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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-06-28

Far East Air Forces Headquarters.
Philippines-Sgt. Oneita Crosswhite
whose home is at 302 South Mulberry
street, was among the group of more
than IS Marylanders present at a
dinner held in honor of Senator
Willard E. Tydings during his re-
cent visit to the Philippines. Ser
geant Crosswhite is serving with
Philippine Headquarters of General
George c, Kenney's Far East Air
Forces.
The affair was held in a restored
building of LaCordia College, form
er Catholic mission school located
in the center of Manila, under the
direction of 1t. A. Walters, Sails
bury, now assigned to a Philippians
Civil Affairs Unit. The dinner,
which featured a menu reminiscent
of "Old Line" days, included fried
chicken and corn pone.
Senator Tydings, following the
dinner, spoke to the group on the
subject of each individual soldiers
responsibility in the social and
physical rehabilitation of Manila
and the Philippines. He stated, 81
speak to you not only as citizens of
the state of Maryland, but as repre-
sentatives of the United States in
a newly liberated country"
Tentative plans for the formation
of a Maryland Club in the Philip
pines were discussed during the
evening, details of which will be
released later.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-06-28

Headquarters, Fifteenth Air Force
Service Command in Italy - Allen
V. Davis, son of Mrs. Helen Davis
of so East Antietam street, Hagers-
town, Maryland, has been promoted
to the grade of Sergeant, accord
ing to a recent announcement by
Brigadier General James A. Molli-
son, commanding general of the
Fifteenth Air Force Service Com
mand.
Sergeant Davis, a 1912 graduate of
the Hagerstown high school, has
been member of the United States
Army Air Force since March %,
l943, and has been on foreign serv-
ice since September IA, 1943-serv-
ing North Africa as well as italy,
Sergeant Davis, is now assigned to
duty in the chemical warfare sec
ton at Headquarters Fifteenth Air
Force Service Command.
With The 18th Airborne Division
in France-S/Sgt. Milo DeLauter,
husband of Mrs. May E. DeLauter,
228, East Antietam street, Hagers-
town, member of the 326th
Glider Infantry Regiment of the
18th Airborne Division, paraded
with his battalion at the American
cemetery, Suresnes, in Paris on
Memorial Day.
Graves of former members of the
Regiment, killed in World War /,
were decorated and the battalion
passed in review before Major Gen
eral Koenig, French Military Gov
ernor of Paris.
Sgt. DeLauter is member of the
battle drill'' demonstration platoon
of his battalion. Before entering the
service in February of 1912, he was
employed by the Valley Supply
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-06-28

column Washington County
serving with the Armed
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-06-28

Richmond, Va. Assignment of
Lieut.. Enola M. Martin, Army
Nurse Corps, to duty at Mcclure
General Hospital, Richmond, Va, is
announced today by Colonel P. E.
Duggins, hospital commanding Off
Ger.
Lieutenant Martin, the daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick d. Mar
tin of Clear Spring, Md, entered
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-06-28

With The Fifth Army, Italy -
Pfc. Carl Drummer, whose wife, Ma
rian, lives at 643 South Potomac
street, Hagerstown, Maryland, fired
a .50-caliber machine gun to cover
withdrawal of trapped Yank raid
ing party on the Fifth Army front
during the Allied offensive which
resulted in unconditional surrender
of all German forces in Italy.
Normally serving with the crew
of 57-millimeter antitank gun, he
and other members of the outfit,
part of the 85th "Custer" Divisions
337th Wolverine" Regiment, had
armed themselves with machine
guns to better equip themselves for
more mobile warfare as the Yanks
broke out of the mountains.
A friendly patrol had been APP
pretended by Germans on high
ground on both TANKS. When the
Germans opened fire on the raiders,
the converted antitank men poured
machine gun fire across the terrain
held by the enemy and forced the
Krauts to keep to their foxholes.
The Yank patrol, moving under this
protective fire, was able to get out
in good order.
Before entering the service in
August, 1913, Pfc. Drummer was en-
ployed by the Pangborn Corpora
ton.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-06-28

With The 321st Bomb Group In
Italy - At We Day ceremony the
321st BIS Mitchell Bomb Group of
the 18th Air Force was presented
its second War Department citation,
highest honor attainable by COM
bat unit, and among those sharing
the honor is Flight Officer John H.
Sharer, who has served as a bombar-
der with the twice-cited group.
His mother, Mrs. Blanche |. Shar-
er, lives at 824 w. Washington St,
Hagerstown, Maryland.
The official citation published in
Washington lauds the BIS urit for
an attack against shipping in Tou-
lon harbor three days following the
invasion of southeran France. The
giant Battleship "Strasbourg," cru
User La Calissonnoire" and a sub
marine had been moved into posi-
ton to use their heavy guns against
the Allied invading forces. In one
smashing attack Mitchell bombers
of the 321st sent all three Warships
to the bottom, an unprecedented
feat in medium bombing annals.
One of the oldest bomb groups
overseas, the 321st combat in March,
1945, and played a major role in
bringing about the final defeat of
the German armies in Italy. In 897
missions the 321st sent out more than
$4,000 Mitchell bombers to attack the
enemy in Tunisia, the Mediterran-
can islands, Italy, the Balkans,
France and Austria.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-06-28

Company, Middletown He is now at
Sens, France, awaiting redeploy-
ment.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-06-28

With The 106th Infantry Division
In Germany The promotion of
First Lieutenant Ray E. Shirley of
Hagerstown, Md, from second
Lieutenant was announced recently
by oath Infantry Regiment Head
quarters, now part of Lieutenant
General Leonard T. Gerow's Fiji
teenth Army.
The lieutenant's wife, Mrs. Ray
E. Shirley, and their two children,
Rayetta and Robin, reside at 918
Pope Ave, Hagerstown.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-02
YANKS RESTORE
ITALIAN FRONT

ROME, Jan. 1.-(UP) -American
Fifth Army forces have surged
forward in a mile and a half ad-
vance north OF Barga to seize
Sonmocolonia Allied headquarters
announced today.
The advance, coupled with those
announced yesterday, represents a
gain Of four miles in two days,
spokesman pointed out, adding that
Allied troops virtually have sue
ceeding in restoring positions held
prior to the short-lived German
southwark push in the Serchio riv-
err valley. The village of Gallicano,
II miles inland from the Ligurian
sea, still is in German hands,
however, and is guarded by ring
of artillery-firing strongpoints In
the surrounding hills.
Sommocolonia, a hill village a
mile and a half north of Barga.
was the first position seized by
the Germans in last weeks coun-
teroffensive which, according to
first reports, appeared to lmperil
the whole network of Allied gains
on Italy's west coast. At the west
ern end of the six-mile wide bat
tie sector, other Fifth Army forces
made limited gains.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-02
AIR CONDITIONING
INCREASES OUTPUT
OF AIRPLANE FABRIC

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 1-UP.
Air conditioning is playing an
important role in the production
of training planea at the U. S.
Naval Aircraft factory here, and
has increased production by 81
per cent.
The equipment. designed by en-.
gineers of the York Corp. in York,
Pa, is installed in two rooms where
fabric for aircraft is conditioned
and for the first time this work
can 90 uninterrupted "a hours 6
day, seven days a week, whereas
formerly the rooms had to be shut
down when the humidity was toe
high or too low.
Previously in the fabrication
room, where the canvas is
stretched over the frame of air
craft, a sudden change in humid
ity caused the stretched fabric tc
sag and necessitated recovering the
whole plane. In the dope room hui.
nudity changes caused minute
cracks in the varnish and the
planes had to be re-painted, re-
ducing the speed of the aircraft by
Is miles an hour. The only alter
native was to replace the whole
covering.
The air-conditioned rooms are
now kept at an even temperature
of 80 degrees with relative hui
nudity of 81 degrees, eliminating
the former difficulties and permit
ting uninterrupted work.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-02
Music Library Honors
Louisiana Choral Master

-
LAKE CHARLES, La. Jan. /
-UP)- A memorial music Ii
brary has been started at John
McNeese Junior College here to
oerpetuate the memory of Robert
Leake, who for many years pre-
2edlng his death in 1888 had been
4 leader in musical performances
n Lake Charles.
The present nucleus of the Rob-
ert Leake memorial library in
cludes old English musical publ
cations dating back more than $50
years, modern reproductions of
medieval classics, and works COW
ering a wide field of instruction
and reference matter.
Leake for years hau promoted
the formation OF choral and or
chestral groups and had been pres
ident of the citys concert associa-
ton
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-02

Their hearts are young and gay
like the pockets on frock, Pat
ern 1889. Pattern includes sun
suit, slip and panties-all very
easy to sew.
Pattern 1898 is available in sizes
& months, l, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
years. Frock, size 2, takes l 1-8
yard, 35-inches; IA yard contrast,
This pattern, together with a
needlework pattern for personal or
household decoration, TWENTY
CENTS.
Send TWENTY CENTS in coins
for these patterns to The Whining.
ton Morning Star, 1865 Pattern
Dept, 232 West 18th ST., New
York II, N. Y. Print plainly SIZE
NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE MUM
Der.
FIFTEEN CENTS more brings
you the Marian Martin Fall anc
Winter Pattern Book full of smart
easy-to-nake styles. A free patterr
is printed right in the book.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-02
BROTHERS, NAMED
THE SAME, MEET
4 FOR FIRST TIME

FOREST LAKE. Mimi. Jan. !
-UP)-Ole Lee. rs, and Ole Lee.
So. are full brothers, which isn't
the only remarkable fact concern
ing them. They never had seen
each other until they got together
for Christmas vacation at the
farm home of the younger Ole two
miles northwest of here.
The circumstance of their hav-
ing the same name resulted from
the belief of the parents that the
older son had died after leaving
his home in Trondheim, Norway,
to 60 to sea in 1888. when he was
10.
Two years later the younger Ole
was born. and named in honor OF
his older and supposedly deceased
brother.
Young Ole came to the United
States in 1910, lived at Fargo,
N. D., for a time, homesteaded in
Montana and eventually took up
his present acre farm here. While
living in Montana he met man
who said he knew another Ole Lee,
in Spokane, Wash, and that there
was striking resemblance be-
tween the two. A series of letters
resulted in the meeting here.
Ole the elder had come to the
United States in the ZOOS, lived at
Albany, N. Y, and Minneapolis,
before going OH to Spokane in 1905
to learn the Matchmaker trade.
The brothers found that there
had been still another parallel in
their lives. Each named his oldest
son Arnold.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-02
TUESDAY, JANUARY


late 10 incorporate.
TUESDAY,, JANUARY
5:45-Front Page Farrell Serial nbc
Wilderness Road Serial Act - chs
Iapt .4lanlght. Serial blu-basic
Hop HarfIgan III Repeat other blu
6:OO-News Report for Is Minis. nbc
Quincy Howe and News Time chs
Repeat OF the Terry Serial = blu-west
Prayer; Comment on the War - mbs
6:l5-Americas Serenade Sports nbc
Edwin c. Hill IN Commentary chs
AT. ~ vi the Jerry Serial blu-west
Chick Garter, a Boy Detective mbs
6:3o-Ted Huslng Talks on Sports - chs
J."h Armstrong III Repeat blu-West
Repeat Superman's Serial nlbs-West
6:45-LoNell Thomas & NeWscast - nbc
World News and Commentary chs
henry J. Iay'or Comment - olu-baSlc
Capj. Midnight i'll repeat oln-west
Repeat of Tom Mix Serial - mbs-West
T:ua-Cumos Supper Club nbc-basic
New l5-Ninute Radio Series chs
SIDE Show with Dave Elman blu
Fulton Lewis. Jr. Comments nlbs
1:l5-War News from the World - noc
To Be- Announced Us Mins.} -mbs
730-Dick Haynes & Show nbc-basic
The Irresistibles in Vocal other chs
American Melodies. Songs. Orc. - chs
Green Hornet, Detective Drama blu
Arthur Hale in Comment mbs-east
7:45- Katenborn and Comment - nbc
Music g. Lyrics. Frances Greer - mbs
s:oo-Ginny Simms ana Guests - nbc
Big Town." Newspaper Drama - chs
Ted Malone's Overseas Show - blu
Frank Singiser Newscast mbs-east
8:l5-Lum and Abner Serial Skit - blu
Sunny Slsylar Song Serenade mbs
Romance. Love Story, Dramas chs
s3O-A Date with Judy, Drama - nbc
Alan Young Comedy Program - olu
Row Rogers Variety ShoW-mbs
s:a5-tive Minutes News Period chs
9:00-The Mystery Theater nbc-baelc
Inner Sanctum Mystery Drama - chs
Oracle Fields in Variety Show go blu
Gabriel Heater and Comment - mbs
o:l5-l19amaS from Real Life - mbs
9:3o-Fibber MCGEE and Molly - nbc
This Is My Best, Drama, Music - cos
Spotlight Bands. Guest Orches.-blu
American Forum. Guest Panel - mbs
e:55-Five Minutes Story Teller - blu
Hopes Comedy Variety - nbc
Service to the Front. Dramas - chs
To Be Announced Us Minst - blu
10:15-Andy Russell's Song Show - blu
Paul Schubert's War Comment - mhs
10 Hildegarde's Variety Show - noc
Congress Speaks for Is Minis. chs
To Be Announced go Mns.) blu
Dance Orchestra 80 minutes - mbs
10: 45-Behind the Scenes via CBS-cps
lI:G}-News for IS Minutes nbc-basic
The Supper CLUB Repeat other nbc
News. Variety. Dance hr. - cbs-biu
Newsreel; Dance Orches. 3 hr. mbs
i1l.7- Variety and News to l am. - nbc
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-02
RADIO
WMFu wilmington
l4OO KC

TUESDAY, JANUARY
i.30-t amlly Altar
1:45-Musical Clock.
8:oo-News with Martin Agronsky.
8:15-Musical Clock.
8:30-Blue News Correspondents.
3:45-Rosa Rio.
9:U0-Ihe Breakfast Club.
10:00-My True Story.
1U:-3-Aunt JENNA Show.
l0:3G-Lets Dance.
10:45-Ihe Listening Post.
ll:0o-Breaktast al Sardis.
1l:o0-Gli Maftyn, News.
ll:+5-Jack Berch and Boys.
l2:Oo-Glamour Manor.
1880 D. m.-Farm and Home Makers.
1:0o-Baukhage Talking.
l:l5-Musical Interlude
MISUNDERSTANDING Star-News.
1:30-Ethel and Albert.
1:45-Carole O'Hara.
2;00--klernan News Corner.
2:15-The Mystery Chef
2:30-Ladies be Seated.
3:oO-Songs from Morton Downey.
3:I5-Appointm with Life.
3:i5-Yours Alone.
4:0o-Tinle Views the News
4:15-Ozark Ramblers.
4:30-That's For Me.
4.45-flop Harrigan
5:00-Terry and the Pirates
5:l5-Dlck Tracy.
530-Palestine Speaks.
54o-Treasury Salute.
6:00-kiernan' News Corner.
6:l5-Musical Interlude.
Wilmington Star News.
6:30-Your Richfield Reporter
6:45-Pegsy Mann Sings.
7:G0-Lets Dance.
7:30-Longine' Concert Hall Of the All
o.JU-IUp OF me Evening.
3:15-Carolina Playboys.
8:30-The Alan Young Show.
9:00-Gracie Fields.
s:30-Victory Paraae of Spotlight Bands
@:33-Coronet Story Teller.
1O:00-Listen the Women.
10:3u-Hal Mcintyre.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-02
Fighting Infantry Captain
Is Pride Of Family Army

OMAHA. Neb.. Jan. 1.-(UP)-
It's probably just another 100 per
cent American family backing the
war effort to its utmost, but 1t S
a remarkable family at that.
The sons of O. A. Melcher, an
amploye of the Union Pacltlc rail-
road. include major, three cap
t1ins. and a corporal with the
state guard. The sevents member
y the family, Mrs. Melcher, is a
war worker, too-she works at
'ne Red Cross and keeps house.
All the men in the family have
worked for the Union Pacific some
time during their lives. The father
ls employed in the office OF the
CHEF engineer. The youngest son,
Eobert 10, who is in the State
Guard, works in the freight traffic
department..
Maj. John F Melcher, 81, is in
Italy. He took part in the inva-
sion of Africa and fought through
the Tunisian campaign with a tank
group. Then he was transferred
to the Quartermaster corps and
went through Sicily and into Italy.
Capt Willis A. Melcher, So, is
a doctor who entered the army in
1889 and was stationed in Panama
two years. He returned to the
United States for several months
hue he is again overseas.
Capt. Philip R. Melcher, q, has
been kept in the country because
u a football injury suffered at
college. He is assigned to pris-
oner of war camp at Muskogee,
Okla
But The family is especially
proud of Capt. Richard D. Mel
cher, who has received the Silver
Star medal for wiping out single
handed a machine-gun nest in a
Normandy church. He also re-
&C we'd the Purple Heart after suf-
fering wounds in his face and foot
while leading his company in bat
tie in france.
His infantry company had been
pinned down by the fire from the
enemy nest and instead of sending
the customary patrol to wipe out
tie Nazi group, the captain
crowded toward the church, turn
ed on his side and threw three
hand grenades through a window.
He destroyed the nest an the
company advanced.
But the men were halted again
by German fire from hedgerow.
Again Capt. Melcner led the at
tack He fired his carbine until
he was out IF ammunition, picked
ub a Browning automatic rifle,
empued it, grabbed a machine
gun without tripod and sprayed
the Nozis until all were killed
The company advanced once
more.
Five times during the advance
against terrific German artillery,
Lapt. Melcher was Rocked I'M
conscious by shell bursts. Once, he
wrote his parents, he was scratch
ee by an &c but the wound war
ranted the Purple Heart award.
After the company crossed the
Mosselle River, a German mortar
crew discovered the captain on top
O hill where he had taken the
position of an observer. Three
mortar ~nels blanketed the TOP
OF the hill and fragments lodged
in Captain Melcher, He was taken
tc an English hospital where he
|rccuperated. The men in the Cap.
tains' company have respected
him as the kind of an officer
we'd follow anywhere he wanted
tn crO ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-02
IFS To Attend Farley
OF Evangelistic Clubs

CHARLOTTE, Jan. 1.-UP)-
Approximately 1875 members will
attend the National Association OF
Businessmen Evangelistic clubs
meeting of its general executive
committee today, which is to be
climaxed by a dinner, it has been
announced here.
Among those meeting with the
committee today will be President
Frank A. Fades of Roanoke, Va,
and Vice President V. w. Patter-
son of Charlotte.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-02
A 'Ducky Duck

Object of praise from comman-
ders in the european and South
west Pacific theatres is the two
characterization amphibian truck,
known as the Duck, principal
feature of which is that it can
carry battle supplies from trans
ports severe miles offshore to
inland supply points and, on the
return trip. carry out battle cas-
ualties to hospital ships.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-02
OVER THE NETWORKS

Eastern War Time Pm.
Changes IN programs as listed due to
corrections by networks made too
late 20 incorporate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-02
Persnnalized Temperature

Postwar air conditioning plans
call for personalized temperatures,
room by room. A diel, similar to
that on the face of a radio, changes
individual room conditions with
out affecting the balance of the
h1li11ino
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-19
.Supers Awarded Win
After Game Protest

meets Golden Bears in the sec
ond, and Vivo Welding takes on
Goebel in the nightcap.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-19
Want a Fight:
Then Look Up
Juan Zurita

LOS ANGELES, Jan. l9-(P
Juan Zurita is well-behaved.
peace-loving native OF Mexico
City, but he'd like to fight some
body before or on Feb. q.
If Juan, who is the MAS
lightweight boxing champion,
doesn't defend his crown by that
date, he's out in the cold, and he
doesn't envision- that situation
with any relish.
Zurita was TO have boxed a
Los Angeles Negro, John Thorn
as, on Feb. 81. The bout was all
set for Los Angeles at a SIS top.
Thomas used TO have quite a
following here. He won 81
straight fights and then bumped
into Willie Joyce and Slugger
White, the one-eyed human dy-
namo. That marked the end of
his ascendancy. Last week the
Army called up Thomas.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-19
Red Wings
Boast New
Club Record

DETROIT, Jan. - - (P) -
BY defeating tine New York
Rangers 7 TO 3 in a much delayed
game that ended shortly before
one o'clock this morning, the De-
troit Red Wings today boosted a
new club record Of eight straight
National Hockey League victor
les at home.
Most of the 1857 fans in the
stands at $50 p. m, the sched-
uled starting time, Whiled away
two hours and 43 minutes wait
ing for the game 10 start, read
ing newspapers, consuming a
near-record number Of hot dogs
and listening 70 organ music.
Weather conditions in the East
forced rerouting Of the Rangers
train, delaying their arrival
seven hours.
When the game finally got
under way at ll:l3 p. m. the
Rangers appeared 10 be bene-
fitting from the additionalreSt-
Hank Goidup led off for New
York with a goal at 4:29 Of the
first period, and after Tony
Bukovich and Joe Carveth gave
Detroit a 81 edge, Fred Thurier
made good on a major penalty
shot TO knot the count Is seconds
before the period ended.
From that time on ii was the
Wings all the way, Murray
Armstrong, Earl Seibert and
Bukovich made it So for Detroit
at the end OF the second stanza,
and Carvcth and Modere Mud
Bruneteau gave the Wings a
five goal edge before Phil Wat
son scored New York s final goal
five minutes before the game
ended al y SO a. m.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-19
St. Mory's IS
Going After
1st Victory

ST. Mary's Mountaineers, who
have not been such big obstacles
To their opponents so far this
season, viii still be trying for
their first win of the year. when
they meet St. Alphonsus of Dear
born N their first home game
of this season at BIS p. m. The
reserves will play at 7:30 p. m.
Both games are on the st. Mary's
gym.
The leaders in the second
division of the West Side Cath
Ole League, the St. Alphonsus
quintet has chalked up four
straight vIctoryS in their present
campaign, and will beam as the
toughest barrier thus far, in the
Mountaineers fight for victory.
Handicapped somewhat as was
the school football team this
past season, lack of manpower
and so on, the Mountalneer
baSketDalI team may yet PICK up
before the campaign ends, and
turn in some wins. Employing
a zone defense, the Mountaineers
Will try TO keep the villains
away from their basket tonight,
and break through their oppon-
ents man 10 man defense.
Again we wish TO point out
that not too much of the blame
for ST. Maryis record should fall
on Coach Homer Van Hollen-
beck. handicapped for time as
he is, the youthful coach has
taken on alone a difficult job.
St. Mary's lineup: Lowe,
center; Ballantine and Bates,
guards; Bubay and Petitpren,
guards.