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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-01-06

Mr. and Mrs. Philo A. Station en-
tertained with an informal reception
on Sunday afternoon at their home
on The Terrace, honoring their son
and daughter-in-law, 1t. and Mrs.
Philip B. Station, whose marriage
took place on Dec. 20, in Larchomnt,
N. Y.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-01-06

Tech. Sgt. Carroll Grooms, sta
toned at Woodrow Wilson General
Hospital, Staunton, Va, spent the
holidays with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. c. Grooms, Mcdowell ave-
nue..
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-01-06

Mrs. Robert Towson, Jr., of
Smithsburg, is visiting her husband
who is stationed with the Naval Air
Corps at Scott Field, Ill.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-01-06

Miss Bertha NJ Negley, who has
recently been making her home in
Elgin, Ill, has returned to this city
and is living at 124 Randolph ave-
nue..
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-01-06

Miss Esther Schirmer, of Column
bia, S. c., was the holiday guest of
Miss Peggy Miller, West Irwin ave-
nue. Miss Schirmer and Miss Mil
Ter are roommates at Mary Baldwin
College, Staunton, Va.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-01-06

Miss Vivian Forsythe, senior at
Western Maryland College, spent
the holidays with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. c. C. Forsythe, at Mt
Lena.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-01-06

A number of people of this COM
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-01-06

Pfc. B E. Weller, who is stationed
at Fort Benning, Ga, enjoyed a
Christmas furlough with his family
at Maugansville, and his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs B. B. Weller, Smiths
burg.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-01-06

Pvt. James E. Gender, who is sta
toned at Lincoln, Neb, is spending
furlough with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Archie Gender, near
Smithsburg.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-01-06

Jack Berkson has returned to the
University of Virginia, Charlottes-
vile, after spending the holidays
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Mey-
er Berkson, Summit avenue.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-01-06

Mr.. and Mrs Woodrow w. Elliott,
Route 2, Hagerstown, are the par
ents of baby boy, born Jan. 3 at
the Washington County Hospital.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-01-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall Stoner de-
lightfully entertained a number of
guests att their home here on Fri
day night. A number of the guests
were from Hagerstown and Waynes-
boro and few from Leitersburg.
Miss Mary Poe was the week end
guest of Drs. Evelyn and Clifford
Luke at their country home, Beaver
Crest, near Beaver Creek.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ronald Itnyre, of
Romney, w. Va, were the week end
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Bell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harlan Rinehart and
children, Dorna Marie, Richard and
Linda Lou, were dinner guests of
Miss Mary Poe on New Years Eve.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Ohler and
daughter, Miss Betty Ohler, who is
a student at Frostburg College, were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Harlan
Rinehart, on New Years Eve.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-01-06

Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis NJ Henson,
Greencastle, are the parents of a
daughter, born Dec. 80 at the Wash
ington County Hospital
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-01-06

Mrs. Harry Heiberger and son
Richie, of Washington, D, c., spent
the holidays with Mrs. Heiberger's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John D. Row.
land, Maryland avenue.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-01-06

Mr.. and Mrs. C. Morris Delauder,
523 Guilford avenue, announce the
arrival of son, Dec. 81, at the To-
cal hospital
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-01-06

Miss Elsie Marie Show, a teacher
at Washington & Lee High School,
Arlington, Va, visited her sister,
Mrs. Virginia Warner, and Mr.. and
Mrs. A. K. Coffman during the holi-
days
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-01-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Donald W. Powers,
Sunset avenue, announce the arrival
of son on Jan. 2, at the local hos
pital
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-01-06

William Elgin has returned to
Stephens Institute, Hoboken, N. J.,
where he is in training in the Navy,
after spending the holidays with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Elgin,
181 Summit avenue. Another son,
Cpl. Joseph Elgin, stationed at Ter
re Haute, Ind, arrived home on Sat-
urday for a short furlough. fiji
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-01-06

Miss June P. Whitmer, daughter
OF Mrs. Mary M Whitmer, Hagers-
town, was married at the Methodist
Church, Smithsburg, on Christmas
night, to Mr.. Paul A. Brown, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Brown, State SAM
torium. The groom is in the serv-
ice of the U. S. Navy and is sta
toned at the Naval Air Station, Pa
tuxent River, Md.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-01-06

Lieut.. Jameson Dowdy and Lieut.
Rhoda Vickroy have moved from
the Hamilton Hotel to an apartment
at 81 South Prospect street
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-01-06

MT. and Mrs. Paul E. Cash, Chest
nut street, have announced the en-
gagement of their daughter, Miss
Charlotte Cash, to Cpl. Kenneth C..
Stuckey, son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. H.
Stuckey, of Daytona Beach, Fla.
Corporal Stuckey is stationed with
the Marine Corps at Washington,
d, C.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-01-06

Mr.. and Mrs Albert L. Poffenber-
ger, Funkstown, are the parents of
a son, born Dec. 81 at the Washing
ton County Hospital
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30
PYLE To Resume Work

Ernie Pyle is going back to the wars
This bit of news will be welcomed by mil
lions of his readers who have missed his ex-
cellent human-interest stories from the tight
ing fronts fo~ many weeks as ne took Well
earned rest We. too, are looking forward to
the time his work will again appear on this
mage. Instead of returning to Europe, this time
he. heading for the Pacific fighting.
Offhand, we can recall no war correspond
ent who has done as fine job, day in and
dav out, as Pyle. Quiet and handwriting, ne
has given the home folks a side OF the war
the human element-that has been too frequent
" overlooked. War, to him, is simple, hor-
rible business. Yet he has managed to give
what human side there is to it to his readers
His Job has not been easy but in doing it he
has gained the respect and confidence OF ev-
cry G. l. he's known and one OF the greatest
reading followings any journalist has gained in
modern times.
Pyle's feeling for the doughboy and appre-
citation OF his tremendous task have been
shown in practically all of his dispatches. PEI
haps it is this quality that sets him apart from
the army of other correspondents. Anyway, if
anyone ever writes the history of the war
from the viewpoint of the men who fought it
from foxhole to foxhole, he should receive the
assignment. Like Sherman, he has the true
appraisal of war. In picturing its million OF
little details, he has accomplished the job in
tirst-rate style with the result that we are
all looking forward to welcoming him back
again.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30

command. But there must be something else'
como other reason that would make former
soda jerker or neWsboy stano taS' uil'n ne %
crushed by German tank treads
Perhaps their courage and ability are in
spired by the traditional American dislike OF
bully and aggressor. They have seen the
mark of the Nazi in Europe. Or, it may be
that "GI joe is fighting with the conviction
that the enemy must be beaten now to assure
his children a peaceful life in the future.
At any rate, no matter his reason, our hats
are off to "GI Joe"-the guy who gripes over
everything but beats the living daylights out
of his enemy at every turn.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30
Ickes POuting

Secretary Ickes, it seems, doesn't especially
like the way the President is running the coun-
try these days and may up and quit his cab
met position.
According to the newspaper PM, Hardboiled
Harold considers he's being "muzzled'' by the
State department. He has been compelled to
decline an invitation publicly to denounce the
Spanish government Of Generalissimo Francis
co Franco at a Madison Square Garden rally
t, be held next week.
There are also other things that have put
him to pouting. He was frustrated when Roose
welt baked at accepting Vice President Henry
A. Wallace for his 1914 running mate. He was
also displeased when the chief executive norni-
mated number OF men who did not even
claim to be New Dealers for high State de-
partment posts.
From this distance the trouble appears to
leader in the inner circle, he'll have nothing
to do with the political horse-trading often so
necessary He'll have his way or none at all.
AS for having to pass up the opportunity
of blasting Franco, it's just as well that he
keep quiet on that score for the time being.
After all, our relations with Spain come within
the province of the State department. With the
world political situation what it is, let's not 60
out Of our way to trample more toes. The
Spanish situation, we believe, will keep until
more pressing problems, such as in Greece
and Italy, are cleared up.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30
FRENCH AUTHOR,
HATING BRITISH, .
WILL BE KILLED

PARIS, Dec. 20 R - :, Al \,
Henri Beraud. who replied "
charges of collision with the .' On
nlanation that he always hao o ,s,,
anti.British and still was "" ".
sentenced to death by p5% n
court jury tonight at the e'1
a one-day trial. M
The Jury deliberated only ~. "
minutes before bringing IN rrr
verdict on testimony conce1 csr'
Beraud's writings during the G 81.
man occupation The anllo no+,rs
ment precipitated violen IL oT' d
room demonstration on oe1'--
the defendant. III, aru.
cles in the weekly "Gims =ossc,.
had been assailed by the 2 poi+,js.
tor for writing against .
He replied: o-od tho
Il have always ovprV.
British. Before tne war s h,
one had the right to express pred 10
opinion freely and l conn., don't
do the same afterWaro. tt.,Jsnt
like the English. The de ..5e-e,t
fastened to add he aISO
ed the Germans
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30
Daily Prayer
FOR SUSTAINED VISION

In the beginning of this terrible
war, o God, our hearts were lifted
up and we saw the sacred OBJ
jectives clearly. We knew that
we had been called to defend Thy
standards of justice and liberty
and human welfare. In the mood
OF Christian crusaders we took
upon us war S heavy burdens. We
thank Thee for that period of
vision. Now we have let annoy
ances and divisions and political
considerations creep into our
thinking; and the shining shield
of our knightly armor has become
dimmed. We turn to Thee, our
Lord and Leader, in prayer for
a revived spirit. If we have de-
parted at all from our first war
aims, it is because we have de-
parted from Thee. Cause to flame
again in our hearts the conscious
ness that we wage war for goals
that Thou hast taught us, and for
Thy Kingdoms coming. Make us
good soldiers of Jesus Christ, with
eyes ever open to His leadership.
Anen.-W. TIE.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30
By JOHN SELBY

THE FIRST ROUND" by JO-
seph Gaer DUEL, Sloan G. Pearce;
$3.50.
OF all the seeing red that was
done in the last campaign, the
most bloodshot seems to have con-
cerned the CLIO Political Action
Committee. I think for the first
time in American life, such an
organization as the CIO-PAC has
tossed all its cards on the table.
The gesture, whatever one may
think of the PAC, has its gran
deur.
AS nearly as I can restate it,
Joseph Gaer and the organization
he served in the last campaign
base their action on one quite
fundamental concept. They be-
lieve that labor has the same
right to enter politics we'll organ
lied as has, for example, a farm
bloc. The next step in POO rea-
soning was, it seems, that if labor
is to be effective it must be well
organized, for which reason Or
ganization must be made relative
ly easy. This wa" apparently one
job that really was cleared through
Sidney and cleared with a ven
geance.
Mr.. Gaer throws his cards down
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30
WITH THE AEF
Label At BaStO@ne

cled force-and the hopeless stand
became one of the most important
strategic situations of the Belgian
battle.
Hunting Panther and Tiger
tanks with razookas means lying
be; de a road or street until the
tank is within stones throw, then
Gripping it before it turns its
blasting snout on you. They did
that again and again.
They leaned out of windows and
dropped grenades into the turrets
when the tanks broke through the
roadbiocks. In at least one in
stance, Doughboy poured gaso-
line from a five-gallon can into a
tank and tossed a grenade in after
it. When the scorched Germans
leaped out, sharpshooters picked
them off.
These fighters went without
sleep. Food became something to
dream about
They inprovised message sys-
TENS where equipment was insult
ficient, using everything fir oTn
smoke signals to combination
walkie- talkies, and when an enemy
force penetrated past one point
at least one survivor usually man.
aged to message to the boys r
Their back that it was coming.
America can remember Bas-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30

From outside their front. they
were written off the books. There
seemed no hope of getting help
there on time. And the SIS troops
weren't taking many prisoners in
those early stages.
Inside Bastogne. they went to
work. At least seven important
roads lead out of Rastogne, each
needing strongly bulwarked
roadblock.
They set up those roadblocks
with everything they could throw
together. In that way they forced
the Germans to route their sup
plies around them.
Guns were set up behind each
junkyard roadblock and other men
went out hunting with bazookas.
The attacking Germans made
one major mistake. They'd OBJ
viously been ordered to try to
scare the Americans into surren-
der by terrorist tactics.
This included the obvious ex-
amples of not taking prisoners.
This boomeranged. Today both
forces find it easier to count their
captured than their dead.
Medical supplies ran low. What
little news filtered through the
enemy ring wasn't hopeful.
Finally, forces fighting north
ward broke through to the encir-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30
BUY WAR RoNDs AND STAMPS
t
The Literary Guidepost

face up in a book called THE First
Round" title obviously chosen
with an eye for the future. The
body Of the book explains the
CIO-PAC, position, and gives
some history of THE project, to-
gether with great many pic
lures of various people and &C.
tivities. But the most interesting
part of 1.-THE First Round'' is it's
set of exhibits. Reprinted just as
they were distributed are eleven
pamphlets which, according to
the books jacket, nave aroused
enthusiastic comment throughout
the country" l am not sure
everybody was enthusiastic, but I
am sure everybody in politics was
interested. The PAC distributed
dozens of items, not all of which
are included. But there are
enough.
Anybody who can read would
be able to engage and fill radio
time, for example, after reading
the radio handbook. The speakers
manual is equally effective, and
at the front of 1.-The First Round"
will be found one of the most
moving and useful of them all,
pamphlet called This Is Your
BY these means PAC
did a job, and these names are
worth study.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30
Patton and CT Joe

"Old Blood and Cuts again is a hero. To
him goes the credit for breaking the back Of
the German offensive in Belgium and Luxem.
bourg and the relief Of the American garrison
at Bastogne.
According to reports from the front, 1t Gen.
Patton's Third Army was jamming the roads
In it's northward relief drive within few
hours after the call for aid was sounded. This
sort of warfare is typical of alton - fast,
bloody and daring, with a chance for heroics.
We cannot ignore the fact that he is one of
the greatest armored warfare experts in the
world, nor can it be overlooked that his work
generally is conclusive in defeating the enc
my.
But, we must not forget that Patton's dash
to save the day for the Allies was made pos
sible only by the blood and misery of that
fellow known as ''GI joe.
The best conceived military tactics cannot
succeed without the unfailing obedience and
courage of the men in the ranks. Training and
equipment are OF prime importance but some
thing else is needed to give them the will TO
fight regardless of the cost
The Germans are well equipped and trained
perhaps better than any other soldiers h q
world has known since they study warfare
from childhood The Japs are taught to die
for the emperor in true Samuai fashion.
On the other hand, only minute minority
Of Americans contemplate military career
in peacetime. Warfare is brought to them by
force alone. Yet they have fought with supurt
bravery and self-sacrifice on every front and
have repeatedly defeated the enemy with heavy
losses.
One may wonder why our doughboys civil
ians few months ago, are able to defeat ar
enemy who lives and dies for war 1t may puz
zle us to learn that an American general would
leave the safety Of Washington to fly the At.
lantic In order to be with his men during q
vicious Nazi siege.
1t is true that they are fighting TO. their
lives with all the Yankee ingenuity at thei
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30
New Distribution Center
For Veterans Is Created

ASHEVILLE, Dec. 20. - (R -
New War Department policy con-
corning overseas returnees brings
into existence new type of Ar
my Ground and Service Forces e.
distribution station and effects a
change in the type of personnel to
be processed at the redistribution
stations, Col Uric N. James. cor
handing officer of the Ashev:,le
station announced today.
The policy C, -atea new type
OF redistribution ststion called post
type, one Of which has been acti-
waited at Camp Butner, and an
other at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
These redistribution stations will
use barrack areas which already
are in existence in the two camps.
Col. James explained that retur-
nees will be assigned to redistri-
button stations according to priori-
ty Hstings promulgated by the War
Department
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30
BY KENNETH L. DIXON

ON THE BELGIAN FRONT,
Dec. neutrality-suspicious. Along
side those stories of Stalingrad,
Tobruk and Wake Island, historians
well can afford to reserve space
for the latest heroic holdouts.-
Details are incomplete now, but
they can label it Bastogne.
Today Bastogne no longer is a
beleaguered garrison but a rein
forced thorn in Won Rundstedt' S
side. Already, it threatens to dis
ease his entire operation west
ward and either force it to be
amputated or left ito die on the
vine"
1t cuts through the supply lines
vital for the Germans who already
are suffering on the westernmc st
points of their advance for gaSo-
line and oil 1t presses tighter the
Allied artillery gantlet on his en-
tire penetration ard has joined two
separate units into single swell
ing sorespot.
But the real story of Bastogne
is the soldiers who fought there
and part Of Il can be told de-
spite the still tight censorship
and still confused battlefront sit
uation
When Won RIndstedt's crack for
ces broke through more than 10
days ago, the Yanks rushed all
available troops in on all sides.
One outfit was thrown upward
toward Bastogre in an effort to
block the Germaa PanZzer thrusts.
At that stage, the real strength
of the enemy thrust was far under
estim: I'd
Reaching Bastogne, this unit
found itself standing almost alone.
In a matter of hours, the power
house of the German Panzer flood
had flowed all around it, cutting
off the mainland" of the Ameri-
can forces.
Surrounded and outnumbered,
their supply situation was hope
less and the Doughboys had to
decide whether to be sensible"
and surrender or stand tight and
fight.
Something happened to the SEN
timent of the average soldier -
something 20 ufind in strange:
increasing quantities along this
front this week. This lot of Dough
boys got mad; they decided to
buck it through
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30
Three Young Negroes Die
In States Gas Chamber

RALEIGH, Dec. 29.-(P-- Three
young Negroes died in the States
gas chamber today, two for .e
murder of a Mecklenburg taxicab
driver and the third from the cri-
minal assault of a 12-year-old Ne
gress.
The three were: Bessie Mae Will
liams, 10, Ralph Thompson, 10, Of
Charlotte, and Melvin Wade. "a,
of Laurinburg.
Five ministers witnessed the
triple execution. including Chap
lain C. F. Kelly CT the South Carr
lima State Pene' entiary at Column
bia. Twenty-eight witnesses were
present for the girls execution, Is
for the execution % Thompson, !
II for Wade
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30
ElectrOnic Wonder

When a news dispatch the other day told
stall an electronic communication system to
send telephone messages over its rails from
trains running between Rocky Mount, North
Carolina and Florence. S. c., via Wilmington
and also for freight train operation in its South
Rocky Mount yards, it opened the door to
marvellous scientific story.
For here is one of the wonders in the field
of electronic and electrical developments in
railroad operation which passes in the news
as an everyday accomplishment.
The installation will be experimental, accord
ing to C. Med. Davis president of the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad company. The railroad
company proposes to develop the extent to
which the new method can be used to increase
efficiency of operation and supplement exist
ing safety devices.
The current carrying the messages is in
duced into the tracks from the locomotive,
caboose, or car in which the sending equip
men is located. The telephone and telegraph
lines on either side of the tracks also serve
to guide the messages on their way. This
feat is made possible by the use of low
carrier frequency resulting in an induction
field Of energy.
Orders, messages and signals thus sent are
under the special control OF the railroad since
they are confined to railroad property and are
not broadcast like radio. They do not inter-
uyi+h fo1oOraphg
wires parlleling the right Of way. They do
not tend to fade in tunnels and cuts like o1
binary radio, and since they are not broadcast
dc not have to be licensed. Conversations over
this system cannot be heard over ordinary ra-
dio receivers.
| Impulses carrying the messages pass from
the rail to the train or locomotive for which
they are intended through receiving coils To-
Gated in inductive relation to the rail-.
| The line selected for the train communication
experiment represents an important segment
OF the Coast Line system, serving military III
stallations at Seymour johnson Field, Bluthen-
thai Field Fort Fisher, Camp Davis and Camp
Lejeune, as well as shipyards and industries
here. Increased efficiency of operations will
result in expediting movement of military and
essential civilian freight and passenger traf-
tlc, according to Mr.. Davis. Particular atten.
ton will be given to the try-outs on those
portions of the doubletrack main line included
in the installations which are now equipped
with automatic block signals and automatic
train control
| Mr. Churchill not only endorsed the annexa-
ton of AZ per cent of Poland, charter member
of the United Nations, but has openly brought
pressure to interfere with the legitimate Pc.
fish government in order to force Poland to
sign away its rights without consultation with
the Polish people.--Co-odinating Committee Of
American-Polish Associations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30
Fair Enough

Editors note.-The Star and the News
accept no responsibility for the personal
views of Mr. Pegler. and often disagree
with them as much as many OF his read
ers. His articles serve the good purpose
of making people Think