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THURSDAY, JAN. 18, 1940 g” I II—!■ HI— ALLEN COUNTY Fireman Rescues Over come Woman Timely arrival of firemen early one morning last week to fight a comparaively small blaze in a third floor Lima housekeeping room was credited with saving the life of Mrs. Lucille Robinson, 32, lone occupant of the room. Fireman Perry McPheron, from Central station, made his way thru two smoke-filled hallways into Mrs. Robinson’s room and found the woman lying on the floor, face down and her arms outstretched above her head. Has Freak Ear Of Corn Steve Irick, living southwest of Spencerville, had on display at the Community Institute, a freak ear of corn that was of much interest to the farmers attending. The first half of the ear had ten rows of ker nels. The second half of the ear had twenty rows of kernels. It was yel low field corn. Second Home Burns In Three Years Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Baldwin lost their second home by fire within three years when flames destroyed their farm dwelling six miles north east of Lima last week. Mrs. Bald win received minor burns in a futile attempt to extinguish the flames. The loss was estimated at $3,500. Kidnap, Holdup Indict ments Made The Allen County grand jury re turned indictments against 13 per sons, including Alvin Knight, who ■was arrested in Fort Smith, Ark., last week and accused of the kidnap robbery of Benjamin Seitz, Lima in surance agent, last Dec. 1. Knight is to be taken from Ar kansas to Toledo to face federal charges of transporting a stolen automobile across state boundaries. Another indictment was returned against Curtis C. Ambler, 19, com panion of Ervin Freed when the lat ter was shot fatally by O. W. Wright, Beaverdam restaurant pro prietor. Ambler, who was accused of assault with intent to rob, con tended he and Freed were trying to hi-jack a slot machine, but Wright said they tried to hold him up, and denied that he had a slot machine in his possession. Held For Stealing Salt Shakers A new type of thief, one craving salt and pepper shakers, was being held in Lima city jail Thursday. Confined is Tom Cullen, 18. Chief of Detectives Ross Landfair charges he stole six shakers from the Coney Island lunch one day last week. The youth told Detective Chief Landfair, “I was in the restaurant, liked the looks of the shakers and just took them.” Kirwan Heads Lima Bank Dan H. Kirwan last week headed the National Bank of Lima as suc cessor to Rodney P. Lien, who be came State Superintendent of Banks this week. Mr. Kirwan is president of the Colonial Finance Co. Chair man of the board of directors is Harry Solomon, who also is executive vice president of the Colonial Fi nance Co. Negro Held On Dope Charge Indicted by the federal grand jury at Toledo Thursday was James Cecil, 31, colored, of Lima, on a charge of possessing narcotics. Cecil was arrested in Lima Dec. 17 by Detectives M. L. Baker and Earl Miller. The two officers jour neyed to the Lucas county city Mon day to appear as witnesses against Cecil. Circulation Of Books Mounts The annual report of the progress of the Lima Public Library was made to the board of trustees Wed nesday evening by the librarian, Georgie G. McAfee. Circulation of books passed the half million mark in 1939, with 500, 844 books borrowed by residents of Lima and Allen county, a gain of 43,860 over 1938. Books borrowed over a two-year period totaled near ly 1,000,000. Beaverdam School Board Organizes Organization of the Beaverdam NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES village board of education was com pleted last week ,with the following officers named: Walter Amstutz, president, 1941 E. L. Michael, vice president 1943 L. R. Van Meter, 1941 Walter M. Hochstettler, 1943 F. C. Marshall, 1943 Delmar Beery, clerk board meeting, first Tuesday of each month. Decision Reserved In Job Hearing Third District Court of Appeals reserved its decision Thursday after noon in the suit of Mrs. Alma Hub bard for reinstatement to her job as caretaker of the women’s restroom in the courthouse, and announced that the case of Bernard A. Vort kamp, ousted Memorial hall janitor, will be heard “early next week”. The two, suspended Dec. 29 by the Allen county board of commis sioners and their jobs abolished, had filed mandamus petitions claiming the dismissals were in violation of state civil service laws and, there fore, illegal. $10,500 Suit Outgrowth Of Crash Damages in the amount of $10,500 are asked by a petition filed in com mon pleas court in Lima by Joseph Murray against Forest Clevenger, for injuries allegedly suffered Sep tember 12, 1939 ,when the bicycle the plaintiff was riding, was in volved in a collision with an auto driven by the defendant. The ac cident occurred on Route 30-S four miles east of Delphos. Former Sheriff To Be Candidate Formal announcement that he will be a Republican candidate for sher iff at the May primaries was made Friday by Ralph S. Marshall, form er Allen county sheriff. Marshall is widely known in sports circles and is a marksman of international repu tation. Lima Solves Relief Problem Funds for immediate and future relief needs were assured Friday fol lowing action of the Lima council at its special session Thursday evening. The city fathers passed three pieces of emergency legislation which made available immediately $3,195 for operation of the city’s welfare department during the remainder of this month, and brought nearer the final step in the issuance of $18,000 worth of relief bonds. Lima Baker Is Honored Frank A. Baker, Lima bakery op erator, last week was named to the board of trustees of the Ohio Bak er’s association at a meeting held in Cincinnati. President of the or ganization is Carl R. Raldur, Toledo. Sale Of Dog Tags Slow Only 2,475 out of the estimated total of 7,000 dog owners in Allen county have purchased 1940 tags for their pets—yet the deadline is only a few days away. This was revealed Saturday by County Auditor Floyd B. Griffin, who announced that his office will be open next Saturday afternoon for the convenience of license purchasers. Dog keepers who fail to obtain 1940 tags before Jan. 25 will be liable to penalty, and animals at large after that date will be im pounded, Griffin declared. License fees are $1 for males and spayed females, and $3 for females. Plans Announced For Eisteddfod The annual eisteddfod sponsored by the Lima Choral society will be held on Washington’s birthday, Feb. 22, in Memorial hail, it was an nounced this week by I. W. Green, president of the local organization. Awards will range from $10 for solo competition to $200 for the win ning mixed chorus. Money prizes will total $590. Conductor for the musical festival will be Earl Rohn. The board of adjudication includes G. A. Lehman of Rochester, N. Y., William E. Mor gan of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Thelbert Evans of Lakewood. County Receives $1,966 For Relief Allen county’s share in a state wide distribution of relief funds de rived from December collections of beer, malt, wort and admission taxes amounted to $1,966, it was an nounced by State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson. The total distribution to all counties was $205,784 Nearby counties received checks as follows: Auglaize, $779 Hancock, $1,339 Hardin, $13, and Putnam, $729. Lafayette Institute This Week Friday and Saturday the Lafay ette Farmers’ institute will be con ducted, James H. Warner, Allen county extension agent, announced. Principal speakers will be Mrs. C. E. Duff, of North Canton, Stark county, a native of Great Britain and a member of various women’s organizations in Ohio, and Henry Leimbach, of Vermillion, a fruit and vegetable grower Warner recalled that in 1939 the Lafayette institute placed sixth in the state for attendance. Real Estate Tax Re ceipts Mount Collection of first-half 1939 real estate taxes Saturday amounted to the week to $25,772.05 and for the year thus far $87,356.44, according to Allen county Treasurer Byron H. Dershem. Sales tax collections Saturday were $642.42, making the week’s total $4,210.65 and since Jan. 1, $8,851.47. HANCOCK COUNTY Rawson Waterworks Is Started The Hancock County offices of the Works Projects Administration were moved from the courthouse last week to Rawson, where a $58,000 water works system will be constructed. The work will require nearly every available WPA worker in the county, it was announced. One hundred and twenty reported for work and others may be assigned. The project will cost the village approximately $20,000 and WPA will contribute nearly $39,000. The sys tem will supply water to 99 subscrib ers. Findlay Hospital Group Organizes Papers for the incorporation of the Northwestern Ohio Hospital Service for insurance purposes, are in Columbus for approval and form al organization is expected shortly, it was reported by trustees of Find lay Hospital. Hancock Fugitive Back In Reformatory Mrs. Velma Mahoney, 42, of Van lue, known several years ago as the “girl with the million-dollar legs,” is back in the Women’s Reformatory at Marysville. Mrs. Mahoney, who walked away from the reformatory April 28, was captured in Detroit. She was given an indeterminate sentence in Find lay in 1929 for participation in a burglary of the Vanlue Grain and Supply Co. No President’s Ball In Findlay W. T. Ault, Findlay postmaster, chairman of the annual President’s birthday observance, announced last week that a ball will not be held in Findlay this year. In its place will be a campaign to raise money by subscription. Sole objective of the celebration of Roosevelt’s birthday is to raise funds to combat infantile paralysis, Ault said. Dismissed Workers Fight For Jobs The Ohio Civil Service Commis sion has announced it will conduct hearings in Findlay Feb. 15 on the appeals of Harry Frost from dis missal as superintendent of state highway maintenance in Hancock county and of Mrs. Mildred Hum mell from dismissal as a cook at the Hancock County Home. Sues For Six-Year-Old Attack Robert Depuy, 21, Findlay, seeks $1,000 because of personal injuries he says he suffered in an attack nearly six years ago. The defend ant is Otto Fredericks. Depuy says he still suffers “excrusiating pain” at times. Crop Acreage Allot ments Lower Due to the accumulation of sur plus corn in the corn belt, allot ments have been materially reduced for 1940, according to R. M. Traucht agricultural conservation chairman for Hancock county. Mr. Traucht said the corn allot ment for 1940 in Hancock county is 56,169 acres as compared to 61,382 for 1939. A similar reduction was made in the soil depleting acreage THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO for the county 140,739 for 1940 and 143,310, in 1939. At time of wheat seeding wheat allotments for Hancock county were set at 42,595, as compared to 38,737 in 1939, Mr. Traucht said. Findlay Flier Wins Stunt Trophy Lieut. Michael Murphy and Lieut. Joseph C. Mackey, Findlay stunt fliers, were among those at the 1940 All-American Air Races at Miami, Fla. Mr. Murphy retained the Fred die Lund trophy for outstanding stunt flying. Mr. Mackey held the cup three years ago and Mr. Purphy manager of the Findlay airport, won the award first in 1937. Mr. Mack ey recently was appointed superin tendent of Port Columbus, Colum bus, Ohio. Final Bank Payment Approved The eighth and final dividend to depositors and creditors of the old Buckeye Commercial Savings Bank of Findlay, has been approved by the court and is expected to be made February 20. The dividend, totaling $139,790.91, will be 4.85 per cent and will bring total payments to 94.85 per cent of the claims. 23,367 Pests Killed In County A total of 23,367 pests have been killed by Hancock county vocational agriculture boys since Dec. 11, ac cording to the reports made at the county agricultural office covering the activities up to the end of last week. Vanlue boys are leading in the hunt with a total of 14,376 points while Liberty is second with 13,537. Other schools have the following points: Van Buren, 11,735 Arcadia, 10,995 Arlington, 7,200 McComb, 6,881 Rawson, 6,300 Mt. Blanch ard, 2,435. Of the 23,367 pests killed to date, 17,676 of them were sparrows, 1,254 were mice, 1,463 were starlings, 1, 223 were rats, 55 were moles, 1,442 were pigeons, 184 were crows, seven were woodchucks and 63 were weas els. Births Show Gain Over Deaths Fifty-one births and forty-four deaths occurred in Findlay and Han cock county during the month of December, according to Miss Edith Houseman, registrar of vital statis tics for Findlay, and Dr. Senn F. Whisler, county health commissioner. So This Is Where The Pheasants Are O Paradise of hunters!—except for a few minor details! Samuel Howard, of Findlay, who carries mail on the Williamstown rural route counted 156 pheasants in one flock as he drove his route past the William Rose farm along the Lincoln highway four miles east of Williamstown, recently. They were all hens except a half dozen or so, and the season for shooting pheasants is still 10 months to come. The pheasants feed daily in a soy bean field on the Rose farm and Mr. Rose says he has seen as many as 400 or 500 at one time. Sales Tax Distribution Made Distribution of sales tax to local government units of Hancock county was announced Thursday by County Auditor Frank H. Huffman. Out of the $4,367 total January distribu tion, Hancock county’s fund received $1,048.88, Mt. Cory, $31.68, and Raw son, $33.34. Panhandler Has $140 When Arrested Practicing the policy of “getting it” the easy way, Irving Black, 31, of New Jersey, was arrested in Findlay Thursday charged with pan handling. When searched at police headquarters he had $61.50 in his pockets. A New York bank book disclosed he had $78.25 more on de posit. 1,117 Engaged In Scouting At an executive board meeting of the Put-Han-Sen area council, it was reported that there are 1,117 men and boys enrolled in Boy Scout work in the three-county area, Voyle Hy barger, executive, announced. In Hancock county there are 23 troops, with 415 boys and 185 men. In Putnam county, according to the survey, there are three troops with 64 boys and 21 men engaged in the work. Oil Accounting Asked In Suit Harry Essex, M. E. Murphy and R. W. Kirk filed suit against C. R. Watson asking for an accounting in connection with an oil well partner ship and for judgment for what ever amount the court may find is due them. The plaintiffs say the four men entered into an equal partnership, June 16, 1927, forming the Bear Tooth Oil company to drill wells in Liberty township. Certain wells were drilled on Watson’s land, the petition says, from which Watson was to receive a one-sixth interest as royalty, the remainder to be divided equally among the four of them. The petition says 8,496 barrels of oil were sold at a total of $10,150.97 but that there was never any ac counting and that the three other partners never received any money from Watson who had been given en tire charge and control of operations. Findlay Building At 11-Year High Findlay last year experienced its biggest building volume since the prosperous days of 1929. Building permits issued at city hall for the 12-month period showed new construction and improvements cost $482,095 as compared to only $81,470 in 1938. The new addition to Findlay sen ior high school costing $200,000 and the new Y. M. C. A. building repre senting an outlay of $125,000, to gether with a number of new resi dences ,swelled the 1939 total. Lost Plane Is Found Lost several weeks ago when it soared into a cloud and disappeared, a model airplane this week was in the hands of Richard Inscho, its owner, after being found more than six miles from where it first was launched. Clark Fetters, who resides six miles southeast of Findlay, found the “mystery ship” which was a 54 inch wingspread, on swamp land on his farm. The gasoline-powered model was launched a mile and a half west of Findlay and was going approximately 35 to 40 miles per hour when it disappeared. Farmers have resealed under gov ernment loan about 160,000,000 bushels of corn which was produced in 1937 and 1938. RANGES I To Buy ,, To Use HARDIN COUNTY Hardin Units Lowest In Delinquencies At the annual stockholders’ meet ing of the Hardin county National Farm Loan Ass’n. organized in 1932, and of the Kenton National Farm Loan Ass’n., organiged in 1932, held jointly at the court house in Ken ton it was revealed that the two local groups head the list in the dis trict for the fewest delinquencies. The district includes four states: Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee and Ken tucky. Missing Woman Found Dead In Hotel The body of Mrs. Lester C. Shri der, 46, missing Kenton woman, was found last week in a hotel room at Marion with a bullet hole in her right temple and with five empty cans of chloroform about her. Offi cials said they also discovered a quantity of sleeping tablets and some insecticide that is poison when taken internally, in the room. Mrs. Shrider had been despondent since the suicide of her son, Harley W. Shrider, 22, Nov. 11, 1938, and had been carefully watched by her husband and other members of the family, local police were told. School Temperance Program Announced Temperance Day programs will be held in schools of Hardin County next Friday in a campaign against use of liquor, marijuana, tobacco and narcotics. Farmers Advised To Re-Finance Addressing some 250 farmers in Kenton one day last week in a county-wide soil conservation meet ing, Boyce E. Bradford, Hardin County agent, advised his listeners to refinance their debts now at the present low interest rates because “interest rates are probably about as low as they will get”. He foresaw, in his address on the agricultural outlook for 1940, a hike With 1940 Take a look at the new models notice the convenience and economy features high speed insulated ovens automatic heat control speedy surface cooking ... skyscraper steel construction ... smoke less broilers automatic lighting top burners. and many other advantages. PAGE THREE in general farm prices because of a stimulation in the American market He said that hog prices would de cline again this spring and would rise somewhat next fall. Dairy cattle and dairy products will re main about stationary, Gradford pre dicted. Farm In Same Family 86 Years Jesse R. Hall of near Dunkirk the past week paid taxes on the Hall farm and thereby marked up the 86th consecutive year of tax pay ment on that land as property of the Hall family. The farm was purchased by his grandfather, Wil liam Hall, in 1854, and passed suc cessively into the hands of Thomas Hall, father of the present owner, and Jesse Hall. Ada Bank Deposits Gain Ada’s two banks, the First Na tional and Liberty, showed a total gain of $94,260 in deposits for 1939, the sixth consecutive year that de posits have increased. The amount was more than double the gain in 1938. Total deposits of the two insti tutions amount to $1,202,600. Deaths And Births Are Tied Deaths and births each numbered 26 during December, in Hardin county according to the report of Beth McKinley, keeper of vital sta tistics in the county health office. Four babies less than three months old, died. Causes of death included two accidents, cerebral hemorrhage, tuberculosis, carbuncle, cancer, ar terio sclerosis, pneumonia, convul sions, and diabetes. Dead Man’s Identity Sought The identity of a 68-year-old man was sought this week by police who said they found the man along the A. C. & Y. Railroad, two miles from New Washington in Crawford Coun ty. He had been dead a week, ac (Continued on page 7) COMPANY