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Bombing Is Breaking
Class Lines In England
Newspaper Man States
(Continued from page 1)
ed Italian cities off the face of the
earth, the speaker stated.
Patient
with
Irish
Also as an example of their
humaneness the English stood pa
tiently by and have seen their mer
chant ships sunk because Ireland
has refused to grant her the use of
badly needed bases. If England
wanted to she could easily obtain
them by force.
Newspaper men generally believe
that negotiations between the United
States and Ireland are under way
to open the way for the use of the
bases by the allied nations, it was
stated by the speaker.
The speaker reiterated the fre
quently repeated warning to be very
cautious about accepting foreign
news reports concerning war develop
ments and international relations.
All foreignp news is heavily cen
sored at the source and should be
read with the notion that the coun
try is trying to emphasize a par
ticular point of view.
Anti-Axis Activity
Underground movements of anti
axis activity are at work in all of
the axis and axis-occupied countries.
Germany has a very sizable com
munistic movement with many Reds
holding official Nazi party positions
and waiting for the time to strike
a blow.
Before the Nazi revolution Ger
many had the largest communist ele
ment in Europe outside of Russia.
The Soviet Union had planned to
use the German communists as the
nucleus for a European Bolshevik
revolution, the speaker pointed out.
There is no place in all of Europe
where freedom has been so complete
ly and systematically destroyed as in
Nazi Germany. Every’ conversation
starts with Heil Hitler as well as all
forms of greeting.
Political Intrigue
The Germans as a people are
among the finest and should not be
confused with the Nazi government
who come to power thru political
intrigue and manipulation, Ramsey
said.
AH manner of regimentation is
used* to cover very type of activity
in Germany. For example when
travelling to a town only a few
miles away it is necessary to obtain
consent from the local chief of police
and to check in with the police at
the town of destination. Then when
one leaves the town to return home
he must check out with the police
and check back in at the home town.
The strong man of Germany, sec
ond only to Hitler, is Hermann Goer
ing, who is executive head of more
than 200 offices. He has uniforms
and medals for each office and loves
to display them at public functions.
Spy
on
Parents
Children are indoctrined in an edu
cational system that teaches that the
only worthwhile activity is to die in
the service of the fatherland. Child
ren are taught to spy on their par
ents and to report all listening to
foreign broadcasts to Gestapo head
quarters, the speaker said.
Italy too likes to work with the
young child and at the age of six
the boy is taught to march and drill
in uniform carrying a gun. He re
peats the threefold Italian slogan:
Believe, Obey, Fight.
In Japan, boys of 16 years of age
are trained for the suicide squad who
in duty to the emperor will gladly
give their lives to promote the cause.
They are marked off with white
bands on the arms.
All expert opinion says that the
war will last for at least three years
yet and it is up to American youth
not only to win the war but also to
win peace, which task may be even
harder than the former, the speaker
pointed out in conclusion.
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F. S. HERR, Agent
Phone 363-W
Notice To
Taxpayers
of Orange
Township
Assistance in making out
personal tax returns will
be given by a representa
tive from the Auditor’s
Office at the Township
House in Orange Township
on Wednesday. Mar. 11th.
Forty Day Season of Religious
Portent Originally Time
Of Fasting
Many Features of Early Ob
servance Still Retained
By Churches
With the Lenten season officially
opening on Ash ednesday, Bluffton
churches are starting observances
known in the religious world as the
forty day period of preparation for
Easter.
Lent was originally meant to be a
time of fasting. Since Sunday is
not considered a time of fasting, the
period consists of a full complement
of 40 days. This figure is significant
because Christ fasted for 40 days
Moses and Elias spent 40 days in
the wilderness and in the preaching
of Jonah to Ninevah 40 days of
grace were given.
In the early church, Lent was a
season ip which the faithful begged
God’s mercy for themselves and vcere
therefore expected to show mercy to
others. The money spared by fast
ing was given in alms, the church
reconciled penitents at the altars, the
emperors released prisoners, masters
pardoned their slaves and enemies
became friends.
Bluffton Churches Begin Observance
Of Lent In Preparation For Easter
The church has generally discoun­
Tropical Storms
Add To Submarine
Menace As Mission
aries Cross Pacific
(Continued from page 1)
tral province of India. The first lap
of the journey homeward came on
October 28 when they left their mis
sion station by automobile for Cham
pa and from there to Bombay by
boat.
Arriving in Bombay, the port of
embarkation, on Nov. 3 the Wengers
were informed that there would be a
delay of several weeks because of
the uncertainties of war time travel.
Finally on Nov. 20 they boarded the
Dutch cargo liner, Klipfontin.
Mines Protection
On the next day the vessel left the
harbor only to return four different
times. The passengers learned that
the vessel was testing appliances in
stalled for the protection of the ves
sel against magnetic mines.
During stops at Colombo, Ceylon
and Singapore, the former British
stronghold of the Malay States, much
evidence of war preparations was
seen. Gun emplacements were cam
ouflaged and buildings were being re
inforced. Strip s of heavy paper
were seen placed over the windows.
Dock
at
Batavia
First awareness that the Orient
was in the background came when
the vessel docked at Batavia, the
capital of Java. There American and
other western influences were every
where evident. As in many of the
other ports, a heavy cloud of un
easiness seemed to hang overhead.
While in this city the voyagers
heard of the Japanese bombing of
Pearl Harbor. This turn of events
injected a new note of uncertainty in
the travel plans of the passengers.
Even the officers of the Klipfontin
had no idea of the sailing plans.
Rubber
and
Tin
About four days later the boat
sailed for Serabaya at the other end
of the island of Java. There the
vessel was loaded with rubber and
tin and installations were made.
Also many rafts loaded with tin
ned food and water were placed on
the vessel. While sailing from this
port one of the rafts fell overboard
and the boat stopped to retrieve it.
As soon as the vessel changed its
course, passing south of Australia,
Dutch airplanes droned overhead
which gave the passengers an added
feeling of safety.
Encounter Storm
In the 17-day jump between Sera
baya and Aukland, New Zealand a
storm of almost hurrican proportions
was encountered. For 24 hours the
storm raged in all its fury and it
was necessary to anchor every mov
able piece of equipment on the boat.
At dinner time the passengers ate
out of one large metal plate in place
of the usual number of glass dishes.
Serving tables lunged away and
rolled all over the dining room and
heavy overstuffed furniture shifted
back and forward like children’s toys.
Although the ship was less than
two years old creaks and all man
ner of noises were heard constantly.
Doors banged shut with a startling
racket. alking was practically im
possible and many slept directly on
the floor so as not to be thrown
out of bed.
Roarin’ Forties
The boat was being tossed about
like a feather by what in naval cir
cles is known as the “roarin’ forties”.
The waves were 60 feet high, accord
ing to the ship’s officers. When the
main strength of the storm had
spent itself the passengers were per
mitted to go on deck and a scene of
rare beauty was witnessed, Mrs.
W nger stated.
Many colors could be seen thru the
spray and the foam on the breaking
waves combined to create a scene
tenanced festivities of all kinds dur
ing Lent, marriages were forbidden
and it was considered a period of
mourning.
In England the use of flesh meat,
eggs and milk was forbidden during
the Lenten period, not only by ec
clesiastical but also by common law.
Any violation of the law was fol
lowed by dire penalties.
A landlady in London was placed
in stocks all night for having raw
meat in her house. Anyone caught
eating meat or violating any of the
Lenten laws was fined 60 shillings
and given three months imprison
ment.
The chief Lenten food from the
earliest of days has always been fish.
Formerly whale, porpoise and sea
wolf meat were eaten during Lenten
period since they were considered to
be fish.
Certain features of the early ob
servances of the period are still re
tained by a number of the churches.
Moderate abstinence of food is re
commended and an intermission of
gaiety and pleasure. More time is
devoted to religious reflection and
services than usual.
Most ministers in Bluffton churches
begin their preparations for Easter
on the first Sunday of the Lenten
season. .Various aspects of the cross,
crucifixion and the resurrection of
Christ are made sermon topics dur
ing the pre-Eastern season.
that was difficult to find words to
describe.
The party sailed from Aukland,
New Zealand on New Year’s Day
and had the unique experience of cel
ebrating New Year’s Day on the fol
lowing day due to the fact of the
ship’s passing of the international
date line.
Reach America
After much zig-zagging on the last
lap of the journey to Los Angeles
the boat arrived in the harbor in
calm waters. Altho there was con
siderable conjecture among the pas
sengers as to the route taken by the
vessel, only the officers knew the ex
act locations. Sealed orders were
given the officer from every port
left and he was not permitted to ex
amine them until fairly well out at
sea.
The boat was still on its maiden
voyage having left Dutch harbor on
ly a few days before war broke out.
It was built for service between Hol
land and Africa. Now the vessel
will be taken over for allied war
duty and it will likely be years be
fore the crew will be able to see
I their families back in Holland.
Crew Members
No member of the crew had seen
his family for two years and very
few letters were received in that
period. Some of the crew members
had heard indirectly that members of
their family had been killed and
others found out that hunger existed.
The missionaries were able to
carry on conversations with the crew
members many of whom were able
to speak broken English. In dis
cussing the Japanese war one of the
crew members told the Wengers,
“The Japs don’t can sit on the whole
world.”
If there was any danger in the
trip home the passengers had very
few evidences of it. On the last few
days they were required to wear life
belts at all times and to sleep in
their clothing at night. In addition
strict blackout rules were observed
at all times.
Blackout
One evening there was considerable
stir aboard ship when a woman, hav
ing a marked German accent, insist
ed on showing lights in the blackout
period. When detected the officers
of the vessel immediately cut off the
lights to her cabin.
The passengers on the boat en
joyed the association with the Dutch
crew, it was stated by Mrs. Wenger.
'I hey were very courteous and help
ful to the passengers. The zig-zagged
routing was entirely new to the cap
tain but the navigating was handled
efficiently at all times, it was stated.
India Pro-British
India for the most part is pro
British where the propaganda of the
axis has not been too marked, the
engers stated. The anti-mission
ary and anti-foreign feeling is not
nearly as marked as it was a decade
ago, it was pointed out.
The nationalistic feeling of the
country has been revived to some ex
tent because of the war, it was stat
ed. Having almost completely died
out, the feeling of nationalism is
coming to the fore under the influ
ence of a group of politicians bent
on preserving and promoting the na
tional interests of the country.
Sleeping North or South
Many people believe, as Charles
Dickens and others did, that elec
trical forces from the magnetic poles
make sleep better if the bed is
placed north and south, with the head
at the north. Even to this day
some people carry compasses when
traveling and each night move the
bed around so the magnetism will
pass from their head to feet, and
not crosswise of their bodies. This
is a bit of superstitious pseudo-sci
ence. As long as a person is not
standing on his head, it makes no
difference in which direction his
head points during sleep.
THE BLUFFTON NEWS. BLUFFTON, OHIO
Total Moon Eclipse
To Be Seen March 2
Bluffton residents will be able to
see a total eclipse of the moon on
March 2, according to rtaff members
of the Perkins observatory, operated
jointly by Ohio Wesleyan and Ohio
State universities.
The moon will rise partially
eclipsed at 7:34 p. m., Eastern War
Time. The total eclipse will begin
at 7:33 p. m., the middle of the to
tal eclipse comes at 8:21 p. m. and
the total eclipse will end at 9:10
p. m. The eclipse will be entirely
over at 10:12 p. m.
Another astronomical event not far
away is the beginning of spring offi
cially set for 2:11 a. m. on March 21.
Monroe Twp. Scrap
Iron Auction Saturday
Vant E. Lamb, chairman of the
Monroe township scrap metal cam
paign, announces that Monroe town
ship farmers are urged to collect old
iron, copper, brass, aluminum, rub
ber, rags, paper and magazines, and
deliver it to the Cairo Elevator,
Thursday and Friday.
Tin cans may be brought along
but no pay can be received for them.
Weigh slipswill be given at the ele
vator and after the sale of the junk
payment will be made in either de
fense stamps or cash. If it is im
possible to haul your own scrap met
al, contact your local worker and
arrangements will be made for its
delivery. A public auction of all
materials collected will be held Sat
urday afternoon beginning at 2:00
o’clock at the Cairo elevator.
College Booster
Ticket Drive Begins
Drive for the sale of tickets to the
Bluffton College Booster Banquet
scheduled for March 20 will get un
der way this week, it was announced
by D. W. Bixler, chairman of the
Booster committee.
Dr. J. Raymond Schutz, former
Settlement youth, and president of
an Indiana life insurance company,
will be the speaker of the evening.
Dr. Schutz talks to an estimated
audience of 10,000 people weekly ap
pearing before business meetings,
service clubs, forums, religious gath
erings, commencements, institutes
and other groups.
Musical and entertaining numbers
will also be provided at the banquet.
Tickets may be secured at the col
lege or from any member of the
Booster committee consisting of D.
W. Bixler, C. F. Niswander and
Leland Diller.
What You Should
Know About the
Income Tax
Taxes due on a return filed for
the calendar year 1941 may be paid
in full at the time of the filing of
the return on or before March 16,
1942. The tax may, at the option
of the taxpayer, be paid in four
equal installments instead of in a
single payment, in which case the
first installment is to be paid on or
before September 15, and the fourth
on or before December 15, 1942. If
the taxpayer elects to pay his tax
in four installments, each of the four
installments must be equal in
amount, but any installment may be
paid, at the election of the taxpayer,
prior to the time prescribed for its
payment. If an installment is not
paid in full on or before the date
fixed for its payment, the whole
amount of the tax remaining unpaid
is required to be paid upon notice
and demand the collector.
The tax must be paid to the col
lector of internal revenue for the dis
trict in which the taxpayer’s return
is required to be filed, that is, to the
collector for the district in which is
located the taxpayer’s legal residence
or principal place of business in the
United States, then to the Collector
of Internal Revenue at Baltimore,
Maryland.
The tax due, if any, should be paid
in cash at th collector’s office, or by
check or money order payable to
“Collector of Internal Revenue”. In
the case of payment in cash, the
taxpayer should in every instance re
quire and the collector should fur
nish a receipt. In the case of pay
ments made by check or money ord
er, however, the cancelled check or
the money order receipt is usually a
sufficient receipt.
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Office Hours: 8:30-10 A. M.
1-3 P. M. 7-8 P. M.
Office, 118 Cherry St.
Phone 120-F Bluffton. O.
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Telephone 271-W
Bluffton, Ohio
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EYESIGHT SPECIALISTS
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Office Hours: 8:30 A. M-—5:30 P. M.
7:30 P. M.—8:30 P. M.
Boy Scout News
Troop 56
By Robert Stratton
The following merit badges were
completed at the Monday night
meeting:
Robert Stratton, Firemanship.
Otto Klassen, Reading.
Don Augsburger, Public Health
and Reading.
Second class tests were passed by
the following:
Gene Patterson, Compass and
Thrift.
Robert Ramseyer, Tracking.
James Harmon, Knife, Hatchet
and Compass.
Troop 56 collected papers and
magazines last Saturday. The C. F.
Niswander truck was used to col
lect the paper. The estimated weight
was one and one-half tons. Troop
56 will collect papers regularly every
other week.
Boys helping in the paper collec
tion were:
Gordon Bixel, Gene Patterson,
Dean Niswander, Maurice Kohli,
Chas. Trippiehorn, Robert Ramseyer,
Malcolm Basinger, James Harmon,
Richard and Robert Oberly, Bill
Mericle, Paul Don Bixel, Harry
Minck, Otto Klassen, Scoutmaster
Karl Gable.
Troop 82
By Calvin Dudeon
The meeting was held in the Leg
ion hall and after the scouts re
peated the scout laws and oath, the
colors, the United States flag was
presented by the color guard, Fran
cis Kohli, Roderick Nonnamaker and
Harold Core.
The games played were grab the
bacon and a little army drill.
Second class tests passed:
David Stearns, Signaling, service
and uniform.
Harry Burkholder, Signalling, ser
vice and uniform.
dlete'A. need
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Keith Kirtland, Knife and hatchet,
service and uniform, compasa.
Roderick N onnamaker, Service and
uniform.
Twelve scouts were present and
four visitors, James Lewis, Robert
Schumacher, Maxnard I'ogur, Donald
Root.
Scoutmaster Woodrow Little gave
a talk on George Washington.
A hike is s heduled for next Sat
urday afternoon at 4 o’clock. All
boys interested in passing cooking
and fire building should be prepared
on the hike for the tests.
THE NEW ROCKIN-EEZ
Rich in Vitamins E S & T.
Without equal for Rest and Relaxation.
In place of Rev. Armentrout, who
has moved away from Bluffton,
Everett Sutermeister has been nam
ed neighborhood scout commissioner.
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Elmer Brenner of Fostoria, spent
Sunday with Mrs. Ola Brenner and
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Brenner and
family.
Mrs. Florence Essinger and daugh
ter Muriel of Arlington, were recent
callers of Mrs. Sylvia Lane and
daughter Martha June.
Pvt. Ben W. Otto of Ft. Leonard
Wood, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Aukerman, of McComb and Mr. and
Mrs. James Sommers and daughter
Ann, of Pandora, were Sunday
guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Otto.
Bert and Arlo Best and Mrs.
Shelden Brenneman and daughter
Mary Ellen of Cairo, were recent
callers on Mr. and Mrs. William
Tooley and son Billy.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Crozier, daugh
ter Betty and son Richard, of Find
lay, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
George Crozier.
Miss Carol Jean Fillwock of North
Baltimore, and Mrs. Harry Frantz
of Findlay, were recent callers on
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THURSDAY, FEB. 26, 1942
Mrs. Ona Wentworth dnd family.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Conard and
family spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Fackler of near Mt.
Blanchard.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Conard and
family spent Wednesday with Mr.,
and Mrs. Charles Lambert of Forest.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smith were
Saturday afternoon callers on Mrs.
Oscar Steinman and son Larry Dean
of Findlay.
Obituary
Eve Cordelia Folk, widow of Cloyd
J. Folk, was bom on a farm near Mt.
Cory, Ohio, on October 16,1860 and
departed this earthly life, February
18, 1942, aged 81 years, 4 months,
and 2 days.
She became suddenly ill the morn
ing of her death, suffering from a
heart attack. Mrs. Folk had been in
ill health for a number of years but
had never been bedfast. She arose
and dressed in the morning as usual,
only to be stricken a short time later.
She was the daughter of Richard
and Susanna (Watkins) Showalter.
On April 29,1891, she w’as married to
Cloyd J. Folk, who died December 5,
1940.
To this union five children were
bom, four of whom survive as fol
lows: Waldo C. Folk of Findlay,
Ohio Merle Folk of Mt. Cory Ruth
E. and Florence I. Folk at home, and
one grandchild, Margaret Ann Folk
Show’alter, who resided with her, also
survives. A daughter, Judith Lenore
died at ithe age of ten years.
Mrs. Folk had been a member of
the Mt. Cory Methodist church since
she was fifteen years old. She was
alawys active in the work of the
church as long as her health permitt
ed and alw’ays retained a great inter
est in its work.
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