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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-04-26

entering the service, he was EN-.
ployed as a truck driver.
With The 321st BIS Group of The
18th AAF In The Mediterranean
Theater-When the 321st BIS Nit
chell Bomb Group of the 18th Air
Force recently announced the COM
pletion of two full years of COM
bat operations, one of the men as
signed to the group who helped
observe the anniversary was Flight
Officer John H. Sharar, who is serv-
! ing as a bombardier. His mother,
Mrs. Blanche Sharar, lives at 824
West Washington ST., Hagerstown.
Flight Officer Sharar's group has
flown combat duty in the Tunisian,
Sicilian, Italian and Southern
/ France campaigns and holds five
campaign stars, as well as a War
Department citation for distin-
guished service in battle.
Commanded by 1t. Col. Charles
F. Cassidy, Jr., of Denver, Colo, the
321st is currently engaged in the
italian campaign, particularly in
cutting Pc valley bridges and in
the Battle of the Bremen" So sue
cessful have this group and other
elements of the 18th Air Force been
that the rail line supplying the Ger
man forces from the north has been
blocked to through traffic for more
than As successive days.
Cpl. Albert E. w. Thomas, son of
Mrs. Mary S. Thomas, AZ Charles
street, Hagerstown, is completing
/ his training on a Liberator bomber
at the Pueblo Army Air Base, Pueb-
10, Colo. He is the engineer of his
crew and is being fitted as valu-
able member of a combat team that
will soon thunder into enemy terri
tory.
He entered the service in June,
1913.
| Pvt. Vernon Lee Van Horn, Jr.,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. V. L. Van Horn,
1872 Broadway, was commissioned a
/ second lieutenant in the Army of
the United States on April 10, upon
successful completion of the Officer
Candidate Course at the Infantry
School at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Lieutenant Van Horn was induct-
ed into the Army on July 28, 1914,
/ and served with the 4th Inf, Ting.
Bn. at Camp Wheeler, Georgia, be-
fore going to Officer Candidate
School four months ago. He is a
graduate of Hagerstown High
School and also attended John Hop
kins University.
Following the graduation exer-
cises, Lieutenant Van Horn spent a
few days leave with his parents
(Which, by the way, was the first
leave he has had since entering the
/ Service) and left on Sunday for
Camp Blanding, Fla.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-04-26

| a son-in-law, Lieutenant Mangione.
Sgt. Conrad H. Fulton, who joined
the Armed Forces in May, 1912, be-
came member of a Ground Crew
Repair Squadron and left for Aus
trlia four months after beginning
his training. Later he was trans
! ferred to New Guinea and year
ago contracted Malaria. In August
he was returned to the United
States for treatment and since that
time has been a patient in various
hospitals. Now, back in good health,
he recently enjoyed a furlough with
his family and is now at the AAt'
Regional and Convalescent Hos
piptal at Miami Beach, Fla, for a
final check-up before returning to
duty.
Pvt. Jesse ]. Fulton, who entered
the Service in March, 1943, and was
assigned to the Army Medical Corps,
has been overseas since October,
1943. He saw service in England,
Wales, Belgium and Holland, and is
now in Germany with the 9th Army.
His job right now is driving his
colonePs car.
In a recent letter received by his
parents, he wrote that after sleep
ing for a long time on the ground,
they now occupy some Germans
home. He wrote that he didn't
know whose home it was and that
he didn't care. He also wrote that
while he was in Wales he was enter
tanned at the home of a Welsh fam
lily and that all the Welsh people
were most kind to the American
boys.
Second Lieut.. Joe Mangione, hus-
band of the former Miss Jane Full
ton, who is making her home at
present with her parents, has also
been overseas since January. Form
erly assistant manager at Grants
store here, he has been in the Serv-
ice since July, 1912. He is the son
of Rev. Arelio Mangione, of Plain
field, N. J.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-04-26

With the 10Th Infantry Division,
On The Western Front-Pfc. Roy E.
Lushbaugh, husband of Mrs Verney
Lushbaugh of RID 5, % Vale street,
Hagerstown, member of Company
II" ll5th Regiment, who has been
overseas with this noted assault
division for 80 months, is now fight
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-04-26

At 18th AAF CAT Base in Italy
Staff Sergeant Richard H. Coop
er, husband of Audrey Cooper, and
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Coop
er, all of Route l, Clear Spring, has
received his first overseas stripe
after completing more than six
months overseas with a veteran
troop carrier group of the 18th Air
Force.
Sergeant Cooper is Radio Tech
nician. The work of his group in
cludes flying of ammunition, arms,
food and personnel up to the front
lines, the air evacuation of the
wounded, and during invasions, the
towing of elders carrying airborne
infantry, and the dropping of para
troopers behind enemy lines.
For outstanding supply-by- air
service in the India-Burma Theatre,
his group has been awarded the
Distinguished Unit Citation. His
group has also given meritorious
performances in the Invasions of
North Africa, Sicily, Italy and
Southern France.
Before joining the A.A.F., Ser
geant Cooper worked for the Prick
Co., Waynesboro, Pa. He attended
ST. Thomas High School, st. Thorn
as, Pa.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-04-26

Here is news of the two sons of
Mrs. Cora Fulton, 204 Playground
avenue, Conrad and Jesse-and of
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-04-26

An Eighth Air Force Bomber Sta
ton, England Sgt William J. Har-
per, son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Har-
per, of GIT West Church Street,
Hagerstown, Md, 19-year-old waist
gunner on the crew of BIZ Fly
ing Fortress, has recently been
awarded an Oak Leaf Cluster to
the Air Medal. He won the decora-
ton for Courage, GOODNESS and
SKILL" and for his outstanding per-
Torrance of duty during a number
of Eighth Air Force attacks on Ger
man war targets.
Before entering the Army Air
Forces in August, 1913, he was EN-
ployed by the Hagerstown County
Engineer as an assistant surveyor.
The flyer won his wings at King
man Gunnery School in April, 1914.
He is now member of the 486th
Bombardment Group, a unit of the
Third Air Division, the Division
cited by the president for its Eng
land-Africa shuttle bombing of the
Messerschmitt factories at Regens-
burg, Germany.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-04-26

Pvt. Jessie D. Habercom, Hagers-
towns only WAC grandmother, who
is stationed in New Guinea, has
been awarded the Good Conduct
ribbon and the Asiatic Pacific rib
bon, with Bronze Star.
Private Habercom's two sons are
also in the Service, one being lieu
tenant in the Combat Engineers
serving overseas, and the other q
seaman first class in the U. S. Navy
Private Habercom joined the Wo-
mans Army Corps on November 81
1943
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-04-26

ing deep in Germany.
He came overseas with the Blue
and Gray in October, 1912, trained
vigorously in England for Is months,
specializing in amphibious opera
lions. The 18th was one of the first
divisions to arrive in the E. T. o.
His regiment was recently award
ed the Presidential Unit Citation
for valor on D-Day. In addition he
wears the Combat Infantrymaa's
Badge, the E. T. o. ribbon with
three stars, denoting his partic pa
ton in the Normandy landings, the
Battle for France and Germany.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-04-26

Cpl. Donald Kridler, whose wife,
Mrs, Louise Kridler, and their son
Albert Donald, Jr., live at 429 West
Church street, is now with the adj
vancing Allied Forces in Germany.
In recent letter to his wife. Cor
poral Kridler said that the German
people hadn't received the Ameri
can boys very kindly and the CTS
felt the same way toward them. He
also said that they didn't like get
ting some of their own medicine.
The German civilians, he said, were
gradually coming back to what is
left of their homes after the bomb
ing that preceded the advance of
the American troops.
Corporal Kridler has been in the
Anti-Aircraft two years last Febru-
airy and has been overseas a year.
He saw service in England, France
and Belgium before crossing the
Rhine. In civilian life he was en-
ployed at Fairchild's.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-04-26

More than 200 Veterans .of|
WORLD WAR 2 have already
Joined William d. Byron Post
1896, VETERANS OF FOREIGNl
WARS of the UNITED STATES.
ALL OVERSEAS VETERANS
ARE INVITED TO JOIN. Ad-I
dress inquiries to Box 1884, Ha-|
|lgerstOwn, or phone 1881.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-04-26


ton in the Normandy landings, the
Battle for France and Germany.
Lawson Field, Fl. Benning, Ga
Cpl. Harry S. Poffenberger, son of
Mrs. Mary Poffenberger of 131 Nc
Comas ST, Hagerstown, stationed at
Lawson Field, a base of the United
States Army Air Forces First Troop
Carrier Command, has been spend
ing a 15-day furlough with his
family.
He has been a member of the
Armed Forces since June Is, 1913,
and is now in the First Troop Car
rier Command, whose Headquarters
are at Stout Field, Indianapolis, Ind.
The Troop Carrier Command is
the branch of the Air Forces charg-
ed with transporting men, supplies
and equipment into battle areas
throughout the world. Flying twin
engine cargo planes, they carry
paratroopers, tow gliders, and de-
liver vital materials to Americas
fighting men. Equipped with STREET
cheers, and attended by flight nurses,
the TCC flies wounded men from
combat areas back to base hospitals.
At An Air Service Command
Depot in Italy, April 1945-The
promotion of End Lieutenant Harold
E. Ridenour, 81, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John A. Ridenour, 104 Wayside
avenue, Hagerstown, to the rank of
LIST Lieutenant was announced re-
Gently by Headquarters of the Med
iterranean Allied Air Froces in
Italy. 1t. Ridenour who has been
in service overseas since January
of 1914, and at present is serving as
ground officer with the Air Service
Command in the Mediterranean
Theater of Operations.
Previous to his entry into the
Service, 1t. Ridenour was employ
ed as manager of the Diamond Pants
Store in Hagerstown.
1t. Ridenour's wife, Doris and
son, Harold, Jr., age 21a years, re-
side at 419 Franklin street, Hagers-
town.
With An Air Depot Group of the
Fifteenth Air Force Service Com
mand-Italy: Robert E. Rubeck,
son of Mrs. Mary J. Rubeck, Clear
Spring, has been promoted to the
grade of Private First Glass, ac-
cording to recent announcement
from his unit headquarters.
Private First Class Rubeck has
been member of the Army Of the
United States since August of 1913.
He is now a truck driver with a
Quartermaster trucking company
attached to this group and has been
overseas seven months. Pr'," to
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-04-26

Washington County and who are
with the Armed Forces
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-04-26

An Eighth Air Force Bomber Sta
ton, England Cpl. Scott M. Die
key, son of Mrs. Eta Dickey, Big
Pool, Maryland, is serving here with
the Sub-Depot attached to the vet
eran 457th Bombardment Group,
Eighth Air Force, commanded by
Colonel Harris E. Rogner.
Corporal Dickey is a parachute
rigger engaged in the highly inn
portant work of servicing, repair
ing and packing this vital item of
a flyers equipment. His conscience
GUS efforts insure a margin of safety
to the flyers, who participate in the
huge daylight precision bombing
assaults on the Nazi war machine
Prior to his entry into the Army
Air Forces, he was farmer.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-04-26

Allied Force Headquarters, Italy
-Technician fifth grade Hilda M.
Ernst, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
w. Ernst, 43 Wayside Ave-, Hagers-
town, assigned to the Adjutant Gen
erals Department at Allied Force
Headquarters in Italy, has been
promoted to the rank of technician
fourth grade
She entered the Women's Corps
in January, 1913, and after an as
signment in the States, was sent
overseas in August, 1943. On her
left sleeve she wears three golden
stripes, denoting eighteen months
of overseas service.
TIA Ernst is the third member of
her family in uniform. Her sister,
Technician fifth grade Helen Wolf
kill is stationed at Fl. Meade, Mary
land, while her brother, Pvt. j. w.
Ernst, Jr, also in the Service.
In civilian life she worked in the
office of the Station Furniture Mfg.
Co., in Hagerstown.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-04-26

With the 83rd Infantry Division
in Germany-Pfc. Russell L. Blick-
enstaff, husband of Mrs. Margaret
R. Blickenstaff, Georgia avenue,
Route 4, Hagerstown, has been
awarded the Combat Infantryman
Badge for displaying exemplary
conduct in action against the
enemy"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-04-26

With the 29th Infantry Division,
ON the Western Front-Pfc. Joseph
j. Barron, son of Mrs. Anna Barron
of SOB South Cannon avenue, Ha-
gerstown, rif1eman in Company
CO., 115th Regiment, who has been
overseas with this noted assault di-
vision for 80 months, is now fighting
deep in Germany.
He came overseas with the Blue &
Gray in October, 1912, trained rig
orously in England for Is months,
specializing in amphibious opera
tions. The 29th was one of the
first divisions to arrive in the ETC.
His regiment was recently awarded
the Presidential Unit Citation for
valor on D-Day. In addition he
wears the Combat Infantryman's
Badge, the ETC. ribbon with three
stars, denoting his participation in
the Normandy landings, the Battle
for France and Germany.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-04-26

entering the service, he was EN-.
ployed as truck driver
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-29

There are no national holidays
in the United States-each state
has the power to designate which
days are to be observed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-29
RATIONINC BOARD
WILL CUT STAFF

With a fifty per cent slash in the
state OPA personnel anticipated, C..
VanLeuven, chairman of the local
War Price ana Rationing board
said yesterday that the local staff
will be reduced by approximately
one third in the first major scale
cut down Of OPA personnel since
the organization began its work in
1912.
Already the OPA sub-office at
Bluethenthal Air Base, which is
sued gasoline rations exclusively.
has been shut down.
The branch off ce at the ship
yard, which formerly used seven
persons to handle the gasoline, tire.
and shoe rationing for the ship
yard, has been reduced to one per-
son.
OF the permanent staff of 10 Civil
Service employees who worked in
the main downtown office. three
have already resigned, and Mr.. Van
Leuven estimated that three would
be released in the near future.
Five extra workers, who were en-
ployed by the OPA on part-time
basis. are all being terminated
within the next few days.
From Raleigh came the state
ment that 30-day dismissal notices
will be sent TO l72 paid employees
Of 81 War Price and Rationing
boards Throughout eastern North
Carolina this week
Theodore S. Johnson, district
OPA director, added, however, that
sufficient experienced personnel
would be retained by the local
boards to carry on the remaining
rat;oning program and ''stitfen
community price control"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-29

Two-thirds of the 100000 oc-
cupied dwelling units in the United
States had private bath or shower
In 1914.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-29
GREEN, LEWIS ASK
HIGH WAGE RATES
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as he followed him to the witness
chair, said he apparoved the bill
in principle but reserved the right
to dissent later to any amendments
that might be added.
He contended that. except for
minimum wage standards set by
the law. the pay of workers should
be left to collective bargaining. He
objected to language in the bill
that would allow contractors on
Federal jobs to pay locally pre-
vailing wages" saying they would
become the maximum.
On the other side, William L.
Kleitz, vice president of hteGuar.
anty Trust Company of Mes York,
said the goal of the legislation is
"highly desirable" but that the
machinery to effect it is defective.
He declared the assumption by
the Federal government of respon.
sibility for full employment would
inevitably lead to the exercise OF
powers which would eventually de-
stroy tn e private enterprise
system
James L. Donnelly, Executive
Vice President O. the Illinois Manu-.
contended the bill would retard
production and increase unemploy.
ment" and would be impractical
in operation"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-29
0PA.RETAILERS
IN PRICE FIGHT
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until mid-July when they were re-
duced from "a points to the pre-
sent 16.
The Army is ready to reduce the
number of points necessary for a
soldier to be discharged from 85
to 80 as soon as General Mac
Arthur tells us he does not need
any more combat men,"
This is the program:
l. All men with so or more points
will be discharged.
2. All men with 60 or more points
will not be sent overseas. The pre-
sent figure is rs points.
3. At present points are figured
on a May IL basis. All points will
be re-figured. Under the new 80
point system-when it comes-men
who now have 72 points will be
eligible for discharge.
BY next July l the army will
discharge 5,50O,000 men, dropping
from its present eight million to
2,500.0 900 and then reduce further
The government lifted all controls
on products manufacture from re-
claimed ard scrap rubber. and all
synf' etic rubber except Butyl.
This should make rubber avail,
able for toys for Christmas, and
things like bathing and shower
caps. combs, beach balls. bath
mats, bottle shoppers, rubber
gloves, window wipers, haircur.ers
kitchen tools, rubber heels.
The government is keeping rigid
control over natural rubber ano
Butyl.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-29
BITE OF HUMANS
WORSE THAN DOGS
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man mouth. He said, adding that
unless a bite wound is properly
cleaned at the outset, deep-seated
infection may result.
Henry's report did not explain
why it is that dogs mouth has
less bacteria than humans, but
Washington veterinarian offered
this explanation:
Dogs exercise their teeth and
gums more than humans do They
tear and rend their food. thus keep
ing their teeth and gums stronger
and less subject to harboring in
fection."
Comdr. Henry described two
cases of human bite infection he
had treated = including a sailor
who was bitten on the hand during
a fight and who developed a bone
infection.
And he told of another doctor
who treated a man for i bite ON
the eyelid. The wound became so
complicated the mans eye had to
be removed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-29
BRITISH TO MEET
WITH JAPS TODAY
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represented Admiral Lord L VI S
Mountbatten.
Rangoon made preparations tor
an influx of Allied prisoners OF
war. Monsoon capes and Shoes
were made available for them at
Mingaladaon airfield, from where
they will be dispersed to camps
and hospitals.
The estimate of $50, 900 prisoners
of war in this area includes @Bri-
tain and Empire troops. as well as
Indians and Australians. There
are also about $4,000 civilian in
ternees in Morntbatten's enlarged
command.
In Burma itself guerriIlas yester-
day made contact near ShWegyin
with 100 Japanese who refused to
believe that the Emperor had call
ed for surrender. They demanded
proof, which will be taken to them
by japanese prisoners OF war.
Elsewhere, the difficult task OF
rounding up prisoners continued,
with the enemy showing increasing
docility. Forty Japanese, carrying
white flags, were found resting
along the Moxpalin-Moulmein
road near a staff car also decked
with a surrender flag.
A British officer, Major Turrall,
who undertook a one-man peace
project on Aug. is and was held
by the Japanese, has returned to
his own lines, it was learned. He
led a guerrilla force in the Shweg-
yin area.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-29
Slaughterers Receive
Increased Meat Ouot,.

c. o. Kersey of New Bern o.,
oorrn Packing company Of Cbas Ct,aa'
Dourn, and R. c. Causev, Rov au' a.,
OF Greensboro have been grao.., ~ ",
increased meat quotas. S''V'
In order to relieve the meat sb...
age for the remainder Of .ra''.. o.'
district OPA officials in Psi.;sI PS5sS
have authorized an ircress.
slaughtering quotas for thesa v... II
by slaughterers, provided ',s ~, y,
their produce is delivered 10 VIC. '.
markets in New Hanover co,r,. 1'
the local War Price and Rstior;,.
Board announced yesterday
The increased quotas apDlv o,,,
during the remainder Of the ror., o..s
OF August, until further rotir. -.
any additional adjustment is m.s, y,
by the OPA. '''-s
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-29
ACL OFFICIAL GETS
PROMOTION TO HEAD
OF TWO RAILROADS

S. E. Jones, for many years an
ACL Official, was appointed to the
position OF General Manager of
the Rockingham Railroad COM
pany, with Offices at Rockingham.
and General Manager Of the East
Carolina Railway, located a t
Farmville, as was announced yes
terday by the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad here.
Now employed in the Personnel
department of the local ACL office,
Mr.. Jones for several months last
year served as acting superin-
tendent of the Wilmington district
during the illness OF Superinten.
dent of the Wilmingto district
during the illness OF Superinten-
dent Lloyd Crocker.
Prior to his work in the local
office, Mr.. Jones was Superinten-
dent of Mine Service for the COM
pany in Mulberry. Fla.
He will assume his new duties at
September l.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-29
ALLIES READYINC
WAR TRIAL LIST
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tiers, conviction would result in the
atomatic punishment of all those
who could be established as volun-
tary members of the two organi-
zatons.
Supreme Court Justice Robert
jackson, Chief United States wal
crimes prosecutor, was expected
to return tomorrow to Nuremberg
from Rome, where he had an
audience with Pope Plus XII to-
day.
Meanwhile, it was learned that
special teams of legal experts have
military hostilit,es.
This raised the possibility that
the list of war criminals may in.
dlrde some of Germany's leading
manufacturing munitions.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-29
IN MEk0RIAk
ROBERT JOHNSON WILLIAMS


Health in memorial to Dr. R. J. Williams of Rocky Point
ng or prince for associations with him we found
exposed the wisdom OF experience ana eanso 10
mnered to and sick i'll destitute OF Pender
County, rich or poor Whte OF eooeo ne
all poor physician or layman christian or nGet
without enemies his bameess life, he lett
better for having lived anong u.s. ana ne el' place WI" ~
which will be hard indeed to fill ,., x.. - ,t
society have made as little effort OF el
ment been honored. to be loved and
blessed each day his BY his b nc Ss h
people fortunate have been ADMITTED
SO so ts e o M e ueb Of less
his life from the scientific standpoint must be
medicine yet standard as old as Charity hope
One made by himself which forever excludes any man rom
that life wal, pathway OF the
doctor possible fer poor
apathy professional rung OF the intellect for
not offering their patient attention kindly given day and
night, his best ability His counsel and advice in meetings
of Board of Health bore fruits beyond expectations well
read indeed always looking forward to and the
was learning much eowman dligent
and scholar Of his profession while all the time he was teaching
Apostle administering and hope all within his reach He
Which made possible to help his patients that died as he also
helped them back 10 life His greatest lesson taught TO both
physician forgotten unselfsh will be
remembered and will make tradition in this section By his
physician who can give the dying patient The consolation Of
religion of Jesus christ Physician, who viii always
In memory of beloved Doctor Bob who departed from
K. D. PIGFoRD ". H. YOUNG D. D. S.
w. c. MYERS COLIN SHAW NJ D.
T T. MURPHY H W STEVENS ND
Members of the Pender County Board OF Health
Burgaw, n. c.
August o. S45