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The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-09-15
GERMAN SOIL IS
 OLD BATTLE-GROUND
AP Newsfeatures


 Ever since the legiOns of Julius Caesar smashed to the Rhine in 59 BIC. the soil of what now is Ger many has been stained frequently with the blood of war If the Allies meet stiff battle in the Reich, his tory will be repeating itself on old battlefields.
 Wars in Germany ragged for cen turies as small factions and large contested for this hard core of Eu- rope. Wars were fought by greedy princes, ambitious rulers of Church and State inside Europe, and em- pire-builders seeking to subdue the Germanic people
 The history of modern Germany may be said to begin in 843 when, by the Treaty of Verdun, the em- pire of Charles the Great was di- vided among his grandsons.
 Louis the German received the eastern portion of the Frankish em- pire, composed of the Germanic peoples. The rest passed into four countries. each ruled by it's own duke.
 Among the fiercest invasions of German soil was one undertaken by Hungarian horsemen in 924 Bat ties ragged for 31 years at intervals until Hungary finally was defeated. Holy wars, in which Germanic fac tions were divided over the Catho- lie and Protestant churches went on inside Germany intermittently- from 1914 to 1648. Then, following the 80 Years War" religious rights were granted to sovereign Catholic and Protestant princes in the empire.
 Prussianism inside Germany was established after bloody contetss
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-09-15
NEW sEAPLANE FLOAT
 WILL BE BUILT HERE

It has been announced by Mayor r. c. Hanford that the town of Wrangel will locate a float for planes on the back channel beside the old AP.A. eannery. where it #5I De protected from the wind and rough water. A ramp is to be sdiIt and a walk leading to it for zhe convenience of plane passeu- gers. Arrangements will be made aor transportation into town.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-09-15
NOTICE

Dr. R. N. Hester, eye. ear nose and throat specialize, expects to be in Wrangell for a few days the last week in September He will be at Wrangel hotel. Make your appoint ments early. adv.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-09-15
BACK TO PORTLAND

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Robinson of Portland, who have been visiting here with their son James Robinson for the past two months, were southbound passengers on a recent boat While here they resided at the Wrangell hotel.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-09-15
FOOD SALE

The Ladies Aid will conduct food sale Saturday afternoon, Sep tember l6. in the Patenaude Bldg
 adv
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-09-07
GOOD READING FOR THE WEEK

over a mistake at market, wherein
Jacob lost a very small sum Of
money. Jacob, apoplectic and thrift
ty, vowed never to speak to his
ager-to-please wife again. The
curious domestic situation is fur
Their complicated by unexpected de-
velopments and thereby hangs the
tale. Rich in local color of the
Pennsylvania-Dutch country, the
background of the story with its
wares, markets, hex-magic, curious
intonations of voices and speech,
makes an interesting reading as the
story. The book is carefully writ
ten, yet as full of vitality and color
as the bright designs on the chests
and other furniture of the period.
Nora Lofts gives quite an en-
volved story in her historical novel
of 1917. An English Inn serves as
her title, The Golden Fleece, and a
strange yarn is spun about the oc-
cupants. Blackmail, murder, at
tempts of suicide, real mystery,
beautiful ladies and roistering gen.
tlemen, are skillfully woven into as
romantic novel as one reads of that
period The ending is satisfactory
and for light entertainment that is
fitting indeed.
Beneath a gay and witty surface,
Elinor Graham's Our Way Down
East is a surprisingly serious book
in intent. The experiences of two
young people adapting themselves
to Maine homes, customs, manners
and climate, is naturally full of hui
morous episodes. This type of book
provides the opportunity for Mrs.
Graham's effective descriptions of
yards as well as her very fine abil-
ity to give us discriminating depic-
tions of character
They All Had Glamour, by Ed
ward B. Marks, gives glimpses of
fabulous theatrical figures of the
past hundred years, including such
glamour girls as Jenny Lind, Lola
Montez, Pauline Lucca, Adelina
Patti, who was practically born on
the stage, and many others, whose
careers Mr.. Marks is just the man
to know about The illutrations
and few rather startling facts add
zest to this already unique book.
These and so many more from the
shelves of your Washington County
Free Library, are chosen for your
entertainment during both summer
and winter.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-09-07

Escape reading, some people call
it, but whatever it is. books not
about the war are necessary and
very wholesome reading. For those
who want relief from the nervy,
serious absorbing reading, here are
a few suggestions:
April Was When 1t Began, by
Barry Benefited, brings to life a
whole gallery of characters who en-
dear themselves to the reader be-
fore the story is half told. The
whole group is incurably romantic
the professor who pursues his
spirit realm Investigations, his
young daughter who feels that the
world is dismal place until a GER
tain assistant shows up, and not to
be excluded is Judith Disdebar, as
exciting as her name This cast of
characters leads one a delightful
chase, stopping just long enough to
spread a few chuckles and a grain
or two of real honest laughter.
Dorothy Macardle will shake up
your earthly existence and chill
your warm summer blood in her
book The UNLIMITED. A psyscholog-
ical novel about astral bodies and
spiritual forces fighting so close to
this sphere that the cats fur stands
at a perpendicular angle through
out A warm love interest, with a
grandfather of the true Scotch brew
as an obstacle. mystery and an
atmospheric house, all shaken well
together bring out a refreshing
summers drink, literally speaking.
Gwen Bristow has written so sue
cessfully of the plantation family
problems in the deep South that to
miss one of her group is a distinct
loss. This Side of Glory continues
the battle between the twentieth
century South and the traditional
one. Her plots are not the usual
upper crust ones. They involve all
of life in Southern town, good and
bad alike. This Side of Glory con-
Germs the daughter of a man who
raised himself from the position of
a poor white" to one of wealth and
importance. Her marriage into the
aristocracy; the struggle to main
tain the traditional; the domestic
situation which accrues when she
saves the homestead in lieu of the
home; involve so much that her
readers are intrigued with all the
powerful forces, withal so cleverly
held in check.
Bruce Lancaster and Lowell Bre-
tano have given vivid novel of
Bermuda under the title, Bride of
a Thousand Cedars. Off to the
Southeast, Bermuda lazily rested in
the sun. Suddenly the Civil War
brings a feverish life to the island.
Blockade runners, fortune hunters,
brigands, honest men all mingle in
to the sudden action of the day.
Runnings through this maize of
events is the beautiful story of
Sally Cottrell and Trevor Wyeth--
the heiress and the buccaneer-an
age-old problem of the proud old
name and the vivacious hero of not
SO good birth.
Apple Ip the Attic, by Mildred
Jordan, is based on true story of
Pennsylvania Dutch farmer and
his wife, who had a bitter quarrel
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-09-07
Candle Told Time

In King Alfred's day of thousand
years ago, a burning candle, marked
off with the hours, told the time.
More elaborate devices later used
a burning wick dipped in oil, the
level of oil in the calibrated reser-
voir indicating the passage of the
hours
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-09-07

eff it's insurance, we can handle it"
The Keller, Stonebraker Co., Cen
eral Insurance, Bonding, Real
Estate, Phone $3.50, "a Summit Ave
nue..
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-09-07
Items of Interest
From Entire State

The Western Maryland Railway
was denied the right to discontinue
passenger and freight service at
Highfield, Washington county, by
the Public Service Commission.
Leo H. Mccormick, State Price
Administrators, announced Thurs
day that action will be taken in
Federal Court in cases of Hagers-
town market dealers who have re-
fused to comply with OPA price
regulations.
The Federal Works Agency has
allotted $154,200 for construction of
a recreation building at the Naval
Air Station, Patuxent River. Md;
$38,500 to provide a five-room ele-
mentary school for Negroes at Hol-
abird housing project, and $4,000
to provide four elementary class
rooms at Concord Fields. public
housing project at Havre de Grace.
More than rs per cent of some
10000 Maryland home owners
whose mortgages were refinanced
by the Home Owners Loan Cor
poration during the depression have
succeeded in averting foreclosure of
their properties, the Hole has an
nounced. The Hole also revealed
that up to beginning of 1914 more
than so per cent of its total loans
and investments in the State had
been liquidated.
An injunction restraining the Ha-
gerstown Ice Co. from failing to pay
the proper overtime to its approx
mately 80 employees and from fail
ing to keep accurate records, has
been obtained in Federal Court,
Baltimore by the Wage and Hour
Division of the Department of La
Dor. The order directed the COM
pany to reimburse employees to the
extent of approximately $4,000 in
unpaid overtime since 1941.
Consolidation of the department
of markets of the University Of
Maryland Extension Service and the
uriversity's department of agricul-
tural economics and farm manage
ment, has been announced by DR..
T. B. Symons, extension service di-
rector. DR.. Symons said the move
was made in cognizance of the
growing Importance of the field to
fam markets and its close relation
ship to agricultural economies" DR..
Samuel H. DeVault, head of the I'M
iversity's agricultural economics de-
partment since 1926 and a nationally
known economist and marketing
technician, will head the CONSOLE
dated departments, to be known as
the Department of Agricultural
Economics and Marketing. Under
the new organization, extension, re-
search and instruction work will be
pursued in the fields of cooperative
marketing and purchasing, farm
management, land economics, gen
eral marketing, finance and tax
alton.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-09-07

Real Estate, Loans and Insurance.
Our years of experience qualities us
to handle intelligently your Real
Estate and Insurance problems. Car
roll L. Baechtel, Sec. Natl Bank
Bldg, Phone 1901.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-09-07
ROOFING - Thinning

L. H. Miner, Johns-Manville and
Carey Approved Roofing contrac-
tors; timing and sheet metal work.
Stag roofing, spouting, furnaces,
skylights. metal cornices. Office at
IS Wayside avenue.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-09-07
INSURANCE, BONDING,
REAL ESTATE

We help you solve your real estate
problems whether it be farms,
homes or lots. Money to loan on
first mortgages. L. S. Spangler
Agency, Sec. Fl. Second National
Bank Bldg.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-09-07

Mrs. Laura COrnelia King, widely
known retired school teacher, died
at the Washington County Hospital
Saturday, following long illness.
aged II.
For 43 years a teacher in Hagers-
town schools, and a teacher at Ha-
gerstown High School for 16 years
of that period, Miss King had been
confined to the Washington County
Hospital for more than year.
Miss King was born in Hagcrs-
town in 1867, daughter of Samuel
King and Ann Rebecca (Herbert)
King. Educated at local grammar
schools and the Hagerstown High
School, she continued her education
in Towson State Teachers College,
specializing in mathematics.
Miss King was a member Of st.
Pauls Methodist Church and the
Order of the Eastern Star.
Surviving is one brother, Samuel
L. King, Jr.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-09-07
Cl a 8 SIFHED 3:
COFFEE, TEA, ETC.

See w. D. Cunningham for Kenny's
Coffees-48 hours from the rooster.
ii East Franklin street. Phone 488.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-09-07

Mrs. Anne Glenn RidenOur, wife
of Charles B. Ridenour, died Sunday
at her home at Leitersburg, aged IA
Born in Washington county, she
has been a resident of the Letters
burg district most of her life, and
ad been married for So years. She
was a member of the Lutheran
church and Sunday School and OF
the Leitersburg Grange.
Surviving, besides her husband,
are: Children, Mrs. Warren H
Sames, Richlandtown, Pa; Robert
R., Leitersburg; Lee G., Waynesboroi
Is grandchildren; II great-grand-
children; sister, Mrs. Maud Extine,
Hagerstown; broth ers, Robert,
Boonsboro; Elmer, Joliet, ILL.,; Guy,
Rockford, Ill.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-09-07

and Althea Corby. A number of
nieces and nephews survive.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
the home of his niece, Rev. Cyril
Hoover officiating.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-09-07

Real Estate, Loans & Rentals. We
specialize in selling homes and
farms. Phone 3347. Albert L.
Zahn, Ill w. Washington st.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-09-07
STOVES AND REPAIRS

Large stock of Repair Parts for
Ranges, Heaters and Furnaces. Oil
Stove Wicks, Stove Pipe. H. c.
Main, 171s e. Franklin st.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-09-07

Mrs. Mary Jane (CrOmer) Null
lenix, wife of Walter H. Mullenix,
876 Virginia avenue, died at her
home August 81, after an illness of a
few weeks, aged 81 years.
She was member of st. Paul's
Evangelical church. Besides her hus-
band, she is survived by: Charles W.,
u. S. Navy, cambridge, Md; sister,
Mrs. Charles Stotler, Cloudensport,
Pa; brothers, Victor, Charles, Will
liam and George, all of this city;
one grandchild.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-09-07

Mrs. Gertrude Helen Kramer,
wife of Maurice ]. Kramer, Hotel
Alexander, died at the Union Me-
mortal Hospital, Baltimore, on Sep
TENDER z.
Born and reared in Cain, ILL.,, she
was the daughter of Joseph and
Edith (Hamilton) Stephenson and
a resident here for the last eight
years.
She was member of the Presby-
terrain Church and the Order of the
Eastern Star at Roodhouse, Ill, and
active in Red Cross work here.
Her husband is the only survivor
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-09-07

Charles L. Willingham, 81, of near
Reid, who has been in i'll health for
some time, shot and killed himself
early Saturday morning.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Lupah N. Willingham; daughter,
Charlotte A, West Virginia: sisters,
Mrs. Edgar Conner, Shenandoah
Junction, W. Va, and Mary A.,
Summit Point, w. Va; half sisters,
Mrs. Gilbert Shensky, Mrs. Eli jan
ney, both of this city; Mrs. Samuel
Lee, Bruce Town, Va, and two
grandchildren.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-09-07

Daniel HI. Myers, 906 Lsnvale
street, died Sept. l at the Washing
ton County Hospital, aged a.
Surviving are wife, Mrs. bessie
" Myers; sons, Earl U. and Guy W.,
this city; David M. and Ralph H., at
home; daughter, Alice L. Myers, at
home; brother, James u, this city;
half brother, David M. Shrader, This
city; four grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-09-07

Charles Potts Corby, 70, who
was struck by an automobile in
Williamsport Saturday evening,
died Monday noon at the Washing
ton County Hospital.
Mr.. Corby resided at 16 Vermont
street in Williamsport with his
niece, Miss Massarina Corby.
Mr.. Corby was the son of John W.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-09-07

John b. Alexander, well known
resident of Boonsboro and cashier
of the Boonsboro bank for the last
43 years, died Monday at 8:45 p. m.
at the Washington County Hospital,
aged a.
He was a member of the Reformed
church of Boonsboro.
Mr.. Alexander was past master
of Antietam Lodge No. 1877, A. F.
and A. M, of Keedysville, and a
member of several other fraternal
organizations. He was trustee of
the Washington County Home.
Surviving are: Daughters, Mrs.
John Flock, Keedysville; Mrs. AL
bertus Mullendore, Boonsboro; sis
tiers, Mrs. Catherine Kline, Mrs. Mar
garet Sterner, Mrs. Cadville Young,
all of Boonsboro; brothers, Charles
and Leslie, Boonsboro; Elmer H.,
Oregon, Ill; George F. and Lawson,
of Middletown; grandchildren.
Funeral services at the home to-
day at p. M, Rev. Paul V. Helm,
assisted by Rev. Stewart Snodgrass
officiating. Interment in Boonsboro
cemetery.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-09-07
DEATHS

Walter S. Otzelberger died Tues
day at his home at Antietam, aged
ST.
Surviving are his wife, Elsie M;
mother, Mrs. Peter Otzelberger;
children, Leo and Cecil, at home;
Donald, U. S. Army in England; sis
tiers, Mrs. F. t. Gray, Mrs. Ella r.
Campbell, Mrs. J. w. Myers, Mrs.
Brian Champion, all of Antietam;
Mrs. c. M. Shoemaker, Clear Spring;
Mrs. Louvera Hetzezll, st. James;
brother, John A., Antietam; one
grandchild.
The body was taken to the home
on Wednesday evening, where short
services will be held Friday at 2
p. m, with further services in the
Lutheran church, Sharpsburg, Rev.
William A. Wade officiating. Inter-
ment in Mountain View cemetery.
Andrew Jackson Brown, aged SO
years, died Tuesday at the Hotel
Hancock. He was the oldest mem
Der of James w. Bowers Lodge, 173
A. F. and A. M. and also the oldest
member of Warfordsburg, Pa, Lodge
COL, l. o. o. F.
He is survived by his sister, Mrs.
Eva Small, and daughter, Miss Rose
Small, of Baltimore. Funeral ser
vices this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
at the Rehoboth Church with Rev.
D. E. Witt Dickey of Hancock M. E.
Church officiating. Interment in
Rehoboth cemetery.
Evening star., 1944-12-12
lsHRstonmiq
&Reminder5@a

Canned Goods, Etc.-Book No. 4.
blue stamps AS through z-S; AS
through Us and A~2 and B-2
good indefinitely for 10 points
each. Next stamps to be validated
January /.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-Red stamps A-s
through Z-8 and AS through SIS
good indefinitely for 10 points
each. Next stamps to be validated
December 81.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for
each pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn In.
Sugar-Book No. 4 stamps 80 through
81 valid for pounds indefinitely.
Book No. stamp 40 good for
pounds for home canning through
February 28, 1945.
GasoIine-A-13 coupons good for 4
gallons each through December
81. ALA coupons valid for 4
gallons each on December "a.
B-4, Ca, BIS and C-5 coupons
good for S gallons each.
Shoes-Airplane stamps /, 2 and 3
in Book No. 8 good indefinitely for
one pair of shoes each.
Fuel Oil-Period one coupons good
for 10 gallons each through heat.
ing year. Period two coupons be-
come valid Monday. Old period
four and five coupons from last
winter good through year. Con-
sumers IN this area should not
have used more than Is per cent
OF their ration as OF December IL
Evening star., 1944-12-12
More Testimony Due
On Spear S Land Deals

Additional testimony by prosecu-
ton witnesses that Frank r. Spear.
As, former Silver Spring real estate
dealer, accepted money from home
seekers for property which he failed
to deliver was to be presented today
in Montgomery County Circuit Court
at Rockville, where Spear went on
trial yesterday on charges of larceny
and false pretenses.
The indictment under which Spear
is being tried charges him with &C
cepting $3.50 in March, 1912, from
Wilfred Schooler, "a, Kennedy street
NE, for lot in Takoma Park, which
Mr.. Schooler said he never received.
Perry Van Week, a builder. testi-
fed he had an option on the lot,
one of 13, in a Takoma Park sub
division, and that he did not au-
thorize Spear to sell it.
The owner of the lot, Fred Glaze.
Winchester, Va, told the jury that
Spear had never received ANY au-
thorization from him to sell the
property.
Several other witnesses testified
that they purchased lots from Spear
in the subdivision, but that Spear
failed to make delivery, although
contracts had been signed.
A dozen other indictments against
Spear still are pending.
Spear was arrested in March,
l943, after police search of more
than q year.
Evening star., 1944-12-12
Policeman Acquitted
In MansIaughter Case

George w. Gaylord, colored, 1100
block of Tenth street NV, was
fined 5000 in Hyattsville Police Court
yesterday on a charge of carrying
a concealed weapon.
At the same time Trial Magistrate
Walter L. Green acquitted Shermont
jackson, colored, Fairmont
Heights policeman, of a charge of
manslaughter in the fatal shooting
December of Gaylord's brother
Arthur, also of the Tenth street
address.
Testimony showed that Mr.. jack
son shot Arthur Gaylord when the
latter attacked him as the police
man was pursuing George Gaylord
in Fairmont Heights.
In another case Judge Green ac-
quilted Alvin j. MCGOWAN, "a, Oak
ton, Va of a charge of man.
slaughter in the traffic death No
vember 10 of Edward c.. Warren,
80, of 1927 B street NE.
Witnesses said q railways bus
driven by Mr.. MCGOWAN struck Mr..
Warren as he darted across the
Baltimore boulevard in front Of the
vehicle.
The accident occurred in College
Park.
Evening star., 1944-12-12
Servant Gets Two Years
In Alexandria Thefts

Rosa Love Kicks, colored, 205 H
street NV, was sentenced to two
years in Jail by Judge William p
Woolls in Alexandria Corporation
Court yesterday in the theft of a
platinum and diamond wrist watch
and other articles. The goods were
the property of Mrs. Milton Mervis
436 Argyle drive, Alexandria, for
whom she worked.
The theft was reported to Alex
andria police on August 21, when the
articles were found in the servants
basement room, and she was inflicted
on September IL. At that time she
pleaded not guilty, but changed her
plea to one of guilty when the case
came up for hearing in November.
Judge Woolls deferred sentence
pending the report of the probation
officer, who stated yesterday that
the woman is wanted here on SINH
lar change,
Evening star., 1944-12-12
Myer Iretick, Citizens
Group Head, Dies al 81

Myer Tretick, 80, of 5622 Randolph
street, Hyattsville, Md, president
OF the Villa Heights Citizens Associ-
alton, died Sunday in Garfield Hos
pital. He had been ill for three
weeks.
A resident of the Washington area
for more than 20 years, Mr.. Tretick
owned the Union Sign Co., 702 Ninth
street NV, and the Diamond Clean
ers, 431 Annapolis road, Hyattsville.
He was treasurer of the Union Sign
Painting Local, No. 1l29.
A native of Baltimore, he is sur
vived by his widow, Mrs. Eugenia
Tretick; 6-year-olo son, Terry Mel
son Tretick; his mother, Mrs. Eva
Green, Baltimore, and three brothers.
Bernard and Morris Tretick, both
of Washington, and Master Sergt.
Julius Tretick, stationed with the
Marine Corps in Santa Ana, Calf.
Funeral services will be held at II
a M. tomorrow at the Danzansky
funeral home Burial will be in
Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1944-12-12
PuIIen Backs Change
In Maryland Schools
By the Associated Press,

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Dec. IA
proposed program altering the
Maryland public school setup was
favored today by the State school
superintendent as the most ad-
vanced step in education in Mary
land in many years.
DR.. Thomas G. Pullen, jr., told
the Anne Arundel County Teach
ers' Association yesterday that Gov
O'Conor had taken a bold and
progressive step" in backing the
eight-point proposal which will go
to the Legislature in January.
The proposal calls, in part, for
a permanent teachers salary in
crease of at least $500 and a maxi
mum of $3.50 to 81 500 and 50 $50, re-
spectively. DR.. Pullen said the
dearth of student teachers was
caused partially by the "uncer-
tainty of a fair scale" in postwar
wages.
He said Maryland needed -four
times as many teachers college
graduates as were now in training
The proposal also would extend
the school system to IL grades
throughout the State and reduce
the average number of elementary
school pupils per class.
DR.. Pullen said only two other
States besides Maryland failed to
give IL years schooling and only
10 States had fewer children in
secondary schools.