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PAGE SIX
ALLEN COUNTY
Dola Named Center Of
Steel Industry
The village of Dola with 175 per
sons has been designated as the cen
ter of gravity of the steel industry.
The nearest steel furnace is 60
miles away at Mansfield, and few
Dola citizens have ever seen a steel
plant. But the engineers of the
American Iron & Steel Institute, us
ing a “tons-times miles” method of
calculating, made Dola the geo
graphic center around which the na
tion’s steel-making capacity is dis
tributed.
Recover Empty Safe
A 750-pound safe stolen from the
Hepler Market at Lima was found,
open and empty, in a roadside ditch
west of Lima, sheriff’s deputies re
ported. Robert Hepler said it had
contained several hundred dollars.
Urge Water Treatment
A recommendation that drinking
water supplied by the municipal
waterworks at Delphos should be
treated by chlorinate chemicals has
been issued by the State Health De
partment. In a notice to Wendel
Davis, safety director, the health
board advised that a board represen
tative would come to meet with city
council.
Mother Takes Own Life
Mrs. Minnie Hoble, 43, ended her
life by hanging at her home in Lima
recently after a three-years illness,
police reported. She leaves her hus
band, two children, and her mother.
Two Escape From Lima
State Hospital
Dr. R. E. Bushong, superintendent
of the Lima State hospital for the
criminally insane, opened an investi
gation into the escape of two pa
tients who sawed the bars of a sec
ond-floor window and lowered them
selves on a rope made of bedding.
Escapees were Harry Ashbaugh of
Toledo, transferred to the hospital
after being sentenced to the Ohio
penitentiary for operating a motor
vehicle without the owner’s consent,
and Edward Winner of Cleveland
who had been sentenced to the peni
tentiary for robbery.
Plaintiff Awarded Full
Amount Asked
Directed verdict in favor of the
plaintiff for $793.02 was returned
in the Allen county common pleas
court in the suit of L. E. Althaus of
near Lafayette against Albert J.
Sheipline and others. The case in
volved sale of livestock on a commis
sion basis.
The verdict was directed by Judge
Chester Pendleton of Findlay, who
presided at the trial of the case. In
directing the verdict, the court sus
tained a motion of council for the
plaintiff and overruled motions by
counsel for the defendants, who
asked the court to direct a verdict
in favor of their clients.
Judge Pendleton granted the plain
tiff the full amount sought in the
action.
Canal Drowning Called
Accident
After a thoro investigation of all
facts concerning the death of Marion
Miller, 70, of Delphos, whose body
was recovered from Miami and Erie
canal at the waterfalls north of W.
Third street bridge in Delphos, Allen
County Coroner Harry E. Lewis re
turned a verdict of “accidental
drowning.”
Miller’s body was spotted floating
in the water by newspaper carriers
who were crossing a foot bridge at
the falls.
Beat Lima Merchant
In Robbery Attempt
Chauncey Theodore Augusts, 21,
of Lima, signed a written confession
in which he admitted attacking S. L.
Spero, 70, proprietor of the Lima
Pants shop, Police Chief Kermit L.
Westbay said.
Spero, whom Augusts attacked with
a butcher knife when he resisted
Augusts’ attempts to rob the shop,
is in a satisfactory condition in St.
Rita’s hospital in spite of head
wounds which it took 21 stitches to,
dose.
Lima Is Held Bottle
neck In 4-Lane Super
Lima and Toledd are the two bot
tlenecks in a State Highway Depart
ment program calling for a four lane
super highway between Detroit and
Cincinnati, it was declared as the
department sought speedy selection
by a Lima planning commission of
one of three proposed routes for a
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES
by-pass around the city.
Way of routing the new highway
around or through Lima and Toledo
without encountering heavy city traf
fic are the chief problems, according
to H. H. Minnick, chairman of the
planning board’s transportation com
mittee.
Congressman Jones Is
Going To Europe
Rep. Robert F. Jones, of Lima, a
member of the subcommittee of the
House of Appropriations Committee,
will leave Washington for Europe
July 25 to delve into foreign repre
sentation problems there, he said in
Washington.
Rep. Jones wants to find out wheth
er there is extensive duplication in
functions of Federal agencies in the
foreign field and whether economies
may be effected by reduced agencies
or personnel.
Jones said he would be in Europe
with the subcommittee for about
three months. Many governmental
agencies have offices and representa
tives in European countries.
Fire Prevention Order
Backfires At Lima
Mayor W. I. Ferguson, who estab
lished a fire prevention bureau early
this year at Lima ,saw his action
backfire.
Perry McPheron, chief of the bu
reau, served an order of Mayor Fer
guson, banning public meetings on
the third floor of City Mall until
“certain conditions are corrected”.
City Council chambers are on that
floor.
The bureau was established after
the Milner Hotel fire that claimed
two lives.
HANCOCK COUNTY
Plane Crash Injures
Toledo Girl
Miss Carolyn Feid, 28, of Toledo,
was treated for a head cut recently
after a plane piloted by Kenneth J.
Dunlop, 40, Toledo, crashed near
Findlay,, state highway patrolmen
reported.
Dunlop, operations officer of Group
6, Civilian Air Patrol, escaped in
jury as the plane struck a fence, ca
reened 200 feet into a fence and
nosed into the earth. The wings
were torn from the plane as it struck
the fence, according to Thomas Dip
ler, who witnessed the accident.
Miss Feid was released from Find
lay Hospital after treatment.
Dunlop said the plane a twin-en
gine cabin cruiser owned by Fred
Hise, Findlay, was redesigned recent
ly and that he was testing it. He
said the accident occurred when he
attempted an emergency landing
after one of the motors cut out at an
altitude of 200 feet.
Three Persons Injured
In Crossing Crash
Three persons were injured when
their car was struck by a westbound
train at the Baltimore and Ohio
crossing in North Baltimore.
Mrs. Harry A. Wells, Jr., 20,
Hoytville, driver of the car, suffered
a shoulder injury. Her brother, Mar
tin, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Swick, Findlay, and Miss Betty
Shaw, 20, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Irvin Shaw, North Baltimore, were
bruised.
This is the third accident for the
Sw’ick boy within 15 weeks. His leg
is in a cast from a fracture suffered
in a traffic accident 10 weeks ago.
Findlay Youth
Confesses
A 17-year-old youth confessed Po
lice Chief Leo M. Larkins said, to
the theft of $200 from the Del Dyer
grocery at Findlay the night of
June 8. The chief also said the
boy and another youth admitted a
gasoline theft.
800 Guardsmen Train
At Camp Perry
Eight hundred state guardsmen
and 65 officers of the Fourth Regi
ment, went from Fremont Fair
grounds to Camp Perry to complete
a week of training. At Camp Perry
the men will spend all their time on
the rifle range.
In the regiment are companies
from Toledo, Fremont, Findlay, Tif
fin and Fostoria under command of
Col. Clarence E. Rowe, Findlay.
Flames Destroy Barn
Spontaneous combustion of new
hay was blamed for fire that de
stroyed a barn on the farm of Ray
E. Ascham, former Hancock County
state representative. A number of
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I.—Chinese style Padded coat and barefoot sandal give way to U. S shoes
and army kit The new Chinese soldier knows how to use that Garand rifle.
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MANPOWER—China’s greatest weapon—has stood 8 years against an invader braced with every modern device
of war. The united strength of Allied arms and men will win the last battles in the Pacific as they did in Europe.
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hogs and a steer died in the flames,
but implements and other cattle
were saved.
The barn, 100 by 100 feet, was one
of the largest in Hancock County.
Nickel Plate Station At
Mortimer Burns
Fire believed caused by defective
■wiring destroyed the Nickel Plate
road station at Mortimer. The small
home of William Harvitt also was
destroyed by the flames, as were two
express packages.
Fire departments from Findlay and
Van Buren saved two sheds
A refitted box car will be used as
a station temporarily.
Arrest Fugitives Near
Bowling Green
An all-day search ended in the
arrest of Ray Stanfield, Findlay, and
Robert Wade, of near Bowling Green,
who escaped from the guard house at
Camp Perry, state highway patrol
men reported.
The soldiers were found in Mrs.
Minnie Belton’s home in Bloomdale.
She said they had forced entrance
and threatened her by telling her
they were armed, patrolmen said.
Officers said the pair admitted
they hitchhiked to Bowling Green
and forced Wade’s wife to drive them
toward Bloomdale.
Sheriff’s officers of Wood and Han
cock counties assisted in the search.
John Stough Gets
Guard Commission
John Stough, Hancock county
engineer, formerly of Bluffton, was
commissioned a lieutenant of Com
pany C, Ohio State Guard, at Find
lay. He will succeed Lieut. Tell
Thompson, resigned.
Postal Receipts Shat
ter Records
The Findlay post office shattered
records three ways in June when
it had the largest fiscal year increase
in the history of the post office,
ended the largest business ever trans
acted in any last quarter and broke
all previous figures for any June in
its history, Postmaster W. T. Ault
said recently
The fiscal year ended June 30 with
receipts totaling $271,795.52, an in
crease of $51,339.61 over 1944 when
receipts totalled $220,455.91.
Hay Cutting
Hay cut at the proper stage is
much higher in quality and food
value than hay which is allowed
to become dry and fibrous.
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HARDIN COUNTY
Vet On Way To Pacific
Visits Mother At Ada
illiam Rambo, veteran of the war
in Europe is on a 30-day furlough
visiting his mother, Mrs. E. B.
Brown of Ada, and has been assigned
with his division, the 95th for service
in the Pacific.
Private Brown wears four cam
paign stars earned from the in
vasion of Normandy to the end of
the German war. His company the
555th quartermaster corps received
the Presidential Citation for its work
during the invasion. Private Brown
was assigned to the 95th infantry
during the battle of the Bulge in
Belgium. He will report with this
outfit early in August to a camp
near Trenton, N. J.
His brother, Staff Sgt. Harold
Rambo, veteran of the Merrill’s Ma
rauder campaign in Burma, will soon
arrive home on discharge. Another
brother, Pfc. Charles Rambo is with
the 37th division.
Knight Loses Fight
For Freedom
Richard Knight, who admitted the
robbery-slaying of Loyal W. Bean,
Dunkirk grocer, 11 years ago, served
almost 10 years in Ohio Penitentiary,
then obtained his freedom on a writ
of habeas corpus and for a year
fought vainly for his full release,
must serve a life term for first de
gree murder.
The Third District Court of Ap
peals upheld the Hardin County Com
mon Pleas Court conviction of
Knight on first degree murder, and
Judge Arthur D. Tudor’s sentence of
the man to life imprisonment.
The appeals court reported it
found no error in the trial.
Plane Crash on Kenton
Farm Kills Two
Aubrey Strawser, 34, of near
Rushsylvania, and Lawrence C. Akey,
39, farmer of Ridgeway, were killed
when a plane piloted by Mr. Straws
er developed motor trouble and
crashed southeast of Rushsylvania.
Mr. Strawser, father of three
children, was a Marion war plant
employe. He is survived by his wife
and two children.
The destroyed plane was owned by
four residents of Rushsylvania.
Truck Drops 50 Feet
A truck of the James A. Kohl Co.,
Lima contracting firm, dropped thru
into her 9th war year
CHINA BEGAN TO FIGHT her war on July 7, 1937, 8 years ago weefc, and thus
she has been in this war twice as long as we have. She was fighting Japan
when Hitler was trying out his air force in Spain.
We helped her all we could. But what the free peoples of the world sent to a
beleaguered ally was pitifully small, in the first 7 years of China's war we reached
her with only enough goods to keep one U. S. division in the field for one week.
China fought almost alone. But today it is different. China's friends have arrived
in full strength in her ninth year of war.
GUNS go underground in China. Here is one of the thousand* of small factories, picked up and moved
ahead of the advancing Jap hordes. Deep in this cave, men and women make the guns for China's army.
the 50-foot steel bridge over North
Fork Ditch in the Roundhead-Belle
Center Road, southwest of Kenton,
damaged the span beyond repair,
County Engineer Paul K. Strong
said. No one was hurt.
Permanent Jnjunction
Bans Ada Stock Sale
Common Pleas court ruled as per
manent the injunction against the
sale of $100,000 stock in the Ada
Waterworks department. Foster E.
King, attorney, filed a taxpayer suit
in 1941 asking for an injunction
against the village of Ada, former
Mayor Charles H. Collett and the
city council. The court allowed $200
attorney fees for King.
PUTNAM COUNTY
Former Putnam Sheriff
Succumbs
Nick F. Miller, 68, former sheriff
of Putnam county, died in St. Rita’s
hospital in Lima.
He was stricken July 4 in his home
in Ottawa and failed to recover after
undergoing an emergency operation.
Death was attributed to a heart ail
ment from which he had suffered
several years.
Miller was sheriff of Putnam
county two terms and served as
deputy for 15 years.
Fall From Train Kills
Transient
William Molnar, 50, a transient,
was found dead along the Nickel
Plate railroad tracks near Townwood,
east of Leipsic, it was announced by
Putnam County Sheriff Arnold Potts
and Dr. J. R. Echelbarger, county
coroner.
The coroner returned a verdict of
accidental death and expressed the
belief Molner fell from a freight
train on which he had been riding.
The man's lower jaw was frac
tured as was his left collar bone and
several ribs on the left side while
he had severe abrasions on his face
and head.
Papers found in his pocket showed
the man was born in Fayette county,
Indiana, but the authorities could
find no trace of relatives.
County Agent Urges
Old Soy Beans Be
Marketed
Putnam county farmers were urged
to clean their soybean bins and get
the beans onto the market because
soybean mills are running short of
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THE STILWELL ROAD is at work. After 3 years' blockade, a life-line of the mountains from bases in India. The mighty United Nations rhe
trucks bringing ammunition, machinery, guns and gas. pours across up with China for the last blows against the remaining aggressor.
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beans, according to County Agent
L. C. Holtkarip.
Farmers who clean their bins at
this time will have added storage
space for wheat before the 1945 crop
is harvested, he explained. The pro
tein and supplement obtained from
soybeans is needed for livestock pro
duction as well as for the manufac
ture of ammunition.
Highway Mishap Hurts
Grove Youngster
Emma Arn, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Arn, of Columbus Grove,
suffered a severe head injury when
she ran into the side of a truck
south of Columbus Grove.
The child was taken to Memorial
hospital in Lima where her condition
was reported as fair. She had wait
ed for an automobile to pass and
then ran across State Route 65 into
the side of the truck.
Pandora Banker Re
signs Position
Lester Harkness, assistant cashier
of the First National bank, of Pan
dora, has resigned his post effective
August 1, to accept the position of
cashier of the Huntsville State bank,
at Huntsville, near Indian Lake. He
expects to move there as soon as
suitable living quarters can be ob
tained.
Grove Brothers Meet
In Paris
Lt. John R. Meeks and Sgt. Wm.
Meeks, Jr., sons of Mr. and Mrs. W.
S. Meeks, of Columbus Grove, recent
ly spent a couple of happy days in
a Paris reunion after being separat
ed for almost three years.
Another brother, Master Sergeant
Charles R. Meeks, a former employe
of the Ball Store company, at North
Creek, is now stationed in the South
Pacific.
Netherlands Marine Is
Guest At McComb
Hospitality extended a Hancock
county soldier overseas was returned
in, part when Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Harden,' McComb, had Pvt. Bernard
Baars, of the Netherlands marines
as their guest.
Private Baars is in training with
8,000 Netherlands marines at Camp
Lejeune, N. C., and come to McComb
to visit the parents of Staff Sgt.
Paul Harden, who staved in the
Baars home in Holland for more
than a month.
Private Baars said he worked with
the underground for four years. He
is 22.
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THE FIGHTING GENERALISSIMO shoulder to shoulder with Lt. Gen.
Wedemeyer, commander of U. S. forces in the China theater.
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