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Service Edition For The Men And Women From Adams County THE GETTYSBURG TIMES Truth Our Quide--The Public Qood ur Aim With Honor to Ourselves and Profit to Our Patrons This special SERVICE EDITION is mailed exclusively to the men and women from Adams County who are serving in the Armed Forces of their country. Volume 1 Leased Wire Member of The Associated Press GETTYSBURG. U. S. FRIDAY.

26. Read by Nearly Everybody in Adams County Biglerville Firm Contributes $750 To Red Cross Fund Adams county's drive for $18,700 for the Red Cross War Belief fund, went over the halfwav mark over the week-end when a donation of $750 from the C. H. Musselman company, of Biglerville, was announced among additional contributions. The total this morning was $9,399.84.

This leaves but $9,300.16 to be raised to reach the quota assigned this county by the national offices of the Red Cross. The Musselman donation boosted the contribution from industrial plants tcnover $1,500 inTEe current 'drive with a number of large plants still to be reported. Last Saturday the local furniture companies and their manager, C. Jones, swelled the Red Cross fund by $600. Several hundred dollars had been previously reported from industrial plants in the McSherrystown area.

Many Not Reported The $750 contribution is the largest single amount received up to this date. Officials here were hopeful of reaching the $10,000 figure over the week-end but several communities which were expected to report their totals announced that they had not completed their work and would not be able to announce their contributions until later this week. The fourth week of the campaign opened this morning and volunteer workers are being urged to make every effort to complete their house-to-house canvass before the end of the month, the official day of the drive. The campaign was originally scheduled to close on March 31st and local Red Cross officials are hopeful of reaching their goal at that time. Additional Donors Some of the volunteers reported that they have been unable to contact all their prospects.

Those who have been solicited are asked to bring or mail their contributions to the Farmers Must Collect Stamps For Meat Sales Farmers who sell meats, cheese or home-canned goods to a at Farmers' Markets must collect stamps from the customers' War Ration books just as though the goods were being bought at a store, the local War Price and Rationing Board said today. The stamps must be turned in to the local rationing office within 10 days after being collected. Stamps on canned goods must be collected now and when meat rationing begins Monday the stamps for meat and cheese sales will have to be--exchanged for the goods. The ration office also stated that any housewives using home-preserved i or vegetables to produce goods for sale must register immediately with the OPA in Washington, D.C., as a food processor. For instance, if a housewife uses home-canned peaches to bake a pie which she sells, she must register with the OPA as a processor on Form R1305.

Eed Croaa offices in the court house or communicate with any one of the many volunteer solicitors. Other contributions announced over the week-end include: Mr. and Mrs. John Bachensky, $15; and $10 donations from Dr. J.

Walter Coleman, Dr. Frederick Tilberg, Perry E. Rice and A. M. Schroyer.

Furniture Factories Contribute $600 To Red Cross Fund Gettysburg's furniture factories Saturday topped the list of large contributors to Adams County's drive for the Red Cross War Relief Fund with a $500 check from the companies and a personal check in the amount of S100 from M. C. Jones, general manager of the plants. These donations coupled with other contributions during 24 hours brought the total amount of $8,477.09 a little short of the half-way mark. The $600 checks from the furniture plants is larger than the amount donated last year when Adams county's quota was 14,000.

The increased subscription was.made because the county's quota this year is $18,700. Many To Hear From While contributions have been acknowledged from most of the industrial plants in the Gettysburg and McSherrystown area, no reports have been received so far on similar donations from other areas of the county. Preliminary reports have been turned in to the county office of the Red Cross from five of the nine sections outside of Gettysburg, it was stated The partial reports are from the Biglerville, York SpringsrEast Berlin, McSherrystown and Gettysburg rural areas. No reports have been received so far from the Fairfield, Cashtown, New Oxford, and Littlestown sections. Large contributions from individuals and plants in those sections are expected when the reports are turned in, Red Cross officials said today, basing their judgement on unofficial reports from individual collectors in the areas.

Those areas that have reported have completed less than one-half of their work, it was stated. Two $5 donations were acknowledged this morning from J. Frank Mcllhenny and Mr. and Sirs. Howard Fidler.

$27,487 WORTH OF WAR BONDS SOLD IN WEEK Adams countians purchased $27,487 worth of Series War bonds during the first quarter of March. Eomuna No. 22 HERBERT OYLER IS NEW EXALTED RULER OF ELKS College Graduate In North Africa Herbert L. Oyler, York street, was chosen as the new exalted ruler of the Getty.sburg lodge No. 1045 of the Elks at the annual election con- HERBERT L.

OYLER ducted at a regular meeting of the organization Monday evening. He succeeds'H. Earl Pitzer who served for the last year. The other officers named Monday nclude: Esteemed leading knight, John Fox; esteemed loyal knight, Sarold T. McElroy; esteemed lectur- ng knight.

Arthur Buehler; treasurer, C. C. Bream; secretary, harles Pitzer; tyler, Donald Dillman, and trustee, Joseph E. Codori. H.

Earl Pitzer, Penrose Myers and larry Gulden were elected as dele- to the state convention with George L. Bauglmer. George D. Vtarch and John Fox being chosen as alternates. The new exalted uler is the delegate to the national invention and H.

Earl Pitzer is alternate. The new officers of the lodge will Captain Gordon urad- a i ol Gettysburg coluw in the clav, of 1933 is in North Africa, according to inlormation received by The Gettysburg Tunes today. Captain Whitcraft was editor of The GeUysburuian, college weekh. while at school here am' was also a member oi the ROTC through AIR CORPS MEN PLAN PLAY FOR TOWN, COLLEGE In appreciation ol the courtesies accorded them by the college and Technical Sergeant John S. Linn, son of Mrs.

Hettie- Linn, Cash town, has been promoted to second lieutenant, according to word received by his mother. Lieutenant Linn is in north Africa. Linn enlisted last July and was sent to Boiling Field, near Wash- Later he was sent to Scott which he received his commission the town ol Gettysburg, members of I Illinoi a three months' in the Reserves. HP was transferred to the Air Corps after Pearl Harbor HO VOLUNTEERS TO GIVE BLOOD TO FRIDAY the Army Air Corps Training De- and tor a time Washington. For a number of years he was a member of editorial staff oi the former Philadelphia Public Ledger.

stationed in I Uichmenl at the college will present course with a detachment in the Belgian Congo. Linn attended Penn State 11 CIVIL GASES FOR APRIL; SET 5-YEAR RECORD The largest tria? list of civil cases since November term 1938. when there were also 11 cases, was announced today by Prothonotary Lee M. Hartman. The list is headed by the action a olay on the nights of April 9 and college for two years.

10 to which college officials and tudents and town people have been invited as guests. The production will be given in the college gymnasium. "An Air Cadet Candidate's Dream" the title of the production which '-'-ill a rombinatioH-ef singing. solo 1 and quartets, piano and innnimontal music, selections by an Air Corps orchestra, comedians, cartoonists and a medley of other features. The idea originated with the men.

6IRGHER SAYS TOWN TO GAIN One hundred and forty Adams countians--most of them from the Biglerville area--received notices through the mail Tuesday and Wednesday that they have been ffiven the now familiar "appointments to save lives" by giving a pint of blood each when the mobile blood donor unit of the Red Cross conies to Gettysburg from Harrisburg, Fri- 1 day. Fridav's trip will be the third monthly visit of the Red Cross doctors and nurses with their white cots and Officers here had nothing to do with the plans and all the responsibility, uch as production, selection of the cast, rehearsals, stage settings and equipment will be in charge of the men. Variety Show Private John G. Onclrasek, who in trespass of B. Rush Mellott, Get- has had theatrical eX er ienc tysburg R.

5. and his son Nelson E. Meilott, versus Mrs. Katherine Ttickey, Wenksville. which went to trial in January but was brought up for re-trial after the jury had deliberated over five hours and was in Fondtilac, Wisconsin, is the director.

Private Earl Sherman is in charge of continuity; Burton Terry in charge of music: Lansing Jeroleman in charge of audience gags; Richard finally dismissed when it had not Henderson in charge of talent reached a decision that time, acts; Kenneth Sheridan, publicity and property: John Doswell. backstage; Henry Skowronski, costumes: The case was the first civil suit within the memory of court officials that a jury could not reach a de- Jerome Ivice, theatre. cision. While it will be a variety Six appeals from decisions of boards of viewers in damage claims show BY AIR COURSE The war time air pilot training nrogram of the Gettysburg School of Aeronautics and Gettysburg col- 'ege may bring $1.000.000 to the refrigerated cases in which the individual pints of blood are stored for immediate shipment to laboratories for final tests and for the separation of the plasma from the corpuscles. Friday's appointments begin at 12 o'clock and run through until 4:30 borough during the coming year.

o'clock. No donors have been called in for the morning hours. Radford That statement was made Monday H. Lippy, the local blood donor night by Richard Bircher, manager service chairman, said that as many of the local airport before the Rotarv pints of blood can be received by club at its regular meeting in the starting at 12 o'clock and working YWCA. While "what Gettysburg steadily until 4:30 or 5 o'clock as will get out of the air corps train- under the former system of starting ing program here during the coming in the morning but interrupting year is not known to the dollar," Bircher stated, "the combined income of the college and airport will not be less than $800.000 and may i nurses and other volunteer helpers a neon recess.

Need 4 Million Pints Local nurses' aides, registered reach the SI.000,000 mark." I will be on hand again on Fridav. Since July of last year when the Ladies of the Methodist church will college joined with the airport here i be in charge in the kitchen at the in conducting a Civilian Pilot Train- Christ Lutheran church where the ing program came to Get- blood donor station has been con- tysburg. and most of that was spent ducted monthly. ake over their "duties at the first brought about by the re-location of I dictate's Dream." the entire theme will follow the original plot of "An Air Cadet Can- i port owner pointed out. 'ihomas, cnairman of meeting in April.

Four new members were initiated WT the county committee, announced today. The total purchased Pennsylvania is S12.501.982. Local Woman's Song Is Placed On Sale To Take Special Copies of toe song, "Some Day. O3d 3Pal, Come Back to Me," thcjj, words of which were by Mrs. Belle S.

Bellinger, Baltimore street, have gone on sale at the Majestic soda grill. The sheet music bears Mrs. Bellinger's name and that of Aaron Clark, composer of the 3yrics for this Jong and the hit. "Springtime in the Rockies." The song is the first of a number of Mrs. Bellinger's to be published and was presented to a local audience for the first time in an amateur night program given recently in the Majestjc theatre under the sponsorship of the local Boy Scout trccpi.

Air Corps Course Henry T. Bream, head coacli of and basketball at Gettys- coHege, leaves Friday for Maxwell FSe3d, Alabama, where he will undergo a ten-day indoctrination course in physical training. Every coHcge and university at the Army Air Corps has established units for training preliminary to the prcflight schools win send a representative of the physical education department to take ihc course alter which they w33J return to Uieir respective schools to carry on the physical training of the air corps students along ttie The first quarter purchases in Adams county are more than one- fourth of the March quota of $98.884. The purchases were divided into the following groups: Abbottstown. 355 Arcndtsville 1,593 Aspers 136 Bendersville 299 Biglerville 1,593 Cashtown 18 East Berlin 3,712 Fairfield 600 Gettysburg 14.437 Littlestown 975 McSherrystown 18 New Oxford 3,656 York Springs 393 Unallocated 18 by the degree team at Monday eve- in ning's session.

They were Vernoii Corle. F. B. Johnston, Floyd Kuhn and Clifford Naugle. The Elks voted 375 to meet the cost of entertainment for the testimonial banquet to be tendered the i Gettysburg high school basketball squad of district champions.

3,000 MAY LOSE PRIMARY VOTE Nearly 3.000 Adams county residents have forfeited their right to vote by failing to exercise the franchise during the last two years, it was estimated Tuesday by the clerks ol the county election board, engaged in weeding out ineligible vot- LEGION WOMEN GO "OVER TOP" IN BOND DRIVE in Gettysburg- and vicinity," the air- Countians who report at the blood donor station Friday will be helping Program Extended the Red Cross fill an order for Character Sketches i Speaking on "The Value of An 4.000.000 pints of blood this year for There be vocal numbers and Airport to the BIrche'F7 the nation's fighting men on I the Western Maryland railroad are also scheduled for April court. The appeals against the Western Maryland railroad, the Pennsylvania Department of Highways and the county, in the order in which they piano, accordion and airports, such as the one here, were important in which the civilian will be called for trial were brought guitar selections: burlesque num- "operating at little or no profit to public is engaged today," in a cur' the owner." In 1939 the govern- -ent issue of the Red Cross Courier. quartet selections: a crack and a i sa 'd that prior to 1939 when the I world wide battlefronts. "cracked" drill team: "a buildup and government established the Civilian officials describe a tear down of Hitler, Mussolini and i Pilot Training Act, most of the small donor project as "one of the most Army and the blood by Frank R. and Dulcie Heverly.

i bers. dancing routines and a medley Edgar W. and Margaret J. Weaner, ol other sketches. R.

C. Mackley, G. Neville and E. A young cartoonist who gained Gertrude Waters. Samuel K.

Os- i fame in Chicago will do character borne, and Ellis R. and Z. Blanche Miller. Members of the Women's Auxiliaries of county American Legion posts went more than $10,000 over their goal of S7.500 in the "Buy a i cases or ury Submarine" campaign carried on by the three county auxiliaries from February 1 to March 15. it was an- iiounced Monday.

The bonds told by the organizations totaled 346. Mrs. Joseph E. Codori. county chairman for the drive reported at Monday night's meeting of the Auxiliary of the Albert J.

Lentz post of the American Legion. Gettysburg auxiliary sold $11.600 worth of war bonds and stamps in the drive: Biglerville, $4.627.50. and Littlestown. $2.118.50. The drive is part of a campaign of the Legion auxiliaries in Pennsylvania to sell sketches from the stage.

Town people will be guests of the The eighth case for court is an young men on Friday night. April action in trespass brought by Earl 9 and the college faculty stu- Starner. Ella Spertzel Starner and Nellie Gerber against Daniel W. Shank. Following that case five actions in trespass brought by the Automobile a i corporation against Paul P.

Lerew will be tried in one joint action. T. D. Hay versus Merle D. Addlesberger, an action in trespass, and Daniel W.

Shank, an action in trespass, versus Ella Spertzel concludes the list-of cents will be guests on Saturday, April 10. Further details of the play will be announced from time to time. ment set aside S15.000.000 to train 10.000 civilian pilots, and up to last 207 Pints Here In that same publication an article year had so increased the program "Two Thousand Tons of that $153,000,000 had been spent to Blood." has this to say about the train civilian pilots. The value of I huge quantities of blood asked of the training is best the civilian public to help bring life Bircher stated, by the fact that "19 back to wounded or burned soldiers of the members of General Jimmy or sailors from India to North Doolittle's squad that bombed Tokyo Africa: were CPT trained men." When forced to move from Pliila- "5,300,000 pints--that's more than two thousand tons of blood. It's WILL OBSERVE MEMORIAL DAY OYLER ASSUMES HEREMAY31ST NEW POSITION delphia because of wartime restric- almost twice the population of the tions on flying.

Bircher said. United States when Washington was It traveled 2,000 miles in search of a i new place to establish an airport, He had Gettysburg in mind pre-1 elected president. It approximates "he number of Russian casualties, several thousand times the popu- and many times number of men ers for the forthcoming $3.000.000 worth of bonds to pay for A total of 1.652 ineligibles have been found in 16 districts studied so far. The county election board is send- the construction of a submarine for the U. S.

Navy. Committees to Lawrence Oyler. Baltunore street, last Friday assumed the duties of acting postmaster of the Gettysburg po.st A postal inspector was in Gettysburg Thursday checking the auditing of the post office accounts Following a Grand Army of the Republic custom established decades ago. the Gettysburg camp of the Sons of Union Veterans Friday night set Monday. May 31, as the date for the Memorial Day exercises at Gettysburg.

Only once in the history of the GAR post and the SUV has Memorial day been observed on a Sunday, it was pointed out. and that was suit the convenience of a Mian 200 pints of blood were received --102 in January and 105 in Febra- irv. preparatory to turning over the of- President of the United States. In fice to the new appointee. April were named.

Mr. Oyler. former linotype jator and machinist at, the Times function ounnu Ne pushing company for Mrs. Frank paK 13 yea; evc-rv other instances the elate was company succeeds the ing out cards to all of those who i Deardorff and Mrs. Gervus Myers aj A Williams who died sud- failed to vote in the past two it was stated.

The cards need only signed area retui nt'd ro the voter back on the lists, or a voter may report to the commis- mittee. were named to the social committee while Mrs. Leroy H. Winebrenncr "and IMfsT Codori were selected as members of the entertainment com- denly last Monday morning and buried Wednesday afternoon. Mr.

i-elebrated on Monday when the anniversary fell on Sunday. General Edward Martin. Governor of Pennsylvania, will be the speaker the Gettysburg National cemetery this Year. Wiiiie Gettysburg will lioki airport viously as a site but was "dis-1 lation of Lidice appointed at the lack of interes: larger than the shown at first by Gettysburg resi- MacArthur had on Bataan." Since arrival here however. On the first visits of the blood he has found the cooperation of I donor unit to Adams county more community excellent, he said.

Seek Good Pilots Gettysburg would have been better off if it had an airport established here prior to 1939, he pointed out. With both a college and an airport here, the town could have started from the beginning with a C.P.T. program. The local airport and college are now engaged in an elementary course for the air corps, he said, ten hours of flight are given to the air corps students here to determine whether they will qualify as pilot? or flight crew men. Bircher said he had been offered his choice of two courses "the advanced cros-s-country training or the elementary, or weeding out program." Because there no piacc for the collcire 2:1 the cross-country flyinsr.

for which the TWO ROBBERIES REPORTED HERE sioncrs personally to be reinstated. In the lists which have been studied so far by the clerks it was found that the numbers of persons who will be ineligible unless they are reinstated arc as follows: Abbottstown. 57; Arcndtsvilie. 35: Berwick township, 114: Bendersvillc. 74: Biglerville.

41: Butler township, 97: Cumberland township. 368: Conr- township. 293: East Berlin. 60: FairfieJd. 31: Franklin.

232; Freedom township. 40; Germany township, 80; Gettysburg, first ward. first precinct 97: Gettysburg, first ward, second precinct, 119. aiid Gettysburg, sccono ward. 344.

Mausts Move To Hattiesburg, Miss. Mr. and Mrs. John D. Maust, and tiaucnJcr.

Nancy rcwdmc in Gettysburg, left on Monday for Hattiosburc. Mississippi, where they will reside. The Mausts purchawd a Mrs. Fred P. Haehiilcn.

vice president. presided in the absence of the president. The next meeting of the Williams had announced his retire-i observance May 31. th- annual Me- ment from the office effective March uiorinl Dav at Huntcrs- but his sudden death organization will be April 32. Dr.

L. A. Welliver Is Seminary Head The Rev. Dr. A.

former assistant pastor of th" tysburp Methodist church and Tor six jcars superintendent of the Harris-bum district of the church, took office Wednesday a. 1 president of the Westminster Theo- todcal scmmary at Westminster. Maryland. but death precipitated th" '-nrlicr at-sumption of the office by Mr. Oyler.

The lai- ter's r.arnc recommend'-d to i Senator -Joseph F. Gtiffty ynt i the to the House for approval. POLICE PROBE $100 ROBBERY Chief oi Poh rontinuinc his i I theft oi a por Doctor Wclhvrr lias been pastor ar pro of the Pine'Street churrh j. hnp at Williamsporl since his re'ire- ment as district superintendent April. 3942.

He was asjjs'-aiil past-re here 1:1 3937 and 3938 and preached here a town will be Saturday. Mnv 23. w.iv announced by Harry Deatnek. of Huntcrstown committee. w.

C. Shf-civ v. ill be 'here. "An cnwjmcmz rej-jxw-e" 10 by po-t I a an aircraft arrier be named Gettysburr. a the session by William I.

MeaK. of SfiM'ors and them oo what Iw- a earner named All ol th 0 carriers AmTican ba A Ki. i manager said, he cliche 1 elementary course "When iht- contract first offered SSdo.cioo for the course, and only $132.000 the men'ary course Since th.it time iiie contiact. price for tnry course has been increased and a retail many nnditional im- can 1v- to the IK Id," Birrher Ixwks in Fcliirr liaie 10 wait on the outcome oi hope Ilia 1 in thr pi-' number of times as distriet superin- in addition to makinc rec- jhnp. 331 'wren 3 nnrf .1 3f pocket tl Mrs.

A. "he shop 311, if in th' 1 r.jvh tbe store about 3 m. S-i' Chief Guiw said Whm p. m. she discovered w.is 14-room guest house 311 Hattiesburc.

ular iisiis here for church busmen to remove th" pocketixv.i; ab Mr. Maust. who has been driving meetings during that period buses for the. Greyhound company for the past seven years, resigned his position this week. He leaves i with a record of never having Flight G.

an accident driving for Grey- Group. AAFTTC. ud. but eat mrr th 0 "a An undctennined a of candy, cigarettes and razor biades was stolen Monday night from two Adams county business places, it was revealed by members of tiie state motor police Tuesday. The thief or et- broke into the IVxaco sen ice station owned by John Oxford, sor.ie- Mjue 7:45 o'clock Monday "A llO Station ri 'V4." n'eiock Tuesciav Mr.

reoper.ed. station w.ts :r.3d wir.dow on Tiie oITice from v. arettes and b2adc- the D'-tt-rr; c-s arc bv brer, morninu -A Kntranrc -hu- t.ie FRKK ON BAH AT nX)RIDA BASK Private Eugene Eckeri 407th Trammc BTC 4, IN ARIY SKRVIO: Stephen HOVM-I. vin of Mrs. Charles E.

Ge R. has ly-en rRorr.RTiirs SOLD Hai.isflh -bi4rc i the E. c-e.