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Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-06-01

flowers had been introduced to the
public there by the combined
Swedish florists, namely a neat
little green colored gift card that
one may buy at any florist and
present to relatives or friends on
his or her special day. In this
way he or she may go to any
florist in the whole land and Sc
lect his or her favorite posy or
plant. A grand new idea for a gift
for someone at a distance. You
can be sure that they will get
exactly their favorite flower or
plant on that special day without
you having to take the chance
that the florist you telegraph or
write to will send HIS favorite
instead of theirs.
Speaking of flowers makes me
think of some darling little trel-
Uses that I saw advertised in a
late Swedish magazine that are
used, not outside your house but
INSIDE. You place them in a
large flower pot that stands on
the floor of your room and con-
tains some climbing vine that can
trail up this trellis and along the
walls of your room at random.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-06-01

First of all, should like to urge
EVERY ONE of you that have a
little girl or boy or precious lit
tie grandchild, a favorite niece
or nephew, or that special little
friend, to send in dime for them
to our special children's gift for
Save the Children" of Sweden.
This drive of dimes is sponsored
by the U. S.-Sweden Friendship
Clubs, but will be a gift from as
many Swedish-American children
as can posi- IDLY be contacted
throughout this great nation. We
want EVERY child of Swedish de-
scent to have added his or her tiny
bit towards this gift fund that will
go to help Sweden care for her
many little charges and will give
that little European girl or boy
new start in new world! We
want to show Sweden that we, the
children of Swedish descent, can
help in this humanitarian work.
Even though you are older you
can add your dime if you wish.
After all, aren't we all children
of Sweden" be we six or sixty!
Send in your dime today to
"Children's Gift" SIS Dawes St.,
Springfield 8, Mass.
Would you believe that it has
been found that agriculture flour
ished in the province of Sormland
$500 B. c., before the historical
times of Egypt? 1t has been es-
tablished that at that time the
climate was warm, and that oak,
elm and hazel trees grew in pro-
fusion in the forests, and that the
peasants sowed wheat in their
fields and wild grapes grew in
the district.
For the past ten years Sten
and Maj-Britt Florin have worked
on research of Sormland's stone
age. In excavating they have dis
covered parts of clay pots, tell
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-08-30

Private First Class Robert e. Stock
slayer, of Route Hagerstown, Mary
land, was among those commended
by President Harry S. Truman dur
ing his stay at the Big Three Con-
ference in Potsdam.
The Presidents commentator,
which was addressed to Major Cen
eral Floyd l.. Parks, commanding
general of the First Airborne Army
and the U. S. Berlin District, reads
as follows:
My Dear General Parks:
l have noted with pride and
pleasure the excellent service pro-
yided us by the officers and men of
your command.
The junior officers in charge of
billets, post exchanges, transporta-
ton and other services have been
especially Thoughtful and helpful, and
have contributed materially to the
work Of the Conference.
congratulate you on the morale,
courtesy and military smartness of
the officers and men of your com
mand who have come under by OBJ
servation.
(Signed) Harry S. Truman.
Pfc. Stockslager, who is a member
of the First Airborne Army, was
one of the thirty-three hundred
officers and men who operated and
administered the American section
of the Big Three Conference area.
IS this the home of Mr. and Mrs.
D. E. Stoner, 1877 Lanvale street,
Hagerstown? Hold the line please,
your son, Cpl. Jack c. Stoner, is call
ing you from Honolulu, Hawaiian
islands, And in a couple of seconds,
one night last week, Mr.. and Mrs.
Stoner and their three daughters,
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-08-30

Dorothy, Iona and Peggy Ann, were
all excitedly talking in turn to Jack
in phone conversation that lasted
for six minutes.
Corporal Stoner, who has been in
the Army Air Corps for three years
has been overseas a year and is al
present stationed on the Island OF
Oahu.
ABOARD THE USS ASTORIA IN
THE PACIFIC Delayed - Rus
sell v. Zeigler, machinist's mate
third class, USNR, son of Mr.. Rus
sell c. Zeigler, Route S, Hagers-
town, has helped this light cruiser
avenge her namesake 49, heavy
cruiser which was sunk by the Japs
off Guadalcanal in 1912.
Since she entered Jap waters eight
months ago, this ship has been in the
thick of action at Two lima and
Okinawa, in the North China Sea
and off the coast of Tokyo itself
Operating with a fast carrier task
force under Admiral William H. Hal
sey, Jr., she has succeeded in knock
ing 10 Jap planes out of the air and
hitting numerous others.
Pilots of this ships two King
fisher seaplanes have fished seven
carrier-based airmen from the sea-
finding them on rescue search mis-
sions and accomplishing some of the
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-08-30

rescues within shouting distance of
the enemy ashore.
The ASTORIA was part of the
Naval task force which made the
initial strike on the Tokyo area. In
another operation, she and a task
force sailed continuously for 80 days,
making intermittent strikes against
the enemy and setting a record for
the length of time any stable task
group has been continuously UNDER
way.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-08-30

WITH THE 81ST INFANTRY d.
VISION SOMEWHERE IN THE
PACIFIC - Willie M. Reed, son of
Mrs. Olive M Reed, Big Pool, Md,
has been promoted from private first
class to technician fifth grade in
recognition of proven ability with
an infantry engineering combat
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-08-30

Great Britain plans to launch an
advertising drive in the postwar era
with the view of attracting more
tourist trade.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-08-30

Pvt. William E. Snyder, whose
wife resides at 701 Chestnut street,
has been awarded the Expert In
fantryman Badge at the completion
of his basic training at the Camp
Blanding (Florida) Infantry Re-
placement Training Center The
award, which calls for additional
compensation above base pay, is only
awarded to those who become ex-
pert in the use of several of the in
fantry's weapons and have done a
more than satisfactory job of learn
ing the other military skills required
of CT.
Private Snyder, former employee
of the Hess Body Works, entered the
Service in April, 1945. Following
completion of his basic training, he
enjoyed furlough at home and re-
ported to Fort Meade on August 20,
for further assignment.
WITH THE FIRST AIRBORNE
ARMY OCCUPYING BERLIN -
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-08-30

Jack K. Ringer, SSML nc, whose
wife, and four-months-old daughter,
Patricia LaRue, and his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. H. c. Ringer, live at 324
West Howard street, has just been
promoted to his present rating at his
Naval base in the Philippines. Com
pleting his second year in the Navy
last May, he has been overseas since
February of this year. His address
may be obtained from the members
of his family, whose phone number
is 3741-J.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-08-30

ABOARD THE USS MOBILE IN
THE PACIFIC - Recently advanc-
ed at sea to the rating Of electricians
mate, third class, USNR, David l..
Smith, Security, Md, has been
aboard this Pacific fleet cruiser for
eight months and has seen action
against the enemy in the Philippines
and elsewhere.
Smiths wife, Gladys, and daugh-
ter, Carol Ann, 5R, also live at
Security. He attended high school
in Hagerstown, and was formerly
employed as a drier operator for the
North American Cement Co. at
Security.
His ship has one of the most
brilliant combat records in the Pa
cific, having had more than three
dozen major engagements with the
enemy.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-08-30

battalion
Corporal Reed is member of
Major Gen. Paul j Mueller's 8lst
Infantry Wildcat" Division, which
last fall wrested the Palau and other
Western Caroline Islands from the
Japs.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-08-30

WITH THE 3017th ENGR MAINT
co. IN MANILA-Sgt. Harry Ken
meth Potts, former resident of Ha-
gerstoWn, is now member of the
Amphibian Engineers. The son of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Potts, 935 Con-
cord street, Hagerstown, and father
of Barbara, Jean, Claire Elanor, and
Richard Potts, also of 935 Concord
street, he is a machinist and has
been doing outstanding work at his
job overseas for the past Ia months.
His organizatin was among the
first units of amphibious forces to
land at Horotai Is, Netherland East
Indies. There for meritorious SER
vice, he received the Bronze Star
medal. His company has taken
part in the Lingayen Gulf landing,
and for its contribution to the sue
cess of this landing and of the Lu-
zon campaign, his Battalion was
awarded the Meritorious Service
Unit Plaque by Gen. Kruger of the
9th Army In addition to these
decorations Sgt. Potts is entitled
to wear battle star for the New
Guinea Campaign on his Asiatic-
Pacific Ribbon, and has been award
ed another battle star to be worn
with his Philippines Liberation
Campaign Ribbon.
Before entering the Army in De-
cember 1943, Sgt. Potts worked as
a machinist with the Fairchild Air
craft, Hagerstown, Md, and was
active in the Fraternal Order of the
Legal Circle.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-08-30

WITH A FAST CARRIER TASK
FORCE OFF TOKYO - 1t. Cdr
Joseph D. Jeffords, USN, whose wife
lives at 945 Rose Hill Ave-, Hagers-
town, Md, serves aboard the USS
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81 az NIws o. QUE
~ !. i UH,r FORM"

INDEPENDENCE, one of the Navy's
front line aircraft carriers which
has participated in the aerial on
slaught on Tokyo.
When the planes of the INDIE
PENDENCE started off the flight
deck within 100 miles of the Jap
mainland on the first strike, it mark
ed the realization of an ambition
long cherished by every member of
the crew, from the captain on down
because the ship had been torpedoed
at Tarawa in November, 1943 The
attack was the first of its kind un-
leashed against the Tokyo area since
last February.
AS part of the more than 1000
carrier-borne aircraft participating
in the attack, planes from this flat
top strafed and bombed some 80
airfields in and around the Japanese
capital.
ABOARD THE USS SANTEE IN
THE PACIFIC - Donovan Franklin
Meats, ships service man (cobbler)
second class, USNR, whose wife
Josephine, lives at 251A West Frank
lin St, Hagerstown, Md, serves
aboard this ship, the only carrier to
take a loaded Kanikazer through
her top and a torpedo through her
side in the same action without halt
ing operations.
She was also the first carrier to
support a landing, to intercept a
blockade runner, to wage success
fully antisubmarine warfare and the
first to be crashed by suicide Jap.
The SANTEE, who carried on fleet
operations for two days at Leyte
despite her damage, also saw action
in the invasion of North Africa,
Palau, Aitape, Hollandia Guam and
Meretai.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-08-30

AN ALEUTIAN BASE - Grover
w. Clever, husband of Mrs. Eula
Clever, of 100 w. Wilson Blvd, Ha-
gerstown, Maryland, has been
promoted to the rank of Technician
Fourth Grade Sgt. Clever has been
stationed in the Aleutian Islands
with a Coast Artillery unit since
February 1914, and has been in the
service since January, 1912,
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-08-30

Pvt. Charles Calvert Hauver, son
of MIR. and Mrs. c. c, Hauver, 1865
Mulberry avenue, former employee
OF Fairchild's, who has completed &
course of training at the Infantry
Replacement enter, Camp Banding
Florida, has been awarded the Elk.
pert Infantryman Badge. Home or
leave for several days, he reported
to Fort Meade on August 20, fol-
further assignment.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10

next day a Philadelphia paper said had been
wounded and fallen into the river So they
thought a body that recovered was mine"
And that was the first time Doherty was
buried.
Well, it wasn't too bad then Doherty was
leaving Philadelphia anyway. He went to North
Andover, Mass, where he came from, and the
item about his burial in Philadelphia wasn't
carried in the Massachusetts newspapers.
Doherty was weary of the construction busi-
ness, which what he engaged in in
Philadelphia for the Scsquicentennial Exposition
of 1926, so he became professional blood donor,
which scarcely the occupation of a ghost.
lie worked in both Boston and New York.
That pursuit palled after a while and, with
n few dollars put by, Doherty went to Togus,
Me. where he established himself a fishing
guide with five rowboats and six outboard motor
craft
After two seasons at Togus Doherty had
enough. The wanderlust gripped him again and
he showed off for Gray, Me, where he got a job
in a trout hatchery. He stayed there seven
months. He quit because a snoWstorm buried the
town and he couldn't get out of the boarding
house for five days. He left as soon as plows
cleared the roads.
Never one TO WOO a dull moment, Doherty
took to the sea. He went 10 work a coal
barge operating in coastal waters. Twice he
almost became a ghost for real when, within
month, two Of the barges sank under him. But
both times he able to scramble into a small
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10
BY GERALD DUNCAN

- NCE in lifetime is enough to be buried
u even in name only. But 1t happened three
~ times to Joseph Doherty, 50, and he's tired
of it. 1t wasn't funny but it gave him a funny
feeling, being hailed on the streets as ghost.
Only the other day DoheTty was walking
through South Station in Boston when he ran into
Daniel Neal, a friend since they served in the
Army together during World War I.
Hello, Dan," Doherty said. "Hows tricks?"
Neal froze like pointer scenting pheasant.
He stared incredulously. After a moment of
unconscionable length he spoke:
"What you doing walking around? You're
dead and buried! was one of your palbearers"
That sort of thing gets man, Doherty feels
especially when it's been going on for years,
as it has with him. 1t makes him feel out of
this world, as, indeed he's been told he is. Like
Banquo the ghost who came to dinner. Or Ham
let's father, who spoke to the gloomy Dane.
Doherty doesn't look like a fugitive from
graveyard. He's a husky construction worker
who fances the rowing outdoor life and follows
il. He's done it most of his years and sometimes
without too much luxury.
There was the time in Philadelphia in 1927,
which is when he first became the prey of the
eere fate He was riding the rods of a sheep
train, being temporarily out of funds, when
railroad detective fired a shot at him.
Not feeling strong enough to stop bullet,
Doherty dropped from the train, crouched down
and ran until he got out of range.
But" as he tells IL, "a letter addressed to me
fell out of my pocket and was picked up. The
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10

had been killed in a train wreck, he read.
Doherty began pinching himself lie asked
himself is IS or rs ! amt? He wasn't quito
sure But he carried
The years skipped away and late last year
Doherty was back in his native Massachusetts,
working for an electrical manufacturing com
pany at Newburyport. He tired after five weeks
and went TO Boston.
Doherty had been back in Boston three months
when he met his old pal, Dan Neal.
MEALS salutaton really got Doherty. And IT
~ wasn't only the salutation. After that Neal
turned and almost ran out of the station-as If,
in all truth, he had just beheld a ghost
few days later Doherty was walking along
Boylson St when he encountered two men he
had known a long time. They looked at him
curiously, not speaking, and hurried on.
moment later he saw a woman he knew She
dropped her bundles and
Doherty steeled himself against shiver up
the spine and made for the nearest tavern.
It wasn't long afterward that Doherty picked
up Boston newspaper and read that the police
wanted him because he wasn't, after all, the
man whose body was found in the Merrimac
River-the man who had been Identified by
friends as Doherty and had been buried in Holy
Sepulcher Cemetery at Newburyport with mill
tary funeral service conducted by the American
june 10. 1916
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07

11-Reenon Of the L. s. Employment Service until at least
June 1947 and that its present appropriations be
increased by order to aid demobzed veterans
and displaced workers find peacetime Jobs In
this connection warned Congress that the next
few months crucial
What o will affect American way of life
for decades come" he said.
10-Regona development OF the nations natural resources
~ including such projects the Columbia River the Mis-
River and the central valley of California lie urged
nation restore mineral deposits depleted
during war; this be done by discovering mines and
oil deposits.
1O-Legsation permitting the permanent stockplng of
lO which the United States is naturally de-
cen but which necessary supply the defense needs
OF the nation.
1A-LegislGton permitting the sale of surplus
Ii cargo ships, that American and foreign
shipping companies may quickly acquire vessels to
carry international trade.
1E-"Adequate protection and encouragement for
1C the nations small businesses.
1c-A single surplus property administrator in
III place OF the three-man board set up by
Congress.
17-Lessation along the line Of the previous government
reorganization act, permit him to increase govern
efficiency.
1OA single federal research agency to carry forward
10 search in the basic sciences public health and allied
fields.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07
Asks Boost in Pay Minimum

> Substantially increasing the present minimum wage Of
40 cents hour contained in the Fair Labor Standards
Mr. Truman declared that the Accent minimum "has
become obsolete and said that higher minimums will
eliminate substandards Of living and the maintenance
of the health efficiency, and general webeng Of workers
He also recommended that the scope Of the Fair Labor
Standards Act should be clarified and extended to include
workers engaged in agricultural processing well
other uncovered groups
Expanding the granted under unemployment
compensation to maximum of $25 week for 26 weeks.
He stressed however that the proposal does every
S25 a week
Revision of the CT Bill of Rights along the lines Of
mendaons made by the Veterans Administration These
include hbeazng hospital and medical national service
life insurance and educational and vocational training
Truman asked Congress to give veterans social security
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07
I'm the Atlantic.
Thursday. July IL
THE President has decided

THE President has decided
L TO cancel all side trips
after the Big Three confer
ence is ended.
He is preoccupied with a
determination 10 bring the
war with Japan 10 a speedy
close by all possible means.
II must get hack a. soon n
possible to discharge my duty
10 Congress and the American
people with full report of the
Big Three meeting" ho says
Contemplated side trips 10 th,
courts al oslo, Copenhagen am
London are out.
This is no time for such
things the President says
Hc is thinking of flying dlrec
20 Washington from the Big Three
parlcy.
There Is a possibility he ma.
make one stop in England bu
NOT London TO meet King George
We are approaching BritlSi
waters Chilling rains fall durlri
The afternoon
The President and Byrucs lunCI
with The crow n The mcSSrooU
taking their places with GREY
members IN the chow line AM
carrying their own trays.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07
.Japs KiEI
) YanlkS

WASHINGTON, Sept s (UPl
The navy revealed today that
Japanese forces executed five navy
Airmen shot down over Borneo
last Jan. II
Names ot the executed navy
fliers were not revealed and the
navy gave NO further details of
the executions.
The executions were revealed
IN navy announcement telling
of the name Of three members ol
the crew Of Liberater bomber
shot down in a dogfiCht with four
Japanese fighter planes
The navy quoted IL llg Rob
ert J. Graham Roscmont, Pa as
saying that nine crew members
survived the crash They sepa-
rated into three groups later
when the Jap forces in Borneo
picked up Their trail
Later, however. he tGrahan)
learned that the laps had caught
fiVe members Of the original
party and executed them the
navy said
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07
Strikes Idle
$50 Here
26. 100 az Ford s
Forced TO Lay OF
Il, N BRAND

Approximately Al -aN N"s00S
49, ,5ls IN strike. -.-- .r.4..
-, . ....i.. 80. .,. ,r
VI 'I'.> '-.'.' ......
strike WhIlC an additions. ..'
have been laid of ni,tn'r.t oa'
10 the work >topraEC,
The War ManpoVcr Commission
reported toda, thar -U100o other
workers have boon -s.- 1r- -a i1..
troit because off 18- CorHs.. cane
reIlatior>
Alfboucb no >,...., .ar, .r prog
reSS AZ 'hc Ford Motor Co., Ford
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07

4 r 8 A. NJ. OF a crisp. bright
~ Saturday morning. we are
of Portsmouth, Eng. TheaEng-
liSh coast lies shrouded in the
morning mists on the horizon.
SIX sleek British destroyers
and the cruiser, II. M. S. Bir-
mingham, bear down on US. We
arc waiting 10 receive them,
idllng along at reduced speed.
The destroyers still wear
their dazzle camouhAge war
paint-zigLags OF pastel
greens and blues spl0tched
with brown. white and black.
They bear down on us In
column with the Birmingham
following, make q smart turn
TO starboard and take up es-
cert position, three on either
side Of the Augusta
The Birmingham continues
past both our cruisers. makes q
turn astern to port and parsdes
Continued on Page Nine)
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07

THE weather has turned pleasantly COOL The sun 10
Il bright The still almost without ripple.
We are beginning to hail it as Truman weather.
We past mid-Atlantic and have turned
northward toward the British Isles. The log shows
2,115 miles since departure.
Today the President and ByrneS lunch with the chief
petty Officers.
The President holds lengthy conferences both in the
morning and afternoon with Byrnes Leahy and Others We
shall be in Berlin Sunday evening.
In the evening the President the film ITO the Shores
Of Two Jma." and ITO Have and 70 Have Not"
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07
Nursery Continuation
Supported by PAC

AT appeal m hchsf n mother,
and war widows for continuation
Of child care nurseries was Spr'
today "a MAYOR jenueS bv tho
CIO-PAC Tracy NJ Dol -ccfs-
tary-treasurCr of the county oI.
eanization o. PAC said the service
will be needed beCauyc War
mothers Will remain plant work
ers Of necessity and many other
mothers Will want 20 Keep their
fObS
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07
Seeks TO Continue Controls

He called also for continuation Of legislation dealing wit
price control rent control and controls industrial material
advanced the promise that controls would be dropped nd
vduay and groups they longer consdere
necessary.
"The American people entitled TO a firm
surance, not only the part of the od,inistyation
but from the Congress itself, that rents, and the
prices of clothing food and other essentials iO be
held in line" MIR. Truman told Congress.
"They are also entitled to buy lashing machines,
Uocuunr cleaners automobiles, and other products
prices based traditional system, of high output
and lou unit costs"
Mr.. Truman also proposed:
Congressional salaries should be raised $4,000 year
and should be done first step in creating "a decent
salary scale for all federal government employees executive
legislative and judicial"
CAboion of the WLR after the Forthcoming indus
tylabor conference with continuance of the nostrike
lockout policy during the interim period until the conference
is called
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07
Soldier S Wife Asks
Help Finding Purse

The wife Of a serviccman over
seas today asked The Detroit
Times 10 help her find the brown
wallet containing all tho money
she possesses. which was lost
Tuesday on Woodward in the
downtown shopping section
She is Mrs Margaret Murphy
%. Of 127f3 r Warren. Mrs. Nur-
ply said tho wallet contained
two so bills. 4 picture Of her
daughter. Margaret 3. and The
newest picture of her husband
Phone DreNel 4756