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PAGE SIX
ALLEN COUNTY
Lima Gets Another
Million Dallar Plant
Approval of an additional expan
sion in excess of $1,000,000 at the
Ohio Steel Foundry Co. was an
nounced Friday in Washington by
Jesse Jones, head of the Reconstruc
tion Finance Corp.
The increased appropriation by the|
Defense Plant Corp., a subsidiary ofj
the RFC, provides for additional
equipment in factories being erected
at the Ohio Steel Co.
Total commitments approved so
far by the Defense Plant Corp, at
the Ohio Steel now have passed the
$5,500,000 mark.
Two new factories are being erect
ed and additions to existing build
ings are under way.
The Ohio Steel will operate the
facilities at the plant but title will
remain in the Defense Plant Corp.,
according tp an announcement by
Sec. Jones and by John E. Galvin,
president of Ohio Steel.
Labor Shortage In
This Area
The War Manpower Commission
in Washington Wednesday classed
Lima nationally as an “anticipated”
labor shortage area and recommend
ed this city be avoided except for
war production contracts with a
maximum delivery rate of six
months.
Lima is one of 64 areas in the
country placed in this class. Other
Ohio cities thus classed include Co-
RUNTS
RUIN PROFITS
HOPRO, A proved ingredient
in our Pig & Hog Balancer sup
plies a blend of the known B»
Complex Vitamins that stretches
your grain and helps eliminate
runts by providing balanced
nutrition. Contains Niacin (for
merly called Nicotinic Acid) one
of the factors recommended by
Investigators for the prevention
and control of “Necro.”
40% Old Fort Hog Mix
made with Borden's
HOPRO
Bluffton Milling Co.
STANLEY A.
WELKER
Respectfully Solicits ^our
Vote and Support for
ALLEN COUNTY
Democratic Candidate
Election, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1942
Experienced Qualified
Native of Allen County, Ohio.
Member of American Legion.
A public accountant versed in
taxation laws and with seven
years experience as a Deputy in
Auditor’s Office of Allen County,
Ohio.
Associated three years with
Bowsher and Kingman, local firm
of Certified I’ublic Accountants,
specializing in Audits, Systems
and Tax Service to various
Farmer Co-Operative Companies
in Ohio and Indiana.
Clerk of The Municipal Court of
Lima, Ohio.
Lower Taxes-Fair Valuations
ECONOMICAL AND COUR
TEOUS PUBLIC SERVICE
Stanley A. Welker, Lima, Ohio.
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES
lumbus, Hamilton-Middletown, Lor
ain-Elyria, Marion, Toledo and
Youngstown.
Two-Headed Pig At
tracts Attention
Something of the bizarre in the
shape of a two-headed pig was in
cluded in an otherwise normal litter
of 13 farrowed at the L. C. Craig
farm, four miles east of Lima, on
Sunday.
The two-headed pig also had six
legs, two of which were on its
shoulders. The pig was farrowed
dead.
48 Bus Stops Are
Eliminated
Officials of the Lima City Lines
this week prepared to eliminate 48
bus stops on city routes following
City Council’s approval of a pro
gram suggested to conform with re
quests of the Office of Defense
Transportation.
Meanwhile the ODT notified the
city that it must file within 10 days
its formal protest against the pro
posed shortening of several bus lines,
to which citizens submitted com
plaints.
Stove Fire Takes Lives
Of Two
A kerosene stove was blamed for a
blaze which brought death to two
men early Sunday in Lima and vir
tually destroyed a two-story house.
Acting Fire Chief August Weber
said James Stewart, 55, clarified
events preceding the deaths of
Thomas Knox and Jesse Washing
ton, Negroes, when he said he light
ed the stove, then left the home for
15 minutes because he thought he
heard prowlers. He said he left the
victims asleep. When he returned
the house was a mass of flames.
Canteen For Service
men In Lima
A service men’s canteen sponsored
by the American Women’s Voluntary
Sercices, of which Mrs. Charles A.
Baker is president, is nearing com
pletion at the Pennsylvania Railroad
station in Lima, and an organization
to supervise its operation has been
completed.
The building has been erected thru
the generosity of Lima citizens. It
is expected that within another week
electrical installations and other last
minute items will be finished and a
time set for public inspection, after
which service to men in uniform on
trains passing thru Lima will begin.
Old Boots For New
Ones Is The Rule
When a person obtains a certificate
to purchase any of the six types of
rationed rubber footwear, he must
turn in his old pair, Harry Fox, ex
ecutive secretary of the Allen county
war price and rationing board de
clared Friday.
This includes all knee high and
over-knee boots and both high and
low pacs, Fox said.
Shoe dealers have application
forms. Persons essential to the war
program only are eligible for the
footwear.
Schryer District Scout
Head
Ray R. Schryer was unanimously
elected Chairman of the Allen Dis
trict committee, Boy Scouts of
America, at a meeting of all Scout
ers held recently in the Ohio Power
Company club rooms. Clarence E.
Katterheinrich was named vice chair
man at the same time, for the 1943
term.
Nazi Plane In Lima
A Nazi Messedschmitt 109 war
plane, now on a nationwide charity
tour of leading communities, will
Issued by
Fred R. Seibert, St. Marys, O.
visit Lima Tuesday for a four-day
exhibition in conjunction with the
Allen County War Chest drive, ac
cording to an announcement from
James J. Weadock, Chest president.
The famed fighter will be displayed
in a tent on the southeast corner of
the public square from 10 a. m. un
til 10 p. m.
Currently on view in Fort Wayne,
the Me 109, as the plane is known
in military circles, is said to be one
of the world’s most formidable air
fighters. Brought down over Cov
entry, England, in mid-November of
1940, while escorting Heinkel bomb
ers on a raid, the Nazi war prize is
being shown in the United States by
permission of the British Air Min
istry.
Fitted with a Daimler-Benz 12
cylinder engine, developing 1150
horsepower, the Me 109 has a top
speed of 354 miles an hour and a
cruising range of 420 miles. Arma
ment consisted of two 30 calibre ma
chane guns and three .20 mm. shell
firing cannon. The ship has a wing
spread of 30 feet, 3 inches and an
overall length of 26 feet, 8 inches.
Ready to fly, the Me 109 weights
5520 pounds.
Blast In Home Fatal
To Man
Amos Miller, 64, of Spencerville
Route 1, died at 5:45 p. m. Wednes
day in St. Rita’s hospital of first
and second degree burrs suffered
earlier in the day at his home.
Miller’s clothing caught fire when
a kerosene can he was holding ex
ploded as he attempted to light a
fire in his kitchen stove.
Halloweeners Keep
Sheriff Busy
Chasing Halloweeners has become
a vocation with Allen county deputy
sheriffs.
Calls from all parts of the county
kept officers on the move thruout
Wednesday and early Thursday.
Corn stalks and a 20-foot farm
gate blocking a road in Bath town
ship were responsible for one call,
and pranksters stoning cars in the
vicinity of Perry school started dep
uties on another chase. There were
other calls resulting from prank
sters performing feats on the Stew
art road and at intersection of the
Hanthorn and Bawman roads.
The sheriff’s department is main
taining night patrols in an effort to
curb what Sheriff W. D. Daley de
scribed as the “worst Halloween
season we’ve ever seen.”
HANCOCK COUNTY
Resigns From Draft
Board
C. H. Hilty, Orange township
farmer, last week resigned from
Hancock County Selective Service
Board No. 2 because of ill health.
He had served since the board was
organized two years ago.
Dies In Cell In Police
Station
Clarence L. Myers, 59, was found
dead at 3:30 o’clock Friday after
noon in the Findlay police station
where he had been booked earlier in
the day for drunkenness.
Myers, janitor of the Oak cafe,
was taken into custody on complaint
of residents of the same apartment
building who told police he had been
drinking heavily for the past three
weeks.
Findlay Marine In
Movie
A picture of a Findlay boy may
be seen in the film “Wake Island”.
He is Homer Roller, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Dewey Roller.
A letter received from him July
25, by his parents in Findlay, con
tained the following paragraph:
“This afternoon we marched for a
THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO
film company. The picture, ake
Island” will be shown in a short
time. In the last scene it shows re
marching to leave for \»ake
cmits
Island.
RE-ELECT
I will be among those re­
mits. That’s what we inarched for.
took the picture today.”
F’aramount
332 Gift Boxes For
Foreign Lands
Findlay and Hancock county school
children have filled 332 Junior Red
Cross gift boxes for children in for
eign countries.
Halloween Trick Near
ly Causes Wreck
Two automobile accidents were
narrowly averted in Findlay one
night last week as drivers swerved
their cars suddenly to avoid hitting
an object thrown int
several youths.
by
the street
According to rep
object was a life-s
signed to represent
Drivers took the
person falling in the
ded tires to avoid running
One automobile was
ruined a tire whci
the curb.
Industrial salvage for
of September amou
pounds in Findlay,
port announced rece
The month was tl
since the industrial s
started last summi
total in the five mor
the movement to
pounds, or 2,000 to)
the
de­
ts to police
zed dummy
a pedestrian,
■bject to be a
street and skid-
li ported to have
it swerved into
Plant Salvage Hits
High Mark
the month
:ed to 956,686
e monthly re
ly shows.
second largest
vage campaign
bringing the
is embraced in
arly 4,000,000
Salvage material included alumi
num, brass, burlap, copper, iron and
steel, lead, paper, rubber, rags and
tin.
$2,864 For U. S. O.
The villages and townships in
Hancock county collected a total of
$2,864.99 in the recent United Serv
ice Organizations drive as compared
to only $1,387.80 in 1941, County
Chairman W. Ault reported Friday.
Mr. Ault said practically every
village and township showed big in
crease over the donations last year
and of the entire amount only $41.50
was in pledges and all the rest in
cash.
HARDIN COUNTY
Salvage Campaign
Expanded
The Hardin county scrap salvage
campaign last week received impetus
when patriotic, civic and business
leaders joined the local Agricultural
Board in promoting an intensive
15-day drive which will be high
lighted by house-to-house canvasses
November 1 and November 11.
Proceeds from donations of metal,
rubber and rags will be divided
equally between the USO and the
Red Cross.
Industry Seeks College
Men
Representatives from the General
Motors corporation, Detroit, will visit
the campus at Ohio Northern Uni
versity to interview prospective en
gineering employees.
Approximateely 20 students were
to be interviewed by representatives
of the civil service commission at the
university Wednesday.
Wife Beater Is Jailed
Green Risner of south of Alger
this week was fined $75 and costs
and was sentenced to 30 days in
the county jail on a charge that he
beat his wife. Justice of the Peace
Lyman Clark, before whom the case
was heard, said the man had been
committed to the jail.
In another case, William Sparks,
36, of Tecumseh, Mich., pleaded
guilty to a charge of assault and
battery and was fined $50 and costs.
The penalty was suspended, provid
ing he take care of his wife and
FRED R. SEIBERT
Republican Candidate for
STATE SENATOR
32nd Senatorial District
Counties of: Allen, Auglaize, Defiance, Paulding,
Mercer, Van Wert and Williams.
The privilege of the vote is the very foundation stone of the
nation’s strength and greatness. It is the very essence of our
freedom. It represents our highest responsibility to our country.
Your vote is solicited on a record of outstanding accomplishment
for this district.
children, whom he allegedly aband
oned while visiting in Alger, out of
the state.
Infant Smothers
In Bed
re held Thurs
lul James Lil
son of Mr. and
Funeral services
day afternoon for
lard, nine-months-c
Mrs. Leo Lillard of ne
who smothered under the
Besides the parents, he
by brothers and sisters
Barbara Ann, 4, and Marilyn Joyce
Surviving are the husband, Floyd
J. Cowen, a Kenton factory worker
who formerly had his own orchestra
and composed musical lyrics, two
sons, and her mother, Mrs. Mortimer
Lewis, who made her home with the
Cowens.
Ada Considers Water
works Issue
An open meeting for the town
of Ada will be held at the council
room on November 2 for the purpose
of allowing the townspeople to ex
press themselves on the proposed
purchase of the waterworks. At that
time the committee for studying the
financial need will have their report
ready. H. J. Sousley, chairman,
stated that the purchase price of
$50,000 is an attractive one provid
ing maintenance and improvement
would not prove too expensive.
PUTNAM COUNTY
Three Boys Raise
Nine Steers
Three sons of Mr. and Mrs. Sig
mund Ricker, of near Fort Jennings,
are doing their part in providing
meat for the nation’s wartime food
requirements. They have raised nine
steers—three apiece—as their 4-H
club and vocational-agriculture pro
jects during the last nine months.
The boys have raised Hereford
steers, which they entered in the
4-H comptition at the Putnam coun
ty fair. Richard Ricker was chosen
the outstanding livestock raiser in
4-H work this year in Putnam coun
ty.
Sugar Beet Yield Is
High
A good yield of tons per acre is
being reported by farmers through
out the growing area of the Ohio
Sugar company of Ottawa, agricul
tural authorities disclosed.
The large tonnage means that
more sugar will be refined and made
High Quality
West Virginia
COAL
LUMP
EGG
STOKER
See me before placing your
order.
R. E. Trippiehorn
Phone 396-W
available for civilian
needs.
is forcing
and keep
they can
Storage
Kenton,
survived
David 3,
School Bus Mileage
Reduced
Another measure for economy has
been put .into effect in the school
system. Buses which formerly were
used to transport elementary pupils
to school have been discontinued due
to gas rationing and tires,
the bus had to leave the main
to pick up students in the half
radius they will have to walk.
Where
road
mile
rail-
Police will be on duty at the
road at the time for the youngsters
to go to school to assist the child
ren to cross the tracks.
Farm Institute
Discontinued
The officers of the Dunkirk Farm
er’s Institute have decided to discon
tinue the meetings for the duration
of the war. This decision was
reached after interviewing different
members of the community and get
ting their opinions. Reasons given
were intensity of war work, gasoline
and tire rationing.
Mother Takes Own
Life
Mrs. Pearl Cowen, 36, mother of
two children, ended her life Wed
nesday afternoon by firing a 16
gauge shotgun charge into her open
mouth and blowing away the top
of her head, Coroner John A. Moon
ey reported. He returned a verdict
of suicide and said she had been
despondent after a mental illness.
and military
However, the heavy tonnage
farmers to pit their beets
them on the farm until
be handled at the plant,
facilities soon will be filled
and in order to save the beets still
on the farm, it is necessary that
pitting be done, officials announced.
Farmers will be paid for pitting and
may obtain information regarding
this process from their sugar com
pany field man.
Health Exams For
All Pupils
Officials of the Putnam county
health department on Tuesday began
the 1942 examination of freshmen
and seniors in the high schools
the county.
of
Fine Return From
Scrap Collection
Because the response of rural
residents has been unexpectedly fine,
it will be necessary to begin selling
the salvage material being collected
in Putnam county. The county sal
vage committee is receiving bids on
various types of material and will
award the contract Saturday.
Four of the 15 townships have
produced more than 600 tons of
scrap.
Elrose
Wm. Bish, wife and son Wm.
Philip, of Jackson, Mich., Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Hainer, of Detroit, Mich,
spent the week-end at the E. L.
Bish home.
Mrs. Jennie Fisher, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Koontz, son Robert, were
Sunday dinner guests in the J. R.
Fisher home. Afternoon callers
were Mrs. A. J. Fisher and grand
daughter Jean, and Lewis Fisher.
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Stratton,
Gladys and Dorothy Klingler, Flo
Stratton and J. D. Clymer spent
Sunday with the Russell Stratton
family near West Jefferson.
Union prayer services at the Olive
Branch church Thursday evening.
John Koch had the misfortune of
breaking his left arm one day last
week.
A halloween party will be held at
the Black school house Friday night,
come mask, a short program will
be given and eats will be sold. Come
and enjoy the evening.
Callers at the Ami Nonnamaker
VOTE FOR
Charles W.
Lora
Democratic Candidate for
Allen County
Commissioner
Election, November 3, 1942
RE-ELECT
4
STEPHEN M. YOUNG
Representative to Congress,
at Large
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
Issued by. War Veterans for Youns Comm.,
Wm. T. O’Brien, Sec’y.. 8913 Kempton Ave,,
Cleveland
THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 1912
home during the past week were
Mrs. Mary Hartman and son Cloyce
of Hoytville, Howard Klingler of
Ada, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Non
namaker, sons Harold and Dean.
Glenn and Ami Nonnamaker spent
Sunday evening at
Klingler home.
the Chauncey
received word
Gerald Ray to
Tits worth of
Titsworth will
have
a son
Clare
Friends here
of the birth of
Dlr. and Mrs.
Pontiac, Mich,
be remembered as Marjorie Redick
who formerly lived at this place.
Mrs.
Disinfectant has little effect on
bacteria protected by coverings of
dirt. Thorough cleaning with water
and lye should precede application
of disinfectants in poultry houses.
Nutritive values of meat are not
determined by the tenderness of the
cut. The less expensive pieces will
build as much muscle and furnish as
much energy as the most expensive
steaks and roasts.
SHORTHORN
SALE
Nov. 3, 1942
at Strowan Farms, 14 mile
north from Vaughnsville,
on State Route 115, 7 miles
south of Kalida on Route
115, 7 miles west of Col
umbus Grove on Route 12
45 Head of Cattle
11 Bulls of service
able age.
20 Bred Heifers
10 Open Heifers
All well bred registered
cattle.
Benroth & Griffith
Columbus Grove, Ohio
....
0^044^ Su/p'p&d 'Itrill He /JpfiAeciaiett
Charles W. Lora, Richland Township, R. R. No. 2, Col. Grove, Ohio
WANTED—DEAD STOCK
WE PAY TOP CASH PRICES
Horses $4.00 Cows $2.00
Small Stock removed free of charge.
Quick Service
Telephone Findlay, MAIN 475, Reverse Charges
BUCKEYE REDUCTION COMPANY, Findlay, Ohio
A RECORD OF SERVICE
IN WAR AND IN PEACE
Resigned as a County Prose
cuting Attorney in 1918, waiv
ed exemption and served in the
Field Artillery in World War
I member of the American
Legion.
During six years as Cong
ressman-at-Large he supported
every appropriation for the
Army, Navy and Airforce and
supported the foreign policy
of President Roosevelt BE
FORE Pearl Harbor and after.
Pearson and Allen in the
Washington Merry-go-Round
wrote: “Representative Steph
en M. Young gets to his
office in the Capitol every
morning by 7:30, stays until
"8:00 at night.”
During the present session
of the House of Representa
tives there were 113 roll calls
to October 12, 1942. The best
record of Ohio’s twenty-four
Members of the House was
that of Representative-at-Large
Stephen M. Young who missed
not a single roll call. His op
ponent missed 34 roll calls.
Vote for the Congressman who
sticks to his job.
Your vote to Re-elect
STEPHEN M. YOUNG
as your Representative to
Congress at Large will be
greatly appreciated.
“Branch. Fostoria Animal Product*. Inc."_____________