"January 18, 1945 Page Three A ——— re I ——— i a » Combat Engineers Join’ Infantry for More Action SIXTH ARMY GROUP, FRANCE —In North Africa and in Sicily the soldiers of a combat engineer bat- talion operated tae beaches for the infantry, but after the landings at Salerno, those soldiers decwded that “beach life was too tame” for them, and began their career as infantry- men. Among this group is Pvt George EB. Lucas, of South Allegheny street, Bellefonte Although they had been carefully and fully trained as engineer in- fantry training started almost im- mediately. Now they are on the line Local Man's Regiment Took | i in the Sixth Army Group sector in! France | The soldiers in the battalion were, given the best infantry training available. The famed Special Ser- vice Force taught them patrolling on | the Anzio beachhead. Before that, | they had been given many tips and | much instruction on the tricks of the Infantry by hard-bitten Rang- ers took one crew of engineers and] taught them how to fire mortars, so | that those engineers claim to have |#——— i the only mortar squads in any en-| |gineer organization in the world | - ye 3400-foot Italian Peaks Sgt. Robert D. Confer, of Howard, D. 1. squad leader: Pvt, Francis M. Moriarty rifleman, and Pl Steve M. Sefcik, ammunition bear- er, both of Hawk Run, are members of the 338th “Polar Bear” Regiment which ntly wattered the vital of the vaunted Gothic Line, taking Italian peaks as high as 3400 feet east of Highway 65 and Futa Pas The 339th Infantry Regiment 1 the 85th “Custer” Division, part Lieutenant General 's Fifth Army The 339th landed In March 15 after a training period in North Africa, and was th st 1 of the 85th Division in he e when it was committed i the following day Under command of Col ner W. Brady, Los Angeles the “Polar Bears” ave re captured strong cores of sistance, above the level points nestled beh intense minefield vorks r Fifth Army opened up last May 11 raced ahead on the Tyrraenian Ses coast, shattering its objective In the Gustay Line. Having passed through Scauri, Formia, Itri and Fondi i rapid succession, the 339th pplied R in of Truscott, Jr K 1 {oO § nel Brook- Calif rocks cloud and 18- urtains iy ire, 517 thus lv i took « { mile n human pack trains, passed 12 miles undetected over rug- ged mountain terrain and surprised the strongly fortified hillside town of Sonnino. The Sonnino garrison was completely cut off and Highway gouth of the Pon- by mule and waled off Marshe 339th pa rossed the rest. It wld a near Plorence In the Gothi 330th broke through at most firmly held point Mt. Frena tine The June 35, « a brief tne line to Amo River through Rome Tiber River and back along od took went into tretch the Line me moved Mt. Col- and Mt Lo capture and oreta, dominating Firen subsequently took Mt. LaFine Bibele and Castlevecchio Colonel William T. Fitts, Jr rentown, North Carolina aynmand of the 339th The “Polar Bear: : World War it-deep zuola Ware recentiy in the wal front ingrad in between iiing at the U in maneuvers Loulsiana t landed of 1043 participated and California in North Af- sissippi, The rica regunen in the fall Allport Soldier C. Maurer red f Mr. and of Allport Mrs have received ° the War Department that ti Pic. Glen C. Maurer ported as missing in action cember 18, 1944, over Pvt. Maurer has Franklin Maurer European war area Miss Grace Maurer and Mrs. Ruth Conwa) sey, and a brother, Joe, at George has been re- ince De- somewhere in the and two sister ¢ DPhil Youd [ Philadelphia, nome CLOTHING FOE MEN & BOYS BELLEFONTE LEWISTOWN of New Jer- i; British General Dies In Luzon Operation attack Jan. 6 American war Lumsden ter Chu ive Cen headquarter in Nov presumably was killed dur vasion of Luzon Island in Ppines when Japanese plane the American convoy corps Eigath Jip in LO ippointed ull as his speci Pp MacArthur’ m’ ~ C ya Lumsden f commander in {Army in Africa tacked rmerly Was British Qa the — Pasi Arrives in New Guinea Fobert LL. Davis, 8 1/¢c rived in New Guinea, according word received by his parents and Mrs. TOurman L. Davi Lamb street. Bellefonte Seaman Davis had made to Italy Nas ar- Mr of West Previously three trips ves Mothors S40 Wey Children’s Colds To Relieve Miseries of Acts Promptly to Help Relieve Coughing Spasms, Congestion and Irritation In Upper Bronchial Tubes upper bronchial tubes with its special medicinal vapors > SiH chest and back surfaces like warming, com- forting poultice Because its penetrating stimulating acuon (as illustrated) brings such grand relief, most young mothers rub VapoRub on the throat, chest and back at bedtime. It starts towork at once and keeps on working for hours to bring relief. Invites rescful sleep. Often by morning most of the misery of the cold is gone! ONLY VAPORUB Gives You chis special double action. It is time. tested, home-proved ... the best known home remedy for relieving miseries of ICKS children's colds. Try it! VaroRus Here's PILLSBURY'S BISCUIT BAKE ... and your baking; So" EE En --, BISCUIT BAKE ! 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The citation a« award reads as foll “On July 11. 1914 violently counteratiacked Sgt During Lhe couse battle his squad had casuallle although g wounded enen all of art anc we service on May 13, 1941. He train- t Port Meade Md. at P. Hill Va. and at Camp Blandi Fila bx { October 4, 12 oth Di od a 10Te gOINE overseas He was ision in Fran ¢ Foll Was In a tationed with the England D-Day wing nut spital I December 12 » Was admitte pital, Staten hort time he in Bellefon! for Rom« Nn Battle further treatment Ga Arrives in France Pvt. Stewart H. Pletcher in Prance the latter part of Novem. ber, according to letlers written his wife. Pyt. Pletcher was called for service on April 5, 1044. He was sent to the induction center at New Cumberiand, Pa., and from there to Fort McClellan, Ala. for 17 woeks of basic training. After spending 11 days with his wife and children he reported to Fort Meade, Md He spent five weeks there and left for Massachusetss, where he left for overseas. Before entering the ser. vice Pvt. Pletcher was employed al the Warner Co. plant in Bellefonte - - Arrived to Son Reveals Nature of Wound Mr. and Mrs, Carl Pelix of Mon. ument, have received a letter from | thelr son, Sgt. Charles T. Pelix, rel ative to the wound “1¢ received In {the right shoulder The letter was printed with his left {hand and dated Dec, 23 He told his [parents that “we Is In a hospital In ia sale place but could not give no {more Information. 8o far no ofMcial : fom shrapnel | War Department message has been son, Technical _— . Serving in Italy ; Pvt. Kenneth CC, Clouser “ With Air Crew Cpl. Donald LL. Quick Cpl. Curry Awarded Bronze Star Medal A M France emy i omy men crawj were first ale the disregare Corporal Fred men were given f uated immediate]: Cpl. Curry is GG. Curm address Chester Hill Sergeant Is Reported Missing the husbe who resides al A telegram was received by Mr and Mrs. Walter Lamb, of Chester Hill, Friday afternoon from the War Department, announcing that their Sergeant William | received. He is a radio operator with | Boward Lamb, is reported missing in | {the Beventh Armored Division EN ——————— fn . Promoted to Lieutenant | Edward N. Penton has been pro- moted from the rank of ensign to | Heutenant (jg) in the United Bates | Navy He has been in the Navy ten vears, and Is located at Seattle, Washington, Lieutenant penton is a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Fenton, of Pullipsburg. ———————— Arrives From Pacific Areas | Ensign Russell Yorks, son of Mr {from Philipsburg High School | action since December 21, 1044, In! | Germany. ! T-Segt. Lamb was graduated | in' 1040, and had been working in Ni- | agara Falls, N. Y., with the Alki Company before entering the service A younger brother, Pfc. Waller Lamb, Is serving in the European WAr area, having gone overseas the latter part of October, 1044. He en. | listed during his senior year in Phil. | Ipsburg High School when he was bridge, Md, Gas been transferred to! seventeen years old. i ———— Judging from the reports of accel "eame Serving in Belgium W. Hubler James ' Sandy Ridge Soldier Awarded Bronze Star } Howard R.D. Soldier Recovering in Hospital 5 Nea With Fighting Tank Battalion A brilliant North Africa and Italy i the men of a Battalion, fighting Seventh rm) in tw Saar Basin German Sgt. Paul Poorman of Pleasant Gap Is attached to this Battalion which into Southern France on D day and took part in the chase of the German 19th Army north thru the Rhine Valley. When the Ger mans made a stand in the Vosges mountains, the battalion turned the heavy guns of its M-10 tank des. troyers against the strong points and played a large part in the drive that smashed the Nazi line and drove them out of Alsace-Lorraine and behind the Siegfried line - - Arrives Safely Overseas Mrs. Alfred S8chnars, of South Philipsburg, has received word from her husband that he has arrived safely somewhere in Italy, She also received word from Ger brother Pvi. Raymond Hoover, that he has arrived safely in England. BAh say that they are well an .. Now in California Harold Coble, 8 1/¢, who recently completed a radio course at Bain. recor establish being I Tank with W up to in» troyer Ameri southern All : ol Shoemaker, Cal, Seaman | November Son of Former County Poets’ {orner Lf A SATLOR'S THOLGHTS back Ome thu were AIDE Ba hen u wi BOTY When i the alone ChE 8 } GRANLY Ga) back for 10 quit And start or home OM 3'¢ Pa CASSIDY He ie fonte GAYLORD | - Pilot Receives Promotion Ist L.t William J. Fleck, 25 of 136 Penn street, Bellefonte, whose wife Mrs. Bettie FP. Fleck, resides al the same address, was recently promoted from the rank of second leutenant 14. Fleck is a pilot with a B-24 Lib- erator heavy bombardment group of the 15th Air Poree In Italy. A graduate of Bellefonte Hh School he entered the Army Alr Forces on 20, 193, at Harrisburg, and received training at Stutigart, Ark Disappointed Uriah Kitchen, of Beech Creek, Coble's| World War 1 veteran, went to Wil. wife and three children live on SL | liamsport last week to join the Sea- Paul street, Bellefonte. He was em- | bees and was sent (0 Philadelphia dents in the dally press the fiunt«| ployed as a bus driver by the Johns: | where he was rejected on age. His Ing season was successful, from the ton Bus Company before entering grandfather, for whom he was nam- Woman Killed in Action Centre County Men Receive Baptism of Fire In France Furlough Bellefonte Sea-Bee Cited for Extra Duty WiscAmericans Now Fight COUGHS or Bronchial leritations Due Teo —With Buckley's “Canady ¢ Lemon Juice Recipe Checks Rheumatic Pain Quickly White Bros. Drug Slere Better—or Just as Good? M We want something better OST of us aren't satished with buying=—or growing or manufacturing—something that’s “just as good.” \ And, in most cases, that something better comes through competition. For competition—real competition—is something be- sides two people making, or offering for sale, the same goods or services. It involves a lot more. And anybody who serves the public prospers because he has something better to offer—whether it's quality, prices, service, or just a clean appearance and a pleasant smile. Real competition doesn’t come from punitive taxes, og subsidies, or any other sort of horse-race handicapping to make everybody in business start even. For it isn't equality that's needed; it's the swequalities that are the true measure of progress. Real competition is the kind that encourages the manufacturer, the farmer, or business man to get his quality up, his costs down, and to develop new things his customers want. It's this kind of competition that produces something better rather than something just as good=-that insures to the public a steady increase in the value it gets for its money. Geweral Electric Company, Schemectady, N. Y. Heor the G-E rodio progroms “The GF Allg! Orchestra” Sendey 10 pom. EWT, NBC "The World Today" news, Monday fwough Fridey 6.45 pm EWT, CA5="The G-E Mowe Party,” Monday Mrough Friday 4.00 pm. EWT, CBS. BUY WAR BONDS ed, fought in both the Mexican and | Civil Wars, his son, Donald, Is in A moralist is one who knows how|the Marines and a nephew, Robert otter people should live. Kitchen, Jr. is in the Army i standpoint of the animals | service. Nothing makes some people % { i. GENERAL @ ELECTRIC pet 4 busy as a [ttle bit of work
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