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PEKMA. STATS LI 27; Ait EDUCATISI-I BUILDING rrnTT TTTT71 TT0TTD TXTTTTXTr A Ti What's In a Date: May 28 Odd Fellows take over Jou-vaud-Lavigne building and contents at cost of $20,0001926. The Man On the Street: Says spending money for WAR BONDS Is like parting with good Company which will return. DANVILLE HOME OF THE DANVILLE STATE HOSPITAL OPENED NOV. 6, 1872.

MAINTAINED AND OPERATED BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA VOL. XLVIII NO. 224- DANVILLE, MONDAY, MAY 28, 1945 PRICE: 50c PER MONTH MMSm PUT MOTMB KKME OTER AATO FRESHEN UP SUMMER WHITE HOUSE CRIMINAL ROUND-UP MOVES ON Davies Meets With Churchill In London London, May 27 (UP) President Truman's special envoy to London Joseph Davies has met with Prime Minister Churchill. Maneuver Carried Out As Other Forces Are Mired By Sea Of Mud Guam, May 27 (UP) Front dispatches say American Marines on Okinawa threw another bridge across the raging Asato River into today. The Leathernecks drove 800 yards into the ruined Okina-wan capital and widened their hold on the west bank of the swollen stream almost to the China Sea.

Six days of rainstorms have turn- ed the battle for Okinawa into one continuous landing operation. Freed Soldier Given Ovation By Hometowners Boston, May 27 UP Private Joseph McGee, came home to a hero's welcome and a reunion with his family, whom he hadn't seen in almost two years. McGee had been court martialed in France on charges of hitting nine German prisoners. But the War Department has revoked his dishonorable discharge, and has called off a sentence of two years at hard labor. McGee, who has to report back to camp tonight, was feted all day long by the folks of Worcester, Massachusetts, who turned out earlier to give him a rousing reception at the station.

Workmen are busy at the Independence, home of President and Mrs. Harry S. Truman, making it ready for occupancy. The President has announced that this will be the summer White House. Home was built shortly after the Civil War.

Lt. Richard Reedy Safe AfterWar Camp Release Davis is the former United States' ambassador to Russia famed for his mission to Moscow. He is understood to have discussed with Mr. Churchill Anglo-American relations with Russia. The British Prime Minister received Davies today at his country estate.

Their conference lasted several hours. One London newspaper, the Daily Mail, says Davies brought the Prime Minister a letter from President Truman. The United States President reportedly told Mr. Churchill that he is determined to continue President Roosevelt's foreign policy. President Truman letter also is said to have expressed his desire to visit London, an unfulfilled wish of Mr.

Roosevelt's. The London newspaper went on to report that President Truman probably would not be free from pressing duties at Washington until the end of June at the earliest. The Daily Mail says that in consequence it will be hard to organize a Big Three meeting until mid-July. Meanwhile, tne isntisn elections are scheduled for July 5th, and the conservative party wants to make the issue a clearcut one of whether or not Mr. Churchill shall continue to be Britain's Big Three representative.

However, the labor party is (Continued Cn Page Taxi Driver Sore After Excitement Brooklyn May 27 A Brooklyn taxi driver is pretty sore today. Not only because he got his head knock ed by a half-filld wine ibottle, but because his taxi got wrapped around a street pole. It all began when the driver David Wachsstock of 662 Park Avenue In Brooklyn refused to take aboard a passenger who had had a little too much to drink. The passenger took the situation in his own hands with the result that he is now charged with grand larceny and felonious assault. He is Adolfo Cantellano of 310 South Third Street, Brooklyn, who is being held in one thousand dollars bail pending a hearing on June 4th.

New Mayor Knows About Nazi Cruelty London May 27 IUR) Moscow radio says the soviet military commander has appointed a new mayor for the northern German town of Templin. His name is Berkhol. Before the Nazis seized power, Berkhol worked in a local repair shop. Later he was arrested and thrown into a concentration camp from which he has just been liberated. Says England Stopped Germans From U.S.

Attempt Troy, N. May 27 UP Undersecretary of War Patterson, who journeyed here to award two Congregational Medals of Honor posthumously, told townspeople that if Britain had fallen In 1940, Germany could have invaded the United States. He said that Britain out of the way, the Nazis could have landed on our shores with 20 divisions and driven clear across the country. Awards Presented For Dental Honor Rolls In Schools 41.Awaf have been Presented to three 100 Pcent roms of the Dan" puUc, erade schools, schools. These three rooms have had attendance from every student to the dentist.

Mrs. Mabel Lyon, first grade, first ward, and Miss Julia Warner, third fourth grades, first ward have received the annual $2.00 awards. Miss Pope, first grade, second ward, has received a $3.00 award for having the largest number of names on the dental honor roll. An award of $1.00 has been given to all rooms having 20 or more names on the Dental honor roll. ing the total number of students! that have attended the dentist this scho1 vear to a sum of 560, Is FIRST WARD First grade 100 percent since Dec.

Second grade, 25 names Peggy Jenkins, Charlotte Vought Gladys Whalen, Robert Walters, Charles Casey. Third-fourth grades, 31 names, Barbara Buck, Donald Harvey. Fourth-fifth grades, 22 names Lois Belshline, Frank Shultz, Pauline Hack, Ada Jone, Richard Brit-tain. Sixth grade, 28 names, TTllI7fnA wi Dimmick, Florence Oberdorf Helen Phillips. SECOND WARD First Grade, 25 names, Wayne Mottern, Connie Albeck, Joyce Con rad, Naomi Shepperson, Peggy itaup, uva Hawk, Patsy Adams (Continued On Page Two) Memorial Rites ForCpl.

Long Largely Attended The Memorial Service held last evening at the Pine Street Lutheran Church for Corporal James W. Long was well attended and numerous floral tributes adorned the front of the church. The Rev. Walter E. Brown de livered an appropriate Memorial Address on, "A Memory Service," using as his text, "He being dead, yet speaketh," Hebrews 11:4.

C. Roy Fox, Sunday School teacher of the deceased, unveiled the gold star on the service flag. The young People's Choir sang, "Dear Land of Liberty." The six men, who have recently gone into the service and have been represented by a star on the Service Flag are Robert F. Fox, James W. Long, William F.

Marks, John R. Shoop, Myles Showers and George W. Starr. The service was impressively concluded by the sounding of taps by Alvin Kooher. Delegations of the American Legion, the American Legion Auxiliary and the War Mothers attended the service.

i I London, May 27 (UP) Troops in Europe still are adding war criminals to the allied lists of captures. One of the latest to be rounded up is the "little Hitler" of Danzig- Albert was the Nard leader in the free port city, and has surrendered in Hamburg. Two others have killed themselves they are the chief of the defunct German air force Field Marshal Robert Rltter Von Greim who took potassium cyanide in a Sals-burg hospital, and Dr. Hugo Jury former Gauleiter of Lower Austria. The London radio (heard by N-B-C) reported Jury's suicide, but did not say how he too'k his life.

Hitler's official stenographer, Ger- hardt Herrgeselle, has told United Press correspondent Jack Fleishe that the Fuhrer contended shooting was an easire way out than poison, Ti-, The stenographer says Hitler mentioned that Frederick the Great always carried a vial poison to swallow if the enemy took him. Which is what Hitler's Gestapo Chief Himmler did. But the Nazi leader himself said: "If ever I am in danger of being captured by the Russians I shall take a pistol and shoot myself." Hitler's official stenographer also quotes Hitler as raging over the surrender of Stalingrad. Said the Fuehrer: "Every year before the war many servant girls committed suicide by snooting tnemseives. its an tann' quick death.

I can't understand! now uerman officers can be weaklings as to let the Russians take them prisoners instead of commit ting easy suicide." The stenographer also quotes Hitler in one of his rare periods of levity. One day, when Foreign Minister Joachim Von Ribbentrop was present, the dictator said to him: "What are you worrying about? You're not even on the list of War criminals I'm number one," and the stenographer reports that Von Ribbentrop did not see the Joke. A wnole band of Nazi soldiers are still at large In the Chemnitz area of Central Germany. They are armed, and are desperate with hunger. The British radio says the Nazi troops are terrorizing the countryside, and the whole region has been virtually plunged Into a state of Civil War.

The German soldiers have been refused admission to American lines, and it is unclear whether or not the Russians nin have refused them. Pupils Do Fine Job In War Bonds The students of the Danville Public Schools must certainly be given credit for the splendid job they have been doing in securine war hnnris and stamp customers. The elementary schools of the four wards and the Styer School in West Hemlock Township have done outstanding work in canvassing their neighborhoods. Stamps and Bonds Report To Date Schools Division May 25, 1945: FIRST WARD 8 Bonds, $425., Stamps, Total $442.50. SECOND WARD 7 Bonds, $131.25, Stamps, Total $216.50.

THIRD WARD Bonds, $568.75, Stamps, Total $573.35. FOURTH WARD 34 Bonds, $1500.00, Stamps, Total $1,643.20. STYER SCHOOL, West Hemlock Township 5 Bonds, $476.15, Stamps, Total $483.55. Payments Made To School Districts Payments totalling $9,950.00 to Montour County school districts jwere approved today by G. Harold Wagner, Auditor General of Pennsylvania.

The sums being allocated were authorized by the legislature for the support of public schools in the Commonwealth and for salary increases. A list of the Montour County districts and the sum approved for each follows: Anthony Township, Cooper Township, $600; Derry Township, Liberty Township, Limestone Township, Ma honing Township, Mayberry Township, $300; Valley TownshiD. Washingtonville, $200; West Hemlock Township, $600. UNREST PARIS The French troops and civilians of Lebanon and Syria are continuing; to clash sporadically as tension In the levant states increases. Arab leaders say the entire Arab world will respond to Lebanon and Syria's request for aid.

i I a With fields and roads flooded, front line soldiers and marines have to be supplied by means of amphibious vessel. And trying to storm Japanese hill positions is like hitting an uphill beach from a swirling sea. As a result, practically all ground fighting even normal patrol activity is at a stand still on 70-mile long doorstep island to Japan. Rain can stop men, but it can't stop steel. Although the Japanese are having a let-up from our frontal attacks, there has been no pause In the American sea and air bombard ment.

Guns Bombard Island Tonight's communique from Guam says heavy guns of battleships, cruisers and detroyers have teamed up with land-based and Carrier aircraft in the latest barrage. The shelling and bombing destroyed what the bulletin calls a "considerable" "Ice Japanese troops maneuver- suuln at lne center 01 eueiiiy une across tne island. The enemy troop movements below Shuri indicate the Japanese may be aoout ready to abandon the outer defenses of the fortress city. Strong combat patrols of the 77th infantry division have probed well into the permieter of Shuri. They report that me jap defenses are the strongest yet encountred In Okinawa campaign.

Abandon Positions But Japanese troops before the firct marina 1 UAruuuil lidtC wren UU" served destroying and abandoning their cave positions, apparently because they are indefensible. The stores suPPes the caves to prevent them, from falling Into American hands. At other points along the Island, the Japs apparently are taking advantage of the rain to dig in deeper where they are. The Americans are taking advantage of the lull by sending in reinforcements despite the heavy mud and swollen streams along the supply routes. Field dispatches say more than one million tons of supplies have been landed on Okinawa thus far and that the island soon win ho handling as much cargo as Honolulu.

casualties At the same time, the Americans (Continued On Page Four) Trinity Methodist Holds Memorial For Joseph Gerst Memorial services were held for Joseph Gerst in the Trinity Methodist Church last evening. The Rev. David Long delivered an appropriate sermon, the choir sang, "The Old Rugged Cross," and Catherine Reimard sang. "Mv Task." The music was reauested by the family. The front of the church was beautifully adorned with candles, each candle representing a member of the Church in the armed ser vices, and with flowers contributed by members of the Church.

Inner City Sweeps Stakes Roll on the Moose alleys, starts Tuesday night at 8:00 P. M. Teams Moose and Jeeps. This is the inner city league. Sweep stakes -rolled at the Moose, taking in the YMCA, Elks and Moose League.

All persons that would like to roll, see Slessle'r and Saunders of the Moose and Art Larwrence of the Elks an Mr. Wrighter of the WMCA. M29 What A Beautiful Morning! For Mike McDonald, who Is tryins to solve the help wanted problem with a novel classified advertisement. He offers to provide the ci-garets as an Inducement for would be employees. Workers and cigarets are scarcer than money these days so Mike figures that if he can get them together in a business working arrangement, his worries will bs over.

Lieutenant Richard Reedy is safe in France following his liberation from a German prison camp according to a most welcome letter received by his parents, Mr. and Mr. Fred O. Reedy, of Washingtonville, over the week-end. The son of the Kennedy-Van Saun Mfg.

and Eng. Corp. vice-president and general mfiitttger writes an interesting aftermath to the unconditional surrender of the Germans because his release by the Russians came just one day before the surrender in Europe was negotiated with the Allies. 'In his letter, the young man declared they were stationed in Sta- Twelve Limestone Township Pupils Given Certificates Tnroi-un nimik nf the Limestone Townsnip consolidated School re ceived diplomas at promotional exercises at the school house Friday evening at eight o'clock. The program consisted of: Song Star Spangled Banner.

Invocation The Rev. Luther Linn. Play Keeping in Your Health- Class. Sons The Old Rugged Cross- Helen Pfleeger, Helen Swank, Mar-tion Golder and Charles Swartz. Address The Rev.

Luther Linn. Song When The Clouds Roll By Class. Presentation of Diplomas Fred W. Diehl. Presentation of A.

W. Palmer Awards. Song God Is Love Class Benediction Rev. Luther Linn. The honor students of the eighth grade class were Leona Anderson, and Fred Bieber.

Fted W. Diehl, Montour County Superintendent of schools, pre-(Continued On Page Four) Court Has Busy Saturday Session Quite a few items were disposed of during the court session in the Montour County Court House at Danville, Saturday, with the Hon. C. W. Kreisher presiding and Associate Judge Fred Jenkins on the bench.

Alice G. Appleman, executrix of the estate of Bertha Appleman, deceased was discharged by the court. William A. Sponenberg was discharged as the administrator of the estate of Catherine B. Sponenberg, deceased.

In the divorce of Edward J. Brady vs. Margaret P. Brady, a discontinuance of the libel was allowed upon payment of all record costs. In the estate of William N.

Nei-(Continued On Page Three) I NO JOKE Atlanta, May 27 UP Someone with a rather curious sense of humor sent Atlanta, Georgia police and hospital workers into pretty much of a tailspin. A practical joker apparently Informed Atlanta police that a train had cracked up at Conlcy, an army depot 20 miles south of Atlanta. Over 20 ambulances roared to the scene of the accident, but found everything as it should be, no sign of a train wreck. Said an Atlanta hospital attendant: "This looks like a practical Joke, and one of the dirtiest I have ever heard of." Acute Shortage Of Most Teachers State College, May 27 Pennsylvania faces an acute shortage of pubic school teachers in every field except English and history, according to Dr. M.

R. Trabue, dean of the School, of Education at the Pennsylvania State College. "Wartime employment opportun ities," he explained. have robbed the schools of their backlog of qual-fied teachers, the great majority of whom will undoubtedly prefer to remain in industry where salaries are higher." This preference for industrial positions, he added, has left classrooms badly in need of industrial arts, home economics, and trade taechers. Predicting postwar emphasis on the study of modern farmng methods.

Dean Trabue said "a great immediate need" exists for agriculture teachers. The war-inspired stress on phy sical fitness, he added, has in creased the shortage of health and physical educaton teachers, while an inadequate number" of college students have been preparing to teach foreign languages. Nazis Made Big Error On Engineers London May 27 U.RJ American engineers reporting on the battle of Europe say allied engineering was underestimated by the German gen-ral staff by one thousand per cent. Nazi staff officers figured Americans could deliver only about one tenth of what actually went across the be'aches of Normandy in the first two weeks after D-day. Armed with false confidence, the Germans concentrated their forces in ports believing their possession meant a lot to the allied forces.

Township Highway Payments Slated Highway payments totalling have been approved by G. Harold Wagner, Auditor General of Pennsylvania, to nine second class townships in Montour County. The money is paid out of appropriations provided by the Legislature for the purpose. The Montour Townships and the sunt each will receive are: Anthony, Cooper, Derry, Liberty. $890.89: Limestone, Mahonine.

172- Mayberry Valley, West Hemlock, $229.09. Notice To Moose Members Regular Lodge meeting Monday, May 28th, at 8:00 P. M. Class initiation. Berwick Degree Team will officiate.

Lunch and etc. M28 Will Try To Avert Building Strike New York May 27 IIU.R) The regional war labor board will meet tomorrow to try to avert threatened evey business office and commercial tenance workers in New York City. The strike, if called, would tie up the elevator service for virtually business office and commercial building in Manhattan. Gives Report On Hospitalized Cases London, May 27 UP The chief surgeon of the European theatre of operations Major General Paul Hawley says fewer than. 100-thous-and American servicemen still are in European Hospitals.

Hawley says all of these men will be back on duty or sent home by July 10th. Large Class Of Students Receive First Communion A large class of pupils from St. Joseph's school received their first Communion yesterday morning at the 7:30 Mass. The Ven. Rev.

Thomas F. X. Dougherty was the celebrant, and addressed the large audience that crowded the church. He directed words of admonit ion to tne communicants, ana tne parents of the communicants with congratulation for instilling the fundamentals of religion into them at childhood. He expressed sincere thanks of the entire congregation to the good Sisters, who had instructed and prepared the recipients.

The children of the parish ren dered appropriate hymns for the services, and Miss Theresa Rooney and Shirley Ann Good served as angels, aecompanyng the procession to the altar. The church was appropriately decorated with candles and cuti flowers. Hundreds of local people lined the sidewalks last evening at 7:00 o'clock to witness the annual May Crowning. Prior to the servce In the church, the various Sodalities (Continued On Page Seven) Try a Classified Adv. maintains an air base and where the airplanes have a stop-over after a long water hop from England.

The base is used to refuel and reservlce planes which are taking troops home from Europe. When asked what he tnought of the long hours which he has to devote to duty in order to keep the planes moving, Sgt. Beaver stated that since it is the duty of the Air Transport Command to see that the soldiers are taken home, the sooner the job is done, the quicker the hard-working ground crews will get their rest and return home. On June 14th, Sgt. Beaver will have been in the service three years.

Aged 33, he is a graduate of Bloomsburg College and married. Prior to going Into the service, he was employed at the Ford Garage in Catawissa. Merchandise Club Now forming, tf JUDY MILLER SHOP lag Luft No. 1 without any prospect of immediate relief. There were 9200 officers at the camp, of which 1700 were American, and all were from the Allied air forces.

Events moved swiftly after their liberation, although up to the time that the Russians beat back the Germans and freed the camp, the prisoners of war Jiad no Intimation that their long weary months of confinement were about over. The letter, which was the first information the family has received that the young officer Is safe and in the process of being returned home, also stated that three days (Continued On Page Two) Intends To Level Off Price Bosses Washington May Elmer Thomas of the senate agriculture committee says the O-P-A has grown bigger than the government and that he intends to take it down a peg. Thomas has urged Congress to force the O-P-A to change its price policy in a way that would give processors of every agricultural commodity a reasonable profit. Valentine Plans To Quit Policing New York. May 27 (UP) Po lice Commissioner Valentine says he plans to retire, as he puts it, at the end of this year, or sooner." Valentine has spent 42 of his 63 years in the Police Department, and was the first uniformed man to become Commissioner.

Direct Relief Takes Large Drop Direct relief payments made to needy resdents of Montour County during the week ended today to-taUe $155.70. Last week payments totalled Payments aggregating were mailed to the twenty counties in Northeastern Pennsylvania served by the Treasury Regional Office in Scranton during the current week. Payments for the previous week totalled $21,607.60. 19,882 Warships In Construction Washington May A survey of naval power reveals that the navy has another 19-thousand and 882 warships under construction for the war against Japan. Upon their completion the United States fleet will boast a total of 127-thousand 268 ships of all types.

$360,000 $112,416.50 $237,583.50 Hero Weds Sweetheart In Whirlwind Romance Catawissa Soldier Heard Broadcast From Iceland Lucedale, May 27, UP America's newest sweethearts, world war two hero Jake Lindsey and Barbara Hargreaves, have been married after breathless courtship of less than a week. Lindsey, a soft-spoken southern boy of 22, returned to the states a week ago, a national hero. His first stop was Washington, where he received the Congressional Medal of Honor before a cheering joint session of Congress. His girl, Barbara, hurried from her home in Lexington, Massachusetts to meet Jake in Washington. Then the two went to Lucedale, Mississippi, Jake's home town, so they could get better acquainted.

They hadn't seen each other in four years since since they met on a blind date. But lt apparently didn't take them long to get reacquainted because they were married today by a Methodist minister in Lucedale a little southern town which Barbara says she has come to love almost as much as she loves Jake. Master Sergeant Elwood Beaver, son of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Beaver, of Catawissa, was heard in a broadcast over the "Army Hour," put on the air over a notional hookup yesterday afternoon.

The broadcast originated in Iceland, where the United States The Weather Cloudy and little warmer followed by showers and scattered thunderstorms Monday afternoon or evening. Tuesday fair with moderate temperature. THERMOMETER READING 11 P. M. 58 Above Zero Midnight 58 Above Zero 1 A.

M. 58 Above Zero 2 A. M. 60 Above Zero 3 A. M.

60 Above Zero RIVER READING RIVER READING May 278:30 A. M. 6.20. 7:00 P. M.

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