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THURSDAY, JAN. 18, 1940
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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