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Evening star., 1950-04-07

BY the D. c. Bureau Of Vital Statistics

| By the D. c. Bureau Of Vital Statistics
Ernest and and Ethel Blaine, ooy. '''
james and Kathleen Bullock. Boy boy:
EdwaIc and Sara Campbell; boy.
Albert and Naomi Clark, boy.
HenrS S ana ah0 ooldie aaEec Cope Do0Psr 6ov 00''
Angus and Virginia Echard, boy.
Nicholas and elizabeth Farbizio, boy.
John and Adele Funderburk. boy.
Harry and Marie Garrigues, boy.
Perry and Arvilla Gilroy. boy.
Wallace ss; and and Wiihsimins Iisf HoiladaS. boy.
Samuel and Helen King, boy.
Samuel and Alice LiDton. boy.
William and Patricia Mattern. boy.
James and Lucille Mess. boy.
h1mas ASn ana snd Ma111e oSsl MT.n bog So'
Fletvher and Doris Paddison. boy.
Marvin and Beatrice Pitkins. boy.
Aubrey and Jean Price, ,boy.
Jacob and Sylvia. Rein. boy.
Lawrence and Margaret. Robbins, boy.
Edgar and Willie Rupp. boy.
John and Esteile seifert, boy.
Carl and Lois Stafford. boy.
Joseph and ceeil stotesbuTy, boy.
MdlCOlin ana LdNOHnt ludQeH' IVY
Thomas and and Della carmody. girl.
Philip and Mary Ceconi girl.
Carl and Bertha Clark, girl.
Edwin and Maria Costrell, girl.
David and Katherine Davenport. girl.
Thomas and Helen Exten; girl
Benjamin and Zelda Tomorrow, girl.
Xavier and Florence Garner, girl.
Frederick and Narcie Greene, girl.
/ Et,o1A ITo
William and Eunice Hartley, girl.
Guy and Nell Heeter. girl
John and Betty Holden. girl.
julius and Anna Kessler. girl.
Oris and Ruth Kolb. girl.
Calvin and Laura Locates. girl.
and Ehe Pave sI
Ralph and Hazel RAYMOND, girl.
william and virginia Ross. girl;
asI Harry sn5 and Dn ASpass svsnson stam0s SRI flT
Otto and Josephine. Trevino, girl,
Walter and Helen vettermsmn. ,m,, girl; ri,
John and Mary Ashby, boy.
Joseph and Agnes AsI b Barber. pl ,nl. boy INV
Charles snG and Mshe Eeapsen sope boy
william and Lucy Chase, twin boys.
cIarence hafiec snH and ffhi' Ethe Frankn rankin boy.
Robert and Julia Hamilton, boy.
Robert and Vera Vera Hebron Hebron; ,r boy.
Archie and Agnes jackson. boy.
William and Miriam jackson, boy.
Earl and Sarah Jackson, boy,
James and Frances johnson. boy.
Leroy and Maggie Kiah, boy:
Lonnie and Laura Leieler. boy;
Thomas and Elaine Martin, boy;
Larry and Emma Phelps boy.
Samuel and Marie Redman, boy.
Albert and Ethel RICHARDSON, boy.
Edward and Lillian Hickman, boy.
stencer ersee are and Helen shefieid. BOY.
William and Louise Smith, boy.
Charles and Mary Thompson. boy.
Norman and Marsaret Wills boy.
James and Christine Woods boy,
william and Ethel Briscoe, girl.
James and Fannie Brown. girl.
Joseph and Ruth Bush, girl.
Leon and Elizabeth Proctor, girl.
Leemne and Naomi Bynum: girl,
Robert and Polly Childs, girl
Clinton and Frances Chisley. girl.
James and Mary Mary, C5awford Iag girl.
Arthur and Christine Hackley. girl.
John and Mary Hargrove, girl
David and Orena Hicklin. girl.
Ethelle and GLADYS Hill girl
George and Thelma Hill. girl.
William and Bertha Holland, firl.
Richard and Dorothy James, girl
John and Julia Kes, girl: .;u,
Edward and Ethel Patterson. girl.
Fred and Lena Porter, girl
Archibald and Martha Runner. girl.
Charles and Mozelle watkins. girl.
Alex and Ruth White, girl.
Evening star., 1950-04-07
Grusshoppers in the Snow

PHILADELPHIA (P.-Grass-
hoppers are hopping early this
year. Six-year- Norman Saw
age reports he found two in the
melting snow near this Northern
New York community.
Evening star., 1950-04-07
Deaths

(By the D. c. Bureau OF Vital statistics,)
Robert L. Gianniny, s4, 405 sth st. Sc
John E. Battenfeld. "a. 1922 S st. Sc
Elma Hutchins. 70, 1443 Chapin st. NV
William S. Torbert' II, 1882 Varnum st
Charles Messina,, a, sa17 18th st: NV
Charles w. Grant, 60 Knoxville, Iowa
Bernard Mestekins; SO, 521s 18th st. NV
Louis Russo, 81 Silver Spring, Md
Catherine z, Murray. So 2916 End st. Sc
VAN. VAR Fnsy s 81 sss Prout S.
Mssssie TayIer e. ,sa3 al5 1Sth Eys st. sw "
John II. Robinson. 70. 1741 st. NV
Msttie Gainey. SO, 5000 Ayers pl. IS IS
Fannie L. King. IS, 1925 Browning pl. ne.
Mary Mary L wallace, e. 35 ST. nv
Carrie Palmer, 40, 4434 B st. Sc.
Reuben Young. AZ. 40 G st. s.w
John j. Jones, Al. Arlington, Va.
Venisa Streeter, 33. 202S st. NV.
Infant Rassdale, 917 43rd pl. ne.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-11-09
Methodist Group to Meet

The November meeting of the
executive council of the WSCS of the
Methodist church in Oakland, will be
held at the church Monday, November
IL, at , o'clock. All members are
urged to attend.
On Wednesday evening, November
10, the general meeting of WSCS will
be held at the church with Health
in a Rural Community" as the topic.
DR., a. +. Nance will speak ON Ser
vices offered by your Hospital Miss
Grace Jones will also speak concerns
ing her work with crippled children.
Mrs. w. f. Dawson will be in charge.
Circle 3 will have charge of devotions.
Circle l will have charge of the social
hour. Representative will attend the
fall district meeting at Kingwood on
Thursday.
Mrs r. NJ. Zumblunnen, conference
secretary of Status of Women, will be
principal speaker Others will include
Miss Margaret Buggy, missionary
from India.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-11-09
MARRIED

Bernard Brenneman- The wedding
Of Miss Norma Lee Brenneman,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd
Brenneman, to Roland Cecil Bernard,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lambert Bernard,
took place October %. Both are from
Meadow Mountain.
The double ring ceremony was per-
formed in the Fist Assembly Of God
church at Westernport by Rev. +. W.
Wexford
The bride wore a beige suit with
navy accessories and carried white
Bible covered with pink roses and
strcamers knotted with talisman rose
buds. Mrs Fred Harvey, the brides
sister and only attendant, wore ;
navy suit with black accessories anC
had a corsage of red rose buds. Free
Harvey acted as best man.
The bride is a graduate of Oakland
High school and was graduated from
the School Of Comptometry in Canton
Ohio. She is now employed by tn,
Board of Education in Oakland.
Mr.. Bernard also was graduate
from Oakland High school and is EN-
ployed at Rights Dry Cleaning estab
lishment in Oakland.
The couple left Immediately afte
the ceremony for brief wedding tril
through several of tn e southern
states.
They are occupying the Ronald Nc
Intire house on Monte Vista Road 10
the winter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-11-09
Revival Continues

Revival meetings which BEGAN Sun
day at the Full Gospel church at Deer
Park, are continuing each evening al
1880 except Monday, it was an
nounced by Rev, Daniel Hare, pastor.
Rev. Fred Hunt, Rempton, Ala, is
the evangelist
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-11-09

There will be a turkey supper on
Tuesday, November 18th, at the Mt.
Lake Methodist church.
Miss Mary A. Lee and Mrs. Emma
White, Of near Oakland, were visiting
in Canton, Ohio, recently.
Mrs. Grace Sellers is visiting her
brother-in-!aw and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs NJ Q. Miller, Hopemont, w. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Savage and
family, Cliffwood, N. j., were visiting
friends and relatives over the week
end
Jack yelling, Baltimore, visited
his mother, Mrs. Charles r. yelling,
and other relatives over the week
end
There will be a chicken supper at
the Odd Fellows Hall, in Loeb Lynn,
ON November 1G. The public is in
vited.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Brant and fami-
ly, Glendale, Deep Creek Lake, spent
the Weekend visiting friends in Bos-
we'll Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs W. w. Mace and fam
lily were Weekend visitors of rela-
tives in Petersburg and McConnell5-
burg, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Graves and
Miss Wilma Dixon, Baltimore, visited
relatives in and near Oakland over
the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Lewis visited
their daughter Carolyn, student in St.
Mary's Seminary, at Leonardtowa,
over the Weekend
Wyatt Dawson, 2O-months-old son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter +. Dawson,
sustained a broken collalbonc on Sun
day when he fell from chair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Wolfe, Erie, Pa,
announce the birth Of Il son. on No
vember, 4th. The mother was former
~ Miss Glendine Bowman, of Crellin.
Mrs. S. II. Jackson plans to leave
Friday for Harrisonburg, Va. where
she will visit her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs William Lip
pold.
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Sisk, Loch
Lynn, spent the weekend at the home
Of the latter's brother-in-law and Sis
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. W. X. Byron. Pitts
burgh, Pa.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Robert Railey, San
Antonio, Tex, announced the birth Of
a daughter, Kathy Lynn, on Thursday,
October 20. Mrs. Railey was the fof-
mer Vava Ann Helbig.
David Whitaker returned to Wash
ington, d. c., Sunday, where he is
employed, after visit of several
days with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
fhlilp whitaker Oak street
r. ~ ~. c,,
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niiiiei are pI"ii'ii,S d ! ii'''iN''Ei " NIX
''''i'0e Oh " e'''''a..ay 'iiE!i'' -N'' GEE
per md at lhe p" il!l'i'i-J"lileS ho'eI
in Oakland Music will be by the Aces,
Io-aI orchestra.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-11-09
Local NeuVS


Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur W. Wolf an
nounce the birth Of a son November
/ in Garrett Memorial hospital.
Vida, of Underwood, visited Mrs.
Earl burst, Second street. on Tues
day.
Ernest ShreVe' Lynndale, became
suddenly III ON Monday and is now 4
patient IN Memorial hospital, Oak
mr. and Mrs W. Russell Pancake
O"i'''Griai'o' loLller residents mere
'iSi'e,l M ana MIS- 'oco'' W. oi'lrer'
W wy " gym Gnu
Earl Shartzer returned to his home
in Oakland on Monday after having
been patient in Memorial hospital
Mrs. Ada Casteel and Claude Cas-
teel, Morgantown, W. Va, visited Mr..
and Mrs. Alvin Casteel. Rosedale. on
Friday. Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Star
key. Point Marion. Pa, visited Mr..
and Mrs. Casteel on Saturday.
among 'he FORMER residents VINO
voting privileges were DR.. Hopwood
W ooddeli' College Park; MI ana MIS-.
a"lph mayer, HagefstoWh; Mr.. ana
Mrs honeiI W. 0hecheilS' Ouhioef-
i''''"'
The Mary Martha circle of the
Lutheran church will hold a covered
dish and turkey supper at the church
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DR.. and Mrs. Denver c. Pickens
m3toloJ to Washington. D. c.. today.
They were accompanied bv Mrs. Pick
ems mother, Mrs. G. II. Falkenstein.
Fall,ansfain win hoard nIano a.
WASHINGTON fo, s. patorsbnro III,
to ratu,n 70 bo, homo
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Jack Glotfelty an
nounced the birth of a daughter,
Nancy Lois, in the Garrett County
Memorial hospital in Oakland early
Wednesday morning. November s.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-11-09

George Ray johnson, Jr, son of Mr..
and Mrs. George Ray Johnson, also
Of Richmond.
Miss Helbig is the granddaughter
Of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hell
big and niece of Mr.. and Mrs Hugh
Tects Of Oakland, and Miss Lillian
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-11-09

Mr.. and Mrs. James G. Mulvey
were in Baltimore last week, Mrs.
Mulvey attending the State Teachers
meeting. Upon their return they Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Mulvey and
Mrs. Norma IIoke, in Winchester, Va.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-11-09

A daughter, Frances Lorraine, was
born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry f. Bud
Fauber, in a Uniontown hospital on
Saturday morning, November /. Mrs.
Fauber is the former Lorraine Cook,
of Loeb Lynn Heights. Mr.. and Mrs.
Lloyd Cook, Loeb Lynn, are the
maternal grandparents.
The Harmed Bible class of the
Methodist church will meet Tuesday
evening, November II. Following the
business meeting the hostesses will
be Mrs. Z. R. Knots, Mrs. VERNE
Smouse, Mrs. Nina Sharps, Mrs. John
Moon, Mrs. Russell Smith. A full at
tendance is being requested.
Carol Ann Gender, -, Of AleXan-
dlia, Va, and a companion, Charles
Bowersock, IS, walked off with first
place honors in the first country
polka dance contest held at skating
rink in that town recently. Their pic
ture appeared in the Alexandria
paper upon receiving an award for
scoring the most points in competi-
ton with other young couples. Carol
Ann is daughter of Bernard |. Con
der, IN, of Oakland, and Mrs. Bea-
trcp Gender, Alexandria.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-11-09

Mrs. Oscar Hetiick, Bittinger, an
nounced the engagement of her
daughter, Doris, to Carlton Knox, SON
of Clarence Knox, Of McHeury.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-11-09
Announce Engagement

Mr. and Mrs. II. E. Hcbig, Of Rich
mond, Va, announce the engagement
Of their daughter, Joan Louise, to
Evening star., 1950-10-31
By the Associated Press

LONDON, Oct. 31.-King George
vi Loved" his night at the movies.
That's what Britain's monarch
told Irene Dunno last night after
the royal performance of THE
Mudlark," in which she stars as
Queen Victoria, the Kings great
grandmother.
A jam-packed crowd of 5000
applauded loudly and enthusias-
tically for the film and an elabor-
ate stage show featuring high
jinks by top Hollywood and Brit
ish stars.
Although the British press re-
ception was lukewarm. a group of
American critics who flew over for
the gala affair were favorable.
The royal film performance is
an annual event, with the proceeds
going to the Cinematograph Trade
Benevolent Fund. The fund ex-
poets to clear about 100000 ($114,-
.000) from last nights affair.
Admission prices ranged from
one to Is guineas 1894 to $73.50. i.
but those who could afford it had
a chance to rub shoulders with
royalty and film stars.
Some 10000 persons for whom
the tariff was too steep stood in
chill drizzle outside the theater,
peering over stalwart London
Boobies shoulders for glimpses of
the celebrities.
Young Andrew Way, 11-year-old
making his acting debut in the
title role of the ragamuffin who
breaks into Windsor Castle, won
acclaim from everyone including
the royal family, whom he met
twice during the evening.
Andy was on hand to welcome
them and to present bouquet to
Queen Elizabeth. He chatted with
them again at a reception after
the show.
AS his mother and father
headed him homeWard, the wide
Evening star., 1950-10-31
Gen. Vondegrift to Heed
Amvets' Civil Defense
BY the Associated Press

The American Veterans of World
War II yesterday announced the
appointment of Gen. Alexander A.
Vandegrift, former Marine COM
mandant, as chief of the AmvetS'
civil defense program.
Officials said one feature of the
organizations preparedness pro-
gram is to provide an atomic dog
tag" for every American, showing
blood type for use in case OF
atomic warfare.
Evening star., 1950-10-31
Ston Laurel Is Improving

PARIS, Oct. 81 (P.-Movie
Comedian Stan Laurel was re-
ported to be in a very good con-
dition" here yesterday after an
operation Saturday for removal
OF an abscess. Attendants at the
American hospital said Laurel, So
probably will be discharged in a
few days.
Evening star., 1950-10-31
Royalty AppIouds The MudIork'
AT Gala London Performance

eyed youngster said: Actually,
don't think I shall sleep very much
tonight"
The royal family also compli-
mented Miss Dunno, Alec Quin-
ness, who plays Disraeli, and
Beatrice Campbell, who supplies
the films love interest as a lady
in-waiting involved in romance
with a guards officer.
Evening star., 1950-10-31
Bishop Mccormick
To Officiute at Mass

The Most Rev. Patrick J. Nc
Cormick. Auxiliary Bishop OF
Washington, will pontificate for
the first time since his consecra-
ton at a 1890 am. high mass
tomorrow in the Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception at Catho-
lie University.
The mass will signalize the
proclamation in Rome of a new
church dogma of the Assumption
of the Virgin.
Evening star., 1950-10-31

Here's a hint from Mrs. Pat O'Brien.
Compare Yellow BLUE BONNET Mar
garine with any spread at any price.
Like the movie stars wife, you'll
love BLUE BoNNET's fresh, sweet
Jfapori Rich nutrition! Real economyi
BLUE BONNET is Inequality all rege-
table margarine. But it costs only
about half as much as the high-priced
spread for bread! Use BLUE BONNET
in cooking, on vegetables, as deli
cious spread. Buy BLUE BONNET and
get "all three" Flavor! Nutritioni
Econom-e-e!
Evening star., 1950-07-23

because he wanted a free edu-
cation. He couldn't afford to
pay.
But the President would much
rather discuss the great COM
manders of ancient days than
his own personal war expert
ences. The Chief Executive
discourses knowingly and at
length upon a wide range of
military history, from Hannibal
and Alexander the Great to the
Mongol Emperor Ghengis Khan;
Tamerlane, the renowned Orien-
tai conqueror, and Napoleon.
Puts Hannibal First
He will confide, at such re-
laxed moments that he always
has been interested in great
administrators and great battle
leaders. He holds that most
brilliant military leaders. be-
cause of the qualities essential
to success in that field, also
make good administrators. Bon
aparte Of France, for example.
And Trajan, the Roman En-
peror who lived in the 1st cen
tury AID.
The President believes that
Hannibal was the greatest mill
tary leader of all time, although
he stresses that it, is hard to
try to make any rigid classifl-
cation. He knows all about
Hannibal's great battles and
Skillful maneuverS, and particu-
larly likes to talk about the
Battle of Cannae, where
the Carthaginian leader trap
Evening star., 1950-07-23
By Edword A. Horris

ped the Roman legions by per-
mitting them to advance in his
center before enveloping them
with both flanks to close the
circle. Not to be overlooked,
the President is apt to point
out, is the fact that Hannibal
fought for 81 years away from
home base.
There are important lessons
to be learned from the past, too.
The President is not unaware
of a possible analogy between
the strategy eventually adopted
by the Romans, as suggested by
Fabius. later known as the De-
layer, and the Kremlin of to-
day. The war formula Of F'a-
bius, which in time fatally
weakened Hannibal's armies
through sheer attrition, ran
along these lines: Never accept
battle when the enemy offered
it; never to offer 1t on equal
terms; never to attack the
enemy in his own camp; to de-
stroy the enemy's army in detail
as time and opportunity offered,
and to try to recover by force
or fraud the places that had
fallen into Hannibal's hands.
Mr.. Truman feels that the
greatest military maneuvers Of
all time are to be found in
battles like Cannae; in Arbela,
where Alexander the Greats
Macedonian Army shattered the
Persians; AuSterlitz, where the
French under Napoleon whipped
Evening star., 1950-07-23
Tan Hobby War Strategy Though He Hates the Real Thing

AS American shock troops
pour into South Korea and rush
northward to stem the Com
munist advance, the tactical
military maneuvers Of both sides
are being watched with twofold
interest by onetime Missouri
artillery captain who rose spec
tacularly to Commander in
Chief of American armed forces.
Ballots, rather than bullets,
elevated Harry S. Truman from
a valorous battery officer in
World War I to supreme mill
tary commander by the close of
World War II. But his deep
interest in the strategy of war
fare and military movements
reaches beyond the duties of his
high Office.
It's a hobby. Other Presi-
dents have been partial to stamp
collecting, like Franklin D.
Roosevelt. or had a passion for
building little dams, like Her
bert Hoover, OF were ardent
fishermen, like silent Cal"
Coolidge. With President Tru-
man it's the maneuvers of the
great commanders throughout
the pages of history.
Proud He Served
It isn't that the President is
military -minded"-far from it.
He feels fervently that wars are
frightful and create more prob
lens than they solve. His sur
passing goal is an enduring
peace. His decision to intervene
in Korea on behalf of the United
Nations weighs heavily upon his
Evening star., 1950-07-23

was lampooned as a man who
"Sat on his brains" after Pope
left himself wide open by saying
his headquarters was his sad
die.
Of these anecdotes and his
toric tidbits the President speaks
with rich humor. But he re-
members historic military ma
neuvers, troop deployments and
ground tactics even more clear
ly. He believes. from his life
long study of the latter, that the
tactics and techniques of ground
forces are about the same now
as they were in the days of
Alexander the Great, but that
their application is varied by the
kind of weapons used.
With the Presidents remark
able background of military
reading and knowledge of mill
tary tactics, one might suppose
that, as Commander in Chief of
United States armed forces, he
daily studies the map Of Korea
and makes suggestions on both
tactics and overall strategy. It's
a mighty strong temptation, but
he never yields to it. He indi-
Gates the main goal-to drive
the invaders back where they
came from-and lets the gener-
ais do the rest their own way.
He has the utmost confidence
in them. And he knows, as well
as the next fellow, that it wasn't
his knowledge of tactics and
military history that made him
the Nations Commander in
Chief.
(By Special Advancement With the st.
Louis PoSt.DiSEkteh.l
Evening star., 1950-07-23

engine manufacturers, four o.
which are turning out jet units fo1
the military.
The present 225,000 employees In
all types of production includes
an unannounced number at work
on planning, assembling and test
ing future weapons like rockets
guided missiles or their propulsion
units.
Neither this program nor that
for the strategic B-36s or their
successors in planning stages can
be sacrificed for more production
of close-support aircraft.
The industry estimates that the
present production of fighters and
bombers up to the B-50 class is
only sufficient to replace normal
losses in Korea. This was based
on the World War attrition rate Of
an operating force of 800 air.
craft.
If this figure is correct. the pro-
duction rate will have to be dou-
bled to maintain the current
strength. The estimate. however
did not include the World War II
Mustangs, B-26s and B-29s being
reconditioned for service in the
Far East.
Meanwhile, some big plants al
ready have speeded up delivery
schedules. In the last few days
the usual 8-hour shift on the B-36
production line at Fort Worth
Tex. has been replaced by two 10
hour shifts. Other speed-ups are
in immediate prospect, especially
in production of jet fighters.
Plant capacity apparently is ad-
equate for almost any emergency
(See SHIPPEN. Page C-2)
Evening star., 1950-07-23

shoulders, for he knows that the
consequences may be agonizing
before a just peace is finally
established.
His own taste of soldering, in
fact, taught him first-hand the
sour stencil of war. He is apt
to say that you have to be in a
war to really learn to hate it.
But this doesn't prevent him
from reminiscing, sometimes
with pride and humor, about his
own war experiences.
Today President Truman
tends to deprecate his exploits
as World War I soldier, but
he is still boyishly happy that
he served. "The proudest thing
that I have to refer to is the
fact that I had a little military
service myself in the First World
War" he told the Marines at
Quantico several weeks ago.
IT am prouder of that" he
, added, than anything I have
done SINCE"
Mr.. Truman nearly missed
out on his little military serv-
ice," due to poor eyesight. After
West Point and the Naval Acad-
emy turned him down because
of his eyes, he Joined the Mis-
souri, National Guard, which
served as a stepping stone to
oficership in the war. But lest
any one get the impression from
this that he sought a career
as a fighter, the President
quickly makes things clear. He
wanted to get into West Point
or Annapolis. he explains, only