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Evening star., 1944-06-19
Weather Bureau
Recordings Vary
For District

The temperatures officially an
nounced by the Weather Bureau
for Washington come from ther-
mometer located on top of a build
ing at National Airport, about so
feet above the ground. -Four ther-
mometers are located there under
an instrument shelter, where SCI
entists say the true temperature OF
the air is recorded.
Readings at the airport sometimes
vary slightly from those at the ma
tional headquarters of the Weather
Bureau in a penthouse on top of a
five-story building at Twenty-fourth
and M streets NV, is about 56 feet
above the ground. At 10 o'clock this
morning the temperature at the
airport was recorded at 81 degrees
and at the Weather Bureau it was
IS. At 10:45 am when the airport
thermometer read SO, just before
the thunderstorm broke, the reading
at the Weather Bureau thermometer
was 30.
Evening star., 1944-06-19
100-PIus Temperatures
Set Records in South

ATLANTA, June 10 (P.-A pros
trating heat wave set all-time rec
ords in several Southern spots over
the week end, and the weatherman
sees no relief for the next two
days.
The hottest June Is in history
was recorded officially for Atlanta,
with l01 degrees, Savannah with
102, and 103 at Columbia, S. c..
Albany, Ga, topped the reported
highs with l04. Other highs in
cluded Knoxville, Tenn, 1902; Au-
gusta. Ga, 103, and 1Ol at Char
lotte, N. c.; Tallahassee, Fla;
Macon, Ga; Dothan and Evergreen,
Ala.
Ice shortages added to discom-
fort in some cities, with Jackson
vile, Fla, reporting a shortage of
$50 tons daily.
The heat forced Umpires AL SOM
erS and Frank Girard out of South
ern Association Sunday baseball
games at Birmingham and Mem
phiS, respectively.
Evening star., 1944-06-19
Star Men Meet
In Ninth Division
Cherbourg Push
BY THOMAS r.. HENRY,
Star War CnrreSnondent.

WITH UNITED STATES TROOPS
IN FRANCE, June 19.-Accom-
panying the 9Th Division advance
west across the Cherbourg PENN
sula toward the sea today with
Charles Wertenbaker, former Star
reporter, we ran into a choice loot
of war-an abandoned German
hospital with 100 dozen fresh eggs
and many cases Of Normandy cham
payne.
The eggs, promptly conf1scated by
the headquarters mess, were the
first tasted by most of the men
since they left the States. The
champagne was distributed to the
tired infantrymen.
The hospital had been abandoned
by the German staff, leaving medi-
cal personnel behind to tend the
wounded-l5 American paratroop-
ers captured on D-day, an Air
Forces major shot down month
ago and dozen German wounded.
The hospital was excellently
equipped and the Americans said
they were given the best of care.
A weu-known author and re-
porter, Mr.. Wertenbaker was on
The Star in the late 1920s. In his
present assignment, he is chief OF
the invasion reporting team oil
Ttme and Life magazines.
Evening star., 1944-06-19
Nozis Literally Run in Circles
As Douqhboys Cut Peninsula

while the ln1antry nad oroers TO nOlu
on at all costs.
When the artillery calls for a
serenade it means that every gun in
the group drops its other missions
and begins firing on the area where
the danger is greatest. This partic-
ular serenade poured more than
1000 shells onto the Germans.
The enemy attack wavered. 1t
slowed. Then it broke under this
awful pounding. The German
columns began pulling back. The
fields around st. Jacques are lit
tered with German dead. Their
bodies lie along the hedgerows and
in meadows splashed with the rain
bow colors of flowers. Their attack
was mass suicide.
Flyers Have Field Day.
After this abortive attempt to
break out Of the trap the enemy
began moving north on the roads
to Bricquebec, while other columns
poured into the same town from the
other side. The Allied air forces
Immediately pounced on this tempt
ing target. Fighters and dive
bombers smashed at transports con-
verging on the town and, as one
officer said, ''the flyers had field
day"
Meanwhile, in the corridor occu-
pied by the Americans between
IBarneville and St. Lo d'Ourville
the infantry was flushing out small
groups of Germans and destroying
isolated points of resistance. The
enemy was so confused that many
prisoners said they did not know
who their commanders were or
where they were supposed to go
Americans were behind Germans
and Germans were behind Ameri-
cans. But the major difference was
the Yanks knew their mission, while
the Germans did not know which
way to turn.
Works Out According to Plan.
The main road from Barneville to
st. Lo d'Ourville was cut at 10 pm.
Saturday and an example of Ger
man confusion was that when our
troops reached the st. Lo dOurville
crossroads they captured five Nazi
military police who had been put
there to direct traffic down an
escape route to the south.
BY coincidence, it was almost four
years to the day when British troops
used the same crossroads as de-
fense point to hold the Germans
while other troops were being
evacuated from the Cherbourg
Peninsula to England.
The Americans cut the peninsula
at the exact point where they had
planned before the invasion-al-
though the commanding officers Of
the various units did not know
where this point was when study
ing the tactical problem.
Before they left England they
worked out attack problems on sand
tables showing simulated terrain in
this area.
When we reached it," an officer
said, ''it was like coming home.
Every officer knew where he was
and what he had to do"
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Weather
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drowned. The other, Paul Riley,
so, of Brookdale, Md, collapsed
and died of a heart attack.
Mr.. Riley, a shoe dealer In Al
bany, N. Y, came here recently to
enter the Office of Price Admins
tra5ion, leather division. 1t was re-
ported that his 23-year- -old daugh-
ter, unaware of her fathers death,
is en- route here to accept a position
in the Government.
John S. Gilk, 16, of Oakland Inn,
Alexandria, was drowned swimming
in the Potomac River opposite Belle
vue. His body was recovered by the
Alexandria Rescue Squad and
turned over to Harbor Police.
Man Dies at Resort.
Oswald c. Barber, 40, of 1903
sherwood street NE, was killed
when he broke his neck diving from
a pier at Long Beach, Md, resort
near Saint Leonard.
An employe of the Railway Ex-
press Co., Mr.. Barber had made his
home here for about 18 years. Sur
viving are his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth
Lane Barber; his mother, Mrs. Della
Barber. and a daughter, Mrs. Bev-
erly Baber, all of Washington.
Gale Faulks, a young farmland
employed on the Timberlawn Farm
at Rockville, Md; Luther Heintz
said to be his brother-in-law, and
Theodore Poover were drowned
when they waded beyond their depth
at Rock Point, Md Prince Charles
County officials said Mr.. Faulks
body was the only one recovered
and that Coast Guard boats had
joined in the reach for the others
Mr.. Faulks was the father of the
two small children.
Meanwhile, at least two other
persons were prostrated by the heat
yesterday. Mrs. Ruth V. Hill, 26
of Cabin John, Md, was overcome
at Wisconsin avenue and M street
NV. and was removed to George
town Hospital for treatment. Leon
ard Kaldenbach, 80. of the 300 block
M street S.W, was overcome while
working in a bakery and removed to
Evening star., 1944-06-19
French Take Capital
And Most A94Aba;
Allies Gain in Italy
Ey. the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, June 19.-French CO.
lonial battalions captured the
capital of Portoferraio and now
hold the greater part of the
island of Elba," headquarters
announced today, while on the
Italian peninsula mud-Spat-
tered Allied troops made gains
on both f1anks and in the center
of their line, taking Assist, the
birthplace of st. Francis.
Beating down determined German
resistance on Elba, the French have
rounded up several hundred prison.
ers, including several high officers,
a communique said.
A field dispatch said the French
had seized more than two-thirds of
Elba.
Napoleon's Villa Captured.
Before taking Portoferraio, on the
north coast, the French captured
Napoleon's villa. The invading
forces brought artillery against the
Germans bitterly contesting control
of Porto Longone on the east coast.
(The German Paris
radio said today the Allies made
a second landing on Elba yester- :
day near Capolivieri on the
southeastern corner of the island.
There was no confirmation from
Allied sourceS)
Fifth and 9th Army troops in
Italy are meeting increasing re-
sistance as they drive the Germans
back toward the Pisa-Rimini line,
but more villages have been taken
and strong pressure is being ex-
erted against the stubborn German
garrison at the central sector road
hub of Perugia, IS miles north OF
Rome and about 70 miles southeast
of Florence. II
Approaching Tronto River.
Eighth Army troops captured
Assist, IL miles southeast of Perugia,
and Deruta, south of the bitterly
contested road junction town. A
communique said heavy fighting
also had occurred at Citta Della
Pieve, % miles southwest of Perugia.
In the Adriatic sector, Allied troops
are approaching the Tronto River.
Referring to fighting along the
west coast, the communique said,
West of Highway 2, 5th Army
troops have driven the enemy from
important defensive positions and
in the coastal sector have taken
Campagnatico and are now some 10
miles north of GrosSeto."
Evening star., 1944-06-19
Soldier in Disguise
Runs German GantIet
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,
star War Correspondent.

WITH UNITED . 1 "A i =
TROOPS IN FRANCE, June 49,
Back in the United States, 1t. John
wessmiller of the 9th Division
Headquarters Detachment, had
heard a night club entertainer sing
q French song and the refrain had
fingered in his memory.
The song was "Au Clair De La
Lune." 1t was the only French he
knew and he didn't know what II
meant.
The other day he was with 9
group seeking a new far-front base
for headquarters. The group took
a wrong turn and hit a German re-
sistance group left behind in the
retreat.
A German gun opened on them
getting two jeeps. A lieutenant and
seven men were taken prisoners.
1t. Wessmiller, in, the third jeep
dived for a ditch, crawled through
thorns and over dead Germans ly-
ing near a roadside barn. 1t was
there he found bicycle.
Throwing away his helmet and
jacket and pulling his pants legs
over his leggings to look more like
a civilian, 1t. Wessmiller rode off
on his bicycle through the German
gantlet, singing "Au Clair De La
Lune" at the top of his voice.
His Characterization OF tipsy
Frenchman was good enough to get
him safely through the lines.
In the jeep with 1t. Wessmiller
was Sergt. Stephen Grey. II Bed
ford street North, Arlington, Va,
who escaped with a sprained ankle.
IF you knew how many people
had prayed for my boy, you'd un-
derstand why he escaped" said Mrs.
Irving Grey, Sergt. Grey's mother,
when she heard about the invasion
incident
Mrs. Grey, who lives at the Ar
lington address, said her son must
have been made a sergeant since
the invasion because none of his
preinvasion letters had mentioned
the promotion.
Sergt. Grey, who is 80 and has
been in the Army year, was grad
uated from Western High Schoo
and attended George Washington
University. He sang regularly ir
st. Stephens Episcopal Church anc
has sung in the Washington Cathe'
dral, his mother said.
His Mothers Day letter from Eng
land, Mrs. Grey said. told OF hi
singing Mother O. Mine" in al
English church.
Sergt. Grey's wife, who lives II
Milwaukee, is expecting to becom
a mother herself in July, the senior
Mrs. Grey said.
Evening star., 1944-06-19

employed by the British Embassy, Is
missing over Italy. He pilote pur-
suit ship.
Warrant Officer william r. Woot-
ten, U. S. N, SO, son of Frank
Wootten, Burtonsville, Md, has been
wounded in action in the European
theater Of war, his father has been
notified by the Navy Department.
Mr.. Wootten formerly was a
member of the Montgomery County
police force and was assigned to
the Silver Spring substation. He is
the first casualty among Is men
from that station in the armed
|services.
1t. Clifford D. Jones, whose par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer Jones
live at 1915 C street NE, was report
Evening star., 1944-06-19
SIT Italian Prisoners
Taken on New York Tour
,y the Associated Press.

BY The AssOclaLed PfeS8.
NEW YORK, June 19.-American
Army officers yesterday conducted
SGT Italian prisoners of war from
nearby camps on a sightseeing tour
of the city.
The tour was the prisoners re-
ward for having joined Italian SER
vice units to help the United States
In any duty short of war The
Italians wore regulation CT fatigue
uniforms with green brassards bear
ing the word Italy"
Among points visited were the
Empire State building, st. Patrick s
Cathedral and Radio City Music
Hall
Evening star., 1944-06-19
TwoD.C. Flyers, Both 23 Listed
AS Missing in Action May II

He graduated from Eastern High
School in 1899 and attended Ben
jamin Franklin University, while
working with the District govern
ment. He is the first member Of the
Reformation Lutheran Church to be
listed as missing in action.
Evening star., 1944-06-19

mold, chief of the AAF, and talked
with Mrs. Arnold on the telephone,
Mrs. Scott said. Finally in 1912 the
way was cleared for him to enlist
in the Army and to receive a COM
mission. He attended McDonough
School in Baltimore, ST. Adams here,
the University of Virginia and the
University of London.
1t. Jones was sent overseas In
March after receiving his fight
training Id Louisiana and Texas.
Evening star., 1944-06-19

ed missing IN q
flight over Ger
many. He was
navigator on a
Flying Fortress.
Mrs. Scott re-
called today that
her son tried for
more than a year
to e n t er the
Army Air Forces
but, because he
W q S a brlU1SQ
S u b ] e C t, the
Army would not
accept him. Her
son even wrote
Gen n n Ar
Evening star., 1944-06-19
Nosturtium Seed Served
As Cereal to Husband
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WICHITA, Kans-"I can't say
think much of your brand of break
fast cereal." said Ted Braley, test
pilot, pushing away his empty dish.
That's how Mrs. Braley learned
what happened to her bowl of mas
turtium seed.
Evening star., 1944-06-19

90 hiAoSiilS AL az
ton since May
IL, one over Ger
many and the
other over Italy.
Both are % years
old. A t h ! r d
man, from Bur-
louisville. Md, a
N Wy warrant
offic er, was
wounded.
1t. Richard c.
Scott, W h o S e
m o t h e r, Mrs.
Eileen B. Scott,
1925 Connecticut
avenue NJ w is
Evening star., 1944-06-19

SdSudiIy I1OopltdA' DULL WClS OlS-
charged later.
Thousands Sleep in PARKS.
Thousands spent the night sleep
ing on makeshift newspaper beds
throughout the parks, and many
other families moved en- masse with
their bedding to bivouac for the
night. Rock Greek Park yesterday
was thronged with picknickers who
came early and stayed late.
Glen Echo Park officials reported
between 1000 and 5000 persons
jammed the amusement park SWIM
ming pool At one time the line of
walters stretched from the park
entrance to the pool, distance of
several hundred yards.
Greed Westfall, supervisor of
swimming pools for the Welfare and
Recreation Association, estimated
5000 persons sought relief from the
heat in five municipal pools. The
largest turnout was reported at
East Potomac Park where an esti-
mated 5000 we're checked.
Evening star., 1944-06-19
Body WiIdebeests Given
Names of Birth Duys
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO.-News at the Brook
field Zoo is the christening of four
male baby wildebeests-member Of
the family of gnus.
Director Robert Bean named them
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Saturday-after the days Of their
birth.
Evening star., 1944-06-19
On the Roll Of Honor

Two Washington airmen were
listed today by the War Department
Evening star., 1944-06-19

OF every 500 Americans saved In
1943 they loaned forty -four to the
Government to help pay for the war.
Evening star., 1944-06-19

Casualty Hospital. Both were dis
charged later.
Thousands Sleen inYafks.
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First Church Of God

Sunday school meets at GAS Sun
day morning. At the worship SER
vice at 10:45, the pastor, Rev. H. c.
Gonso, will receive a class into
church membership.
The three groups of Christian En-
deavor meet at GAS p m. In place
of the regular evening worship at
7:30 there will be a Christmas Mu-
sicale, presented by the combined
adult and young peoples choirs,
under the direction of Mrs. Edgar
NJ. Gossard.
The Mary and Martha Class will
meet tonight Thursday at the
home of Miss May Clark, 410 N.
Prospect street.
Tomorrow friday evening the
Ladies Aid Society will meet at the
home of Mrs. John Long, 80 S. Null
berry street. There will be an ex-
change of gifts following the bust
ness meeting.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-12-14

rs the Universe, Including Man,
Evolved by Atomic Force?" will be
the subject of the Lesson-Sermon in
all Churches of Christ, Scientist, on
Sunday, December II.
The Golden Text will be from
John IL. 3-"In the beginning was
the Word. and the Word was with
God All things were made by
Him; and without Him was not any
thing made that was made"
Among the cotations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol-
lowing form the Bible-Isaiah 40:
10-"Ye are my witnesses, saith the
Lord, and my servant whom 1 have
chosen: that we may know and be-
lieve me, and understand that I am
he: before me there was no God
formed; neither shall there be after
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-12-14

Troop 5 met Friday night in our
Scoutroom at the Presbyterian
Church Our S. NJ, 2 A. S. MS, 26
Scouts and visitors were present
Fourteen Scouts were in uniform.
The meeting, which was in charge
of Senior Patrol Leader Morton
Weston, opened with the Salute to
the Flag and Pledge of Allegiance,
followed by brief talks by our
Scoutmaster and Asst. Scoutmaster,
Mr.. Smith. We then were dismissed
to our Patrol rooms, where dues
were collected and Patrol scribe re-
ports made out. Returning to the
Scoutroom, we had a Commute adj
vancement program, after which
final plans were made for our week.
end camping trip to Cowan's Gap,
at which 10 were present.
The meeting closed with the
Scoutmaster's Benediction and thir-
ty seconds of silent prayer in men,
DRY of bud" English, Assistant
Scoutmaster of Troop A, who was
recently killed in action. II
Gordon Phillippy, Scribe.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-12-14
Lyle Williams, Scribe.

Troop 81 neld a special Charter
Presentation Program on Friday
night at the Chewsville school. Our
S. NJ, members of the Troop Com
mittee, Q representatives of the
Chewsville P. T. A. (our sponsoring
body, 9 Scouts and visitors were
present. All Scouts were in uni
form.
The program, which was in charge
of Patrol Leader Jack Belts, opened
with a candlelight ceremony, after
which the Troop charter was pre-
sented We then saw movie,
Trail to Citizenship" after which
the program closed with the Scout
masters Benediction.
On Thursday night we held sur
prise party for our Scoutmaster, Mr..
Thomas, and a good time was had
by all.
The Troop has elected the follow
ing officers for 1915: S.P.L., Bob
Krouse; P.L., Jack Belts; A.PL. and
Scribe, James Recher; Quartermas-
ter, Richard Kline; Librarian, Ira L.
Munson, Jr.
James Recher, Scribe.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-12-14
Church NeUs

The following ministers will con-
duct the Morning Devotions over
Radio Station WEI (1O.15) for the
ensuing week: Friday, Rev. l.. l..
Grubb, Grace Brethren Church,
Saturday, Rev. G. Aubrey Young,
The Presbyterian Church; Monday,
Rev Paul e. Holdcraft, Emmanuel
United Brethren Church; Tuesday,
Rev Paul B. Warrington, First Bap-
list Church; Wednesday, Rev. Cyril
Hoover, Howard Street and Will
Transport Methodist Churches;
Thursday, Father Dausch, or Father
Ballard, st. Mary's Catholic Church.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-12-14
81. Marx,s Catholic Church

On Sunday morning, there will be
Masses at 7, 8, 8, and 1890 o'clock.
At the High Mass at 1890, which
will be broadcast over Radio Station
WEI, Father John v. Ballard will
have for his sermon subject, eau
thority Of the Church to Teach,
Rule, and Sanctify." Evening de-
votions at 1870.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-12-14

me-"
The Lesson-Sermon also will in
clude passages from the Christian
Science textbook, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures"
by Mary Baker Eddy, among which
is the following, page 46S - "The
spiritual universe, including indi-
vidual man, is a compound idea, re-
fleeing the divine substance of
Spirit"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-12-14
Thomas McCubbin, Scribe.

Troop 36 met Friday night in our
Scoutroom at Lincoln School. Our
S. M, Is Scouts and 4 visitors were
present. Eight were in uniform.
The meeting opened with the pa
rade of Colors and the pledge to the
Flag. The dues were then collected
after which we all joined in some
calisthenics, led by our Scoutmaster.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-12-14

The Patrols then had a period fo1
reconstructing and repairing the Pa
troll rooms. Returning to the Scout
room, it was announced that Buck
Robinson, Bud HENDERSON and Ell.
mer Manspeaker had passed their
Tenderfoot requirements.
Our Scoutmaster then gave i,
some pointers on helping people
over the Christmas holidays and
throughout the winter. The meeting
closed with the Scoutmaster's Bene-
diction.
Lyle Williams. Scribe.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-12-14
ST. Paups Methodist Church

Sunday School meets at 9:45 Sun
day morning. Morning worship al
II o'clock with the pastor, Rev. Har-
ry c. Marsh, as the speaker. Music
by the choir under the direction Of
Miss Viola Fisher.
Youth Fellowship at $50. Even
ing worship at 7:30.
Mid-week prayer service Wednes-
day evening at 7:30.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-12-14

Arkansas is the longevity state
people there live longest, according
to the U. S. Bureau of Census which
also says that while $780, 98 citi-
zens lived to the age of IS in 1900,
some 9,019,314 manage to remain
vertical that long today.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-12-14

Troop 8 met Friday night in our
Scoutroom at Christ's Reformed
Church. Our S. NJ, 2 A. S. Ms,
and q Scouts were present.
We opened the meeting with the
Pledge of Allegiance, followed by
the Scribe reports. We then had
an advancement period, played some
games, and after an announcement
by Bill Martin, we closed the meet
ing with our usual closing cere-
mony.