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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-07-08
War Bonds Go To
Pangborn Winners

Awards in Pangborn Corpora
tons First Shop Employees Sugges-
ton Contest were presented to the
winners last Friday afternoon as
they carried on their work at their
benches, tables and machines
throughout the various departments
Of the shop.
Inaugurated in order to further
integrate the opinions and efforts of
labor and management, the sugges-
ton contest theme serves TO COM
pensate employees for suggestions
which the company can profltably
put into operation. Thus, an extra
incentive is added to that really im-
portant reason for boosting produe-
tion--to help build the road to vic
tory for the United Nations.
The contest, in the form Of an ex-
pertinent, was run from May Bird to
3lst and was so successful that plans
were Immediately started to hold a
second one in the very near future.
Each employee was given q contest
entry form on which TO write his
suggestion and was instructed to re-
tain the lower section which was a
numbered identification stub. No
signatures were put on the forms so
that the judges had no idea Of the
identity of any of the entrants and
everyone's suggestion was appraised
solely on its content and value and
without regard to personalities.
Almost 200 suggestions were
mailed in to the committee whose
members feel that the number is
satisfactory for the first contest and
that the returns will be greater each
time the contest is repeated. A great
deal Of interest in the second contest
has been stirred up already for
many men and women all over the
shop have studied the suggestions Of
the current winners and realize that
an idea does not have to be lengthy
and involved to win an award To
the contrary, the winning sugges-
tons all had one common quality
they were simple and to the point.
Here are the names Of the win
ners and the awards they received:
Homer r. Caller, 500 War Bond;
Joseph Neikirk, $50 War Bond;
George Viering, $25 War Bond;
Charles Mellott, $40 in War Stamps;
Bruce E. Meats, S. in War Stamps,
and $3.50 in War Stamps each to Ed
gar w. King, David w. Ausherman,
Charles Mellott and Walter Stone
sifer.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-07-08
Clinic Scheduled
For Month of July

The following clinic schedule has
been announced for July by DIR. w
r. Willard, health officer:
Vcnereal disease--Adults, 2 p. m
every Tuesday and Friday; children
o a. m. every Thursday.
Prenatal--9 a. m. Tuesday, July
10, and Tuesday, July n.
tuberculosis (by appointment on
ly)-Wednesday morning, July Il.
Ear, nose and throat (by appoint.
ment only Saturday morning
July 10; Thursday morning, July %
and Thursday morning, July 20.
The next orthopedic clinic, which
will be conducted by appointment
only, will be on Friday morning
September II. Mental hygiene
clinics nave been discontinued unit
further notice. All clinics are helc
at the Health Department on KIM
street.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-07-08
FAD Magazine
Becomes A Weekly

FAD, the monthly plant publica-
ton for Hagerstown employees of
Fairchild Aircraft Division OF Fair
child Engine & Airplane Corpora
ton, which has been published since
February, 1913, becomes a weekly
tomorrow. Formal will be changed
to tabloid size, and stock to be used
will be of sufficient quality for re-
production of 100 line screen half
tones. James A. Wales, Jr., is Edi-
to-in-Chief with j. Hardee King as
Editor. Two associate editors and a
photographer make up the balance
of the staff. Publication date for
the new FAD will be every Friday.
Effective with the July issue, The
Pegasus, published monthly by
Fairchild Engine & Airplane Cor
poration, will be supplied to all em-
ployees of the Aircraft Division.
The new set-up is being undertaken
with the idea of supplying en-
ployees with frequent local news in
their own plant paper each week
and items of national interest CON
corning the corporation in The Pc
gasus each month.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-07-08
Local News OF
The Past Week

To better coordinate and balance
the production in one of the Fair
child plants engaged in sub-con-
tract work, a portion of its employees
were laid off from July until July
IL. Design changes in aircraft, for
which Fairchild manufactures parts,
include certain changes in produc-
ton machinery which cannot be
satisfactorily accomplished during
normal operations. During the par
tial lay-off an opportunity will be
afforded for complete inspection
of tooling facilities, which can be
done only under curtailed operating
conditions. BY July IL, all neces-
sary changes will have been ac-
complished and full-scale produc-
ton will again be resumed.
1t was pointed out that many of
the departments in the affected
plant would continue to work
throughout the, temporary layoff.
All employees affected have been
guaranteed their same jobs upon re-
turn to work.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-07-08
Brief, Newsy, Odd
Items Out of the Ordinary
From All the World.

Having moved IL feet in 30 days
of continued rains, a 100-foot hill
containing 100000 tons of earth, in
Ionia, Mich, came within 10 inches
of a main highway before it stopped.
No ceiling price was set on Mi
chael Evans pound of butter Mr..
Evans took pound of Grade A but
ter to Kiwanis Club meeting at
Plymouth, Pa, and auctioned it off
for $31. Proceeds went to the Amer
lean Red Cross.
The No. II shoe rationing coupon
fades into insignificance for Norman
Sherman, Detroit shoe repairman,
who found $3.50 in currency in the
toe of shoe on which he was work
ing.
Because trial proved 80 per cent
of its customers honest, the San
Diego (Calif) Gas and Electric Co
lis extending TO $500 more patrons
the right to read their own meters
and make out their own bills.
Chairman of the Red Cross war
fund drive at Concord, NJ c., E. j
Sharp, 70, raised $3.50 by singing al
a rally. He charged $25 a song for
four songs, then asked for bids tc
stop. The audience contributed $15C
more.
A farmer appeared in Recorder
George M. Nottingham's court ir
Macon, Ga, on charges of drunken
ness and was fined $25 for wasting
perfect blowing weather" by being
drunk, according to the recorder.
The county treasurer notified E. l.
Green, of Oklahoma City, Okla, tc
come to his office and get a refund
on his 1912 taxes. Green went tc
the Office eagerly, stood in line two
hours, and received his refund-one
cent.
Five sets of identical twins are
taking army training at Camp Cal
Ian, Calf. Each pair will be as
signed to the same outfit after pre-
| liminary training.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-07-08
B. & 0. Continues
Community
Campaign

With the completion Of its initial
series on the theme Don't take
your railroad for granted" the Bal
timore II Ohio is following through
with second phase Of its comnun-
ity campaign. These new adver-
tisements, the first of which APP
peared in our July lot issue, are
built around the theme 1.-THE Amer
lean way of life" and are designed
to point out how the railroad helps
make possible this way Of life.
illustrations are of simple, honey
happenings, and the copy points out
how even such everyday matters as
drinking orange juice, repairing the
front steps, or reading a letter from
a son in the Service, are dependent,
to Some degree, on the railroad. The
copy concludes with the promise
that after Victory is won, the first
job of the B. & 0 will be to pro-
mote full enjoyment of the Amer
lean way of life IN the communities
along its lines.
AS in the first series, the sigma
ture of R. B White, President of
the B. & O., gives a personal and
authoritative touch to the adver-
tisements.
The campaign will appear in 236
newspapers covering 173 cities and
towns from the Great Lakes and
the Mississippi to the Atlantic coast.
The advertising is being handled
by the Richard A. Foley Advertis-
ing Agency, Inc, Philadelphia.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-07-08

1910 and quickly won national rec
ognition. His band has made fire.
quent broadcasts over all four major
networks and has filed engage
ments at leading theatres and night
clubs from one end of the country
ito the other.
Back in 1888, while filling a Euro
pean engagement with the Jack
Hylton Orchestra, Dick ran foul OF
Nazi storm troopers in Saarbrucken
Germany. He was enjoying a cup
of coffee at a sidewalk cafe, when q
troop of storm troopers marched by
Everyone but Dick jumped to their
feet and gave the Nazi salute and 9
Hell Hitler" Dick just went or
drinking his coffee. The next thing
he knew he was in a German prison
He was searched; and everything he
had in his pockets was taken away
from him; then he was locked up fol
the night, without being allowed tc
contact anyone.
The next day, Hylton, missing his
featured artist, contacted the Amer
lean Consul, who located Dick in {
prison cell and arranged for his re-
lease, after giving assurances that
he would be on his best behaviour
for the remainder of his stay in Ger.
many.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-07-08
LOCAL OFFICER
IN CALIFORNIA

1t. Colonel John r. Messersn1ith,
Army Transportation Corps, report
ed recently at San Francisco Port
of Embarkation for duty in the Di-
vision of Supply and Transportation.
Colonel Messersmith, a 1888 grad
uate of the United States Military
Academy at West Point, is the son
of J. w. Messersmith, of Hagers-
town. Colonel and Mrs. Messer-
smith have established their resi-
dence at 1912 Leavenworth St, San
Francisco.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-07-08
This Is Not Our
Little HeiskeIl!

To eliminate a few dead
spots, new radio aerial for
the short wave system of the
police department has been
mounted on top of city hall.
The aerial extends even above
Little Heiskell and is higher
than any point in the city.
(This is not the Little Heiskell
who writes "Hangovers" for
the Globe Independent. He
reaches up pretty high some
times to take a good humored
crack at this one and that, but
not that high.)
Since the system was in
stalled, police in cruisers have
found a number of dead spots
over the city, which engineers
say are due to the fact that the
old aerial was not high enough.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-07-08
FEED ELEVATOR Is
BADLY DAMAGED

The building of the Maugansville
Elevator and Lumber Company, at
Maugansville, was badly damaged
Sunday afternoon, when the heavily
loaded top floor collapsed when a
girder gave way. and in dropping
caused part of the second floor to
give way. Two sides of the build
ing were bulged, one against some
freight cars on a siding near By.
Fortunately, no one was in the
building when the accident occur
red.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-07-08
LOCAL OFFICER
WINS D. F. c.

The War Department has an
nounced that Capt. Kenneth A.
Reecher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron
E. Reecher, Magnolia avenue, has
been awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross, for heroism and ex-
traordinary achievement beyond the
call of duty" while participating in
a bombing expedition, April II,
l943, against enemy installations at
Bremen, Germany.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-07-08
NAMES NOT RELEASED
TILL AFTER INDUCTION

Heretofore, the local Draft Boards
have been releasing to the press, the
names and addresses of men sent
to Baltimore for induction, subject
TO final physical examination, and
such a list appears elsewhere in this
issue.
Under new regulations, future
lists will not be released until the
Registrars have been finally ac-
cepted. When each list is released
for publication, it will contain, in
addition to the inductees names and
addresses, the branch of the Ser
vice to which they have been as
signd
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-07-08
Dick Rogers Band
Here Next Week

Dick Rogers and his Band, featur-
inf Maree Lee, lovely and talented
singer, and Rogers Dodgers, will be
at Franklin Court Auditorium next
Thursday night, July 18th, dancing
nine till one.
Dick Rogers, for many years a
featured artist with Will osborne's
band, organized his own band in
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-07-08
MILK PRICE MAY
BE INCREASED HERE

Local dairymen have applied to
the OPA for permission to increase
the price of milk, in order that they
might successfully compete with
diaries in large eastern cities who
pay local milk suppliers higher
prices. If granted, the increase,
which is now under consideration
by the New York regional office of
the OPA, will probably be one cent
quart. A similar increase was re-
Gently granted to Frederick dairy
men by the OPA.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-07-08
FARM WORKERS HIRED

Some fifteen workers have been
placed on farms in Washington
county since opening of the farm
labor recruiting Office, U. S. En-
ployment Office, AS East Washing
ton street, according to B. II. Solll-
day, who took charge a few days
ago
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-07-08
TOWNSEND CLUB TO MEET

The regular meeting of the Town
send Club will be held tomorrow
friday night, in the WOW Hall,
126 North Potomac street. All
members are expected to attend and
members of the community who
are interested in the movement are
also invited.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-07-08
Our Downtown Office

located at 113 West Washington Street
oor) leave items and subscriptions
The open from Remember that years
subscription GLOBE INDEPENDENT delivered
every your letter carrier only $3.50
Why not subscribe today?
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-07-08

The Missouri river is from the
Indian term big and muddy"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-07-08

The OPA's idea of values is shown
by the fact that it asks II points for
apple sauce, Z for bologna, and only
3 for brains.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-07-08

Eight motorists were convicted of
speeding or violating the ban
against pleasure driving, at hear
ings held June 30th, before the le-
gal panel of the local Rationing
Board.
Penalties handed down in the
cases Of the convictions ranged from
reduction in gasoline coupons to
taking up the offenders gasoline
books for certain periods. In one
instance, the offenders gasoline
book was taken up by the board for
an indefinite period.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-07-08

Dan Myers and Howard Smith, of
the Central Garages Value Center,
633 Summit avenue, have plenty of
fresh vegetables these days. They
took charge several weeks ago, of
ploughing up and preparing large
vacant lot next to the Value Center,
planted tomatoes, potatoes, peas,
beans, cabbage and other vegeta-
bles.
This reporter lives next door and
has been casting longing eyes at the
bountiful supply of fresh vegetables.
Too bad we are having so many
moonlight nights.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-07-08

John M. Cotton, chief attorney for
the HagerStown Area Rent Control
Office for the past ten months, hav-
ing completed the major part of the
legal work of the office, has re-en-
tered private practice, although he
will continue to handle the legal
work of the rent Office on a per
diem basis.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-07-08

Maybe this is a good omen! Last
Thursday, July l, was the coolest
day in the 80 years j. A. Miller,
government weather observer at
Keedysville,- has been keeping a
daily weather record.
The mercury slumped to AZ de-
grees early in the morning, a vari-
alton of 81 degrees from the peak
reached during the late June heat
A large quantity of lumber and
two valuable packing cases were
stolen from the Fairchiid plant in
McCauley's garage, West Washing
ton street, on the night of June
18th.
The July issue of the Washington
County Letter Leagues miniature
newspaper went into the mails on
June Goth, to be delivered to Wash
ington countians serving in the
armed forces in all corners of the
globe,
The letter, under a red, white and
blue letter head, is sent out month
iy to those serving overseas. For
local men and women in service in
this country, copies of the letter can
be obtained without charge by in
terested parents and relatives at f.
M. Hays and Brothers. Inc, Letter
Brothers and the Hagerstown News
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-07-08

Maryland ranked second in Ma.
collections of waste fats in the thirt
region, including Maryland, Penn
sylvania, Delaware, Virginia ant
the District of Columbia, the Stat
Salvage Committee reports.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-07-08

Farm wage rates in Maryland on
June | were at the highest level on
record, according to a report Of the
Bureau Of Agricultural Economics,
u. S. Department of Agriculture.
The rates with board were $46.75
per month, and 500 without board.
Day wages with board were $2.70
and without, $3.45. Women and girls
formed 81 per cent of total farm
workers in the State.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-25
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voice, There they come" You
scan the horizon whence mater
ializes another majestically ap-
preaching fleet. Here's the next
one" Yes, there they come leis-
urely floating in from another di-
rection.
High overhead this puissant air.
mazda assemblies at its rendezvous
in the heavens until its numbers
become uncountable. Like vast
army such as you never expected
to behold outside some dream world,
it wheels with dignity, reminding
one somehow of troops maching at
funeral pace, and forms up purpose
fully for its descent upon the enemy
who by now must have detected its
presence on his pattern" and may
be already hustling his defensive
ships into the air and scurrying
around his anti-aircraft batteries.
1t is celestial pageant with no
martial music except the steady
scescendo of its own motors like
a single chord swelling from some
other worldly pipe organ.
Suddenly you realize they have all
gone. When they wheeled around
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-25
Rev. DR.. Thomas
Passes on Coast
Continued from Page l


try rich classical background,
wide spiritual knowledge, and
generous love of his fellowman. He
made brilliant record as a scholar
in preparatory school and college,
his collegiate scholastic record at
Colby college, Me, never having
been surpassed. He maintained an
average grade of 80 per cent. He
also had a splendid record in COL
lege sports and was football play
er of note.
After he finished school he taught
school for 10 years. Thereafter he
studied for the ministry and had
pastorates in Arizona and Califor-
mia. He was forced to move fire.
quently because his asthmatic con-
dition would not permit him to re-
main long in one place.
He is survived by his wife. Mrs.
Thomas: a daughter. Mrs. Herbert
H McKusick of Globe. Ariz.: a son,
Worcester Thomas of Glendale. and
four grandchildren. Jean, Paul,
Robert and Myfanwy McKusick.
RESIGNED POST
Mrs. Thomas left Ell Centre and
was with her husband several days
before his death. She was pre-
pairing to go to San Jose where they
were to live as soon as DR.. Thomas
recovered sufficiently to be moved.
He had resigned from the pastorate
of the Presbyterian church in FL
Centre, and was to retire from ac-
tive work.
The following tribute was written
by the Rev. Mr.. r. C. Rogers, pres
ident of the Ell Centre Ministerial
association:
We, the people of Imperial VAL
ley. the First Presbyterian church
of Ell Centre, and the Ministers
association of Ell Centro have sIf-
fered a great loss in the passing
of DR.. George w. Thomas. DR..
Thomas was a man of vision, al
ways working, praying and plan
ming to help build better commu-
nifty. thereby enlarging the King
dom of God His services were by
no means confined to the Presbyte-
rian church, but wherever he could
help someone in need he was there.
In the association he was one on
whom we could always depend when
perplexing problems arose, or when
plans were to be laid for coopera-
tive work We knew we had us
sane Judgment and wise leadership.
Indeed, he was brother beloved in
the Lord.
We extend to Mrs. Thomas our
heartfelt sympathy in this time of
sorrow, and rejoice in that we do
not sorrow as those who have no
hope, with with the blessed assur-
ance that DR.. Thomas has made the
port safely on the other side.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-25
Allied bombers in
Raid on Greece
CONTINUED from Page II

Continued from Page i
in the mighty air assault focused
on Europe, smashing at the INDUS
trial area and railway yards OF
Catania in eastern Sicily.
Following the night raid on the
Nazi city, American heavy bomoers
fought through bad weather and
intense fighter opposition to drop
their bombs on northwest Germany
in daylight Friday, Many German
fighters were destroyed.
Is PLANES LOST
Eighteen planes from the large
force of raiders failed to return.
The Royal air force virtually wip-
ed out half of Wuppertal on May
20, and went out Thursday night
to finish the job. About 1,500 tons
of bombs were loosed on the Barmen
section of Wuppertal in the previous
attack, and only slightly less hit
the Elberfeld area of the city last
night.
Thirty-three British bomberS were
lost in the bombardment OF the city
of All 900 near Dusseldorf, the site
of chemical works, roller bearing
plants, textile factories and other
industries.
The Raj also carried out sup
Elementary attacks on other targets
in the Ruhr, which since May 23
has shuddered under the impact of
about 1000 tons of bombs.
The Wuppertal raid, the sixth
straight night of major Operations
by the RAF, followed one of the
heaviest and most Widespread day
light blasts of the war at occupied
territory in western Europe.
IL PLANES DOWNED
Upward of 500 Allied planes lash
ed at German targets in a wide
stretch of the coastal area from Hol-
land to the Cherbourg peninsula of
France. At least IL German fighter
planes were destroyed.
The Mediterranean air front
expanded to length of $50 miles
with the Libe"ator attack on Saloni-
Ia. The eastward swing of the AL
lied offensive against southern Eur
ope again riveted attention on the
Balkans as potential zone of ma
Jor operations.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-25
Half of Miners
Away from Work
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ing the big shot at our expense"
said Ralph Smith, president of the
GrindStone, Pa, local.
In Shenandoah, Pa, the Central
Labor union voted a general holi-
day until the union tells us What
has happened and the government
sends someone here TO check food
prices"
NO MINERS WORKING
Adolph Pacifico UNIV vice-preSi-
dent of District 6, reporting that
no miners are working in the East
ern Ohio coal fields, said govern
ment operations of the mines has
il'jt teen a joke" and that the
miners would not return until the
government actually begins to op-
crate the pits.
Carnegie Illinois Steel corpora
lion has been forced to bank 10
blast furnaces. The firm has also
reduced operations at its Clarion
by-products coke plant by so per-
cent.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-25
SoIons Vote to
Approve Measure

fore l could not properly discharge
the duties of my office if l were to
approve S-796 (the Smith-Connally
billD"
GIVES REASON
The reasoning behind Mr.. Roose-
velt'S objection to the notification
section was this:
1T would force labor leader who
is trying to prevent a strike in ac-
cordance with his no-Strike pledge,
to give the notice which would
cause the taking of a strike ballot
and might actually precipitate a
strike. In wartime we cannot sane
ton strikes with or without notice y
Mr.. Roosevelt gave his tacit ap-
proval to a section of the bill which
would have made it criminal Of
tense to instigate a strike in a gov
ernment-operated plant or mine,
but said 1T would not assure con-
tinuance of war production in the
most critical emergencies
This provision, he pointed out,
would make possible the arrest OF
a few leaders who would give bond
for their appearance at trial. 1t
would assure punishment for those
found guilty, and might also have
some detrrent effect
Earlier in the day the President
had told reporters that he will not
accept the october 81 work deadline
set by the policy committee of the
United Mine Workers in ordering
the recent strike ended.