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Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-08-17
Ann L. Upton
Christens A
Liberty Ship
Shoemaker" Named For
Noted Agriculturist And
Dairy Expert


Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Upton
of Dickerson, because of her rec
ord in All Club work, was selected
to christen the Liberty ship.
Shoemaker, at the Bethlehem :
Fairfield shipyard in Baltimore on
August 10. Attired in the green
and white official All uniform and
wearing a Dutch white hat and
white shoes, Miss Upton carried
a spray Of American red roses dur
ing the ceremony. At a luncheon
which followed she was presented
with a lovely wrist watch.
The ship was named for Samuel
Moor Shoemaker, Maryland agri-
culturist and dairy expert who died
in 1888.
Miss Upton has been a All
club girl since she was ten years
old. She has done outstanding
work in clothing, having won
many county honors and state
placings. She represented Mary
land in 1910 at the National Al
Camp, and is now the representa-
tive of the Senior Council of All
Clubs on the board Of the County
Community Chest.
For a description of the party
We let Mrs. Charles Upton, mother
of the honored girl, and SENTINEL
correspondent, tell the story. Says
Mrs. Upton: "Just like movie it
was, only we really got the thrills!
At 10:30, August 10, about fifty
of US were at the Southern Hotel
in Baltimore and in no time at
all 9 cars Of us were lined up,
lights cleaning and headed for
Bethlehem-Fairfield Steel Plant.
The yards are a world in them
selves, with row after row of
ships in process of construction.
"There she was-tall, dignified,
silver-gray against the sun -
waiting to be christened! Mr..
Shoemaker, for whom she was
named, had been interested in all
forms of agriculture, particularly
in any phase of it that would be
an incentive to the country boy
or girl. He had been a member
of the Board of Regents at the
University Of Md. from 1915 to
the time of his death in 1888.
"We climbed a flights of stairs
still less than half as higl as
the Shoemaker, to a red, white
and blue platform. From the
deck was hung the bottle Of cham
pagne all gay in red, white and
blue fabric and tied with a SIM
liar cord. Pictures were taken
Of everyone there members of
the famous family, officials from
the shipyard, directors from the
U. of Md, All club members from
neighboring counties, and Ann
Lee in her All uniform with an
enormous bunch of American
Beauty roses.
Suddenly all was quiet-there
was a dull thud-Ann Lee gave
a swing and champagne was
everywhere. Majestically and
without sound the S. s. Shoe
Victory Ship bound to do her
bit toward winning the war.
About ID were at the luncheon
that followed at the Southern.
Mr.. Mason, on behalf of the
Shipyard, presented Ann Lee
with an exquisite pink-gold watch
daintily set with diamonds and
sapphires.
"Who wouldn't break several
4 ~
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-08-17
The
G. /. Bill
of Rights

spent in the service; should there
be a period during which he is
unemployed he win be paid un-
employment compensation.
In short Uncle Sam is MAX
ing such liberal plans for the
returned veteran that a compli-
cation will develop which will
present almost as vital a prob
lem as the returned veterans.
When we consider the millions
Of people who have been absorbed
into war work who will be
thrown out of employment added
to those who will be laid off in
order to make room for the re-
turned veteran to have his old
job back it is easy to contem-
plate a problem Of major con-
Germ. This army Of people out
of work will be given unemploy-
ment for a limited time. But
they will have a great deal more
difficulty in locating new employ
ment than the veteran. In ad-
ministration of the G. I. Bill Of
Rights it will be assumed that
all employment which began
subsequent to the effective date
Of our Selective Service Act is TO
be considered temporary. This
is in order to provide the vet
eran a real claim on his old job.
There are several hopeful pos
sibilities, however. The veter-
ans will be returned in a grad
ual stream rather than have a
flood of them
Veterans out of work at
And Their one time. Ex-
Old Jobs perience thus far
indicates that
about seventy-five per cent OF
veterans do not want their old
jobs back. A good percentage
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-08-17
/ Might Be
WrOng--But
p. G. STROMBERG

THE ONE THING today get
= ting more thought than the
fighting in Europe and the Pa
cific is the problem facing the
country in the days when war
contracts will have been can
celled and many men (and wom-
en- too) will no longer have big
jobs with big salaries. Not
that this SUBJ
Big Jobs ject transcends
And the important
Big Salaries and encouraging
war news. Not
at all. Nothing can take the
place of good news from the
lighting fronts. But the thought
of transition from war to peace
finds a place in practically all
serious conversation. 1t is
sign that people generally rec
ognize the gigantic task facing
our country-Government plan
ners and business executives
alike. Throughout the country
there are committees official
and civic - making plans for
absorption of the returned vet
Grams.
Under the G. I. Bill of Rights,
Congress is providing literally
for the early years of men re-
turned from the armed forces.
Among the most liberal provis-
ions are: each man will receive
500. when discharged; he will
receive another $10O. thirty days
after discharge and, if he has
had foreign service, he viii re-
ceive the third 500. sixty days
after discharge; he will be en-
titled to his old job at the same
rating and pay as when inducted;
he will be assigned to a new
job if he des not desire his old
job back; if he desires to go
into some type of business he
will be entitled to borrow $4,000.
for twenty years without secur-
ity at 496; if under twenty-five
years of age it is assumed that
his education was interrupted and
he will therefore be entitled to
attend a college of his own
choice and will be given $500.
toward his tuition and expenses
and $50. a month
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-08-17

and $50. a month
for a period of
one year more
than the total
time he has
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-08-17

about seventy-five per cent Of
veterans do not want their old
jobs back. A good percentage
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-03

Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa RIGA
and northern Panama, as well
as in South America.
Meanwhile, bridges are being
constructed along the Inter
American Highway route in
Costa RIGA by the Public Roads
States Federal Works Agency
under the inter-American COOP
erative bodybuilding program.
In South America, bridges still
remain to be built in several
parts of the Pan-American High
way system to provide all
weather, all-year travel. This is,
of course, particularly true of
sections where the Pan-Ameri-
can Highway route is still i'm
passable.
One of the most notable of
the modern highway bridges in
the 100000 Cuscatlan Bridge
spanning the Lempa River in
the interior of Ell Salvador.
Puente Cuscatlan is the longest
suspension bridge in Central
America.
PRE-FABRICATED
Because of scarcity of proper
materials, ia IRRIGATION equip
ment and skilled local labor in
certain localities in Central
America, considerable portion
Of the bridge materials came
from the United States. In addi-
ton to prefabricated parts used
in construction of the railroad
bridge on the Mexican-Guate-
malan border, SO prefabricated
timber bridges and eight aban-
doned steel bridges were bought
in the I'm ted States and
shipped to Central America by
Army engineers. The prefabri-
Gated timber bridges ranged in
length from SO to 100 feet and
were designed as one-way struc-
lures with a 15-foot clear road
way and HIS loading. The steel
bridges that were dismantled
and reconditioned for shipment
had spans of from 80 to 1874 feet.
After the war, when wide
spread travel is possible again,
tremendous benefits for the
good of all the Americas will
undoubtedly result from this
great highways completion. In
Central America, one of the
chief barriers to a better stand
ard of living will have been re-
moved. To almost as great an
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-03

by NEA Service
WASHINGTON - In erna-
tional bridges now link 10
American republics along the
new Pan-American Highway,
accelerating production an d
transportation of critical war
materials. Latest of the interna-
tional bridges to be completed is
the 480-foot Rio Goascoran
highway bridge connecting Ell
Salvador and Honduras.
To provide improved land
communications south of the
border, chiefly in Mexico and
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-03

Central America, U. S. Army
Engineers pushed a pioneer road
through gaps in the Pan-Ameri-
can Highway route through 10
countries. They withdrew from
the project on October 81, 1943,
because their services were ur-
gently needed elsewhere.
War-eXpanded bridge and
road construction has reduced
the number of unspanned rivers
on the highway route, between
Laredo, Texas, and Buenos Aires
and Rio de Janeiro, but bridges
are still needed in southern
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-03
MORE ECONOMICAL

NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. As
a motorist was paying a fine for
a minor traffic violation, he was
surprised to learn that his
daughter was being fined for a
parking meter violation in an
other part of city court building.
Tell her to wait for me-"
Dad said. We'll drive in one
car. Then, if anything goes
wrong, they only can fine one
of u.s."
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-03

extent, the highway can per-
form the same service for South
America.
The new highway bridges are
vitality essential in making this
dream of a century"-as the
SalvadoranS put it-come true.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-03
WELL, WELL

GREECE CITY, Pa. John
Bail Jr., began drilling a water
well on his Butler county farm.
Instead of water, he struck gas.
Yesterday, oil began to flow
from the 65-foot drilling. Pro-
duction was estimated at five
barrels a day.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-03
FLYING FOX

PASADENA, Calf. - Ti-Pi-
Tin, a five-month-old fox, is fly
ing for his life.
He's being shipped by his
owner, Rowan Pease, to a fox
laboratory for a diagnosis. Pease
knows what's wrong with Ti-Pi-
Tin, but doesn't know what to
do about it. The fox won't eat.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-03
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
BY the Associated Press

MILK BATH
NEW YORK-A dozen custo-
mers in a lunch room got more
milk than they may have order
ed when a driverless milk truck
crashed into the building and
splashed them with its contents.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-22
Brain Game Answers

In New York City, April 30,
1889.
Pa Lakes Erie and Ontario,
(b) Lake St. Clair.
3-(a) pulpit orator.
4-Mary Pickford, Groucho
Marx. Carlo and Marie
Dressler.
5-(a) True. (b) False. Yer
mont is the Green Mountain
State"
6-Helvetti or Helvetians.
7-Delaware from Lord De la
War;, an English colonial
governor; Pennsylvania from
Sir William Penn, founder of
the state; Maine from the
old French province OF the
same name; Virginia, named
for the virgin queen. Eliza
beth; Georgia after George II
of England.
S5Northwestern Unive rsity,
Purdue University and the
University of Chicago.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-22
BETTER HEALTH

problems we are going 10 have
after this war. / mentioned
few wekes ago the number OF
partially deafened soldiers who
will return 10 us. Their deafness
results from the nearby dis
charge OF firearms. cannon or
shell explosions. Here in the
case of this little girl we have
an example Of the opposite
groups Of problems - those
whose hearing is too acute,
whose nervous systems are too
sharply conditioned 10 noise, so
that noise causes A complete
upset of the organism.
I don't know why II is, but
some human beings love 10
shout. TO bang on doors, 10 sing
in the Railways, 10 whistle in
the street at midnight, to lean
on automobile horns. 70 turn the
radio 10 a blare, 10 smash, clat-
ter, crash or screech, anything,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-22
WASHINGTON Scene
By George Dixon

WASHINGTON, Aug. % -
w This may seem utterly in
credible, but my undercover
operatives IN New York report
that the Republican national
committee has al last agreed
Upon a director OF pat,iieity..-
The COP. as YOU know, has
been without a head ballyhoo
boy since July !. when James
p. Sewage resigned.
The new m-beater-in-
chief. according 10 my in
forTnants, will be Bill Wight.
My spies insist they have the
name right and that il is
spelled Wight" without any
p in It. so he can't eat oys-
tiers But they sdmit-qulte
shamefacedly, Of scourse-that
this is about all they have
learned about the gentleman.
They said they had heard
that Mr.. Wight used TO be as
sistant to publisher named
Godfry Hammond, but that
they hadn't dug up any dope on
Hammond either,
ONE of the Understanding
" men in Washington-and l
amt kidding-is Col. Edwin A.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-22

because an animal has
less brains. and consequently
what he can do is very limited,
yes. II a dog could be hypo-
critical and lie (Which he can't,
and which makes him so much
better than most of us) you
could not predict whether he
was climbing into your lap
and your heart-because he
loved you, or in order 10 bite
you. In a thousand ways human
beings can keep you guessing.
2-Not unless he be an angel,
or thinks he is one. The worst
business YOU can get into
is thinking about yourself
whether you are better or worse
looking than others, or whether
you are more intelligent, are
making a good impression, or
are likely 10 fail on your Job.
When people are afraid they
will fail on their job. they are
nearly always thinking about
themselves. not about the Job
and its real problems.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-22

I HAVE received a letter
which says in part
II have recently arrived In
Canada from England. My baby
laughter was born there. Where
lived In England We were sub
iect to air raids and gunfire. Up
until the time she was 8 months
old my baby was continuously
subjected TO the excitement and
LANCER OF air raids. She would
Jump and cry during the raids.
rhey upset her more and more
and she never got used 10 them.
Now she IL q very nervous child
md any sudden unexpected noise
thfA her into a state. Noises
see 20 remind her of the air
raids and she can hardly stand
any prolonged or unusual noise
At all"
I'VE letter brings up and en-
L phasizes how many medical
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-22
Letters From
A Soldier

You go look in a mirror If you
have one. You discover that you
haven't got the shine hidden
yet. You add some more. Pretty
soon you find the whole COM
pany with faces as black as
shoe polish.
The only man know of who
enjoyed the first smear of coal
dust was a recruit who said, 1T
makes me feel at home" II
turned out that he used TO be
a coal miner in Virginia.
YOU'D be surprised how rap
L idly even the city-bred men
learn 10 move in the dark,
though. and the worst mistake
that I've noticed wasn't a mat
ter of getting lost. although it's
an incident that shows how
dark it can get in the woods.
A group of trainees, ready to
move out, were talking quietly
among themselves. IF you get
lost" said one of them, "just
wait and we'll find you. Pay no
attention 10 those (army term
used here; unprintable) officers" y
what did you say?" came a
voice from a man sitting a few
feet away.
The recruit repeated his in
structions.
For your information" came
the voice, you're talking to one
OF those (unprintabIe) officers"
There was great silence.
Silence is a fine thing on night
natrOlS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-22

Halsey. secretary Of the Sen
ate. Col. Halsey had a collapse
from overwork last May and
has Just returned TO the job.
Along with many others I
went down 10 the Capitol 10
welcome him back, and we got
talking Of this and that.
Naturally the conversation
got around to the political situa-
ton.
Col. Halsey made several in
tereSting observations which I
shall not repeat. az his job re-
quires him 10 he rigidly impair
tial Then he said:
~ most unique situation has
developed this election year. I
have made exhaustive research
through all our books and rec
ords and have been unable 10
find anything TO compare with 1t
In our history. am cerain IL
is the first time anything OF the
sott uhppeHtu.
I'm this coming election we
have the amazing spectacle Of
two candidates who can't be
separated from the public pay
rolls no matter what happens.
They will still he employed
win. lose or draw"
Col. Halsev let this soak in a
minute. Then he amplified:
"If Thomas r. Dewey In de-
feated, he will still be governor
Of New York, and IL Harry Tru-
man gets knocked Oft. he will
still he L. s. senator"
COMEHOW the conversation
bgot around 10 senatorial rep
artee, and Col. HalSey said his
heartiest chuckle came when
majority leader Alben Barley
went aboard a member of the
opposition.
Barley accused the other
senator of trying 10 obscure the
ISSUE He said:
THE senator's attitude re-
minds me Of an old clock nv
father borrowed from one Of
the neighbors when I was a boy.
MY father took the clock
home and put II on the mantle
piece and IL stayed there a week
and he never could tell what
time u was. Finally he took
the clock back and said To his
neighbor: What IL the matter
with this clock. cannot tell
what time II is
"The neighbor said: Well, I
ought to have explained II to
you. II Is a very curious clock.
When both hands point to IL
and she strikes ?, that means IL
Il half-past A."
Distributed by King Features synd. Inc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-22
BY Damon
y Runyon

He had great influence over
Grant and kept him sober for
longer periods than any one else
was able TO do, and he was
afterwards Grants secretary of
war, but he was no more Grants
military brains than Marshall
was Pershings.
As a matter Of fact, Marshall
was probably Pershing's devel-
opment as well as his discovery
and i would like TO call your
attention TO the fact that this
also applies TO two other promi-
nent figures in World War III.
the slightly dizzy Gen George
Patton, who was on Pershings
staff. and one Of Pershing's
own little group in the Villa
campaign and World War l, and
Gen. Douglas Macarthur. who
was one of Pershing's division
commanders.
Eisenhower is perhaps no Per-
shing or Macarthur. but he is
a splendid officer who is win
ning his phase of the war in an
impressive manner and who will
emerge with as much personal
distinction as old BLACK Jack"
did years ago. And l guarantee
that somewhere around Eisen-
hover is a guy at this time un-
heralded and unsung who will
find a chronicler in the years 10
come guileless enough to put
him away as 1.-The brains Of the
army"
Copyright. ie4i. by King features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-22
e. v. DURLING

lumbia University. / knew the
good doctor when he was known
as Bull" McCaffery and was a
baseball and football star al
Fordham. DR.. McCaffery has
four sons; two are prisoners Of
war in Germany and two are
fighting with the U. S. Marines.
Tn normal times persons under
L 40 years of age buy 81 per
cent of the automobiles. rs per
cent of new homes and 60 per
cent Of home equipment
A Chicago girl admits the
streetcar and bus seats in her
town are wider than those OF
other cities, but adds These
seats were not made wider be-
cause Chicago has 80 many
plump women, but because the
city has more fat men than any
place I'm the country. Just look
around next time you are in
Chicago and note all the male
heavyweights waddling- aFeuut..
L sat next TO a S00-pounder on
bus this morning and he
nearly pushed me up on The
window SILL"
QUERIES from clients: O.
W You continually refer 70
1.-THE beautiful city of Brooklyn
Have you forgotten Brooklyn is
merely a borough OF the city Of
New York?
A-Technicaily you are right.
But for many years Brooklyn
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-22
THE BRIGHTER SIDE

I RECKON I have read ar
- ticles about a dozen different
American generals in this war
who are reported by their Bos-
wells as the brains of the
army" 1t was said of the late
McNair in all the obituaries of
him that met my eye.
Now McNair was a fine or
gaIlzation man, but he was
nj = long way from being
thecerebral center of our vast
fighting force. though perhaps
not as far as some OF the other
master minds who have been
nominated as the brains of the
army,
/ think the writing lads have
forgotten two things IN handing
the title around, one being that
the army may have outgrown
one set OF brains and the other
that in any event they cannot
thus easily depose Gen. George
Marshall, chief of staff, who
has been 1.-The brains of the
army for nearly II years. ac-
cording 10 the estimate of his
admirers.
He was on Gen. John J.
Pershings staff in the other
World War. and was a most
efficient officer, but it was not
until after the war that you
commenced 10 hear il said he
had done much of Pershings
military thinking for him-that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-22

A MONG the many statues in
"A Paris and environS our boys
will find interesting is that of
Eitenne Marcel. II was NJ. Mar
Gel who invented the income tax.
The shortest street in Paris is
the Rue Pirouette. There is only
one house on II.
Paris has over 1000 streets
and not a numbered street in
town. A Partisan taxi driver
really has 10 have a memory.
II is said by those who should
know that the reason so many
Frenchwomen look so well
dressed is because their clothes
fit them properly.
II has also been stated that
not one American woman in
thousand wears clothes that fit
properly.
DASSING by: Carrie Jacobs
Il Bond. Composer She was
81 on Aug. II. That makes
her a Leo. The star gazers say,
Leo women are, as a rule, I'M
usually artistic aHa-CreatiVe.
They can be very successful IN
literature. the theater. the films
and in music" Mrs. Bond S
career certainly checks with
what the astrologers claim.
Other well-knOwn Leo women
are Edna Ferber, Norma
Shearer and Myrna 10y.
DR.. Francis s. McCaffery,
Distinguished oral surgeon and
member Of the faculty Of Co