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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-06-26
Around Town With
The Editor

AS stated last week, this will be
the last issue of the Globe-Independ-
ent until Thursday, July "a in order
that l can get very much needed
rest
AS you read this Mrs. Douglas and
will be getting ready to leave for
Tennessee, where / intend to just
lay around and really relax.
When l get back on the job, here
are some of the things hope to find
That plans have been completed
to go ahead with the building of the
chronic disease hospital on the site
of the Bellevue Home-the logical
place to build it.
That the attendance at the Hagers-
town Braves ball games at the sta
dunn has at least doubled.
That the furry over the Municipal
Light Plant has subsidized (see story
elsewhere on this page.
And finally, that neither my paper
nor myself have been forgotten. 1
would like, while on this subject, to
thank all of you who have been so
cooperative in making it possible
for me to get away for awhile, and
it is just further proof that Hagers-
town is a wonderful place in which
to live and make a living.
1t was sure good to see Luther
Broom behind the wheel of his car
on Tuesday and hope that he will
continue in good health, with the
gentle reminder to take it easy.
Some forty members of Christ
Evangelical and Reformed Church,
who are in the armed forces, are re-
ceiving the Globe-Independent every
week through the cooperation of the
Church Sunday School
The letters l receive from these
boys and girls who are serving their
country, all tell me how much they
appreciate getting the paper, and
the committee in charge of this fine
project, headed by Mr. and Mrs.
James R. Causher, are to be congrat-
ulated on the fine work they are
doing.
also understand that, in addition
to sending them my paper, the
church also sends them a copy of the
Upper Room" every month, as well
as a chatty bulletin
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-06-26
Jos. S. Ward Denies
Light Plant Story
Commissioner Makes Definite
Statement That Plant Can Fur
nish All Current Needed.

In statement issued on Monday
by Commissioner Joseph S. Ward,
the member of the Board of Public
Works in charge of the Municipal
Light Plant, he emphatically denied
the published report that the Mum
cipal Light Plant would not be able
to handle the demand for current
this summer.
Not only did Commissioner Ward
deny the statement that, in the pub
lished report was attributed to him,
but he further stated that the Light
Plant did not anticipate any diff
Guilty in furnishing all the current
required during this summer of 1853
and possibly to the early part of
1854.
The text of Mr.. Wards signed
statement is as follows:
"On Saturday, June IA, an article
appeared in the Daily Mail quoting
me as saying the Municipal Electric
Light Plant would not be able to
handle the demand for current this
summer.
THE reporter for the Daily Mail
was definitely advised by me that
the Light Plant did not anticipate
any difficulty in furnishing all the
current required during the summer
months, as well as the winter
months.
MIR. Daniels concurs in the fact
that the Light Plant does and will
have sufficient current up to the lat
ter part Of the summer of 1858 and
possibly to the early part of 1854"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-06-26

The Potomac Edison Company an
nounced on Friday that declining
revenues and increasing expenses in
connection with the Hagerstown
City Bus operation have forced the
Company to apply to the Public
Service Commission of Maryland for
local fare increases effective July 20.
In commenting on the proposed in
crease Mr.. A. F. Macdonald, vice
president of Potomac Edison in
charge of transportation operations,
expressed his regret that circum-
stances make necessary the request
for an increase. He pointed out that
since the war local bus service has
been experiencing a gradual but
steady decline in patronage. At the
same time all costs for materials,
equipment and employee wages have
been rising rapidly Mr.. MacDon-
aid stated that the meeting point of
these two trends has been passed,
with the result that the local bus
service has been operated at a de-
felt during the past year, in spite of
having instituted all possible op-
Grating economies.
Mr.. Macdonald further pointed out
that unfortunately the same trend
seems to be general throughout the
country, but that actually Hagers-
town is considerably better off than
most cities, both in requesting fare
increases and in the size of increases.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-06-26

Except for the out-of-town routes,
the proposed increases eliminate all
token fares except for school tokens.
A straight ten cent fare is proposed
which is the same as the present
cash fare. For token users this
represents an increase of one and
two-thirds cents per ride.
There will continue to be school
tokens when school reopens, but
these will be at the rate of ten for
sixty-five cents, or six and half
cents a ride, as against a present
rate of ten for fifty cents.
Out-of-city ticket fares on the
Fairchild- Maugansville routes will
be discontinued, while n-trip-ten-
day tickets on the Hagerstown-C Con
ococheague, Hagerstown Spigler's,
Hagerstown-St. PauPs Church, and
Hopewell-Clear Spring routes will
be upped to two dollars. The pro-
posed Hagerstown- Clear Spring fare
will go to two dollars and half for
the 10-trip book.
Under the proposed increase no
tokens will be sold after July 10 and
none will be accepted for fares after
July 49, Refunds will be made, how
ever, on any tokens outstanding af-
ter July 20. Ticket books will not
be sold after July 10, but any pur-
chased before the July 20 deadline
will be honored until their normal
expiration date.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-06-26

Earl L. Lizer, 825 Maryland Ave
nue. (pictured above), this month
completed twenty-five years of
service with the Potomac Edison
Company here.
Mr.. Lizer, native of Hagerstown,
joined the company in 1927 as a
stenographer in the local Stores De-
partment. One year later he was
transferred to the general storeroom
and in 1891 was made chief clerk. In
1949 he was promoted to his present
post-feld stores supervisor.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-06-26
BILL. MOORE USN
ABOARD USS BOXER

With Task Force n in Korea
Now serving aboard the aircraft car
rier USS Boxer here is Bill Moore,
seaman, U S Navy, son of A. L.
Moore, Mcdowell Avenue, Hagers-
town.
The Boxer is on her third tour of
duty in the Far East. Her pilots
have raided Communist supply lines
throughout North Korea.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-06-26
JOHN F. POFFENBERGER
ABOARD USS ORIsKANY

Among the men aboard the air
craft carrier USS Oriskany when she
sailed around the tip of South Amer
lea recently was John F. Poffenber-
ger, fireman apprentice, u S Navy,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Poffen-
ger, Williamsport
Pofenberger, who entered the
Naval service January 8, 1852, re-
ceived his recruit training at the u.
S. Naval Training Center, Balm
bridge.
Before entering the Navy, Poffen-
berger attended Williamsport High
School and was employed by Cen
eral Elevator Co.
In many case narrow-minded-
ness is caused by wearing the halo
too tightly.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-06-26
Formulation Boom

Population Boom
Maryland's population will grow
at nearly double the nations rate of
increase, the Census Bureau esti-
mates. By 1855, the States popula-
ton is expected to reach a minimum
of 2,5O8,0O0, or 1850 higher than in
1850. In mid-1960, population will
have climbed to about 2,625,O00, an
increase of 12.4% above the 1850
figure.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-06-26
TWO LOCAL BOYS ARE NOW
STATIONED IN KOREA

With the 10th Infantry Div. in
Korea-Two Hagerstown, soldiers re-
Gently joined the 10th Infantry Di-
vision in Korea. They are:
Pvt. Howard H. Barnhart Jr., SAG
George Street and Silas S. Jackson,
215 West Side Avenue.
Their division, a California Ma
tional Guard outfit, trained in the
U. S. and Japan for Is months be-
fore it was committed to the Korean
fighting in January.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-06-26
Next Issue July "a

AS stated last week this will be
the last issue of the GIObe-Inde-
pendent until Thursday, July "a
in order that the editor can take
a much needed rest.
All subscriptions have been adj
vanoed accordingly.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-06-26

In six years, the. Federal govern
ment has taken from the American
people more money than by all the
domestic taxes levied by our gov
eminent in the previous 156 years
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-06-26
August Draft


Maryland will be called upon for
$50 men as the States quota in the
August draft, Col. Henry Stanwood
has announced. Stanwood, director
of Selective Service for the State,
said the Maryland quota is liz per-
cent Of the national call of $4,000
men.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-06-26

What this country needs is fewer
permanent waves and more perma-
nent wives.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-06-26

None are so often in the wrong as
those who pretend to be always in
the right.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-06-26

Without frugality no person can
be rich, and with it very few would
be poor
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-06-26
The New 1884 License Plate

Pictured above
will only be plate which will
of truck motorcycle
precede the The practice reservng special
discontinued but all fraerna organizations their
applications will be issued
but with special designation
numbers in years.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-06-26

Some people are SO painfully good
that they would rather be right than
be pleasant.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-06-26
Potomac Edison Applies To sc. For
Local Bus Fare Increases AS Of July 20

Drop In Patronage Plus Rising Costs Given AS Reason Tokens
On Local Buses To Be Dropped Except For School Tokens
Cash Fare OF Ten Gents To Continue. To-Day Tickets On
Rural Routes To Cost More.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1952-12-26
TOWN REBUILDING
SAID SENTINEL

Wraugel Alaska, March %.
1906 - Said The Sentinel:
Not withstanding the fact that
the debris is still smoking. new
buildings are arising. phoen!X-lihe
from the ashes, some laborers even
standing in hot ashes while driy-
nails The buildings are temporary
pending the proper laying out Of
the town and establishment of
streets as an additional improve
ment and safeguard against future
fires. A tent or two have been J..
up in lieu of lumber. THE SEN
TINEL Cpaor little cussl is being
printed in one of the old Govern
ment buildings, and while it is not
exactly as We would have it. it is
the best the Wrangel market can
afford at present
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1952-12-26

ter the fire and shortly thereafter
had ii in operation. Tue location is
Waere other Grant properties stand
today. across north Front 5 reel
Um wIcre the W.augeu Hotts
used TO stand. Structure at the end
of the street is The old Malhbon
building. now owned and occupied
by Neu smith and Raauder CsstIe
II the Stikiue Club.
TOP CENTER PAGE shows ths
other buildings which We're being
erected after the fire during the
spring and summer of 1906. At the
right is the old Patanaude build
ing. now owned and occupied by
Irenes apparel shop.
CENTER PAGE. CENTER PIC
TTRE. another view OF Front
Street as rebuilding was underway
after the 1906 conflagratian As
will be noted the tide came tight
up the main thoroughfare in those
days
AT BOTTOM CENTER same area
ON Front Street as it appeared in
the summer of 1918 as the town
was putting ON its first S kline
Stampede show. concentrating
the 50th anniversary OF the discov-
cry of gold i'm Alaska. Stamped
has been an annual summer event
ever since. plays to several thous-
and tourists during the season.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1952-12-26
FIRE OF MARCH, 1905

Forty-siz years aea, almost TO
the day thar a disastrous tire Nip-
ed cut hail the business district of
WrangeI last March 2I-22. Wrau-
CELL was once before burned To the
ground II was ON March 81. 1906.
that fire broke out i'm the old Piou-
eer Hotel and left bun a few build
ings standing before il was ezurr
guished The accompanying pic
lures tell the story.
TOP RIGHT is a reproduction
of the first page of The Sentinel in
its issue following the fire Then
called the Alaska Sentinel the lit
tie plant was all but wiped out but
editor A. V. R. snyder and son. IT'S
publishers. were able to save a
small foot-powered Job press and
some tympan paper. used for back
ing on presses. With the jobber set
up in the alley near where the
Yreatt building now stands and
brown tympan paper for printing
substance, The Sentinel came out
on schedule with news of the fire
as the accompanying photo reveals.
The copy of the small four-page.
Il by II inches, issue is the proud
possession OF Mrs. B. y. Grant, one
OF the early pioneers. IN his fire
edition Editor Snyder gave Praise
for Ladies" Said he.
The ladies of WrangeIl are en-
titled to unbounded praise for the
manner in which they put their
shoulders to the wheel As long as
there was any chance of saving
anything from the burning build
ings the ladies worked. apparently
with superhuman endurance and
strength. After the fire was under
control, the ladies brought out
steaming tanks of coffee and heaps
of sandwiches for the exhausted
men who had been battling the
flames. This writer especially not
iced two little girls. katherine
Bronson and Marguerite Uhler who
throughout the fire were Johnny
on-the-spot with buckets of cool
water. All the ladies deserve the
utmost credit for their work"
LOWER RIGHT: Ia the fore
ground the first building up after
fire. It was the John q. Grant ho-
tel. Proprietor Grant started work
on his temporary hotel the day af-
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1952-12-26
ALMOST
ENTIRELY
DESTROYED


Shortly alter + o'clock Saturday
af.erno9a rmnkr wa seen .ss ling
from one o. The rooms ou tn. Sec
oRd flo }r Of { le Pioneer Hotel, and
an alarm of bre was q ieklg sound
Ell. T.e citizens turned cut soon
and. eycfy 2 lssi"Ie effort was put
forta in aa attempt 10 sWclch The
fire md thereby sc the burning
hUi. dug md adj lining ones. But
without avail. Tie hrr crawled
III M h,swcrn the walls, and before
IN Ieh eli tive work could he done,
hll aken hold Oh all the'adjdning
bu iIng<. after which nothing
e .uld he dome except to stand back
I'D VA CD { burn Wh.n The
IL had rr.Jsned almost To. the store
Of tie II. Michael Trailing Co. q
> an! haidlng or two were torn
.inwnI forH.ag q gap. over which
The fire gould not leap il the face
of the brisk north bre. ze. This,
alone va Al! thai SAVED the town
from being oblite,ated iron the
map of Alaska.
The losers are.
Jo5r Sales. po5.ofiire haiidjns
] 4. Har,lep. dlu~eh1ll effects.
p,s;otjga fix urrs. residal.emp Cow
Alley.
F. u. Cariyoa store dmt about
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1952-12-26

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Evening star., 1952-09-07
Planning Makes Perfect


The show starts $3.50 the
the show great Any funds derived from the show will be used
the clubhouse
originally
D. Bowling
Sunday probably
good o the ribbons
supper
hoseshow which
to
a
Evening star., 1952-05-21

dictions. timidities and impasses.
Apparently he feels that when it
comes to parcelling out the
blame. he Is still the champion.
That same speech incidentally
did nothing to still the appre-
tensions of those who feel that
sometime during a Democratic
convention deadlock the draft
Truman" cry will ~ raised-and
needed. Against that may be set
the fact that the White House is
putting feelers about the various
departments and agencies with
respect to desirable vacancies
not subject to Senate conflrma-
ton. It is assumed that the
vacancies are wanted for the
Truman staff.
When Washington discusses
the prevailing inertia. the ques-
ton is often raised about
whether the country shares It.
The primaries so far offer no
clear clue; some have brought
out heavy voting, some have not.
The political crowds are gener-
ally attentive; they cannot be
described as angry. enthralled or
otherwise emotional.
What the Eisenhower forces
are hoping for more than any
one thing is that the returned
general will be able to inspire
the emotion now lacking; they
are sure that II he does, he can
not be beaten.
Evening star., 1952-05-21

answers: "An educated man,
peering from the Harvard Yard,
or any other college campus,
upon a world in chaos, finds in
the (CommunisD vision two GER
tainties for which the mind of
man tireleSSly seeks; a reason to
live and reason to die. :.
Unless the free world in the
agony of its struggle with Com
muniSm overcomeS its crisis by
discovering a power of faith
which will provide mans mind
at the same intensity with the
same two certainties; reason
to live and a reason to die
this will be the century of the
great social wars. If it succeeds
it will be the century Of great
wars of faith"
Mr.. Chambers also answers the
shibboleth so frequently heard
these days "once a Communist
always a Communist" There are
indeed only a few genuine ex-
Communists. He defines an ex-
Communist as IAN individual
who knew clearly why he be-
came Communist, who served
Communism devotedly and knew
why he served it; who broke
with Communism uncondition-
ally and who knew why he broke
with it."
A sincere belief in God is the
only solution for the honest
Communist who breaks away
from the party. And in the years
after his desertion from the
ranks Mr.. Chambers did become
an intensely religious man. This
he shows in his lack of vindic-
tiveness and hatred for the null
titude of his detractors. He ex-
plains why so many genuine lib
erals are being fooled by Com
munlSt agents whose SIDES they
take against the anti-Commu-
niSts.
Mr.. Chambers also explains
the New Deal as "only a super
fetal reform movement" THE
New Deal" he says, was a
genuine revolution whose deep
est purpose was not simply re-
forms within the existing tradi-
tions. but a basic change in the
social, and above all. the power
relationship within the Nation.
It was a revolution, not by vio-
lence, but by bookkeeping and
lawmaking."
The Communists were able to
Evening star., 1952-05-21
All Offer Advice to the General
Eisenhower Recently Has Talked to Steady Stream Of Callers
From Far East, Middle East and Many Ports Of Europe
David Lowrence:

PARIS, May 21.-For several
months now q steady stream Of
callers has come to the head
quarters of Gen. Eisenhower.
Some have come to talk do
mestic politics and the burning
issues OF the hour in the
United States. Others have
come from the Far East and
the Middle East and from many
parts of Europe to tell the
man many believe will hold
high Office the things they think
he ought to know.
The general likes to talk to
visitors. He sees an average
of two or three a day and thus
gets the benefit Of up-to-date
information on many aspects
of national and international
affairs. Many of the callers
are honestly convinced that, if
the general will do as they ad-
wise. he will be nominated and
elected President of the United
States.
But, amid the wide varieties
Of advice that are given to the
general, it is apparent that some
of the callers think Of him in
terms Of an orthodox politician.
They want him to step out Of his
accustomed character and habit
and be something else. They
are not winning on that point.
For the general insists on being
himSelf-an earnest, fair mind
ed individual who has a healthy
respect for facts and for truth
and who doesn't think crafti-
ness and chicanery are a good
substitute for directness and
sincerity, whether in politics or
anything else.
There are two schools Of
thought about his candidacy
those who think the general
ought to come home and make
an active campaign for dele
gates. and those who think he
should make only two or three
major speeches and that he
should remain true to his con-
cept that he doesn't wish to
seek the nomination.
But If Gen. Eisenhower is
nominated, he will, Of course,
Evening star., 1952-05-21
Pil|oried by Own Countrymen
Chambers Book Witness Could Well Be Called Mortydom;
Tells How Those Who Have No Hope Embraced Red Faith
Constantine Brown:

Two peacetime espionage
cases have gripped the world
during this century.
A French general staff officer,
Capt. Alfred Dreyfus, was SEN
fenced at the turn of the CEN
tury to a long prison term on
dread Devils Island by a kanga-
roo court. Liberal writer's such
as Emile Zola and Georges
Clemenceau embraced his cause
after he had been sent to that
deSolate prison. They obtained
a retrial IN which it was fully
proven that he had been framed
by his superiors who themselves
had sold the secret documents
to the Kaiser'S general staff
and put the blame on Dreyfus
principally because he was a
Jew.
The second "cauSe celebre"
occurred four years ago when
a former Communist under
ground worker, Whitaker
Chambers, accused Alger Hiss,
a former high ranking officer
of the State Department, of es-
pionage for Russia.
Because of this unselfish act
Mr.. Chambers was pilloried by
all but a handful of his own
countrymen. His troubles, up
hill battles and sufferings are
contained in book, Witness"
which should have been entitled
more appropriately Martyr
DOM" This book, the best ex-
pose of what makes an honest
individual become a Moscow
puppet, is spun around the
thrilling yarn of the Hiss case.
Chambers had been a bona
fide Communist. He believed at
one time in the Marx-Lenin
ideologies and continued to cling
to them even after he began to
feel that there may have been
something wrong in the way
Moscow applied them. He makes
it quite clear from first-hand
knowledge that the Kremlin is
the mecca of all Red believers,
that the men in the Kremlin
are the apostles and whoever
joins the Communist ranks
owes blind allegiance to them.
Mr.. Chambers left that faith,
embraced sincerely by those
who "have no hope" when he
realized the conSpiratorial and
destructive aims of communism
tended to the destruction rather
than Improvement of freedom.
And when in 1889 Stain and
Hitler joined hands to unleash
World War II he decided to be-
come an informer and tell the
American government of the
traitors in its midst. From then
on and until very recently he
had to bear a heavy cross.
It is not the purpose Of this
column to review the personal,
story Of this man contained in
nearly 800 pages. But besides
telling in detail how the Com
munist espionage system works
and how it obtains agents with
in the Government. Mr.. Cham
bers answers questions which
puzzle the average American.
For instance what makes an
American with a splendid future,
like Alger Hiss, join the Com
muniSt Party. Mr.. Chambers