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Weather Forecast Showers and a few scattered pndlns early to- JnJght; colder THE GETTYSBURG TIMES Truth Our Qwde--The Public Qootl Om Ann With llomn to Ourselves and Profit to Our Qood Evening Fcol Ho tnought today. ESTABLISHED 1902 Leased Wire Member of The Associated Press GETTYSBURG, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, Read by Nearly Everybody In Adams Comity PRICE THREE CENTS Flying Forts Ships, Planes. Spread Many Fires At Sardinia R.C. WAR-D RIVE "OVER THE TOP" SAY OFFICIALS The war relief fund of the Adams County Red Cross was believed to be "over the top" today. Officials of the drive reported $17,391.84 already turned in to the county office, and said that reports from chairmen of local committees throughout the county indicated that an additional $1,400 had been collected putting the drive nearly $100 over its goal of $18,700.

Most of the chairmen reported they would be in later today or tomorrow with additional contributions from their section. Most reported that when the present sums were turned in there would be additional donations forthcoming for some time. Officials estimated that contributions to the drive would flow in at a slow rate throughout the coming, year. Their experience with last year's drive was that after the official drive closed people continued to mate additional contributions from time to time. Several thousand dollars were collected during the year after the official dosing of the 1942 paign.

Drive Closes The county chapter closed its drive officially last night when it reported to national headquarters Drive County Quota $18,700.00 Subscribed To Date $17,391.84 Balance To Raise $1,308.16 on the amount turrtPd to date. Mrs. E. S. Lewars, chairman of the chapter, wired national Red Cross that $14,919 had been received up to last night.

An additional $3,218 was in the hands of committee chairmen she said. The telegram concluded, "we expect the remainder soon." This morning the sum received at the county office was increased by $1,166 turned in by the New Oxford committee and $17350 from the East Berlin-Abbottstown area. Several smaller donations were also turned in late this morning by local individuals. Other Donations A check for 475.15 was received from the Arendtsville area today in addition to previous contributions from that section. A large number of contributions were acknowledged from all sections of the county.

The donations included Trinity Lutheran Sunday school of Arendtsville. Tipper Bermudian Lutheran Sunday school. $50: H. C. L- Miller.

Gettysburg. $50; Heidlersburg TL B. Sunday school. $38.54: St. Ignatius Catholic church, Winter's store.

Gettysburg, $25: Upper Bermudian Ladies' Aid. $25: Mr. and Mrs. J. Willis Weigle.

Gardners. $25: Light Seekers class of Flohr's Lutheran church. $25: Mr. and Mrs. M.

E. Knouse. Arendtsville. $25: Students. Gettysburg high school, $24.68: Evangelical Sunday school.

Idavil3e. $22; Mrs. H. C. Lady.

$20: Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ganetsan, $15: Gettysburg Throwing Company em- ployes, $11; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hollebaiagh.

S10: Senior Sunday school of St. James Lutheran church, $10: Mr. and Mrs. H. M.

Cater. $10: Rev. Pr. Mark E. Stock.

$10: Volunteer Sunday school class. Flohr's church. $10: Junior Epworth League. Flohr's church. $10; Mrs.

George Berkheimer, Arendtsville, $10: Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Bushman.

Arendts- $10; Blue Ribbon club of Ar- ondtsville. $32; Mrs. Jennie Weidner, $10: Culvert Bridge club. $5 SUV TO MEET An important meeting of the local camp of the Sons of Union Veterans will be held at the GA.R. rooms on East Middle street at 7:30 p.

Friday, Commander George N. Coshun announced today. Nfw. spring Virginia Myer, Baltimore Street. Commissioners Plan Spring- Assessment Plans for a spring assessment of the county's taxpayers were outlined Wednesday at the weekly meeting of the Adams county commissioners.

The clerks were instructed to send out notification of the assessment and material to the various township and borough, assessors within the next ten days. Bequests from two townships for county aid were heard by the commissioners. Pour steers were purchased for the county poor farm. Here And There News Collected At Random Somewhere on some battlefront, in an operating room or a first aid station, an Army nurse will break the seal on a paper bag of surgical sponges. Prom it she will extract a bundle of 25 sponges, neatly tied with a sure-pon's knot.

One slight pull on the open end of the knot and the sponges are ready to be seized by the deft fingers of the surgeon. The surgeon as well as the nurse will have noted that surgical sponges had been folded, counted, tied, packed and sealed by the Adams County Chapter of the American Red Cross surgical dressings department. They will know that each sponge has been carefully inspected that it is free of loose threads, that it was folded according to strict regulations and instructions and that no loose or frayed edges are visible. Some of those sponges (God willing, we hope not) may be used to soak up blood in a delicate operation or a first aid dressing on some Adams county soldier. Wednesday a we Visited the surgical dressings room of the production division of the Adams County Chapter of the American Red Cross, in the Legion building on Baltimore street.

This division is under the supervision of Mrs. Leroy Winebrenner. There were some 30-odd women seated at two long tables. Each wore a spotless washable gown and headdress. Before each was a blue print of the folds required in surgical dressings.

Carefully, and with meticulous care, each woman placed a small piece of gauze 12 14 niches in size on the blue print. She removed each loose thread or frayed edge. Then, following the blue print design, she carefully folds the gauze, patting or smoothing the folds. After six folds one surgical dressing was completed. For three bouts these women continued this tedious task.

Three supervisors carefully inspected each dressing. They OiSt 111 StflCJtS 25, Another supervisor checked the count a second time. Another tied each bundle, again according to instructions, tightening each pack a surgeon's knot, one of the two loose ends of the string being slightly longer than the other. That's the end of the string the Army nurse pulls when she opens the bundle. There are three sizes of surgical dressings folded by kxsU women.

One is 2 2 inches. packed 200 in a bundle: 4 4 inches, packed 4OO in a bundle. and 4 8 inches, packed 400 in a bundle. A specified number ol bundles is- tighiJy packed in a heavy paper bag. The bag Is sealed and labeled.

The label identifies the Red Cross chapter. It also states the size of the dressing in the the number of dressings inside and the date of packing. The bags are then packed in large cartons and shipped to an eastern port from where they arc shipped to the batUefronte. Army or Navy hospitals or wherever there is a demand. All this may sound easy and simply.

But it is not as easy as all that, Every step in the cutting of the gauze, the folding, inspect(Please Torn to Pace 2) 2ND WAR LOAN FOR 13 BILLION OPENS APRIL 12 The people of Adams county will be put to the acid test during the Second War loan, beginning April 12, it was announced today by Edmund W. Thomas, county chairman. "The United States treasury must raise 13 billions during the Second War loan, and a substantial part of this money must be loaned to our government by people in ordinary walks of life--you and me and the fellow next door," Mr. Thomas declared. It is obvious to every thinking man and woman that as the United Nations take the offensive against the Axis dictators, the cost of war operations increase in proportion.

staggering sums of money necessary for the victory drive of the American and other Allied ar- White House Aide mies and navies the task and the cost of providing food, transportation and mum Lions for millions of men, over and above the cost of equipment in planes, guns, tanks, ships and other material must I ho hnrng in lorgp mpg.siirp hy t.hR American people left here at home. Honor to Lend "It is not only necessary and right that we should assume this addi- tional participation in the war effort, --it is an honor to do so. We who I Newest presidential assistant is Jonathan Daniels, (above) onetime assistant head of OCD and Raleigh, N. newspaper editor. MERCURY AT 82 ON WEDNESDAY Wednesday was the wannest Richard Rav.

SEVEN FFA BOYS GIVEN EMBLEMS FOB FARM WORK Seven members, of the Battlefield chapter of the Future Partners of AmPiica wpre awarded F.PA. emblems Wednesday evening The awards weie given at the annual Fathers and Sons banquet of the I chapter at the high school cafeteria. The emblems were presented to those membeis of the club who have shown ''the best aptitude for farm work, have done the most for the club and have the best scholastic standing." Elmer Schriver, instructor of agriculture at the high school said in presenting the awaids The youths honored were selected by a committee of their fellow members 01 the club 1 nose receiving the a a i weie Aaion Ruhrbaugh, Albert Rudisill, Robert Dayhoff, Horace Waybnght, Milton Hoffman, John Homer and Joseph Pedore. Awarded Charm A Keystone farmer charm was also presented to Paul Reaver, who won the- Keystone Farmer award during the past year Introduced at the meeting were four vouths who had previously won the Keystone farmer award given to outstanding farm youths of the state. They were John Swartz, Ted Horner.

Wilbur Waybnght and Six Couples Ask Licenses In March Onlv MX maniage Lceiise.s were i.s-ued at the local court house during the month of March, a was announced today. Last March nine 1 licenses to wed were granted I Marriage license bc- te" this than last however the 1 records at the office of the clerk of courts show Lat year, up to the I end of March. 30 licenses had been This year theie have been 139. ALLIES SQUEEZE GERMANS ON 3 BATTLEFRONTS 31 recorded for a number Petterolf, head of Agricul- are left here on the home front can do no less than attempt to approach years at the Arenatsvilie experi- the sacrifices of those brave men mental laboratory, it was disclosed tural education of the State Department of Public Instruction was the main speaker ot a program which out on the fighting fronts to The maximum crii on'farm'tirobinns'and the last great measure of sacrifice is, 1 recorded there Wednesday was 32 mcmaed lalKS on farm and "While it is true and this to the 55 degrees a Uy offers -The lives. We lend our money was also the warmest for the month, et UC ation cours Fetterolf listed everlasting credit of the American The record for the month dis- people that there are more people closed that March was 1 5 degrees lems facing four mam prob- farmers todaj They today who own government securities than at any time in the history warmer than normal and precipitation vras 69 inches less than aver- are, he said, shortage ol labor, short i age of seed and fertilizer, a shortage of farm machinery and farm of the nation--or the history of the age.

There were 18 clear days, a worM-the simple facts of the mat- much higher than normal figure pnc The greatest 01 the problems M5i rnp lannr chnrrocro l-io Hor-loroH ter are, it is not enough. "If the people of Adams county, and every county and town in the nation, are to meet their full measure of responsibility, they must loan their government, every cent not needed for the essentials of living-(Please Turn to Page 5) None Injured In Crash On Bridge No one was injured when two cars collided at 7:15 a. today in the narrow stone bridge on the Mummasburg road about a mile and a half north of town. The cars were driven bv James than an asset," the educator urged farmers to do the best they can the circumstances even though for the blusterv month. labor shortage he declared The average" temperature for thelf olnting: out a the een Clt month was 40.9 degrees, with the boy or 1 often a liabiht rather average maximum being 52 degrees and the minimum 29 7 degrees.

The coldest day of the month was March 9 when the temperature dropped to lhey ma te to reach the 3 degrees, on that dav the maximum a uota the have had set for th em. was 35 degrees. Student Speakers Only two of the days were warmer "There is a possibility we have than 70 decrees. Wednesday and Decom pessimistic about our prob- Tuesday when the weather warmed he scared. "We have been up to 75 degrees.

talking- so long about the problems of farming that we have forgotten there may be some good in the NEAR RECORD Pittsburgh. April AP--April 'sHuation." showers today broke a one-day "heat mora He termed it. "better for the farriers begin think- DEEDS COUNTY OFFICE ON APR, 1 SALES The annual Apnl 1 flood of deeds in the office of the county register 11 nd recorder kent clerks there busj thiough the dav Approximately 140 ceeds leccrded during March, i the larger number of the deeds I being entered during the last few davs of the month. Register and Recorder Winfield G. Horner said today that the number of deeds entered during the last week and today largpr a i the same period last year.

Among the deeds handled today was that covering the sale of part of the Hanover Shoe farms and Henrietta D. Sheppard. Hanover, sold to Sheppard, Union township, five properties containing 87 acres in Union township. The properties previously had been divided. Jnto 25 tracts Tit? selling price $25.000 The deed con- 1 tamed eight pages, one of the larg- est the memory of court house- officials Edward and Emma M.

Chron- isten Hamilton township, sold to Clair J. and Netta I Bervvager, Hanover, two properties containing G9 acres in Hamilton township. i Clarence and Marguerite Dubbs, Hanover, to Julian Ray and Dorothy Virginia Clark. Baltimore, a 241-acre pioperty in Straban township. Other Transfers James and Georgia E.

Sillik, But- township, to Luther Sillik, Bigi lerulle a lor in Biglemlle. William G. Group. Gettysburg. sold to Barge A.

and Jennie E. Don- mover. Cumberland township, four properties containing 55 acres in Cumberland township. Cora E. and Elizabeth D.

Barom. heirs of Boyd Basom. late of iDillsburg. sold to Dewey and Orpha Ordella Clapper. Latimore town- jship.

three properties containing 221 By DANIEL DE LUCE Allied Headquarters in North Africa. April 1 (AP) -British and American troops squeezed tighter the vise upon Axis divisions in Tunisia today while it was disclosed that the largest single force of U. S. flying fortresses ever massed had blasted the shipping and air fields of southern Sardinia, to which Field Marshal Envin Rommel looks for aid. Nearly 100 fortresses struck yesterday at the Sardinian port of Cagliari and three airdromes, hit five merchant ships and 21 smaller craft, spread acres of fire across industrial targets, damaged or destroyed 57 aircraft aground and shot down 1-1 pnemy fighter planes on a mission from which every raider returned Deep Mine Fields Gen.

Sir Bernard L. Montgomery's Eighth army patrols began preliminary skirmishes against a line of Rommel's rear guards newly dug in about 24 miles north of Gabes on the coastal highway north of Sfax. Military sources here said the line was about 12 miles of newly-captured Oudrcf, flankirig the coastal highway north of Sfax and well above the Gabes bottleneck. To Montgomery's left, United States armored units from the command of Lieut. Gen.

George S. Patton, pushing eastward in the El Guetaria pass area encountered deep mine fields which made progress difficult, but the junction wjth the Eighth army appeared near. ACCIDENT TOLL RISES AS TRAFFIC FLOW DWINDLES Accidents increased while traffic decreased during the last month, the recapitulation of the month's activity of the local state motor police disclosed today. There were nine minor accidents Capture Equipment British and French infantrymen pushed forward in the sector of Sedjenane, itself 40 miles southwest of Bizerte. The Tebouna line, overlooking Sedjenane and the Mateur- Tabarca road from the south, was captured by a British battalion of the First army after a senes of eight bayonet charges.

Making good progress east of Sedjenane. the First army has captured much enemy war equipment, a communique said. (The Rome radio said in a broadcast recorded in London that the battle of Tunisia was approaching a climax. The announcer said it was probable that "the British First army and the American army in I in March as compared with six for their turn wil1 soon tasks of ino less importance than those of February, according to the report. army Of the accidents, seven occurred wave" that vesterdav sent the irier- i a bout "what is good in the farm jacres in Latimore township.

cury soarinc to within one degree i situation." rather than what is bad G. and Ruth E. Kuhn. Gettys- of the all-time high for March" 31. rhe student speakers.

Robert Day- W. Bean. Biglerville R. 1. who was recor ded in 18757" The" weather noff Albert Rudisill.

John Horner. traveling toward Gettysburg and bureau reported an official reading Joseph Fedor and Horace Waybright Harman F. Haverstock. 48 Breckenridge sfe-eet. driving north on the road.

The left fronts of the two cars collided causing S175 damage. An investigation was conducted by- Private George Ackerman of the local state motor police station No charges were laid. of 78 in downtown Pittsburgh. Considerably cooler weather will follow the showers, but tonight's temperature will remain above freezing, the weather bureau predicted (Please Turn to Page 5) yInjured In Auto Accident AIR SCHOOL GRADL'ATE Pit. M.

Wendell Patton. son of James E. Tawney. 23. son of Mr.

and Mrs. Thomas Tawney. West Mrs. Beulah A. Patton.

North Strat- Middle street, is in a serious con- GRASS FIRE 'ton street, was graduated March at a hospital in Charlotte. The Gettysburg fire company was from the Army Air Corps Technical North Carolina. an auto- called at 1:15 p. m. today to ex- School ai Sioux Falls.

South Dakota mobile accident Monday night. anguish a grass fire on the property a radio-operator-mechanic. He to reports recened here of Paul Phillips, about two miles i has been sent to the Gunnery School Tawney was an occupant in a car west of town along the Chambers- a Las Vegas. Nevada, for five weeks' with a group of men when tht- burg pike. training.

chine He suffered severe injuries to his r.eck and back. The injured man is a resident of Morcar.ton. North Carolina, to which place he and hj" wile moved from some time ago. Mrs Thomas hn roi' 1 to Charlotte where summoned by attending physicians burg, sold to W. G.

Manahan. Mt. Pleasant township, a lot on York street. Gettysburg. Gettysburg National bank sold fo 'Charles W.

and Mary Grace Lovvry i Mont Alto, a lot in Franklin lown- i Charles and Anna Laura Hersh. New Oxford, to John and Irene Bovci. Mt. Pleasant township, a 57-acre property partlv in Oxford a partlv in Hamilton townships. and George A Raffens- percer.

Straban to diaries and Helen E. Swore. Tyrone township. properties containing 96 acres in Straban towr.ship prior to March 15. Only three persons suffered injuries in the accidents.

While traffic was described by members of the state police as "fair" during the first half of the month when most of the accidents occurred, the peak of traffic was leached March 21. Highways were as crowded with cars on that week-end during which the Red's Confident (The Russian army newspaper Red Star said that Rommel was in serious danger, adding that "our Allies possess sufficient power and battle means to squeeze the ring of their troops around the Italian and German units and exterminate It was officially announced that the Axis lost 31 aircraft in combat yesterday with the Allied North Af- 12 Allied S. P. P. J.

Issues Warning On April Jokes In Wartime Cyclorama Opens For "Tourist" Season number four gas coupon expired. ncan alr forces, while Savin? Gas Now planes failed to return Since that time traffic has de- BIast AxLs c- onvoj I creased noticeably to far below Keavv vvre "struck ar. viou.s periods. Apparent police i-, Ax: pph po across trv 'concluded, the drivers are saving' Sicilian bv America-. gallon and a half of gas a che e5coned bv hinms5 Thev v.eek for one trip near the er.d of j- coreQ a rec; on a erchan i he four-month period for whiTi and droDDed a aloni? five coupon is available.

I 5 a srna reis evident, the i-aid. that a 3iad been ihe action of larse umbers of motorists dnnr.c when coupon nuni- i5 nk ar merchant U-r four was usable leaving another bummc and sink. The police marie 29 traffic arressi the ar.d secured 19 rarADOrt a Jn a Another a tchelL ii- Get-vsburc Cvclorarna o-encd i convictions. :1 Pcr- Tliere are 21 cases Members of the traf- ohservorj; said an st-en By KENNETH DIXOX Washington. April 1 AF--This is April Fool's Day--sometimes known as All Fools" Day.

which doesn't leave any doubt as to what the ancients thought about most folks But in x-iew of the war's restrictions on what some fools consider fun. the Society for the Preservation of Practical Jokers today warned its members throughout the nation to proceed with caution in the matter of pranks--otherwise, there may be casualties For instance- Don't put any bncks under old hats on the sidewalk, for passing pedestrians to kick. It's shoes are rationed. use that old stnng trick. If the sucker ber.ds over to oick it up.

he may bust his suspenders. Rubber elastic is scarce Don't pul salt in Uie sugar bowl One cup of coffee ruined by a jpoor.ful of salt is for justifiable- homicide-i and not coffe? Grounds, either Don't, lei the air out of you've 7na3' I -v our wili Watch That P. S. drain his caxlinf mil on the ground Net a lawyT in the would touch fa-c into an Army camr i with a bugle and blow reveille an 1 hour Teannc 013 hmb from i Lmb would -valuable mili- i a mercy Aboxc all. don't jump up and uir- voiir acquaintance bv jliout- i "Heil i Thn, -pljat dav it i i and 4 enough wnhoul taking time out to attend iooK funerals.

PS--April loo 1 There's ro -uch i thing as a Society for the Preservation of Practical Jokers i a From College Campus The Gettvsbiirc c.jm»i and mar.a.: 0 rirat National Pax 1 bit circular battj'" paint bv ie Frei.ch p.imur. Paul crimjr.ai Tlie patrolmen tlie number nj ihdr patrols a31(2 the miles ihev covered to 10.91ii 1:1 order to 1 0 they said In Tavcll'd :4000 IA 1600.1 r.nles IT: -d" a Inrcer nyriibcr of ywrol'- children on and vacation month- is unrr'-d yoimg-stCTs riunrc the war Dr Henrv A Haio" r- nmt of the of in 'he cluldren off rollcce prop We that it aTM Docln" but i the 4 inc 5 by the Air it will be to permit nt 10 U-M 1 51 'mer- C' T.ilX'Tc.. -inrk iv a i 'r, i i 3 i KMi.ia COI.I.EGI; -bum S- T- "ih 4 James Sneerinuer Is Ordered To DCS i down "lie bow Th? Mitchells destroyed four German fJchtc-rs which to intercept them ar.d dair.ageU --(ier-i: others -ahile the top-coverant: shot tiown two Air On Land On the great Al- as" ofTT: ba-tfrcd th" 'ft ir.t RAF bombers 31- 1 Sr.wni.ctr 5 rf Mr "I T.virr,:^. Gf.1V5.buT.' a tn-' 4-s 1 1 C3.rf-c' to r-ii" 1 i r.i 3 i i Bi 2.