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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-19
1900

The School Board organized by
electing Frank w. Mish, ST., presi-
dent. The board, at an informal
conference, asked the County Com
missioners to levy $4,000 for gen
eral school purposes and $1,000 for
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-19

H. Neikirk, assistant. John B
Houser was named principal of the
Female High School, with Mrs
Emma B. Mentzer, assistant Ap-
pointments of other teachers were
confirmed as follows: IL, 4, c. H
Minnebraker, principal, Charlotte K
Bell and Nina Bloom, assistants;
l, S, James F. Simons; 10, 4, A. D.
Snyder; IA, 3, 1. K. Shank, princi-
pal; %, 2, Charles Chopper, and 8, T.
Joseph A Brown.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-19

Luther Robinson, member of
Company A, 38th United States Vol
unteer Infantry, stationed at Ba-
tangas, Philippine Islands, wrote his
brother at Williamsport that the re-
ports of his death were grossly ex-
aggerated and that the nearest he
had been to hitting the turnpike
leading to kingdom come" was
when a Filipino bullet bit piece
out of his hat. His company took
part in big fight at Lipa. They
were compelled to remain in town
six days without any more rations
than jack rabbit.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-19

Frederick Upham Adams new
wind splitter" train ran from Bal
timore to Washington in 81 minutes
and 80 seconds.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-19
Horse and Buggy
Days
By the Old Lamp Lighter

Editors NOte-The Old Lamp
lighters column has, for many
years been a feature of the Ha-
gerstOwn Globe. If you would
like him to dig up some special
old-time information, or if you
know of some interesting item
out of the past, why not drop
him a line. Address your letters
to the Old LampIighter, cIO
The Globe Independent, Ha-
gerstOwn, Md.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-19

new school houses.
The board a Is o
was getting $685.
900 a year, it was
stated, from the
State. The Com
missioners d e
ferred the matter.
c. E. Carl was APP
pointed principal
of the Male High
School, with w.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-19
DRUGS, Etc.
AUTO SALES, USED CARS

Diamond T Motor Truck Sales and
Service. General auto and truck
repair work-Poe's Garage, rear lis
E. Franklin St., entrance on alley
between Locust and Mulberry SITS.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-19

DR.. J. MCPHERSON Scott presented
Bellevue with young full-blooded
Ayrshire bull, with view to i'm
proving the breed of cattle raised at
the almshouse. John P. Smith,
c. L. Mongan and o. T. Reilly,
Sharpsburg, honorary members of
the 132nd Pennsylvania Volunteer
Regimental Association, received
invitations to attend the reunion of
the association at Gettysburg. =.
One of the County Commissioners
stated that the board hoped to re-
duce the tax rate at least cents, to
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-19

A. D. Grove, Sharpsburg, had to
furrow out his corn and plant it
over, owing to the cut worms. Other
farmers in that vicinity and around
Keedysville reported considerable
damage from cut worms.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-19

An honorable discharge from the
Army during the present war will
be signified by a lapel button, the
War Department has announced.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-19

Both men and women, whether off
GERS or enlisted personnel, will be
eligible to wear the button if they
hold an honorable discharge.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-19

The Funkstown resident who
wrote us recently about safety driv-
ing may have started something,
Tyson R. Waltz, $50 Mulberry ave-
nue., for number of years an en-
ployee of the w. Md. Ry. Co., tells
us that he has had his sixth automo-
bile and with justifiable pride points
to the fact that he has never had an
accident of any kind and has never
had an arrest for traffic violation.
And he has travelled some, too, espe-
cially before the gasoline and tire
shortage. Can anyone beat that
record? If so, let us hear from you.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-19

The 10th annual convention of the
Washington County c. E. Union was
held at st. Paul's U. B. Church, with
so delegates in attendance. The
state president, H. M. Hanna, of
Belair; Rev. Edward T. Read, Balti-
more, and Miss Claudia White, a
returned missionary, were present.
George M. Gruber delivered the adj
dress of welcome and Miss Nettie
Grim the response. The morning
session opened with devotional ex-
ercises conducted by L. P. Doub.
The report of Miss Grace Boryer,
secretary and treasurer, showed: q
societies; active membership, Gil;
associate, 1873; Junior, $3.50; total, l.
488; number received into church
from societies, 70, and contributed
to missions, $13787.
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ROOFING = Thinning

L. H. Miner, Johns-Manville and
Carey Approved Roofing contrac-
tors; timing and sheet metal work.
Stag roofing, spouting, furnaces,
skylights, metal cornices. Office at
35 Wayside avenue.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-05

by more than $1,000, oooo 900. Canada has be-
come the largest per capita producer of food
and munitions for the United Nations She
has lend-leased billion dollars worth of sup
plies to Britain, Russia, Australia, New Zea-
land and China. Mr.. Claxton thought neither
Britain nor the United States could now very
well wage a major war without access to
Canada's resources and routes.
Before the war Canada sold more to Brit
ain than she bought from her and bought
more from the United States than she sold.
Nov she buys from the United States twice
as much as before and pays cash for it. She
is supplying Britain without payment twice
as much as she used to sell her,
Interest in Canadas policy in this country
naturally centers in what benefits each coun-
try may derive from perpetuating present
relations when the war is over. 1t may be
reasonably argued that there is more reason
for postwar trade barriers than for an arm
ed frontier. The interests of Canada and the
United States are too closely interviewer to
allow any pitfall to be dug between them.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-05
Stop For School Bus

With the reopening of schools so near it
is important to caution motor vehicle drivers
to read the statute approved by the last
legislature concerning their conduct when ap-
preaching a stationary school bus
The new law requires that they stop behind
the bus until passengers are taken on or dis.
charged and the "stop'' arm has been lifted
or the bus has resumed its course
In the past drivers have been required to
stop only as long as it took to satisfy them
selves that no child was liable to be struck
down if they preceded. Now the question
of safety is taken out of their hands. Thew
are not the judge, and must wait until the
bus driver gives them the go-ahead signal
either by moving on himself or lowering the
semaphore.
AS the life of some child might be sacri-
feed by failure to observe this law it is in
cumbent upon all drivers to have it in mind
at all times. 1t applies to city streets no less
than highways.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-05
Aerial Bombing Campaign

There is reason to think that Germany will
collapse before an Allied combat force can
carry the war by land across its frontiers.
The unconditional surrender named as the
only terms upon which Germany may have
peace could come before the military strength
of the nation has been reduced to the van
shing point.
The German army unquestionably plans to
quit while it still is strong and hole up at
home with the purpose of starting new con-
quests some decades ahead. The more they
save now the better will they be fixed to
launch another conflict when another genera
ton of youths has reached fighting age.
There can be no doubt that whatever the
terms upon which the German army lays
down its arms, the spirit which precipitated
the former World war and lies behind the pre-
sent Global war will still exist, unless Ger
many itself is so battered that it cannot
muster soldier or produce arms.
This is why the aerial campaign now going
forward against Berlin and other great Ger
man centers of production and thought is
equally significant with the destruction Of war
industries and communications. Though it
should be impossible to occupy Germany with
battling forces the war may be brought home
to the German masses by the bombs which
are steadily wiping out the armys principal
sources of equipment and supplies and spread
ing devastation such as Germany has never
known in the nations business and resources
The fundamental processes of thought in
Germany must be changed before the Ger
man people will deserve a place of honor
motive must be crushed beyond recovery This
can be done only by blood bath and the
razing of cities.
There is every reason to believe that the
German military leadership has a plan al
ready drafted for future campaigns and that
it intends to draw in its forces and the peo-
pie, using its boarded food and other sup
plies to weather a war of attrition and the
lean years following the peace. If this is
permitted Germany will emerge from the
conflict literally on top of the world and may
60 ahead with it's program for fresh COM
bat in the future. This being generally under
stood, the folly of fighting war of attrition
becomes apparent. A war of destruction is
the only war that can achieve lasting peace.
The type Of invasion, therefore, which can
best assure the elimination Of Germany as a
menace to the peace of the world is aerial
bombings.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-05
Equalitarianism

Totalitarianism having reached its peak and
started doWnhill, H. G. Wells declares the
world may not hope to find peace until its
people learn to live on an equalitaran plane.
Mr.. Wells, who has remained silent through
out the war period adds unless such a con-
clusion is reached humanity will find no pro-
fit from this war, but increase its Distress
He says further: Mankind has now all the
power and substance available for universal
plenty and well-beng beyond the dream of
any previous age and he is wasting it all in
destruction. This war neither began nor will
end that. There can be no end to all this
slaughter, privation and misery which now
goes on from bad to worse unless there is a
wide agreement among human beings all
round about the earth to end it. Mere VIC
tory of one power over another will end
nothing if the black traditions that come to
us from the past are not also defeated"
The blacklist of the traditions Mr.. Wells
cites, we believe, is the exploitation of the
weak by the strong. If we are to achieve the
blessed state he has in mind we will have to
adopt strict policy OF self-determination for
all geographical groups
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-05
Production Lag

The showdown in war production threatens
military schedules which are based on secur-
ing kinds and quantities of equipment on spe-
Gifted dates.
General Somervell is authority for the state
ment that only two-fifths of our program for
1913 was completed in the first half of the wear.
Obviously procurement goals are jeopardized.
Even the campaign schedules upon which vic
tory depends are In danger of being thrown
off the timetable. Only by speeding up now can
the Army program be carried out on time.
General Somervell adds "Our military s,1c.
cesses, instead of offering a chance to re-
lax, actually quickens the tempo of our need
for the materials of war. With every victory
the need to turn on the power as never before
will become more and more pressing. We
must pour into this war the entire strength
and intelligence of the United States We can
not afford to waste our substance or the lives
of our men by relaxing along the way
There is the challenge. Shall we accept it
and meet the need? Or shall we 60 heed
less way, letting production slump and giving
the enemy an advantage we would find it
next to impossible to overcome? The answer
is I'D to Americas workers In every CLASH
fication. But none can hope to excuse failure
when the lives Of our men are at stake.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-05
Exit CLIO

The CLIO has been disturbing element in
Wilmington ever since the first workers were
assembled at the plant of the North Carolina
Shpbuilding Company. They have resorted
to every trick in their bag to breed discomfort
among the workers and handicap the man
agement, not because working conditions were
un1avorable or pay below normal, but be-
cause they wanted to dominate the yard and
its activities and that their walking dele
gates might fatten their bank accounts.
That is the favorite CIO practice Wher-
ever new payrolls are created or wherever
they think they can hedge in and throw out
other labor organizations they are Johnny
on-the-spot to reap whatever ill-gotten gains
they can by trickery and scheming
Now they have lost out at the hands of the
shipyard workers themselves. All their pet
plans have gone askew. Their house of cards
has toppled on their heads.
After long months of preparation and promo
ton, they have lost the yard election by such
a wide margin that the sentiment of the
great bulk of the workers cannot be brought
into doubt. The vote for mo union' in the
Friday-Saturday baIoting was far greater
than the combined votes on all other r-opo-
sails, including the CLIO. Note the figures. The
mo union votes totaled 6e28; all others
1882.
The verdict of the workers is conclusive
evidence that they want nothing to do with
the CO.
Having had their fling, having done all
the damage they could, only to be beaten at
the polls, the time has arrived for the CLIO
to move on and allow the shipyard to get on
with its work without further disturbance at
its hands,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-05

watched it gradually disappear be-
low the surface until it was abaft
the deck house. At this moment.
a depth charge was let go and it
is believed that the depth charge
came within the prescribed limit
where serious damage results from
the explosion.
The commander of the operations
office, R. Watkins Grub, added
an Endorsement of this report of the
O'Brien's skipper stating that
about three hours later, the Jessa-
mine passed through a large patch
Of heavy-smelling oil approximate
ly the same position.
And, further, on June 81, Vice
Adm. Lewis Bayley of the British
Navy, commander in chief at
Queenstown, reported to the sec.
tary of the admiralty in London:
'"This appears to be-a case where
serious damage to the submarine
was very probable. The O'Brien
was very skilfully handled and, I
consider, deserve. recognition In
addition to Jessamine, Gushing
(another American destroyer)
found quantity of oil on the sur
face of the encounter with the o.
Brien."
Admiral Sims went to his grave
without making the slightest ges-
ture toward rehabilitating a repu-
tation which he had been willing
to destroy. This was no question
of opinion or Interpretation. 1t
was a straight issue of truth or
falsehood, honest reporting or wan
ON fakery.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-05
.SHRINERS PLAN
SALE OF BONDS
Plan To Sell 100000
Worth Before Ceremonial
Here In October

Sudan Temple, Order of the Mys-
tic Shrine, whose jurisdiction ex-
tends east and south from Dur
ham and whose membership tops
1000, has started an intensive
campaign to sell $2,000,O00 worth
of war bonds before the October
dry sand" ceremonial is held in
Wilmington.
A circular is being mailed to
all members, bearing the sigma
ture of Fred A. Matthes, chair
man of the temples war bond
committee which reads:
"Shriners do not need urging
when it comes to patriotic duty.
State the need for action and thew
get busy.
action is needed now to help
Uncle Sam go over the top in the
Big Bond Drive and Sudan Tenn
pie, with your help, will do it now.
How can you help? By contact
ing all financial institutions, bust
ness concerns and individuals and
by pledging them to buy bonds to
the limit.
"Sudan's goal is $4,000, 900, which
will pay for the construction of a
new vessel.
AS fast as you secure pledges
send them to the undersigned.
This is our chance to help our
boys over there, and at the same
time put Sudan on the map in a
pig way. Come on, let's 60
Many awards Of merit will be
given to Shrine Clubs and indi-
vlduals for outstanding results
achieved in this drive
State Senator James E. L. Wade
Is general chairman of the drive,
ana co-chairmen of the bond com
n lnlttee are: J. j. Burney, B. B.
cameron, L. D. Latta. O. II. Shoe
ma Bill Goodwin, Charles B.
1Hn c. R. Morse. E. L.
" n J; B. Brinkley, ]. R. Jones,
: =. Fergus, Harvey H. Jones,
Leon Futrelle, E. P. Weathersbee,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-05
New Ycrk's Labor Day
Railroad Traffic Rush
Fails To Materials

NEW YORK, Sept. ~
Something happened, and the q,
ticipated Labor Day WeeS'F-'
traffic rush failed to mateTls~'
today. i,
Railroad officials. who eaf-~
predicted the exodus and lHD%
from and to New YORK "'~'
break the Fourth of July recon-
said late today the tram l-a~.
was only slightly above no'-'
weekend.
There were several opinions y,
ifered to account for the slt0a~-
Overcast skies which discouTa-,'
travelling; lifting Of the non'e'''-
tial automobile driving BAN ''''.
ier-than-normal travel earIe' VI.
week, and decision of tho0sd~.
to follow the government 3o'
and stay home.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-05

cording his observations in code.
He studied birds to learn the
secrets of flight. He applied him
self to problems of center of grav-
ity, equilibrium, arifoil, and other
principles that face modern de-
signers. He worked out a theory
for gliding. He chose the bat
wing as the most practical model
for an airplane wing. One of his
flying machines" resembled an
ironing board with Wings; the fly
err was to operate it lying down
the position Orville Wright took
when he made his successful flight
400 years later.
Another Da Vinci model h d
four movable wings that w re r e
made to flap in pairs by ropes
and pulleys; the flyer stood in a
suspended gondola. The landing
gear consisted of ladders instead
of wheels. A third design resem-
bled today's helicopter. Instead of
wings it had an overhead propeller
shaped like a modern steamship S
screw. There is no record of the
model which Da Vinci tested. He
failed not because he didn't under
stand flying, but because he lack
ed an internal combustion engine
and fuel.
Death in 1919 defeated his plan
to edit and publish his researches
on such scientific subjects as fly
ing. anatomy, meterology, n d
military engineering. The military
foresight of this 18th century ge-
MUS was not recognized until the
recent deciphering of 1000 illus
trated sheets of his notes. From
his diagrams and descriptions sew
eral hundred working models Of
his inventions were constructed,
and exhibited in Milan before the
war. About 275 of these models
were displayed in New York City
late in 1910.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-05
Bombs Return To Scene
OfFirst. Experiim ents

The bombing of Italian cities
takes aerial warfare back to the
region where its weapons were in
vented and forgotten $50 years
ago. Experiments with bombs and
airplanes were carried out in Italy
in the decades of Columbuss voy-
ages to America, according to the
National Geographic Society.
The 18th century inventor of aer-
ial weapons was Leonardo da Vim
CT, an Italian now known as one
of the worlds greatest religious
artists. For the same warlord who
commissioned him to paint The
Last Supper" Da Vinci invented
a fire-bomb: a copper core brist-
ling with explosive rockets, en-
bedded in burning pitch and other
ingredients which released poison
gas. While he was painting the
quizzical smile of Mona Lisa"
he spent his spare time fashioning
starched taffeta, willow rods, OK
hide thongs, and steel springs into
models for flying machine"
AS an employee of Lodovico
Sforza, Milan's boss" at the end
of the 18th century, Da Vinci had
military as well as artistic duties.
His patron WIS on the lookout for
secret weapons to defend his pow-
er against rulers of the four other
rival states in Italy, and the king
of France.
Most of Da Vinci's inventions
were laughed at-poison gas, hand
grenades, shrapnel, the parachute,
demountable bridges, a flame
thrower' javelin that ignited on
hitting the target, and turtle
shaped armored vehicle called a
covered wagon') like the mod
ern tank.
Sforza ignored these inventions.
and was overthrow by the French
in 1899. The great memento of
Da Vinci's years in Milan is in
Lodovico's favorite church, Santa
Maria dele Grazie-the mural of
The Last upper" on a wall of
the refectory.
Da Vinci's bombs" were to be
dropped upon the enemy by cata-
putt instead of by airplane, but
he rated them "the most lethal
machines" of their time. One was
an incendiary, a self-igniting mix
ture of gunpowder, pitch, and tur-
pentine in a linen case. Another
was "cannon-ball' that shot bull
lets through eight tubes arranged
around it like spokes.
Da Vinci designed several Fly
ing machines. Neighhors a i d
after his death that he tested one
model near Florence, possibly in
the spring of 1906, taking off from
the top of Swan mountain. He
kept his experiments secret. re-
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-05
OCD Staff Coordinators
Plan To Meet Thmsdi!

RALEIGH, Sept. 4-R-Stah .
ordinators of the North Ca!0'.,
Office of Civilian Defense Will t ~.
in the state Headquarters "
Thursday, State Director n w..
Mcmillan announced today ~,
les R. Stokes, of the Req W. y.
area office in Alexandria W.. W.
and who serves as liaison or. 4
between the Red Cross any, ,...;
North Carolina OCD, Will o''' ;.
his organizations work IN ~
state. Ami,
The meeting of the ocD adIa n
issrative staff Will preceoe -
meeting of coordinators.