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Qpbd Evening County pupils engage in many musical activities. Truth Our Quide--The Public good Our Aim URG TIMES With Honor to Ourselves and Profit to Our Patrons Weather Forecast Pair; "warmer Friday. DETAILS ON PAGE 4 ESTABLISHED Lewed Wire Member The Associated GETTYSBURG, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 13, 1941 Read by Nearly Eyerybody In Comty PRICE TWO CENTS 6TH QUOTA WILL TAKE 15 COUNTY DRAFTEES APR. 4 Board No. 1 to Furnish 7 From Other District the Associated.

Harrisburg, March 13-- The quotas of men each of the state's 422 local boards will furnish to the army between April and 10 hi the latest call for 4,158 trainees under the selective service act were announced today by Governor James. The quotas will total 3,762 white and 396 negro men, to be taken at induction stations in Philadelphia, HarrisburgT" Altoona and Pittsburgh. 15 From! County The new quota-- which is the sixth --will take 15 trainees from Adams county. Board No. 1, with headquarters at New Oxford, will furnish eight and Board No.

2, Gettysburg, will supply The induction date is April 4, when the 15 coun- tians will report to Harrisburg. The first eight names in A-l --the group that furnishes the trainees for each call-- follow for Draft District No; 1 District No. 1 George Oscar Eisenhart, East Berlin (volunteer). David Edgar Spangler, Kihgsdale. Francis Martin Pohlman, Hanover R.

4. Charles "Henry Henschke, New Oxford K. 2. Thomas paster, Hanover 4.. Clair Henry Sterner, Hanover.

B. 3. Paul Henry Yingling, New Oxford. Peter" Henry Smith, East Berlin. Members of the District No.

"draft board will meet on next Monday evening and -probably wilLmake selections at that time to -fill this The status of one volunteer is pending but probably will be known by that time. -The board today announced one change in the list of men. to fill fifth Carl York Springs, has'nbtined tile bbaird Lieut. Guy Brown Is Ordered to Active Duty First Lieutenant Guy E. Brown, of the Officers.

Reserve Corps, son of' Mr. and iMrs; John E. Fairfield R. 1, has been for active duty in the "United States Army and will report for a physical examination at the CarUsle barracks on Friday, March 21. Lieutenant Brown will report for duty at Fort Livingston, Louisiana.

Upon graduation from Gettysburg coUege with class of 1935, Lieutenant Brown taught school for four and a- half years at Boswell, resigning to accept a position as rural mail carrier out of the Fairneld postoffice on January 1. Buckingham Palace Bombed Again, SCHOOL MUSIC CONTESTS SET FOR M1RCH 2T Competition To Be Held in New Oxford Building The annual Adams County Music and Forensic league contests, by C. P. Keefer, super- isuig -principal of the New Oxford schools, will be held Thursday, evening, March 27, it was announced by Mr. Keefer on Wednesday evening at a meeting of the school administrators of the county in the court house.

By a vote of representatives of Gettysburg, i i York Springs, East Berlin and New Ox- high schools, which will participate in the contests, New Oxford high school was selected as the place for the contests. 7 Graduation Dates Listed Dates of commencement exercises county high schools were announced at. the meeting as follows: Ar-enatsville, 20; Fairfield, May 21; York Springs, May Bigleryille, May 27; Lltttestowri, May. 28; 'New Oxford, May :29, and Gettysburg, June- 4. The Berlin exercises will "be held late hi summons.

The George Calvin burg 5r a Western board named 24; Gettys- yinaman The first seven names on: Drafi District 2's ehgibje list comprise the following: Quinton Albert Donald Robert "Paxton, Paul Revere Dugan, Aspers R. 1 Lloyd William Baker, FayettevilL R. 1- Robert Daniel McDannell, Orr Charles Raymond Rupp, Gettysburg. Clyde Masel Jenkins, "Gettysburg R. Board a meeting in its offices the First National building this afternoon.

Official an nouricement of the; seven, trainees to district's quota seveii is expected late today. MOTHER ACQUITTED West Chester; March 13 (AP Mrs. Lillian Garber, year-pl Spring City widow and mother seven children, was acquitted latx yesterday of a murder charge the; death of a daughter las May. The Mrs. Farber- smothered the infant with a towel.

May; 'but "the fixedi exact hot Ira -Baker issued suggested programs fof exercises ta be conducted on ihe tbemerxrf "Education for Lefever, Gettysburg high school principal, announced the clinic to be conducted at 'Gettysburg coUege on April 19 for teachers Plan Washington Trip. The; school admtaistrators April 25 as the time! for their 1 meetarig "which include a trip to the Ni tional Ediicatipn Association; in Washington, 'i. C. The county schoolmen; will meet in the house: office. of the of Again the target of nazi aerial raiders, Buckingham in London, official residence of the king or.d cmecn suffered damage in a recent attack, apparenUy the week-end of March 8.

This cablephoto from London shows the wreck of a lodge on the palace grounds, with -a'wrecking: crew at work. A policeman died in the bombing-. NEW INDUCTION GREEITRAINEES First Group to Arrive at New Cumberland Saturday the Associated New Cumberland, March 13-The Army's service-unit pushed final preparations today for New Cumberland reception center's first 150 from in- centers in Altoona and near- th'e'' local, Roosevelt All Hungarian Funds in tJ. S. Washington, March 13- Pj-esident Roosevelt today, "froze" all funds of Hungary in the States.

Treasury Secretary Mprgenthau said that the and the Treasury acted at the request of the State department, to discuss the reasons. Hungary, the 12th nation whose funds have been frozen, axis pact about two months "ago: War Demands Delay Work on Pumper Ijere demands "being made American, pump manufactureiV.for engine, pump's -'for fice staff will provide transportation to Washington, where the group wil confer staff officers of the E. A. and then inspect the head quarters ibuilding. Richard.

C. Lightner, county vocational -education adviser and county director of-the national de fense'training program for youth expressed his appreciation to county principals for. their help in sponsoring training projects. He also explained the judging contests to-be the county this spring in preparation for statewide competition at State College in June. He discused the question of school absence hivolved in the elimmatipn contests to be held and the principals approved the general arrangements for the contests.

Dr. Levi Greshi; state N. Y. A. Continued on page 2 Aitooha for uiduction," will begin arriving Additional, groups will report to Cumberland "every day; from-then on," unit headquarters announced.

Army spokesmen; said the camp, although" not fully completed, would be "in shape" for the central Pennsylvania- draftees and added -that "in coming months" they expected to receive all west-era Pennsylvania men previously sent to Fort Meade, Maryland. would include men -assigned from induction centers in. Pittsburgh and, Wilkes- Barre. -men passed by Army doctors: at induction centers--will sppnd. approximately a week at the -center before being assigned unite for their year's military training.

Barracks at the center already have cleaned, equipped and heated -and -'the. trainee's will enter- immediately the first phase of Army ife-- week-long orientation period during which they be instructed in military courtesy and "basic ele-. rrients of Army, procedure." Examinations, will be conducted, onder the direction of Capt. Leslie of Lansdowne, to determine from the trainees' civilian background the Army to which they assigned. The service unit, 'commanded by Lt.

Col. Joseph B. Sheridan, arrived at the reception center last February 13 from Fort Meade. UPPER COUNTY PUPILS TO GIVE TWO MUSICALS First Program on Friday; Other March REV; BRENNEMAN NEW DIRECTOR FOR NAWAKWA Mechanicsburg: Minister Succeeds Miss LaVene Grove Prof. Heiges to Speak At C.E.

Easter Service The first of two. music festivals to be given by. the public school pupils of Menallen township and Bendersville borough, will be presented on Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock in the Ben'dersville community hail. Tli second and. final, program.

will the At a recent meeting of the board directors of Camp Nawakwa. the Leadership Training: camp near Brysonia, the Rev. Mai-shall E. Brenneman, pastor of the Trinity lUtheran church, Mechanicsburg, vas elected director of the camp. Miss LaVene Grove, who has been serving as director since the death in August, 1938, of.

the camp's 'ounder, Dr. M. Hadwin Fischer, was elected associate director. The" newly-elected director has been with Nawakwa since its early- days in 1930, the second year in the history of the camp. He was first student, then a counsellor, after which he served as a member of the faculty, and finally for the last three years he was the associate camp director.

In 1933 he was graduated from the camp, shortly after which he was elected president of the Nawakwa Alumni association. He served the association, now numbering 257 graduates, for four years. The Rev. Mr. Brenneman was graduated from Albright college in 1934'with a bachelor of arts degree.

He then spent one. year in graduate study Columbia university, New York. In 1939 he was graduated from the Lutheran Theological seminary here. Upon the completion of his work at Gettysburg he received a call to preach at Mechanicsburg, his present parish. In addition to his camp experience at Nawakwa, the Rev.

Mr. Brenneman served six years as associate boys' work secretary at the Morfistown, New sey; one year as fellowship secretary at Paterson, New Jersey, and also as associate camp director at Camp Washington, Long Valley, New Jersey. Camp Nawakwa will open its; 1941 season on.June 16.. Prof. Donald R.

Heiges, director of the Student Christian association at Gettysburg college, will be the speaker at the annual Easter Dawn service sponsored by the Adams County Christian Endeavor Union, which will be held at 6 a. m. on Easter Sunday, April 13, in St. James Lutheran church. The Dawn service is under the direction of Charles Lott, first vice president of the county union.

He is assisted by the following committee: Elizabeth Reindollar, Mildred Coshun and John MacPhail. Complete plans for the service will be announced later. WAGE TAX IS SUGGESTED TO PAY BRITISH AID Fiscal Experts Seek Sources for $7,000,000,000 BOMBERS RAID HAMBURG, BERLIN, BREMEN Heaviest Attack of War, Say British; Liverpool Hit the Associated, London, March 13--Swarming over the con.ttn.ent from Bou- log-ne to Berlin and from the low countries to Norway, the RJV.F; has laonched its greatest offensive of the war. The Brit- ish declared they had freed of worry over plane re-' by passage of the United States' aid to Britain bin. "War Talk" Is Missing Among 13,000 Soldiers at Indiantoivn By RICE YAHNER AssocJated Press Correspondent Indiaritpwn Gap, March 13-If you want- to pet away from war talk come to Pennsylvania's military reservation.

The 13,000 soldiers training here were talking today about almost everything else "you could think of --except the world's battles. Even in the midst of war's paraphernalia and then- bodies tired from the training that is hardening them to do'battle if necessary, the soldiers' topics of conversation In Today's Times Page Three AP's All-State Basketball Teams Page Four "Disastrous Fire" Page One, Second Section Comics; Serial Story Page Four, Second Section Speech Delivered by E. W. Thomas at A3.A. Regional Conference were the companys cook's ability or night's entertainment possibilities rather than of the campaigns in Europe or the orient.

There is -no curb on talk but including the -officers, just don't' find, it camprchat topic. So important a national event as the signing' the lend-lease a prime conversation in civil life, virtually was ignored in mess- hall get tpgethers where subjects are varied and unlimited. Interest Centers in Camp Life It seems to be a quirk of the soldier's psychology not to be stirred by events beyond the limited range of camp life, although a few short weeks ago international "national events were of hourly- con, Except that it will last a year, the here has teen the same that the soldiers' got in two-week maneuvers. They might wonder at times "where do we go from here?" but the buck privates keep it to themselves generally. "We got a job here and we ain (Continued on to) Phoenix Chiffon Bowery 69c.

Htlen Shop. C. OF C- DIRECTORS TO MEET signedj'the fire Gettys burg, was disclosed.at the: March meeting of fire, company Wednesday evening. A. Hutchison, chairman, of the apparatus committee, teld company 'that a prominent.

of pumps was contacted at" Philadelphia for a price on a pump for the new- Gettysburg pumper. 'The Philadelphiaii told the committee that plant was swamped with orders for'delivery to England and- that no more orders could possibly be handled for a considerable of The local committee simply reported "prog- their-efforts and continued their The company received an invitation from the Rev. R. R. Gresh, St.

James Lutheran pastor, to attend a Sunday, service in the local church, on a date to be "agreed upon by' company representatives and the The invitation was President James B. Aumen named ercy-Miller, D. C. Stallsmith and David Tawney to' a committee to 'date for the service probably will be held late in April. After the general meeting on Wednesday commit- met and decided-to invite members of.

all of the other fire companies of. the county to attend the service with the local firemen. About 50 firemen attended the meeting and voted Horace L. Bender, engine house janitor, their thanks for a lunch he served the firemen after the business meeting. There will a meeting board of.

directors of the of the Gettysburg Chamber of Commerce on Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Chamber offices in the Kadel building. Grossing Railroad Tracks-- Ohio Style Columbus," March 13 (AP) --A bill passed by the Ohio senate would permit motorists to cross a railroad track only under these conditions: When the crossing gate is lowered; "When the danger signals are When "an approaching train is plainly visible in hazardous proximity to such crossing." It's all a mistake, made in drafting the uniform traffic code, a measure designed to promote safety on the highways. Red-faced members of the senate today asked the house of representatives to correct the error. -r programs" for -'oci'a. will be given under the direction of.

Miss Mary Lois Buford avenue, music instructor for the two districts. Mrs. Came Pretz. Gettysburg, will be the accompanist. Pupils of Fair-mount, Wenksville primary and grammar, West Point and' Locust'Grove primary and grammar schools will take part in Friday evening's.

March 21, pupils of, Cottage hillf.Brysonia primary and grammar" and Beri- dersville and grammar schools wall take part. The program for' Friday evening follows: Fail-mount school i Russian folk -song; Pickers," as a solo by Patricia Garretsoiv, and "Shortnin' Bread." Wenksville Rabat's Lunch," a Dutch melody; "Lit- Je solo by erry Sheaffer, and "All the Birds Are Come Again," by a rhythm band. grammar "In the laza," and "Welcome Sweet Spring- Weary "The Blue Bells of Scotland," and 'the old Scotch air, "Comin 1 Through the Rye," by a "comb" orchestra with stunts by Harvey and Robert Kluck. Locust Grove "The Sky Is So Blue," and Ethelbert Lak' a Rose." Locust Grove Boy and" the Sheep," vocal solo-fo; Baugher, arid "Amaryllis." Combined Through the Night," "There Are Many. Flags in'Many Lands," and "America." Cooking School Specialists Will Qreet Watchers Do your friends shoo you out of their kitchens? The Gettysburg Times has been checking up on these nervous relatives and friends who order innocent bystandars out of the mixing and baking zone in tones that suggest a scene if kitchen traffic isn cleared promptly.

Even small girls, who are ever so eager to watch Mother measure and blend and whip that good-to-lick often are told to "run along now and stay out of the kitchen until Mother is through." And in later years, when those girls are grown up and struggling with their own c'ulinary problems, they stil long to go sightseeing in busy kitchen. The Times has located a competent specialist, who will not. be flustered by sightseers and questions to conduct the 1941 Cooking Schoo in the Hotel Gettysburg annex on Continued on page 2 Miff lintown, March 13 'lames, raging out of control for two lours after a explosion pf an actey- ene tank; swept today through five juildings in the business, section of his Juniata county- community. Property owners estimated the loss at nearly $75,000. Firemen from nearby towns of MEcAlisterville.

and Port Royal and five companies Lewistown pumped water from the Juniata river before bringing the flames under control. Buildings destroyed the Homer Smith garage, where firemen said the blaze originated, -the -Trimmer Five-and-Ten-Cent store, a gro eery and two homes, and a nearby warehouse. F.D.R. Is Urged to Name Mediation Labor Board March 13 (AP) President Roosevelt received today from' Secretary- Perkins and defense directors" Knudsen arid Hillman specific recommendation for a me diation board to handle labor problems related to the defense program No details on what they had suggested were announced but Miss Perkins told reporters that the idea of a mediation board was taking "definite" shape. Fife Biirns 5 uildings the Associated 13--Congressional fiscal experts, casting aboul for new revenue courses to help paj for the $7,000.000,000 British aid program, were reported today the possibility of imposing a 5 per cent tax on the weekly pay of most of the.

nation's workers. If such a 5. per cent "earned income" tax, should be levied, that amount would be deducted for the government each week from the pay envelopes of a large proportion of jobholders. Thus a now receiving $40 weekly, would get, instead, $38 and a tax receipt for $2. Small wage earners--possibly those aeiving $25 weekly or less--would Although it was emphasized that this proposal was merely in the discussion stage and.might never mature, responsible, individuals who have 'been studying the plan said; they -had estimates 5 per cent levy this nature' would raise proposal might arouse of.

-wage earners, advocates said it would have to be accompahied-by commehsurate in upon incomes from investments, rentals and other sources so. that there could be no discrimination. It would en out also, a revival of previous administration policy of easing taxes' on wage earners as much as possible and for that reason was expected.to elicit "little support the Treasury or White House. British R-A-F. bombers smashed at Hamburg" aiid" Eremen" "in heaviest raid yet launched on Germany," it was officially announced hi London today, while several hundred nazi planes struck with fire bombs and high explosives at the port of Liverpool.

Berlin listed .16 killed 37 as RAJP. bombs "shattered. an 82-day period of immunity from aerial attack enjpyeS by the German The last 'raid 6n Berlin was- December 22: As -the war in the. air: erupted this peak. of violence, British; disclosed that "several new more powerful types" of.

RAJP. planes more- unleashed, ha night forays extending "Jrom Berlin to Boulogne a Norway." JVIay. Be American Planes: London's air ministry he new planes carried "very xmbs" and that the attacks were very successful," Bright moonlight; helped define.targets; It -was believed the new types, may have- included four-rmotpred Amerian-made" bombers flown' across the Atlantic by the -British. While informed quarters- in London declared Britain was -now' prepared fill the skies England with' night; fighting planes, mans -Asserted -that; -the- attacfc; pn LiyerppoL inflicted, destruction even Three Billions Asked for America's 2-Ocean Navy Baugher Introduces Bill for Flag Display George L. Baugher, Aspers, Adams county's member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, has introduced a bill requiring the display of the American flag at polling places on election day.

Washington, March 13--A $3,446,585,144 appropriation" bill to carry- forward the two-ocean navy construction program was presented to the house today along with a warning from the navy's high command that the critical world situation "may. continue to grow worse fo; some time to come." A total of 729 ships of all type; and categories are now under con struction or contracted for and when completed, will give the United States the most powerful navy ir world history. exceedhig reference --that at Nazis Returhing saidi explosive-- mcendiary bombs were damaging in. Liverpool harborfarid blasting grain, elevators and "'store- mouses. The British said officially that.

asu'alties were "not unduly heavy," and transportation, facilities in Liverpool this morning were A British-communique -acknowledged the German. Luftwafee's assault was "the first large-scale-raid" on England "in some months." Heavy explosions rumbling across the: channel morning, bonibers were following up the' night raids 'with assaults' on the German-occupied- "invasion coast." On the- Albanian war front, the Greeks quoted' Italian prisoners' as saying that Premier Mussolini was now in the field and had given his generals until Saturday ifco "do something." A Greek spokesman said' Duce personally had ordered the recent fierce Italian attacks on the" central front, in the Tepeleni sector, Continued on page 2. Meet the Soldiers in Gettysburg's Company E. STOCK REPORT New. York, March 13 (AP)-- Quiet strength was to be seen in parts of today's market but the list, as a lsr was unable to make much progress.

Neither buying nor selling was sufficient to warm up the ticker tape and-; near mid-day. prices were moderately mixed Numerous issues were unchanged. Opening for experienced or inexperienced. Appl? iri person between 10:00 a. tn.

-and "noon. Hotel Gettysburg. For Chocolate Fudge cake come to Hcn- nig's Bakery. FRANCIS E. SMITH Private GettysburgBORN: May 11.

1921, Casbtown. PARENTS: Mr. and Mrs. Earl K. Smith.

EDUCATION: Gettysburg high scQiool, graduate in 1940. EMPLOYMENT: At utility building; on battlefield and at fathefs garage on York street. AFFILIATIONS: in National Guard on October 1, 1940. GKAYSON D. SHEALER Private Gettysburg BORN: October 25, 1919.

Gettysburg. PARENTS: Mr. and Mrs. William M. Shealer.

EDUCATION: Gettysburg high srfhool, graduate in 1937. EMPLOYMENT: Gettysburg Throwing company. AFFILIATIONS: Trinity Evaneelical and Reformed church; enlisted in National Guard on October'10, 1940. JOHN B. STEVENS Private Gettysburg R.

BORN: September 1,1920, Gettysburg R. 3. PARENTS: Mr. and Mrs. John F.

Stevens. EDUCATION: Belmont school: Gettysburg high school for three years as member of class of 1942; graduate of electric welding school, Cleveland. Ohio, on October 3, 1939. "AFFILIATIONS: James an' church; enlisted in National Guard on April, 4, 1939. HENRY A SANDERS Private Fairfleld BORN: October 8.

1920, Fairfield. PARENTS: Mr. and Mrs. Frank EDUCATION: Hamilton- ban consolidated school. EMPLOYMENT: Gingett quarry.

AFFILIATIONS: Lutheran church, Fah-field; enlisted in National Guard 1940. TOMORROW'-- Privates: Arthur W. Harvey Paul little and NEWSPAPER! EWS'PAPER!.