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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-13
Silver Star Awarded PosthumousIy To
1t. Bohman For Calamity In Action
Widow Receives Medal AT Ceremonies Held At Third Service
Command Headquarters, Baltimore. Lieutenant Bohmans
Parents Are Mr.. and Mrs George M Bohman
Especial independently

BALTIMORE, Sept. 10-The wild
ow of First Lieutenant George M.
Bohman, Jr., Hagerstown infantry
man killed in action with the 104th
Division, today received the Silver
Star medal awarded him posthum-
ously for "gallantry in action" in
Germany last March in an assault
on strongly defended enemy town.
Mrs. Charlotte T. Bohman, of 200
East Irwin Avenue, was given the
medal by Major General Philip E.
Hayes, Commanding General of the
Third Service Command, in cere-
mony at Service Command head
quarters here.
The citation accompanying the
medal said:
"In the assault on a strongly de-
Tended enemy town, Lieutenant
Bohman, at great risk to his life
and in the face of concentrated en-
envy artillery and mortar fire, went
forward and reconnoitered possible
sites for his mortars. AS the ac-
ton continued, Lieutenant Bohman
ascertained that it was necessary for
his platoon to secure a good obser-
walton post in order to deliver eff
fective fire on the enemy.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-13

'Disregarding the heavy enemy
fire, he established an observation
post in a prominent building and
remained there for two days, despite
constant enemy Smelling. Lieuten-
ant Bohman's courage and GOODNESS
under fire exemplify the finest ira
ditions of the American officer and
combat leader"
The 28-year-old officer, the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. George M. Bohman,
was a graduate of Hagerstown High
School and Washington and Lee
University, Lexington, Va. He won
his commission at the Infantry Of
ficer Candidate School, Fort Ben
ming, Ga, in August, 1913.
He was in combat with the fam
Gus 104th ''Timberwolf" Division
for four months before he was
killed, participating in the Battle
of the Bulge" the seige of Aachep,
the Roer River spearhead and other
offensives, including the crossing of
the Rhine After crossing the Yves
er River he fought into Lippolds-
burg and was killed while attempt
ing to secure a mortar observation
post.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-13
Boy Scouts Hold
Board of Review
Thirteen Advance In Rank
Twelve Receive Merit Badges.

At the September Board of Re
view of the Washington Council
Area, Boy Scouts of America, helc
at the Scout Headquarters on Fri
day night, Sept. 7, thirteen Scout;
of the Washington County Distric
advanced in rank, while twelve
were awarded merit badges . In
Guided in the advancement elias!
were two Eagle Scouts-Willian
Knepper, who was awarded tht
Bronze Palm, and Robert Weston
who was awarded his second Bronze
Palm. The complete awards fol
low.
Advancement Glass
Troop 1: William Stadtmiller
Star Scout.
Troop 4: Robert F. Sagle, Life
Scout.
Troop S: Morton Weston, Secont
Bronze Palm; Kenneth Spence, Life
OCOdI, SlldlISS LIZ lJotoll1ldW dllO u
Gordon Phillippy, Star Scouts.
Troop 8: Robert Cushen, Sta
Scout.
Troop 8: Vaugn Dullabaum, FRS
Class Scout Frederick r. Black
burn Second Glass Scout.
Troop IL: Carroll France, Sta
Scout.
Troop %: William Knepper
Bronze Palm
Troop 81: Joseph William Bear
niger and Donovan Day, Star Scouts
Merit Badge Glass
Troop 8: Mac Campbell, Physica
Development and Swimming.
Troop 4: Jack c. Butler, Reptil,
Study and Stamp Collecting; Rober
F. Sagle, Reptile Study
Troop 5: Richard Flock, Handi
craft and Woodcarving; Charles 3
Huyett, Stamp Collecting and Lift
Saving; Arthur Perkins, Bird Study
Electricity, Pioneering and Wood
carving; Gordon Phillippy, Athlet
les. Personal Health Public Health
Rowing and Woodcarving; Eddi
Senior, Handicraft and Publ
Health; Kenneth Spence, Publ
Health; Howard C. Smith (SM.)
Woodworking
Troop IL: Carroll France, Lift
Saving, Personal Health, Publ
Health and Swimming.
Troop Is: Richard Hajek, De-
Care and Reading.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-13
More Local Men
Are Indicted

Board l announces that the fol-
lowing Hagerstown men, having
passed their final physical examina-
tons, were indicted into the Armed
Forces on September 4. 1915:
Army
Richard H. Smith, 1860 FairvieW
Road.
Russell c. Seibert, Jr., 228 E.
Antietam st.
Paul I. Poffenberger, 724 George
Street.
William t. Tuell, 225 Alexander
Street.
John j. Alvey, Jr., 1903 Potomac
Ave.
David A. Rider, 4O5 W. Howard
st.
James F. Butts, Jr., 612 N. Null
berry st.
Ernest C. Mundey, Jr., 1924 Main
Ave.
Winston D. Hefin, 319 Mcdowell
Ave.
Percy Leroy Myers, 1919 Pope
Ave.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-13

The Great Hagerstown Fair, the
Goth annual exposition in the Fair
Associations history, will open its
gates to the public on Tuesday, Sep
TENDER 10, and continue through
Saturday, September %, being open
day and night, and the directors of
the association, of which A. K. Coff-
man is president, have spared no ex-
pense to make this years Fair an
outstanding event, both from the
point of view of exhibits and enter
tainment.
, Hundreds of great educational
exhibits of poultry, livestock and
agricultural products will be on
display, as well as an interesting
exhibition of the newest in agri-
cultural machinery.
From the point of view of enter
tainment, the Fair will also rise to
its greatest heights. twenty-five
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-13
aWASAINGTONA
Va, I ..AA
y SNAPSHOTS
BY James Preston

ny James EFeSLOH
Tall, square iawed, Missouri
born, Yale-educated, w. Stuart
Symington calls upon all his at
tributes these days to handle the
toughest administrative job in
Washington-disposal of war sur
pluses.
The st. Louis businessman won
the respect of then Senator
Truman, who was probing war
contracts, by his handling of labor
problems. Equally brilliant was his
record in commerce.
Manufacturers talk less about
surplus war plant disposal than
the utilization" of these plants in
such a way as to make for peak
industrial production and the larg-
est possible employment for veter-
ans and displaced war workers.
In this connection, top men in
65 companies which starred in wal
production, who constitute the Ma
tional Assn, of Manufacturers
Committee on Disposal of Govern
ment-owned Plants and Materials
are recommending, among other
steps:
l. Publicizing the whole pro-
cedure. "You can't help more com
panies make more jobs by keeping
half of them in the dark"
@ Negotiating sales in advance
of declaring plants to be "sur,
plus" SO buyers can get set in ad,
vance for production and payrolls
g. Selling outright. Lease fol
long terms if that will keep them
going. If an entire plant can't be
used, lease the part that can"
f. Watch out for tax abatement
schemes to attract buyers.
Attractive Mrs. Symington, 6
singer of note and daughter of New
York's James w. Wadsworth, may
see little of her busy, handsome
husband in the months to come.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-13

four-star circus acts will perform
in front of the grandstand every
afternoon and night, and, in addi-
ton, B Ward Beams Congress of
Daredevils' will put on their SEN
sational act on Friday night and
Saturday afternoon.
Over in the Midway, the famous
Cetlin- Wilson Shows, brought right
up-to-date, with several new super
thrilling rides, will be on hand to
entertain and amuse you and to
offer you endless opportunities to
win one of those Kewpie dolls and
other prizes that delight the hearts
of patrons of the fair.
All in all, the people of Hagers-
town, Washington County and the
surrounding territory can look for
ward to really good time. So get
out to the fairgrounds next week as
often as you can; you'll have swell
time.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-13
Local Sailors On
u. S. S. Nevada

One Hancock and Three Ha-
gerstown Boys On Famous
Battleship.
ABOARD THE USS NEVADA
IN THE PACIFIC-One Washing
ton County and three Hagerstown
Navy men-Jesse L. Harris, cleo
trician's mate, third class, USNR,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. William Harris,
Hancock; Stanford H. Ferguson, Jr.,
seaman, first class, USN, son of Mr..
and Mrs. S. H. Ferguson, 219 West
Howard street; John K. Lehman,
Machinist's mate, second class,
USNR, of 325 North Cannon Ave-,
and Jay C. Buttenbaugh, gunner's
mate, second class, USNR, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. l. E. Buttenbaugh, 245
King street, Chambersburg, Penna.,
and husband of Mrs. J. A. Butten-
baugh, 1888 Chestnut street, Hagers-
town. celebrated the surrender of
Japan aboard the famous American
fighting battleship NEVADA as
she rested at anchor in Leyte Gulf
after a 32-day mission into the
East China Sea.
The announcement by the Com
handing Officer, Captain Homer
Louis Grosskopf, USN, of Mime
apolis, Mimi, that the japanese had
quit touched off a demonstration
unlike any this veteran ship had
ever seen. Sailors tossed their hats
in the air and began jitterbugging
to the strains of the ships band.
1t was Holiday Routine" for all
hands.
The "O1d Imperishable" of the
Fleet began this war, at Pearl Har-
Dor, went through the Aleutians
campaign, fought at Normandy and
Southern France, and then joined
in the Two Jinna and Okinawa bat
ties.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-13
Service Men Need
Playing Cards

The General Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs is making an appeal for
decks of new playing cards, or used
ones in good condition, for the use
of Service men on the trains. The
Federation has been advised by
Recreation Services, Inc, that 5O,-
900 decks of cards are badly needed
for the use of the millions of Ser
vice men who will be transported
across the country in the coming
months
If you have any good decks Of
cards in your home, or would care
to buy few decks for this worthy
cause, please send them to: General
Federation of Women's Clubs Head
quarters, 1884 N Street, N. W.,
Washington 6, D. c., as soon as
possible.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-13
Dual Highway
Funds Appropriated
Governor O'Conor Says That
Postwar Construction of Roads
Bridges Must Start AS Soon
AS Possible.

1t appears that at last Maryland's
'million-do folly" - the long
projected dual highway between
Hagerstown and Frederick - is to
get under way again.
Years ago, during the Nice adj
ministration, some of the practical
boys" in Washington sold the State
on the advisability of constructing
such a straight-away road between
the two Western Maryland centers,
including the securing of practical
ly all new rights of-way, extensive
grading and the building of numer-
Gus stone bridges which would do
credit as elaborate memorials in
their architectural elegance.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars
of Federal monies was the bait held
out to the State if they would agree
to the construction of this expensive
tourist highway" which accom-
modated no local communities ex-
cept Myersville At the time, it was
argued that the State could take the
money it was required to put up
out of its funds and rebuild its own
existing highway between these two
cities-present U. S. Route 40-at
the same time giving the Myersville
community a modern highway of
its own connecting with this road
and leading to both Hagerstown and
Frederick. But the lure of Federal
monies prevailed and work on the
new route was started
Rights-of-way were secured at
great cost, a lot of tremendously
expensive grading done and then it
was found that not enough money
was available to complete even one
lane of the proposed super-highway.
The expensive stone bridges over
streams which had hardly ever
been noticed before had already
been built also and so it was in
evitable that considerable agitation
should be started and much
criticism heaped on officials respon-
sible for this colossal waste of
public funds. AS a result, portion
of the roadway, leading from Hag-
erstown toward Myersville, was paw
ed with concrete, but the war came
on and again the work stopped. For
years the expensive route lay I'M
used, the elaborate grading and
bridge work going into deplorable
states of deterioration. But now, at
last, the work insofar as at least one
lane o fthe highway is concerned, is
apparently to be finished.
Governor Herbert R. O'Conor has
ordered that $7,000,00O, which is the
first phase of the $60,O00,0O0 post
war construction program for build
ing highways and bridges, be used
for construction at the earliest
possible moment. One of the pro-
jects included in this program is a
portion of this Hagerstown-Freder-
lex dual highway For the building
of SO miles of road from Hagers-
town to Myersville, $3.50 will be
appropriated, and $612,000 for the
same number of miles from Myers
vile to Frederick
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-13
Keep Atomic Bomb
Secret Say Vets
Local Veterans OF Foreign
Wars Post Also Asks Pearl
Harbor Inquiry.

At the regular September meet
ing of the William D. Bryon Post
1886, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
held last week, resolutions were
adopted and ordered sent to Sena-
tors Radcliffe and Tydings and to
Congressman Beall, asking them to
use their vote and influence to keep
the Atomic Bomb secret from be-
ing given to other nations, and also
that they vote for a thorough Con-
gressional investigation of the
Pearl Harbor incident, with those
found responsible being made to
pay for their negligence.
At the meeting, William w. Del
bert, member of the Ninth Air
Forces, the tallest map in the Armed
Forces from Washington County The
is well over six feet, was one of
a large class obligated
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-13
WANT LARGER WATER MAIN

A public meeting was held recent
ly in the Berlin Town Hall for the
purpose of discussing ways and
means of installing larger water
mains. in the community. The meet
ing was planned after fire destroyed
the Berlin Milling Company, and
two firemen suffered minor injuries.
Booster tanks and chemicals were
used after the water supply failed.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-13
More County Men
Have Been Indicted

Board 2 announces that the fol
lowing Washington County men
having passed their final physical
examinations, were inducted into
the Armed Forces on September 4
1915:
Army
Ira Paul Stockslager, Box ia
Sharpsburg.
John Paul Murray, Hancock.
Ernest Walter Spade, RID. 2
Hagerstown.
Norman Nevin Hose, RID. 2
Williamsport.
Robert Theodore Starliper, R.F
D. No. l, Fairplay.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-13

Planes of the 5th Air Force, under
the command of 1t Gen Ennis G.
Whitehead, knocked the Nip back
for the first six months of this
year with more than $4,000 tons
of bombs.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-13

Smashing Jap naval forces
wherever they could be found on
the high seas, planes of the 5th and
18th Air Forces approximately sunk
more than 100000 tons of shipping
for the first six months of this year.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-13

Sawdust will not float in water,
although the lumber from which it
is sawn will float.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-13

At Tacoma, Wash, Patrolman u.
Drivewell gave a traffic ticket to
IL. Walk.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-13

To be sure you are right you
must 60 ahead-and see if you are.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-13
Gates Of The Great Hagerstown Fair To
Open Tuesday For Five Days And Nights

Star Attractions in Front of randstand Day and Night Exhibits
To be Biggest Fairs History; Ce- Wilson Shows Midway.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-13
Listen To

Listen To
ut Happened During The Week.
Sunday Night At 8:3O-WJEJ.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-13

The Republican County Central
Committee has, at long last, sub
mitted list of names to Governor
O'Conor for the Office of Republic
an Register of the Washington
County Permanent Board of Regis
try. So an appointment by the Gov
ernor probably the reappointmcnt
of the incumbent) may be expected
at any minute.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-13
PLEASE COOPERATE

It is important, that when
you receive your subscription
expiration card that you no.
tify us at once about renewal
or cancellation. Thanks.
Evening star., 1945-06-25

nesA forces have reached . point
within lat miles southeast Of Lang
chow, More than 90 enemy troops
were killed 65 miles south Of Hang
chow when Chinese guerrillas blew
up Japanese munitions train near
IWU on the Chekiang- -Kiangsi rail-
road.
The Chinese said bitter fighting
still ragged in Liuchow, former
American air base site abandoned
seven months ago. The Japanese
had stiffened their resistance to
Chinese attempts to capture the
south rail station. the biggest rail
depot in South Central China.
Chinese press reports carried q
belated announcement that Chinese
troops had rect ,red Shachiao-
cheng, small town 10 miles north
eeast Of Chungking and near the
Evening star., 1945-06-25

important Japanese stronghold Of
Nanyaf1s In Honan Province.
A Chinese dispatch reported a
steady withdrawal of Japanese
forces which recently invaded
Southwestern Kiangsi Province from
Kwangtung Province in q move to
smash the Chinese potential for a
counter offensive against Canton
and Hong Kong.
Among the points which the Chi
nese were on the verge OF reoccu-
pying, the dispatch said, was Lung
nan, an important communications
center 140 miles northeast Of Canton.
Another dispatch said resurgent
Chinese forces operating in South
Evening star., 1945-06-25
Chinese Forces Drive
To Point us Miles
South Of Shanghai
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, June 25.-Chinese
forces pursuing Japanese troops up
China's east coast have reached
Hwangyen, ITS miles south OF
Shanghai, the Chinese high COM
mand announced today as other
Chinese troops fought for possession
of the former American air base
city Of Liuchow, 800 miles to the
southwest.
In the Ywangyen area. on Tai
chow Bay, Chinese spearheads en-.
gagged Japanese rearguards after a
week-long retreat which carried
enemy troops 60 miles from Chinese
occupied Wenchow. Following the
steadily retreating Japanese, Chi
Evening star., 1945-06-25

western shanSi Province had re-
captured Hutao township northwest
of Wensi on the Tungup railroad.
Another column tore up a section
of the same railroad and pushed
in the direction Of Yungtsi (Pu-
chow.
Evening star., 1945-06-25
Seating Policy Protested

When the only movie theater at
Clones, Fire, decided to allow un-
married couples to sit together in
stead Of in different sides Of the
house there was such a strong pro-
test that the idea had to be aban-
doned.
Evening star., 1945-06-25

the laws which
apply TO other
groups do not
apply TO them;
that thee Special
laws supposed to
apply to them
are Intellectual,
entirely pushed
aside and ig-
nored.
The second Is
that no relief
from this condi-
ton can be ex-
pected from the
Supreme Court.
The radical ma
Evening star., 1945-06-25
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

By THE HASkIN SERVICE.
@. II an enlisted man in the Army
who is 40 years Of age requests a
discharge. will he be released i'm
mediately?-D. r. B.
A. Under the new policy an enlisted
man Of 40 Or over whose service is
honorable is eligible for discharge.
If he applies. However, such man
may be retained by his commander
for period of not more than 90
days, II q replacement is not avail
able Immediately.
G. How many WACs have been
awarded the Purple Heart?-C. H. H.
| A. Fourteen members of the
Women's Army Corps have received
Purple Hearts for wounds suffered
from enemy attack.
@. Is the cavalry Of the United
States Army largely mechanized?
F. r.
A. The War Department says that
although provisional horse cavalry
units have functioned with distinc-
tion under fire on reconnaissance
in the present war, nearly all troops
and squadrons are mechanical.
They travel in jeeps, In armored
cars, with self-propelled guns, and
in light tanks. Horse cavalry troops
have carried out vital reconnaissance
missions in the rugged mountains of
Central Italy, penetrating ravines
and reaching precipitous mountain
paths inaccessible to mechanical
troops.
@. At the termination Of the war
must graduate of an Army officer
candidate school revert to the grade
held by him on entering the school?
r. H. A.
A. The War Department says that
when an enlisted man is graduated
from an officer candidate school he
is discharged from his enlisted
status Immediately prior to receive
ing his commission. Under present
regulations, at the termination of
the war and six months thereafter
he will be discharged from his off,
Ger status and returned to civilian
life.
| @. Are the sailors on PIT boats
required to wear steel vests?-L E. L..
A. The Navy Department says
that some sailors on PIT boats wear
steel vests in action.
@. How many patents were
granted in 1944?-V E. N.
A. The number of patents issued
last year was 32,192. This is the
lowest figure for any year since 1906
@. What are the duties of COM
pany clerk now stationed in Ger
many?-L. w. E.
A. The duties of a company clerk
are the same regardless of where
ne is located. A company clerk is
person, usually a non-commis-
stoned officer, assigned to help the
first sergeant in doing the clerical
work OF company.
G. Does conscientious objector
serving in a camp receive Army
pay?-B. B.
A. A conscientious objector who
is in limited service in the Army
wears the Army uniform and re-
ceives the pay and allowances of a
soldier.
@. Whose picture appears on the
largest denomination postage stamp?
e. L. H.
| A. President Coolidge's picture
appears on the IS postage stamp,
which Is the highest denomination
now in use.
Evening star., 1945-06-25
The Great GameofP Politics
New Bill to Correct Labor Union Abuses
Greeted With HOwls of Fury, Says Writer

there is no place else for 1t to 60:
80 that there is much windy bluff
about these labor bosses who have
been getting credit for a lot more
political power than they really
have-largely because Of the loud
ness of their claims and the pusil-
lanimity of the politicians.
Evening star., 1945-06-25
BY Frank K. Kent

Recent developments have made
two important things clearer than
before. One is that the labor unions
are really unregulated by law; that
Evening star., 1945-06-25
Answers to
Questions

A reader can get the answer to any
question of fact by writing The Eve
street N E., Washington .. d. c. Please
inclose 3 cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1945-06-25
ADvERTsEMENT.
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Moneu Cal, Buy

None faster. None surer. None better.
No aspirin can do more for you. Get
St. Joseph Aspirin, worlds largest
seller at l0c. 100 tablets for only 35c.
Always insist on St. Joseph Aspirin.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-02-02
School Board Tour
OF Educational Units
Slated Thursday

The Pascagoula School Board
will make its annual tour of the
schools on Thursday, February 8.
it was announced by p. w. Cox,
president of the board. The tour
will start from the high school
building at $50 am. and the fol-
lowing units win be visited: Cen
trail Elementary school, Trades
school, South Pascagoula Elemen-
tary school, Maritime Nursery,
Maritime Trailer Nursery. East.
lawn Nursery, Eastlawn Child
Care Center, Gulfdale Nursery
Negro High school, Negro Voca-
tional school, Carver Village
Trailer Nursery, Carver Village
Nursery, and Lake Elementary
school. In addition. the board will
inspect the extensive on-the-joh
training program now being OPP
Grated by the public school sys-
tenn at the Ingalls, Shipbuildine
Corporation. Members will re
turn to the high school cafeteria
at LOO pm. for lunch.