. F. L. Bateman, Ohio psychiatric com missioner, concurred in this decision Friday. Should the court rule her sane after an examination which will be conducted by Lima State hospital physicians in the presence of her attorneys, Ben H. Dewey, of Fre mont, and Francis W. Durbin, Mrs. Fink will be released from custody. Lima Square Traffic Changed Again Lima motorists start this week to learn another method of navigating the city’s public square, that ex panse of asphalt which has proved a headache for motorists, pedes trians and policemen since the de cline of horse and buggy days. Changes will route all traffic thru the center of the square, with only narrow parking lanes on each side. Chief Taylor and Traffic Sergeant Don Miller reported the new setup will eliminate one of two traffic lights, provide more parking space and be less confusing to strangers. Sentenced For Beaver dam Holdup Paul Shaffer, 20, who was found guilty by a common pleas court jury recently on a charge of robbing, was sentenced to the Mansfield reforma tory for from one to 25 years when Judge Neal Lora denied a motion for new trial Monday afternoon. Shaffer was convicted on a charge of participating in the hold-up of the Blue Bell restaurant at Beaverdam last August 21. Radio Script Contest For Students Plans for the 1939-40 radio script contest in which more than 5,000 Lima and Allen county pupils have been invited to participate will be advanced Friday at a meeting of the Lima Automobile club’s committee in charge of the event. The contest is being sponsored by the Lima Automobile club in co operation with the American Auto mobile association.* Held On Manslaughter Charge Quentin Ferguson, 20, of Lima Route 3, who waived a preliminary hearing in municipal court Wednes day in connection with a second de gree manslaughter charge has been removed to Allen county jail. Municipal Judge M. B. Jenkins bound him to the grand jury and set his bond at $300. The charge is the outgrowth of an automobile accident in which Mrs. Gertrude M. Lindemann, 54, of Toledo, lost her life October 25. Delphos Gets State Liquor Store Delphos will have a state liquor store within the next two or three weeks, according to J. Howard Ap ger, who conferred at Columbus with W. D. Dunifon of Van Wert and Fred Milligan of the department of liquor control. Gomer The Goal For 125,000 From Saturday afternoon until Tuesday noon it was estimated that 125,000 people saw Admiral Byrd’s snowmobile which went into Pike NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES Ruh, just east of Gomer, on its trial cruise from Chicago to Boston. The accident happened alter the cruiser passed through Gomer. De fective parts in the 35-ton monster caused the wreck. Rat Campaign A Success A great number of Allen county farmers, who participated in a one day rat eradication campaign spon sored by the federal government and Allen county extension service, was busy Saturday gathering up dead rodents. Red-squill bait, prepared at the Bureau of Biological Research at Purdue university, Lafayette, Ind., was used in the campaign. This poison is prepared by mixing red squill powder with freshly ground meat. The bait was sold to county farm ers at cost price. Approximately 400 pounds were sold, James H. Warner, county extension agent, re ported. Boy Scout Meet Set For Lima More than 300 Boy Scout and ag ricultural leaders of this section will attend the annual Scouters’ conven tion to be held Tuesday, Nov. 14, in the Barr hotel, at Lima. Wheeler McMillen, editor of The Farm Journal, the world’s largest rural magazine, will be the principal speaker. McMillen also is president of the National Chemurgic Council. His message is expected to deal with rural youth and will be of vital interest to thousands of people in Northwestern Ohio. McMillen is a native of Hardin county. $11,473 Paid In Taxes Sales, personal and classified tax collections Saturday amounted to $1, 180.30, bringing the total for the week to $11,473.72, it was reported by Allen County Treasurer Byron H. Dershem. Collections Saturday were: Sales $1,148.49 personal $8.91 classified $22.90. Vacant Houses At Low Mark Vacant houses in Lima hit a new low Saturday. A total of only 160 vacancies were reported by Postmaster Rarl R. Leach in his department’s quarterly survey. The check includes apart ments and halves of double houses. HANCOCK COUNTY Farmers Act To Con trol Hunting Sixty farmers from Van Buren, Madison, Eagle and Orange town ship met last Wednesday evening in the Jenera town hall and formed the Hancock County Game Protective association to function during the hunting season which opened Wed nesday. Edgar Wilson was elected presi dent, Ivan Winkler, secretary, and Orvell Crates, treasurer. The farmers agreed that all their lands would be uniformly posted and that no hunting would be al lowed without permission of the land owner. No charge will be made for hunting privileges. The group attending the session control approximately 5,000 acres between the Dixie highway and the Hardin county line. Post Office Record Best In U. S. Receipts at the Findlay post office showed another increase during the month of October to extend to 35 the number of consecutive monthly gains. The record exceeds all other post of fices in the country, according to Postmaster W. T. Ault. Receipts last month amounted to $13,472.18, an unusual figure for October. In fact it is the highest October figure in the history of the office. Last month’s figure was an in crease of $1,720.28 or 14.6 per cent over the $11,751.90 for October, 1938. Group Hospital Plan Studied The Findlay hospital board is studying possibility of joining a hos pital plan which would include in stitutions in Lima, Kenton, Van Wert, Sidney, Celina and Bluffton. Under the terms of such a plan, groups of workers could obtain hos pital insurance at a nominal rate, payable monthly. Such insurance would cover room cost in the hos pital as well as a number of other customary hospital items specified in the subscriber’s contract. Wives and children within certain ages could be covered at an increased charge. Catfish Released In River One thousand channel catfish were released this week in the Blanchard river east of Riverside park in Findlay by the state division of conservation. The fish averaged between one and one-and-a-half pounds in weight and all were 12 inches or better in length. They were purchased by the state from commercial fishermen at Sandusky who had seined them from Lake Erie. Fifty of the fish were tagged and fishermen catching any of the tag ged fish are asked to return the tags to the department. Flood Control To Be Studied City Engineer Otto C. Gohlke has received from Captain Homer B. Pettit of the war department at Detroit, official notice of a public hearing on the subject of flood con trol for the Auglaize, Blanchard and Ottawa rivers and tributaries, to be held in Findlay at 1 p. m., Nov. 15 in the First National Bank auditor ium. The flood control act approved Aug. 11, last, which provides for the preliminary examinations and sur veys for flood control, was cited in the official notice. $19,804 More For Farmers Five hundred and eighty-four com price adjustment checks totaling $19,804.06, will be distributed to Hancock county farmers beginning Saturday, R. M. Traucht, chairman of the agricultural conservation com mittee, said Thursday. The checks will be distributed at various community centers in the county. Each person will be notified and they may call at whichever place is most convenient. According to Miss Goldie E. Wilch, treasurer of the county conservation association, a total of $65,222.81 in 1939 price adjustment payments has now been received. Of this amount $20,653.47 was for wheat and $44, 569.34 for corn. Cornerstone Laid For New Building Somerstone ceremonies in connec tion with the new Young Men’s Christian Association building in Findlay were conducted Sunday afternoon. An appropriate program was arranged for the occasion. Two Killed In Cross ing Crash Two Findlay young men died in the Findlay hospital Friday after noon within two hours after their automobile was hit by a passenger train at the Putnam street crossing of the Nickel Plate railroad at 2:55 o’clock. Emmett Hall, Jr., 21, of 120 Lo cust street, died at 4:15 o’clock from concussion of the brain and skull fracture. Paul W. Ward, Jr., 19, of 818 West street, died at 4:45 o’clock of similar injuries. Finds He Crowded Wrong Car Ralph Metzger, of Lima, paid a fine of $25 and costs all because he chose the wrong time to pass an auto in the North Dixie highway in Findlay. Metzger was arrested by State Highway Patrolman A. E. Mercer, who charged the Lima man forced him from the highway. He was arraigned before Squire J. C. Dunn. Finds New Lake Floods Farmland They’ve run into a snag at the Van Buren lake and it isn’t any snag caused by the fish nests which were constructed on the lake bottom. The difficulty lies in the fact that when the lake is flooded the water backs up onto private property east of the area purchased by the state for the conservation lake. Heavy rains of last week-end filled the lake for the first time and caused the water to overflew the banks of Rocky Ford creek which feeds it. The overflow flooded the woods owned by Mrs. Dora Flana gan, a mile east of of Van Buren and just east of the lake. No Hunting Near WPA Projects Warning signs will be posted with in a half mile in all directions of CCC camps and federal work pro jects in the state of Ohio during the hunting season wrhich will open Wed nesday, according to Don Waters, conservation commissioner. Hunters must refrain from hunt ing within rifle range of any such THE BLUFFTON NEWS, camps or projects and absolutely no hunting will be allowed within the half mile area posted around the camps, Walters said. Former Findlay Tenor Gains Prominence Dale Marshall, formerly of Find lay, and now of Redondo Beach, Calif., is making a name for him self in the world of music, accord ing to word received by friends in Findlay. Mr. Marshall won first place in the tenor solo competition in a Gold en Gate International exposition eisteddfod held on Treasure Island. This was one of the largest affairs ever held in that vicinity, with about 500 competing in the contest, and more than 25,000 in attendance at the two-day festival. Lieut. Governor Calls At Findlay Lieut. Governor Paul Herbert was an evening caller at the country home of J. C. Kissel, near Findlay, calling on his mother, Mrs. Laura Herbert, who is ill. Farm Institute Plans Are Laid J. P. Schmidt, state supervisor of farmers’ institutes, and County Agent Forest G. Hall addressed rep resentatives of six of the eight Han cock county institutes this week on plans for the 1940 farmers’ insti tutes. Mr. Schmidt discussed the purpose of industries and suggested a large participation on the part of commun ities as a method of planning for the effective use. He also urged more use of the discussion method of sub ject matter. Findlay Police Arrest 122 The Findlay police department in October duplicated the 122 arrests and 52 accident investigations of September. Wreck Stolen Auto Caught By Police Three Wyandotte, Mich., youths, all about 14 years old, were being held in the Hancock county jail this week for Michigan authorities. They were arrested in Arlington Friday after they wrecked their stolen auto. The youths were reported to have admitted the auto theft in Michigan and w’hile enroute thru Findlay had stopped long enough to steal a pea nut vending machine, fire extinguish er, oil and soda pop at a local fill ing station. The best safeguard for the younger generation is a good example by the older generation. UFFTON, OHIO NET PRICE During This Sale HARDIN COUNTY Crash Suit Review Refused The Ohio supreme court refused last week to hear arguments in the $2,544 damage suit against the Penn sylvania Railroad by Floyd Getz, administrator of the estate of Anna Fay Getz. Hardin county common pleas court gave a judgment of the sum against the railroad for damages received by Mrs. Getz when she, her husband and children were killed on July 25, 1937, when a railroad train struck their automobile at Dola. Accuse Each Other In Knifing Asbury Collins, of Marion town ship was bound over to the Hardin county grand jury on his own re quest and furnished bond of $500 pending grand jury action when ar raigned before Justice of the Peace Roy Haudenschild. Charges of cut ting with intent to kill, were filed by Robert Johnson, also of Marion township. Collins had filed a similar charge against Johnson and hearing will be held before Justice Haudenschild. Armistice Observance Planned The Hardin County Men’s chorus will furnish music for the Armistice day program, which will be held at the National Guard armory' in Ken ton, on Saturday, Nov. 11, it was announced by the local American Legion committee in charge of ar rangements for the service. To Discontinue Rural Schools Fires have been started in the furnaces of the newly constructed Hardin Central elementary school, just east of the Kenton corporation line, and all is in readiness for holding classes as soon as desks which have been ordered are received and installed. Seats for the auditorium-gymnas ium have not arrived but can be installed after classes are opened. The district includes all territory surrounding Kenton. Pupils from the district attended Kenton high school on a tuition basis. When the new school is opened it will elimin ate 11 of the one-room schools now in use in the district. 28-Inch Pike In Hog Creek A condition which killed numerous fish in the Ottawa river, north of Ada, revealed to Hardin county res idents that the stream, also known as Hog creek, has contained some large fish for some time. Among the dead fish found by This New 1940 -McupzCty? GAS RANGE Regular Price $115.75 SPECIAL ALLOWANCE $ 1 9.75 FOR YOUR OLD STOVE 1 4 State Sales Tax) (Plus *3 PAY ONLY HEREabout DOWN AND $3.38 PER MONTH they are—all the new ideas that have set people talk ing the EASIER COOKING that can be done with a MODERN Gas Range. They’re all combined in one range NEW HIGH SPEED OVEN, SWING-OUT BROILER. BAK ING TIMER, DIVIDED TOP, AUTOMATIC LIGHTING for top burners, AUTOMATIC OVEN HEAT CONTROL along with many other features that make this Magic Chef a real value leader. Take advantage of the savings now being offered on this great, modern Gas Range. Here’s your opportunity to GO MODERN in your cooking .... come in and see this new MAGIC CHEF and check over all the improvements. Deputy Game Warden Frank “Pete” Ramge of Hardin county was a 28 inch Northern pike. They also in cluded fish of the same species which measured 25 to 20 and 18 inches. Other dead fish were big mouth bass, crappies and suckers. Specimens of the water and the dead fish have been sent to the state conservation department for analysis to determine what has been killing the fish in the stream. Choir To Give Thanks giving Concert The Ohio Northern university choral society and a capella choir will be heard in a Thanksgiving con cert on Nov. 19. More than 120 voices from Ada and the university will take part with Haydn Ow’ens directing. Gaines’ “Russian Fantasy” will be among the numbers. Mrs. Floyd Latimore, soprano soloist, will sing the “Italian Street oSng” accompan ied by a male ensemble. The pro gram will be open to the public with out charge. Granges Have Basket ball League The Hardin grange basketball league will start its annual season at the National Guard armory in Kenton, Saturday night, Nov. 11, Paul Kraft, Dola, newly elected pres ident of the group announced. Play Day Held At O. N. U. The Women’s Athletic association of Ohio Northern university were hostess Saturday to senior girls from 150 high schools for the 10th annual “Play Day”. The program included contests in various sports, a luncheon and a song contest at noon, and attendance at the Northern-Mus kingum game. Schools Get Rental From Land The amount of $1,000 in school land rentals collected from Section 16, Marion township, Hardin county, was distributed to the local district by Joseph T. Ferguson, state auditor. It w’as the first distribution made since 1932, the auditor who is also state supervisor of school and minis terial lands, said. The Alger and the McGuffey-Mc Donald school districts participate in the distribution. Parts of Section 1 lay in each of the districts of the Hardin county school system. PUTNAM COUNTY 72 Cemeteries In Putnam Putnam county has 72 cemeteries, active and inactive, which averages 4.8 burying grounds per township. A TIMELY SALE! H03 Of these, only a few are still ac- PAGE THREE =................ tive and many of them were family plots, used by but one or two family groups. Thus far the WPA w-orkers have found the grave of one Revolutionary war veteran, Isaac Hubbard, whose remains lay in Mallahan cemetery, near Pandora in Riley towmship. They believe there are at least two other veterans of the nation’s u’ar for independence buried in Putnam county soil. Additional research, however, will be required to deter mine names of the men and location of the cemetery in which they are buried. The men have conservatively esti mated that more than 50,000 persona have been buried in Putnam county. Strawberries Still Grow At Grove Even though snok flurries have been seen in this vicinity, we still have reports of strawberries growing in Columbus Grove. Mr. Albert Wood states, for their Sunday dinner dessert at his home, fresh strawberries were served. He has a large patch of Everbearing strawberries on his lot and says there are a large number of blossoms remaining. If no heavy frost comes in the near future, he will have ber ries until Thanksgiving. Family Controls Store 136 Years Even though snow flurries have paper store in Kalida which waa started by his grandfather Harrison Lee, followed by his father Frank, on land entered by Moses Lee, his great-grandfather 136 years ago. The original building was erected 100 years ago by Harrison Lee. It was burned and a brick structure replaced it. Attorney Sues Colum bus Grove Judge A. A. 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