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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-05

ing on little neighborhood daily
far up town. Now he is known all
over as writer and producer of
moving pictures with a positive
kick-and- thrill.
Appetizer newspaper man who's
doing things about the war is
George Spayth, from back in my
country, who now runs a string of
papers in New Jersey. He came to
Jersey from being cartoonist on the
Washington Times. He's got a board
game now into which the customers
drop money to be used in war work
at home. The coin bounces around
a few seconds and then falls into
one of two slots. In one of them it
results in Uncle Sans coming
trotting out of a corner and seeking
A. Hitler in the jaw. In the other
it brings Uncle on the run to kick
Adolph all over the lot.
When local barber shop patrons
tire of war news in the late editions
they turn to the Police Gazette, just
as their grandfathers did in the lit
tie old shops back home. The P. G..
got in the daily news columns for
recent week in its court fight to
get back the second class mailing
privilege, denied on grounds of sa-
lacity. 1t was the first publication
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-05

The following ministers will con-
duct the Morning Devotions over
Radio Station WEI (1O:l5) for the
ensuing week: Friday, Rev. DR.. II.
A. Fesperman, Christ's Reformed
Church; Saturday, Reader, Christian
Science Society; Monday, Rev. II.
C. Gonso, First Church of God;
Tueday, Rev c. 1. Rider, Grace
United Brethren Church; Wednes-
day, Rev. Paul M. Robinson, Church
of the Brethren; Thursday, Rev. Dr..
F. Berry Plummer, st Pauls United
Brethren Church.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-05
st. Marks Lutheran Church
Washington Square

The guest speaker at the 10:45
Service Sunday morning will be,
Rev. Paul Frank Curfman. Rever-
end Curfman is now pastor of the
Lutheran Church in MELVILLE, Pa,
but for number of years was pas
tor of the church at Smithsburg.
Rev. Roy L. Sloop, pastor of st.
Marks, is on vacation for the next
two weeks.
News has been received of the
death of DIR. Sydney Bateman on
July 7th at Mi1intown, Pa. DR..
Bateman will be remembered by
some of the older members as the
founder and the first pastor of ct.
Marks Church.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-05
CORNERS AND CANYONS
By Frank Edwards Henckel

NEW YORK-Bill Alley comes
steaming back from Florida and
dashes over to the army signal corps
rnotion-picture plant in the old Par
amount studio in Long Island City.
He has just wound up five months
on navy-training pictures at Jack
sonville, and prides himself that
none of them has anything to do
with killing, One of the least war
minded men in America, Bill says
getting out pictures for the navy
packs in it more thrills than any
one has ever had in producing the
greatest pictures that Hollywood
has ever made.
1t is because, he explains, the ma
Wy pictures are made not for de-
struction but to save the lives of
men. Your enthusiasm is bound 20
rise, he says, when you realize that
your picture on the technique of
rescue at sea may bring thousands
of men back alive. instead of their
finding home on the oceans floor;
or that one of your pictures on the
safe handling of a ha1f-million-dol-
lar bombing plane may save not
one but many of these great ma
chimes from destruction and total
loss.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-05


The has been good months that of
less and less thought the possibilities of bombngs
of sabotage in this AS result defense
organizations which bsted with activity
axing
1t comforting think that the danger of coming this
but it possibly false comfort which
people will pay for dearly if they put much When
have defense built all this country they should
be kept their while there still should
realize that the kind of etdown which going
which will invite enemies to take blow nation
We all glad know the Germans laps the
Italians being thrown back all fronts But be
gotten that they still have plenty of equipment could
wished, still attempt raids on this country
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-05
First Church of God
Summit Ave. and Baltimore S


The annual business meeting of
the Church will be conducted on
Sunday morning at II o'clock. 1T
which time officers Of the Church
will be elected and delegates to the
Annual Fellowship named.
The pastor, Rev Harry c. Gonso,
will speak at the evening hour,
7:45 o'clock.
The Ladies Aid Society is holding
its annual picnic tomorrow (Fiiday)
evening in the North pavilion in
City Park at 7 o'clock. The ladies
will take their lunches but ice
cream and cake will be served free.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-05
Emmanuel United Brethren Church
Summit Ave. and Howard Street

Services will be held Sunday,
August 8, as follows: Church
School at $50, under the direction of
Arthur l.. Rice, superintendent;
Morning Worship at 1890 with
sermon by the pastor, Rev Paul E.
Holdcrat, d. d. His message will
bt one of the series on the Twelfth
Chepter of Romans.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-05
Church OF The Brethren
Il. Washington and Mulberry 81

The guest speaker for both the
morning and evening services on
Sunday will be DR. A. c. Baugher,
president of Elizabethtown College,
Elizabethtown, Pa. The solo!st for
the morning service at II o'clock
will be Mr.. Robert Irvine, and for
the vesper service at 1880, Miss
Janice Welch. with Miss Grace Bow
man at the organ.
Rev. Paul NJ Robinson, the pas
tor, is on a brief vacation.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-05
First Brethren Church
Antietam and Mulberry Streets

In the absence of the pastor, Rev.
Edwin Boardrnan, Jr., who is at
Princeton Theological Seminary do
ing special work, the guest speaker
Sunday morning will be DR.. w. d.
Furry, of Sharpsburg. DR.. Furry,
who is we'll known here as a minis:-
ter, has recently been teaching. A
cordial invitation is extended to his
many friends to hear his message at
IL o'clock.
There will be no evening service
during August.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-05
st. Johns Episcopal Church
South Prospect Street

The rector, DR.. Walter Byron
Stehl, announces that for the re-
mainder of the month, there will be
only one service each Sunday; the
Celebration Of Holy Communion
& a. m.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-05
EDIT TRIAL
TELLING THE PRESIDENT

Labor leaders still be giving orders the President
AS things they told him that they will forget the
Little Steel Formula which freezes adjustments at IS per
what they l94 unless he does something inn
medatey to bring the of living down. 3
There of who would have objection to the
doing something reduce living but labor leaders
only which would else type of threat
It's good thing for example that farm leaders aren't of the
variety labor leaders they might threaten the
ducon of food unless the farmers better prices.
1t still mystery of the people in this country why
labor has such strong influence the President But hope
he will Yes sir the labor leaders and will
this latest threat opportunity to tell them off.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-05
st. Paul's United Brethren Church
East Franklin Street

The Sunday morning service will
be heard over Radio Station WEI
at 9 o'clock, the pastor, Rev, DR.. r.
Berry Plummer in charge, Sunday
School meets at 10 o'clock, and
there will be no evening service
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-05
The Presbyterian Church

washington ana prospect streets
Sunday morning at II o'clock DR..
T. S. Dickson, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, York, Pa, will
be the guest speaker, in the absence
of the pastor, Rev. C. Aubrey
Young, who is on vacation this
month.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-05

Mrs Ralph Funkhouser, both of
Hagerstown; two sons, Edward lat
home, and Bruce, U. s. Army, and
seven grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Friday
at 2 p m. from Kraiss mortuary
chapel, Rev. Wilson P Ard ofIici-
ating. Interment in Rose Hill GEM
etery.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-05

to print pictures of actresses in
tights, like the boys got out Of for
hidden cigarette packages in the
'90's. Now it confines itself to
dancing beauties, Hollywood stars,
and girls in bathing suits and has
taken to editorializing on clean lit
erature. In recent issue it handed
a poke-in-the.nose to people who
strenuously object to newspaper re-
views Of lewd performances but do
nothing to stop the show.
Historical and business note. i.
Rip Van Dam ran one Of the first
ferries across the East river to Long
Island. He brought potatoes back
to Manhattan, where they were
traded for rum. The rum was sold
to Long Islanders who drank it and
raised Cain This made business
for the island magistrates, who
worked on fee system-and for
the jailcrs who got so much per
meal for feeding prisoners. mostly
on potatoes So that made more
business for the potato farmers, and
thus again for Rip Van Dam.
Cathedral parkway. -. After a
little coaxing, Mario, in one of the
brown-and-red Spanish tenanted
houses near the Drive, will play his
zambomba for you ... A queer
crude instrument is the zambomba
IA piece of paper-thin drum head
ing stretched over the mouth of a
wide jar, and to which is attached
a rosined stick; which Mario will
caress with expert fingers long and
thin. Result, music lifting and wild,
chanting and sweet, stirring and
soft, CHEEKY and sad-all at the will
and the whim of Mario.
(The writer of Corners and Can
yons invites correspondence. He
may be ADDRESSED through New York
Feature Service, 507 Fifth avenue,
New York; g. "ns.4
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-05
NrmH nf thr OfntrrlrrH

abdeh faith charity three; greatest
charity" Corinthians
Aubrey Young, pastor of The Presbyterian Church.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-05

Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Krontz, wife
of Jacob Krontz, died July 28th at
her home near Clearspring, aged
So.
Besides her husband she is sur
vived by two sons, John L., u. S.
Army and Thomas E., Hagerstown;
daughters, Miss Geneva Krontz,
Sam Houston, Texas; Mrs. Susan
A. Wilkinson ,Hagerstown, and Mrs.
Bula T. Martin, Big Pool; brother,
Joseph A. Forsythe. Clearspring,
and two grandchildren.
Private funeral services were held
from Snyder Rowland funeral home
in Clearspring Friday afternoon by
Rev. j. Wade Huffman. Interment
in ST. Paul cemetery.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-05
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Zach week in this space will presented a picture
and word portrait of someone whose name is news)
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-05

Frederick Il. French, 1000 Concord
street, died July 10Th at his home,
aged SO. He was a retired conductor
on the Western Maryland Railroad,
and was d member of st. Marks
Lutheran church and of the Moose
Lodge.
Surviving are: Wife, Mrs. Cora
E. French; son, Earl F., this city; sis
ter, Mrs u G. shives, Big Pool;
brother, Charles, Cherry Run, w.
Va.
Funeral services were held Satur-
day at 2;3O p. m. from the Kraiss
Funeral Home, Rev. r. L. Sloop of
ficiating. Tnterment in Rest Haven
cemetery.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-05

Samuel S. Lumm, aged SO, of g08
Salem Avenue, well known retired
trolley conductor, died suddenly last
Thursday morning of a heart attack,
while on fishing trip with his wife.
Born at Mount Lena, ne was the
son of the late William S. and Eliza
beth (Beakley) Lumm.
Surviving are the widow, Mary Z.
Lumm; sisters, Mrs. Albert Hoffman,
Breathedsville, and Mrs. Lester
Barnhart, Hagerstown; and brother,
Oscar Lumm, Funkstown
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon at 2 p. m. from the
deceased's home, by the Rev. Frank
l.. Slime. Interment at Boonsboro
cemetery.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-05

There will be no evening service
during the month of August.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-05

Joseph N. Drury died at his home
on the Middleburg pike on July
10th, after an illness Of Q months,
aged a.
Born and reared at Mercersburg,
he was the son of Ignasius and Ellen
(McLaughlih) Drury and has re-
sided here for so years.
Surviving are a son, Fred NJ, Will
sins; S grandchildren, and brother,
George, in Illinois.
Funeral services were held from
the A. X. Coffman funeral home
Saturday, Rev. w. c. Huddle offici-
ating. Interment in Rose Hill Gene
terry.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-05

When l knew Bill he was report
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-05

Harry s. Myers, proprietor of the
well known store of Harry S. My
ers, corner of Potomac and Franklin
streets, and one of Hagerstown's
oldest and highly esteemed mer-
chants died at his home, 80 East
Franklin street, July Goth.
Born March 26, 1870, on farm
near Reid, Md, he was the son of
the late Isaac and Annameila New
mani Myers.
Mr. Myers came TO Hagerstown
fifty years ago and entered the en-
ploy of Barnhart and Bear and con-
tinued in the same store after the
late Frank I Elliott purchased IL.
Several years later the partnership
of Elliott and Myers was formed
and since 1914, upon the retirement
of Mr.. Elliott, he has operated the
grocery and china stores under the
name Of Marry S. Myers.
He was a member of Trinity Luz
theran Church and served as treas
urer for the past 30 years.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Elva Lesher Myers; two sons, Jacob
L. and State Senator Allen l. My
ers; four grandchildren; two broth
ers, Joseph c. and Raymond, near
Greencastle; and three sisters, Mrs.
John Hartman, Lancaster, Pa; Mrs.
Benjamin Lesher and Mrs. G. c.
Binkley, of Greencastle.
Funeral services were held at the
home on Saturday at 4 p. m, Rev.
DR.. Wilson p Ard officiating. In
torment in Rose Hill cemetery
Mrs. Nellie y. P0ifenberger, wife
nf Ohm I DnfTapInruar ann 7 IL
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-05

Mrs. Gertrude Brugh, widow of
Lynn K. Brugh, ST., died at the
Washington County Hospital July
18th, after brief illness. Mrs.
Brugh has recently made her home
at the Women's Club.
She was member of st. Johns
Episcopal Church, this city.
Surviving are a son, Lynn X.
Brugh, Jr., residing at st. James;
daughter, the wife of Capt. Pierre
Continued on Page 3D.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-05

Mrs. Nellie T.. Poffenberger, wife
of Ohio j. Poffenberger, 306 Lib
erty street, died July 9th at the
Washington County Hospital, aged
63 years.
She was a member of Trinity
Lutheran Church.
Surviving are her husband, two
daughters, Mrs. Albert Williams,
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-05

(The writer of Corners and Cam
yons invites correspondence. He
may be ADDRESSED through New York
Feature Service, 507 Fifth avenue,
New York; Rhs.'
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-16
Wilmington SnOwbOund In Worst Cold
OF Winter; All Schools Closed Today
City Covered By 5 Inches
Before 8 O'Clock; Tenn
perature Down 10 Is

Wilmington felt the impact of the
coolest weather of the season as
wintry blasts struck the city early
Wednesday afternoon.
The temperature was expected
to drop to Is degrees before Thurs
day morning.
The Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph company reported at
midnight it had been unable to re-
store disrupted service between
Vi ilmington, Goidsboro and Raj
eigh.
The interruption in its service af-
fected all side connections out of
these cities.
Western Union declared its serv-
ice uninterrupted.
By 8 o'clock more than five
inches of snow had fallen and fur
ries were still falling.
While the city remains in the
grip of the coolest, iciest winds
felt this winter the fuel oil sit
uation was described as "acute
by local dealers. Many citizens
are said to posses empty oil tanks;
there is not enough oil to go around.
Police reported IS wrecks had
occurred before 10 o'clock Wednes-
day night. Police Chief Casteen
said that the unusual weather had
caused sharp incl ease in minor
traffic accidents. Ese warned cltl-
zens to drive as little as possible
and when driving proceed with
extreme caution.
The fire department reported
one alarm in the middle of the
afternoon. with no material dam
age resulting.
Highway patrolmen reported sew
eral highway accidents in the coun-
| ty, none serious, but many We
hicles created hazards.
Patrolmen have asked the public
Continued on Page Three; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-16
JAPANESE REFUSE
GAUGE OF BATTLE
Carrier Saratoga Skipper
Tells OF Challenge
Issued At Truk

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-R'-
Literally daring the japanese fleet
to come out of its great bastlon
at Truk, and American carrier
task force sailed close to that
south Pacific island. but the Japs
refused to fight, it was revealed
today.
Capt. John N. Cassidy, skipper
of the aircraft carrier Saratoga
told a press conference:
''We were sent up on Guinea
pig runs on Truk trying to get
the Japs to poke their nose out
but they stayed securely behind
their nets in the harbor.''
He declined to estimate how
close the Saratoga sailed to the
biggest Japanese base in the south
Pacific but said I'VE went into
areas where they normally run air
searches, but I don't believe we
were picked up
Tail, lean, tanned and a veteran
fiier, Cassidy predicted that il the
American campaign of pushing the
japanese back from the south Pa
cific should be carried to Trulz
Continued ON Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-16
TAFT ATTEMPTS
SUBSIDY PEACE
Offers Proposal To Break
Senate Deadlock With
Cut In Allowances

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-lR-
Senator Taft (R-Ohio) sought to
break the Senate deadlock on food
subsidies today through a com
promise bill Which he said would
eliminate government payments
to roll back beef and butter prices
and the present milk subsidy, but
retain most other price controls.
The Taft amendment, proposing
to slash federal subsidy OUTLAWS
from their current $1,000, OO0,0 900 a
year level to $500, 100000 in 1914,
was offered formally in the Sen
ate after the Senate banking COM
mittee put off until tomorrow de-
cisive vote on pending legislation
to repeal the entire subsidy pro-
gram.
Taft expressed belief his pro-
posal might be accepted by a ma
jority of the members of the bank
ing committee, even though con-
ceding it was unacceptable either
to administration price control Of
ficials or farm bloc spokesman
Under the taft plan the govern
ment would guarantee support
prices to farmers on selected COM
modities to encourage production,
and pay subsidies to professors
and distributors where otherwise
it would be necessary for them to
raise retail prices. The guaran-
teed prices would be supported by
direct government purchases
where necessary.
"The net effect would be to
eliminate the present $4,000. 600
a year subsidy on beef and the
$20O,O00,0O milk subsidy in the
form of a dairy feed payment to
producers" Taft said. THE but
ter rollback also would be ellml-
mated but the same purpose could
be accomplished through a sup
ported price.
milk might go up cent a
quart, and beef might go up but
generally speaking other prices
could be held stable and the Ell
feet on the cost Of living would
be negligible" Taft added.
Existing subsidies which Taft
said would be retained under his
Continued on Page Three; Col. g
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-16
VAFFITT POSTAL
SERVICE NEARS
0If,e OF Classified Type
NiLI Be Ready For
Business Soon

The new post office which will
be opened in Maffitt Village some
time in January will be a CLASH
fed instead of a contract station
as formerly announced and plan
ned. according fc information re-
ceived late Wednesday by Wilbur
DosheT, postmaster.
A representative from the Post
Office department, Washington,
visited Wilmington several months
ago and recommended that a con-
tract station be opened here. Bids
were received and sent to Wash
ngton.
Several local persons We're of the
opinion that a contract station
wouldn't be Of sufficient service
to take care Of the growing Maj
TIT Village community and insisted
mat classified station be opened
instead. Another survey was made
~ federal post office officials and
me second representative agreed
win those in authority here that
adequate service couldn't be rem.
oered with the contract type and
he recommended the classified
Npe This was accepted and il
VIII be opened soon, perhaps early
in January.
The contract type post office
"onllnued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-16
F federal Grand Jury's
Liquor Investigation
Is At Subpoena Stage

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-@
"A federal grand jury inves-
tigation was projected today
into practices in the nations
billion dollar liquor industry,
already under the scrutiny Of
Justice department agents and
a special Senate committee.
Subpoenas were issued for
records of the "big four" dis
tlIlerles, Hiram walker 4
Sons, Inc, Joseph E. Seagram
& Sons, Inc, National Distill-
ers Products Corporation and
Schenley Distillers Corpora
ton, returnable Jan. 6 to the
regular District Of Columbia
grand jury.
Wendell Berge, assistant at
torney general in charge OF
the antitrust division, disclos-
ed a month ago that the de-
partment had an inquiry ur-
der way.
The distilleries named in the
subpoenas were singled out
recently by Chairman Van
Nuys (D-Ind) during hearings
by his special Senate commit
tee set up to inquire into the
liquor situation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-16
WEATHER

w. FORECAST
NoRIH CAROLINA: Fair and continu-
Ell cold tomorrow.
eastern Standard Time,
~, ny L. S. Weather Bureau)
snd Js geological data for the "a hours
a ''5u pm. yesterday.
Ion Temperature
IN ,'o am, 81, 7:30 am, 81. / SO pm, IT,
No Maximum is, Minimum 21, Mean "a,
1.,, Humidity
f.3 NV an s., 7:30 am, 90, i 80 pm, "a.
Natal, Precipitation
l6 inches. nun eN'4ie ''0 p'''
T., a0aI since the first of the month,
'Ho"' ) inches at 7:1o pm.
H.. Tides For Today
L VS0il the Tide Tables published By
. Coast and Geodetic Survey
RiI,o; High Low
s'0" ---------x----- 12:41a 7:4os
ssson, 1:o3p s:3or
's''n0or0 Inlet 9 1o:a2a APE
S,... I IL :01p 4:59r
NoonnI;lse IN am, Sunsets sos pm
Ga y ~ pm, Moonset, i0:48 am.
vn nape Fear River stage at Fayette-
on Dec. Is, at s am. 9.47 feet.
continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-16
TREASURY WANTS
VICTORY TAX HELD
Says 1t Would Be Better
On Low Income Bracket
Than Substitute

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-4R-
The Treasury advised senators to-
Gay to retain the per cent victory
tax in it's present form rather than
undertake to substitute a new
minimum taxi on persons in low
income brackets.
In a statement issued after the
fin ance committee had over
whelmingly rejected an alternate
plan advanced by the treasury,
Randolph Paul, treasury general
counsel declared:
1.-THE minimum tax endangers
the collection of more than ST.
coo. 100000 from over $4,000, 900
taxpayers throughout the income
scale"
His argument was that the vic
tory tax is less complicated than
The minimum tax system voted by
the house; that the victory tax
returns will have to be made next
March anyway for 1913 income,
and that introduction of a new
type of levy applicable to 1914 ad-
vance declarations would lead to
"confusion and misunderstanding"
among the taxpayers.
Declaring that 1.-The minimum
tax in it's proper perspective may
jeopardize the whole income tax
svstem," Paul added:
1T is necessary to the survival
of tax law affecting over SO, OOO,-
GOO people that the law be made
understandable to those people. -
The House solution of the prob
lem of migrating the victory tax
with the regular income tax levy
was to provide that no taxpayer
should pay less than per cent
On his net income in excess OF a
snecial exemption. The exemption
would be $500 for single person,
$500 for married person, and
500 credit for each dependent.
The treasury plan was to lower
the married exemption from 81, Zoo
to S1,1O0, cut the credit for de-
,endents from $3.50 to $500, leave
the $500 single PERSONS exemption
untouched, and let the regular IN
come tax rates prevail.
Continued on Page Two; Col. II