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PAGE SIX ALLEN COUNTY Beaverdam Garage Looted Authorities, following notification by police radio, are on the lookout for a truck, the operators of which were involved in the theft of a bat tery and tools from a Beaverdam garage about 8:30 a. m. (slow time) Wednesday. Mel Burkholder, garage operator at Beaverdam, told Allen county Deputy Sheriff A. J. Lutterbein that a large truck stopped at his garage. There were two men and two women in the machine, he said. They asked for a rental battery, and since he was busy, offered to put it in the truck themselves. He furnished them with the neces sary tools and continued with the work he had been doing. A short time afterward he discovered that the truck and its occupants had left, taking with it the battery and tools.- Boys Will Help On Farms Issuance of age and school certifi cates to Allen county farm boys to allow them to work a maximum of 20 days this semester on their fath ers’ farms will be considered soon by the Allen county board of educa tion, Superintendent Willard M. Floy announced. Railroader Hurt In Mishap A 60-year-old Nickel Plate brake man was in memorial hospital Wed nesday with a fractured left hip, the result of an unusual accident in the railroad yards Tuesday after noon. He is P. E. Osborne of Bellefon taine. Osborne was thrown to the floor of his caboose when it was bumped by a string of cars. He was removed to the hospital. Damage Suit After math Of Crash Total damages of $15,000 are sought in two suits filed by a To ledo man against the estate of a former Lima man as result of an automobile mishap at Cairo last October 14. In the accident in which Albert C. CaJacob lost his life, John W. Young Bluffton “Best-Yet” Quality Chicks Why have BEST-YET CHICKS become BEST SELLERS? Because they are the sure way to BIGGER EGG PROFITS. This spring, try Best-Yet chicks. Produced and sold for 23 years by The Bluffton Hatchery Co. Bluffton, Ohio Phone 252-W Public Sale Owing to the death of my husband I will sell at public sale at my home 1 mile east and 1 mile south of Pandora near Beech Tree school on Tuesday, March Sth The following property: 18 CATTLE—Guernsey cow, was fresh in December Guernsey cow, with calf by side Guernsey cow, to be fresh April 2 Guernsey heifer, to be fresh in August 3 yearling heifers Guernsey heifer, 3 months old 10 Hereford heifers, averaging 450-500 pounds. 4 SHROPSHIRE EWES. FARM MACHINERY F-12 Farmall tractor, wagon and hay ladder 2-row tractor cultivator 2 bottom 12-inch tractor plows culti packer New Idea hay loader side delivery rake 12 disc Van Brunt drill harrow 2-row cultivator single cultivator corn binder 2 one-horse cultivators walking plow single shovel plow corn sled disc power corn sheller trailer and wagon box DeLaval separator corn planter. HOUSEHOLD GOODS Piano and bench round table extension table 6 chairs kitchen cabinet iron bedsteads wooden bedsteads several stands & other articles. MISCELLANEOUS Brooder house 10 by 12 ft. 500 chick electric brooder chick feeders and fountains hog house hog feeders: lad ders good line of carpenter tools 2 iron kettles and ring 30 gal. copper kettle other articles. Sale to Begin at 12 O’clock Noon Terms—CASH on day of sale. Munson Thrapp, Auctioneer. NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES has filed suit asking $5,000 for his own injuries and a separate suit for $10,000 for injuries to his son. Gene F. CaJacob and Nell A. Gillons, of Lima, administrators with will an nexed of the estate of Albert Ca Jacob, are named party defendants. The plaintiffs sets up the same causes in each action. The suit grew out of the mishap which oc curred on October 14, 1943, at the intersection of Route 30-N and Route 65 in Cairo. The plaintiff charges the dead man with negligence. Veteran Teacher Is Killed Miss Teresa Grady, 53, died of in juries received last week in Lima when she was struck by an automo bile while walking from an early church service to her public school post. She had been a teacher in the public schools continuously, since 1920, serving at Longfellow, Emer son and Irving grade schools in Lima. HANCOCK COUNTY Findlay Sailor In Magazine A Findlay boy, singing Christmas carols on far-off Guadalcanal is shown in the current issue of Lima magazine. Clair Lafferty, Pharmacist Mate 2/c, although not identified is recog nized by his Findlay friends as the sailor at the left end of the choir. Tapers burned in front of the young men, who are shown holding song books and seemingly in the midst of song. The choir sang at a Christmas Eve service held for soldiers and ma rines and sailors on the island. Sacred Flower Blooms In Findlay A Sacred Lily that grows without dirt or water, belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dufford of Findlay is now in bloom. The tongue of the dark red lily measures 4 inches and the stem 38 inches, making it stand 78 inches tall. The Duffords received the bulb six years ago from an aunt, Mrs. R. H. Russell, Leipsic. In the summer they plant the bulb in the garden where it grows to about five feet in height. The top of the stem is cov MRS. SAM KING tow ered with leaves, giving it the ap pearance of an umbrella. The plant falls flat to the ground at the first frost. The stem is then cut off and the bulb, which is about the size of a large head of cabbage, is placed in a shallow pan in the house for the winter. When the lily starts to bloom a cellophane cap is placed over the plant because of the strong odor. The flower lasts about 10 days. It started to bloom four days ago, Mrs. Dufford said, and visitors are wel come to see it. Mother, Daughter Christen Ships Both the wife and daughter of Lieut. Com. Eugene Lugibihl, son of Mrs. Lee Lugibihl, of Findlay, have had the honor of christening United States ships. Recently Mrs. Lugibihl christened the U. S. S. Hydra, a cargo ship built for the navy by the Penn-Jer sey Shipbuilding Corp, at Camden, N. J. Lieut. Com. Lugibihl, gradu ate of Findlay high school and the United States naval academy at An napolis, Md., is assistant to Rear Admiral R. W. Ryden, supervisor of shipbuilding at all the yards along the east side of the Delaware river in and near Camden. Mrs. Lugibihl was presented with two dozen roses and a war bond. The daughter Carmen Anne, chris tened a small ship some time ago. Sugar Plant Head Resigns M. R. Allen, superintendent of the Findlay plant of the Great Lakes Sugar company, has resigned his po sition and will leave this evening for Montreal, Que., where he will be en gaged in sugar beet development work for the Province of Quebec. Mr. Allen and his family will be located at least for the next six months at Montreal. A beet plant is now in process of erection at St. Hillaire, about 20 miles from the city. $27,600 Red Cross Goal The Findlay and Hancock county Red Cross membership and financial campaign will be held during the week of March 22, it was announced Friday in connection with the nation wide Red Cross war fund drive plan ned for March. The national goal is $125,000,000 and the local quota is $27,600. Aged Woman Is Dead Mrs. Melissa V. Compton, 96, one of Hancock county’s oldest residents, died Monday in Findlay hospital, as the result of a fractured hip sus tained in a fall at a convalescent home last Friday. Previous to the injury, Mrs. Compton had been in good health. Victory Garden Drive Opens The civilian defense council at Rawson held the first Victory Gard en planning meeting in the county Friday night with S. D. Kivett act ing as chairman. The purpose of the meeting was to arrange for organization of the pro gram for the year and select com mitteemen to develop various phases of the program. Forest G. Hall, county agricultural agent, discussed the organization phase and told of the eight-point program suggested by the state Vic tory Garden Council. Forgotten Key Results In Accident Because he forgot his keys to the Charles E. Marshall grocery in Findlay Feb. 10, 1940, Charles J. Shank had to return to his home for them and on the way back, he fell suffering a vertabrae fracture and brain concusion. But because he did not unlock the store and enter the place of business, the district court of appeals has held in favor of the defendant in Shank’s suit against the commission after it had rejected his claim for compensation damages. HARDIN COUNTY Woman Only Law School Graduate Mrs. Elaine McElroy Mayhew, only senior law student at Ohio Northern University will be gradu ated Sunday at the first midyear commencement in the history of the school. Mrs. Mayhew is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. O. McElroy of Ada. Her husband Lieut. Fred Mayhew, is an army air force bombadier. Burned When Gasoline Ignites Lewis Kerns of Mt. Victory was severely burned on his right hand THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO Niels Ebbesen v DANISH PILOTS make up a crack Spitfire squadron with United Nations airmen operating from the vast runway that is Great Britain. Their planes usually bear the names of Danish heroes. Here a smiling Danish pilot officer points to his country’s Hag and to bis plane named after the Danish hero, Nitis Ebbesen, who in 1340 liberated Denmark from German aggressors. when he attempted to start a fire with gasoline which he had mistaken for kerosene. Kenton Major Safe In Philippines Members of the family of Major Calvin G. Jackson of Kenton were cheered Monday night when a tele gram arrived notifying them offi cially of a change of his “missing in action” status. The telegram stated that Major Jackson is reported “a prisoner of war of the Japanese government in the Philippine island. The last official word regarding Major Jackson was received last May 27, when he was listed “missing in action”. Major Jackson was on Ba taan when he was taken prisoner, and was stationed at Mt. McKinley, Manila, on Dec. 7, 1941. He entered the service on Feb. 20, 1941, as a captain and received his training at Camp Wheeler, Georgia. Ada Man Hurt In Fall Lowell McQuown, Ada farmer and school bus driver, crossing watchman and substitute mail carrier, has been forced to cancel his activities tem porarily due to injuries received last week. Climbing the watch tower ladder at the Pennsylvania crossing he lost hold on the next to the top rung and fell, with his face and shoulder striking the cement. After gaining consciousness, 15 minutes later, it was found he had received no frac tures. He is suffering from severe shock and bruises. PUTNAM COUNTY Physical Fitness Train ing Urged Boys in the Ottawa schools are being enrolled in a physical fitness class sponsored by the Kerner-Slus ser post, American Legion, in Ot tawa, it was announced by Gene Koehls, supervisor and instructor for the class. Twenty-eight boys enrolled in the class the first night on Monday and additional youths are planning to join the class next week, the super visor said. The boys will meet once each week in the armory at Ottawa. Designed to supplement the physi cal education training the boys re ceive in school, this program is ar ranged to put the youths in the best of physical trim, Koehls asserted. Their activities will be under expert supervision at all times at the arm ory. Daughter Full-Fledged Farmer Miss Harriet Bach, 19, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Bach, of Bel more, is doing her bit to relieve the farm labor shortage occasioned by the war effort. She handles the tractor, truck 'and other farm machinery as well as most men and does all types of farm work. Last summer she was a hand with the threshing ring, doing her full share as the outfit moved from farm to farm. When her outdoor tasks are fin ished, she is an efficient cook and housekeeper and deserves credit for being an all-around Farmerette. Youths Must Stay In School Youths of sen ol age in Putnam county must nut abandon their stu dies and go to nearby cities to enter defense plants unless they obtain working certificates from the county school authorities and these will be granted only in cases where there is a real need for the youth to leave school. This was made clear by County Supt. Carl D. Vermilya after the prosecution of a Columbus Grove cou ple for permitting their daughter to remain out of school to obtain a job in a Lima factory. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Reeder of Columbus Grove were charged with permitting their daughter, Jean Ann Reeder, 15, to be absent from school without a legal excuse. The charge was filed by C. L. Felkey, Putnam county attendance officer. Seek More Farm Labor Plans have been mapped by agri culture leaders of Putnam county for meeting the antiiepated farm la bor shortage during 1943, it was an nounced in Ottawa following a meet ing of Farm Bureau and Grange officials in the office of County Agent L. C. Holtkamp. Under recent orders of the War Manpower Commission in Washing ton, D. C., the county agriculture ex tension agent will be the county chairman in charge of locating and assigning farm labor. The Farm Bureau and Grange leaders voted to place the labor sub-committee of the Putnam county Land Use Committee directly under Holtkamp in this pro gram for Putnam county. Home Gardening Plans Mapped Plans for promoting an extensive home gardening program thruout Putnam county during 1943 to aid in averting a food shortage were an nounced Monday night by the county Victory Garden Committee. An 8 point program was adopted by the group. It was announced that a county wide meeting of interested citizens will be held in a few weeks in Ot tawa with a representative of the state department of agriculture pre senting the main address. Details of this event will be completed soon by the executive committee of the county garden group. At the same time, the county com mittee decided to establish a head quarters in the office of County Agent L. C. Holtkamp where data on seeds, plant diseases, production problems and other matters of im portance to the gardener can be ob tained. Ottawa Pastor Army Chaplain The Rev. Claude S. Dayton, pastor of Trinity Methodist church in Ot tawa since September, 1940, an nounced that he has been commis sioned a first lieutenant in the Unit ed States Army and will become a chaplain. He preached his last sermon Sun day and was in his officer’s uniform, since his commission was effective Feb. 20. Following the morning worship service, members of the con gregation held a potluck dinner and farewell meeting. During the second and third quar ters of 1943, the Army’s conditional requirements call for 18 million underwear garments and 48 million pairs of socks. BUY UNITED STATES WAR 'BONDS AND YOU AND YOUR INCOME TAX Following is one of a series of articles issued by the Bureau of Internal Revenue designed to help clarify requirements of the 1942 Revenue Act for those who are new income tax payers.—Editor EXPENSES OF FARMERS A farmer who operates a farm for profit is entitled to deduct from gross income as necessary expenses all amounts expended (other than those constituting capital expenditures) in the carrying on of the business of farming. The cost of feeding and raising livestock may be treated as an expense deduction insofar as such costs represent actual outlay, but not including the value of farm produce grown upon the farm or the labor of the taxpayer. Also deductible is the cost of seed, minor repairs to farm buildings (other than the dwelling of the farmer), and small tools used up in the course of a short period. The cost of fuel and oil used for farm work, as well as repairs and maintenance of farm machinery, is deductible as a business expense but the cost of farm fachinery, equipment, and farm buildings represents a cap ital investment and is not an allow able deduction. The cost, however, may be recovered by depreciation al lowances. In the case of a farmer, the farm dwelling is not depreciable, except such part of it as may be used directly in farming operations. The cost of gasoline, repairs and upkeep of an automobile if used wholly in connection with* the taxpayer’s farm operations, as well as depreciation thereon, may be deducted, but if an automobile is used partly for busi ness and partly for pleasure or the convenience of the taxpayer or his family, the cost of operation may be apportioned according to the extent of the use for purposes of business and for pleasure or convenience, and the portion attributable to business will be deductible as a necessary bus iness expense. The cost of hired laborers and hired machines on a farm and the part of the board which is purchsed for hired laborers are deductible. The value of products furnished by the farm and used in the board of hired laborers is not deductible expense. Rations purchased and furnished to laborers or sharecroppers are deductible as a part of the labor expense. Amounts paid to persons engaged in household work to the extent that their services are used in boarding and otherwise caring for farm laborers are deducti ble, but amounts paid for services of such employees engaged in caring for the farmer’s own household are not deductible expense. Amounts expended in the develop ment of farms, orchards, and ranches prior to the time when the productive state is reached may be regarded as investments of capital. The coast of planting trees, as well as the amounts expended by a farmer in the restora tion of soil fertility preparatory to actual production of crops and the cost of liming soil to increase produc tiveness over a period of years are capital expenditures but the cost of commercial fertilizers, the benefit of which is of short duration and .which THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1943 have to be used every’ year or so, even after a farm reaches the productiv state, is deductible as an expense. Amounts expended in purchasing work, breeding, or dairy animals are regarded as investments of capital and may be depreciated unless such animals are included in inventory’. Elrose Jeanette and Gareth Basinger spent Sunday at the H. M. Stauffer home in Bluffton. Charles Nonnamaker was a Sat urday guest at the Ami Nonnamaker home. A number from this neighborhood attended the Hancock Co. tourna ment at Findlay Saturday. Mrs. John Williamson is ill at her home near Mt. Cory. Callers Sunday' at the Ami Non namaker home were Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Klingler, daughter Marilyn and son Howard of near Ada, John and Feme Koch. The Olive Branch L. A. S. will meet with Mrs. J. R. Fisher this Wednesday’ afternoon. Callers at the Anna Koontz home over the week end were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Koontz and son Robert, Misses Merilyn Battles and Floe Stratton and June Gallant. LaVerne and Clyde Augsburger called Sunday morning on Roderick Nonnamaker and attended church at Olive Branch. They were formerly of this place, but now are living on a farm near Pandora, with their parents Mr. and Mrs. Omar Augs burger. Union pray’er services at the Olive Branch church Thursday evening. Dale Jump of New Stark called at the Thomas Koontz home Satur day evening. J. R. Fisher, wife and June Gal lant were callers at the T. J. Koontz home Sunday. 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 Add) one of the factors recommended by Investigators for the prevention and control of “Necro.” SALE at 102 Spring Street, Bluffton SATURDAY, MARCH 6th Beginning at 1:00 P. M. HOUSEHOLD GOODS:—Five piece reed living room suite large dining table, with leaves and folding pads to fit library table kitchen table 3 rocking chairs screened in baby buggy folding ironing board child’s desk porch swing bird cage large clothes basket small 2-burner kerosene heater fish aquarium wall flour bin, with sifter wicker porch swing and chair porch box 2 sturdy mov able school desks long iron register one gallon ice cream freezer jars and crocks wall pictures washing machine, with electric motor. MISCELLANEOUS:—Glass door 2X8, 6X11, togeth er with frame door 2X8, 6X8 2 oil brooder stoves, 500 chick capacity battery brooder, 300 chick capacity com sheller copper kettle force hand sprayer 5 window sash, 28X34 mash chick feeders chick water fountains water and feed crocks for rabbits cistern force pump scythe 2 hand wood saws lawn clipper iron saw barrels and oil drums potato crates garden tools chicken crates and coops and many other articles. Other articles may be included in this sale if brought to place of sale on Saturday morning, March 6. 40% Old Fort Hog Mix made with Borden's HOPRO COMMUNITY Bluffton Milling Co. Leonard Gratz, Auct. 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 “Branch, Foatoria Animal ProdttcU, inc.” _______________