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schools. gave an interesting talk. Re-
freshments were served. Mrs. Eliza
beth Rosenmerkel PIN will be the
speaker for the next meeting. The
date for the meeting will be announc,
ed later
Darts Deitle, U.S.N.. is on leave
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harvey Deitle.
Pvt. Edward Bittinger. brother of
Johnny Bittinger, is home from over
seas on a l5-day furlough.
Mrs. Molly Ross is very i'll at her
home here. Her son j. L. Ross of
( Cumberland, spent couple days with
her.
/ c. 0. White, a patient at the Me-
merial hospital, remains seriously i'll.
/ Jacob Platter and Paul Wilt were
in Oakland Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. Hillery Resh and
Frank Bowser were visiting the for
mer's brother, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
/ Resi- at Coal Run, Pa, also his inva-
lid father who makes his home there.
Mrs Stewart Stahl was visiting in
Frostburg and Cumberland a few days
last week.
Harrison Beachy accompanied his
! brother, Mckinley Beachy, to his new
home in Va. The latter had remained
here for couple weeks to settle up
affairs.
DR.. Abe Livingood, veterinarian OF
Salisbury, was called to this vicinity
one day last week
Several hunters from Baltimore
We're guests Of Mrs. Birdie Warwick
during deer season. They returned tc
that city with 10 point buck to then
credit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart Stahl ano
daughters, Helen and Betty, were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Resi-
Sunday.
Mrs. Edna Livengood and son, Da
vid, are visiting in Friendsville thu
past two weeks.
John Ohler received word that hi
brother was a German prisoner bu
was returned to the Allied line in tn,
recent exchange Of prisoners in Eu
rope.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Bittinger AM
family visited Mrs. Rachel Wilt a
Sand Patch, Pa. who remains very i'll
Christmas services at the Method
list church Friday, Dec. %, at 7:3
p. m. Rev. R. H. Henson, pastor
Come one, come all.
There will be preaching service a
the Jennings Methodist church Friday
Dec. %, at 1870 p. m.
: Christmas services as follows: Sat
: urday, evening, Dec. %, at 8 o'clocI
, the Church of the Brethren at Mapl
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ers one dav last week.

ers one day last week.
Mrs. Ray Gnegy, Of Pleasant Val
ley, who accompanied her sister,
Mrs. Wesley Harvey, to Kingwood, on
Sunday to visit a relative, have re-
turned.
Sam and Miss Lena Slabach, Marlyn
Gnegy. Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Spoer-
lein and daughter and Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Sisk were dinner guests oil
Mr.. and Mrs. W. f. Spoerlein in Oak
land on Sunday.
Merlyn Gnegy, Mrs. d. L. Swartz-
entruber and Mrs. Dewey Gnegy
were in Cumberland on Monday. En-
route home at a point known as the
/ SiX-Mile House, Mr. Gnegy's car was
badly wrecked when bus came in
contact. Fortunately no one was in
jured.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Flint, Aurora.
were visiting Misses Leah and Fannie
Beachy on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Swartzentru-
her spent Sunday evening with Mr..
and Mrs. Floyd Custer.
Noah Slabach has been notified OF
the death Of his brother Alvin which
occurred on Monday at Akron Ohio.
following a car wreck on Friday.
Miss Fannie ,Beachy spent Monday
with Miss Mary Lichty.
Mrs. Jacob Swartzentruber visited
; Mr.. d. J. Swartzentruber on Friday
who celebrated his 8lst birthday an
niversary.
Pvt. Helmick, of camp in Geor-
gia, came on Monday evening to re-
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JENNINGS

A heavy storm struck this area
Monday with the snow fall Tuesday
morning averaging II to IA inches
and still showing Wednesday.
Christmas program will be held
Dec. "a, Christmas eve, at the Luth-
eran church at 1870 o'clock. Mr. Root
Beachy will give the opening address.
A Mothers Group was organized at
the local school on Friday, Dec. 8th.
Miss Viola Broadwater, principal, was
elected president. Miss Kate Banna-
tyne, Supervisor of the Elementary
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Pfc. Herbert Tasker, with an army
medical detachment at Camp Pickett,
Va, is spending a furlough here with
his wife and family.
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With Our Men
In The Service

Pvt. Orland C. Wright, who was
stationed at Fort Mcclellan, Alabama,
spent ten-day fullough with his
wife and two daughters at the home
of Mrs. Emma Deal, at McHenry. Pvt.
Wright has now reported for duty at
Fort Meade, Md
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Lieut.. Joseph L. Hoopengardner, Jr.,
husband of the former Loretta Ashby,
of Crelln, is now serving with the
U. S. Fifth Army in Italy. He was
recently assigned to a group of COM
bat engineers as assistant battalion
surgeon.
James limbaugh, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Guy limbaugh, Oakland, was
recently promoted to the rank of cor
poral, his parents have been informed.
Corporal Hinebaugh is located with
the army infantry on Saipan, in the
Marianas Island. Mr.. and Mrs. Hine-
baugh have two other sons in the SER
vice. Pvt. Daniel limbaugh was re-
Gently transferred to Red Mond, Ore
gon. and while enroute there truck
containing TOO barracks bags of cloth
ing was consumed by fire, and Pvt.
Hinebaugh's belongings were among
them. Their third son, Guy William
limbaugh, USNR., was recently ad-
vanced to radioman Sic.
w#%
Roy Kurtz, Grantsvlile, has been
promoted to the rank of technical SER
geant with the Eighth AAF in Eng
land. Son Of Mr.. and Mrs Charles H.
Kurtz, he has completed nine mis-
sions as radio operator and gunner
aboard a bomber. Sgt. Kurtz was
graduated from Harrington, Tex, aer-
ial gunnery school last January.
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Pfc Herbert Tasker, with an army
medical detachment at Camp Pickett
Va, is spending furlough here with
his wife and family
**x
Mrs. Nina B. Smith, Kempton, re-
ceived word that her husband, Omel
Solomon Smith, had been promoted tC
aviation machinist mate third class il
the Navy. A graduate of Thomas
High school in 1884, he recently com.
pleted eight weeks of training al
Great Lakes and was sent to the
naval air station at Minneapolis re-
Gently.
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main few days on Through with his
wife and children.
Mrs. Isaac Beckman was visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Petersheim on Tues
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Grove near Grantsville. Sunday eve
ming, Dec. "a. the Lutherans at Jen-
nngs.
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Traffic Safety Slogan For Week
Dim your lights - show your
brightness behind the wheel"

A House committee in Paris de-
clared German prisoners are neither
pampered nor prosecuted.
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Pvt. Thos. Glenn Cuppett, who has
been in England and France with an
artillery. unit of the army, is in Ger
many, according to letter received
by his wife in Mt. Lake Park on Sat
urday. He is with Patton's Third
army. He said he had seen "a few
FERRIES" that he sleeps in foxholes,
and that he hoped to be home in the
spring.
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Randall Georg, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alex Georg, of Accident, has been
serving in the armed forces in Eng
land since January, 1913. where he is
stationed with a military police COM
pany. He entered service July 20, 1912.
Sergeant Donald NJ. Browning, 10,
of Oakland, now in England under
going a pre-combat training period of
ten days, is preparing to take part
in Eighth Air Force bombing attacks
over Germany in a BIZ flying fort
ress. He had training in precision
bombing at Lowry Field, Colorado
and now is receiving instruction from
men who have flown from five tc
seven months against the Germans
He is a son of Mr.. and Mrs Cheston
H. Browning, Alder street, Oakland
He received his gunner's wings il
September, 1913.
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Raymond C. Goodwin, USNR.. was
recently promoted to the rank of sea-
man first class. He is stationed at
Key West, Florida. He is a son Of
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Goodwin, of
Pleasant Valley.
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Harold Ashby, U.S.N.R. Great
Lakes Naval Training Station, is
home on leave.
Evening star., 1944-06-13

London President Roosevelt agreed to
see him. Mr.. Roosevelt indicated the
week in June or July when he may
have some time to receive visitors. This
was done to avoid the impression that
Gen. de Gaulle was coming here as the
representative of a government. The
French leader was dissatisfied with the
Presidents "condescending" attitude
and has indicated that he will not
consider crossing the Atlantic under
such circumstances.
There is good deal of talk in official
and diplomatic quarters that Mr..
Roosevelt is "peeved" with Gen. de
Gaulle, who had freely expressed his
views about the United States and its
President. There may be some truth
IN this. But the predominant factor
in the administrations policy toward
the general is its determination not to
jeopardize the friendship of the people
of France.
No one denies here that as a symbol
Of resistance Gen. de Gaulle may have
meant something in France. In spite
of his frequently obstreperous attitude
the American Government continued
to give the French armies in North
Africa all the assistance in it's power.
The French soldiers proved themselves
more than worthy of 1T. They fought
heroically in Tunisia and particularly
in Italy even after their leader, Gen.
Giraud, was kicked out by Gen. de
Gaulle.
Today, however, a symbol no longer
is needed From now on. we have to
deal with the French in their own
land. And those who know their spirit
realize that there is nothing more hate
full to them than to have government
imposed on them by some foreigners
There is another angle which hereto
fore has been rarely touched on. Un-
questionably, the British armies will
be received with enthusiasm by the
French in the liberated areas But
there is not much love in the hearts
of the vast majority of the French
people for the British government.
The sinking of the French warships
at Mers- Ell -Kebir by the British Medi-
terranean fleet in 1910 has been one
of those blunders which the sensitive
Frenchmen may have now forgiven but
will not easily forget.
Evening star., 1944-06-13
Proof of Sedition

In a five to-four decision setting
aside the conviction of an alleged
seditionist, the Supreme Court has
set up standards of proof which
would seem to impose a heavy bur-
den on any prosecution based on
charge of sedition. The ruling is of
particular interest because it is the
first time the court has dealt with
this subject during the present war.
The defendant, Elmer Hartzel of
Chicago, had been found guilty of
circularizing some 600 persons, in
Guiding members of the armed serv-
ices. with mimeographed documents
opposing war amongst the white
races" at time when this country
was at war with Germany and Italy.
Other Hartzel statements, prior to
this country's participation in the
war, argued that only a German
victory would bring increased safety
and stability for the West, and con-
tanned vicious attacks on President
Roosevelt, the British and the Jews.
The prosecution contended that
these documents, on their face,
showed willful attempt, in VIOLA
tion of law. to cause insubordina-
ton, disloyalty, mutiny and refusal
of duty in the armed forces, and to
obstruct recruiting and enlistments.
The trial jury agreed.
But the Supreme Court majority,
in an opinion by Justice Murphy,
took different view. To sustain the
conviction, the majority said. two
things must be proved. First, it
must be shown that the defendant.
at the time of the alleged offense,
had a deliberate and specific pur-
pose to do the things forbidden by
the sedition law. And second, there
must be clear and present dan
ger" that the defendants activities
will bring about the evils which
Congress has a right to prevent.
Both of these elements. the court
said. must be proved by the Govern
ment beyond reasonable doubt,
and were not so proved in the Hart
eel case.
The courts concern obviously was
to protect the right of free speech.
But 1t is just as obvious that the
Hartzel ruling probably will enable
some seditionists to use the First
Amendment to escape the punish
ment they so richly deserve.
Evening star., 1944-06-13
ItuIy's New Cabinet

ne new caDlneC, neaQed by lVanoe
Bonomi, is a distinctly forward step
which does much to clarity Italy's
internal politicaf situation. The lib
Grafton of Rome by the Allied armies
marked the end of the provisional
arrangement made last April when
the pro-Ally political parties agreed
to suspend their differences by sup
porting the regime headed by Mar
shall Badoglio under the nominal
authority of King Victor Emmanuel.
The King, on his part, promised to.
retire from public life when Rome
was freed, handing over his royal
prerogativeS to Crown Prince Um-
berto in what was practically a
regency, although the King did not
formally abdicate
This unusual arrangement was OBJ
vlouSly a compromise. 1t preserved
the status of the House of Savoy for
ultimate decision by the entire Ital-
ian people when the whole country
had been freed from German occu-
patton. But it left at the head of
affairs Regent and a Premier who
were both distasteful to large sec
ton of Italian public opinion, es-
pecially to the liberal and radical
groups. The shelving of Badoglio
and all other members of the pro-
Visional government with the
slightest tinge of Fascism," to quote
the words Of the new Premier rep
resents another compromise where
by Crown Prince Umberto retains
the regency, but only as titular head
Of regime which breaks deCiSively
with the Fascist past. Signor Bo-
nomi has an unblemished record of
consistent opposition to Fascism
He retired from public life immedi-
ately after /MuSSolini'S accession to
power in 1922 and was the leader of
underground activities in Rome dur
ing the German occupation. Al
though a former Socialist, his more
recent affiliations have been with
the liberal-radical groups headed by
Benedetto Croce and Count Sforza,
together with the Christian Demo-
Gratis, who are the successors of the
Fascist Popular party of Don
Sturzo.
The new cabinet is presumably
another stage in a. political evolu-
ton which is far from being COM
Evening star., 1944-06-13
The Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

foot soldiers were issued daily three or
four small loaves of bread, made of
flour and water, They were called
"doughboys their name stuck to
the men who ate them.
The importance of the infantry, how
ever, Is evident from the fact that it is
the most numerous of all the arms.
For example, when Lincoln was calling
for men at the outbreak of the Civil
War he asked for 10 regiments of in
fantry to one each of cavalry and ar
tillery.
Take look at what is expected Of
the infantryman. He goes ahead Of
every attack on a hostile shore. For a
year and half and more, the infantry
has engaged in many amphibious op-
erations, In the Pacific. the Mediter-
ranean and now the Atlantic Oceans.
Warships and bombers may soften up
the enemy ashore, but the doughboys
go In first on their landing craft.
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The infantrymans work never ends
When the beachhead has been gained,
and other soldiers are bringing in sup
plies and ammunition, it is the dough-
boys job to keep pressing forward,
feeling out the enemy and overcoming
the enemy's strong points. And when
an infantry unit has accomplished its
mission it still has plenty to do, for
it must be ready at all times for a
counterattack
Every combat infantryman today is
expected to be able to march Is miles
In eight hours and be fit to fight at
the end of the march. In actual COM
bat the Sd Division made a forced
march of more than 100 miles across
Sicily in three days, during the early
stages of that campaign. A battalion
of the 32d Division walked all the way
across the Owen Stanley Mountains Of
New Guinea, through terrible country
few white men had ever seen.
Since Pearl Harbor less than so Med
ais of Honor, Americas highest military
decoration, have been awarded. The
first went to a young West Point in
fantry officer, killed on Bataan. His
body was found surrounded by dead
Japs. Nineteen infantrymen, ranging
in rank from private to general have
won this medal-and 13 of the awards
were posthumous. That, in itself, is
commentary enough on the job the
infantry has to do.
Infantry day" and little more pay
does not seem too much for these lads.
Evening star., 1944-06-13

pleted. As the Allied armies ad-
vance northward they will approach
the centers of Socialist and Com
munist power in the big cities of the
industrial north. Southern Italy is
traditionally royalist, clerical and
conservative, with Rome composite
of all political elements, as BELTS
national capital. Rome is thus the
halfway mark in a shifting balance
of power that should turn leftward
in proportion as the liberation of
the north proceeds.
Evening star., 1944-06-13
Infantry Day

June Is, which falls on Thursday
of this week, happens to be the
169th anniversary of George Wash
1ngton'S commission, by the Second
Continental Congress, as Com
mander in Chief of the Continental
Army and the date may be said
to mark the beginning of the United
States Infantry. The day has been
designated by Lieutenant General
Leslie j. McNair as Infantry Day.
A large number of our infantry
men will celebrate the day on the
fields Of Normandy, advancing our
lines, as only the foot soldier can
advance them, against the enemy.
But an appropriate method of cele-
brating this day back home would
be for Congress to pass one of the
several measures now pending to
increase the pay of the soldier who
eXcelS in the most unglamorous
branch of the armed services. The
Senate Military Affairs Committee
has taken a good step in this direc-
ton by unanimously reporting a bill
sponsored by Secretary of War Stim-
son, under the terms of which any
enlisted soldier wearing the expert
infantryman" badge would receive
$5 extra per month, while those
designated as Combat Infantry
man" would get $40.
There are other bills of the same
nature, one of them correctly grant
ing flying pay and allowances to
the men who ride to battle in gliders
Some of these bills may have orig
mated from the sound suggestion
Of War Correspondent Ernie Pyle
Evening star., 1944-06-13
Cherbourg Objectives
By Maj. George Fielding Eliot

Seulles, and it is said at our supreme
headquarters MONDAY afternoon that
we may have lost possession Of that
town.
But it must be emphasized that this
whole region east of BayeuX appears
to be a covering position. Here we are
merely blocking the Paris -Cherbourg
road and railway, to permit the full
development of our offensive against
the Cherbourg Peninsula. We can
give or take a little ground without
seriously affecting the situation as
whole.
The really heavy German counter
attack is, however, more likely to come
in the west Driving up from the
southwark in the direction st. Lo-
Isigny The delay in getting this at
tack under way is probably due in part
to the need for regrouping the Ger
man forces so as to assemble sufficient
numbers in Western France, and in
part to the persistent hammering Of
our aircraft at the railway and road
Centers upon which this German troop
movement is dependent.
This German concentration may, it
would SEEM be best described as a
triangle, with its base along the line
formed by the three functions, RenneS,
Laval and LIE Mans, and its apex
pointing at St. Lo. 1t will be noted
from a glance back over the commune
ques that these three functions have
been frequent targets for our strategic
bombers during the past week and also
Nantes Anglers and Tours, which feed
them from the south.
Once more, it is worth while to en-
phasize the vital importance of time.
For the German cOunterattack to
reach the line BayeuX-St. Lo-Cou-
tances to find us firmly established
there or perhaps on the high ground
along and just south of the st. Lo-
Coutances road, would be one thing.
For the Germans to get into st. Lo
ahead of us, block our way to Cou-
tanceS and force us to fight under con-
ditions of their choice rather than
ours, might be quite another matter.
That is why it is SO grave a cause for
anxiety to learn that our air opera
tions were again sharply curtailed late
Sunday and during most of Monday
by unfavorable weather 1t is still our
air forces which must buy the time
our ground forces need to get them
selves firmly set.
tcopyrisht 1914 New York Tribune, rnc)
Evening star., 1944-06-13
Communications Freedom

From the st. Louis Post Dispatch.
Freedom of communications today has
become an ideal that can be realized.
after years of being fought for futilely.
1t has been sought since, in 1874, it was
set forth in the Treaty of Bern. which
established the international Postal
Union. 1t was earnestly urged. but in
vain. by American communications ex-
perts who accompanied Wilson to
Versailles. Until now, no nation has
had big enough communications sys-
tenn of its own to stand up to England
and demand freedom of communications
for the world. Today there is one ma
ton capable of so doing.
That Nation is the United States, and
the question will be determined by our
willingness or unwillingness for plain
talk and plain action with our British
ally in behalf of a principle we believe
in with all our hearts
Evening star., 1944-06-13

Congress Is about to do something in
recognition of the hard-bitten infantry
man-the man who carries the ball over
the line in any war. The so-called in
fantry bill provides pay raises of IS to
$40 q month for the infantryman &C
tually engaged In combat This seems
little enough. But it Is recognition of
the important part which the foot SOL
dier is playing in the invasion of West
ern Europe and in Italy Another bill
boosts the pay of glider units to conform
generally with the pay of the paratroop-
ers.
This action on the part of Congress is
being taken practically on the eve of
Infantry Day"-June 15-so designat-
ed by It. Gen. Lesley J. McNair, COM
manding general, Army Ground Forces.
1t so happens that on June Is, TITS, the
Second Continental Congress picked
Gen. George Washington to be COM
mander in chief of the Revolutionary
Army. Since that Army consisted al
most entirely of infantry, the selection
ly fortunate The day will be cele-
brated for the first time on Thursday.
Here is no attempt to disparage 9TH
tillery and the mechanical forces. 1t
is just an effort to give some recogni-
ton to the man who fights on his feet.
To quote couple Of generals who know
what 1t is all about:
Said Gen. George c. Marshall, chief
Of staff, "The battle team is team
many parts, the decisive element of
which remains the same little-adver-
tised. hard-bitten foot soldier with his
artillery support"
1t. Gen. McNair described the situ-
alton which meets the infantryman in
modern war when he said, "The in
fantryman is supported magniflcently
by artillery and air, but the support is
behind him and above him. There is
nothing in front of him but the enemy"
The ghboy"-traditiona nick
name of the infantryman-has been the
backbone of every Army in every war
of the United States including the
present war. II he has not been sur
rounded with the glamour which goes
with the air force, the cavalry, horse
and mechanical, and the big guns of
the artillery, 1t is no fault of his-for
his deeds have been great. Even the
name "doughboy" is unromantic. Back
in the days of the Revolution, American