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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-11-30
War Bond Drive Is
Near Halfway Mark

Sales totaling over a million and
half dollars have been recorded in
Washington County's Sixth War
Loan Drive and, if we all make that
extra effort to buy at least one adj
ditional series e. bond before the
drive closes. there is a good chance
of the county once again going over
the top.
Chairman Hol1yday viii address
the regular meeting Of the Retailers
Bureau at the Hotel Patterson to-
morrow, and will no doubt have
some later figures.
Next week a War Bond military
exhibit will be in town to help boost
the drive and other special events
are also planned.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-11-30
In the Mail Bag
The Editor
Globe Independent
Hagerstown, Md.

The Editor
Globe Independent
Hagerstown, Md
Dear Sir:
/ wish to thank you for the very
excellent description you published
of the revised topographic map of
Washington County and the promi-
nent position you gave it in your
issue Of November 9.
The item was very effective in
that we have received large num-
Der of orders from individuals and
in number of cases the map was
referred to as the one described in
the Globe-I Independent The results
show a real interest of the people in
high grade maps of this sort when
their availability is made known
Thanking you for your coopera-
ton
Sincerely yours,
Joseph T. Singewald, Jr.
Director,
State of Maryland
Department of Geology
11-21-44
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-11-30
Navy Boys Sending
.V-Mail Greetings

Production of Christmas greetings
on V-Mail forms is soaring at Navy
V-Mail facilities in the Pacific, par
ticularly at Pearl Harbor, where the
daily output has reached 10000, ac-
cording to report received by Fiji
tn Naval District postal officers at
Norfolk, Va. But the demand still
exceeds the supply for distribution
to service personnel.
The Navy Mail Service says mil
lions of homes will receive these
greetings, and it urges the families
and friends of the service men to re-
ply by V-Mail, which as usual, has
priority over all other mail.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-11-30

al, to take care Ct INDECENT cases
from Baltimore city and the f61f
surrounding counties
Following the offer Of the Belle
vue site by the Washington Counts
Board of Commissioners, every
county and city Organization backed
them UP. The Washington County
Medical Society. The Chamber 81
Commerce, the Retailers Bureau
and many other civic and fraternaI
organizations lent their active sup
port to the project for which Fred
erick County was also actively bid
ding.
The proposed hospital will cost in
the neighborhood Of $75O,00O and
will be modern in every detail.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-11-30
More County Men
Are Indicted

6OdTu 4 mas announced That the
following Washington County men
having passed their final physica
examinations, were indicted into
the Armed Forces on November IA
1914:
Navy
Carl L. Frazer, GIG Chestnut
street, Hagerstown.
Amos L. Banzhoff, Rte. 2, Will
Transport.
Edward T. N. Waters, Keedys.
vile.
Army
Ralph Honodel, Jr., Rte. 5, Ha-
gerstown
Floyd v. Myers, 19 Dunn Irvir
Drive, Hagerstown.
William R. Sheppard, IA Snyder
avenue, Hagerstown.
Charles E. Hardy, 314 East Frank
lin street, Hagerstown.
Leonard Horace Worthington
Rte. 2, Hagerstown.
Joseph E. Moquin, Rte. 2, Ha.
gerstown.
Donald w. Jones, 430 East Wash
ington street, Hagerstown.
Emory c. Stotler, Jr., Rte. l
Boonsboro.
John E. Hose, Rte. 1, Big Springs.
Paul Melvin Miller, Rte. l, Big
Pool.
Samuel A. Deal, Jr., Rte. 2,
Smithsburg.
John w. Thompson, Rte. /, Knox
vile.
Robert J. Shifler, Church street
Boonsboro.
Robert A. Mowdy, Water street
Smithsburg.
Grant H. D. Ebersole, Rte.
Sharpsburg.
Alvin L. KEGS, Rte. 2, Williams
port.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-11-30
Prisoner of War.

Pfc. Benjamin E. Weller, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Weller, Of
near Smithsburg, and husband of
Mrs. Mary A. Weller, Maugansville,
who was previously reported as
missing in action in France on Oc-
tober /, has now been reported as a
prisoner of war in Germany.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-11-30
CANNED GOODS

Blue stamps, A8 through Z8
and AS through WIS, in
Book No. 4, are good now.
Stamps KS, VS., rs, Az and
BIZ, also become valid to-
morrow, December /.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-11-30
Wounded In Action

Pvt. Glenn E. Weaver, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Weaver, Big Spring,
was slightly wounded in action in
France on November 8.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-11-30

There are about 1900 motion
picture theaters in Canada.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-11-30
Boy Scout Paper
Drive On Saturday

At eight o'clock on Saturday
maSping, more than 200 Boy Scouts
and their adult leaders viii start
on another city-wide scrap paper
collection.
Every section of the city will be
covered. Not a house or business
concern will be missed, and when
the day is over it is expected that
several tons of scrap paper, so ur-
gently needed, will have been col
lected.
Collections will also be made
throughout the county by the vari-
GUS county Troops and all in all it
should be the biggest scrap paper
drive in the history of Washington
County-that is, if YOU do your
part.
So be sure to have your bundles Of
paper out on the sidewalk in front
of your home, or place of business,
bright and early on Saturday morn
ing. The Scouts want TO make this
the biggest collection of the year.
Don't disappoint thenl
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-11-30
RATION
INFORMATION
NOTICE

Unless otherwise stated, all
Ration stamps are now good
indefinitely.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-11-30
SUGAR

Stamps No. 80, 81, 80, 80
and "a in Ration Book No.
4, are each good for 5 lbs.
Stamp No. 40 is also valid
now, good for 5 lbs. of can
ming sugar and can be used
through Feb. %, 1916.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-11-30

Centuries ago, the Maya Indians
played game similar to basket
ball.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-11-30

Commission, it was stated that some
300 lodges would present Medals of
Valor to the next-of-kin of the Elks
who died in service during the pres
ent war.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-11-30

The army stocks 142 different
sizes of shoes.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-11-30

Russia now has $4,000 women
railway engineers.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-11-30

Northern Ireland is to have po-
icewomen for the first time.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-11-30

The first public library in New
York city was established in 1897
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-11-30
GASOLINE

Alb coupons in new gas
ration book, good for four
gallons each, may be used
now and remain valio
through December FL.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-11-30
Missing In Action

Pfc. David Hicks. of Smithsburg
married and the fatheA of foul
children, has been reported missing
in action in Germany since Novem-
Der 8. A member of the Infantry
he entered the Service on January
25, 1914, and has been overseas since
July.
Capt. Philip E. Kriechbaum, "a
son of Mrs. Fred B. Kriechbaum
927 Guilford avenue, has been re-
ported missing in action over Leyte
since November 2. He is a pilot OF
a fighter plane.
Captain Kriesbaum, a former
resident of Chambersburg, came to
Hagerstown about five years ago
and was employed by Fairchild Air
craft before enlisting in the Ali
Cadets.
He was commissioned in March,
1913, and had been overseas since
May, 1943.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-11-30
MEAT, BUTTER,

OILS
Red stamps, AS through Z8,
and AS through P5 in
Book No. 4, are good now.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-11-30

The army term, Chow" stems
from chowder.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-11-30

Chile has a gambling craze.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-11-30
SHOES

Shoe stamps l, 2 and 8, on
"airplane" sheet in Ration
Book No. 8, are good now.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-11-30
FUEL. OIL

Period 4 and 5 coupons and
new period l coupons are
good throughout the pres
ent heating year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-12
Reds Future Plans

What does the Soviet government proposed
to do domestically following the war?
That's mighty important and intriguing
question for those thinking, of the postwar
world
Top among the many answers is that OF
Henry Cassidy, who has just returned to the
United States after nearly four years as AS
ISOLATED Press correspondent in Moscow. The
people Of Soviet Russia, he says, who have
lived through q years of revolution, civil and
foreign wars, famine, five-year plans and
purges face another decade of toll before they
will be able to relax and enjoy themselves
He says that, according to strong authority,
the Russians envisage two more five-year
plans, designed to build up heavy industry
and capital goods, rather than light industry
and consumers goods.
When the first of the revived five-year plans
will begin depends on when the war will end.
Despite the rapid progress of the Red army S
summer campaign, there is little over-opti-
nisrn in Moscow about an early end to the
war. The Russians thought it would end in
1912 and it didn't. Since then, they have been
chary about predictions.
One Soviet authority, however, in as good a
position anyone to peer into an admittedly
cloudy crystal ball, has estimated that, bar
ring the unexpected, such as the next bomb
actually hitting Adolf Hitler, it will take until
next summer to destroy Germany militarily.
When that has been accomplished, the Red
army men who have fought on the fronts al
ready for three years, the partisans who have
worked behind the German lines, and the
people who have lived under or away from
Nazi occupation, will return to the hard work
of long range planning
The first five-year plan, launched in 1929 and
completed technically in four years, was de-
signed to start reconstruction and Industrial.
cation of the Soviet union. Successive plans
aimed at carrying on the economic develop
ment. The Soviet authorities were drafting a
broad flfteen-year building plan when they
were interrupted by German invasion
The postwar five-year plans, as now con.
templated, will be designed to repair, and
once more to build up, the productive power
OF the country Despite the largely successful
evacuation of factories to the east in 1941,
and the development of industries in and be-
yond the Urals, which have helped to make
the Red army more than a match for the
Wehrmacht, the Soviet economic system has
suffered heavily from the war;
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-12
Lesson For DictatOrs

AS the great relationships of Germany, JAP
an and Italy crumble on their rotten foun,
dations, It is with feeling of pride that we
in the United States point to the production
records of free enterprise, compared with the
much boosted efficiency of the totalitarian
governments. The output of American industry
has even surpassed our most cherished hopes.
Take OIL for example. In no place on earth
except in America where the system of free
dom of enterprise has been recognized, could
such record have been made
After Pearl Harbor, American refiners were
informed by our government that the then
10000 barrels daily production of 1O0-octane
gasoline would have to be increased to about
100000 barrels daily by the end Of 1912 to
supply military operations
The oil industry went to york on construc-
ton program which involved $50 domestic oil
refineries ana 1ss separate projects Of various
types Of installations necessary to the manu-
facture Of special ingredients essential in max
ing the finished product.
Today the Allied flying forces, less than
three years after Pearl Harbor, can tap we'll
springs of high octane aviation gasoline for
500, 900 barrels daily
Commenting on this, w. R. Boyd. Jr., chair
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-12
Our Factory Fighters

The furloughing of experienced men from
the army to work in tire factories does not
mean that our labor shortage is becoming
alarming. It simply means that tire manu-
featuring is heavy work. Much OF it can't be
done by 4-F's, the aging, or women.
Before synthetic rubber was sufficiently plen.
tiful tire factories had to lay off many men.
They went to other factories or into service.
Today, with ample rubber, it is easier to
bring back former workers from the Army
than to alter present employment regulations
And these men will still be in the fight AS
the enemy retreats and destroys railroads,
these supplies must be moved by truck. Trucks
mean tires. And since synthetic tires wear
out more quickly than those of natural rubber
and are frequent casualties along with the
trucks that they carry, there must be added
production, and quickly.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-12
Clearing Trouble Spot

President Roosevelt's trip to Hawaii, aside
from the political advantage it brought him
and the Democratic party, might well have
helped clear up a long standing trouble spot
in our Pacific war machine. That trouble
briefly, consisted of General MacArthur's dis.
satisfaction with the high commands grand
strategy-his belief that his own theater, the
Southwest Pacific, should have been accord.
ed more recognition and therefore more men
and equipment. During the last year, as the
front pages have told us, the emphasis has
shifted away from Australia, New Guinea, and
General Macarthur. It has shifted to the cen
trail Pacific where Naval task forces under
Admiral Nimitz have been pushing the often
sive against the Japanese. And meanwhile
Macarthur has been left to do what he could
with what he had
It is well known among naval and military
leaders that the Pacific war is far ahead OF
schedule months ahead The timetable drawn
up earlier in the war has long since been by
passed and Americans now fight the Japs in
territory they hadn't planned to OCCUPY for
months hence. This is due to many factors.
including probability that we early overesti.
mated the Japs' fighting ability, that we credit.
ed them with being super fighters who would
stop at nothing to carry the Emperors banner
forward. The last years fighting experience
has disproved that
In view of all this, the high command de.
cided to use more direct approach to the
japanese homeland-the approach by way OF
the Central Pacific. The wisdom of that de-
clslon no one could deny now.
No one has ever accused Macarthur of be-
ing other than good soldier. And as such. he
has constantly done the best he could with
what he had. And he as much as anyone
else, must be gratified to see the Central Pa
clflc offensive meeting such success as the
papers tell us now. And he must be eratified
to see that it will not be necessary to reach
Tokyo by means of the slow, costly steps such
as the taking of Guadalcanal and portions NJ
New Guinea
Since the Central Pacific war has moved
forward so rapidly, and since the conference
with President Roosevelt, possibly the next few
months will see new and bigger offensives in
which General Macarthur, Admiral Ninoitz
md the other Pacific war leaders will forget
any differences they have had and concentrate
solely on taking the war into Tokyo.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-12
Nazi collaborators, were killed by unknown

Nazi collaborators were killed by unknown
assailants.')
The Quislng sheriffs were told that the
order "is not to be regarded as a suggestion,
but as a command coming from the highest
authority in time of war;
Within Germany, the Confessional church
attacked the barbarous record Of the Nazis in
words of eloquent and righteous wrath. With
out mentioning the Nazis by name the mes
sage indicted them on all counts" of the
Ten Commandments, and found them guilty.
Granting the states right to impose death
on criminals and enemies of war, the mes
sage stated that 1.-The divine world order knows
no such terms as ITO expunge," to iquidate'
or 'valueless life with regard to human be-
ings. To slay human beings because they are
related to criminals, because they are old or
mentally afflicted, or because they belong to
a different race is not the use of the sword
sanctioned by Scripture.
1--WE have often remained silent" the Con-
fessional leaders recalled, "have said too little
or have been too tinid to stand up to our
conviction that Gods Comm andments apply
to us and to our time"
But there is no timidity now in this group,
SO long the target of Himmfer's sneerng at
tacks, nor among the valiant Norwegians who
for four years have endured and fought against
death, terror, privations and insults at Nazi
hands.
Where are the dread Gestapo and the SIS
guard, that men in Germany and Norway
can speak out for decency and right?
When, after so many dark years, men in
Nazi-occupied countries dare to talk again of
justice and ethical living, the Nazi hold must
be slipping everywhere
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-12
BY JOHN sELBY

THE Ashley Book of Knots" by
Clifford w. Ashley Doubleday,
Doran; $3.50.
If something like a pun seems
to turn up in this brief piece on
Clifford w. Ashley's ''The Ashley
Book of Knots" it is unintentional.
The book, its title, and its con.
tents are all pun-breeders.
To begin with, one should know
that Mr.. Ashley is marine paint
er, and a member of a sailing
family. A couple of whaler ,lncles
began teaching him nautical knots
(you see, it's almost impossible to
keep from punning), and the next
thing he knew, his notebook con.
tanned hundreds OF examples. In
fact, there came time when he
had noted all the nautical knots.
and had to transfer his activities
He began haunting butchers coun.
tiers, operating rooms, jails where
hangings were imminent, steeple-
jacks headquarters. Boy Scout $
huts, electric linesmen's union halls
and even the summer hotel porch
es on which old ladies knit and talk
the warm months away.
When Mr.. Ashley's collection
reached 5000 he cast about for
something to do with them, and
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-12
The Literary Guidepost

the idea of a book arose. He was
perfectly suited to the idea, being
a painter. He discussed the knots
by classifications, and then wrote
about the method of tying them
He drew illustrations to help with
this last. SO that in addition to
$500 knots duly described, tn e
book contains also 1000 drawings
1t should be obvious by now that
The Ashley Book of Knots" is
enormous. Anthony Adverse, is
a pocket book by comparison.
The alphabetical range Of the
Knot is fabulous. Archers' knots
are first; yachtsmen's knots last
tnere appear to be some special one
Tor yachtsmen that are not needed
aboard real ships. Florists knots
call up the nices images,
and hangman's knots are least at.
tractive. Which is not quite true
they actually are nice knots. but
there is something shivery about
their use. And finally, the knot is
olvlslble into neat chapters. l was
especially taken with the one call
ed The Turks head" This is
the Knot you see tied around some
thing: around valuting pole, for
example, to add strength. The
Turk's-head is useful knot. It
turns up on anything from wicker
furniture to quirt
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-12
Straws In The Wind

Two items of news have lately come out Of
Europe which, though not of Notwithstanding or
fven Page One Importance provide another
revealing glimpse OF the state of German
strength and morale. One is an ultinatum
from Norwegian patriots to their Quisling coun-
rymen of the Nazi police force. The other is
statement by the German confessional
church, said to be the strongest denunciation
Of Nazism the German clergy has ever made.
Both declarations are bold and confident.
Their tone is not that OF terrified minorities.
but Of men whose words are backed by
strength as well as right and who therefore
10 not fear.
The Norwegian patriots ordered the officers
not to seek out youths who had fled Nazi
eonscription, on pain of meeting ''the same
fate as that Of Police Inspector Lindvig and
Sheriff Horgen." Goth these men, notorious
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-12

one, and by his children.
Assistant Jailer T. T. But
Ter reported yesterday that
the forgiving wives have
brought food and comfort to
the prisoner who has had am
pie time to consider his short
comings as provider.
Wife No. had the man ar
rested for non-support of his
three children, whereupon
Smith ordered him to pay her
$40 a week for the purpose.
Wife No.2 appeared before
Smith at the conclusion OF the
non-support case averring that
she wanted ito be rid of him."
She also revealed that he is
worse than my first hus-
band" and admitted that she
would have to search for a
third mate who will proba-
bly, be worse than the others"
1t is not known whether she
has reconsidered her avowed
, intentions of procuring a new
husband.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-12
THE WILMINGTON MORNING STAR. WILMINGTON N.

man Of the Petroleum Industry War council
says: 'It is in truth an accomplishment re-
sulting from the teamwork of this typically
American industry of ours and our govern
ment, the fruits Of program in which man
agement, patriotic workmen and technologists
organized by the Petroleum Administration for
War and supported by the army and navy
and such civilian agencies OF government as
the War Production Board and Defense Plant
Corporation, each were assigned role which
everyone played agnificently."
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-12
Daily Prayer
FOR ALL WAR WORKERS

Thou hast revealed to us, O
heavenly Father, in this testing
Tune the undreamed capacity Of
our people for great and multi
form service. Tireless hands, clev-
er brains and dauntless devotion
nave produced and produced to all
the worlds wonder. On farms and
IN factories, in shipyards and in
laboratories, countless patriots
nave wrought tirelessly and effect
lvely. We pray that into the heart
OF every war worker there may
steal the sweet consciousness that
ne IS serving not only his Country,
and world wide Cause, but that
ne has also been serving Thee.
Deliver them every one, no mat
ter how drudging his task, from
WEAKNESS and disbursement and
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-12
Italians Seek Entry To us.

4.-American organized la
Dor opposed mass immigra-
ton after World War on the
grounds that the labor mar
ket would be swamped, but
the devastation wrought in
Europe by this war is SO great
that American industry would
be able to employ every
available workman to produce
the materials for reconstruc-
ton. There will be work
and bread for all"
Italian lawyers on emigra-
ton have treated the subject
exclusively from the economic
viewpoint - as a necessary
evil" If you talk to Individual
Italians, however, you find