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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-06-24
Navy World War II
Medals Now Ready

Chief John Squires, Of the Naval
Recruiting Office in the City Hall,
announced last week that the fol-
lowing World War II service medals
have now. been made available for
distribution in this area: World War
ii Victory Medal; Asiatic-Pacific
Theatre Medal; European-African
Middle Eastern Campaign Medal;
American Theatre Campaign Medal
for u. S. Service between December
1941 and March 1916; and the Amer
lean Defense Medal for u. S. Service
between September 1889 and De-
cember 1941.
All ex-navy men who are eligible
for any of these medals should APP
ply at the Navy Recruiting Office,
and applications must be accom-
panied by honorable disharge pa
pers.
Chief Squires also announced that
he now has applications for Gold
Star pins. Mothers or fathers eligi-
bic to receive these pins may fill out
the application Blanks at the City
Hall Recruiting Office Other rela-
tives eligible for the pins, such as
brother or sister, may also make APP
plication, but they will be required
to pay a small charge.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-06-24
Cleanup Awards
To Be Given Sunday
Winners In Three Divisions OF
Contest Announced By Judges.

On Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock,
in the Art Museum at City Park, the
education committee Of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce will present
the prizes to the winners in the
Cleanup, Paint-Up School Contest.
All the posters and essays that were
entered in the Contest will be on dis
play at that time.
The Cleanup, Paint-Up School
Contest was divided into three class
es: % Report Sheet Contest-re-
ports of work done by students
judged by members of the Educa-
ton Committee, who made person
nal inspection Of homes and the work
done; (2) Essay Contest essays on
"The Value of Cleanup, Paint-Up
Campaigns; and (3) Poster Con-
test. The chairman of the Education
Committee is William Pennington.
The winners in the Report Sheet
Contest are: South Potomac Street
Junior High, William Sanman;
Woodland Way, Mary Ella Springer;
Washington Street Junior High,
Loretta Carroll Myers; Washington
Street Elementary, Nelson Corder-
man; Antietam Street School, Bar
bara Hines; Surrey School, Nelson
Turner; Howard Street School, Car
olan Brandenburg; Winter Street,
Barbara C. Barnhart; Broadway
School, Colleen Bryan; North Street
School, Charles Bell; st. Mary's
School, Herbert Jack Miller.
The Essay Conetst winners are:
Dorothy Johnson, of the Washing
ton Street School, winner from all of
the Senior High School entries; and
Lois Ann Stahl, also Of the Washing
ton Street School, winner from all of
the Junior High School entries. Stu
dents winning honorable mention
(who will also receive prizes are:
Augustine Richard, st. Mary's; Gil
bert Ware, North Street; jolly Urner,
Woodland Way; Robert Allen, South
Potomac. Street; and Brenda Dye,
Washington School.
Winners in the Poster Contest are:
Dorothy Jean Graves, of North Street
School, winner from all the Senior
High School entries; Connie Ryan,
South Potomac Street, winner from
all the Junior High entries; and the
winning poster from the elementary
schools was made by three North
Street students: Cora Keyes, Sarah
Redmond and Doris Tyler. Honor
able mention in the Poster Contest
went to three boys from South Po-
tomac School, Robert Williams, Viii
liam Smith and Donald Hart.
Judges in the Essay Contest were:
Miss Dorothy Mcpherson Johnson,
Librarian for the Children's Depart
ment at the Washington County Ii
brary; Robert Lesher, Director of
Public Relations at WEI; and the
Rev. Daniel Long, assistant pastor
of the Church of the Brethren.
Judges in the Poster Contest were:
DR.. John Richard Craft and Mrs.
William T. Hamilton.
The education committee, in an
nouncing the winners of the various
contest, stated that the School Con-
test was a huge success, and that a
tremendous number of essays and
posetrs were entered, many of which
are really excellent. Special men
ton was made of some exceptionally
fine posters entered by students at
the Woodland Way and Washington
Street Junior High Schools.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-06-24
AR(ggJND TOWN
WIFI THE EDITOR

Not only has he kept his word, but
on one occasion, at least, the meet
ing was adjourned at 100
In getting these meetings over on
time it should be added that Mr.
Hopes is not skipping any business,
but he has accomplished his purpose
by cutting corners on routine mat
tiers.
The annual Hagerstown Retailers
picnic will be held on Wednesday,
August IL. Although that's quite
a few weeks away, it's not too soon
now for the various retailers to start
making plans to attend themselves
with their families, and also to be
contracting their employees to get
their reservations too.
Picnic chairman, "Pappy" Eber-
sole, has set a goal of at least 500
people for this years picnic, and
that goal can be easily reached if
every employer member of the Bur
eau and their employees cooperate.
p. S. I'm practicing what l preach,
for my staff Gall two of them have
been contacted and are going to the
picnic, together with the good wife
and myself.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-06-24
Rent Control Quiz
Folders Available

Walter P. Heath, area rent direc-
tor for Maryland, has announced
that folders giving questions and
answers about evictions under the
new Federal Rent Law may now be
obtained at the Hagerstown Area
Rent Office, in the Earle Building,
West Washington Street.
In addition to listing the eight
grounds for evictions under the
present rent law, the folder also an
swers various other questions that
might perplex those who rent homes
or apartments.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-06-24
AeAOOKHAG
AND
AeHESTEAH&G
By Ellen HagedOrn

AS has been previously stated,
we are all tired of these con-
tinuous money-raising projects,
even though many of them are
for worthy causes. The main
complaint of parents is the ex-
ploitation of their children. Not
only are businessmen solicited,
but their wives and then their
children.
We can at least refuse to give,
but the children feel ashamed
if their classmates contribute
and they are not able to.
can't see that these drives
are voluntary. When one is
bounded long enough one us
ually gives in, albeit with a
sense of rebellion.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-06-24
VIEW Convention
To Start Tomorrow
Mammoth Parade Tomorrow
Night VIII Feature The Three
Day Event.

The 18th Annual Encampment of
Maryland's Veterans of Foreign
Wars will hold three-day conven-
ton in Hagerstown over the week
end, and it is anticipated that some
four thousand delegates and their
wives will be present.
Registration will begin at o'clock
tomorrow morning at the Hotel Al
exander, and there will be a bust
ness session in the afternoon at the
Masonic Temple. The annual ban
quet will be held on Saturday eve
ming, at which the guest speakers
will be: Omar Ketchum, national
department VFW legislator and for
mer Mayor of Topeka, Kansas; and
Lee r. Pennington, FBI Inspector.
Paul c. Mailman, post department
commander of Maryland, will be
master of ceremonies.
During the convention, the Order
VI bllt &OOtlto VIII liOtA q ONldbIil
at which number of "Atoms" and
"Nits" will be advanced to full
hedged "Cooties" by Supreme Com
mander r. c. Hodges, of the Military
Order of the Coolies. Commander
Hodges and his wife will arrive here
by plane today for the occasion.
Members Of the convention will
take part in a two-hour parade
through the city tomorrow evening,
in which there will be a large con-
tingent of soldiers and WAC'S from
Fort George Meade and also numer-
Gus armored vehicles, to say nothing
of bands and bugle corps from Hag-
erstown and several surrounding
communities.
The Hagerstown Post 1886, Of
which George Ridenour is Comman-
der, will act as the host organization
for the convention.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-06-24
Retailers Picnic
Date Is Announced
Annual Outing To Be Held At
Caledonia Park, Wednesday,
August 11-Committee Named
For Big Event.

At meeting of the picnic COM
mittee of the Hagerstown Retailers
Bureau, held last week, the chair
man, S. H. Ebersole, announced that
the 7th annual picnic will be held at
Caledonia Park in nearby Pennsyl-
vania on Wednesday afternoon, Au-
gust H. Mr. Ebersole anticipates
that some 500 retailers, their en-
ployees and families will be pres
ent.
Plans are being made to make this
the biggest and best picnic the bu-
reau has held, and strong committees
have been appointed to handle the
various activities of the day.
Caledonia Park offers an ideal
place for the picnic, as there is a
fine swimming pool available, to say
nothing of golf course and a pa
vilion for dancing in the evening for
those who wish to take advantage
of it,
AS is the case at all retailers pic
MICS, there will be all kinds Of
sporting events, games and contests,
and there will probably be some
surprise entertainment as well. And
the event will be topped off with
swell fried chicken picnic dinner,
plus beverages.
The following committees were
announced for the event:
General committee: S. II. Ebersole,
chairman; John Corderman, Ray
Ruth, Sam Phillips, Jr, Parke Geig-
er, Jr., and Ben Pruzan.
Ticket committee: Earle Wolfe,
Clarence Myers, Samuel Phillips,
Jr., Willoughby Santman, and J.
Spector.
Finance: John Smith and Parke
Geiger, Jr.
Transportation: Norman Holzapf-
ell.
Food and beverages: Ed Kerns and
Ray Ruth.
Sports and entertainment: John
Cerderman and Ford Bryan.
Publicity: H. S. Douglas, George
Rash, Vernon Davis, Sam Phillips,
and Clarence Myers.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-06-24
Smaller, Lighter Autos Predicted

The "car of the future will more
than likely be a small, lightweight
vehicle, according to some of the
leading automobile designers. An
earnest advocate of the lighter and
smaller auto. is DR.. D. G. Roos, vice
president in charge of engineering
of s-Overland, Toledo, Ohio
who believes the need for saving
fuel and materials generally will
bring the smaller car into American
production.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-06-24
Five Enlist In
u. S. Marine Corps

The local recruiting Office of the
u. S. Marine Corps, in the Post Of
fee building, reports the following
recent enlistments:
Lloyd E. Kline, Kenneth Lee
Smith and Robert Marcus Harris,
all of Cavetown; Raymond Charles
Manspeaker, Route 6, Hagerstown;
and Vernie Barrow, 644 North Lo-
Gust Street, Hagerstown.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-06-24

developments at VIC AbSpuDAA1cA
Convention on Tuesday have changed
the picture completely, and it now
looks that Governor Dewey will get
the nomination, possibly on the sec
ond or third ballot.
The break came when Senator
Martin, of Philadelphia, announced
that he had withdrawn from the race
and will place the name of Governor
Dewey in nomination.
! understand that on the first roll
call, Alabama, the first State to be
polled, will pass. Arizona, the sec
ond State in alphabetical order, will
then yield to Pennsylvania, thus
permitting Senator Martin to place
Dewey's name in nomination. The
Senator's action, of course, will not
automatically give the nomination
to Dewey, but it could easily be the
start of a bandwagon that could give
it to him, even on the first ballot.
was very glad TO receive a tel
ephone call telling me that Eldred
Rinehart, chairman of the Washing
ton County Central Committee, who
is a delegate to the Republican Con
vention at Philadelphia, had taken a
firm stand over the seating of the
Maryland delegation, particularly
with regard to the voting powers of
the delegates.
While the decision as to who
would be accorded votes was made
by the chairman of the State dele
cation. it is obvious that Mr. Rine-
hart exercised his privilege as chair
man of the Washington County Cen
trail Committee, in deciding which
delegates from this county should be
accorded seats as voting delegates.
1t is obvious too, that the split in
the Republican Party in this county
has gone so far that it will probably
be impossible to bridge the gulf, and
if Mr.. Rinehart's action is an indi-
cation that the official Washington
County Republican Party has made
up its mind to go along without
those whose only interest seems TO
be to cause dissension in the party,
then he is to be highly congratulate
ed.
There is an old saying, "If you
can't lick 'em-join EN-" But there's
another saying that is just as inn
portant, and that is-"If all they do
is hurt the party-get rid of 'em."
l understand that the reason the
meeting of the Board of Street Com
missioners was held Monday night
instead of Tuesday, the regular
meeting night, was because of the
fact that one of the commissioners
could not be present on Tuesday due
to the fact that he had to be out OF
town on account of the death of a
relative.
would again remind the Board
of Street Commissioners that when
these last minute changes of meet
ing dates come up, that all members
of the press be notified. 1t is rather
embarrassing to make your plans
to attend meeting on given date,
only to pick up daily paper and
find that the meeting was held the
night before, while other papers
have been left in complete ignorance
of the change.
happen to belong to a school
that believes that a weekly paper
has a place in the community and
deserves the same recognition from
public officials that they give to the
daily papers.
When Herman Hopes assumed the
presidency of the Hagerstown Cham
Der of Commerce, he assured the
members of the Board that the lun
cheon meetings held twice month
would be over promptly at 1870.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-06-24
County FLA Boys
In Corn Contest
Jonathan Hager Chapter Mem
bers To Take Part In Hybrid
Corn Growing.

The members Of the Jonathan
Hager Chapter of the Future Far
mers of America will participate
this season in carrying on demon
STATIONS to prove the value of
adapted hybrid corn, for which
prizes are awarded to the FLA and
All groups in the State who achieve
the best records of completion in
the program.
Four-pound samples of seed,
enough to plant one-haIf acre, are
provided free of charge to the boys
and girls who have enrolled in the
program. The young farmers will
keep notes on the corn during the
growing season and make a report
at harvest time.
Members of the Jonathan Hager
Chapter who will take in the dem
onstrations are: Keith Meyers,
Charles Moser, Lee Finfrock, Ed
ward Working, Donald Fry, Richard
Ricketts,, Jack Cline, James Danner,
Richard Kline, Ralph Shank, Johnel
Sullivan, George Weagley, John
Breeder, Robert Shook, David Star
liper, Lawrence Johns, John Shank,
James Mullendore, Hagerstown;
Harold Logenacker, Chewsville; and
Grant Forsythe, Fairplay.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-06-24

1949 spring cotton trend is toward
dark colors with gun-metal gray as
leader.
Evening star., 1948-05-06

Buy U. S. Savings Bonds to Help Build
Security for Yourself and Your Countrp
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-07-15

a statement giving the view of Gov.
Sam c. Ford and the state water
conservation board, in which the
Kootenai project, and all other prof.
ects for development of the upper
Columbia basin, r opposed until a
complete, comprehensive plan" for
development of the entire drainage
system is drawn up.
Col. L. H. Hewitt, Seattle district
engineer who called the hearing,
presided.
Site of the proposed dam is about
10 miles upstream from Libby. The
dam would be a concrete gravity
structure 400 feet high and 1880
feet long at it's crest. It would create
a pool extending 80 miles in a mar
row lake to a point "a miles up
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-07-15
Pros. cons aired on Libby dam

Libby business leaders and civic or
CARNATIONS joined in voicing opposi-
ton to the proposed 5000, 000, 900
flood control and power project for
the Kootenai river at the hearing
held in Libby. Chief grounds for the
objection were that the rerouting
of the Great Northern railway line
called for might put Libby on a
branch line and interfere with lum-
Der and vermiculite developments in
the area.
Support for the project was given
by an Idaho delegation who pointed
out that the proposed dam would
prevent recurrence of floods such
as caused over $4,000. 900 damage in
the Libby-Troy-Bonners Ferry area
this spring. Further support was
given in a dramatic appeal by
Thomas D. Long, 80-year-old re-
tired lawyer of Libby.
Fred E. Buck, Montana state wa
ter conservation engineer, presented
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-07-15

calling for awarding of the contract
in September. Specifications for the
utility installations at the camp will
be issued early in September, and
award of contract made in February.
Farm price index up-New high
meat animal prices raised the over
all index of prices received by farm
ers during the month ended June Is
to 295 percent of the pre-World war
1 base, the bureau of agricultural
economics reported.
The bureau said meat animal
prices rose 8 percent and the over
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-07-15

New officers of the Montana Voca-
tional Agricultural association elect
ed at the recent conference in Boze-
man are left to right: Don Douglas.
secretarY-treasurer. Sheridan. Mon
tana; Dick Pagan. vice president,
Fairfield; Jim M%ontforton. president,
Fromberg
all index rose 2 percent. During the
same period, higher prices paid for
food. principally meat, resulted in a
one-point rise in the index of prices
paid by farmers, including interest
and taxes.
The sharp increase in the index of
prices received by farmers for meat
animals was due principally to the
$3.50 per hundred pound rise in hog
prices. All meat prices except sheep
were at all-time highs for mid-June.
Prices of beef cattle, veal calves and
.lambs were at all-time highs.
The livestock and livestock prod
ucts index was nearly 6 percent
higher than a month ago, with poul-
try and eggs making the second larg-
est contribution to the increase in
this index.
Of the Is items included in the
livestock and products index, all
were at all-time highs for June ex-
cept sheep and wool, which were
still sharply below their record
levels for June, 1918, the bureau
reported.
Wool development studied-G. J..
Skibbins, executive secretary-treas-
urer of the Rocky Mountain associa-
ton, has been appointed to serve on
a three-man committee on industrial
wool development, it was reported
at a meeting of the Montana wool
council.
Skibbins said the three-man COM
mittee will work on all problems
relating to the location of western
wool processing plants in the six
Rocky mountain states and prepare
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-07-15
High Spots of the
Agricultural News

stream from the international boun-
Diary. Permission for it's construction
would have to be obtained from
Canada should it be approved by the
U. S. board of engineers.
Hail insurance in demand-Mon-
tana farmers are buying hail insur-
ance at a record breaking rate, the
state hail insurance board chairman,
E. K. Bowman, said.
AS of July 8, he said, about 5 ,O00,-
900 in insurance had been written,
mostly on wheat crops. That is an
all-time record for that date, Bow
man added.
High insurance demand was at
tributed to good prices and prospects
of good yields and prices.
More than so farmers have report
ed crop losses to date, he said. No
widespread damage from large
storms has been reported.
Car shortage for big crop - A
shortage of railroad cars will result
in some of the northwest's bumper
wheat crop being temporarily stored
on the ground, an agriculture Off
cial said.
Pete Stallcop, secretary of the Pa
cific Northwest Grain Dealers Assn,
said the railroads have been oper-
ating at capacity level for several
weeks with the wheat harvest in the
area just beginning.
The U. S. department of agricul-
ture forecast a record crop of 49,
100000 bushels of wheat for Wash
ington this year. That yield would
make the state the third largest
wheat producer in the nation on the
basis of past production records.
The department estimates Mon
tana will follow Washington closely
with 84,470,000 bushels.
Tiber dam work TO start - Con-
struction On Tiber dam near Chester
on the Lower Marias irrigation prof.
ect is scheduled to start shortly be-
fore the end of the 1949 fiscal year,
under revised plans of the Upper
Missouri district reclamation office
to be submitted to Commissioner
Michael Straus of the bureau of rec.
lamation for approval in July.
This announcement was made
by Acting District Manager Harold
E. Aldrich. The proposed worl
program calls for issuance o
specifications and call for bids OF
the dam in February, 1949, the con
tract to be awarded in April, 1949
Specifications for the access roat
to the Tiber damsite camp will b.
issued and bids called for early il
August, the proposed work program
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-06-23
Jail Band Members
For Dope

ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. c.,
June23. (ANP) = Members of
Dundy Lang's orchestra who ere
indicted on charges of possessing
narcotics here last week following
an arrest of some members after
a fight are to be tried in Federal
court in November.
The band was here on a play
ing engagement when two of the
band members got into a fight at
a dance.
Given a hearing before United
States Commissioner w. S. Swain,
of Rocky Mount, the jurist found
probable ca sc and ordered the
November trial.
w. T. Atkinson, federal mar
cotics agent, reported that about
a pound and a half Of marijuana
was found during a search of the
defendants involving II of the
musicians. Part was uncovered on
the bands bus, a part in a car
owned by Franklin Jones and part
in a brief case supposedly belong
ing to Horace Edwards.
Officials said the bands head
quarters are at Haggerstown, Md.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-06-23

Joe Louis, the Brown Bomber
of the ring, who has ruled the
roost for II years and through "a
championship triumps, is to make
what he has announced will be his
farewell defense against Jersey
Joe Walcott, Camden, N. j., vet
eran, who came out of ~obscurity
to the estate of challenger with
his controversial battle of last E.
cember 5 against Louis in Madi-
son Square Garden.
In tonight's struggle which is
scheduled for Is rounds Louis
will be striving for his 22nd
knockout victory as champion.
Only Tommy Farr, Arturo Godoy
and Walcott has survived the
championship distance with Louis
since June 22,' 1887, when the
Bomber won the title by knocking
out James j. Braddock in eight
rounds at Chicago.
A crowd of close to $4,000 is
expected at tonight's battle. The
gate receipts are expected to
$1,OOO,O 900. If this goal is achieved
Louis will quit boxing with the
distinction of having attracted
four of the sports nine million
dollar gates, three of tnem as
champion.
Division of Receipts
Louis and Walcott are fighting
on a percentage of all receipts.
The champion is to collect 40 per
cent of the net in gate, radio,
television and movies. Walcott is
to receive an over all 20 per cent
except that, in the case OF the pic
lures. the Goth Century is adding
an extra 2k per cent for The
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-06-23
Pre-Fight Predictions
Go Wanting in Louis
WaIcott Bout
BY Jimmie N. Jones

Your reporter having used up
much effort and energy in trying
to bring out the predictions Of
Dayton's fight fans regarding the
championship fight between Joe
Louis and Jersey Joe Walcott find
it a hard job. More than 80 per
cent Of the experts" show they
are not sure who will win this
time. However, here are some who
express themselves as being on
the right side of the betting in
the following manner. Mostly the
Cleveland Buckeye ball club:
Leon Kellman, End baseman,
Louis to five rounds.
AL Smith, left fielder, Louis in
six rounds.
Chef Brewer, pitcher, Louis in
nine rounds.
Joe Green, catcher, Louis in 8.
Archie Ware, first base, Louis to
win.
Tommy Harris, catcher, Louis
in six rounds.
Othello Renfro, shortstop, Wal
colt decision.
Clyde Nelson, 3rd baseman,
Louis to win.
"Red" Jones, pitcher, Louis in
five rounds.
Ernest Long, pitcher, Louis in
eight rounds.
Henry Presswood, infielder,
Louis in One.
Willie Grace, outfielder, Wal
colt if it goes the limit, Louis il
knockout.
Alonzo Boone, manager, Wal.
colt to win.