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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-03-01
WITH THE 45th DIVISION OF
THE SEVENTH ARRTV FRANC,E

Will LIE tOLIl LII NlOlOIN Or
THE SEVENTH ARMY, FRANCE
Pfc. Norman G. Seekford, son of
Mrs. Virginia Shelley, As Foundry
street, has received the golden yell
low wreath insignia awarded to
members of unit receiving the
Meritorious Unit Plaque. The in
sigma is given in recognition of the
individual soldiers contribution to
his units success and is worn on the
right sleeve.
The local soldier is a member of
the 18th Regiments Service Com
pany which recently received the
coveted Plaque from Major General
Robert 7. Frederick, commanding
general of the veteran "Thunderbird
Division now fighting on the Seventh
Army front.
The Service Company, in addition
to its big job of keeping the fighting
soldiers supplied with ammunition
and rations, also keeps the vehicles
and small arms of the regiment in
repair.
From August 18th to November
5th, 1914, in France, the period for
which the Service Company was
cited, the service men maintained
an adequate flow of supplies to the
units of the regiment, shuttled
troops, and maintained it's equipment
in a superior manner. At times they
hauled supplies from dumps located
more than a hundred miles to the
rear and all vehicles were kept in
constant operation. Despite this ex-
IRENE distance and arduous schedule,
accidents and breakdowns yere kept
to>a minimum.
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SAGINAW PLANS PROJECTS

The City of Saginaw, Mich, has
a huge postwar construction pro-
gram planned, including a SILL
900 project for improvements to its
water system.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-03-01

Devil" divisions in the spring often
sive to Rome and continued to serve
in support of the 88th and 85th di-
visions as they bridged the Arno
River and pierced the Gothic Line.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-03-01

Pvt. David E. Appenzellar, son of
MIR. and Mrs. Harry w. Appenzellar,
629 West Franklin street, is now
stationed in Florida. Here is his
address: Pvt. David E. Appenzellar,
33961271, Co. F, 216th Bat, Goth;
Regiment, Camp Blanding, Fla.
Flight Officer Thomas S. Bittle,
son of Mr.. Thomas c. Bittle, chief
clerk of the Washington County War
Ration Board, who was recently
home on Today furlough, has re-
ported to a Florida Army Air
Forces Pursuit Pilots Pool, for pro-
cessing.
Flight Officer Bittle, who was COM
missioned and received his silver
wings last June, has been taking adj
vanced P-40 training at Perry Field,
Florida.
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TVS Carroll E. Gelwicks, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. F. Gelwicks, 613
N, Mulberry street, who on his re-
turn from active duty in the Aleu-
tan Islands was stationed for a
time at Tampa, Fla, has now been
transferred to the West Coast. His
address is: TVS Carroll E. Gelwicks,
33065437, Squadron tt, 467th AAF
Bond Group Co., Camp Pinesdale,
Fresno, Calf
His brother, Sgt. William Gel
wicks, is still stationed in England
and writes his parents that he is
getting along OK.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-03-01

S/Sgt. Roger M. Zimmerman, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur B. thinner
man, 827 Mulberry avenue, is chief
clerk in the personnel section of an
Air Service Command Supply Depot,
somewhere in England. Housed I'M
der large canvas tents, tons of vital
air corps supplies are received and
assembled at this depot and trans
shipped direct to our fighting fronts.
Staff Sergeant Zimmerman attended
Hagerstown High School and was
formerly bookkeeper at the Pang-
born Corporation.
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Mrs. Harry Davis, of Fairplay, has
recently received letters from all
three of her boys in the Service, two
of whom are overseas.
T/Sgt. Warren N. Davis, who was
wounded in action in Germany last
November, wrote that he was MAX
ing a good recovery in an English
hospital.
Pvt. Harry E. Gene Davis wrote
from Belgium where he is member
of the Third Army, and Pvt. Bernard
G. Davis letter came from his train
ing camp at Camp Banding, Florida
The addresses of the boys may be
obtained by phoning Mrs. Davis.
Her phone number is 4O58-F-11.
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AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE BOMB

AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE BOMB
Err STATION, England. Cpl. Will
liam r. Troupe, son of William E.
Troupe, 213 Belview avenue, is
member of an Eighth Air Force BIZ
Flying Fortress squadron recently
cited by the commanding general of
its combat wing for maintenance and
operational excellence.
The units bombers had the lowest
number of mechanical failures re-
sulting in turnbacks short of the tar
gets of those of any squadron in the
wing during recent month. The
squadron also had the fewest bomb
er turnbacks in its heavy lombard
ment group in the past year of bomb
ing attacks upon German military
and industrial targets.
Corporal Troupe is the motion pic
ture projectionist for the base. Prior
to entering the Army Air Forces in
October, 1912, he was a projectionist
of the Stanley Company of America,
Washington, D. c. He has served
10 months in England.
His squadron is in the 385th Bomb
ardment Group, a part of the Third
Air Division.
The bombers of the squadron have
dropped thousands of tons of bombs
upon such German detectives as war
factories, airfelds, oil refineries, rail-
road yards, and military defense
points. They took a vital part in the
aerial offensive against German
troop concentrations, supplies, and
communication lines during the in
vasion and the drive across France
and Belgium to the Nazi border.
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WITH THE 5th ARMORED d.

WITH THE 5th ARMORED d.
VISION ON THE WESTERN
FRONT-First Sergeant Samuel E.
Chopper of Clear Spring, has been
awarded the Bronze Star Medal by
Major General Landlord E. Oliver,
commanding general of the 5th
Armored Division.
In addition to performing his regu-
lar duties as ranking non-commis-
stoned officer of his tank company in
superior" manner, Sgt. Chopper
braved heavy enemy fire to bring
supplies to his company.
When his company was fighting
in the Siegfried Line near Cruchten,
Germany, he guided a supply column
through route covered by enemy
shellfire to bring up badly needed
gasoline and ammunition.
During the fighting in the Huert-
gen Forest in Germany, he again
rode in his unprotected peep over
mined and shelled roads, to keep his
men supplied.
The sergeants' brother, Charles w.
Chopper, lives in Clear Spring.
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Pfc. Celtic Glesner, who has been
in the Service about three years, %
months of which have been spent
overseas, is spending a 30-day fur
Tough with his father, Mr.. J. Brent
Glesner, % Armstrong avenue. Pfc.
Glesner saw service in Africa, Sar-
DINA, Corsica and Italy, before re-
turning to the States. At the ex-
piration of his furlough he will re-
port to Columbia, S. c., for further
orders.
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Sgt. John Robert Ground has ar
rived in France, according to word
received here. Sgt. Ground received
his training at Camp Hood, Texas;
La. State University; and the Sa-
wanna Section Ordnance School at
Proving Ground, Illinois. His wife,
and six-month old son, Bobby, are
residing in this city. Sgt. Ground is
attached to an Ordnance H. A. M.
Company, and was indicted in Jan
uary, 194S
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-03-01

James P. Harter, III, son of Mr..
and Mrs. James P. Harter, Jr., 48
Wayside avenue, graduated last
week from the Fleet Sound School,
Key West, Florida, with the rating of
SOM. SIC. He will remain at the
Key West Base for three months
further training in the Fleet Sonar
School
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Here is news of the two sons of
Mr., and Mrs. Tyson E. Drummer, 436
N. Prospect street - Robert and
Tyson, Jr.
Cpl. Robert M. Drummer and his
wife (the former Miss Helen Funk
houser of Hagerstown) recently en-
joyed a Through with the corporal's
parents, returning to his base on
February %. Corporal Drummer, who
entered the Service in August, 1943,
is stationed at Camp Seibert, Ala
bama, with a Chemical Warfare Di-
vision, where he has been for some
time. His wife has been out there
with him for the past year.
Pfc. Tyson E. Drummer, Jr., who
entered the Service in February,
1913, has been overseas for a year,
and is now in Germany. He has
taken part in major battles in
France, Holland and Belgium. The
last letter from him was dated Feb.
IL and said that he was OK. Married
to the former Miss Nancie Krumpe,
he is the father of a two-year-
daughter, Anna Lee, whom he has
not seen since she was five weeks
old. Mrs. Drummer and her daughter
are making their home at the home
of her parents in Funkstown.
Both boys were formerly employ
ed at the Panphnrn Cnrnnratinn
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-03-01
OUR CITIZENS IN UNIFORM

and who
gVtht the Arme
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-03-01

Wayne B. Hoffman, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Hoffman, 413 Clarendon
avenue, who entered the Service on
March 9, 1943, has been honorably
discharged and is now at home.
Wayne, who served with an In
fantry Division of the First Army,
was wounded in France on July Is,
1914. Recovering from the wound,
he returned to duty in September,
but was wounded again in Germany
on October 80. In addition to the
Purple Heart, he has been awarded
the ETC european Theater of
Operations) ribbon with two battle
stars, the Oak Leaf Cluster, the
Combat Infantry Medal and Presi-
dental Citation.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-03-01

Sgt Luther w. Broom, husband of
Mrs. Amy E. Broom, Ill E. Balti-
more street, has returned to camp
after spending a Today Through at
home. Mrs. Broom's son, Pfc. Ed
ward L. Broom is in Belgium and
her son-in-law, Pfc. Francis c.
Stoner, the husband of Mrs. Frances
l. Stoner, is in Germany. While
Sgt. Broom was home they talked to
his brother, Master Sgt. F. M. (Bud)
Broom, at Indiantown Gap who is
getting ready to go overseas. He has
II years service. On Sunday they
visited another brother in Washing
ton, D. c., Ensign James R. Broom,
Jr., who works in the office of the
Secretary of Navy.
Sgt Broom's address is 133rd A. A.
F. Base Unit, Hillsgrove Air Field,
Providence, 2, R. l.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-03-01

WITH THE FIFTH ARMY, ITALY
Pfc. Frank J. Kroeger, 60 Ante
tam street, has been cited by the
351st "Spearhead" Infantry Regi-
ment of the 88th "Blue Devil Di-
vision and awarded the Combat In
fantryman Badge for actual partici-
patton in combat against the enemy
with the Fifth Army in Italy.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-03-01

Cpl. Ralph F. Keplinger, son of
Mrs. R. F. Keplinger, 1877 East An
tietam street, and husband of the
former Miss Doris Mae Ogden, who
lives at the same address, has been
in the Service since February, 1913,
and overseas since September, 1914
A radio operator on a CAT Trans
port plane that transports wounded
men, ammunition and supplies, he was
formerly employed at Fairchild's
Plant l. Friends wishing to write
him may obtain the address from his
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-18
WE COULD BE LESS CARELESS

A heart-rending story came from
across the Pacific the other day. A bomber
crashed and member of the crew was
hopelessly trapped in the flaming wreck
age. After a number of futile attempts at
rescue, an officer among the Mortified spec
tators, unable to stand the victims screams
longer stepped up and ended the doomed
mans life painlessly with his service as.
The officer was later exonerated at mill
tary trial
The foregoing incident was tragedy
of war. Yet it differs from similar incidents
that happen regularly in peacetime only
i'll respect to the method by which the per-
son dying in the flames was put out of his
misery The ten-thOusand-odd souls who
die by fire in this country every year do
it the hard way. They simply scream until
the are cooked.
If this sounds unnecessarily morbid
and merciess, take look at the nations
fire bill-upwards of half a billion dollars.
When it comes to fire, America is grossly
careless. We are careless in our homes. We
are careless in our factories and around
places of amusement. We are careless in
our forests. The result is fire destruction
on scale of almost unbelievable proper
tons
We could do something about fire if
we wanted to. We could be less careless.
We could heed the lessons of experience
and fire prevention authorities, which tell
us over and over that real fire prevention
is highly individual business question
of detail, of putting out matches and cigar
cites properly, cleaning up the Easements
and attics, keeping heating facilities in
good order.
Most of these things could logically be
done now. Spring is here and spring is
cleanup time. Why not clean up right?
Percent fire, help save lives.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-18
FHE PUNISHMENT OF HITLER

The punishment of Adolf Hitler is be-
ing discussed in British newspapers whose
readers make interesting suggestions, IN
Guiding that he be exhibited in zoos and
IA devastated countries, with the receipts
Foing TO charity.
Another writer suggests tn at Der
FuehTer be placed in solitary confinement
and required to listen necessarily to re-.
cordings Of his own speeches.
The warning is general that nothing be
done 10 make Hitler a martyr in the eyes
n the German people, but about the only
as % accomplish this is to permit the
.serman people to determine his punish
dent and. even so. there would undoubt-
cdly be many Germans to consider him a
martyr.
The Nazi leader in his bloody attempt
So dominate the world used the German
people as stOOges. but he was only able to
do this because they were ready to share
he loot that was expected from a freeboot-
ing campaign without equal in the history
of ne world.
The danger in the future, if Germany
becomes strong enough to wage another
war. Is that new generation of Germans
with the worship of military power will
believe. again, that the earth belongs ex-
elusiyely 10 those strong enough to take it,
without regard to the rights of other peo-
Pies.
Courage, bravery and fighting skill
which the TeutOns undoubtedly possess
are admirable when rightly utilized. When
selflshly used. however, these good traits
become a. evil as the ends they serve. They
ore not purified. even in warfare, except
hv the spirit of sacrifice that enobles our
heroic dead
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-18
SOUND AND REsoUND

More money for this, more money for
that, more mepey for the other thing-that
is the gist of most of the news that is COM
ing out of Tallahassee.
We have yet to hear state top Off
cial say anything about where the money.
is coming from. except to use the word
taxes" in an off-hand sort of way, as
though it was the least important word in
the text of the notices sent out from ITALIA
hassee about more funds for this and that
and the other thing.
Not an official has given thought to
theIfaet that lavish appropriations mean but
one thing: greater burden on the already
heavily burdened taxpayer. Not a word
has been said about trying to hit on means
through which taxation may be reduced.
No, sir, talk Of that nature is out of place,
very much out of place, in the cry for more
money and still more money.
Once, only once, have we noted that
state officials have said anything about
the states bank balance. Though we can
not recall the amount. it was hefty sum,
so betty that, were the affairs of the state
economically conducted, there would not
be any need whatever for additional taxa
ton.
Another thing that the officials SEEM
ingly have failed to give thought to, and
that is that while it may be easy now to
collect more taxes. the time will come when
the income of the general run of people
those who pay the bulk Of the taxes in one
way or another-will be far lower than
what it is now. so that bowls against the
heavy taxes, when that time comes, will
sound and resound throughout the state.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-18
TO-DAY In HISTORY

1775-Historic midnight ride of
Paul Revere from Charlestown to
Lexington to warn the patriots
the British were coming.
1842-Height of so-called Dorr
War in Rhode Island; revolt
against old laws which disenfran-
chised two-thirdS of the voters.
1847-Mexieans routed at Cerro
Gordo by General Scott: war with
Mexico.
1868-Historic New York City
dinner to visiting Charles Dick
ems: refusal to admit women led
to founding of Sorosis, the coun-
try'S first women'S club.
l898-Congress, in effect, de-
clares war with Spain.
1906-Earthquake at 5:13 a. M,
followed by fire, in next three
days, lays waste the city of San
Francisco.
1942-American squadron of 80
flyers, headed by Brig. Gen. Doc
little, makes historic first raid
over Toxic and other Jap cities.
1943-Some so U. S. planes lost!
bombing Italy and an enemy
squadron off Tunisia.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-18
MASS DISTRIBUTION AT IT'S BEST

growing number of business men, as
we'll as numerous holders of public office,
have expressed grave concern for the flu
iure ot privately operated industry They
VAIN that industry must do everything
within is power to help stave off the trend
coward centralized. all-powerful govern
ment a trend which has sON far been felt
principally by industry. but which must be
Stopped u all Of the American people are
not to lose their liberty One of the things
'hai can help 10 stop the trend is the en-
hEhirned tendency of larger industry to en-
courage smaller enterprises and to work
Tor vreater individuaism within itself
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-18
By Acey GAnozs

Meredith pulled the white
chair that stood at the head OF
his bed around to the side and
sat down, smiling at him.
Would a cigarette make it
easier, Jerry?" she suggested, try
ing to tighten his tension.
II guess it would" Jerry
agreed gratefully, and when she
had lit one for him. he inhaled
deeply before he turned his head
towards the machine beside him
and said huskily, THAT was your
idea, wasn't it? Having Isabel
send me a record of her-mes-
sage, so | could hear her voice?"
II thought it might help,
jerry" Meredith admitted.
Jerry nodded. .
Sure, / see what you mean, !"
he said after moment. He drew
deeply on the cigarette again,
and she saw that his hand was
shaking just little. Il guess
I've been pretty much of a heel,
DR.. Merry, and it's up to me to
say-I'm sorry. Though that's
pretty feeble"
Jerry" she said quietly.
would you like to - make
amends for what happened--for
what was no fault of your own
for something for which you have
no real right to feel guilty?"
He looked up at her, puzzled.
WELL, sure-but how can L"
w he broke off hopelessly.
"By getting well, Jerry--so that
you can 60 back and help those
of als Aghos want. to. see River GAP
the finest, healthiest town in the
world" she told him. swiftly and
you think maybe could see
| to lit that no other. fellow game
strewing strange diseases around
River Gap?" he almost sneered.
Il think you can help us to keep
that from happening again" she
told him. Having been healed
yourself"
"You mean, if I am healed" he
cut in.
II mean no such thing! l mean
tphen!" she told him sharply.
"You will be. Jerry. You're re-
spending to treatment. The germ
has been isolated; they are study
ing it and the cure will follow.
You and Isabel will have great
stake in the future development
of River Gap. and it is your duty
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-18
ZAP .Newsie res

to do everything possible to help
in your own curei So that you
can go back home that much
sooner"
"You think I'll get well, DR..
Merry" he demanded fatty.
81 think you can, Jerry--if
you really want to-" she told him
as fatty.
1.-The good old will to live eh?"
he derided. 81 always thought it
was a pretty corny gag when I
saw it in the movies"
did you ever realize, Jerry,
Just what makes a corny gag?"
she asked Unexpectedly
"Oh, seeing it crop up over and
over again-people using it until
it gets worn out"
"And why would people use it
so constantly-why would it al
ways crop up-if it were not
true?"
Jerry chuckled. THAT sounds
y logical, DR.. Merryl" he agreed,
and there was a touch of mirth
in his manner that she had not
seen there before. ''Then you
think if | want hard enough to
get well. I will, huh?"
Backed by all the resources
of the United States government,
by the finest brains in the coun-
try, by the men like Major Heard
who have dedicated their lives to
the eradication of illness like
yours-I think the good old will
to live is your only possible con-
tribution-don't you? And il
everybody else is willing to do so
much for you, you can't refuse to
contribute that much, now. can
your" -. Us.
\ ~s'Thanks," said Jerry heartily,
and added, you're very swell
guy, DR.. Merry" 'ss
Meredith smiled at him. And
so are you, Jerry, my friend A
very swell guy!"
She felt as though a weight had
slipped from her shoulders. She
had been SO desperately afraid
that Isabel's message might not
have been right; it would have
been the most appalling error of
judgment on her part, if IsabePs
message had contained the wrong
note. She could relax little and
free her mind of its burden in the
knowledge that the message had
obviously been exactly right.
To be continued
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-18

The larger carniVorous animals of sea
and land live off the lives of smaller ones
The larger. fish IN the sea could not live if
they did not prey on the smaller ones and
devouf them. SO the little fellows have to
give up their lives in order that the bigger
fellows may live. The same applies to the
animal kingdom on land; the lamb is the
victim of the lion Or whatever smaller beast
comes his way. 1t is so ordained by mature.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-18
Chapter 25

Chapter % -
A FEW days later, Meredith en-
"A tered the room where Jerry
lay, a package IN her hand, a
package wrapped carefully and
still proudly wearing its airmail
stamps.
Jerry turned his head, but
when he saw who it was, his face
hardened and he turned away
again without speaking. II
''The mail has just come,
jerry" said Meredith quietly. :,
"Jerry, l have to explain about
this" she said and held it up.
Are you listening?"
sure" said Jerry noncom-
mittally, colorlessly.
"It's a message from Isabel,
Jerry" Meredith told him, and all
but held her breath.
She saw the slight stiffening OF
his body. He turned his head and
saw the package, and said. "Okay
put it down"
''It's a message to be played,
jerry" she told him, as an at
tendant wheeled portable
photograph into the room, and
set it beside the bed.
Meredith took the wrapping of
the record, handling it tenderly,
and slid it on the machine. She
turned the machine on, set the
needle in place, and a moment
later girls voice, warm. tender,
and vibrant with its burden OF
love and honest, unashamed
young passion filed the Sopnn.
Jerry, nsy dcsrest darling, Isa-
bel began, and Meredith turned
and slipped out Of the room and
closed the door behind her +.
IT was late in the afternoon be-
L fore an orderly came to her
saying cheerfully, The guy in
PA is asking for you, DR.. Blake.
Her. heart jumped. Jerry toas
asking for her!
Jerry lay propped up. watch
ing the door.
please come in, DR.. Merry
he begged and when Meredith
came to stand beside the bed
looking down at him, he1
clenched hands hidden in the
pockets or her white uniform, he
said humbly, please sit down
DR.. Merry. This looks as if il
might be quite a session"