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Evening star., 1944-01-23

blankets to give some to 1t. Ballen-
tine and a couple Of others who had
lost theirs on the invasion. During
the Tunisian campaign I had car
ried a large box and a suit case
through the entire campaign, think
ing that I could not get along with
out them. I decided that during
this campaign I would travel as !
had made the invasion-with a
small bedding roll and field pack
And I found that this was sufficient
I could take three sets of under
wear, six pairs Of socks, an extra
pair Of shoes, an extra wool Cd and
two fatigue uniforms along with a
sleeping bag, two blankets and my
pneumatic mattress" in a bed roll
less than 10 inches in diameter
with my toilet articles. cigarettes
ETC., in my field bag. For a wash
basin I used the steel shell of my
helmet. 1t is amazing how little
gear is really necessary to get along
in the summer time. At this air.
port we were able to get new guns
and trucks for the two sections
which had lost their equipment ano
in three days we moved again, this
time fully equipped for combat.
TO Be Continued Next Sunday)
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With the ChupIoins
BY JACOB SIMPSON PAXTON.

BY JACOB SIMPSON PAXTON.
For the General Commission on Army and
Navy Chaplains, 1897 Woodward Building.
Chaplains are consulted by men
with every variety of problem. At
an induction center a draftee cam
not roll up his conscience in his
civilian clothes and have it sent
home. Recently Chaplain U. L. Glib
son of the Lockbourne Army Air
Base in Ohio listened to the story
of colored soldier who discovered
that fact. He began by saying, You
see, chaplain, it is little matter
of homicide" and then described
how he had been tormented in
conscience every minute of the II
years since he had been given a
light sentence under falsifled evi-
dence of self-defense. The old wor-
ries have trailed men into the
service and that new ones have a
way Of bobbing up, every chaplain
can testify.
Chaplains are united in naming
the most insoluble problem laid be-
fore them. 1t has to do with do
mestic problems. Az too often,
according to Chaplain E. c. Heinrich
of an Alaskan naval base, letters
from home contain gossipy observa-
tions Of neighbor on the conduct
of the wife at home Real or imag-
ined, they arouse his suspicious and
disturb his peace of mind beyond
the power OF the chaplain to allay.
The chaplain concludes with the
question: What has happened to
the folks back home?" In most
cases that question should be di-
rected to the silly, uniform-struck
girl whose interest also extended to
a monthly remittance and the lad
who high lighted his furlough by
taking "for better, for worse" The
situation has worsened, to use an
expression of Mr.. Churchill.
Recently Maj. John S. Clarendon,
staff chaplain for the India China
wing of the Army Air Transport
Service, stirred by memories of over
seas men who had brought similar
problems to him, made this rather
withering comment: 1T is my per-
sonal conviction that the woman
who has a husband overseas, wading
through hell, sweat and blood, and
is herself running around with
another man, is about the lowest
thing know. And the next lowest
thing I know is the man who runs
around with her"
Life underwent a marked change
for Chaplain Julius A. Pratt of
Louisiana when he arrived in an
Army camp near Nome, Alaska. On
maneuvers with troops, a blizzard
sent the temperature down to IS
degrees below zero. Even the chap
lain's soft southern accent almost
curled up under the stinging cold.
Chaplain Harold C. Koch is not
quite sure which is worse. the open
sea or the mud of Italy. Both seem
bottomless. One Sunday exploding
German mines off the coast of North
Africa suddenly changed his con-
gregation from an attitude of wor-
ship to one of haste to abandon the
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D. {. Man Commands
Rail Car Assembly
Outfit in England

A BASE IN ENGLAND.-Capt
Alvin E. Upton, 1907 Queens street
NE, Washington, D. c., is in COM
mand of a shop company which as
sembles Army railway cars arriving
here in parts from the United States
The company puts them together sc
fast, it is said here, that it is hard to
find storage space.
Capt. Tipton's company is an
American battalion which turns out
a record production Of 80 railroad
cars a day. Box cars, fiat cars, re-
frigerator cars and cabooseS are
pouring from the shop at steadily
increasing rate, to carry supplies &c
troops stationed in the British isles
or to be held in readiness for ship
ment to continental ports when the
day for invasion arrives.
The unit is part Of the Army
Transportation Corps. 1t operates
in addition to the plant, a depo,
where cars are stored for their
eventual shipment behind the in.
vasion army.
Capt. Upton, a native of Altoona
Pa, is former Pennsylvania Rail.
road foreman. He went to Wash.
ington in April, 1942, to join the
War Production Board and entered
the Army the following December
Mrs. Upton and their two sons re-
mained in Washington after Capt
Upton went overseas in September
Two other Washington men are
members of an American ordnance
company in a United States vehicle
ASSEMBLY plant, which also has set
a new production record. They are
Sergt. George Gaydos, 252 Ninth
street NE, and Pfc. Carlyle v
Brenneman, 4538 Harrison street
NV.
In nine weeks since the plant was
established, the company has put
together 1000 jeeps, weapons car
rlers, command cars and other Army
type vehicles. BY their work, these
heavy automotive maintenance men
have helped to multiply the capacity
of Allied transatlantic shipping
Every vehicle they assemble occupies
less than half the shipping space it
would need if it were assembled
in America.
First 1t. Vernon c. Elmore of 1926
Connecticut avenue, spent a recent
furlough taking an advanced course
IN international affairs at the Rova]
Institute of International Affairs in
London. The course dealt with
Southeastern Europe under Hitler.
During the course American
servlcemen mingled with soldiers
and sailors from dozens of the
United Nations and entered into
frequent open discussions with them
Among the speakers during the
Week-long course were j. E. Williams
of the Christian Science Monitor
Sir Frederick Whyte, former presi-
dent of the Indian Legislative As
sembly and political advisor to the
National Government of China and
now engaged in research on postwar
problems, and Prof. R. w. Seton
Watson, University of London in
structor and expert on Balkan
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to allow us to move complete, so
the following day we were re-
attached to the I'd Armored Division
and the day after that we moved a
short distance to protect a tank
bivouac area. From here I sent my
peep down to the beach several
times to pick up extra rations, espe-
cially coffee and milk, and num-
Der of pneumatic life preservers
These We wired together to make
an air mattress. When they were
Debated they increased the size of
bed roll negligibly, and when in
flated they made the hardest ground
seem soft.
Sleep Triumphs Over Bombs.
After three days here, during
which time the tanks did not move
we we're assigned to the newly
formed 7th Army and were given
the mission of guarding the Pont
Olivo Airport, near Celia. Here we
ran into a delayed-action bomb OF
a type that we had not seen before
They were small and were dropped
in large quantities, going off all
during the following two days at
an average interval of 10 minutes
They wexe, frankly, somewhat dis
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The beach was a beehive of activ-
ity. Never have I seen SO much
going on, all apparently so unrelated
and at such loose ends when first
seen, but which soon took on its
real perspective of beautifully CO.
ordinated whole. Let's, LCMs and
LCVPs were constantly bringing in
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.Fahnestock Assists
Lac Engineering Job

-Four days after the japanese were
driven out of Lac, party of Amer
lean engineers commanded by Brig.
Gen. Carl w. Connell and including
Maj. Sheridan Fahnestock, son of
Mrs. Bruce Fahnestock of Washing
ton, moved in, according to an As
sociated Press dispatch.
Lac then underwent a face lifting
that will stand as a monument to
American engineering. The airfield
was heightened and improved.
Docks were constructed to handle
ships larger than the Liberty. Weeds
were cut and the entire area fitted
with drainage systems. This was
done in less than three weeks.
All this time the japanese planes
were making occasional raids. They
just annoyed us, they didn't really
bother US" said Gen. Connell, who
is commanding general of the All
Service Command.
Gen. Connell says his wife, who
lives at 4430 Reservoir road NV,
is "the best officer 1 know" She has
not seen him since he went over
seas two years ago. Gen. Connell is
from Birmingham, Ala.
A native Washingtonian, Maj
Fahnestock. 81, ALT Davis place
NV, has been in the South Pa
cific for two years. He was CO.
author of the book STARS to Wind
ward" with his brother, Capt. Bruce
Fahnestock, jr., who was killed in
action in New Guinea Is months
ago.
The Fahnestock brothers, to-
. gether with their mother, achieved
widespread fame in prewar days for
their expeditions to little-known
Pacific islands.
Maj. Fahnestocks wife is now liv-
ing with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Heath Steele, at Glen Mary Farm,
Great Mills, Md. He has never
seen his 18-month-ol daughter.
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J.. Vincent Smith Takes
Great Lakes Busic

]. Vincent Smith. 81, former en-
ploye of Johns Hopkins Laboratory
Silver Spring, Md, left Thursday for
training at the Great Lakes Naval
Base.
Mr. Smith attended Coolidge High
School and George Washington Uni
versity. He was deputy sheriff of
Montgomery County and is men,
ber of the Albert Pike Masonic
Lodge.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. G..
Smith, live at 307 Madison street
NV.
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Ol IIle fTeSlQeTJ
for exception
ally meritorious
conduct in the
performance of
o u t S t a n d i ng
services to the
Government of
t h e U n | t e d
States"
D e t a ills of
Comdr. H u m
m e RS services
were not made
public. He is the
son of DR.. H.
r. Hum m e r,
nsvchiatriSt, for
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BoIdridqe Commissioned

CRAIG FIELD, Ala.-Reid Bald
ridge, son of Mr.. and Mrs. P. R..
Baldridge, 6505 Maple avenue, Chevy
Chase, Md, has b cen commissioned
second lieutenant and assigned to
an advanced combat flying school
In Texas. Now fighter pilot, he
formerly was a student at George
| Washington University,
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-
new pic t or ial
magazine which
will review the
66th In f a n try
"P a n ther" Di-
visions training
and a C t i vi ties
every six months
at Camp Robin
son, Ark.
Corpl. Regan
is regularly sta
toned there, but
is now attending
a course at the
School for Spe-
cial S ce,
Westinghouse
frs copy of his
con1o of tho NV
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norly of Washington and now Of
Sioux Falls, S. Oak. Comdr. Hum
mer's grandmother is Mrs. George
w. Guest of the Eighteenth street
address.
The commanders destroyer was at
Pearl Harbor when the japanese
bombed it, and he has seen service
in the Mediterranean as we'll as the
Pacific theater. His brother, DR..
Francis L. Hummer, lieutenant in
the Navy, is now serving in the
Southwest Pacific
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Co|. Holmes Returns
ID South Pacific Post
After Hospital Siege
BY SAMUEL E. STAyISKY

VI WhSnlllRtOH, Marine correspondent,
SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH
WEST PACIFIC Delayed 1t was
no surprise to find 1t. Col. Earl E
Holmes, al, of 6447 Barnaby road
NV, Washington. D. c., running
marine transport down on the beach
when we landed here and set up a
forward base from which to launch
another blow at the Japs.
1t was no surprise because it was
Col Holmes who had loaded and
unloaded the cargo on the beaches
OF Guadalcanal from the very first
day of the invasion.
And seeing the Washingtonian
bouncing around the improvised
decks you'd never know he'd been
through the valley of the shadow
and had pulled through after eight
months Of disqualification and con-
valescence.
1t was one of these ironic twists
Of fortune.
Hit by a Truck.
For more than four months 1t
Col. Holmes had been directing
canal cargo traffic, under constant
attack by Jap warships, dive bomb
ers and even snipers. He escaped
unscathed. But on the very first
day of the marines arrival at rear
base for rest and recreation he was
hit by truck in, blackout and
critically injured.
Just the breaks" shrugs 1t. Col.
Holmes.
The quartermaster transport Off
Ger is. in his own phrasing, the
shortest Of the Holmeses." He re-
fers, of course, to his father, In
spector William E. Holmes, and his
uncle, Capt. Nelson o. Holmes of
the Washington Police Department.
The scion of the law-enforcing
family started out as a lawyer in
civilian life, but was in the advertis-
Ing business when, as a marine
reservist, he was called into active
duty in November, 1910. He believes
he was the first member of the
Washington Reserve Battalion to
enter active duty, since he went to
Quantico, Va, to arrange organiza-
tional details six days before the
battalion assembled there.
Ringside Seat for Battles.
Assigned to quartermaster trans
port, he underwent training at
school and in maneuvers, and then
found himself in the middle OF
things on Guadalcanal as quarter
master transport officer.
1t was his job not only to get our
ships unloaded under the noses of
Jap Warships and warplanes, but
also to move the vital materials to
the lines at top speed For in the
early, and black, days of the Guadal-
canal invasion there was an urgent
need for everything and anything
that could be used in fighting the
enemy.
1t. Col. Holmes probably saw more
ships bombed, burned and sunk than
any other marine on the island. For
from his beach position, he had a
ringside seat at virtually every naval
or plane-ship battle off shore.
Through all this furious fighting
the unloading beach was a primary
or secondary target.
Inland, too, Col. Holmes tasted
battle. Once delivering material to
the lines, he was pinned down by
Jap machine gunners. Another time
he was lying in a foXhole behind a
hut when Jap artillery blew up the
structure.
Then came the withdrawal the
blackout, the truck and the long
pull out
A graduate of Central High School,
20, and Georgetown University law
School, 25, Col Holmes operates
Earls, Inc. advertising agency and
printing plant, at 412 New Jersey
avenue NV.
Evening star., 1944-01-23

(The tollo,Oing story was Urit-
ten by Sergt. Charles B. Kopp
OF Greensboro, Ca, a Marine
Corps combat correspondent.)
CAMP LEJEUNE, New River,
N. C.-Camp Lejeune's new combat
course may be little different from
those at several other big bases,
but 1t is tribute to two Washing
ton, D. c., officers, back from
Guadalcanal, who planned it.
Their enterprise will make ma
rines who train here better prepared
than ever to give and take the fire
and birthstone of war.
At the time Leatherneck comrades
were wrestling bloody Tarawa from
the Japanese, 1t. Col. William N.
McKelvy, jr., formerly of 1925 Day.
export street NV, and Mai. Charles
1. Cogswell, 4815 Fourteenth street
NV, had New Rivers tent camp
combat course ready for action.
They planned the course on the
basis of battle experience in the
Solomon Islands.
| Course Made Realistic.
The first infantrymen to plow
through this no mans land moved
up file by file into a long trench,
bounded by crosses which supported
helmets the japanese had venti-
lated.
The marines waited for the H"
hour, then slipped over the top,
wave after wave. They rolled
through barbed wire entanglements,
over logs, stumps and buddies.
Marked land mines exploded in
every direction, machine gun cross
fire peppered the area waist high,
while air-bursting mortars rocked
the earth.
Those bullets were not blanks,
and there was nothing unreal about
the war to the men who slid into
the trench objective about IS yards
beyond and walked into another
world to rest and talk.
Their mouths were spouting dust
and a hope that they soon would
be seeking an enemy. Some were
fresh from recruit training; others
were from shore station, where they
had been relieved by women or
older men. They all were young
and enthusiastic. A new experience
had nodded them into an intense
unit, devoid of rank or differences.
1t was an example of the mission
of combat course we'll done.
McKelvy Holds Navy Cross.
Col. McKelvy, whose family lived
at the Davenport street address un-
til approximately three months ago.
is the son of Mrs William N. Nc
Kelvy, 1902 Bradley boulevard.
Chevy Chase, Md. He was grad
uated from the United States Naval
Academy in 1921 and was commits
stoned in the Marine Corps the
same year. He holds the Navy
Cross for service on Guadalcanal.
Maj. Cogswell. an employe Of The
Star classified advertising depart
ment from 1887 to 1889, attended
Staunton Military Academy and was
graduated from Maryland Uni
versity. He holds the Purple Heart
and was awarded the Silver Star
for distinguished service on Guadal-
canal
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more men. equip
ment and sup
plies from the
large ships off,
shore. The Sea-
bees W e re un-
loading the sup
plies onto t h e
beach, supplies
of all sorts, am
munition, food,
e m e r G e n c y
clothes, every
thing t h a t an
A r m y n e e d S .
stacking it on
the beach i'm
mediately be-
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The Invasion Of SiciIy-One Outfits Experiences
II.

In last Sundays portion OF his report
paign Capt p Fitzgerald told OF problems attending
landing How the inuasion made told here
chapters are from single letter.
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Comdr. H. R. Hummer, Jr.,
Wins Legion Of Merit

Comdr. H. R. Hummer, jr., 3165
Eighteenth street NV, has been
awarded the Legion of Merit by
Admiral c. T. Durgin in the name
Evening star., 1944-01-23

LA JUNTA FIELD Colo-Col. Borden Qeft) 29lO
Woodland drive recently addressed of graduating
tion cadets here which included his Charles Borden
rgh Col Borden former clinical professor Of surgery
George Washington University is chief surgeon at
EuSts Va His second lieutenant q graduate of
ST. Adams School and Harvard University other
in the service It. William L. Borden B24 Lberator bomber
pilot stationed at Laredo Tex and Richard L. Borden Viz
naval aviation student at Harvard.
-AAF Training Command Photo.
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Good Conduct Medal

Sergt. William G. Starkey. ST., Of
SIS Seventh street NE, has been
awarded the Good Conduct Medal
at Fort Mason, Calf.
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Dan Regon Is Editor
IOf Divisions MAGAZINE

Corpl. Dan Regan, former WMAL-
Blue Network news editor in WASH
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FORT KNOX, Ky-Doubly honored is Jonathan Ladd
Columbia road NV honor of his Armored Officer Cand
date School class two generals of them his
second eutenants bars his shoulders Shown
Brig Gen. Joseph Holly Qeft) commandant Armored
School; It. Ladd and his father Brig. Iadd
recently returned from overseas.
-Armored Command Signal Photo.
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New Marine Combat
Course Developed
by 7 D. T.. Officers

1.-THE tollo,Oing story ,Das urtt-
ten by Sergt. Charles B. Kopp
OF Greensboro, Ca, Marine
Corps combat correspondent.)
Evening star., 1944-01-23

iR1o NOPy O1 IIIS Z
came off the press
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-22

NContlnueo rom Page 1)
 had completed the budget survey over the past few weeks. Budget Di- rector Arnold E. Furlong who today presented his first budget estimate since assuming his position in August was the recipient of high commendation for his work.
 Although the 1945 budget appro- priation had Co be pared consider crably to attain the total adopted today 1t seemed likely at this time that the city may be in position to benefit greatly at the close of 1945 by the revaluation estimates now being drawn up which are expected to increase the city's tax revenue by many millions.
 Pairing down on the budget af- fected many postwar and near war; end projects of the city which could not have gone into eject under the present financial policy of the city, without increasing the basic tax rate.
 However, it is assumed that the xeValuation results will show a vast increase of potential tax revenue for the city next year which may per- init authorities to proceed with many of the projects eliminated by the budget curtailment.
 Finance members meeting today were in addition to the Mayor and tff. Furlong; City Controller Neil E. Malouey, Patrick M. Shea and william V. Gerardi of the alder
 manic boards: Edward P. Egan, Or- |f6 p. Camp, John P. Brophy and H|heft Cpe. Joseph Shea. city clerk s|l1 n1 eicgk f1E 1he board.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-22
Control Bill
 Faces Senate
(Continued from Page D

between the Interior Departments Buroau of Reclamation and the War Departments Corps of Engineers the two principal existing agencies involved in irrigation and flood con- trol development.
 Meanwhile, it appeared that MVA legislation must wait until the new Congress convenes next January. President Roosevelt told his news conference late yesterday that he wouldn't say whether it ought to be acted on at the present session but that he has ordered study of whether pending legislation would prejudice the project in the fu- ture,
 Barkley in his argument stressed the possibility that a policy decla- ration, although not binding on the new Congress, might have an ad- verse effect.
 sen. Bennett c. Clark, D., Mo, sided with Overton and declared that the only people sharing Bark ley'S fears were "a couple of cheap editorial writers" on St. Louis news papers.
 The MVA issue covered only one phase of controversy surrounding the huge postwar flood control pro- gram.
 sen. George R. Aiken R., Vt, charged that a proposal by Sen. Josiah w. Bailey, D., N. C., would freeze sale of government projects for three years and turn over the remaining power resources of the United States to private utilities. /" He also was prepare dto offer an amendment covering the St. Law renee seaway and public power de< velopment.
 Before encountering the contro- versial questions the Senate whip ped quickly through the bill yester- day and placed tentative approval on host of individual flood con- trol projects.
 The Senate has tentatively ap- proved the following projects in the $970, ,965 900 postwar flood control bill:
 Lake Champlain basin-modifica- tion of existing Waterbury, Wrights- vile and East Barre dams in the Winooski River basin, Vermont, $2,- 120,O00.
 Blackstone River basin-West Hill Reservoir on the West River, Mas sachusetts, $1,070,000; Blackstone River at Worcester, Mass, $2,232,- GOO; Blackstone River at Woon- eocket, R. T., $803, GOO; Seekonk Ri- VT at Pawtucket, R. l., $82,000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-22
CHURCH SERVICES
 AT THANKSGIVING
Special Program Arranged Salvation Army to Help
 Needy Families

Special Thanksgiving services to- night and tomorrow will be observed in Protestant churches and many Catholic churches will hold regular morning Masses as special worship for the day.
 Schools, state offices, stores, and banks will all be closed in observ- ance of the holiday tomorrow although most factories will con- tinue regular schedules.
 Captain John Van Gould of the Salvation Army announces that 6s families numbering 331 persons are being supplied Thanksgiving Dln- ners by the Army, an increase oi 50 per cent over last year. Many more families of serivcemen are ge- ing assisted this year.
 Because of the rainy weather oi the past two days, the income from the Thanksgiving Kettles on the street has been much less than 1r 1943, although large donations o1 non-perishable food from the pupils of the many public schools of Wa terbury have partially offset this deficit. Captain Van Gould appeals to the public for additional con- tributionS.'