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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-12
Not Lost; Just Transferred

The little woman had worried the
grocer over trifes at the busiest
time of day, and at last he had man
aged to satisfy her.
do you know, Mr.. Peck" said
the woman, when I came into your
shop, had a dreadful headache.
I've quite lost it now"
1T isn't lost" said the distracted
grocer; give got itl'
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-12
That Certain Air

The savage African tribe of Uban-
gis have a habit of stretching the
lips of their women around circular
wooden disks until finally they be-
come about eight inches in size,
sticking right out from their faces
like two plates.
One very hot day two Ubangi
girls met in the jungle. One of them
stuck her face close to that of the
other, and rapidly repeated: 'Peter
Piper picked peck of picked pep
pers! Now you fan me for a while"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-12
Makes A Difference

81 was told to stop in here and
buy either a camisole or a casserole,
but for the life of me can't remem-
Der which"
well, sir, if you'll tell me what
kind of chicken you propose to
put in it, perhaps can help you"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-12

a newly finished dwelling and then
called out, "Can you hear me?"
eyes, cam" rejoined the foreman.
Can you see me?" the contractor
next called out NO." replied the
foreman. "That," commented the
contractor, sis what I call good
WALL"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-12
SERVICE AT FIRST CHURCH
OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST

"God the Preserver of Man" will
be the subject of the Lesson Sermon
at the First Church of Christ, Scien-
fist, 235 North Potomac Street, at
100 m. on Sunday.
The Golden Text will be from
Psalms 28:7-''The Lord is my
strength and my shield; my heart
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-12
Important Reminder

Panda-"Yes, 1 was in Yokohoma
in the last earthquake. The houses
rocked, knives and forks and dishes
flew all over the place"
Monium-"Great Scott That re-
minds me. I must post that letter
for my wife"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-12
A Wise Tip

II say, you gave that cloak-room
attendant an enormous tip" said
the business man to his friend as
they left the restaurant.
Naturally" said the friend, ''look
at the splendid new coat he's given
me-"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-12
Just Words

"Yassuh, Jedge, wanna divorce
Lucy she never stop talkin', she
keep it up stiddy, mo'nin, noon and
night-day in, day out, till it git So
I jess CANT STAN it no mo-, ledge"
His earnestness impressed the
court. "She does? What does she
talk about?"
"Jedge, sub, she don't say"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-12

A young woman said sympatheti-
cally, ooh, isn't that dreadful"
Don't be silly" replied her COM
panion, "this is only a movie"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-12
Scouting
BOY SCOUTS
Board on ReYieW

The regular monthly session of the
Washington County District Board
of Review Committee of the Wash
ington Area Council, Boy Scouts of
America, was held in the Scout Of
flee on Friday evening.
During the evening, the Board re-
viewed and passed the following
awards:
Troop 10, Henry A. Myers, Music
and Poultry Keeping Merit Badges.
Troop 16, Paul Dyer, Jr. and Ron
aid L. Miller, First Class rank;
James B. Minnich and David S.
Swartz, Star rank.
Troop 48, Billy McNamee, Blake
CLANCY, George Secrist, Richard
Miller, Daniel Davis and Donald
Kirtley, Second Glass rank; Donald
Trumpower, First Class rank and
First Aid Merit Badge; Glen Trum-
power, First Aid Merit Badge.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-12
Reverse Procedure

Binks-" I understand your son
Bill is doing extremely we'll"
Skinks-"He certainly is. Two
years ago he was wearing one of
my old suits, and now Pm wearing
his"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-12
Sure Sign

Sure Sign
Cashier: "I'd better take a week
off and rest. My beauty is fading"
Boss: "How do you know?"
Cashier: ''The men are beginning
to count their change"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-12
Nothing Serious

The news reel in neighborhood
theater showed the havoc wrought
by a tornado in the southern states.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-12
Qualified Approval

Qualified Approval
o. D. = "Midshipman Gish, you
are sentenced to As days in the brig
on bread and water How do you
like it?"
Gish-'T Toasted, sir"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-12
Getting Even

Getting Even
wife, after I die I wish you'd
marry Deacon Brown"
"Why?"
"Well the Deacon trimmed me
once in a horse trade"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-12

A boy wanted to get his girl a
corsage of sweet peas for the Prom,
but he didn't know which to get,
the small or large can.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-12
Funny Stuff?
ALL Depends

ALL Depends
Passenger: "Have l time to say
goodbye to my wife?"
Conductor: 'How long have you
been married, sir?"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-12
Program For Short Course At University
Of Maryland June 1920 Is Announced

Many Homemaer's Club Members From Washington County
Will Attend The Five Day Session-PrOgram VIII Open With
Vesper Services On Monday Evening" June Is, Conducted By
Rev. C. Aubrey Young OF Hagerstovn.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-12
Modern Definition

BILLY, what's reconversion, any
how" asked Elsie.
"Well," replied the wise little
sixth grader, cts making Arthur's
pants fit me"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-12
Cause For Worry

cause FOr WOrry
At Jack Dempsey's cafe one prize
fighter Dragged to another: "Once 1
fought Jack and had him awfully
worried in the third round - he
thought he'd killed mel"
Readers Digest
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-12

Secret Of A Good Wall
A contractor stationed his fore
man on the other side of a wall in
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-12

Boatswains Mate-How long have
you been working at that switch
board?
Andy - Ever since heard you
coming!
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-12
Clear Spring News

The Baccalaureate Service for the
Clear Spring High School Gradual
ing Glass was held in the High
School Auditorium, Sunday evening,
at 7:30.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-12

The entire length of the Susque-
hanna river and its branches is
about 400 miles.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-12

Troop 16, w. F. Schilling, Scout
master, sponsored by Zion Reform
ed Church, held its regular weekly
meeting in the Troop room of the
church with Is boys, the Scoutmas-
ter and two Assistant Scoutmasters
present.
The meeting was opened by the
White Owl Patrol, and the opening
was followed by the Patrol meetings
in Patrol Dens. Following this, the
Troop adjourned to the church lawn
where Assistant Scoutmaster, Mr..
Neumann, gave instruction in COM
pass reading and how to lay a course
Next on the program was an i'm
pressive Tenderfoot Investiture GER
emony in which Harold Shoemaker
was indicted into the Troop. Sever
al other boys were presented with
service pins.
Then we were shown a movie
which was very exciting, and the
meeting was closed by the Pioneer
Patrol.
Paul H. Dyer, Scribe.
P.S. l believe we set new Troop
Is record for advancement. Four
boys went to the Board of Review:
David Schwartz and Jimmy Min
Mich, for Star; and Ronald Miller
and Paul Dyer, for First Class. No
wonder it rained so hard!
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-12

Mrs. Don Jennings, of Martins
burg, w. Va. spent Sunday with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Kelley
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-12

ing Glass was held in the High
School Auditorium, Sunday evening,
at 7:30.
Mrs. Freida Duff, of Wolf Summit,
w. Va, has returned to her home
after spending several weeks with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Bar
nett: Her brother Bronson, and her
father, Mr.. Earl Barnett, accom-
panied her home and spent week
in Wolf Summit with her.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Russell Troupe,
Jr., and Paul Yeakle, of Clear
Spring; John Kriegh, of Hagers-
town, and Pvt. Charles F. Kriegh,
of Washington, D. c., spent the week
end in Wheeling, w. Va.
Mr.. Ellsworth Cook, of Hagers-
town, spent the week end at the
home of Miss Genevieve Shirley and
i attended the Baccalaureate service
on Sunday evening.
Miss Allene Seibert, daughter of
Mrs. Goldie Seibert, graduated from
Towson College last week.
! Mrs. Don Jennings, of Martins
burg, w. Va. spent Sunday with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Kelley.
The entire length of the Susque-
hanna river and its branches is
about 400 miles.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-12

Miss Allene Seibert, daughter of
Mrs Goldie Seibert, graduated from
Towson College last week.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-12

y
conning!
Evening star., 1947-08-18
Bv Nat Barr0Ws

Displaced persons sho,on tor1gtag 5or u
HAMBURG, Germany, Aug. 18.-Over Europe
today turks q sickness that testers and spreads
the problem Of displaced persons.
Each new day woefully understaffed and
under financed relief measures increase the
threat against economic and psychological
recovery implicit in this two-year sickness.
1t is impossible to visit the camps of these
thousands of homeless without realizing, as
many relief officials are frank to say, that they
can become the spark which sets of new fires,
of racial hatred and persecution.
The problem OF these 225,ooo Jewish and
nearly three times as many other refugees,
stateless exiles and so forth, whether 1t Is
divorced entirely from the manipulations Of
big-power policy or linked blatantly with
political expedience, remains of the utmost
seriousness.
AS one member Of the international rehe1
organization in Munich told me:
"It the people of America and other countries
removed from Europe were only aware Of the
implications behind the DIP tragedy they would
awaken from their slumber of callous indiffer-
ence with an extremely bad conscience
These DPS, especially the Jews, are the real
victims of the war and even now, more than
two years after We Gay they are still living as
If they, and not the Nazis. were the guilty
parties"
Two major conclusions have struck me
,forcibly after seeing the kind of aimless exist
ence in which the Jewish DPS In Germany
and Austria are struggling.
/. 1t is only too true that anti-semitism is
on the increase in occupied areas
2. The problem of resettlement for Jewish
DPS is complicated by their sheer inability to
assimilate normally, after many years inside
wartime barbed wire and two years Of living
without social responsibility inside OF DIP
camps.
Evening star., 1947-08-18

the State Legislature sought to justify the
legislation, the grand jury said it Is only
natural to conclude that that alleged
beneficent purpose is promoted not only
by permitting pari-mutuel betting at the
tracks but by legalizing pari-mutuel bet
ting off the tracks"
Taking note of the charges that police
have been winking at bookie activities, If
not actually abetting them, the grand jury
asked: How can the average citizen be-
lieve that the very policeman who directs
traffic to the track, watches persons en-
tering the inclosure of the track and then
legally superyises conditions at the track,
can with common sense and the main
tenance of his equilibrium stop that very
same citizen from doing that very same
thing outside the track?"
This is very pertinent question and one
that 1t is not easy for the New York legis-
lators to answer to the satisfaction of the
jury or of their consciences. The grand
jury made it plain it Is not commencing to
their fellow citizens the practice of betting
on the horses. But there Is merit in its
contention that the present law Is hypo-
critical, not only in its statement of OBJ
jectives but in its sided application.
And such hypocrisy inevitably breeds dis
respect for law, ,even among law-abiding
citizens
Evening star., 1947-08-18
The National Guards Role

In designating September 16 as Ma
tional Guard Day. President Truman sig
nificantly stressed the Importance OF oullo-
Ing up and maintaining the Guaro NOV
only as a trained component OF our mill
tary forces but as an Instantly reauy
mobile force in time OF great oomestlc
crisis. He may have had in mind the
value of such a disciplined organization
of citizens in the event of AN atomic oomn
attack on this country. While such an
attack may be regarded by most people
as a possibility of the remotest sort, mill
tary authorities must consider that posi-
bility and plan accordingly.
It has become apparent that the role
of the National Guard in an atomic era
will be vastly more important than that
assigned it in the past. AS Mr.. Truman
says in his proclamation, the militiamen
always have been a bulwark of our fight
ing forces. Federalized in two world wars
they have served with great distinction on
many bloody battlehelds abroad. The next
war. if one should come while atomic
bombs are still a threat to the world, un-
doubtedly will find the National Guard
facing IIlt grim p1OoPCIC VI AA6AAoAAA5 oAA
home SOIL With the limited Regular Army
and reserve units of the Army, Navy and
Air Forces, the Guard will share the re-
sponsibility of restoring order, aiding the
stricken populace and repelling any in
vaders arriving by sea or air.
Guard officials, fully cognizant OF the
enlarged part which the militia will play
in future conflicts are striving diligently
to reorganize the National Guard into
something more than the skeletonized out
fit which it is today. 1t was necessary to
begin almost anew after World War II. In
fourteen months the Guard has raised only
IS per cent of its goal of $4,000 men.
War Department officials had hoped that
by this time universal military training
would be sending recruits to the National
Guard, under the ArmyNational Guard
joint training proposal, but Congress failed
to act Now the Guard is going ahead
with an intensive volunteer recruitment
program designed to enroll half million
men by January /, 1851.
This is an ambitious undertaking, the
success of which will depend in large meas
ure on the support which the public gives
to the drive. The American people should
respond Fundamentally to the Presidents
urgent appeal for their cooperation in
making the National Guard stronger than
ever.
Evening star., 1947-08-18
GombIinq Law Hypocrisy

The Queens County grand jury which
recommended legalization of race-horse
betting outside the tracks has tossed hot
potato into the laps of New York City OH
cials investigating the gambling racket
there One does not need to be bookle
or a customer of bookie to see the logic
in the bold presentment handed up by the
jury, which has been inquiring into reports
of collusion between police and book
makers.
The grand jurors called to public atten-
ton the "absurdity" and hypocrisy" of
permitting betting on one side of a race
track fence and forbidding it on the other
side of the fence. New York does just that
Seven years ago the State legalized pari-
mutuel betting at race tracks on the
ground that it would promote agriculture
generally and the improvement of breed
ing of horses" Recognizing the tongue
in-cheek aspect of the reason by which
Evening star., 1947-08-18
Military Training in Russio

In view of the blatant outbursts of
American Communists against proposals
for strengthening national defense, includ-
ing adoption of universal military train
ing, it is interesting to learn that Russia
is giving increasing attention to indoc-
trinating her people with militaristic ideas.
Russia's children today, for example, are
required to begin military training as
early as the fourth grade.
Professor George S. Counts of Columbia
Teachers College, in New York City, is au-
thority for the statement that, if propa-
ganda coloring activities in the classroom
and on the playground is included, the
training really begins as soon as the chill
dren enter the first grade. Pupils in the
earliest grades are encouraged to play Red
soldier" he said in recent lecture. Boys
are urged to develop their hearing because
a Red soldier must have good ear"
Organized military training is definite
part of the curriculum from the fourth
grade on. DR.. Counts asserts this is mill
taristic program in the fullest sense, not
Just physical culture course. Yet Amer
lean Communists profess to see only evil
imperialistic designs in conservative War
Department proposals. for a six-month
military training program for boys of col
lege age. There is no point In trying to
see how the Reds in this country reconcile
the all-out Soviet military training pro-
gram with their opposition to the cur
tailed American plan. American Com
munists do not feel called upon to recon-
cile their peculiar policies with anything.
They would not be acting naturally if they
tried to be consistent.
Evening star., 1947-08-18
Lamp Lighter

He went along the village street in late
afternoon-just humble, elderly man
with wheelbarrow, stubby ladder and
five gallon can of coal oil. In little elm
shaded towns where white church spires
pointed toward the stars, the iron-framed
glass cages sat on cedar posts at regular
intervals along the street Fifty years ago
when nights curtain dropped over hills
and valleys the lights along the village
street were long necklace of halo-edged
golden beads, held taut on an invisible
string.
Small boys were the lamplighter's faith
full retinue. The work itself was routine:
Set the ladder, fill the lamp inside the
cage, trim the wick and light it. Once a
week the old man polished the cages and
chimneys with peculiarly gray-black cloths.
Don't know how old Ben keeps the lamps
shining SO brightly" more than one good
housewife has said. Have you seen his
cleaning cloth?" Along the street went
the man and boys, doing the daily task.
But to lads now grown to manhood and
scattered over a nation, there was much
more to it. Old Ben had been around in
his youth. He knew the Western plains
and Southern pinewoods; he had trapped
on the frozen tundras and worked in
Northern lumber camps. He had been
around the world on a slow freighter. AS
he worked he told wide-eyed youngsters
stories of their own Nations history and
interesting facts about the distant places
of the world. Strange sounding names
in the geography books came alive as he
painted word pictures of people and
places. Just a humble man performing
one of the communitys housekeeping
tasks, the lamplighter lit bright light OF
ambition in the hearts of his listeners.
And if he no longer lights lamps in glass
cages, some of the lights that he kindled
are still shining.
Evening star., 1947-08-18
U. N. Capitol Again

Several months ago the original sketch
for the new world capitol intended to
house the United Nations in New York
was described as "diabolical dream" The
fifteen architects responsible Tor the draw
Ing replied: 1--WE expected criticism" What
seemed indicated in the circumstances was
a thorough revision of the whole picture.
Wallace K Harrison and his associates ap-
peared to agree that they ought to TRY
again" In any case, new composition
has been prepared and now is under dis
cuSSion.
But the substitute proposal still repre-
sents "a complete change OF taste" and IN
that respect is faulty. The United Nations
headquarters ought not to be so striking
nevelty as to be, in effect, an esthetic revo-
luton. 1t is supposed to shelter concep-
ton of human society which is frankly old
rather than radically new-the conception
of fellowship among nations and peoples
and individuals which dates from the
mission of Christ in Galilee nineteen hun
dred years ago. If it means anything
practical in the earth today, it obviously
must appeal to the spirit of mankind as
that spirit has developed under Judaic
CnTlSGldH 1ue sledG cA1ol VI
the designers of the new world capitol"'in
both of their projections is that of being
starkly materialistic, rigidly pagan in their
vision No important structure anywhere
may be cited as a companion piece"
Neither. the Parthenon nor Saint Peters,
Canterbury nor the Houses of Parliament
at Westminster, the Capitol here in Wash
ington nor the League edifice in Geneva
has been in any sense q model for Mr. Har
rison and his colleagues. On the contrary,
they have defied the past. The conceptions
they are urging for acceptance are con-
tradiction Of the standards of beauty with
which ordinary folk are familiar. Bas-
ically, they likewise are s denial of tested
philosophy, tried ethics, ideals proven by
experience.
Perhaps the mistake of the architects
traces back to their wish to reflect the
present age of chaos out of which the
United Nations organization is expected to
bring order Their slabs of walls, their
'1umps" OF supplementary structures, their
ramps and runways, may be modernistic,
functional, up-to-date. What is wrong
with their "diabolical dream" is its isola-
tion from historic thought its indepen-
dence of the accumulated feelings of CEN
turies They have sketched the new world
capitol" as If it were something completely
out of touch with the achievements, the
hopes and the prayers of humanity since
written records FIRST were kept. Such a
Evening star., 1947-08-18
BY TIE HAsKIN SERVICE.

q. How Is wind measurable. MOI.
A. Wind velocity Is measured by an anenom-
eter which consists Of four cups (half spheres)
four inches in diameter, attached to cross arms.
These are fastened to o spindle connecting O
system Of dials which register by the rotation
of the cups the number of miles travelled by
the wind. The dials are arranged to register o
mile for every 500 turns Of the spindle
G. What Is the largest organization Of vet
Grams in the United statess-T. E.
A. The American Legion has the largest
membership. In the past two years nearly q
thousand new veterans organizations were
formed in the Omitted States
q. What is the status Of unemployment in
the world as g whole?-W. s.
A. survey of "A countries by the Interna-
tional Labor Once showed that in the first six
months of 1s47, the number of persons without
work was at relatively low level.
G. Why Is a handsome young man often
referred to as an Adonis?-J. D. r.
A. In Greek mythology Adonis was beauti-
full youth beloved by the goddess Venus. For
his sake she left the abode Of the gods on
Olympus and came to dwell on earth.
O. why are goats said TO be detrimental to
the land?-B. @.
A. Goats, by over grazing. denude the land
OF vegetation which causes erosion. They de-
stroyed the fertility of Greece and other Medi-
terranean regions, damaged vast areas Of East
Africa, and in the United States created
semidesert of the Navajo Indian Reservation OF
Arizona and New Mexico.
@. Are the oranges with greenish rinds
ripe or unripe?-S. P.
A. The Department Of Agriculture says that
the color of the skin Is no sure guide to ripe
ness and that fully ripe, sweet oranges on
summer markets may have skin that Is tinged
with green or even wholly green.
O. Why does a robin seem to have difdculty
in pulling worm from the earth?-C. MEG.
A. The worm is able to hold its ground by
reason Of the many small hairs on its body.
Also 1t can thicken It's body when necessary.
@. Is 1t advisable to mix varnish with paint
to produce more durable gloss?-J. B.
A. The National Bureau of Standards says
that generally speaking, it is better to buy a
ready mixed, high-grade paint or enamel OF
the type required for the job than to attempt to
improve a single property, such as gloss re-
tention. by the addition of varnish An excep-
ton to this general rule may be noted In the.
case of the addition Of compatible spar varnish
to soft-drying exterior house paint to be used
at the seashore.
O. How can an aluminium saucepan be bright
ened on the inside? It has become darkened
from uSe.-J. E. Z.
A. Fill the saucepan with water, add little
vinegar or cream of tartar and heat for few
minutes Aluminium also may be frightened by
cooking mildly acid foods like rhubarb. toma-
toes tart apples or sour milk. Food thus cooked
is not harmed