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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17
Pvt. Joe Einebaugh
Relates Experience

An unusual experience of Pvt. Joe
Hinebaugh. who is with a medical
detachment overseas, was related in
q letter to his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph limbaugh, Third street. The
letter was written on August 8.
He relates: 1T has been several
days since | have written to you but
it couldn't be helped We have been
plenty busy and boy We sure have
the ferries on the run. The other day
we We're in q battle and something
happened that | have heard about
but never did believe.
"The Germans waved Red Cross
flag and we stopped fighting for a
while. We went to their lines and got
our wounded and they came to us and
got theirs. | was way back behind the
enemy lines to help get a couple of
our wounded was little scared
when | first went there but every
thing turned out fine and it was
great experience. They were real
friendly. There was one of them who
talked our language and | talked to
him for about fifteen minutes, and
of course We had couple of fellows
with US who could talk the German
language. We traded cigarettes, we
smoked theirs and they smoked ours,
and we gave them some chewing gum
we had
by the way, 4 have given first
aid to couple Germans and some
of their medicos have helped our
men, They seem just as human as
we are. just can't understand why
we have to have such thing as war.
After we got our wounded and got
back to our lines the fighting started
all over again. This war sure is a
funny and cruel thing.
81 sure will be glad when it is
over and | don't think it will last
much longer now. Boy, won't it be
happy day the day | get off the train
and you are all there to meet me.
We will have lots of swell times to-
gether to make up for all the time
| have been away. | sure will have
lot to tell you when come home.---
| am taking real good care of myself
50 be sure not to worry about me-
Be seeing you all real soon"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17
Oakland Soldier
Sends Souvenirs
To His Parents

Mr.. and Mrs. George Kerins, Oak
land, have received box of souvenirs
from their son, Pvt. Regis kerins,
somewhere in Italy. 1t contained
coins, paper money, tapestry, Ger
man mess kit, and German pistol.
1t also contained a goatskin billfold
and handbag from North Africa.
In recent letters he told Of his visit
to Vatican City, Rome, and Naples
He is sending home medals blessed
by the Pope when he made his APP
pearance at Vatican City.
Pvt kerins was indicted into the
army in February, 1913, received his
training at Camp Lee, Va, and Camp
NanDorn, Miss, and sailed for North
Africa in August, 1913. He was sent
to Italy and was attached to the
Fifth army. He has Just returned to
duty after recovering from an attack
of malaria.
Another son, Capt George kerins,
Jr., has been with the air force in
England for two years He is the
husband Of the former Miss Lucille
Houck, now serving with the Ameri-
can Red Cross in England.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17
Proper Burial Is
Given Our Loved
Ones ''Over There

To The Editor of The Republican:
Since so many of our friends and
relatives have wondered if the body
Of our loved ones are properly buried
over there" will you please publish
this letter in The Republican that |
received today, August 10. as | feel
it may be a comfort to some more
sorrowing hearts as it has been to
mine
Sincerely,
Mrs. Truman s. Custer
Accident. Md.
July 10. 1914
Mrs. Oma Blanche Custer,
Accident, Maryland
Dear Mrs. Custer:
am writing to you at the request
OF my Commanding Officer about the
death Of your son, 2nd Lieutenant
Clyde K. Custer, 0-8l5093, who was
accidently killed in an airplane crash,
July 4, 1914.
Sudden death of our loved ones
''AA1'iNNH .ON'l NOul. NIOtl IL OlI refuge
and strength in such times. In either
war or peace, God reveals His COM
fort by His Holy Word, through the
Church. The Psalmist tells us that
mans day is short, Psalm 80. In this
same Psalm, we all are cautioned to
number our days, Again, we are
warned that mans day is filled with
labour and sorrow. Great comfort,
strength. and faith is implanted by
the reading of the Shepherds Psalm,
%. The Psalmist tells us, "Precious
in the sight Of the Lord is the death
Of His saints"
God does take care of us in life and
in death. His only son, Jesus, came
to lead all men through this vale of
tears, through the gates of death,
into life eternal
Your son belongs to that long train
OF American heroes, who always have
been willing to exchange their life for
the welfare of their home, their
Country, and their Church. We do
pray that his willing gift has not
been offered in vain.
His funeral service was in a beau
tiful Chapel, somewhere in Northern
Ireland. Prayers were offered to the
Throne of God. We prayed that the
God which takes care of our comrades
in this life, would fold His mantle of
eternal life over him. We prayed that
God would be your continual source
of refuge and strength. A reverent
organist softly played comforting
church hymns. Heroes of the King
dom" was the theme of the sermon.
Clyde's buddies were present, and
brought floral tokens of their respect
for him. He was buried in an Army
Cemetery close by. The cemetery is
atop one beautiful hill, and is calm
and quiet, away from turmoil and
noise. The Christian committal ser
wee was spoken as Clyde was laid to
rest. Full military honors, the volleys
and taps, sounded Immediately after
the benediction
! am not permitted to give you
information concerning the exact
location of his grave or the disposal
Of his personal effects You NAV
communicate directly with The Quar-
termaster General, Army Service
Forces, Washington, d. c., about
questions Of this nature.
May God continue to bless YOUR
home and strengthen your Christian
faith in this, another spiritual trial.
Sincerely,
KENNETH f. HARTMAN,
Chaplain
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17
Deep Creek Baptist church Is
Planning Ail-Day Meeting

The ninth annual Garrett Baptist
rally will be held at the Deep Creek
Baptist church, Sunday, August 20.
There will be the Sunday school
session at 1915 and worship service
at 1l:3O, when the Rev. |. S. Hamp-
ton, from Baltimore, will be the guest
speaker, and again at the evening
service at 500 o'clock.
Basket dinner and fellowship hour
at 1870. The afternoon service will
begin at 200 o'clock, with a song
service and special speakers.
The public is invited to attend all
these services.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17

Mrs. Elizabeth Hetrlck, who had the
misfortune of falling and fracturing
her leg. At this time Mrs. Hetrick is
& patient in a Meyersdale hospital
Mrs p. J. Swart2entruber and Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Sisk visited Misses
Fannie and Leah Beachy on Sunday
D. j. Swartzentruber suffered an
injury to his eye as he was assisting
in threshing at Elwood Schlossna-
gle's farm.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17
GORI'NER

Evangelists Ralph Arbaugh and
John Snyder, Of Lancaster, Pa, came
over from Red Oak last Friday and
started a series Of meetings in the
Union church to be held each even
ing at 500 O'clock Mr.. Snyder is
sponsor Of the Crimson Tide Bible
club Of five hundred members, fifty
of whom are in this and surrounding
communities. He has charge Of the
children's meeting on the church lawn
and is accompanied with music on the
accordion by Mr. Arbaugh
Billy Welch was home from Balm
bridge on Sunday.
Bernard Bachtel, of Paris Island.
N. c.. is home on Through With his
mother from Red House they visited
their uncle, S. w. Slabach, Monday.
Misses Mary and Jean Schlossnagle
are visiting relatives in CIarksburg
and Fairmont.
Enos Yoder, from Kalona, Iowa,
preached for the Amish congregation
at Noah Beachy's on Tuesday.
Meryln Gnegy is attending Camp
Galilee, near Terra Alta, this week.
A heifer belonging to Simon Swart-
zentruber broke its leg in pasture at
Hartmansville, W. Va, Friday. Its
nine-weeks-old calf eluded capture on
Friday but was rounded up Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Evan Burkholder and
daughter Goldie, Of Brandonville, W.
Va, were guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Noah Schrock on Sunday They were
accompanied by Mr. Burkholder's
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17

mother. who will visit here a week or
more
Mrs. Noah Waybright, of Under
wood, preached here Sunday morning.
She and her family went from here
to Camp Galilee later in the day.
Mr.. and Mrs Noah Slabach and
three grandchildren. Mr.. and Mrs. FL
wood Beckman and Mrs. Alvin Sla-
bach and Dana Sue Summers, of Ak
ron, Went to Bittinger Sunday to visit
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17
Meeting At Mount Zion Church

The Mt. Zion Annual An-Day
Meeting will be held at the Mt. Zion
Church, / miles east of Swanton, ON
Sunday, August Goth. Everyone is
welcome.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17

A cyclone in Saskatchewan des-
troyed or damaged 400 buildings in
a farming town Of 800 persons.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17

Pvt. Raymond P Thomas is now
stationed on an island somewhere in
the South Pacific. In a letter to his
mother, Mrs. Babena HENDERSON, and
his grandmother, Mrs. Anna B.
Thomas, Friendsville, he said they
We're pushing the Japs back and that
they expected to be in the Philippine
Island before long. He told them he
was in perfect health and would have
lots to tell when he got home
~
Corporal Mayo Sisler, Camp Pick
EFT, Va, and his brother, Pfc. Adonis
Sisler, Camp Breckenridge, KY, were
at Mt. Lake Park last week visiting
relatives while on furough.
Pvt John w. Gilmore, Crellin, with
an engineering combat battalion
somewhere in France, recently told
his wife in a letter that he was 80.
X. but kept pretty busy" He contin-
ued: "This part of the country at one
time was probably very nice but now
1t is all torn up. People are hard
working. You can see women pushing
Wheelbarrows full of clothes to the
river to wash, then pushing them
back. Things like this make one feel
glad there is an America where
everything is fine, and that the fight
ing is over here instead of at home.
At least those of us who will get
back will really have something to
come home to-" Pvt Gilmore is a son
of Mrs. Grace Gilmore, Crellin. Mrs.
Gilmore also has a son in the u. S.
Navy, somewhere at sea Another son,
Timothy, who served one year over
seas in Africa and Italy, has been
honorably discharged from military
service.
Harold Ashby, who is studying at
Mt st. Mary's college, Emmittsburg,
in the U. S. Nays VIZ program, is
taking private airplane lessons in his
spare moments at Gettysburg, Pa. He
is son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse j.
Ashby, Oakland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17
With Our Men
In The Service

HI l. An ia V TX
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sionad r. tho A,,,,,v sar,.ico Fo,ca-
Trainino Ceptar Camn blanche Now
Orleans Ia fo, basic t,ainino After
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Fl him for lnt,, with tho T,ansnorta-
tion Corns which i cbaroad with tho
mission If f,.asno,ruo mon and wan,
materials IA theatres or ona,ations
4brouohont rba world Mrs lanes re-
Sides on Higb s,raar Oakland P,io,,
70 indnction PVT lanes was q rail
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Accident has haan nromo+nd from
tba rank Of sergeant if was announc-
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o,,orsoos Co,+ DoU-i.. i an a,,,,ora,.-
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Sadler, Washington, d. e., and Miss
Icie Schoch, X. n, Of Alexandria.
Va, spent from Wednesday until late
Sunday evening here and in Crellin
visiting relatives. The young soldier.
a son Of the late Frederick G. Schoch
and Mrs. Schoch, of Oakland and Spo-
kane, Washington. is a grandson Of
Mrs. Elizabeth Schoch. Of Crellin He
is a co-pilot of a BIZ bomber. and
had been stationed at Pyote, Texas.
later being transferred Keamey. n.
for short time prior to an overseas
assignment
News Of Kempton Service Men
Mr.. and Mrs A. l.. Lantz have re-
ceiyej recent letters from their sons,
CPL Clifton Lantz, of the Air Corps,
and Sic A. L. Lantz, Jr.. stating
thab they are both in Italy and hope
to be able to see each other soon.
Cpl. Carl GeroSki, who has spent
several months in Brooke Hospital.
San Antonio, Texas, was the guest of
pr. t,n.J,,.;a,. rnn,i, M, ,.,
lcry, Camp MaXey, Texas. who is
spending his Through at his home in
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lougb after HAVING been ovarsaas fo,
several wears He is visi+;ro Will, h;s
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Julia Butler, of Oakland.
AS John DeVeall, stationed at
Bainbridge returned to duty on Tues
day after being home on furlouob and
Alta West Virginia.
Edward Smouse, staff sergeant in
the Army Air corps, stationed with
anyways communications division in
mere VIII" ms parents MI and Mrs.
RANK a omouSe. lie was recently
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17

Cpl Leo Truban, USING. has
returned to San Diego, Cal, after
spending brief furlough, at Red
Oak, with his wife, Mrs Norma Tru-
ban and his mother, Mrs. S. B.
Cooper.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17

Corporal Mayo Sisler, Camp Pick
EFT, Va, and his brother, Pfc. Adonis
Sisler, Camp Breckenridge, KY, were
at Mt. Lake Park last week visiting
relatives while on furlough.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17

Edward Smouse, staff sergeant in
the Army Air corps, stationed with
airWays communications division in
Washington, d, c., spent a few days
here with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank A. Smouse. He was recently
promoted to his present rank from
that of sergeant.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17

S SGT. Murray Paugh, Jr, station
ed at Seattle, Wash, and Miss
Eleanor Friend, of Towson, were
visiting Sgt. Paughs sister-in-law
and niece, Mrs. Harland NJ. Paugh
and daughter, at the home of Mr..
and Mrs, Asa Calls Miss Friend is
also a sister-in-law Of Sgt. Paugh.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17

Robert NJ. Davis, husband Of the
former Frances Hogue, received his
silver wings and appointment as
flight officer with the Army Air
forces. He was graduated from Pecos
Army Air field, Texas, and has been
assigned as a co-pilot on a flying
fortress at Yuma, Arizona. Mrs Da-
Wis is granddaughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Warren Rathbun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17

Sgt. Dale Knots is home on fur
Tough after having been overseas for
several years. He is visiting with his
family and Mrs. Virginia Lewis and
Julia Butler, of Oakland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17

AS John DeVeall, stationed at
cambridge, returned to duty on Tues
day after being home on furlough and
visiting friends in Oakland and Terra
Alta, West Virginia.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17

Edward Peck" Paugh, TI5, with
an infantry band unit at Camp Brock
enridge, KY, left Tuesday, after
spending several days here with rela-
tivcs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17


Jimmie Helbig, L. s. Navy, who
has been stationed in England for
quite some time, and who participated
in the great offensive on D-Day, is
home on furlough with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph HeIbig
William Shirer who recently com
pletcd a course in basic engineering
in the L. S. Navy school at GuIfport,
Miss, and was given a rating of
fireman first class, has been trans
ferred to destroyer training unit
at Treasure Island, off the coast Of
California
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17

fife, Raymond Bittinger spent a
tAree-day farlough with his wife and
SON, also his parents, at Swanton. He
returned to Fort Tilden. New York.
ON Monday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17

B. Becson Snyder, S 2ic, U. S.
Navy, has just completed a course for
radar operator at San Diago, Cal,
and is now stationed at Little Greek,
Va, for additional training.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17

Pvt. Maurice Davis, with an en-
gineering unit at Fort Belvoir, Va,
left Sunday after a brief visit with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert
Davis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-24
Extension Of The Limits

We hope there now will be reasonably COM
plete agreement on the proposal for extension
OF the city limits.
The latest plan, published last Sunday, ap-
pears to have received careful study and while
it may have some imperfections, it seems
acceptable generally. We hope it will be intro
duced in the General Assembly and approved
there, that the referendum provided in it will
be called as promptly as possible. and that
the proposal will then be ratified by the voters.
The method suggested in the bill bearing
Representatve-elect LeGrands approval for
bringing about the extension is a democratic
one, and offers adequate safeguards to the
suburban residents that their interests will be
considered and that city services will be fur
nished with reasonable promptness. The bill
% ,nits the people to have the final say at the
polls on the extension question. 1t is not likely
that there can be anything seriously wrong
with such proposition.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-24
NEW HUNGARIAN
REGIME PLANNED
TO HELP ALLIES

LONDON, Dec. 23.-(P)-Moscow
announced tonight that a provision
al Hungarian National Assembly
had been elected in liberated por-
tons of that country and had start
ed work at Debrecen to establish
a new provisional government
which would cooperate with the
United Nations
The broadcast Of the Moscow an
nouncement, recorded here by the
Soviet monitor, said the 230-mem-
Der assembly held an organization
al meeting December 81 and is
sued an appeal to the Hungarian
people to break with Hitler's Ger
many and join with the United Ma
tons.
The new government as it is au-
thorized to set up would rival the
puppet regime Of pro-Nazi Ferenc
Szalasi which has fled from be-
sieged Budapest to Sopron on the
Austro-Hungarian border.
The assembly elected as its pre-
sident, Bella zede, professor Of the
lurisdical academy at Miskolc.
Vice presidents are Kalman Santo,
professor at Debrecen University
and DR.. Sander Yuhadnagy, lea
der Of the Reform Church in Hung
airy.
1t met in a building Of the Re-
form College.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-24
A w ailing Wall

The construction at Front and Red Cross
streets of a Wailing Wall, counterpart of that
built in Palestine from the stones Of Solomon S
Temple, is being seriously considered by fuel
oil officials OF the Wilmington War Price and
Rationing office.
The Jerusalem wall is open for lamentation
only on Fridays, whereas the Wilmington
weep1ng-place could easily be filled daily, the
Offlce OF Price Administration people think,
by ration applicants who have souandered
their fuel coupons on two cold spells and find
themselves now beSeft of heat for the remain
ing SO days Of winter.
The over-use Of oil allowances is ascribed
to number of circumstances, Of which some
re valid excuses and some are not. but none
o. which is likely to procure additional cou-
pohS. some applicants sheepishly admit that
they expected We Day, with concomitant
relaxatlon IN east coast oil restrictions, to
nave arrived ere now. Some are temporary
residents who Weathered last winter in sum-
mer-style houses at Wrightsville Beach and
kindred communities, but have been caught
short by colder weather and lessened oil allot-
ments this year.
Bound by rigid rulings against the uTgngs
u thel~ own sympathies. the fuel office clerks
oemoan their inability to help the shivering
proolgals but if the wall goes up, they prom
lse' they will gladly join in the wailinE.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-24
Britain's Tactlessness

The commentator Gabriel Heater, recently
reporting on a conversation with a cab driver,
on the Greek irnbroglio, said the driver turned
and said you know what think? I think
this is the first battle of World War Three
Certainly it is to be hoped that the difficulty
can be adjusted before this kind of thinking
becomes general. The fighting in this greatest
of all wars will have been a frutless and
CHASTITY thing if it turns out to have been
only the prelude to an even more devastating
world struggle. The issues are 80 involved
and the locale so remote that it is no easy
thing to pass judgment on the Greek situation.
The British contend that they only want to
maintain the status quo long enough to per
init a free election, and that their interest
for the present is to prevent the radical fac
tons from Selling control by force.
Admitting the truth Of this, it must be said
that Churchill and the British army have been
tactless in the extreme. Surely there can have
been little reason for designating. the Greek
Leftists as gangsters and ruffans One has ne
difficulty in concluding what effect this must
have on Britains Russian ally.
The urgency Of an early meeting between
the leaders Of the three great Allied powers
daily becomes more apparent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-24
Wilmington After The War

The bad news from the European front may
be no time to renew the discussion Of Will
mington's postwar prospects Certainly all
necessary energy should be put forth in this
community as in all others to support our
fighting men.
But at the same time, we should not lose
sight Of the fact that employment after the
war is a matter Of supreme importance to
Wilmington and New Hanover county The
cessation Of wartime activity will leave thou
sands without work. Unless jobs are provided
for them, they will go to other localities or
on the breadline, and the community would
face crisis Of unprecedented proportions
We suggest that every citizen be giving
thought to this problem, and let no reasonable
prospect for new postwar industry 60 un-
noticed. Suggestions for such industries may
be directed to the City Planning Board, at the
City Hall The Board is making plans for de-
veloping postwar industry and employment,
and suggestions will be Of great value.