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a tit Plant A "Victory Garden Plant A Victory Garden KOBE THAN A JfEWSPAPEB i coaotmnxi btstitutios WEATHER Fair Tonight; Friday Cloudy with Rain CANONSBURG, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1944 Fiftieth Year 15,920 4 Cents a Copy, 20 Cents a Week mm THE NOTES Geranaim Sector CHINESE OPEN NEW OFFENSIVE Enemy Falls Bac. Statement By Qen'l Arnold Sends Strikers Back To Job To Shorten Line; Allies Go Forwan Fort Pitt Plant Back Full SPECIAL SUGAR FOR CANNING TO BE CERTIFIED Local Ration Board Anxious For AH to Understand Schedule Announced Yes terday Repeated Today -j-ESSSt- -gill so ioo jl Gen. Stilwell's forces I "CHINA accelerate push Japs suffer i (t5tifT heavy casual- N. open drive tie, Allies 'IMP PfA oSo-mife I fewMwiction fjT front INDIA JL A To JCMandalay I 1VVI jftrult 1 2 Vl 3jaVt BITHIDAUNG1 jf 'f CgftAlryobr T. 'XI JU: Invasion Expectancy Advances as Gernians Announce it "May Come at Any Hour" and Allies Report Possible Change Of German Commanders Allied Air Offensive on Germany Comes to Dead Stop During Night, Due to Weather or Other Causes Good News From Burman Sectors ALLIED HLADQUARTOS, Naples, May IS (U.R) The HrifMi Lighth Army today captured tassino, most formidable (wriuan stronghold on the road to Koine, scoring the greatest victory of the new Italian offensive in a brilliant outilanking maneuver.

A special ciniiiiiniiiiic said that a "substantial portion" of the First German Parachute Division was destroyed in the six-day battle, after being trapped by a pincers movement. THE CHINESE HAVE LAUNCHED an offensive across the Salween river in western Yunnan province in an effort to join with the Allied forces driving southward in northern Burma. At the same time, Chinese laborers already are restoring the Burma road behind the Salween front Far to the north, Chinese forces, fighting in Honan province, annihilated Jap units In the city of Loyang. Inside Burma the forces of Lieut. Gen.

Joseph Stilwell smashed down the Mogaung valley to within 10 miles of Kamaing, their objective, (International) By REYNOLDS PACKARD I'nited Press Staff Correspondent ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, NAPLES, May 18. The Germans have withdrawn from Cassino to escape the closing-jaws of an Eighth Army trap, Nazi broadcasts said today, while French Colonials to the southwest seized the outposts of Esperia and drove on another three miles into the Adolf Hitler Line. The official German News Agency DNB said Axis troops abandoned the ruins of Cassino, from which they had stalled the Allied march along the Via Casilina toward Rome for four last night "according to plan in order to withdraw to' a shortened line in connection with movements south of their sector." By LOCIS F. EE JILF. United Press War Editor Fresh troops of Hie Allied Fifth Army in Italy broke into the Adolf Hitler Line Kiday as the Germans admitted the loss of Cassino and the Allied command announced that the battle of 1 the Gustav Line "is drawing to a At Work On TTCvIV 9 iUiauttUVl Ironed Out at Conferences And Cranemen Withdraw Demand for Wage Increase The work stoppage at the Fort Pitt Bridge Works here, which occurred when cranemen stopped work to enforce a demand for a wage increase, has been completely wiped off the books and the plant is back at work in full with the matter a closed incident.

Asking for an increase in pay the cranemen refused to work, which closed the plant for a 24 hour period. However when the committee of workers and the management met in conference, it was pointed out that the increa.se could not ba awarded by the company; that such award would have to be granted by the AVar Labor Board. When the whole 'matter 'was' explained and the grievance aired in full, the men agreed to return to work and the matter is a closed incident. Typical of Good Relations The relations between management and the employes has been highly satisfactory to both sides over a period of years and it did not take long to explain the situation once the conference was The men had not realized that such a demand would have to go before the AVar Labor Board and that the company had no leeway in the matter. AVhen this was explained, both by the management and the union leadership, the work-era agreed to resume their work and the plant opened as usual yesterday and is today operating in full.

Fine Plant Spirit The Fort Pitt plant's relations between men and management has been unusually satisfactory for a number of years, each working with the other in a common cause the furtherance of the war effort. The plant has been producing substantially to the war demand and the sale of war bonds, the contribu-(Contlnued on Page 6) Homo on Loavo (Persons wishing to submit names of service men or women for this column are asked to call 706 between the hours of 8 a. m. and 3 p. Private Gerald C.

McConnell, who is stationed at Fresno, arrived home on Sunday, Mother's Day, to spend a 25-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. McConnell of Pleasant Valley.

This is his first furlough since he entered service on April 2, 1943. Pvt. McConnell is a member of the Ordnance division of the Army Air Force. LAWRENCE GIRL GUEST ARTIST FOR SOLDIERS Mary Slimick Sings With Air Corps Orchestra and Show ered with Invitations to Sing in Florida The voice of a Cecil Township girl was raised in. the Easter hallelujah in an army camp in Georgia and so well was she received, she was taken on to various soldier entertainments and on into the schools of a Florida community, that her charm and ability might please others.

Miss Mary Slimick, of Lawrence, a graduate of the Cecil township high school, went to Florida to visit her brother Sergt. Peter Slimick, at the Air Base at Avon Park. AVhile there she was soloist in the Easter program given by the Air Force Orchestra and also sang for their Easter dance. Later she sang before the Officers' Club and was invited by the mayor of AVauchula, to sing in a church there and later in the public schools. In addition she sang before the AVoman's Club of (Continued on Page 6) Blunt Statement of I).

S. Air Force Chief Gives Workers In Plane Factories Picture Of What Idleness Means Report that Strike Has Cost 250 Fighter Planes Already Brings Workers up With Round Turn To Return To Work DETROIT, May 18. r.I?) "Work resumption schedules for Detroit war plants were drawn up today after members of the Independent Foremen's Association of America voted to end its 20-day strike which cost at least 250 fighter planes and threatened to interfere with invasion operations. Approximately 3,500 foremen employed in the plants, following the recommendation of their union leaders voted at six chapter meetings last night to return to work. Their decision, it was believed, also will lead to prompt settlement of numerous other disputes that had idled at least 74,000 workers in the Detroit area.

Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin Engine Factory spokesmen announced work resumption schedules had been drawn up for its 38,000 employes forced to halt production because of lack of supervisory personnel. The Packard announcement said that it expected to resume production in the aircraft and Marine ditdons tonight and in other de-WjAtments on Friday. Group Visits Washington Robert H. Keys, president of the union and his 10-man executive board recommended that the foremen vote to return to work following a War Labor Board hearing ia "Washington. Keys had been summoned to explain why his union twice had refused demand.

of AVar and Navy Departments and his agency that he call art end to the strikes. Arnold Calls Turn The FA A officers voted to end the walkouts after Gen. Henry II. Arnold, chief of the Army Air forces characterized the work stoppage as the air force's "most serious setback since its inception." lie told the hearing that the walkout had cost 250 tighter planes, was endangering the lives of American airmen and threatened invasion operations." Whole Industry Affected The foremen's dispute over union recognition paralyzed the Packard factory Friday and within the past 24 hours had closed three of six plants of the Briggs Manufacturing Co. Production also was hampered at the Hudson Motor Car Murray of America, Aeronautical Products and Gar AVood industries.

Effect Far-Itcachintr How soon the back-to-work movement initiated by the foremen would relieve the situation completely remained to be seen. Sev. era! of the affected plants were shut down because of a shortage of parts normally produced in other plants were foremen were in strike. In his telegram to the union, Keys called on the foremen to "effectuate a return to work as quickly as possible." f.lusser Named Head Of Sharon Schools Musscr, former teacher and football and basketball coach pf Canonsburg schools has been named superintendent of schools at Sharon, where he went following his resignation here some eight yuprH ago. Jlis rise in his chosen profession has been rapid and merited at Sharon to the post of superintendent to fill the vacancy caused by the appointment of Dr.

Paul E. AVitmyer, Vetera superintendent to the post of deputy superintendent of public instructions of Pennsylvania. Musser, former assistant principal and coach at Canonsburg High went to Sharon as assistant football coach and later was made assistant principal and promoted to principal when P. Jones died four years aj'0. Returns to Base 3 Private John Slmba.

who recently spent a 10-day furlough with his wife, Mrs. Agnes Shuba, and sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Sedora of G07 Mc'Nary avenue, has reported for duty at Fort Meade, Md. Pvt.

Shuba, a member of the Infantry, has recently completed his basic training at Fort McClellan, where he won an expert's medal for good marksmanship. A brother, Pfc. Louis Shuba, has also returned to his base after spending a 10-day furlough with friends here, during which time he stayed with his brother, George Shuba, of 520 Giffin avenue. He has recently completed a period of training with the Photo Mapping squadron at Colorado Springs, Colo. Both are sons of Mrs.

Anna Shuba of 722 Giffin avenue. Official Count Of Primaries Finished Official tabulations of the April primary elections have been com-pleted by the county board of elections and were made public today. No substantial changes were made from the unofficial count tabulated immediately after the election. The count of the Official Return Hoard showed Grant Furlong, defeated for renomination for Congress from the 24th District, embracing AVashington and Greene counties, held a majority of 115 votes over Thomas E. Morgan, cratic nomination, in the most important local contest in the ballot-Frederkktown, who won the Demo-ing in the county.

There were 133 military ballots requested for the primaries and 66 were returned. Of this number, 41 were Republican and 25 Democratic. ing an appeal here, because one of the largest commercial gardens in the county is adjacent to Canonsburg In the Murray llill-Donald-Eon's' Cross Roads area. Mr. Arnold said he is making his appeal in this district first, because he had such wonderful response here last year when ho made an appeal for boys and girls and adults to help harvest the big crop on this same farm.

(Jowl Kcsuonsc Last lear He hopes to get many responses this year and impresses would-be helpers that their services are needed as quickly as possible, as the seeds and plants must be planted as quickly as possible. Any young people interested can procure blank through the high fci-hool principal's office of their school. Any person can report to the Hahn greenhouse If interested. Volunteers can make their own hours, working either full time or purt time, at their couvtuieuct. 5 at a Anxious that all persons will be informed, the local AVar Price and Ration Board today repeats its announcement of yesterday that the first consignment of sugar for canning will be available next week.

Many points throughout the area covered by the local board have been designated as places where eu'ffar stamps can be presented and certificates issued. Five days next week will be devoted to this service. In addition to the list of places and time, given yesterday. Hills Station on Thursday fronv 1 to 6 o'clock and Hendersonyillc, Friday for the same hours, have been announced. There will be two canning sugar ration periods the first May 15 to July 9, and July 17 to October 31.

Spare Stamp Used Only It is only necessary to have one application for a family, but it is necessary to have with it Spare Stamp No. 37 which is to be used for special canning sugar. This stamp must be attached to the application and if one of more members of the family are making a joint application all of the Spare Stamps No. 37 must be attached. It is specifically called to the attention of applicants that they must not confuse the Spare 37 Stamp with the regular Sugar Stamp No.

37. Only the Spare Stamp will be used for the special canning sugar issue. Following are the places and time when representatives of the board will receive applications and issue certificates: MONDAY Alexander School, Stra-bane, 1 to 7 p. m. Somerset School, 6 to 9 p.

in. Elementary School, Cecil, 6 to 9 p. m. Elementary School, Muse, 6 to 9 p. m.

TUESDAY" Weavertowu School, 1 to 7 p. m. Elementary School, Cecil, 6 to 9 (Continued on Page 6) CIVIL GOVERNMENTS FOR FRIENDLY NATIONS SURE AVASHINGTON, May IS U.R) Agreement to restore civil governments in Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands after liberation today left the Allies with the hardest problems of that nature still unsolved post-war governments of France, Poland, Yugoslavia aud Greece. There also is the problem of eventful restoration of civil government to Germany and her satellites. But that will be a matter of dictation by the Allies rather than an attempt at agreement.

The broad policy already announced by American miliary authorities is that there will bo no military governments in the friendly occupied countries after liberation. Teachers To Quit Unless Given Raise PITTSBURGH, May 18 Individual resignations of a majority of Penn Township school teachers have been signed, ready to be presented to the township school hoard at its next meeting on June II unless an agreement is reached on the demand for a $210-a-year salary increase, a spokesman lor the teachers said. Although Raymond G. Webster, chairman of the committee representing the teachers did not know the exact number of teachers who have prepared their resignations, he said most of the 115 township teachers have signed their notice. At a meeting of the.

instructors at which 101 attended, it also was decided to hold public meeting In order to present the teachers' request to the public. The school board voted last AVed-uetiday to refuse aa iucreaue. MANY CHILDREN PRESENTED FOR CLINIC CHECK Today and Friday Devoted to First Ward Houston And Moninger Are Tuesday The third pre-school conference was held in the College Street building AW-dnesday afternoon with 20 children presented. Toxoid for the prevention of diphtheria was administered to all children who had not previously received it. In order that the children may start to school next fall in the best of physical condition, any defects that were found were pointed out to the parents by the school physician, Dr.

J. C. Kelso. The School Health Service was assisted at yesterday's conference by Mrs. Charles Leish, Mrs.

Theodore Fratten, Mrs. Ralph Patterson and Mrs. Lewis Thomas. A similar conference was held today i nthe First Ward school and a- second group of children will be examined in that school Friday afternoon. The sixth and final conference will be held in the Houston school building for the Houston and Moninger children on next Tuesday afternoon.

agaiu where we found Lt. (jg) Robert F. Kanze, of Freehold, NT. grinning and paddling like mad." Kingfisher Plane Helps I-t. (jg) John A.

Burns, Wynne-wood, pilot of a Kingfisher plane aiding in the operations, had started out spotting Japanese positions and wound up running au ocean taxi business. At one time he had nine men aboard the plane built for two. Burns and another pilot, Lt. John J. Dowdle, of Willamette, 111., had spotted Kanze's raft and landed on the water to make the rescue.

However, his plane capsized in the wind, leaving Dowdle, radioman Robert E. Hill, of Houston, and Kauzc in the water. Lands iu High Sea Burns landed in waves five feet high, took the three aboard and taxied 15 minutes to the Tang, which was filling up rapidly. Just a short time before, it had picked up Cmdr. R.

A. Matter. Iiutte, leader of the bomber strike on Truk, and two of his crew, James J. Lenahan, AVestfield, N. and Harry A.

Thompson, of Sail Bernardino, Cal. But htc day was far from over for Tang. O'Kane was informed tlnt (mother raft had been sighted and Fighter pilots led him to where Lt. Harry E. Hill, Virginia, was near exhaustion from paddliug all Sub Crew And Aviator Save 22 Men From Sea close." Other war developments were: 1.

The swift pace of the Allied advance on the Italian front was accompanied by nn upsurge of invasion expectancy in Western Europe. The Berlin radio quoted Marshal Erwin Rommel of the anti-invasion command as that an Allied landing "may begin at any moment now." The Loudon Daily Mail reported that an emergency meeting of the defense command under Marshal Gerd Von Rund-stedt had been called at German headquarters in France. 2. Moscow announced renewed Red Army activity on the Russian front both in Bessarabia and Old Poland. 3.

The Allied air offensive against Western Europe came to a dead halt during the night, presumably because of weather, but the German News Agency DNI5 said American planes from Italy had attacked targets in the Balkans. 4. On the other side of the world, important gains were made in the Allied campaign to drive the Japanese out of Northern Burma and reopen the supply route to China. Chinese-American forces captured the southern airdrome at Myitky-ina, main Japanese base in North-Central Burma, while the Chinese driving westward across the Salween river were reported mikin excellent progress. Storniliifi Hitler Line The Allied communique in Italy disclosed that troops of the Fifth and Eighth Aruiies were stormins the other defenses of the Hitler Line at "many places." A breakthrough was made by French Colonials south of the Liri Valley.

They captured Esperia. lirst important strong point on the Hitler Line, and drove into the line to occupy Mts. Lago ami Martino, two and three miles respectively west of Esperia. The communique did not mention the fall of Cassino. but front reports said British armored advance units had driven across the Casilina highway and railroad at two points southwest of Cassino to effect a junction with Polish units of the Eighth Army coming down from the northwest.

The Via Casilina, leading through the Hitler Line towards Rome, was the only German escape route out of partly-t-ucircled Cassino. (eruian Line Wcakeniinr American forces operating down towards the sea below the French positions advanced rapidly through weakening German lines, gaining more than 4Vz miles. They took MtMluazza, 6V2 miles west of captured Spigno. and at one point wero within two miles of Formia, coastal anchor of the Hitler Line. In the stepped-up invasion flurry in London, the Daily Mail's Information was contained iu a dispatch from Madrid, which said (Continued ou Fae 6) Ration Books Of Persons In Service Musi Be Turned In AVar Price and Ration headquarters here re-emphasize the necessity that all ration books, gasoline, food, shoes, must he turned into the hoard immediately upon the departure of any member of the family for military service.

The board stated today that many persons are not complying with this rule and that a checkup is now under way with draft boards and other sources as well as through the newspapers, to get such lists. The law requires that this be done and carries severe penalties when it is not done. The board has urged compliance with this order repeatedly but many have tailed to heed the warning. The books must be surrendered immediately, the board announces. night.

A short time later, the Tang picked up Lt. (jg) James G. Cole, Killeen, who was bobbing ou his Mae West life jacket. Hack Again to Rescue Burns, in the meantime, had returned to his rescue wtrk. First he picked up Lt.

(jg) Robert T. Barbor, Long Island, N. and put him on the lap of radioman Aubrey J. Gill, Compton, Cal. After taxiing around for two hours, Buni3 found the crew of a Torpedo plane, Lt.

Robert S. Helson, Great Falls, James J. Livingstone, Los Angeles, and Robert Gruebel, Memphis, Tenn. That made six men aboard the plane. As he was starting back for the Tang, Burns came across another Torpedo plane crew, Ens.

Carroll Farrell, Ada, Owen F. Tabrum, Portland, Ore, and Joseph Hranck. Endicott, N. Y. Men All Over Plane Putting three men ou each wing and the others inside, Burns taxied to the Tang where he unloaded his passengers.

By now the piano was not seaworthy and Burns went below on the sub so he would not see the craft sink. At sundown, the Tang picked up the last of the survivors, Lt. Donald Kirkpatrick, of Evauston, 111., and Richard Beulley, of Los Angeles. O'Kane, elated over the successful rescue and especially those of (Continued ou Page 6) Appeal Made For Seed Planters For Big Garden By LISLE SHOEMAKER United Press War Correspondent U. S.

PACIFIC FLKKT HEADQUARTERS. Pearl Harbor, May IS (U.R) One of the most daring escapades of the Pacific war was credited today to the U. S. Submarine Tang which slipped in beneath the eyes of the enemy to rescue 22 American airmen shot downduring the carrier-based raid on Tmk April 29. Skippered by Lt.

Cmdr. Richard Hetherington O'Kano, San Rafael, the Tang began its rescue expedition the morning of the attack and in a short time, picked up so many men the passengers were sleeping in shifts and depleting the sub's icebox. The Tang was patrolling oft' Truk's barrier reef when O'Kaue learned that three American fliers, on a. rubber raft, were paddling their way from inside the reef. O'Kane nosed the sub close to the reef and picked up Lt.

jg) Scott Schanimel, Yardley, Harry 13. Ocmmell, Philadelphia, and Joseph I). Oendion. Oakland, all of them unharmed. Another Rift Sighted A short time later, O'Kano learned that another raft had been sighted in the same place, and the skipper realized he had to pasa Olan Island on the way.

"We couldn't find the raft and went back patrolling. Then ome American Fighters led ua by Olau County Farm Labor Assistant Wants Girls and Boys to Do War Work by Planting Seeds For Pay So successful was the program here last year in getting the aid of school boys and girls to help plant huge commercial gardens and to harvest the crops, the movement is being launched again and an appeal Is being made tor girls and boys and men and women too--to help plant gardens, and get paid for it. The planting season is on in full effect at this time and employment blanks have been left with the principals of the various high schools, appealing them to contribute to the war effort and to help harvest the crop when the time comes. Appeal far War Aid Glenn A. Arnold, farm labor assistant in the office of County Agent Ellwood 11.

Fulton, is mak.