Harrisburg Telegraph from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania • Page 13

IT SAYS HERE iy Bob Hope1 I attended the ice show the other night I had a box all to myself, of course. It wasn't quite big enough, though so I emptied some of the oranges out. I guess it's hard to believe that we have ice skating in California. But getting ice for the nns really isn't any problem. They just starch the early morning fog be fore it has a chance to lift A lot of celebrities were there.

But they wouldn't let Betty Grable in they were afraid they would have to freeze the rink all over again. And when I got to my seat there was a soldier sitting in it. But that didn't scare me. I walked right up and said "All right on your way before I toss vou out" She was a lieutenant, too. But what a beautiful picture all the different colors made on the ice.

It looked like a highball that was dreamed up by Cecil B. De 4 Mille. I really enjoyed it, too I'm an ice skater from way back and that's where I did most of my skating from way back. Everything went off wonderfully until the end of the show when they put on the big searchlieht for the finale, cne ham actor ran out and started taking bows and he slipped and sDrained his ankle but the doctor says I'll be able to walk on it in three weeks. Manhunt Still on (Continued From Page 1) permitted the story to be dis closed.

Skorzeny led. a special bat talion of English speaking des peradoes in American uniforms using American equipment who had been especially trained at a school near Berlin. When Field Marshal Von Kund stedt started his Ardennes offensive last December small bands from this battalion infiltrated the American lines, some to re port back on troop positions, others to attack the Americans with American tanks, and yet others to roam deep in the rear with the purpose of committing major sabotage and assassinatmg key American generals. One such party of four pene trated as far as Liege. Since ordinary passwords were useless under the conditions, the Americans resorted to a few un orthodox tricks of their own.

Roadblock guards would thrust their tommyguns into automo biles and pop questions which required an up to date knowl edge of comic papers, swing music and other Americana. Some Captured Some of the Germans failed to pass the examination and were captured. In this way it was learned that Skorezeny had reserved for himself a mission to kill Eisenhower. There was little chance for Skorzeny to disguise himself since he was six feet, four inches 4all, had a long duelling scar across his face, spoke no English and his description was in possession of the American. Hi plan was to go in a mixed party of Germans dressed in American and Germans uniforms.

"When stopped those in American uniform would say they were taking high German officers to supreme headquarters for questioning. In this way they hoped to get close enough to Eisenhower to kill him. The party never showed up, 'however. It is assumed that Skorzeny learned his plan was 4 not working and abandoned it. Himmler Traced Other developments reported: 1.

War Correspondent Henry Standish of the London News Chronicle said in a dispatch from. Lueneberg the Himmler had been traced but not yet arrested, and that the British second Army could take him into custody at any time. 2. The London Daily Mail's Paris correspondent said Pierre Laval, Vichy chief of government was brought back from Spain to France in a British warship and was on his way to prison. 3.

A disnatrh from Tfithnhol Austria, said the 42nd Division of the U. S. Seventh Army had captured Arthur Geiser, former overlord of Posnan in Po land, and SS Lt. Gen. Heinz Reinefarth, Nazi defender of Kue strin, in a mountain retreat northwest of Krimml.

4. Maj. Gen. Albert Von Ihne, one time secretary of Adolf Hitler's Chancellery, was captured in the villa of an Italian count near Revoreto, Italy. He had been in hiding there since April 27.

Doenitz Under Probe 5. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden disclosed in London yesterday that Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz, Hitler's successor branded by Moscow as a war criminal, was "under investigation" and, "according to newspaper reports," had been arrested. He told Commons he hoped swift justice would be meted out to Reichs marshal Hermann Goering. Most of the story about the Skorzeny plot was submitted to censorship last February and was held up by authorities until release last right. Months before the Ardennes attack 'a scheduled, the Nazis set up a special school near Berlin nd enrolled German soldiers who spjke English either with American or British accents.

RIVER B'JLLETTO as a a suttau la i 1 aX IB64 Feet 3c Tenths Binghamton 14 7 0 Corning 16 4 Towanda 16 8 0 Wilkes Barre 22 9.0 Weit Branch: Clearfield 10 4 0 Renovo 16 10 3 Lock Haven 21 12 a JVilliamsport 20 9 5 Juniata River: Map. Depot 20 10 8 Newport 22 9 5 Soiquehanna: Sunbury is 5.5 "farriiburg 17 6.8 1.03 1.17 .20 .48 .85 1.42 1 96 .74 13.5 17.5 15 0 18.5 18 5 20.0 .85 .41 .88 8 2 8.0 HARRISBURG SECOND SECTION Highspire Class Viill Transfer; Play to Be Given Highspire. May 18. Transfer exercises will be held tonight at 7.45 at the Highspire High School for students promoted to semor schools. Dr.

William J. Albright, president of the board of edu cation, will present certificates to a class of 41 pupils. Invocation and benediction will be given by the Rev. C. A.

Funk and William Coates will deliver the president's address. Harvey L. Nitrauer will present awards from the American Legion Unit No. 594, Middletown, and its aux iliary. A three act play, Bill," will be given by students The cast includes: John roth Dolores Hawkins, Jane Trutinger, William Bausman, Mark Del, Leona Minimum, Janet Weiden hammer, Dharlys Wilt, Jean Por ter.

Greta Snoddy, Ronald Shaft ner, Richard Sides, Kenneth Crum ling, Dean Leedy, Kennetn uaer and Edward Ceck. Following the play Janet Straw will present a piano solo, Coun try Gardens." Class officers are William Coates, president; K.en neth Crumling, vice president Janet Straw, treasurer, and Greta Snoddy. secretary. lass members are William Crrl Bausman, Kenneth Dale Baer. Betty Jean Brandt, inward John Ceck, Harold Hack Chubb, William George Coates, Kenneth Claude Crumling, Mabel Anna Dare, Mark Leon Dell, Albert Walter Dengler, Charles Wesley Dice, Irene Nora Ebersole, Rich ard Eugene Fortney, Jane Eliz abeth Frutiger, Loretta Jeanne Gross, Joseph Edward Hagen berger.

Jacqueline Dolores liar der, Francis Joseph Hatison, Do lores Mao Hawkins, Robert wu liam Heefner, Joanne Carolyn Heiges, Lester Dean Leedy. Leona Mae Minium, William Walter Morris, Helen Alma Mot ter, Norma Elizabeth Motter, Dorothy Jane Nophsker, Evelyn Jean Porter, John Jacob Roth, Ronald Lee Shaffner, Norman Andrew Shoop, Walter Richard Sides. Greta Jean Snoddy, Eve lyn Louise Springer, Mary Alice Stiles, Janet Romaine straw, Mar garet jane xnrusn, janei jucue Weidenhammer, Dharlys Althea Wilt, Lawrence David Yetter and Shirley Irene Zeigler. Superfort Raids (Continued From Page 1) damaged the 21st Bomber com mand spokesman termed them "inoperative." Tokuyama is 48 miles southwest of Kure. Tanks Out of Operation Sixty of 65 storage tanks at the Oshima naval oil storage center, the fleet's largest, were put out of operation.

Oshima station is on an island of that name in Tsushima Strait outside the Shi monoseki entrance to the Inland Sea. Otake oil refinery, one of the emDire largest, was iorcea to cease operations. The 29s cov ered the target area so effectively that only two small pockets in extreme corners of the plant area remained undamaged. Otake is on the western shore of the In land Sea, 27 miles northeast of Tokuyama. Not one of the 29s was lost those raids.

Crewmen reported the latest Su perfort attack, on Nagoya yester day, left the 16 square mile tar get area a huge, flaming smoke pot. More than 500 29s dropped 3500 tons of fire bombs. Re connaissance photographs of that attack are not yet available. Assembly Plant Damaged Aboard Rear'Adm. J.

J. Clark's Carrier Flagship, Off Japan, May 14. (Delayed) (ff) The new Kumamoto aircraft assembly plant in North Central Kyushu was damaged heavily in bombing strikes by Navy Avengers and Hell Divers today. The Kumamoto plant never before had been bombed and the Japanese concentrated their fighter defense against Kyushu sweeps directed against the plane assembly works. Hellcat and Corsair fighter pilots had a "turkey shoot," bagging about half of the 62 Japanese aircraft they shot down over Kyushu over the Kumamoto plant.

A power plant south of Kumamoto also was burned and carrier launched bombers hit the Tachiarai machine works, previously damaged by Superfortress raids. From the oldest records sup plied by Egyptian monuments, it is apparent that several distinct varieties of dog had been de veloped 4000 to 5000 years ago: Ill "AM HARRISBURS. PA, FRIDAY EVENING, NAVY DISPLAY OPENS AT MECHANICSBURG The United States Navy today opened a two day exhibit of rockets, secret weapons being used in the Pacific war and a German "buzz bomb" captured intact near Paris as an incentive to the per sonnel to continue efforts WOUNDED BY SHRAPNEL Pfc. Francis Richard Albright, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Daniel J. Albright, 17 Brady street, was wounded in the leg by shrapnel in March on Iwo Jima while serving with the Third Marine Division. He entered the service in June 1943, and went overseas last October. Poles Imprisoned By Soviet Russia, Gen. Dor Asserts London.

May 18, UP) Lt. Gen. Tadeusz Komorowski (Gen. Bor), the recently liberated commander in chief of Polish forces under the Condon Polish government, saia today that thousands of his former underground soldiers are now filling Soviet prisons and concen tration camps. The bald, one eyed soldier of two wars expressed the hope that an understanding eventually would be reached between Poland and Russia, denied that the Polish Un derground army had been hostile to Soviet forces and reviewed the uprising and tragic outcome of the battle of his men lor Warsaw.

He declined a direct answer, however, to a press conference question whether he thought civil war would result between the forces under the Moscow sponsor ed Warsaw provisional Polish government and those of the London exiled government in the event a solution of their dispute could not be found. Speaking through an interpreter he said that as he had been hp erated only recently he was "un able to form an opinion whether. civil war will result." He said he would vouch for the 16 Polish underground leaders whom the Russians have said they arrested as "Polish patriots, good democrats and genuine contribu tors to the fight against Ger many. In response to questions Ko morowski denied the Soviet accusation that he was not in Warsaw during the battle for the, city. He declined to express an opinion on whether the Red Army could have liberated Warsaw earlier, but said that Polish patriots stood between the Russian force and the Ger mans.

He said he had attempted to es tablish liaison between his forces and the Red Army, but charged that the officers he dispatched were arrested by the Russians. Komorowski repeated his govern ment charges that local PoUsh underground commanders co operated with the Russians in clearing the Germans out of their territory, only to be arrested after the task was complete. Peter Durand obtained an Eng lish patent for preserving food in glass, pottery, tin or any metal in 1810. 1 I at the depot un til the war against Japan is concluded. Rockets are among the necessary items in the Pacific war and are used to sweep the beaches prior to landing.

The mobile exhibit, which opened today, carries rockets for use on land, sea and in the air and the various types were closely examined by the workers. Some "dummy rockets, used for training, are stored in the big Mechanicsburg warehouses and rocket launchers sent to many ships at sea are stored there. The German robot bomb was an attraction and a center of interest. Four veterans of the fighting in the Pacific accom panied the exhibit and told of the I various uses of rockets. The pic ture shows a beach being cleared on one of the Pacific islands pre paratory to the landing of troops.

Thousands of rockets were used in the ship's attack. PVT. SPURGEON E. 'GOHN, JR 2 Area I (Continued From Page 1) ed in the drives on Naples and Rome. j.

Attached to the Fifth Army, he was transferred to the infantry last December and received the Infantryman's Badge last April. Surviving besides his wife and parents are two sisters, Mrs. Parke Spancake, of Hershey and Miss Maude Ruby of 2224 Logan street; three brothers, all in the armed forces; Franklin, in the South Pacific; John, stationed in France and Harry, Camp Upton, Long Island. Pvt. Spurgeon E.

Gohn, was killed May 5 in Italy, his wife, the former Miss Dorothy Evelyn Harren, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Harren, 110 North Enola drive, Enola, has been notified. He was accepted for service February 19, 1944, trained at Fort McClellan, and Fort Ben ning, and went overseas last December.

A graduate of Enola High School, class of '1941, Pvt. Gohn was employed by the International Trucking Company. Surviving are a daughter, Donna Irene and two sisters, Theon and Dorothy Gohn. Council Takes Over 2 Prussian Towns New York, May 18, (JP) The Lublin radio said today, in broadcast heard by FCC monitors that the Municipal National Coun cil of Warsaw had assumed "pro tection" over the East Prussian towns of Elbing and Allenstein. The broadcast said Warsaw "was the first city to take the initiative in assuming the protection of towns that are returning to Pol and," and added that the Municipal Council also had taken a number of decisions "to assist resettlement in the west and to help in prob lems of transfer and colonizing the western provinces." it in 1 (IpS AL I Ensminger.

WAR BOND RALLY AT TELEGRAPH PRESS Employes of the Telegraph Press attended a Seventh War Loan bond rally at the plant yesterday afternoon. Frank lyn K. Mayer, Treasury Department representative, addressed the meeting together with SSgt. William Wright and Cpl. John Tudor, Marine Corps, veterans of the Southwest Pacific.

Members of the American Theatre Wing presented the skit, "The Sergeant." MAY 18. 1945 Mil As A DOCTOR SERVED IN OKINAWA Maj. Emerson F. Fack ler, 29, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Floyd E. Fackler, 1716 North street, has reported to a base in the Pacific area following service a commander of a surgical unit which landed with assault troops of an Infantry Division on Okinawa. A graduate of Syracuse University School of Medicine, class of 1941, he completed internship at the Polyclinic Hospital prior to entering the Army. In 1934, he was graduated from John Harris High School where he was quarterback of the football team and captain of the track team. Maj.

Fackler, whose wife and three year old son, Terry, reside with his parents, began his service in August, 1942, and has been overseas since April, 1944. He trained at Carlisle, Camp Breckenridge, and in Tennessee and Alabama. Merchant Marine Wins Praise From U.S. Armed Forces Washington, May 18, The Merchant Marine, which delivers the goods to the war fronts, received a "thank you" today from leaders of the armed forces. Army, Navy and Marine chiefs sent; messages to the War Shipping Administration in connection with Maritime Day, to be ob served May 22.

General George Marshall, Army Chief of Staff, said the Merchant Marine "has carried out its war mission with great dis tinction, and has demonstrated its ability to meet the challenge of redeploying our forces to the Pa cific." Admiral Ernest J. King, Fleet Commander in Chief, said the Merchant Marine had helped the Navy push the fighting 5000 miles west and "together, they'll go the rest of the way." Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Su preme Allied Commander, Euro pean Theatre of Operations said the Merchant Mariners contribution to final victory "will be long re membered." "The Merchant Marine played an important part in the, achievement of victory in Europe, and is destined to play an even more important role in helping to finish off the Japanese," said Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas.

Gen. Alexander A. Vendegrift, Marine Corps Commandant, said the Merchant Marine had participated in every Marine landing from Guadalcanal to Iwo Jima. Eight Seek Divorces; Three Win Decrees Eight divorce suits were started Dauphin County Court. They are William H.

Bruner, 531 South, Sixteenth street, against Mrs. Grace C. Bruner, 500 South Thirteenth, indignities; Robert C. Brewer against Mrs. Katie Brewer, Washington, indignities; Mrs.

Elsie M. Shoemaker against Clar ence L. Shoemaker. 1322 Bartine, indignities; William T. Hill against Mrs.

Edna C. Hill, 328 Sayford, desertion; Mrs. Verna Arnold against Paul F. Arnold, 1402 T'ernon, cruelty and indigni ties; Daniel B. Jones against Mrs, Charlotte V.

Jonesj Cleveland, desertion; Tolbert O. Greegor against Mrs. Catherine E. Gree gor, 607 verbeke, cruelty ana indignities; Mrs. Mary E.

Waga man against Arnold E. Wagaman, 1311 North Third, cruelty and indignities. The Dauphin County Court ap proved divorces for Mrs. Ruth C. Beasor.

1520 North Fourth street, from Sidney L. Beasor, 309 Market, indignities; Mrs. Edith M. Sloane, 1152 South Cameron, from Ellis Sloan, 127 Linden, indignities; Mrs. Myrtle Viall, 510 North Second, from John A.

Viall, Swatara Station, indignities. PAGE 13 Whisky Ration Setup Revised; Blends Affected Whisky blended with imported cane neutral spirits goes off the rationed list next week in Perm sylvania. The State Liquor Board an nounced effective Monday any re tail buyer may purchase two bottles of this type blend at a time without War Ration Book Three. Rationing of all other whiskies will continue. The board said two brands of the cane spirit blended whisky will be offered in good supply" to help relieve the shortage of regularly rationed whiskies.

The brands were identified by a board spokesman as Cedarbrook, a product of National Distillery, retailing for S3.55 a fifth and Prince George, supplied by the Schenley Distilleries at $3.58 a fifth. "Prices are somewhat higher," the board added, "than the average for whisky blended with do mestic grain neutral spirits, because the imported cane spirits carry a sz.au import tax Der sal Ion in addition to the regular fed erai taxes. "As is the rule with all mer chandise, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board has analyzed the cane spirit blended whisky in its laboratory and has found it to be of good quality." Whisky blends comprise 49 per cent, of all merchandise sold by State stores but is usually blended wim grain spirits. Licensees also will be permitted to buy the cane blends, the board said, "on an equitable basis, over ana aDove tneir current allotment of 70 per cent, of their former normal whisky purchases." U.S. Naval Depot will Continue as Distribution Base Commodore C.

W. Fox, supply officer in command at the United States Naval Supply Depot at Mechanicsburg, in a statement to day declared emphatically the "Naval Supply Depot is and will continue to be the principal, procurement and distribution center for material essential to the main tenance of the fleet." The supply officer's statement was issued as a result of misun derstandings which have existed regarding future activities since the conclusion of the European struggle. The commodore said "the permanancy of the depot has been assured by the expansion Of the Ships Repair Parts Control Center which is one of the two principal activities at the Naval Supply Depot." Positive statements by Com modore Fox pointed out the ac celerated pace of the war in the Pacific soon will make itself manifest in he form of increased demands for materials handled at Mechanicsburg, principally parts that wear out in hard wartime usage and through battle damage. It was pointed out that more than 2000 of the 8000 persons employed at the depot are enlisted personnel who may be released soon after the war ends in the Pacific. said the supply officer, "there are a great number of persons working at the depot only to help in the war effort.

"Amohg. these are servicemen's wives and mothers who will return to housekeeping when the boys return home. Other employes will want to return to their farms. AH this will undoubtedly produce a shortage of experienced personnel for the vast peacetime operation of the depot." Continuing his discussion of the problems confronting the depot, Commodore Fox said more workers are needed and those who wish to enter into the job of supplying the fleet should go to the depot at the earliest opportunity. Few people, he said, realize the huge role the 'depot is playing in the War against Japan.

The vast distances, he added, "make this a war of supply." Commodore Fox said, too, the "ships immobilized by battle damage and hard wear and tear of war are being put back into the fight with parts from the depot. The amount shipped to the Pacific each week would stagger, the imagination." Ordnance Depot Officer Assigned To Overseas Duty Chambersburg, May 18. CoL Ray M. Hare, command ing officer of the Leterkenny Ordnance Depot, received orders yesterday assigning him to a new duty station overseas. For security reasons, the name and location of his new duty station were not disclosed.

However, his new assignment will be concerned with Ordnance overseas supply operations in which he has had many years of experience. Col. Hare has been in command of the Letterkenny Depot for over 13 months, having assumed command from Brig. Gen. H.

J. Lawes on April 6, 1944. Prior to that time he was chief of the stock control branch, Office of the Chief of Ordnance in Washington, and before that commanding officer of Fort Wayne Ordnance Depot, Detroit, Mich. An Infantry officer of the Regular Army in World War he served as commanding officer of the advanced motor transport de pot and reconstruction center at Verneuil, France, later established the main supply depot for the American Army of Occupation in Germany. During the present war he was on duty in Alaska and established the motor transport supply system for the Alcan Highway and the Northwest Service Com mand.

While at Letterkenny, CoL Hare saw the Depot achieve the greatest production record in its history during 1944 and 1945 when an all out effort was exerted to ship the maximum in tons of combat vehicle spare parts and am munition to overseas theaters. He referred repeatedly to Letterkenny as being one of the important springboards of invasions of the Ordnance Department, Army Service Forces. "The fact that Letterkenny largest field service depot of its kind in the Ordnance Department handled and shipped 1,100,000 tons of both general supplies and ammunition the first 11 months of 1944 is a tribute to the patriotic people of this section of Pennsyl vania who work as civilian soldiers of supply at Letterkenny," he said. "There is no question that this tonnage gave General Eisenhower a decided advantage in Europe, and there is no question that Letterkenny's future output of munitions and combat equipment will give added power to General MacArthur's armies in the Pacific." Col. Hare expressed his confidence and faith in the people of Letterkenny to stick by their jobs and see World War II through to victory.

"The civilian workers from the Cumberland Valley are acquitting themselves with flying colors, he said, "and am proua to have worked with a group of people who display such excellent teamwork and co operation. Letterkenny's achievements in the past year are due entirely to the long hours of hard work they expended in accomplishing the missions of the depot and the Ordnance Department to supply enough and on time." No announcement has been made by the War Department of Colonel Hare's replacement. Lt. Col. E.

L. Colbert, chief of Letterkenny's ammunition division, will serve as acting commanding officer until the new post commander assumes command. Col. Hare has been granted a few day's leave of absence, after which he will complete his plans for departure. A farewell party in his honor is scheduled to be held by Depot off icers Saturday night.

Attacks Unknown Paris, May 18, Headquarters said today that, so. far as was known, there had been no attempt since the German surrender to sink or damage any German ship in continental ports. Some vessels were found damaged or scuttled, but there was no indication that any of this was done after the surrender in violation of capitulation terms, SHAEF said. Meningitis Fatal Charles Jenkins, 52 Minersville, died today in the Communicable Disease Annex of the Harrisburg Hospital from epidemic type men ingitis, Dr. Robert M.

Hursh, city physician, reported today. The patient was admitted to the annex yesterday. I i NANCY SHERMAN BARBARA SCHIFFMAN RELIGIOUS SCHOOL GRADUATES Nancy Sherman, valedictorian, and Barbara Schiffman, salutatorian, will give sermonettes during the graduation exercises of the Religious High School of Ohev Sholom Temple tonight. Other graduates participating are Zinith Ludwig, Robert Feller, Floyd Baturin and Allen Veaner. Honors' and awards will be announced by officers of the congregation and a reception in the vestry following will be in honor of the graduates.

Miss Hanajene Baturin will speak on "Y.P.T.L. Programs." Refreshments and election of officers will end the evening. COL. RAT W. HARE Cigarette Tax ReceiptsDrop State cigaret tax receipts fell off nearly a $1,000,000 during the first quarter of this year compared with those of 1944 due to the continuing shortage of smokes.

The Revenue Department today listed receipts for January through March at $2,566,007 representing two cents on 128,300,350 packs against $3,442,267 for a similar period a year ago. Biggest drop in any one month was that for January, only $886, 826 being collected this year against $1,280,465 in 1944. February receipts this year were $826, 270 against $993,949 a year ago and March collections $846,911 against $1,167,853. Information Available on LOW PRICED DIVIDEND PAYING STOCKS Investment Securities PAYNE SHOEMAKER BUILDING PHONE 4 5181 WALK OVER CAMPUS CASUALS HAND SEWN The softest Moccasins that ever snuggled up to your feet. Hand sewn in that old time shoemaker fashion, America's Best Selling Casual Shoe Brown or Whits J6.50 "Like Walking on Ait9 Cork and rubber combination platform soles make these flexible leather casuals extra comfortable and very fashionable.

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