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Evening star., 1945-01-10
|TWoDie asBoiIer
OF Troop Train
Engine ExpIodes
Debris Short-Circuits
Signal System, Averts
Crosh by Express

The engineer and fireman of a
westbound Baltimore g. Ohio
troop train were killed instantly
early today when the boiler of
their locomotive exploded as the
train was pulling up a grade near
Buck Lodge, west of Rockville,
Md.
The bodies of the trainmen, identi-
fed as Lloyd P. Frederick, At, Of
4401 Sixteenth street NE, engineer,
and H. p Brown, Baltimore, fire.
man, were blown over the two-track
embankment. one on each side.
The great cylindrical boiler of the
locomotive was blown over the en-
bankment to the right, and the
chassis was thrown onto the east
bound right of way. The explosion
occurred at 12:31 am.
Short Circuit Prevents Disaster.
The manner in which the debris
of the broken locomotive was
thrown averted an even worse acci.
dent A driving rod from the loco
motive fell across the eastbound
track. This short circuited the Sig
nal system as though train was
in the block. A, mile to the east
the lights turned red just as No. 40,
an all-express train, came rushing
through the night toward Washing
ton.
The engineer saw the signal and
brought his train to a stop Just
before ploughing into the debris Of
the wreck. But for the accidental
shorting of the circuit No. 40 might
have hit the troop train carrying
hundreds of soldiers.
Despite the violence of the ex-
plosion, all of the cars of the troop
train remained on the tracks.
The tender with its tons of coal
and water acted as a buffer. 1t was
the only car derailed. Some of the
soldiers in the first sleeper did not
even awaken
Cause Not Determined.
Cause of the explosion awaited
determination by the safety bureau
OF the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. The conductor of the troop
train told other railroad men that
the engineer seemed to have difi-
Guilty making steam. Railroad men
speculated that Engineer Frederick
possibly had let his water get
away from him." When the water
in the tube evaporates, new water
turns to steam in a flash, sometimes
causing an explosion.
/ B. Ss o. dispatchers in Baltimore
rushed two wrecking trains to the
scene, one from Brunswick, Md, the
second from Baltimore. About so
track workers were modified in the
dark and they soon had the east
bound track clear. BY am. the
westbound track was cleared by
towing away the crippled tender.
Four westbound passenger trains
were held up for hours while the
wrecking crews worked.
Ambulances from the Montgom-
cry County Hospital at Sandy
Spring and from the Suburban Hos
pital at Bethesda answered emer-
gency calls. Bodies of the two train
men were taken away by Pooles-
vile undertaken.
| A native of Iowa, Mr.. Frederick
had been employed by the B. & o.
| for % years. He is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Elsie Frederick, and by
two sons by previous marriage,
Capt. Paul Frederick, serving with
the Army in France, and Lloyd
Frederick, jr., stationed with the
Coast Guard in New York.
Evening star., 1945-01-10
Will Tell of Red Cross

Mrs. S. j. Donovan, 1928 Valley
drive, Parkfairfax, will describe her
experiences as a Red Gross mobile
worker in North Africa at a meeting
at 8:15 pm. Friday of the Parkfair-
fax Community Association at the
I Charles Barrett School.
Evening star., 1945-01-10
.Glenmont PTA to Meet

A panel discussion by parents o1
the Glenmont School will feature
a meeting of the schools Parent
Teacher Association at 8 pm. to-
morrow. Subjects to be discussed
are radio, movies, comic books
newspapers and music. Refresh
ments will be served.
Evening star., 1945-01-10
Porent- Teacher Meeting

The Stonewal1 jackson Parent
Teacher Association of Arlington
will meet At 8 pm. tomorrow at the
school The prevention of colds In
the schools will be discussed.
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-31
SCIENCE TOMORROW WHITMORE SEES WORLD AGE OF PLENTY FRANK C. WHTMORE-Dean
 of Chemistry-CWrien or Associated Press,

pared to the raw materials avail able to him.
 Hendrix Willem Van Loon re- minded us that a box one-half mile long one-half mile wide and one-half mile high would contain the entire human race. With an estimated 2,2OO,OOO,OOO humans, each six feet high, eighteen inches thick on the average, Van Looms box would be only half full.
 In contrast to this we have thousands of cubic miles of raw materials and near to the face of earth which can be converted into more food, clothing and shelter.
 The earth's potential raw mate rials constantly are increasing due to increase in our knowledge.
 It should be emphasized that this potential age of plenty is not limited to our own country but is possible for the entire world. To make this an accomplished fact three things are necessary.
 1-The technical knowledge.
 2-The technical men to apply this knowledge.
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-31
SCHOOL NOTES

At meeting of the School Board with the superintendent it was decided to delay the opening of the Public School from the 4th to the 10th of the month. This was thought advisable due to the dis rupted plane schedule caused by adverse weather and the possibil- ity of delays in arrivals of the re- maining teachers on the staff. This delay also serves for the comple- tion of the painting of the outside of the school building and the re- placement of the storm windows before the opening of school. The work on the interior painting is finished and the class rooms are much lighter and more attractive. A thorough cleaning job and also some revarnishing and some re- placement work has been taken care of by the janitor, as we'll as the washing of hundreds of win dows, large ones, too. This has all taken time and hard and careful work. We all appreciate every thing that has been done this sum- mer to add to the fine appearance and better service of our school. We feel real civic pride in this building.
 This week we have had the pleasure of meeting one more of our teachers on the school staff: Mrs. Clara Willard of Iowa Falls, Iowa. Mrs. Willard has had some splendid teaching experience the last few years in Iowa Falls where she has her own home. Words of appreciation of the service and the cooperation of Mrs. Willard have come from every school where she has taught. Her teach ing career was interrupted for a few years during her married life, but was continued following
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-31
ALASKA EVANGELIZATION
 SOCIETY

Main St. just West of Polet's Store Rev. and Mrs. Geo. H. Loveless.
 Missionaries Sunday
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FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED OUT

The Nome Fire Department was called out about goo o'clock this morning to fire in a cabin situ- ated just north of the Lomen Ma chine Shop of Front Street. The cabin is the property of Mrs. Helen Bockman, and was rented to two of the ACS boys. The fire started when native girl, friend of the boys, went to the cabin and start ed a fire in the stove, which had makeshift oil burner. The oil flooded the base of the stove which then caught fire. Little damage was done except to the stove
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-31

the death of her husband by a tragic accident. With Mrs. Willard is her thirteen-year-old son, Doug las, whom we are happy to well come to our school. Mrs. Willard received her training at the Els worth College in Iowa Falls, at the University of Iowa, Iowa City and received her degree from the State Teachers College at Cedar Falls, Iowa. Our school ex- tends warm greeting to this teacher of our 5th and 9th grade pupils and we trust that both she and Douglas may spend a happy and interesting time in their Nome home.
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-31

200 pm. Sunday School.
 7:30 pm. Gospel Service. Sub ject: "Inspid Christians" Rev. 3:16. Thursday
 300 pm. Child Evangelism
 Class. Friday
 7:30 pm. Prayer and Bible Study. Subject: 'The Christian As a Weaned Child" Psalm 1912. . You are Invited-Everyone is welcome.
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building up a system of economics based on scarcity. It is not strange that in less than 50 years we have been unable yet to work out a sys- tenn of economics based on poten- tial plenty.
 We should recognize that we not even now are getting ready for the age of plenty. Instead of train ing additional chemists and other technicians we have allowed a few misguided rulers practically
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-31
LAVINIA WALLACE YOUNG
 MISSION

Sunday II am. - Sunday School Service. Rev. R. Amundson will preach. Thursday 7:30 pm. - Midweek Prayer Service. Thursday-Choir rehearsal after prayer service. Saturday 7:30 pm. - Sund a y School teachers meeting for les
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-31
THIRD OF "A SERIES

STATE COLLEGE, Pa.-At the turn of the century, civilization was about at the point where it could leave the old era of scarcity and embark on one of potential abundance, made possible by sci ence and it's applications.
 World War II will have demon- strated completely the fact that man can overproduce all his ma
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-31

3-The wisdom to create this plenty and distribute it effective ly.
 Of these three, we have only the first. In the second we would need perhaps 100 to 1000 times as many technically trained men as the world has ever had at any one time
 As to the third item, we are practically helpless because for the last 10000 years we have been
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-31

son study and discussion.
 Rev. and Mrs. Paul Carlson in charge during the absence of the Methodist Missionary.
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-31
NAZARENE CHURCH Rev. Lewis I. Hudqins, Pastor

"An ounce of Church is worth pound of police court"
 1000 am. SingSpiration and Sunday School classes. 11:O0 am. Morning Message, "The Lords Plantation"
 7:3O pm. Singspiration.
 500 pm. Evening Message, Sub ject Gods Challenge"
 Friday Prayer meeting 7:3O pm. Come and bring your Bibles. You are ever welcome to attend these services.
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terlal needs, ln- cl uding food, clothing, shelter and everything else of a mate rial n a t u r e which he re- quires, even to lu x uries we , cannot eV e n visualize now.
 This overpro- duction is made possible by a
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-31

to kill off ten years supply of new technical graduates.
 Our wealth of knowledge of how to convert the thousands of cubic miles of raw material into more of everything will be useless without a tremendous army of technically trained men and wo- men to put this knowledge into effective use.
 Next: Clarence Birdseye pre- diets a boom in food processing.
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-31

combination of the relative phySi- cal insignificance of man as com
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-31
CHURCHES
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
Masses
FEDERATED CHURCH

1O:3O am. Sunday School. 7:45 P. M. Evening Worship Serv- ice. Chaplain Courtney will be the speaker.
Evening star., 1945-05-20
Iothes CLEANER and WHITTIER!

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lift dirt out And they work longer, too
long after suds from other soaps have quit!
Yes, with Oxydol all your white things
except for unusual stains-come so clean
they're White Without Bleaching. Spar
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So sofs for coioss. fool Oxydo1 is so safe for
wash colors, rayons and your own precious
hands. Its rich, safe suds wash your colored
clothes SO clean they fairly sparkle
Next washday use Oxydol. Remember
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Yes, whasri In wash test after wash test
Oxydol proved that it actually washes clothes
cleaner and Wbiter than many other soaps
which, unlike Oxydol, fail to get out that
lastpossible trace of stubborn dirt and CRIME!
Write and Bright wosh After woshi Soaps often
Leave, leave behind sel ind tiny diseoloring particles
ness" of the water. Even with careful rinsing
some of these impurities stick in the clothes
and turn gray or yellow under ironing heat.
But Oxydol combats "dirty grayness''-ac-
tualiy helps orepent grayness particles from
formingl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-11-02
Ms. 7. C. COLE
VISITING KEY WEST


G Cole prealden, u
vote Grossers Of Ameri..r
summary Charter a. Adams, =.
~ Sew Jersey. Is vssl,lss ~
80 Ars James l. johnson s,s
esIoiihs street tha weeh
Us b Mr. Cole's nr., ,,,.,
- ny West IN seventeen years
a''a a'ss b enjoying renewing b.
s'i@inianees She hnds many
haaNss snd Improvement IN ,he
salena Ciiy sinoe she was be,.
1@ie was eeneral manauer
= NE first Oversees terry ~ ~,
Fs'e eosanty IN 1874 After h.av,rg
ne soalth NJ Cole was with
We Ttaymore Hosol ir A,lanstr
tfsy. whtch - - present oocu.
pisa ~ the Army.
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NO MAGIC TN

lContinued fssn Pace Onsg
90 do 50 in the immediate emery
ency period proposed BY Mr. VIII
son. The war was won. In some
part through such advances. bat
u was won by . lot Of hard work.
too, all along the line and some
times hard work did the iob when
technology was q bit behind.
There Is something very nuch
IN the line Of plain horse sense
in the statement:
We either will have 60 work
more or win have ca do with less
IN this country
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BASKETBALL MEETING
no be HELD TONIGHT

\ basketball meeting II ali
Zen. boys and girls Interested in
playing Ia the city leagues wiIi be
held a the City Recreation De-
paTtrneni office. 81 Duval street.
tonight Al Too O'Clock.
A team that = already oraaniz-
Cd viii need 10 have a represen-
iative only a. the meeting.
A mems league a boys league
and q girls leaRue are being
PLANNED Arrangements viii b.
made Tor the use ~ ne Hiah
School Gym for league games
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ENJOYABLE PARTY
BY CONVENT GROUP

On October 30th. the Junior
Class entertained the seniors Of
c. M. I with . Halloween party
The hall vas effectively decor
ated in orange and black. Ira
ditional Halloween games were
played. and all spent . very en-
ioyable evening.
Committees in chsree were:
Decorations Celeste Teresa
Haines and Betty Lou Caring.
Entertainment: Lillian Perez.
GeorRina Pena, Barbara MseIsain.
Mary Serbs. Margaret Curry. Re-
freshmcnts: Euaenia Rivas. Betty
Appel. Helen Crasoe Rosemary
smith.
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KEY WEST CONCHS'

They call as Key Yves, conchs
down here
II don't sound bad 20 re.
Cause I rather 1--we where the
sun shines bright
And the palm trees wave BY the
sea.
Some criticize our little town
And say mean things. bat yet
I rather live where the sun shines
bright
In the wintertIme. y0a see.
When there's snow and ice In the
North. my friend.
On this little Isle by the sea
The flowers bloom ard the sun
shines bright
And that's good enough Cor me.
Our streets may not b. the best
there Is.
There are many things We need.
But our skies are blue and the
sun shines bright
And no frost w. ever see.
Many houses need some paint and
more.
But you Just wait aud see
When our noW form u govern
nent Rets g. work
They'll surprise both you ard
me
We have n grand. old booster now
AZ the head uf our q &C q
When someone starts their mud
Slinging prsnks
They Conner hesr from our NJ
Steve
We have other civic bodes ton
Which ave our uttis Ca1.h ..wa
They're pulling hard for the
things We need
They must have yuur help and
mine.
So let them call as Kew West
Conchs.
Criticize and say things mean.
Cause we rather 1--we where fhC
sun shines bright
Ard the palm trees wave bv the
sea.
Oracle " ELWOOD
Key West. PA
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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-09-20
STARTS HOME

Cpl. William F. Stevens of
Hardin, member of the Oath
CVictory) division quartermast-
er company has left for the
United States under the army
readjustment program, a re-
lease from the Philippines said
this week.
Cpl. Stevens was with the
Victory division during its cam
paigns in New Guinea; the in
ltial landings on Leyte, Luzon,
Mindoro, and the last camp
align of the war on Mindinao.
To the last days of the war he
came under sniper, mortar and
enemy small arms fire as he
kept pace with the infantry,
bringing up the important am
munition. food and equipment
needed b ythe front line troops.
He leaves a division which
has won the respect of troops
throughout the Pacific, "a div
ision which was at Pearl Har-
Dor when the Japs struck in
December. 1941, a regular army
outfit, whose. peacetime home
is in Hawaii.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-09-20
TRUCK DRIVERS
HAVE TOUGH JOB

Battle maps, blood plasraa,
Bastogne-bound reinforcements
and thousands of less dramatic
items willed the "Six-by- skies"
OF the 3626th Quartermaster
truck company during its 10
months service in seven diff
ferents countries.
Sgt. Laurence R. Ziler of
Hardin is one of the heavy
footed drivers from the outfit
who pushed their trucks into
the Battle of the Bulge, taking
men from the 10lst Airborne
division to reinforce their be-
leagured buddies. With 1000
gallons Of gasoline on each We
hicle, conveys of 40 trucks tore
through the French countryside
on the famous Red Ball high
way, providing the fuel for ad-
vancing armor. They operated
under German air raids on the
Normandy beachhead and were
strafed on French highways.
They jockeyed their powerful
mounts over a million and a
half miles of highway without
a serious accident.
Truck driving in a theater Of
operations is far different
joo than wheeling a vehicle a.
long the broad cement high
ways of the well-lighted United
States. In England the men of
the 3626th had to adapt them
selves to the left-hand system
of traffic and the vision-ob
securing fig. In France there
were bunny, narrow roads Of
granite blocks, twisting tunnels
through tn villages, mud to the
hubs in the unpaved roads,
blackout conditions at night,
traffic jams, "a hours of duty,
K rations and unprecedented
demands for speed.
The outfit was activated at
Fort Custer, Mich, Dec. 10,
1912, as Compay F of the 467th
Quartermaster truck regiment.
Expecting assignment to the
Alcan highway, the drivers were
trained in cold weather opera
tiion at Camp Mccoy, Wis, but
found themselves in England in
October. 1912. Their first as
signment was operating a car
pool for the 1st U. S. Army
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quick trip to take members of
the 1O1St Airborne division from
Paris furloughS back to their
unit. The trucks made the trip
and successfully found their
way out before the German cir
Gle closed. Their My casualty
was Cpl. Rule Howard, who
suffered a broken ankle when
he leaped from his truck into
ditch to escape German stra-
fling.
When the on-rus1ling armies
ran close to the edge of their
maps, drivers from the 3626th
moved rapidly to the front with
new charts. Blood plasma, car
ried to field hospitals by the
3626th savd the lives of untold
Americans. Their work in TAX
ing supplies to the armies
brought three campaign stars
to members of the company
Normandy. Northern France and
the Rhineland.
During their overseas assign
nlent, the 3626th drove on the
highways of seven countries:
England, France, Belgium, Hol-
land, Luxembourg, Germany
and Switzerland. The Swiss trip
was made to obtain watches
for sale in army exchanges.
Ninety of the 1875 members of
the company are regularly as
signed as drivers, but at one
time or another all of the men
have filled in as drivers when
an emergency demanded more
nerSOnnel
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group headquarters. Later they
took over a truck motor pool
for Central Base section at
London.
In May, 1914, the outfit re-
designated now as the 3626th
Quartermaster Truck company,
was assigned to pre-invasion
preparations with the 1Olst Air
borne division. On July 5 the
company landed in Normandy
during a German air raid and
set up a motor pool for COM
muncatlonS zone headquarters.
Their normal personnel and G.
qulpment was augmented so
that 1856 trucks were being OPP
Grated.
Ga Aug. IS, the company was
called on for an emergency run
on the newly opened RED Ball
highway. Living in their trucks
and eating K rations, the driv-
ers made two quick runs from
Cherbourg to Laon, taking more
than 10000 gallons of gasoline
to vehicles of the onrushing
armies.
After meeting the emergency,
the outfit was called off the
Red Ball highway" and assign
ed to communications zone
headquarters. After moving the
headquarters into Paris, the
company operated a motor pool
and later was assigned to the
Seine section, the communica-
tions zone division which con-
trolled activities in the Paris
area.
When Paris was liberated, a
jeep from the 3626th accompan-
led French troops. carrying
Lieutenant Frank Kovac of
Pittsburg, Pa, Sgt. George
Mouser of St. Louis. Mo-, and
Cpl. Leroy J. Kopp of Edgerton,
Wis. Near Luxembourg Gardens
they encountered German
tank and some Nazi soldiers.
Kopps stopped the tank with a
bazooka shot and the three
took care of the Nazi soldier
quickly.
attacked in December, the
3626th was called upon for a