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,0 ALTOONA TRIBUNE, Wednesday, August 30, 1944 With the Armed Forces! With the AEF in Southern France (Tlitveoii (Comments Dr. H. Kriner Speaks to Rotary Club The Rotary club held Its weekly luncheon meeting yesterday in Bicycle-Borne Infantry duty on an aircraft carrier some where In the Pacific Lieutenant Ltngenfelter entered naval service as an ensign February 1, 1943, reporting to Harvard university for training in communications. He was a graduate of the Altoona High -hool, class of 1980, and attended the Penn State school of electrical engineering for three years, He received his bachelor of science degree from Shippent-burg State Teachers college. vj) r2 A COLLABORATIONIST LOSES PANTS This French collaborationist, who lost his pants to an angry group of Parisians, is saved by the French Forces of the Interior and taken into protective custody during mop-up fighting in the French capital.

This if one of the first original pictures from liberated Paris. (AP Wirephoto). A. B. Clubmen Make Plans For Survey The A.

B. C. club met in the Oneida room of the Penn Alto hotel last evening at 6:30 p. m- for a. dinner meeting.

Thirty-seven members were present. Judd Holt, president, presided. He brought a guest, his brother, of the state of California. All the members are working on the project In connection with the drive for the salvage of clear glass, scheduled October. There will bo a club golf tournament at Blairmont on Thursday afternoon, starting at 1:00 p.

m. Joseph Oir, chairman of post war planning, led a discussion on this subject. Two forms have been prepared for the community adjustment survey, both a detailed workpile survey and a consumer purchases survey. Out of a list of 35 or more names, a club member selects 10, and visits the homes. In the workpile survey, the items under consideration aro householder's repairs and additions.

The householder cooperates by checking any of fourteen items he plans to buy as soon after the war as they become available. Several of these items are flashing and spouting, fencing, insulating, painting ouUide or inside, roofing, air conditioning, new plumbing, and electric fixtures and wiring. In the consumer purchases stuuy, the householder checks if he intends to build a new home as soon as conditions permit, if he intends to make major repairs, remodeling or extension to present home involving outlay of $100 or more, or if he has no postwar building plans. Also in connection with the consumer purchases study, there are a dozen items to be checked, purchases to be mrde as soon as products are available, as: car, refrigerator, radio, cook stove, furnace, stoker, piano, washing machine, home freezing unit, or other furniture or furnishings over $100. Club Bars Asked to Close V-Day Mayor Brumbaugh in a formal statement issued yesterday to the officers and members of the Blair County Retail Liquor Dealers' association, commended them for their course in desiring to close their places of business on V-day.

In referring to the proposed action of the association, the mayor said," This is very commendable and it manifests the proper patriotic spirit and respect for those who have so greatly served this country and this war. I hope that there will be no exceptions on this, day so that every intoxicating beverage bar will be closed along with the other unnecessary businesses of this city. "I now appeal to the clubs of the city to close their bars on that dayr for it does not seem fair that the other bars should be closed and not all within the city. It will be a very respectful and patriotic gesture on the part of all the clubs to close their bars on that day so that the greatest amount of respect for the day and for the occasion may be manifested, and that the people will be inclined to adhere to Divine Guidance in all walks-of life, and that the city of Altoona may be outstanding in unity and cooperation, for which I am certain the vast majority of citizens will be thankful and appreciate together with the mayor of our city." Private First Class Clair M. Swope, aged 20, son of Mr.

and Mrs. D. S. Swope of Cresson, has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal for heroic achievement In combat In Italy. The citation ue-companying his award tells a story of valor and courage, for Private Swope was one of a group of volunteers who completed the surrender of the enemy and took 29 prisoners in addition to those killed and routed.

Private Swope entered the army from his third year In Cresson High school on March 8, 1943, training at Fort Bragg, N. and Fort George Meade, Md. He was sent overseas with the infantry In November. A brother, Sergeant Walter Swope, aged 27, has been in the army since December, 1941, and is stationed at Fort Benning, Oa. Serving In the army nurse corps In England, Second Lieutenant Hazel E.

Kimniel, aged 21, daughter of Mrs. Betty Kimmel, 1211 Eighth avenue, reports that she Is stationed near her brother, William Kimmel, aged 27, who has been stationed In England for the past two years as a member 'of. Mie air force, taking care of bomb sights. Lieutenant Kimmel entered the "service March 1, and has been stationed at Fort George Meade, and the Aberdeen Proving Grounds. Captain Joseph A.

Ronan of the army medical corps with headquarters at the Wyandotte, hospital and plasma center, is spending a furlough with his wife and family at their home, 6733 Ohio avenue, Eldorado. The well known Altoona native and medical practitioner was called into military service March 28, 1943, and served at various army medical centers prior to his present assignment near Detroit. Captain Ronan will return to army duty next Tuesday. Quartermaster Second Class Jack O'Donnell, former Altoona Higii school athlete, is spending a 12-day leave from duties at the Key West, Fla naval base, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

F. W. O'Donnell, 516 Sixtlt avenue, Juniata. Seaman O'Donnell enlisted in the navy the day after his graduation from Altoona High school with the class of 1943 and received his boot training at Sampson, N. Y.

While at Key Jack has met two of his former Altoona High school football teammates, Owen Fasick, end, and Lieutenant Brooks Kaufman, quarterback, who is now a marine corps pilot' serving overseas. Former Pa. Governor To Support Roosevelt WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 Gifford Pinchot, former Republican governor of Pennsylvania, announced today he i Is supporting Pre: I cnt Roosevelt for a fourth term. The tall, 79-year-old Pinchot called on the President at the White House this afternoon.

Leaving, he handed reporters a statement, saying "the choice between Roosevelt and Dewey is lilcs choosing between a veteran leader of many battles and a raw recruit Pinchot, who served as Pennsylvania governor from 1923 to 1927 and again from 1931 to 1935, voted for Mr. Roosevelt In 1940 but did not support him In his first two campaigns. Fung Hwang is one of the four symbolical animals supposed to preside over the destiny of China. 1944 Auto Licenses OA HOUR SERVICE T. Chester Parsons 1107 Twelfth Notary Public MASTER SERGEANT SAMUEL H.

LOUNDY, Eon of Mrs. Anna Loundy, 1804 Fourteenth avenue, serving with the Fifth Army in Italy, has been promoted to a second lieutenant on the battle front! He. joined the Army in March 1942 and woiked his way through the ranks from private, to master seigeant after which he received the field promotion to second lieutenant. He has been serving overseas since September 1M3. Private Robert S.

Roth rock, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Rothrock, 217 Sixth avenue, is receiving his basic training with the field artillery at Fort Okla. Private Rothrock entered the service April 5, 1944, In the army V-12 program and received specialized training at, the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

He received his diploma In uniform at the graduation exercises of the Altoona High school In June, and recently spent a 17-day furlough at the home of his parents. John F. Schueffer, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.

Franklin Schaeffer, 223 Aldrich avenue, Is enrolled in the navy V-12 program at Dartmouth university, New Hampshire. He entered the navy in July of this year. Seaman Sohaef-fer was a graduate of the Altoona High school, class of 1944, where he was a member of the varsity football team. Private Max R. Loose, son Mr.

and Mrs. Roy W. Loose, 20Z Beale avenue, arid veteran of the African invasion, is now stationed on the Island of Corsica. Private Loose entered the service December 10, 1941, end has been overseas for two and one-half years with the Third Service group of the army air corps. He landed in England first but was later sent to Africa and then served in the invasion of Corsica, where he has been since last January.

While there he met Sergeant Bill Clemens, son of William Clemens, 1926 West Chestnut avenue, and the two Altoona boys frequently get together to exchange newspapers and talk over Altoona in pre-war days. Second Lieutenant Horace Keg-selring, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Kesselring, Altoona, R.

D. 3, has reported to Randolph field as one of the expert flyers selected for training in AAF central instructors school. Upon completion of a month's specialized training here he will go to another training field of the AAF training command as an-instructor of aviation cadets. First Lieutenants Martin J. Mordsco, 112 East Sixth avenue, and Karl K.

Thompson, 310 Pine avenue, have been assigned to duty at Camp Grant, 111. Private First diass Alvin S. Dodson, son of Mrs. Minnie Dod-son, 3305 Sixth avenue, has been cited by his regiment of the 34th "Red Bull" Division, and awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge for actual participation in combat with the enemy on the Fifth Army front in Italy. Lieutenant (jg) John R.

Ltngenfelter, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. G. Ltngenfelter, 408 East Grant avenue, and former sanitary officer in the city health bureau, has been assigned to communication By KENNETH DIXON WITH THE AEF IN SOUTHERN FRANCE.

Aug. 23-(Delay-d) (JP) The speed jf this fast breaking front Is giving doughboys a rest from walking and in more ways than one. In the first place thy are riding trucks part of the time, except when they have to stop to clean out what the communiques always call "small pockets of resistance." For another, they are capturing enemy vehicles varying from volks-wagons to bicycles. One infantry squad had to pause In the village of Peyrolles, near the Durance river. They drove the enemy out so fast that equipment of all kinds was abandoned- In frantic haste: toilet footwear, clothes, etc.

But more Important were the bicycles. Pvt. Vernon Sutherland, of Cranston, grabbed the first bicycle and started strapping the barrel of a machinegun on it. It looked like the doughboys mtght have more walking ahead for the Maquis reported other "pockets of resistance" In the Immediate area. So Vernon didn't aim to walk.

Neither did Pvt. James Bolin, Sullivan, who appropriated the next kraut bicycle for himself and then started collecting others. "I will get this whole column motorized if I can have a little time to look around," James shouted. Meanwhile, Pvt. Everett Hanna, Decatur, 111., was topping everybody.

He slipped into a building which had been used as a garage by the Germans and got himself a motorcycle. The rquad of soldiers reassembled. An pged French villager stepped out and gave a tricolor to Pvt. Eugene Richardson, Herman- Local Soldiers Wounded in French Area Wounded In action in France on August 7, Pfc. Wayne A.

Shaw, aged 21, son of Mr. and Mrs V. P. Shaw of Hollidaysburg R. D.

1, is now making a satisfactory recovery in an English hospital. The young soldier enlisted in the army September 17, 1912, and received basic training at Camp Robinson, Ark. He was assigned to an anti-tank company and served at Camp Carson, Col. Later he was transferred to Hunter Liggett military reservation at Camp Roberts, proceeding from the west coast camp to Fort George S. Meade, before being shipped overseas to arrive in England on July 4.

Pfc. Shaw was immediately sent to France and was there only a short time when he received his wound. He has notified his parents of his receipt of the Purple Heart, Prior to enlistment in the army Pfc. Shaw was an employe of the Pennsylvania railroad. He attended Hollidaysburg High school.

A sister, Betty Shaw Lupo, is serving as an air WAC being stationed at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. A recent telegram from the war department to Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Klevan, of 1102 Seventeenth street, informed them that their son, Pfc. Herman Klevan, aged 26, was wounded in action in the Paris sector of France on August 12.

"Zeddie" is now in a hospital in England. He writes his parents that he is getting along all right, but will be in a hospital a long time. Pfc. Klevan was inducted into the army on March 10, 1941, thain ing with the infantry at Fort George G. Meade, Fort Myer, and Fort Benning, Ga; He was sent overseas in June, this year.

The young man will be remembered as an outstanding athlete, participating In various baseball leagues in the city, and in basketball. While in the service, he played army baseball with Fort Myer and Fort Benning teams. Prior to entering the service he was assistant manager of the Schiff shoe store in Altoona. A brother, Capt. Myer Klevan, Is with the signal corps at Camp Maxey, Tex.

Flowers For Every Need A. A. WHITBrtED, 8 30 St BICYCLE Carrier will buy good used bicycle from owner. Phone Tribune 8181. 1300 Eleventh Ave.

Require the services of a regular full time saleslady to work In the capacity of a manager for the basement unrattoned footwear dep't. Please consult Mr. Klevan between 9 A. M. and It Noon.

a stock boy for full time work. We also fcfcve aa cpealr.g tat young man who desires to learn shoe retailing this is an opportunity which can be developed into a good IP dale, Mo. He placed It on his bicycle. Then the strange half-motorized column got into motion. The villager straightened up and saluted the cavalcade as it wound slowly down the streets of Peyrolles.

Once when I was with an advanced motorized unit I heard a strange order being passed sharply back from truck to truck and the soldiers who spent five months trying to gain a couple of thousand yards at Cassino let out howls of laughter when It reached our vehicle. It said "this advance will be held down to the rate of 15 miles per hour." The advance is so fast an armored column ran off two maps but still kept going. They borrowed French road maps from the Maquis, but there were not enough of them to go around. So Sgt. Oscar Merver, of New York city, and Capt.

Tom Pid-dington of Plainneld, N. had to draw a freehand map on the back of a piece of scrap paper to show me roughly what the situation ahead seemed to be. One good reason why such swift advances were possible was shown when we captured a German general and corps, headquarters. His desk contained official papers showing where the German intelligence said our invasion was going to land in southern France. The papers were dated ten days before we hit the beaches east of Marseilles.

They showed, how the defenses were all set up to greet us. The only trouble was that the defending troops were waiting west of Marseille, and from there to the Spanish border. Child Treated For Dog Bite Samuel Lynam, 9, of 1406 Seventh avenue, wag taken to Mercy hospital dispensary yesterday and four stitches placed in a wound in his ear. The youngster had been bitten by a dog. At the hospital, he said he had gone to a neighbor's and was petting 4-weeks old puppies.

Florence Crisman, 10 of 1413 Second avenue, injured her left leg. She said she had been pushing her bicycle when she tripped over a stone and tell, injuring her lej on the chain. Others treated at Mercy hospital dispensary included: Thomas C. Fonner, 3 1-2, of Hill Top, Hollidaysburg, who fell while wearing his glasses. He was cut between the eyes and one stitch was used to close the gash.

Beverly A. Carter, 6, of R. D. No 1, Duncansville, was struck on the head with a hoe yesterday and his parents took him to the dispensary where three stitches were used to close a laceration on the right side of his scalp. Jacob Frederick, 47, of 3027 Washington avenue, scratched his hand while working with waste kitchen fats and the wound became infected.

Treated at Altoona hospital dispensary were: Helen Louise Senesky, 3 of Coupon, who suffered multiple abrasions of the face and legs, and Marguerite Keller, 5 of 1S10 Twelfth avenue, who injured her elbow when she fell down a flight of seven steps while at a store. She is to return today for an X-ray. Thomas Rhule, 9 of 1506 Fourth street, had one stitch placed in a cut of the left wrist; and Richard Nonis, 10 of 215 Martin street, Bellwood, who fell in a barn injuring his right arm was X-rayed. The member was broken. John Flanagan, 14, of 1500 Eighteenth street, had the nail torn loose on his right, middle finger, having been injured while playing football.

Pressure was used to stop the bleeding and a dressing applied. Raymond G. Maurer, 34, of 607 Fourth avenue, Juniata fell from a truck yesterday and complained of pain in the right side of his chest. An X-ray ehowed that his right side was negative to bone injury. He is employed as a truck driver for L.

P. Park and company. Three PRR employes were treated for minor injuries including: Lee Reininger, 54, of Roaring Spring, a boiler maker helper, who almost had the end of his small, left finger cut off, had three stitches used. B. Gunderman, 57 of Harris-burg, a passenger conductor, had three stitches placed in a gash on the back of his head.

Chester Troutman, 50, of 222 First avenue, a car builder helper had three stitches placed In a cut on his chin. Real- Estate Transfer Nickolas H. Lamont, et to C. Kennedy Murray and Carrie E. Murray, his wife, Nos.

417-21 Hudson avenue, Altoona, $4,400. Haiman Colbusi et al. to Central Trust company, No. 1502 Nineteenth street, Altoona, $1. Investment Building and Loan association, to Frank J.

Bilks and Margaret M. Bilks, his wife. No. 714 Jackson avenue, Altoona, $2,135.89. MOVING STORAGE CAM 5103 DRENM.NCS MRftEST MOVERS IN CENTRAL PENNA the Logan room of the Penn Alto hotel, with a splendid attendance -of about one hundred.

Howard Ltndaman, president, announced that BUI Haller has the tickets for the stag interserv-lce club picnic at Dell Delight Memorial park, on Thursday, September 7. All reservation! should be In by next Tuesday. Dr. Harry Kriner was the speaker, using as his subject, "The Teaching of Sex In the Public Schools," It was a discussion of social hygiene, how It is tied up with social science, with the social studies and other factors, all of which working together insure a program of health which is exemplary. Dr.

Kriner at a recent State college conference of leaders made a contribution to a discussion program on the same subject. Marine Cpl. Spends Night Killing Japs (By Staff Sergeant James E. Hague, Bridgeport, a marine corps combat correspondent, formerly of the Associated Press, Baltimore. Distributed by the Associated' Press) GUAM (Delayed) Last night, before the counter-attacks started, Marine Corporal Martin J.

Scan-lon was just a strong voiced, big-bodied Irishman from Pittsburg. This morning, he Is a legend. They'll -never know just how many Japs he killed. His officer, Second Lieutenant William H. Grissim, Brentwood, says the six foot, three inch Irishman got at least 20, "but it may have been 40 and it may have been 60.

All we know Is that all night long he lifted his big body onto the crest of the hill, cursed the Japs, and killed them." They do know that Corporal Scanlon left a large stack of dead Japs in front of him. Wounded, he slung a 200-pound comrade over his shoulder and set off down an almost sheer cliff toward the aid station. He got within 50 yards of his destination before he collapsed. The wounded man was Private First Class Leo Ottrock, Farrell, Pa. The story of Corporal Scanlon was told by Lieutenant Grissim after the big Irishman was evacuated.

Corporal Scanlon, whose home is in Pittsburg, was a member of Lieutenant Grissim's team of artillery forward observers who landed with marine assault troops and pushed forward to a hill the first afternoon. "That was our perimeter for the first night," said Lieutenant Gris- i sim. "Some of the men crossed the crest to dig in. The Japs, 100 yards away on the other side of the skyline, picked them off as they crossed. We huddled on the reverse slope of the hill and waited for the Japs to crawl up at us.

We see them. "We got some artillery fire down. If the shells were to land among the Japs just over the hill, they had to skim the crest. They were parting our hair. I swear that if you reached up, you coujd have picked our shells out of the air as they sailed over us.

"The Japs came the first time at 8 o'clock. They crawled up, unobserved, to about eight or 10 yards of the crest and lobbed grenades at us. All of my artillerymen were manning the line. We couldn't spare anybody. "When the Japs started shouting, Corporal Scanlon picked up a weapon.

I don't know what it was because he used everything that night. I never saw anything like it. He just fired all night long. First he'd use a Garand. Then a Browning automatic rifle would be nearby, so he'd pick that up and pour lead into the Japs.

Grenades were his meat. "There were no foxholes. You just dug yourself a little hole for your feet, stood against' the cliff and waited for the Japs. Even when we fired star shells to illuminate the Japs, he'd stand up, scream at the top of his voice, and shoot away. He sparked everybody that night.

"They'd pass the word, 'watch out, here tiiey Corporal Scanlon would grab a weapon and let go. How can you tell how many men a guy like that killed? I know it was at least 20. It may have been 40. It may have been 60." Just before dawn, the Japs tried again to break through the pitifully thin marine line. Lieutenant Grissim called his artillery position and asked how many rounds of ammunition were left "Fifty," he was told.

"There was no chance of holding them off with 80 rounds," he said. So we dropped back to the next crest, and then Scanlon w'as hit with a grenade. "Ottrock had a bad leg wound. Scanlon picked him up. tossed i him over his shoulder and started I back with hitn." i "Scanlon brought Ottrock over some of the toughest country I've ever seen.

Somehow, he got him- self and Ottrock down a slippery, sheer 5U foot cliff. He was about 50 yards from our command post when he collapsed." TOPSOIL-MANURE The hent et tap ntl ataaire for yaar planting CALL 2-9219 Mayor Urges Enlarged Police Force An increase in the size of the police force has been deemed necessary by Mayor Brumbaugh and at a meeting of city council held yesterday the mayor asserted that it is clear there, should be a large force of public guardians. No figure wss.mentioned but there was general agreement that the present force jf approximately fifty-five men, not including the commissioned officers is inadequate to meet the requirements of the times in safeguarding the lives and property of the city. It was pointed out that it is customary to have one officer for each 1,000 population. When Mayor Brumbaugh was asked by Councilman Weber when he proposed to appoint a chief of police, provision for which officii was made early this year, the mayor replied, "sometime." He made it plain that the appointment would have to be made 'under the law from the personnel of the department.

This, it was indicated by others, would not prevent him from appointing some one as a patrolman, then promote him through the grades until he reached the ofUce of chief. The mayor did not at any time reveal his intentions on the matter. These issues came up when tne mayor presented the revised rules and regulations to the council, and after some discussion, coun-' cil adopted the rules. Intoxication, drinking while oo duty, sleeping while on duty, failure to pay honest debts or furnishing persons outside of the police department information that would interfere with the service are among the causes for dismissal, but with reference to debts it was made plain that it was not retroactive and the rule would be applicable from this time forward. Under the new rules police officers are enjoined from participating in any game of cards or bowling while in uniform ini they may use their clubs only in their own defense or to prevent the escape of prisoners.

They may not leave the city without permission and they must not join any society or organizations that might interfere w'ith the rules and orders of the department. Council approved a resolution presented by Mr. McCartney for the transfer of $4,500 from one Item to another In the highway department. Former Altoona High Coach Buried Yesterday YORK, Aug. 29 (P) Funeral services for Edward F.

(Snaps) Emanuel, York High football and basketball coach, were held this morning from the crowded Christ Lutheran church. The former Gettysburg college athlete was killed Friday when his auto was struck by a train in nearby Goldsboro. Eight members of the 1943 Yoi High football team who would have played again on this years team bore their coach to the Mt. Roase cemetery mausoleum where it will rest pending final burial. Meanwhile, Mrs.

Emanuel and daughter, Joy, with the coach at the time of the accident, remain in the York hospital where the former's condition is reported to be good. The daughter's condi tion is regarded as serious. School board otficjals announce coaching plans for this year's football 'team tomorrow. the line, Allied headquarters announced today. Wiping out a strong rearguard at the entrance of Pinbaw, the British found the town unoccupied when they entered.

Starvation and disease were reported spreading among Japanese troops in the l.abkv.- valley farther east after Allied flackisg moves and air blows had severed their communication lines. Nearly 1,000 men; including all officers, were said to have been lost from nne Japanese battalion in this area. Gov. Martin Addresses Naval Men Governor Edward Martin addressed the combined graduating classes of the Hollidaysburg" and Bedford Naval Training schools at the graduation exercises held last evening at Bedford Springs. This is the fourteenth class to graduate from the radio schools since their inauguration.

Governor Martin told the class that "police forces and armies and navies must be maintained to protect law abiding men and law abiding nations from criminals and from tyrants." Martin declared ''our form of government requires eternal vigilance, eternal' struggle for the right, if it is to survive. "There are always those among us and outside our borders who would challenge our fundamental ideas and beliefs. "Too often they do this in the name of patriotism. They seek to stir up hatreds between races, groups and classes. They are preachers of discord and disunity," added the state executive.

Asserting that we must have the same faith in our institutions that was held by our forefathers, Martin said "They conquered new frontiers because they had faith. If we possess the faith of these men and women we can conquer the frontiers of our time." Speaking directly to the graduates Martin declared: "We pray that the last gun will soon be silenced and that you may return to your homes in peace. Yet when the war is over, we cannot cease fighting. We must always fight in war and peace, for a better nation and a better world." Eight large motor buses were required to transport the naval students and officers of the Keystone radio school at Highland hall. Hollidaysburg to Bedford.

Yesterday morning the sailors of the school were put through a battalion review, inspection and calisthenics on the street fronting the school building in preparation ov the event at Bedford last evening. The Hollidaysburg contingent returned late last evening. OBITUARIES Funeral Notices Will Be Found On Classified Page HARRY E. WAHL Harry E. Wahl, 2804 Sixth avenue, died yesterday, at 12:15 noon at his home following an extended illness.

He was born in Duncan-non, April. .20, 1878, the son ol Frederick A. and Catherin (Swartz) Wahl. He was married June 23, 190J at Duncannon to Miss Mary Earley, who survives with ons daughter. Miss Blanche Earlej Wahl, a teacher at the Irving school, at home.

Also surviving are three sisters: Mrs. Edward Valentine and Mrs. Luther Swank both of Duncannon, and Mrs, Robert, Dennehy, Ardmore; one brother, Charles, Harrisburg and several nieces and nephews, Mr. Wahl was a resident of Al-; toona for forty years and retired from the Juniata machine shops in 1939. He was a member of the Second Presbyterian church, the Men's Bible class of that church, the B.

F. Davis lodge, 1. O. O. F.

and the Modern Woodmen. Friends will be received at the Latighlin funeral home after 7 o'clock Mils evening. Flower For All Occasions IMPERIAL FLOWER SHOP Building Permits The following building permits were issued yesterday by Building Inspector John A. Larson: R. Sigrist, 1215 Eighteenth avenue, roof repairs.

$50; R. Hopper, 1624 Twenty-first avenue, chicken house, $20; Howard J. Hite, 526 a.en.ie reduce two car garage to one car garage. $50: H. Ross, 413 Tenth avenue.

Juninta. encVse porch end, H. W. Erbeck. 419 East Hudson avenue, one car garage.

$100, and G. M. Chippenfleld. 105 Halleck Place, enlarge jioich, MX. Allies Help Chinese Army Take Railway By SPENCER MOOSA CHUNGKING, Aug.

29 tP Supported by far-ranging American warplanes, Chinese forces today captured Suchowtang on the Canton-Hankow railway 55 miles north of the enemy-held bastion of Hengyang and Increased their threat of Japanese communications along the vital Siang river, main supply line for Hunan province, the Chinese command announced. On the home front, the Chinese I government announced the remov al of Gen. Sheng Shih Tsai from the governorship of Sinkiang, in far northwest China. Gen. Wu Chung Hsin, current chairman of the Mongolian and Tibetan affairs commission, was named as his successor.

The change taken as a friendly gesture to Russia was one of the most important governorship switches in China since 1927 when President Chiang Kai-Shek's nationalists set up a government in' Nanking. In the maritime province of Chekiang, fighting continued north of Lishui. Maj. Gen. Claire L.

Chennault's Fourteenth airforce supported Ahe Chinese. In the course of extensive operations, Chennault's planes 3ank two steamers and damaged a smaller one on the Yangtze and blasted five air-! dromes nnd fields SOUTHEAST ASIA COiiiiAND (HEADQUARTERS, Afig. 29 The northern Burma strnngpolnt of Pinbaw on the Mogaung-Man-! daisy railway has been capt mod by British troops who are pursuing rMre.itinc Japanese on down RAILROAD JOBS! WIGHT DEED FOB Locomotive Machinists and Boilermakers Experienced Ages to 60 years Kansas City Southern Railroad Shreveport, and Pittsburg, Kansas Draftsmen: Architectural, Bridge, Maintenance Experienced Ages '10 years or over Atchison Topeka Sante Fe Railroad i Chicago, Illinois Gang Foremen and Section Foremen Experienced Ages 21 to 45 or older Atchison Topeka Sante Fe Railroad Winslow, Arizona Brakemen and Firemen No Experience Ages 18 lo 45 Pennsylvania Railroad Company Baltimore, Maryland 4 TrftnepertotioB Furnished to All Job Locations Living Quarters Arranged Subject to W. M. C.

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