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EXHIBITS.

American Battle Prints" Library
Of Congress, 9 am. TO 10 pm. daily
except Saturday, 9 am. to 6 pm,
through September 4.
Helen Catch Durston drawings,
Public Library, Eighth and K streets
NV, 9 am to 9 pm. weekdays ex-
cept Saturday. 9 am. to l pm,
through August.
American Battle Paintings
1776-1918, National Gallery of Art
10 am. to pm. daily except Sum-
day, to 10 pm, through Septem-
Der 4.
Raoul Duffy and Arthur Dove oil
paintings and Washington artists
water color exhibit, Phillips Me-
mortal Gallery, II am. to 6 pm
daily except Sunday, 3 to 7 pm,
through August.
MEETING.
Gridiron Club, Willard Hotel, noon
tomorrow. Members only.
MUSIC.
Army Air Forces Band, Capitol
steps, 7 O'Clock tonight.
FOR SERVICEMEN.
Meals, lounge. library, garden,
Junior Officers Club of Washington,
1876 Seventeenth street NV, II am.
ITO midnight daily. Dance, $50 pm.
Thursdays.
Moonlight cruise, meet at USO,
Eighth and Pennsylvania avenue
NV, 7:30 o'clock tonight.
Offlcers' dance, Officers Service
Club, Burlington Hotel, $50 o'clock
tonight.
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following USO numbers: National
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sonnet may call USO. Decatur 1854,
or War Hospitality, Decatur 77eS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11
Negro Trucking Unit
Cited by Eisenhower
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WITH THE UNITED STATES list
ARMY IN FRANCE, Aug. 11.-A
Negro trucking unit was cited today
by Gen. Eisenhower, supreme Allied
commander, for superior service on
D-day and after, when it fought side
by side with the infantry to secure
the first motor pool area.
The unit was in a quartermaster
truck company which was the only
one to land on D-day, and when II
of the 48 trucks were destroyed, the
unit salvaged other abandoned
trucks and brought the operating
efficiency up to 80 per cent of ca
pacity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11

He is now visiting his parents in
Portland, Greg.
Mrs. Tweed said she was advised
three days before his return home
that her husband had been rescued.
He had been listed by the Navy
as missing and another organization
told me he was dead. But I knew he
would return"
Mrs. Tweed said her husband
didn't talk much about his months
on Guam, but about the future.
we own our home here and
George spent much of his time
making repairs and serving as
general handy man. 1t was a
glorious reunion"
Tweed brought two souvenirs from
Guam for his tamily-a Japanese
hat and plate
Mrs. Tweed and her children left
Guam three months before it fell to
the japanese. She worked for
while at the Douglas aircraft plant
in Santa Monica and last week
started work with fish packing
company in San Diego
Mrs. Tweed said plans for the
future rested with what the Navy
had in store for her husband.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11
Officer and Two Cadets
Killed in Colorado Crash

By the Associated Press.
LA JUNTA, Colo, Aug. 1l.-An
Air Forces officer and two aviation
cadets were killed yesterday in the
crash of two-engined training
plane II miles west of the La Junta
Army Air Field, Col Lester j. Har-
Iris, commanding officer, said today.
They were: Second 1t. Alan w.
Hobbs, "a. Akron, Ohio, and Cadets
Edwin A. Russell, jr., %, Memphis,
and Robert c. Rood, 20, San Pedro,
Calf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11
Office Building Planned
On Vanderbilt Homesite

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-The 81.
room stone Vanderbilt mansion, last
Of seven homes the family once
maintained on Fifth avenue, will
be replaced by an ONCE building.
Plans were filed by the william
Waldorf Aston estate yesterday to
erect . l3-story ofnce building cost
ing $l,062,000 on the site at 51st
street and Fifth avenue opposite st.
Patrick's Cathedral.
Built in 1891 by william H. VAN
derbilt, the house was the home Of
the late Brig. Gen. Cornelius VAN
derbilt until 1t was sold In 1910 for
$2,500, 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11

she had harbored for several DAYS
Pvt. Dometrlos J. Polemis who had
escaped Monday from the guard
house at the Army War College
Miss Parker told Commissioner
Turnage she knew Polemis had de-
serted but did not know what to do
about it. Polemis was recaptured
on the day of Miss Parker's arrest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11

ers, without any
foundation at
all, are be-
ginning to allege
that the Re-
publicans, who
are fairly well
lined up against
I h e Truman
Murray Kilgore
bill and in favor
of the George
bill, do not want
any bill at all.
This Is the
same false in
sinuation they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11
Alexandra Safety Awards

The Alexandra Water Co. won
first place in the annual fleet safety
contest sponsored by the Alexandra
Safety Council, L. Ray Torpy, coun-
Gil president, said today. Second
place was won by the Railway Elk
press Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

@. What is the origin of Anzac?-
r. H. D.
A. Anzac is formed from the first
letters Of Australian New Zealand
Army Corps The name came into
use during World War I. The use
of the word with any trade, bust
ness, calling or profession without
governmental sanction was pro-
hibited by statute in 1916.
@. Please give the number OF
prisoners in the United States from
each Axis country.-R. I. K.
A. According to the latest pub
lished figures there are BAT JAP
anese, 50,136 Italians and 133,l35
Germans.
@. Are women used to man anti
aircraft guns in Great Britain
D. w. P.
A. Over 40 per cent of the anti
aircraft command in Britain are
women.
@. Is the number Of horses and
mules on farms In the United
States increasing?-A. B. I.
A. The number of horses and
mules on farms in the United States
declined about per cent during
l943. The production of foals has
been considerably less than deaths
for several years
O. OF what is plaster of Paris
NADER. T. H.
A. Gypsum exposed to strong
heat until about IS per cent of
its water is lost yields a substance
known as plaster OF Paris. which
when recombined with water forms
hard cement.
G. Does a centipede really have
100 legs?-O. w. A.
A. Some centipedes have as high
as l73 pairs of legs and others have
only IS. Thirs~-nve is probably an
average number.
@. From which State have most
Of our Vice Presidents comet. D.
A. Ten Of our 80 Vice Presidents
were residents of New York.
@. Please distinguish between
strategy and tactics in warfare
c. M. j.
A. Strategy consists of the plan
ming of the campaign. Tactics is
carrying out the plans in actual
contact with the enemy.
@. How many cities in the United
States are called Rome?-E. L. H.
A. There are 10 American cities
named Rome-in Georgia, Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Mississippi. Missouri,
New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and
Wisconsin.
Q. What members of Congress
were barred from the United Ma
tons conference at Hot Springs?-
B. G.
A. Congressman Bradley and F.
c. Smith were barred from the
Executive Committee meeting at
the United Nations postwar prob
lens conference meeting at Hot
Springs. Va, in May, 1943. They
were, however, admitted to confer
ence.
@. What is the oldest flag in the
World?-B. I. H.
A. The flag of Denmark is the
oldest unaltered national flag in the
world. The origin of the silver
cross of the flag is said to date
from 1919, when King Waldemar
at a critical moment in his career
averred that he had seen this cross
in the heavens.
@. What per cent of the goods
produced in this country is nor
mally exported?-T. S. A.
A. 1t is generally estimated that
about 10 per cent of our production
is exported. The latest figures, for
1887, indicate that 78 per cent was
exported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11
BY Frank r. Kent.

1t Is interesting to note that in
the heated struggle over the method
of reconversion and unemployment
some of the foremost fourth term
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11
81 District Men Report
To Armed Services Today

Ordered to report for induction
into the armed forces at Fort Myer
today are 81 Washington men. They
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11
Answers to
Questions

A reader can get the answer to any
question Of fact by writing The Eve
ninH Star Information Bureau. 316 Eye
street NE. washington 2. D. c. Please
inclose 3 cents for return postage.
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Wife Never Cove Up Hope
That Tweed Would Return

SAN DIEGO, Calf. Aug. IL Lp).-
Mary Frances Tweed, 81, reunited
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11

@. OF what is plaster of Paris
NADER. T. H.
A. Gypsum exposed to strong
heat until about IS per cent of
its water is lost yields substance
known as plaster OF Paris. which
when recombined with water forms
a hard cement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11

@. How many cities in the United
States are called Rome?-E. L. H.
A. There are 10 American cities
named Rome-in Georgia, Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Mississippi. Missouri,
New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and
Wisconsin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11

G. Does centipede really have
100 legs?-O. w. A.
A. Some centipedes have as high
as l73 pairs of legs and others have
only IS. Thirs~-nve is probably an
average number.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11

@. From which State have most
Of our Vice Presidents comet. D.
A. Ten Of our 80 Vice Presidents
were residents of New York.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17
Community Canning
Center Is Now Open

The Community Canning Center,
on Sth street. sponsored by the Board
of Education. is now open and at the
service of the public, F. f. Rathbun,
county superintendent, announced.
He said there was equipment avail
able to can beans. peaches, apples.
tomatoes. other vegetables and meats.
and there was absolutely no cost for
the use of the equipment. Cans may
be purchased from 80 to Az cents
each, depending on the size, or per-
sons may bring their glass jars from
home and use the pressure cookers
available.
Mr. Rathbun said a group from
Gortner canned large quantity of
beef on Saturday. A coming three
year old heifer, owned by Simon D.
Swartzentruber, was killed and can
ned in half-gallon jars. Helping to
can were Lewis. Lena and D. J..
Swartzentruber, Anna Lichty and
Mrs. Willard A. Swartzentruber, and
they filled 20 half-gallon containers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17
Christmas Boxes For
Soldiers Must Be In
Mail by October IS

Save strong string and box mater
ial and start to plan shopping. Post
master General Frank G.. Walker adj
vises Americans in announcing the
rules for mailing of Christmas gifts
for Army and Navy personnel over
seas.
This year the Christmas mailing
period for both Army and Navy over
seas forces is the same-Septembel
Is to October Is. After October IS
no gift parcel may be mailed to a
soldier without the presentation Of a
written request from him.
The great demands upon shipping
and the need for giving preference to
arms, munitions, medicine and food
is the prime reason for the early
mailing date, Moreover, gift parcels
must travel great distances to reach
Army and Navy personnel who are
located at remote points, and fire.
quently the transfer of large num-
bers to new stations necessitates for
warding of the packages and addi-
tional time is required,
|. f. Rudy. local postmaster
stressed the fact that more care must
be taken in wrapping and packing
parcels securely and addressing them
correctly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17
Thirteen Men Are
Called for Service

Thirteen men who had previously
been accepted for general military
service, have been ordered to report
to the local Sclective Service Board
on Wednesday night, August 80,
when they will be sent to the Balti-
more induction station.
The first five on the list are volun-
tcers. Those ordered to report include:
Richard Fazenbaker. Westernport
Donald Eugene O'Brien. ... Swanton
Arlie Raymond Rounds. ,Grantsville
Larry Glenn Crosco ....... .VindeX
Kermit Boyd Savage. Friendsville
Blaine jeremiah Frazee. Friendsville
James Albert Tressler. .... Accident
Paul Walls .......,.....G rantsville
Edward Ambrose Deitz. Friendsville
Melvin Stanley Hershman Deer Park
Transferred from other Boards to this
Board:
Lorenzo Irwin Carlton. Washington
Frank Edward McCabe Salem, Ohio
Lester Leroy Friend -. .Hyattsville
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17
Legislative Group
Plans Visit Here

The Maryland Legislative Council
is planning to visit the Savage State
Park in this county, to attend a con-
ference of the Potomac Basin Con-
servatory commission on September
II and Is. according to an associated
press dispatch. The decision was made
after hearing a recommendation that
pollution in the Northern Potomac
be Investigated,
Tentative plans called for the COM
mission, composed of members from
Maryland. Virginia and West Vir-
sinia 60 to Oakland on the 18th, The
group would attend committee SEES
sions the following two days, The
commission will be headed by Repre-
sentative Jennings Randolph, DIV.
Va
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17
Welfare Board
Members Named

The appointment of two members of
the County Welfare Board was an
nounced this morning by Francis
Connolly, executive secretary. They
are Mrs. Mary Drake Bennett, Oak
land; and H. V. Leighton, Mt. Lake
Park.
They take the places of William
Winterberg and Walter H. Haenft-
ling, whose terms expired. Appoint
ments are for six years.
The recommendation are made by
the County Commissioners, subject
to approval of the State Department
of Public Welfare. The Commission
ers also named one of their number
John Herman, Accident. as the Coun-
ty Commissioner member of the
Board for one year.
Other members of the Board are
B. |. Gender, chairman, Oakland;
Milton Pritts, kitzmiler; Dorsey
Guard, Selbysport; and A. 6. Gort-
ner, Oakland, with Mr.. Connolly as
executive secretary. A meeting of the
board is scheduled for this afternoon.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17
Eleven Jap Beetles
Trapped in One
Section of County
Other Areas Apparently Still
Free From Destructive Pest

The gradual advance of the Japan
csc beetle upon Garrett county is seen
as a possibility as the result of tests
now being carried on, but thus far the
threat is not very serious, according
to John H. Carter, county agent.
Carrying on a sort of "scouting'
program in this county, the Extension
Service, in cooperation with the en-
tomology department, University of
Maryland, put out eighty beetle traps
this year with 30 at Oakland, 10 each
at Grantsvillc, Accident, Deer Park
Red House and Bloomington. Follow
ing a check-up last week by George
LanEford, in charge of japanese
beetle control in the State, only one
area has been found with any of the
insects. At Bloomington l / beetles
have been trapped, but in the other
five areas none has been found. Last
year a total of seven were trapped
in Oakland during two-month
period
In contrast to Garrett county Mr..
Carter pointed out that a report of
the week of July % revealed that
592,656 beetles We're trapped in Allie
gany county, and during the week Of
July 20, 827064. The weekly count
in several counties goes above one
and two million, with over four mil
lion in Kent county and over five
million in Prince Georges county.
State officials are of the opinion that
the beetles will eventually spread to
this county.
Beetle traps will be kept out in
Garrett county until the latter part
of September, Mr., Carter said. A
control program will get underway
should it become evident that the
beetles are on the increase here.
The japanese beetle is destructive
to mort than 200 plants, fruits, etc.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17

1t. Hetz was born February Is,
1918, and was aged 26 years, 4
months and II days He was son
of Henry and Marie Jones Hetz. He
was a graduate of Accident High
school in 1895, and entered the ser
vice May 8, 1871. He was a member
of the 10Th Division until he entered
officers candidate school at Fort
Bcnning, Ga. He was graduated from
there as a second lieutenant January
Is, 1913, and went overseas in March,
1913, landing in North Africa some
time in April. He saw action in Sicily
that summer and from there he was
sent to England in the late fall. After
being in England all winter and in the
hospital with malaria fever, he had
been released about two weeks before
D-Day 1t is thought he was with the
first ones who landed on the coast
Of Normandy
When young boy he became a
member of the Methodist church and
remained faithful until death.
Surviving are his parents, two
brothers, Floyd and Junior Hetz, at
home; one sister, Mabel, of Ligonier
Pa, who is at home at the present
time. The deceased is nephew of
George f. Hetz, also of Cove.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17
Collection of Paper
and Tin Cans Planned
For Friday, Aug. Is

The County Salvage Committee
announced that a collection of paper
and tin cans will be made in Oakland
on Friday of next week. Magazines
and newspapers are particularly
wanted and those who have been
saving these are requested to tie
them in conveniently sized bundles so
that they can be easily handled. The
two types should be kept separate if
possible Tin cans should be prepared
by removing the labels, cutting out
the ends and flattening the sides.
This collection will be in charge of
members of the Oakland Volunteer
Department Band and all amounts
received from sale of the paper and
tins will 90 to the band. All citizens
of the town arc urged to cooperate
by properly fixing the papers and
cans and placing them at the curb
Friday morning, August 25th.
In Mt Lake Park and Loeb Lynn
collection Of paper and tins will be
made by the Boy Scouts during this
coming week. Plans for this collection
are in charge of Rev. Reece Burns,
Scoutmaster, and the members of his
troop. and citizens of the two towns
are urged to cooperate with them in
order that the effort may be success
full. Those having paper and tins to
turn in should get in touch with Rev.
Burns or some member of the Scouts.
County Chairman, f. r. Jones,
stated that collections in other sec
tions of the county are in charge of
the local committees and that it is
hoped to have regular collections
from now on.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17
Hansen Speaks at
Lions Club Meeting

Frank Hansen, of Baltimore, and
director of Camps Minnetoska and
Whitcthorn near Hutton, addressed
members of the Oakland Mt. Lake
Lions club at their meeting at Mt.
Top Inn, near Table Rock, on Mon
day evening.
Mr. Hansen, an instructor in Bal
timore Polytechnic during the winter
months, spoke on the subject, "The
Boy Who Is Different" Miss Ruth
Field, in charge of the city play
ground this summer, gave report
to the club on playground activities.
The Lions club has sponsored this
program for two years.
Guests at dinner Monday evening
included besides the speakers Donald
r. Sinccll. Mark H. Moon, Corporal
Thomas Currie and Howard White,
Of Oakland; Hubert Burdette, Mt.
Airy; H. C. Kitchen and NJ. Bracken,
Martinsburg, W. Va.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17
Steady Rainfall
Needed to Save Crops

While a few areas in the county
have received bounteous supply of
rainfall in recent weeks, most of the
county. along with a vast territory
in several states, remains parched and
dry.
Thunder showers have been spotted
and while there has been rainfall
west of Oakland, around the Power
House at Sines, and along Deep Greek
lake, most of the county has been
hy-passed. Gardens are slowly dry
ing up and crops are becoming very
short.
A soaking rain of many hours is
needed to save what crops remain.
Some farmers feel it is too late to
save corn or potatoes. Leaves are
turning on some trees and shrubbery
and lawns are burned brown.
There are prospects of rain and
cooler weather for the weekend.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17
To Consider Rotary Ideals Al
Friday Dinner Meeting

Merle Frantz, Oakland Elementary
school principal, will talk conserving
the consideration of Rotary ideals at
the regular dinner meeting of that or
ganizstion on Friday evening. Those
in charge are also attempting to have
one hundred percent attendance.
Congressman J. Glenn Beall, who
was to have addressed the club, has
found it impossible to be in Oakland,
due to press of duties in Congress.
The committee announced that he
may be able to attend a meeting some
time next month
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17
Awarded Bronze Star

Paul Waller Hoye, private first
class, corps of engineers, U. S. Army,
has been awarded the bronze star for
meritorious achievement in connection
with military operations against the
Japanese at Finschhafen, New Guinea,
from March 16 to 30, 1914.
During the absence of the supply
officer" the official bulletin read,
private First Class Hoye assumed
responsibility for the establishment
of the Engineer Supply section.
Throughout this period he handled in
an outstanding manner the requi-
sitions and procurement of engineer
supplies for his organization. His
conduct was the more outstanding,
since the division was being equipped
for an offensive"
Pfc. Hoye is son of Mrs. Elinor
Hoye and grandson of T. c. Hinc-
baugh, both of Oakland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17

HE that be expressed most often by Ameri-
service throughout the world is that after this
war they home to the kind of country
they left They don't streamlned, regmened society
Before the last President took office and for several months
there freedom and this what hope
above everything else, to find when they return.
At the feeling that freedom in deadly peril hangs
heavy land Seldom if in the history of the
country the people talked much of freedom while
restricted Today the
thinking person devoted to preserving liberty.
The president of leading oil company recently voiced the
thought many people when he said at is important to
that the oil industry, like all American business, has
able accomplish the extraordinary job because in time
the companies competing with each other to make
products Spurred by this competition the skill of the
worker and the ability of American business
combine make this country the industrial leader of the
world What this to today in is dramatically dem
by the that three the United States
the among the great nations and
the strongest With this kind of support
military forces and those of Allies moving stead
lily toward victory.
Competition depends freedom just does the privilege of
attending the church of choice Yes plain unadorned freedom
is most precious possession.