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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-12-27

Beulah Kathrine Cline, Smiths
burg district, died at her home De
cember "a, after an illness of five
years, aged so years.
She was the daughter of Charles
and Mary Kathrine Bowers, Downs
vile.
Besides her parents she is sur
vived by: Her husband, D. Fred;
daughters, Mrs. Ned Martin Ha-
gerstown; Mrs Willis Kitchen, Dor
othy, Shelby j., Ronnie L., at home;
Valerie, townsville; sons, Edgar M,
Downsville; Homer c., Ellis T., ST.
mon, Lloyd M, Walter L., at home;
Pvt. Elmer, U. S. Army; sisters,
Mrs. Clarence Huntzberry, FEEDER
lex; Mrs. Ambrose Fox and Miss
Lagretti, townsville; brothers, Will
bur c., Lloyd, Donald, all of Downs
vile; Walter, Lappans; Bruce, Mid
dleburg, and Hersel, Clear Spring.
Clarence Alfred Snyder died at
his home, 100 West Potomac street,
Williamsport, on December Is, after
an illness of few hours, aged SO.
He was the son of Christian S.
and Susan (Connor) Snyder, Will
Transport, a member of the Meth
odist church, and an employee of
the tannery.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs.
John Tice and Mrs. Elva Grove and
a brother, Herman Snyder, all of
Williamsport. Several nieces and
nephews also survive.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-12-27

Charles E. Barnhart, aged two
months, died at the home of its fos-
ter parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. L.
Hurd, Security, on December Is.
Survivors include the following
foster brothers and sisters: Jesse,
Gloria, Kitty, Roger, Sharon, Ell
mer, Jr., Sandra, Nellie and Jenny
Lee, all at home.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-12-27

Francis L. Renner, rs, died De-
cember % at the home of his niece,
Mrs. w. H. Roane, 636 Highland
Way. He was a member of the EN-
manuel U. B. Church and was an
employee of the Hagerstown Table
Works.
Surviving is one sister, Mrs. Mol
lie Summers, this city.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-12-27
TOKEN SYSTEM
STRIKES BACK

NEWARK = Rationing was slap
ping back at the OPA here this
week as authorities sought to cut
off the source of red tokens jam
ming the mechanism of coin slot
and automatic vending machines,
dispatches said. Operators had
complained of jamming through
frequent use of tokens and OPA
District Director Richard ]. Tar
rant had called upon local mer-
chants to return all surplus token
supplies.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-12-27

Jacob F. House, 851 Guilford ave
nue., died at the Washington Coun-
ty Hospital on December "a, after
an illness of one week, aged So
years.
Born and reared in Virginia, he
was the son of William and Leona
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-12-27

William f. DOugherty, Big Pool
died on December %, at his home
aged 70.
A member of the Evangelical
Church at Big Pool, he is survived
by: His wife, Mrs. Clementine
Doughtery; brother, Lewis Dough
erty, this city; stepdaughter, Mrs
Bertha Warrenfeltz, this city
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-12-27

Mrs. Martha Ellen Case died at
her home in Smithsburg on Deem
Der "a, aged SO.
Surviving, besides husband, Will
liam Case, are: two daughters, Mrs.
Wilbur Robinson, Hagerstown, and
Mrs. Talbot Smith, York, Pa.
The last surviving member of her
family, she was a member of the
Methodist Church of Smithsburg.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-12-27

Built to house $50 guests, ho-
tel in Antrim, England, which is
popular holiday resort, has not
single bathroom. The town it.
self has no public water supply.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-12-27

The American cotton belt covers
100000 square miles and cotton is
grown in nineteen states out of the
forty eight.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-12-27

Coverstone House, and resided in
this city for most of his life He
was a conductor of the Western
Maryland Railroad and was a MEM
Der of the Order of Railway Con-
ductors and the Emanuel United
Brethren Church.
Besides his wife Ethel, he is sur
vived by: Five daughters, Mrs.
Worley ]. Griffin, Weaverville, N.
c.; Juanita, Norma, Berwyn and
June, and two sons, Bruce and DON
aid, all at home.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-12-27
CLA SIFIED
NOTICES

ATTENTION SPoRTSMEN - For
your conveniences, we also issue
hunting licenses. Open until p. m.
DELPHEY'S, 81 E. Franklin St.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-12-27

Ruth Esther Smith died at her
home, 81 Wayside avenue, Deem
Der 25, aged So.
She was born in Smithsburg, the
daughter of Daniel and Charlotte
Souders and was a member of the
Methodist church.
Surviving are: Children, Harry
", Jr., and William, this city;
George, U. S. Army; Mrs. Arlene
Schlotterbeck, the Misses June and
Betty Lou, this city; sisters, Mrs.
Della Mckenzie, this city; Mrs. Ola
Sandurs, Washington; brothers,
John and Victor Souders, both of
Hagerstown.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-12-27


c.; Juanita, Norma, Berwyn and
June, and two sons, Bruce and DON
aid, all at home.
Mrs. Martha Ellen Case died at
her home in Smithsburg on Deem
Der "a, aged SO.
Surviving, besides husband, Will
liam Case, are: two daughters, Mrs.
Wilbur Robinson, Hagerstown, and
Mrs. Talbot Smith, York, Pa.
The last surviving member of her
family, she was a member of the
Methodist Church of Smithsburg.
Dorsey BOward, Sc, at the Wash
ington County Hospital on Deem
Der %, of third degree burns,
sustained in a fire at his home in
an alley off West Washington street
the previous night
The son of the late Edward and
Sara Jane Boward, he is survived
by: Three sisters, Mrs. Harry Nc
Crory, Baltimore; Mrs Gertie Hays,
Philadelphia, Pa, and Mrs Effie
Rider, Hagerstown, and two broth
ers, Frank, of Michigan, and Ross,
of this city
Francis L. Renner, rs, died De-
cember % at the home of his niece,
Mrs. w. H, Roane, 636 Highland
Way. He was a member of the EN-
manuel U. B. Church and was an
employee of the Hagerstown Table
Works.
Surviving is one sister, Mrs. Mol
lie Summers, this city.
Edward Benjamin Staley died at
his home in Pinesburg on Deem
Der %, aged 68.
The son of Joseph and Mary Ann
(Martin) Staley, he is survived by:
His wife, Mrs. Edna (Banzhoff)
Staley; brothers, Frank, Williams
port; Joe, Pinesburg; Emory, Will
Transport; sisters, Mrs. Jennie Mum
inert, Mrs Loretta Teach, both of
Williamsport, and Mrs. Bessie
Shank, Pinesburg.
Mrs. Ethel Mary Ridgeway, a
former resident of this city, died
at the home of her son, Kenneth
P. Ridgeway, Baltimore, on Deem
Der %, after an illness of a few
hours, aged Al.
Born and reared in this city, she
was the daughter of Lewis and Mary
(Pryor) Toms, and a member of the
Christian Church.
Surviving, besides son, are:
Mother, Mrs. Mary M. Toms; sister,
Mrs. George Stouffer, and brother,
Lawrence Toms, all of Hagerstown.
William f. DOugherty, Big Pool,
died on December 90, at his home,
I aged 70.
A member of the Evangelical
Church at Big Pool, he is survived
by: His wife, Mrs. Clementine
Doughtery; brother, Lewis Dough-
erty, this city; stepdaughter, Mrs.
Bertha Warrenfeltz, this city.
George Edward Robinson died at
the Washington County Hospital on
/ December %, after a brief illness.
He was the son of the late Will
liam H. and Katie (Williams) Rob
inson. He was a member of the
Second Christian Church and B. P.
o. Elks No. 278.
He is survived by: One brother,
John Robinson, New York City,
and sister, Mrs. Malcolm Brown,
this city.
Mrs. Cora Amelia BOward, widow
of William L. Boward, 20 Summit
avenue, died at the Washington
County Hospital on December %
after an illness of six weeks, aged
IS.
Born and reared in Hagerstown
l,l,, IL i L r. II. m.
son, and a member Of st. Paul's
Methodist Church.
Surviving are: A daughter, Mrs
Bertha Hose; brother, Edward Mum
son, Chewsville; and one grand
child.
Continued on Page d.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-24
Bound By Decency

Premier Churchill, still informing the Axis
nations that unconditional surrender is still
the policy toward them, points out, however,
that it is not planned to exterminate them
Liquidation on the scale and by the methods
used by Nazi and Jap is not planned. Churchill
reminds those that the Allied Nations are hui
man, decent, restrained by the nature of their
people from savagery, wanton murder
wholesale extrpaton OF others.
But, I'VE accord you nothing as a right
Mr. Churchill warns. Yet although they have
forfeited the right to be treated decently, 1--WE
remain bound by our customs and our nature. y
Briefly, the people who plunged the world
into darkness are promised mercy, simply be-
cause Americans and Britons can't bring them
selves to slaughter civilians, to strangle and
starve them. Unconditional surrender doesn't
mean death to the millions surrendering.
We may have to help these people, although
Their. is little heart for that after what has
passed. But whatever the outcome the policy
to be pursued will not be one Of murder, ex-
tnction eradication of whole nations. We
couldn't bring ourselves to that.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-24
Dubious Prediction

Who are the cigaret smokers in these United
States? What daily ration does each feel he
needs to make and keep life more endurable?
That's one that the quiz kids in OPA could
never answer, which is why we have never had
government cigaret rationing.
Now the National Association of Tobacco Dis
tributors proposes that the country's neighbor-
hood tobacco dealers give the answers and
thus assure the success of Maids proposed
voluntary rationing plan And while we don't
doubt the deep thought and deep sincerity be-
hind the plan, we just don't think it will work.
Suppose for instance, that John Doe smokes
20 cigarets day His wife smokes five day.
Her father, who lives with them, is an alb
stemious old gentleman with touch Of asth-
ma who limits himself to one cigaret after
dinner
They don't confide their smoking habits to
the corner dealer But he can identify them
as fairly regular customers who are entitled
to ration cards. So they get them.
OF course Mrs. Does father might abstain
from applying for card. But the Does are
subject to prevailing human fears and frail-
ties. AS long as we can get EN- we might as
well take 'em, they figure. So the Doe family S
daily ration becomes As under the NATD Is
a-day plan, as against their daily consump-
ton of 26 cigarets
Or take the case of the Roe family who are
transferred to another city. They take their
old ration cards to the drug store nearest
their new home. They explain to the mer-
chant that they're from out of town.
He looks at their cards, which bear re-
tailers name but no address. He doesn't know
the Roes and tells them So Besides, he ex-
plains, he only has enough cigarets to supply
his regular card holders. The Roes 20 to
another store. Same routine, same answer
And so on.
Or we might take the case of the travelling
man, whose ration card gets him no farther
in strange town than a demand for one-day
laundry service.
Government rationing has demonstrated that
not even penalties for violations can make us
scrupulously honest and generous And, more S
the pity, there is little hope that We would see
much difference under voluntary, unenforce.
able rationing.
But there's always a corncob pipe
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-24
Navy Yard and Chess Boards

So now the Norfolk Navy Yard is building
Nation is reverberating with the cry of more
production of war materiel
1t remained for the special Senate investi-
eating committee under Senator Mead of New
York to charge that chess boards and other
items, obviously non-vtal, were being built at
the Naval installation
Since these senators have nothing to gain
by unfounded allegations, it is to be assumed
that the Navy Yard has turned out these
trlfllng items in time Of national emergency
No one will deny that chess is a game of
warfare. 1t was designed in India to allow the
warlke Mahrajahs an opportunity to practice
war bloodlessly. But, in this war, where over
100000 American casualties already have been
announced, it is difficult to see where game
OF chess is essential to the prosecution of the
struggle.
The Navy points to good production record
at the Norfolk yard But, how much better
would that record have been if, instead OF
chess ''oards, more ships had been built or
repaired?
| If the chess boards were for a morale fac
tor would not an inexpensive board, manu-
featured in bulk by company in that line
have sufficed? Building a chess board or &
miniature village requires time and manpow
er-precious items that everyone knows arr
vital to the defeat of the Axis
| 1t is small wonder, in the face OF. such
report that some members of Congress art
opposed to National Service law. They ap
parently feel that man still should have thu
right to refuse to build chess board.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-24
The Literary Guidepost

what used to be known as cad
and a bounder. Fearing he has
lost his wife's love, he finds con-
ISOLATION in the embraces OF prao-
tically all the young sopranos
studyiny under him.
OF the two girls figuring mos,
prominently, one goes on TO fame
and the other commits suicide
a long line of her ancestors had
done likewise while Tristan
and Isolde is being performed.
She takes poison with just the
words you would expect; Ugh!
Coward Down with it,. Bitter
Bitter-Bitter!"
This novel is like one found in
the attic of a house rented for the
summer. It goes way back beyond
the era of lavender and old lace,
it's done in purple and magenta,
scented with jasmine and tied up
with faded ribbons.
1t seems unfortunate to tarnish
Miss Baum's slick, polished repu-
tation by disinterring and publish
ing this. "Once In Vienna may
be the title, but the fact is, never
In Vienna and never anywhere
else.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-24
A Gag Grows In Brooklyn

Sidney H. Ascher, president of the Society
for the Prevention OF Disparaging Remarks
About Brooklyn, states in his annual report
that the proud and fiercely sensitive borough
of Greater New York was maligned o0l4 tunes
by stage, screen, radio and newspaper writers
in 1914. as compared with 3781 times IN l943'
We are falling for press agents gag IN
even mentioning Mr.. Ascher and his SPDRAB.
And we don't for a moment believe that Mr.
Ascher spent a great deal OF precious time
during the past year of decision in counting
the Ibels against his home town.
But we will say that in even implying that
that was all he had to do, Mr.. Ascher has
stretched the Brooklyn gag to the yaWnlng
point So we hereby swear Oft any further
variations of the same gag for the rest Of
1945. That goes for the Dodgers-and you, too
Noel Coward.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-24
Good Step

BECAUSE all benefit when cooperation De-
tween the CITY Council and Board OF county
commissioners is at a high pitch. Mayor Ron-
aid Lane is to be commenced 1oi appo1ii'---7
two member of the council as con1m1'lee
to confer with the commissioners on legislative
matters in which the two governments are io'
in complete accord
It's step, if followed properly, that Will
on far toward eliminating friction often IN
Cured through misunderstanding.
First lob of the councilmen appointed
Edgar L. Vow and Robert R. Romeo-ln 1he
conferences with the county board Will oeal
with the Bureau of Identification bill, which
the county has contested. They were also given
the go-ahead signal to discuss with the COM
n,issioners the citys opinions and feehng re-
gardine the proposed merger OF the city ana
county juvenile courts and the Board OF Health
financing measure.
Among the principal advantages OF this ar
rangement is that attainment OF accord mere
will help Representative Jack @. LeGrand ex-
pedite the legislation in Raleigh. In ironing
out the kinks locally, the details and lnten'
lions of the bills will be clear when they &c
up to him for introduction. Compromise may
be necessary in so-ne cases, but under TINS
system, public wranglng should be held to
the minimum.
In view of past experiences, Mayor Lane
action is sound and, if its purposes are follow
ed. will be beneficial to both city and county
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-24
CHURCH ON BEACH
HIGHWAY PLANNED

Plans for the erection of Pres
by;e-ian church on the CarolM
Beach road are going forward ray
isly and work is expected to peg"
very soon. Dr.. William Grove d.
pastor Of the First PresbyteF-an
Church of Wilmington, said yes
ter6sy.
The church. known as Oak Grove
chapel. was organized last SullliA'.
and services were held N 'eD'
located on the site of an ola ScH9..
building, about four miles Hu, ai
Wilmington. The new building WIN
be erected at the same loca"U"
Miss Sara Little directed the u,
gan:zation OF the church anu
now eng sea in establishing new
Sunday schools in needed areas
Oak Grove chapel is beng spo.
sored by the First church M Mo-
Caroline Newbold and Mr.. Cluu
Ward. Of this church, are Sefyln s.
as superintendent and asS-S'a"
super ntendent.
Until the new structure IS c0lu
pleted. all services are BENG I'.-
at the home Of c. D. Parker "a.
lima Beach road. The pubic -
vited &. all times.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-24
By KENNETH L. DIXON

ON THE BELGIAN FRONT,
Jan. 10.-Delayed)- (P During
the early stages OF the German
COMPREHENSIVE, battalion COM
mander found his outfit nearly sur
rounded and heavily outnumbered.
The position could not be held and
it became necessary to withdraw
before the final lone corridor of
escape was cut off.
But even that corridor was
chopped and slashed by shellfire.
Mortars burst regularly all along
it and small arms fire indicated
how difficult it was going to be
just getting out afoot. He realized
it would be impossible to take 1s
wounded men out with the rest OF
the battalion regardless of h S
wishes-and told them so in terse
sentences.
There was a quiet moment. Then
medical aid corporal from Oak.
land, Calf, spoke softly; Il will
stay with the wounded, sir. They'll
be needing attention until. his
voice tapered away into silence.
There was another moments ST.
lence as the mems minds consider.
ed the possibilities. Even when the
Germans eventually would arrive
there had been nothing lately tc
indicate they would conform tc
''ti1e rules of warfare" as far as
the medics were concerned, and
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-24

besides, shells, mortars and the
like know no Geneva regulations
whatever.
Another medical corporal f r o m
Portland, Ore, looked at private,
first class, from Berlin, Pa. Then
in three quiet words, they said to-
gether w h a they had to say:
Count US in.
That is all there is to their story
when you put it down on paper.
You can't print their names yet
and there isn't anything else to tell
because you do not know what hap
pened. But there was lot more IN
the minds of the rest of the boys
in the battalion as they filed out.
AS they looked back, they saw
three anonymous medics tending
the wounded while they waited
for mortars, shells. rifle fire or the
tender mercies of SIS supermen.
Capt. William ]. Hagood, OF Cor
bin, KY, can't speak French but
he can understand pictures. When
he knocked at the door of a Belgian
house, all he wanted was a place
to spend the night. He was tired.
When an old man answered the
door, he spouted French. That fall
ed. Then he made many gestures.
That failed.
But Bill was tired and it looked
like a good place to spend the
night. Finally. the old man invited
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-24
Daily Prayer
FOR A QUIET MIND

Father Of US all, who art over
all and in all. and whose might
ness reveals itself in particular
care of every one of Thy children,
we pray that we may abide IN con-
tentment amidst battling world.
Give US quiet minds that we may
accept Thee and Thy will in SIM
pie faith. Still the storms Of our
turbulent spirits - our doubtings.
our fears. our anxieties. With an
eye single for every plain duty.
however lowly, may we go through
the days trustingly. assured that
our times are in Thy hands, and
that Thou doest all things well.
May we meet in serene confidence
alike the petty irritations and the
great disasters that confront US.
Let the promised peace Of Christ
suffuse our whole being. SO that
our lives may be lived in Thee.
Amen w r F
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-24

The War
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War Anal,

In comparison to German bss,
casts claiming a new break.tbroY,ao'
against the American sevsrs,aa
Army in the west to Capture u
uenau, communications h3b ~ =
Rhine-Lauter salient above S,. @s
bourg, Allied Supreme HeadoraS
tiers gave small evidence Of gr.n .'
concern. save
General Eisenhower's snoka,u
seemed wholly confident that '' Il
battle Of the now substantiaIIv T Ts
Undated Belgian bulge and the D..
sian sweep across Poland mt
end to Nazi offensives possjbIr4i.
in the west of any major scone ~
ever, events in the west of tbon
That conclusion seems will ins ,
fled. Certainly with Russian sns.s
heads less than $50 miles tror
Berlin at two OR more points anu
still rolling. the mass Of Germ.
strategic reserves must be movn,
eastward.
Quite aside from the sapping q,
feet on the German deployneH. !,
the west the astounding Russi,r
winter campaign may have, how
ever, events in thewest of them.
selves tend to wash out the pos,i
bility that the Nazis can noun,
another counter-attack of anything
like the hitting power displayed n
the Belgian break-through,
There is no strategic Objective
at which the Nazis could be Amin,
in the Karlsruhe corner sector such
as warranted the attempt in Bel.
GUM which came perilously cloa
to disrupting the whole Allied west
front deployment. The vital hmgs
in Allied rear communicates
once lay just beyond the German
bulge front. There is no con1par.
able situation in the Karlsruhe cor.
ner, important as the Haguenau
road and rail hub is locally to the
American front there.
Another factor the Nazi com.
mander in the west must weigh i,
that General Eisenhower has avail,
able massed forces in the center
to throw either north or south now
that the Belgian bulge is all but
fattened out.
It seems obvious that the Ger
man escape from the Belgian bulge
was designed primarily to release
mobile troops all but trapped
there primarily for deployment in
reserve northWard, To that has
been added the urgent need Of
thinning down West Front reserves
to help meet the Nazi crisis in the
east.
Nor can it yet be judged whether
either purpose can be well served
due to the appalling losses in trans
port, armor and equipment in
flicted by Allied air power on Ger
man columns jamming the roads
in the final phases of the retrea
from the Belgian bulge.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-24
SO THEY SAY

We are today in this country 1aced with an
extraordinarily serious manpower shortage.
.Feather bedding without doubt contributes
to this shortage 1t has no place IN our war
effort-Dr. Herbert R. Northup' wLb region
al heating officer.
It is true that there is fuel used in planes
,,,hose octane rating scars to such an extent
that only the military authorities can define
it's ceiling but this is not good Tor automobiles.
I have yet to meet anyone VINO would care to
s.;.1a with an engine. that would make the
So same me noise as the power plant of fighter
~ . bomber.-C. B. Veal of Detroit, Co-ordi-
Mating Research Council manager
It should be evident by now to everyone
49, +his war has not been thought throngh
There is too much airy, irresponsible pronais.
mo and too little practical, down-to-eart rea.
soning-sen Kenneth S. Wherry (R) of Ne
braska.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-24
BIRTH RATE DROPS
IN NEW HANOVER
SINCE LAST YEAR

The birth rate in New Hanover
county dropped by 1865 babies last
year in comparison with 1913 pro-
baby attributable to slight de-
crease in population in this war
center. according to DR.. A. H. EE
liot, City-County health officer
A total of 1853 babies were de,
lirered here in 1914, as compared
TO 1924 the previous year. when
the influx of military personnel and
war workers was so heavy.
DR.. Elliot explained that the
heavy transfer of military and
war worker families from this area
probably caused the decrease III
births.
The death rate reduction was
negligible, with 81 persons dying
in -444 and 1913 in 1913, HE rate
as usual. was much higher among
persons in the older age bracket