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PAGE SIX
ALLEN COUNTY
Airman Wins Oak
Leaf Clusters
First Lieut, John W. Foltz of
Lima has been awarded two Oak
Leaf Clusters in lieu of a second
and third Distinguished Flying Cross
for extraordinary achievement while
participating in 50 operational
flights in the Southwest Pacific. The
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Foltz
and husband of Mrs. Rita Foltz, he
was awarded the DFC in May.
Felons To Be Sent
To Lima
Mentally defective felons sentenced
indefinitely under provisions of the
Ascherman act will be sent to the
Lima State Hospital for the Crimin
al Insane instead of the Mansfield
reformatory designated last month
as the institution for committment
of such cases, the State Welfare de
parment announced in Columbus.
Train Halted By Fire
man After Fight
In Cab
A Pennsylvania railroad train en
tered Van Wert with the fireman at
the controls and the engineer and a
soldier unconscious in the cab of the
locomotive.
Arnold Waible of Fort Wayne, a
railroad fireman, said the soldier had
knocked the engineer, F. H. Dressel,
of Fort Wayne, unconscious with a
hunk of coal. Waible, in turn,
knocked out the soldier.
The soldier gave his name as Pvt.
William J. Emig when he was taken
into custody at the Van Wert jail
and held for questioning by authori
ties from Baer Field, army base at
Fort Wayne. He showed furlough
papers issued from Camp Cooke,
Calif.
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that automatic gas equipment
will bring to America’s homes
after Victory is won.
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so that the savings you accu
mulate will help build that home
and equip it with all the won
derful things you’ll want? War
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ment on happiness.
Back the Attack for that
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NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES
Emig, a passenger on the train,
had crawled into the locomotive over
the tender.
Dressel was given medical atten
tion at Lima, and resumed his run
at Crestline.
Gunner Receives Medal
and Promotion
Sgt. Emmor Mlllenhour, aerial
gunner assigned to a B-25 “Billy
Mitchell” squadron actively engaged
in combat in New Guinea has been
promoted to staff sergeant, according
to word from an advanced base on
the South Pacific.
Enlisting in the Army in Decem
ber, 1941, he is a graduate of the
Army Air Force Technical training
at Sheppard Field, Texas, for air
plane mechanics, and gunnery school
at Las Vegas, New Mexico, he has
been overseas five months. For the
part he has played in the action in
this theatre, and his extraordinary
conduct outside the line of duty he
has been awarded the Purple Heart.
Sgt. Mullenhour, 23 years old, re
sided at Lima before entering the
service.
Hero Freezes Hands
Saving “Fort” Crew
Staff Sergt. Loy G. Myers, of
Hume, who has completed 50 combat
missions in the Mediterranean zone
and holds the Air Medal and 14 oak
leaf clusters, also has been awarded
the Soldiers’ Medal.
Sergeant Myers was a gunner on
one of five bombers assigned to sink
an enemy vessel considered a vital
target. While three ships attacked
and sank the target, the other two
attracted fire from escort vessels.
The two planes attacked a cruiser
and left it in a sinking condition,
but Myers’ craft was shot down.
When a collapsible life raft failed
to inflate automatically, Sergeant
Myers operated the carbon dioxide
tank by hand, at the cost of frozen
hands received while grasping the
tank. He was credited wih saving
the lives of all of the crew.
State Aid To Lima
Schools Increased
Though the enrollment in the Lima
public schools is some 108 pupils less
than last year, $353.22 more money
was earned under the school founda
tion plan than for the first period
last year, it was revealed in the
'monthly report of Supt. J. McLean
Reed to the board of education at its
regular meeting. The earning for
the first period this year was $39,
648.27. He explained that the in
crease was due to a new and higher
rate of computation which now is al
lowed under the foundation program.
The loss of 108 pupils, attributed
principally to inroads made by the
draft and industry, brings this year’s
total to 6,768 in all grades.
Forced Landing
Spreads Rumor
The forced landing of a new am
phibian plane on the Bert Core farm
north of Lima caused a brief flurry
with the Federal Bureau of Investi
gation reportedly entering the case
briefly.
The plane, newly purchased in De
troit recently, was forced down near
Leipsic and was left there by its
owner, Harold Seaton of Sheffield,
Ala., for repairs. It was flown to
the Lima Municipal airport for re
fueling, and had just taken off when
trouble again forced it down.
The erroneous report spread that
it had been abandoned, until it was
ascertained the pilot merely had re
turned to Alabama.
Plant Expansion Rul
ing Asked
City Council of Lima split four to
three on a renewed proposal by the
Lennox Furnace Co. to obtain
changes in zoning regulations so that
it may expand it’s war-busy factory,
now awaits a ruling by City Solici
tor Lee Van Blargm on whether a
majority or a unanimous vote is re
quired for approval.
HANCOCK COUNTY
Milk Dealer Waves
Jury Trial
Attorney Fred R. Hover advised
City Solicitor Reed B. Dunn of
Findlay that his client, Leland King,
would waive a jury trial in mayor’s
court on a charge of distributing
milk without a permit from the city
board of health. It was indicated
that the defendant would enter a
new plea.
i The charge was brought against
King by Miss Martha Laffey, city
health commissioner. The defend
ant at preliminary arraignment
pleaded not guilty.
0. D. Donnell Honored
O. D. Donnell, of Findlay, presi
den of the Ohio Oil Co., was re
elected treasurer of the American
Petroleum Institute in Chicago re
cently. Mr. Donnell also is a direct
or and member of the executive com
mittee.
Two Joint Hancock
Board
Appointments of William C. Fost
er, Findlay attorney, and W. W.
Crates to the price panel of the Han
cock County War Price and Ration
ing Board has been made.
Home For Aged Site
Chosen
The Judson Palmer Home for
Aged Women, provided for in the
Palmer will, will be erected on a
37.44-acre tract of land in north
east Findlay, it was announced re
cently. The home will not be con
structed until after the war.
Findlay Dedicates
Honor Roll
Findlay celebrated Armistice Day
by dedicating the Hancock County
honor roll of servicemen and women.
1 he roll, bearing 3,300 names, has
25 gold stars. A parade proceeded
the ceremony.
Charity Case Load 184
The case load of the Associated
Charities during the summer months
totaled 184, Miss Edith Priddy, ex
ecutive secretary, reported at the
meeting of the board of directors of
the organization in the municipal
building at Findlay.
The secretary reported 41 active
families, five service families and
138 consultation families contacted
during the months.
Former Findlay Flier
Promoted
V ord has been received of the
promotion of Mike Murphy, former
manager of the Findlay Airport, to
lieutenant colonel. He is in the ear
lier command service and is sta
tioned at Camp Mackall, N. C.
Suffers Loss Of Limb
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Riley of Find
lay, have received word from the
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American Red Cross that their son,
Pvt. William C. Riley, wounded on
New Guinea last January, has suf
fered the amputation of a limb. He
has been in an Australian hospital
10 months. He is expected home
soon.
HARDIN COUNTY
Scrap Plentiful
A. C. Johnston, of Kenton, chair
man of the Hardin County Salvage
Committee reported that more than
1,825 tons of waste materials have
been salvaged and sold to war in
dustries by local dealers since Jan. 1.
Army Plane Salvaged
AMERICAN HEROES
BY LEFF
A B-25 was taking off somewhere in North Africa. It crashed
and burst into flames. Private Eugene A Canter rushed forward
with three other soldiers to aid the crew. The heat was overwhelming
but Canter and his companions, drenched from the hoses of rescue
apparatus, rescued three crew members from the blazing ship. Then
Ganter returned to remove loaded 50 caliber machine guns. He won
the Soldier's Medal. Such are the men your War Bonds fight beside.
An army fighter plane which
struck a tree and turned over in an
emergency landing Monday on a
farm south of Kenton was removed
to Patterson Field, Dayton. The
pilot, Sec. Lieut. D. Harberger, suf
fered cuts and bruises. He said his
gasoline supply ran low while he
was bucking a headwind.
Crow Estate Named
In Another Suit
A suit for $800,000 against the
estate of the late Judge Phil Crow,
for more than 30 years a member of
the district court of appeals, was
dismissed in common pleas court up
on motion of the plaintiff Roy Roof,
but a new one asking $400,000 was
filed immediately by Carlos Faulk
ner, also a Kenton attorney.
Roof sued two weeks ago as a
taxpayer, contending Crow helped
build up his estate through fraudu
lent expense accounts while serving
as judge.
Faulkner set forth the same alle
gations, but said since about one
half of the estimated $800,000 estate
represented the late Mrs. Crow’s es
tate, it could not be touched.
Band Leader Honors
Ada Soldier
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wolf were no
tified that their son, Pvt. Charles
Wolf, who was killed in camp re
cently, was among the soldiers hon
ored when Fred Waring’s band
played “Hymn to a Hero” on his
Armistice program.
Completes Air Course
James W. Faulks, of Ada, recently
received his sergeant’s stripes and
silver wings after completing course
in armament and gunnery at Las
Vegas, Nevada.
Ohioan's Feat Cited
The exploit of Lieut. Vernon
Kerns, Ridgeway, army transport
pilot who successfully battled a sand
storm over Alexandria, Egypt, and
brought the craft and its occupants
safely to land, is described in Henry
J. Taylor’s recent book, “Man in
Motion”, which made its appearance
in the Kenton Public Library.
S3,558 Collected In
War Fund Drive
A total of $3,558.22 has been col
lected for the Hardin County Na
tional War Fund. The county’s
quota is set at $18,926.52.
Gains Promotion
Lieut. Harry Gossard of the U. S.
Marines recently received a promo
tion to first lieutenant. He is the
son of Mrs. Goldie Gossard of Ada.
Lt. Gossard met Capt. Richard Un
derwood, formerly of Ada, and the
two boys had a grand reunion “some
where in the southwest Pacific.”
Near Home Group
Sgt. Lester Binkley, of Ada, hos
pital technician, writes from the
southwest Pacific under date of Octo
ber 20, that he was recently trans­
ferred to a field hospital unit which
is located only about seven miles
from the Ada boys still with Co. H.
Sgt. Binkley marked 21 months over
seas duty last month.
Has Malaria
S. Sgt. John M. Underwood, of
Ada, son of Mrs. Pearl Underwood,
is confined to a base hospital with an
attack of Malaria in the southwest
Pacific area.
Kenton Man Promoted
P. M. Goff, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Goff of Kenton, has been pro
moted to major in the Army Air
Forces at Patterson Field.
Escapes Injury As
Trailer Upsets
Albert Hahrenwald of Canton es
caped injury when his truck and
trailer upset west of Ada.
The truck and trailer were loaded
with sheet steel and this was thrown
off in the wreck. Vahrenwald and
employes of an Ottawa garage
worked several hours reloading the
heavy material. The driver was en
route from Sharon, Pa., to Chicago.
PUTNAM COUNTY
Ottawa Army Pilot
Killed In Calif.
Word that her son, First Lieut.
Albert Raymond Stauffer, 24, was
killed in an airplane crash in Cali
fornia, has been received by Mrs.
Grace Stauffer of Ottawa. He was
a pilot in a reconnaissance unit sta
tioned at Camp Young, Calif. Lieut.
Stauffer was the son of the late
George Stauffer, prominent Demo
cratic political leader of northern
Ohio. The mother, two brothers and
six sisters survive.
Lieut. Stauffer entered service in
June, 1942. His body will be re
turned to Ottawa for services and
burial.
4-H Members Get
Awards
Members of boys’ and girls’ 4-H
clubs in Putnam county received
special awards during the annual
Achievement meeting last Wednes
day in the auditorium-gymnasium
at Ottawa.
Principal speakers were H. C.
Ramsower, director of the extension
service of Ohio State university and
Capt. Sheldon Hall of Gilboa, U. S.
Marine hero of the Southwest Pacific
fighting.
Calves Received By
Putnam 4-H
Twenty-seven boys and girls in
4-H clubs and vocational-agriculture
classes in Putnam county have re
ceived 39 purebred Hereford calves
which they have purchased for pro
ject work, it was reported by County
Agent L. C. Holtkamp at Ottawa.
The boys and girls will feed these
animals for the next ten months and
will show and sell them at the 1944
Putnam county fair. The youths
purchased the calves for 15 cents
per pound and the animals averaged
420 pounds.
Accident Injures Grove
Woman
In an accident occurring in Cairo
at the intersection of routes 65 and
30-N, Mrs. Chester W. Armentrout,
29, suffered from shock and her
mother Mrs. J. J. Kissell, 64, re
ceived head lacerations. Little Janet
Armentrout, who was asleep in her
mother’s arms, was unhurt.
State patrolmen stated that Mrs.
Armentrout and her mother were
riding with Rev. Chester W. Armen
trout, pastor of the Presbyterian
church at Columbus Grove. He was
traveling north on Route 65, when
their car was st nick by’ a truck op
erated by Edward T. Herbert, 23, of
Shawnee, Oklahoma.
Patrolmen said Horbert told them
he was unable to stop when the
traffic light at the intersection
changed just as he was approaching
it.
Grove Woman Gets
Court Reprimand
Daris Mullen, of Columbus Grove,
was found guilty by Judge A. A.
Slaybaugh of the Putnam county
common pleas court on a charge of
aiming and pointing firearms. The
defendant, indicated by the grand
jury, had pleaded not guilty and
been tried before the judge recently.
She was fined $10 and costs but
the court remitted the fine and costs
after reprimanding the defendant.
James Hartman told the court that
the defendant pointed a gun at him
while he was excavating dirt near
the property line of her premises
and after she had requested him not
to dig in the alley near her prop
erty.
Given Discharge
Two Columbus Grove service men,
John Beam and Ambrose Maag, have
returned home with honorable dis
charges fro mthe U. S. army. Beam
is the son of Mrs. Essie Beam and
Maag is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Maag.
War Chest Drive
Launched
Workers launched the 1943 War
Chest drive in Putnam county with
a goal of $20,000.
Carl D. Vermilya, chairman of
the county drive committee, said that
committees are at work in all of the
townships and expect to complete the
drive in about 10 days.
Gilboa Marine Given
Air Medal Award
Captain Sheldon Hall, U. S. Ma
rine hero of the southwest Pacific
campaigns, who is spending a leave
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Hall of near Gilboa, has been pre
sented the air medal by the Navy
department.
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THURSDAY, NOV. 18, 1943
This medal was presented to Cant.
Hall is recognition of his va’jr in
action, according to word received
from Washington, D. C. He was
shot down and was reported missing
in action early this year but was
able to evade capture by’ the Japan
ese and return to his unit.
The young pilot is an ace, having
shot down six Jap planes during his
service in the southwest Pacific.
Captain Hall is spending a large
part of his leave lecturing and turn
ing over contributions and offerings
received to Methodist foreign mis
sions.
Captain Hall says he owes his life
to the teachings of Methodist mis
sionaries among the headhunting
tribes of Choiseul Island.
Tons of Fruit
The 19 major fruits, grown in this
country, grossed in 1942 the respect
able total of 15,107,259 tons.
Please come in and
select your doll be
fore our stock is
depleted.
Bluffton Implement
& Harness Co.
INSURE with
F. S. Herr Agency
and be SURE
Phone 363-W
“Branch. Fostoria Animal Product.. Inr.”_