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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-20

the bay. In case you don't already
known, Yokohama is just below Tok-
yo along the bay Yokohama was
not hit so hard as Tokyo, but you
can certainly tell that it was hit.
There's whole areas that have been
f1attened to the ground nothing left
but tin roofing and other metal
things that won't burn.
1 took a couple of pictures on
Okinawa. The scenery there is very
picturesque, with lots of hills and
gulleys. The trees there are mostly
pine-I kinda liked the place. I
also took couple pictures from the
air as we came in to land here. but
I'm not so sure how well they will
turn out. I'm running low on film,
but Kitty sent me some more and
it should arrive before so long.
I'm living in what was a silk
plant and its not so bad. These
Jap beds sure are hard though.
They have mattresses stuffed with
straw, but it feels more like they're
stuffed with concrete, and there's no
spring to the bed, just hard wood.
I've received some mail already
we have daily service between here
and Manila, so I should get my
mail one day after it arrives at
Manila.
So long for now
Love,
Norman
Technician Foltz is attached to
GA General Headquarters (Advanc-
ed Echelon.)
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-20

Official U. S. Navy Photo)
Bernard E. Miller, 26, chief gun
ner's mate, USN, whose wife, the
former Miss Jessie I. Daley, and
their two-year-old daughter, Bev-
erly Rose, make their home on
Alexander street, is serving aboard
the USS Natoma Bay, a Navy sup
port carrier in the Pacific.
Chief Miller, who entered the
Navy in January, 1886, has served
on five other warships before com
ing aboard the Natoma Bay in Sep
TENDER 1914. He has participated in
nearly every major assault opera
ton from Guadalcanal to Okinawa.
A brother, Arthur c., is in the
Army, and another, Melvin E., is
also in the Navy.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-20
Junior Police Club
Now In Full Swing
Clubs Director, Police Officer
Schmidt, Has Diversified Pro-
gram.

The Junior Police Club has its
fall and winter program in full
swing, with an interesting, instruc-
tive and diversified program arrang-
ed by the clubs director, Police
Officer Schmidt.
In addition to plenty of fun, in
the way of boxing, wrestling and
other athletic activities and games,
officer Schmidt has set up class
Of craftsmanship, including wood
work, metalwork and leatherwork.
The necessary tools and equipment
are on hand and volunteer instruc-
tors are teaching the different
classes. Officer Schmidt has also ar
ranged for members of the club to
enjoy the gymnasium and swim
ming privileges of the YMCA on
Saturdays, through the courtesy of
Mr.. Klopfer, physical director.
At the regular monthly meeting
Oh the board OF Governors of the
club, held at the City Hall last week,
the members heard very encourage
ing report. The treasurer, Claude
Potterfield, reported that the finances
OF the club, now a participating
member of the Community Chest,
were in a very sound condition, and
secretary Hershey and Police Officer
Schmidt gave an interesting account
OF their recent visit to Cumberland.
where they inspected that City's
Junior Police Club setup. They also
reported that they were endeavor-
ing to get Major Brown, former
Chief of Police in Washington, D. c..
and founder of the Junior Police
Club movement in Washington. to
pay the local club visit.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-20
Local Boy Writes His Parents From
Yokohama; One Of First Group To Arrive
Technician Norman Folz Writes Interesting Description OF
Japanese City And OF Wars Destruction.

The parents of Technician Third
Class Norman L. Foltz, Mr.. and Mrs.
S. E. Foltz, 451 West Antietam ST.,
have received an Air mail letter
from him, datelined Yokohama, Sep
TENDER 2.
Believing the letter would be of
interest to our readers, we obtained
Mr.. Foltz's permission to publish it
in full-and here it is:
Yokohama
September 1945
Dear Mother and Dad,
l guess you'll be a little bit sur
prised to learn where I am. l left
Manila on Dads birthday, stopped
a day at Okinawa and arrived here
the morning of the 3Oth. I came by
air-on a C-54, one of the largest
transports. 1t was quite an interest
ing trip as that was the first time
I've ever Travelled any distance by
air. That was a very nice plane
was on, just like those new train
coaches with reclining seats. 1t was
a very smooth ride all the way.
Everything has been going very
smoothly here-no difficulty at all.
came in just about with the first.
The only ones who came in before
were few technicians etc. who
made certain the field was okay and
got things ready in general. They've
been coming in steadily since then,
by both air and water.
The surrender papers were signed
this morning right out in the bay
here. Our office looks right out over
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-20
'Hagerstown Fair Is
Attracting Crowds
Congress Of Daredevils To
Perform Friday and Saturday.

Despite the rain on opening day,
the Hagerstown Fair, bigger and bet
ter than ever, is drawing enormous
crowds and everyone is loud in their
praise of the exhibits and enter
tainment.
Tomorrow night and Saturday aft
ernoon, the sensational Congress of
Daredevils' will put on their death
defying act in front of the grand
stand and those who have seen the
act, describe it as the most sensa-
tional ever performed.
The fair will continue in full swing
through Saturday with every ex-
hibit and all the Midway shows re-
naming until the gates finally close.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-20
DOUGHNUTS DROPPED
TO OKINAWA TROOPS

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES bombing
was one of the campaigns innova-
tons in aerial activity here, accord
ing to report by Marine Corps
Combat Correspondent David Stick;
but it was no reflection on the quail
ity of the bakers of the Second Ma
rine Air Wing.
Their doughnuts, made under the
auspices of the Red Cross, were
dropped to front line troops by par
achute, along with ammunition,
medical supplies, water and rations.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-20

Mrs. S. Sloan Colt, of New York,
who served from November, 1943,
until recently as deputy commits
sioner for the American Red Cross
in Great Britain and Western Eu-
rope, has been appointed national
director of Volunteer Special Ser
vices to succeed Mrs. Richard M.
Bissell, who resigned to assume other
duties.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-20
L. Vinton | Hershey
Heads Chest Drive
Campaign Will Get Under
Way November ID; Executive
Committee Named.

The initial steps to begin the 1945
Hagerstown and Washington County
War Fund and Community Chest
campaign were taken at special
meeting of the Board of Directors
of the Community Chest Organize
ton by electing officers and the ex-
ecutive committee for this years
campaign.
L. Vinton Hershey, who has served
in various capacities with the Chest
since its inception, has been elected
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-20

Leatherman, Smithsburg, Route l.
Third row: Margaret Ann Carroll,
Berkeley Springs, w. Va; Nancy
Bankerd, New Windsor; Anna Fogel-
sanger, Scotland, Pa; Josephine
Spielman, this city; June Spring,
Great Cacapon, w. Va; Mary Jane
Adams, this city, and Betty j. Creek,
this city.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-20

Pictured above are the q students
who enrolled as Cadet Nurses at
the Washington ounty Hospital, on
September 10. Reading from left to
right they are:
Front row: Rosetta Tritch, this
city; Betty Nuckels, this city; Esta
Everts, Hancock; Naomi Taute,
Sharpsburg; Aida Louise Hoke,
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-20
China Needs Set At
144,OOO,OOO Units

The nations 1945 requirements
of whitfield chinaware for civilian
mass feeding establishments has
been estimated a t414,000,000, 900
units.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-20

The entire organization staff is
now in process of formation and
Chairman Hershey states that, from
the splendid response of those who
have so notably served in this
worthy project in the past, he is
looking forward to another success
full Campaign this year.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-20

Many Saw Show
More than 100000 servicemen all
over the world saw "This Is The
Army during the past two years.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-20

Shippenburg, Pa; Ruth Peiffer, Hag-
erstown Route 8, and Elva Smith,
Smithsburg.
Second row: Este1le Spring, Great
Cacapon, w Va; Virginia Lee Kitz-
miller, this city; Beatric Davis, this
city; Christine Keller, Middletown;
Wanda Basore, this city; Mary
Arnold, Myersville, and Martha
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-20
PLEASE COOPERATE

1t is important, that when
you receive your subscription
expiration card that you mo-
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or cancellation. Thanks.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-20

Due to lack of space, my story
about the so-called Maryland FEEDER
alton of Republicans will have to be
postponed until next week.
Milford chronicle., 1945-11-16
AWASAINGTONA
y snApsAo1s!;.=iiiis s!;.iiiis i
By James Preston
train To Apples

on'tim" grain miller. white
haired Senator Hugh Alfred Eut-
ler of Nebraska. Republican Na-
tional C0mmittceman. has cut
across party lines To team up with
applc-groWing Senator Harry Rvrd
ot Virginia. Democratic National
Committeeman. to save the tax
payers money
The Byrd Butler bill proposcS To
do this through giving Congress
authority TO find out what has been
and Is happening 10 the hundreds
of millions of dollars tossed around
by the hundreds OF Government
corporations. such as the Recon
StIuction Finance Corporation. l.
;. Housing Authority and the Ten
neSsee Valley Authority
The picture OF sound and heal
thy elder statesman. Nebraska s
Hugh Butler is rising to national
stature in his cooperation with Viz
ginia's Byrd to cut down reckless
expenditures of the taNpaying pub
lies hard-carned coin.
Doln Nallc! Wen
Senator Butler created a stir in
1913 with his charges that the New
Deal had boondogGlcd 81 billion in
Latin America to win over unrc-
ceptiVe good nejghh0rs. He later
conducted a tax survey of business
to expand employment.
Senator Butler was born in Miss
ouri Valley. Iowa. g. years ago
Grains from NchraHka's fertile
plains became his business. and he
was a successful miller before en-
torinS the Senate in 1871. He knows
the value of a dollar. and Senator
Byrds long fight against Govern
ment waste made sense to him.
Senator Byrd is a valley man
himself educated in the appI,
country'S Shcnadoah Valley Acad-
envy. Started work at Is ON TIL,
Winchester Na.D Star and wound
up publishing il also The Harri-
SonburG tNaD News Record Pub
fishing 4 couple OF small ncwspa-
pers is good way of learning thai
money wasn't made to be wasted
Milford chronicle., 1945-11-16
THE LOW DOWN FROM
HICKORY GROVE

Once in a tull moon or maybe a
little ottoncr. will cct Special
Delivery letter or send one my
self And cvcry time do. il All
tatoS me whom | see the rate has
been hlked To IL cents > cents fnr
the regular stamp and r. cents for
me special Sh" used 10 he cents
and IT. cents - cents altogcthcr.
SO the new rate is up 33 per cent
and We are supposed Ia be against
higher prices and initiation. But
right i'll our own T. O., and the
Govt. where most of the prcachin'
Is coming from about nnation
they 30 To work and ups the post
age.
But last week was rcadin
where an oil company wanted to
sell some aviation gasoline for uSr
IN cars. and being 4 surrr-gaS they
asked II per cent more The OPA
Sald To 'cln. hruthcr. mo sale =
And tn" NPA stin hciu2 N The
driver scat. The Ga> u OF Tho
market
And to add insult. The last ypc
clal delivery l6-cent letter we got.
came via the regular route lust
PLAIN regular Hickory %-cont stvlc
speed Anybody understanding in
natlon or the OPA they are AN
ElnStcin. or almost
Yours with the low down.
10 SIERRA
Milford chronicle., 1945-11-16
VETERANS INFORMATION
COLI Mn
TDtC ALTON
IDlt tTIo>

lIurh confusion aud mi@und"r-
-taudIug Is prevalent among our
scIyIcrmru and women as 10 the
educational features as prescribed
in the G. l. Elll of RIGHTS.
Thy scrviccmcu's R"adjustm"mt
Act OF 1914 provides an educational
prueram toI all returning veterans
who have served at least ninety
days and arc discharged under con
ditlonS other than diShOnOrdhlc y
one year rrircShcr or rCtrIlnnG
course is available without regard
To the age of the veteran when he
entered the service. He may take
This course in any approved school
or establishment where he wishes
institutional or ON the job train
ing To hc entitled 10 further cdu-
cation al Government expense be
%und one year. h" must show that
his education or training WAS in
t"lrupred Ivy the war If he WAS not
over - years Ot age when he en-
tered the service. il is presumed
that his education was interrupted.
This additional education or train
Ing beyond one year may not cX-
rced an additional three years and
is determined on length of service
ana satisfactory progress in the
course pursued, The law author
ICES rs much as $500 per year for
tuition ana Other necessary cX-
pcns"s. plus subsistence allowance
ol s." pen month ii without de
pcndruts or So per mouth if he
has a dependent or dependents.
Milford chronicle., 1945-11-16

GENERAL. MARSHAII'S final report
on the war his peace proposals for military
preparedness and his GRIM warming of pre-
pare or perish" should be 'rcquircd" read
ing for every American. It calls attention To
the development of 6o0-mllc-;m-hoU planes.
10000 pound bombs, and finally the ultimate
in destructive power, the atom bomb, II
there should be another war. the enemy viii
attack with ''SupcrSonic" speed Never again
will distance protect this country from at
tack Never again will this country have
years to construct defcnScS after war starts,
Our fate may be decided in days, hours. even
minutes.
The cyncS and the philosophers who
think that the world will always be afflicted
with war because war is part of normal hui
man behavior. should study MarShall's re-
port If the horror it depicts IS normal, then
why bother with the claptrap of schools. uni
VcrSltiCS, churches, "hlghCr education and
all the paraphernaIia of what we are pleased
to call civilization? Why drapc distinguished
pcrsonages of superior mentality in caps and
gowns? Why send them out with little gold
keys and Greek letter badges hanging from
their vests advertising their intellectual ca
pacitieS to advise and teach the rest of us
Why send them to international conferences
where they JON in the gibbCrSh of "diplo-
macy while the rest of us stand around
aWed by portentouS stage settings? Why 90
through all this rigmarole if war and total
destruction are inevitable at the end of the
play?
Something is wrong somewhere Normal
people are kindly They don't want to fight
and kill Different languages, different flags
different habitS-thcSc things are superficial
War comes because the leaders of groups and
the leaders of nations fail to measure up to
the responsibilities imposed upon them. So
called mad men never commit the world to-
war until condition is established by sup
poscdly sane men that creates following for
mad men.
Are we capable of understanding the inn
phcationS of General Mal'Shall's words, or
will we allow the pcrvcrSion of science and
higher education to destroy mankind?
Milford chronicle., 1945-11-16

conditioned by the fact that = farm
is a place on which to live as well
as place to make living In
seeking To discover the particulars
OF all these precautions, that arc
backed by the Agriculture Dcpart-
ment. the qUCStiOucr is nnDrcSsrd
with the idea that modern farming
ana success can he achieved only
ny progressive methods that usc
the spade and the hoe and the rake
ana recognize the fact that in or
der To cultivate and prepare the
Soll. successfully. SOW and nlont
seeds. remove the crops and do
the job. that he must follow thc
procession which is now making =
success of agriculture through the
use OF farm tractors and improved
machinery. and new methods OF
agriculture which have been ad
Vanced by leaps and hounds in the
last quarter of a century.
One of the big shots of the / =
Department of Agriculture. insists
that new farming is right now in
the making The job ahead for az
rlculture covers mighty field
FIRST. the Immediate rccouvcrsion
problem: second. present status
ana continued possibilities of 40
rlcultnral research: and third. the
farm equipment dealer. American
agriculture emerged from this war
eeared To produce 80 to - per cent
more food this AT a time of fall
ing farm labor supply and when
available supplies of machinery
were far below what farmers want
ed
Milford chronicle., 1945-11-16

The processes of reconversion
have oeen seriously SCI bach 3ya
combination of OPA policies and
labor disturbances. p. H
AHStrom. Prof. of Marketing.
Columbia Jnir.
Milford chronicle., 1945-11-16

Smoking is generally &C.
ceptet oiay. y."-Sciloo S;tDt. =.
A. Talbot Oak Tree. y. j.. per-
mltting teachers to use tobacco.
Milford chronicle., 1945-11-16
Maturity Myth
Bp CARL /. BicHlIIlcr

The frontiers were gone, they
said Industrial expansion WAS
ended IN America There would
never again he any great new in
duStrics To employ vast ScgmcntS
of the populatiNn. even The popu-
lati0n was about to decline. From
here ON ont. Government would
have to compensate for the fact
that private business could not
support full employment.
That's what they said in the
Thirtics. wrapping the package up
i'm the theory of Economic mHtur-
ity. They used il To excuse in
rrrasing doses of Federal spend
inc. II hcclmc the supporting doe
trlnc OF permanent Government
deficit
Major Advances
But something slipped. The ma
turitv economists failed to sell the
theory 10 the boys in the lahora-
tories They couldn't quite make il
stick in management circles. They
c0uldn't get the medical scientists
and the engineers To listen attcn-
lively. So while the press agents
for an "all grown mp" and stag
nant" America played Il diree for
The "uHtion that was. this land
that is came up with ladar. sulfa
drugs. jct-propcllcd planes and
hundred major advances which
promis" even higher living stand
ards and more Jobs than ever
And just to dramatiI" the task.
industrial science touchcd off the
atom bomb and blew the frontiers
ot mankind out beyond TN" fur
thCSt star Ht the same time that
il rocked the "mature economy"
theory into enduring coma.
No Final Achievement
You see. what the economic NAL
contents and savantS OF static tor
GOT was that to be IN American is
10 b" an automatic CNpAnSionist,
What was good enough for
grandpa 5 generation isn't good
enough for grandpa today OF for
clandpa's $ childrcn's chllGr"n You
can't make maturity" stick AS
yardSUCk for economic life among
people who won't ever admit that
their brains and energies have
reached final" achievement
That's why. when industry says
il intends 10 supply 80 per cent
more jobs than in The last year Of
pr"-War peace. America can believe
il ana feel reasonably certain
that industry is. ii anything. un-
dcrcStimatinG Il bit
Milford chronicle., 1945-11-16
QUO ES-
OF THE WEEK

"I'm the atomic bum. and very
restless. lacrosse .Storn. 20. Of
Ch'cr9o. sterling ,"c1,ing tour
70 San Diego and Phoonix.
Milford chronicle., 1945-11-16
"f'd haze beaten him to pulp

I'D haze beaten him to a pulp
If I'd caught MIN. ."-Congrcas-
oromon Jessie Sunncr. IT,. rho
chased cttGcher in Wash, D. C.
Labor has stern responsi-
hility to see that dcnc~C- c.
wage increases are reasonable"
,-Fresident T17Hman.
Then maybe congressman
would stay n their scatr ard
maintain deco-um. Rep. N. T.
Bennett. Missouri, urging soft
chairs IN the House.
Milford chronicle., 1945-11-16
NATIONAL NEWS ITEMS
Bn !. /. JONES

Bl !. /. JONES

L l.. PoIk and Company. statis-
tlrians last July estimated @.365
car, W"r" 2oinG OF tho roads in
tho l'nlf"d States daily This is the
i-uIc taken To bring The total loss
tor tn" war period up TO the pres
"ut dat" Thrro Was a stockpilo of
ncN ears numbering moro than
3""."oo that Went gradually to cs-
scntiaI users aftrr February of
lHi2. whom production ceased This
stock Wa@ virtually exhausted by
the time of tn" l"A registration
.t,lIut
Milford chronicle., 1945-11-16
5oC&

FIRE PREVENTION WEEK is over but
the awful drama of fire destruction and how
1t can be avoided. which was paradcd before
the eyes of the public within the space of
seven days, should not be forgotten
It IS hard to conceive of homo being
destroyed by fire every four minutes And
vet that was one of the brutal facts that re-
ceived banner publicity during Fire Prcvcn-
tion Weck-cvcrN four minutes. somewhere
IN the United States family loses its most
precious possessions. 1t is lucky if some Of
its members. too are not lost Thousands of
persons are burned to death every year WHY
can't these fires be prevented? What causes
them?
They could be prevented The reasons for
most of them are tragically simple. Smok-
ing and matches are the first cause of fire.
Faulty electric wiring runs a close second.
Sparks on COmbuStiblC roofs rank third Ar
tor that some defective chnmCyS, detective
heating equipment. rubbish and HpontHnc-
"u% combustion; lightning and innHnmHhI,.
liquids are also among the prominent causes
of fire
No fire department can protect us COM
pctcly against these hazards When Il rig-
arctic or 4 match is discarded. fire pre-
VentlOn expert cannot be there to see that
fire does not enSue. No. such simple prccau-
tionS are up to- the individual. \nd until mil
hons of individuals decide to do sonnet hnn.
about the menace of fire the horror of an
annual fire loss IN life and property will con-
tmUC to be with us.
Even as these words arc being written.
fire IS destroying a home somewhere in these
tortY-cght states,
Milford chronicle., 1945-11-16

HE TIME IS HERE for the final change
over to peacctmc production. 1t will be a
dlthcult period for most industries Forward
looking companies are making plans now to
avoid possible complications One poSSibiI-
ItN to be considered is a plague of industrial
fires.
The present trend of fire waste in the
nation is steadily upward For the twelve
months ending June 80 1915. the total of
Sll2,SN,0OO represents a 10 per cent in
crease over the corresponding tWelvc-month
period year earlier, and gain of 33 pc,
cent above the losses two years earlier. There
have been an increasing number of fires in
plants essential to both war and peace
During World War l. fire losses likewise
rose steadily, and after the war at an acccl
Grated pace they continued their upward
trend BY 1926 the national fire waste Of
SOL ,9Sl 600 represented 75 per cent in
crease over 1898 losses and a rs per cent
increase over the pre-war year 1913.
Manufacturers are under pressure to oct
back INTO pcacetimc production The very
speed OF their rcconVerSiOn effort, plus short
ages OF some materials, may cause them to
overlook essential safety precautions More
over, some enterprises may attempt to util-
lze buildings unsuited for new or different
type OF manufacturing process.
Milford chronicle., 1945-11-16

Labor disputes threaten 10 r.-
tard automobile production as no
industry resumes building ears far
the first time since early in 1o19
IN" United States is moro rhan f,-,
million automobiles short Of tho
reg, f@g'S'rallon ', figure OF 1871. the last