The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-02-24

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Here is news of the two sons of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry F. Bates, 1893
Virginia avenue-Harry and Joseph.
Second Lieut.. Harry F. Bates, Jr.,
enlisted in the Army Air Corps in
October, 1912, and after taking a
pre-fight training course at Dan
vile, Va, was given a two-months
furlough. When recalled to active
duty he reported to the Army Air
Forces Classification Center at
Nashville, Tenn, where he was
classified as pilot and began the
course of training that eliminated
in his being graduated from the
Advanced Flying School at Spence
Field, Moultrie, Ga, on February 8
and commissioned a second lieuten-
ant.
Following his graduation, the
lieutenant enjoyed a short furlough
and when he stepped in the door
his mother exclaimed, "Son, you
left home in civilian clothes and re-
turned in an officers uniform"
Lieutenant Bates is now taking a
short course at Randolph Field and
his address is: End 1t. Harry F.
Bates, Jr., O-820966, Central Instruc-
tors School, Randolph Field, Texas.
Pfc. Joseph L. Bates has been in
the engineers Division of the Army
since 1941 and spent about year
in Alaska. Since his return to the
States in March, 1913, he has been
stationed out in Washington. His
address is: Co. D, goth Engineers,
Fort Lewis, Washington.
Air Cadet Francis J. Dallago, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Dallago, 1875
West Side avenue, has been CLASH
fed as a pilot at the Army Air
Forces Classification Center at
Nashville, Tenn, and is mighty
happy lad Francis only enlisted
four months ago and when his par
ents went down to Nashville to Wis
it him, he was very much on 'un-
easy street. for fear he wouldn't
make the grade, but his parents,
shortly after their return home, re-
ceived a phone call from a very ex-
cited cadet, giving them the good
news.
Cadet Dallago is now in Georgia
taking the training that leads to a
commission and the coveted pilots
silver wings. His address is: A/C
Francis j. Dallago, Pre-Flight Det.
Flight E, Spence Field, Moultrie,
Ga.
Cpl. George w. Dinsmore, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward r. Dinsmore,
Rohrersville, is a member of rail-
road crew at United States Army
ammunition depot in England. The
corporal, who entered the Service
in December, 1912, attended school
at Fairplay and is former employee
of the Hagerstown Shoe & Logging
Company.
The railroad crews at the ammu-
milton depots have a back-breaking
job that is one of the most Cruel
ling in Services of Supply opera
tons but they are not complaining.
Sometimes they hear the heavy
bombers roaring overhead, bound
for Nazi-occupied Europe, and this
gives point to their work.
They know the planes may be
carrying bombs and incendiaries
shipped from the depot only few
days before. So the soldiers work
with will. Every man moves
tons of arsenal stock each day, most
of it by hand. Only big things like
block-busters or huge boxes are
moved by crane.
The Drawn and endurance to tote
94-pound, 155-millimeter shells or
110-pound boxes of 50-caliber cart
ridges all day long is not the only
requisite for the job A railhead
team must know how to load and
unload the material In addition
they must accurately tally all by
quantity and by type
For safety's sake, the ammunition
which comes into the depot is dis
persed over a large area along
miles of depot roads. These ta1lies
are the basis for the directory which
shows where every shell and bullet
is stored.
This efficient storage system plus
the fact that the men are on the job
any time during the day or night,
during fair weather or foul, makes
it possible for the trains to go out
on time with full consignemnts.
Cpl William A. Grove, Jr, whose
wife. Gloria K. and dauchter