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Evening star., 1948-02-01

W7AVEs slapped against the shores of
w Pilgrims Beach and the suns haze
was heavy upon the sand. Ben Lay and his son
Fred scuffed along in their bare feet and
stopped now and then to skip stones on the
water. Plymouth, Mass, was lazy that sum-
mer day two years ago.
wait a minute, Dad" Fred said There's
one that'll skip" Ben stopped to pick it up.
Then ne stopped and stared. In his hand he
held battered silver coin. The two started
hunting around. They found several Others
before they noticed the corner of an old sea
Evening star., 1948-02-01

chest protruding from the sand. Waiting
quietly until the swimmers had gone for the
day, they uncovered an 'front.' bound chest con-
tanning 400 silver dollars, 38 half-dollars, and
gold coins and foreign pieces dating as far
back as 1885,
Accidents like that aren't exactly common,
but they've happened often enough the last
Jew years to cause the biggest treasure hunting
outburst in Americas history Despite con-
>stant disappointment, hundreds of people are
searching for buried gold. Most of them are
spurred on by waterfront fables, adventure
Evening star., 1948-02-01
DIGGING FOR PIRATE GOLD

"Only me and the Devil know where it is" roared
Blackboard But today no freebooter's loot is safe
from the relentless pursuit of treasure-hunters
by Bob Deindorfer
Laurel outlook., 1948-07-21
The News
ofLAURELI

Maria McCracken's fourth birthday
was celebrated when her mother,
Mrs. R. A. McCracken, Jr., enter
tanned at a party for her. Guests
were Nancy and Gary Stickelberger,
Max and Charlotte Silva, Jamie and
Gregg Childs, Judy and Barbara
Watson, Sandra Roysdon, Christine
~Feuerheim, Meg Murphy, Josephine
R~eisinger, Jimmy Baker, Johnny
Simpson, Penny Parker, Larry and
Deanna Mayes and the honor guest,
Maria McCracken.
To mark the third birthday Of
her daughter Carol, Mrs. Lloyd
Linger was hostess at dessert at
the Linger home near Mott. At
tending from Laurel were Mr.. and
Mrs. c. E. Rodgers and Mr.. and
Laurel outlook., 1948-07-21
PERSHINC:
TAPS Sounds

Gen. John j. (Blackjack) Perish
ing, who led American troops to
victory in World War l., is dead at
the age of 81.
The aged former chief of staff
had been i'll since February, 1898,
when he was stricken at Tucson,
Ariz., by a form of rheumatism
which affected his heart muscles.
He came close to dying at that
time, but rallied with a display of
fighting spirit which amazed his
physicians. Since then he had lived
at Walter Reed hospital in Wash
ington, D. G.
Death was caused by a blood clot
which reached his lung. At PERISH
ing's bedside when death came
we're his son, Warren; his sister,
Miss May Pershing, and his long
time physician, Maj. Gen. Shelley
Marietta.
Long the idol of a grateful nation,
Pershing held the rank of general
of the armies, a title conferred on
only four other American soldiers,
VooiiiiiStOii ldllI, OileIIIldIl, ana
Sheridan. He outranked such con-
temporary fve-star generals as
George c. Marshall, Dwight D.
Eisenhower, and Douglas Mac
Arthur. Their title is general of
the army.
Pershing won his greatest fame
as commander-in-chief of the
American expeditionary force in
World War 1. Appointed to that
post in 1917, he took personal
command of the American troops
sent to France. He almost imme-
became involved in a dis
pute with other Allied commanders
who wanted to break up the
American army and use it to rein
force the French and British
armies wherever necessary. PERISH
fatty refused to let his troops
lose their identity.
Born Sept. 10, 1860, in the from
tier town of Laclede, Mo-, Perish
was graduated from West Point
when he was 26. He became a Sec
Laurel outlook., 1948-07-21

Mrs. Lyle Rodgers.
Mrs. D. G.. Foley has returned
from spending several days in Ana
conda, the guest of her %son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Bill
Flynn. Mrs. Flynn is the former
Miss Sally Foley.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Edgmond
visited last week in Ennis at the
home of their son, Charles Edg-
mond and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. C. Foote and
daughter Sharon are visiting Mrs.
Foote'S parents, DR.. and Mrs. S.
A. Grouse of Roundup.
Guests at the home of Mrs. F.
o. Hartley and family are her
cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Hunt
singer and two sons, Donnie and
Gary, all of st. Paul.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Mace and
Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. McCracken, Jr.,
spent several days touring Yellow
stone park.
Mrs. Katherine Coy left Monday
for a vacation visit with her SON.
in-law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Don Harmon and family of Eugene,
Ore.
Laurel outlook., 1948-07-21

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Laurel outlook., 1948-07-21
CROPS:
Record OUTPUT

Barring a major crop disaster,
the nation will harvest another
bumper crop this year, with indi-
cations pointing to a general crop
production which may surpass that
of the outstanding year of 1912 and
the record set in 1916.
Acreage in crops is among the
largest in recent years and yield
prospects are good for most crops
agriculture department spokesman
said, on the basis of July l condi-
tons.
An all-time record corn crop of
1898, 1862, 900 bushels was forecast
although corn, the largest feed
crop, still faces such hazards as a
dry, hot August or an early frost.
Previous record was 1921, 1927, 900
bushels in 1916.
The wheat crop prospect of 1,241,-
Isl, 900 bushels represents a gain of
4 per cent from earlier forecasts.
If that amount is harvested, it
will rank as the second largest
crop in history.
ord and nearly equal last years
record output. Oats and barley will
be well above average crops.
Bumper crop prospects are not
expected to mean any immediate
increase in meat supplies or any
noticeable decrease in meat prices
but the record harvest should mean
larger meat supplies in the future.
Laurel outlook., 1948-07-21
Employment Gains

Continuing the postwar upward
trend in civilian employment. lis
million more persons yer en-
ployed in civilian occupations last
April than in April, l947, it is re-
vealed in figures compiled by the
National Industrial Conference
board.
Accompanying this increased en-
ployment was a decline of more
than 200, 900 in unemployment over
the years period.
Laurel outlook., 1948-07-21

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ond lieutenant in the sixth u. S.
cavalry and launched a caree in
soldering to which he devoted
his entire life. He fought Indians
in the American west, Spaniards
in Cuba, Moro tribesmen in the
Philippines, Mexican bandits I'M
der Pancho Villa on the U. S.
Mexican border and Germans in
France.
Throughout World War II, Perish
ing received a full report twice a
month from General Marshall, his
aide of 1917. Although old and
feeble, the general followed daily
developments closely from his hos
pital room, paying particular at
tention to my boys" who included
Generals Marshall, Eisenhower,
and George S. Patton Jr.
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Laurel outlook., 1948-07-21

The rush to keep up with urban
expansion marked a IS per cent
increase over 1916, when 259 cities
annexed new territory. Most cities
seek to annex suburban land to
solve their population problems.
Cities want outlying territory
to equalize local tax rates and to
provide uniform public services"
according to the association.
Laurel outlook., 1948-07-21
NO LIMITS
American Cities Are Increasing in Size

Los Angeles, brunt OF many
Jokes for its ever-expanding city
limits, is not the only American
city which is increasing in size.
In fact, American cities are get
ting bigger all the time, with 298
communities extending their boun-
diaries in l947 for a new all-time
record, according to the Interna-
tional City Managers association.
Laurel outlook., 1948-07-21
THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
Truman Barley


If the Democrats hadn't known
before their convention that Presi-
dent Harry Truman was their man
they found out on the steamlng
Wednesday when their political
show slammed through to a smash
ing, triumphant finish.
Harry Truman told them so,
after the enterprising liberal forces
of the party had spent all that
Wednesday in the los degree heat
of convention hall proving it be-
yond all doubt.
It looked like the Democratic
party might have been completely
revitalized in IL tense hours on
that last day of the convention,
ending a period during which the
Democrats morale and will to win
slowly had been o~ssifying.
The rehabilitation came as a re-
suit of two potent factors which
actually could be reduced to one
President Truman's influence.
In the first place, in adopting the
strong, positive civil rights plank
in the platform the party not only
repudiated the idea and spirit of
reaction but also dealt an extremely
sharp and real slap to the hands
of the southern wing which had
tried, at times almost savagely, to
produce a cleavage within the
party.
That action, closely followed by
the nomination of President Tru-
man to run for reelection and the
nomination of Sen. Alben Barley
of Kentucky by reclamation for the
vice-presidential spot on the ticket
added another solid timber to the
structure that the liberal elements
of the party were fighting so hard
to build.
Those developments were, in
themselves, a complete and vic
torious proof that the Democrats
this year intended to bring them
selves before the American public
as a responsible, cohesive party
that would be striving for nothing
less than total victory in the No
vember election.
But it remained for President
Truman to give the whole affair
a significance that could not be
ignored.
Fighting Finish
It was a far cry from a love
fest as the Democratic clans,
feuding for many months, met in
the City of Brotherly Love for
their Both national convention.
After three days of strife and
pickering, the conclave came to a
close as a fighting President Tru-
mar triumphantly accepted his
party's nomination for the presi-
dency and then rocked Democrats
and Republicans alike with an in
slant summons to the 80th congress
to return for a special session
July 26.
The convention, perhaps the
most bitterly divided since 1860
and 1924, ended with a political ex-
plosion detonated by the quiet man
from independence, Mo. The ex-
plosion startled even the regular
members of his own party who had
engineered the nomination of Mr..
Truman to the presidency.
The Democrats pinned their No
vember election hopes on a ticket
of Harry S. Truman and Alben w.
Barley. 1t vas the 6~4-year-old
modest, low-voiced former senator
from Missouri, who had succeeded
to the office upon the death of
Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1915, for
the presidency. And it was the TO
year-old, soft-speaking, compromis-
Laurel outlook., 1948-07-21

ing senator from Paducah, KY, for
the vice presidency.
The Presidents call for a special
session provided a dramatic and
startling climax to the 30th conven-
ton, which had been marked by
bitter debate over ferocious family
differences.
The party had been ripped by in
fighting between northern progress
sives and southern conservatives
over the issue of equal civil rights
for Negroes. One-half of the Ala
bama delegation - Is of the 26
votes - and the entire Mississippi
delegation of % had stormed out
of the convention amid boos, cheers
and a great pushing and showing.
This was the high point Of the
widely-heralded southern revolt, al
though a rump convention was
called to meet in Birmingham,
Ala.
DiscOrd Flares
Discord prevailed long before
the 1886 delegates from the 48
states and territories gathered in
sitting, steaming Philadelphia for
the quadrennial convention.
Dissident factions of the party
rallied behind a concerted drive to
draft Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
as the party's standard bearer.
ike" however, removed himself
from the race with his third and
final insistence that he would not
accept the nomination"
The day after the Eisenhower
boom collapsed, the New Deal eff
forts to oppose Mr.. Truman with
Supreme Court Justice William o.
Douglas also blew up. Douglas,
whom the President had wanted
for his running mate, fatty refused
to be considered and also knocked
himself out of the vice presidential
running.
After Douglas declined to enter
the presidential race, Senator
Pepper of Florida announced his
candidacy with the backing of the
New Deal wing, but his bid was
not considered very seriously.
Civil Rights
After seven days of wrangling, a
platform pledging the Democratic
party more specifically than ever
before to work for basic constitu-
tional civil rights was adopted after
a floor fight which proved rather
tame in view of the anticipated
Touchdown, drag-out battle.
The platform calls on congress
to support guarantees of:
"The right of full and equal po-
litical participation" meaning
anti-poll tax legislation.
1.-The right to equal opportunity
of employment" - another way of
promising a fair employment prac-
tees act.
"The right of security of person"
meaning a federal anti-lynch
law.
"The right of equal treatment in
the service and defense of our ma
tion"-meaning the end of segrega-
ton in the armed forces.
The long-heralded southern re-
volt, however, failed to develop
into the Dixie-wide proportions
predicted. Only Mississippi's %
delegates and Is of Alabama's 26
stalked out of the convention in
protest against President Truman's
nomination and adoption of the
strong civil rights plank.
However, 1853 remaining southern
delegates registered that areas
protest by voting for the presiden-
tial nomination of Sen. Richard B.
Russell of Georgia. Size of the pro-
test vote indicated the Democratic
party still has a problem on its
hands in the South.
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-WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSJS-
Fighting Truman Gets Democratic
Nomination, Calls Special Session;
Barley Selected as Running Mate

Bill Schoentgen, WNU Staff Writer--
western Newspaper Unions news analysts and not necessarily Of this newspaperJ
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-03-18
HALFWAY CLUB

The Halfway Homemaker's Club
held their regular meeting on
March in the Lincoln Avenue club
room, with Mrs. Charles Roelke and
Mrs. H. K. Remsburg as hostesses.
There were II members and eight
visitors present.
The president, Mrs. Edward Cush-
en-, called the meeting to order, af
ter which the group sang Listen to
the Mocking Bird" led by Mrs. E. S.
Souders, with Mrs. V E. Wills at
the piano.
Mrs. Hubert Mullen, art chairman,
gave a review of the painting, Baby
Stuart" by Van Dyck, a Flemish
artist, who painted 1900 pictures.
Miss Martin, home demonstration
agent, gave a very interesting talk
on "Previewing Our Clothing" and
also showed pictures of different
styles. A number of remodeled hats
and dresses were modelled and on
display Miss Martin gave three
rules for posture-stand tall, walk
tall and sit tall.
The international relations chair
man, Miss Mae Chopper, read let
ter from the family in Holland to
whom boxes have been mailed, and
she also gave talk on India. Mrs.
Paul Fryer then reported on sick
members, and the president appoint
ed the following delegates for the
County Council Meeting: Mrs. w. H.
Cochran, Mrs. j. E. Mcdaniel and
Mrs. w. l.. NORM.
Mrs. Cushen also announced the
Giant Auction sale to be held at the
Playground, Aril 8, the purpose of
which is to raise relief money for
the suffering people of Europe. Any
members having donations are
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-03-18
Co-Vet Club Men
Put On Real Show

The male members of the Co-Vet
Club staged a competition show on
Monday night in the auditorium OF
the Y.MC.A. The show was opened
with mock performance of one OF
the girls meetings.
Then followed number Of acts
in pantomine. including: my Old
Flame" "The Fairy Piper" "The
Laughing Song" "Feudin' and Fight
in and A'Fussin', and "Civiliza-
ton" Those taking part were: Geo.
Carter, Reginald Hesson, Richard
Lynch, David Cottingham, Ralph
Crist and Bob Duthie. There was
also strip tease number enacted by
Jack Spielman.
After the show, the girls of the
club served refreshments. Next
week, on Monday, March %, the
girls will stage their competition
show, and then the best acts of the
two performances will be combined
into one show to be staged at New
ton D. Baker Hospital in the future,
the date to be announced later.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-03-18
FUNKSTOWN CLUB

The March meeting of the Funks-
town Homemakers' Club was held
recently with Mrs. Eugene Myers,
Mrs. E. Baker and Mrs. George
Stottlemyer as hostesses, and with
forty members in attendance.
Miss Ardath Martin, home dem
onstration agent, presented a pre-
view of spring clothing. Miss Mar
tin emphasized the need of selecting
good basic clothes that are fashions,
rather than trends that become
merely fads. How to alter and re-
style clothing of former years was
illustrated by the many articles that
were brought to the meeting for
display.
Mrs. S. o. Matthews presided at
the business session, and the club
passed a motion to act as individ-
uals in their respective churches in
aiding the sale at the Playground on
April 8, which is being sponsored
by the churches of the community.
Mrs. Harvey Miller, Mrs. Walter
Cearfoss and Mrs. Fred Renner were
appointed delegates to the luncheon
meeting of the County Council of
Homemakers meeting on April 81.
The song, when You and 1 Were
Young, Maggie" was pantomined
by Mrs. George Hertel and Mrs.
Frank Trite, and sung by the entire
group, after which Mrs. Frank We'll
ty gave a brief account of the COM
poser's life.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-03-18
FUTURE MEETINGS

Thursday, March 18, 9 a. m.-An
all-day Pattern Alteration School
will be held in the basement of the
United Brethren Church in Rohrers-
vile with Mrs. Paul Miller and Mrs.
Ohio Rice as instructors.
Thursday, March Is, p. m.-Dry
Run Homemakers' Club will meet at
the home of Mrs. Fred Ernst
Friday, March 10, 7:30 p. m.-Wil-
Transport Women's Club will meet
at the home of Mrs. Wallace Taylor
with Mrs. Doub, Mrs. H. Babylon
and Mrs Norman McCardell as CO.
hostesses.
Saturday, March 20, 1870 p. M
Executive Board Meeting of the
Washington County Council of
Homemaker Clubs.
Saturday, March 20, 3 to p. M
Executive Board of the Washington
County Council of Homemaker Clubs
will give tea in honor of Miss Ann
Webb, assistant home demonStra-
ton agent, who is resigning on April
l. Local leaders of the All Girls
Clubs will be guests at the tea.
Tuesday, March %, 2 p. M Bea-
yer Creek Homemakers' Club will
meet with Mrs. Joseph Hoffman.
Wednesday, March "a, 2 p. M
Cavetown Homemakers' Club will
meet with Mrs. Joseph Gardenhour,
with Mrs. Robert Hartle as CO. hos
tess.
Thursday, March rs, 100 p. M
Rohrersville Homemakers' Club will
meet with Mrs. Albert Sinnisen.
The Keedysville Homemakers'
Club, which would ordinarily meet
on Friday March 26 Good friday
have postponed their meeting until
Thursday, April l.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-03-18
LAPPANS CLUB

The Lappans Homemakers' Club
held their regular monthly meeting
at the Parish House on Wednesday,
March 10, with Mrs. Oscar Warren
fel liz, Mrs. Charles May, Mrs. Paul
May and Mr.. and Mrs. Catherine
Twigg as joint hostesses.
Mrs. Frank Barnhart, first vice
president, presided in the absence
of the president, and thirty members
and visitors were in attendance.
Mrs. Fay Cooper, music chairman,
played the winning musical, Listen
To The Mocking Bird" which was
sung by the members, and also
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-03-18
KEEDYSVILLE NEWS
We regret that the Keedys-
vile news letter was received
too late for this weeks issue.

when You and I Were Young, Mag
gle" Mrs. Margaret Peyton, in
ternational relations chairman, dis
,cussed an article, Dark Days in
India and the Effect the Death of
Gandhi will have on the Hindus and
Moslems,."
Miss Ardath Martin gave a dem
onstration on fashions for 1948, il
Illustrated by colored charts and
some members showed remodeled
garments, and others brought cloth
ing to be remodeled.
The next meeting will be held at
the Potomac Edison Kitchen, North
Potomac Street, on April IA at 1:30
p. M, when a demonstration on
--latest in Electrical Equipment"
will be given by Miss Katherine
Schmidt, Home Service Advisor.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-03-18
News of County HOmemakerS' Clubs

asked to contact Mrs. William Dut-
ton (Phone 1207-M) or Mrs. Robert
p. Conrad (Phone 18D.
The April meeting will be held at
the Potomac Edison kitchen, with
Miss Katherine Schmidt in charge.
Members from A to l. will attend on
April 6, and those from M to z on
April 30 Both meetings will begin
at 100 p m.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-03-18
Wedding Bells

Miss Mildred Bankard, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Bankard, West
minister, Md, became the bride of
Paul w. Cline, son of Mrs. Lille
Cline, of Keedysville, on March at
the Chewsville Evangelical United
Brethren Church. The double ring
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
Harry L. Fehl, Jr.
Following the ceremony a recep-
ton was held at the home of the
brides aunt, Mrs. Harry M. l.. Sny-
der, Hagerstown, Route l.
Mrs. Cline is senior at the Hag-
erstown High School, and her hus-
band is employed at the Pangborn
Corporation.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-03-18

The accent on fire safety in post
war home building has boosted use
of fireproof tile as floor and wall
covering in the kitchen, where most
home fires start.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-03-18

Use few drops of olive oil or
glycerine in oiling kitchen utensils
such as the food chopper and egg
beaten. If a drop or so should
work into the food it can do no
harm.