PAGE TWO PRESS-COURIER | Thursday, January 3, 1946. Chronolo AIO ony THE WAR January 1-U. S. Third army attacks north of Bastogne against German's Belgium salient. In France the Germans at- tack U. 8. Seventh. American forces made a small gain in Italy. In the Pacific American planes raid T.a. zon and Negros islands in the Phil- ipDines, 8—German bulge in Belgium com- ressed by new Allied gains. 10—Forces under General MacArthur invade Luzon, in Philippines. 17—Warsaw, Polish capital, falls to Rus- sians. 23—Russian forces reach Oder river. U. S. First army strikes near St. Vith, Belgium. British advance north of Aachen, Gerinany. 29—Russians reach a point 93 miles from Berlin. American Third army enters Germany for first time near Oberhausen. rench forces also smash across border. February 3—First U. S. cavalry enters Manila. 6—Manila falls to U. S. forces. 10—U. S. First army gains control of main Roer river dam. U. S. superfortresses raid Jap from Guam base, hitting Tokyo d trict in daylight. 12—Decisions cf Big Three meeting at Yalta, Russia, announced 13—Budapest, to Russians. 17—U. S. troops land on Bataan, out- side Manila. 21—Americ Thunderbolt planes bomb | Berchtesgaden, Germany, Hitler's mountain retreat. March 2—Chinese stronghold an is- Hungarian capital, falls Chaling, important Hunan province. many’s fourth largest First army fons of incendiary take in ombs in heaviest raid. 12—American troops invade Mindanao island in Philippines. 16—London area hit by V-2 bombs, launched from Belgium and Holland. 17—Coblenz, Germany, captured by U. S. Third army. Resistance of Japanese on Iwo ends | after long fierce battle. 21—-U. S. Third army enters Ludwigs- hafen. German troops in rout. 26—Seven Allied armies advance east of the Rhine river. April 2—U. S. Tenth army invades Okinawa. 13—Vienna, capital of Austria, capitu- lates to Ukrainian armies of Russian orces. 19—Leipzig, fifth city of Germany, falls to U. S. First army. U. S. Seventh army berg, Nazi ‘‘shrine’” city. 25—Berlin encircled by first two Russian armies. 26—Bremen falls to British Second army. Russians capture Stettig. important Baltic port. U. S. First army First Ukrainian army j 2 nad wy gokies Nurem- 1 Russian ge over American tanks push€across border to Austria and capture Gegenbach. Lt. Gen. Kurt Dittmar ‘gives self up at Magdeburg, admitting war is over. 28-—False surrender report denied offi- cially by President. 29—Benito Mussolini, former Italian pre- mier, is executed by Italian parti- sans near Dongy, Italy. U. S. Seventh army enters Munich, birthplace of Nazi party. Venice and lan, major cities, fall to U. S. Fifth arm 80—Russian flag flies over German Reichstag building, as resistance weakens. May 1—Premier Stalin of Russia in May day proclamation hails approaching Al- lied victory, saying ‘‘the collapse of Hitlerite Germany is a matter of the immediate future.” ® 2—A million German soldiers, sailors and airmen in Italy and of Austria surrender, under uncondi- tional terms signed April 29 at Caserta, Italy. Berlin capitulates to Russian armies under Marshals Zhukov and Konev. Allied combined forces invade Bor- Italian y. neo. 4—All German forces in northwest Ger- many, the Netherlands, Denmark, Helgoland and the Frisian islands surrender unconditionally to British Field Marshal Montgomery. 8—German army group G, comprising 400,000 men, surrenders to U. S. General Devers. In the north Rus- sians take Swinemuende, and two important islands. U. S. Third army advances into Czechoslovakia and Austria, taking 922-U. S. war and_navy secretaries re- lease news on Japanese bomb-carry- ing balloons, stating that they are of slight militaxy importance. : 28—Tokyo hit by 4,000 tons of incendiary bombs from 500 superfortresses. 27—Chinese capture Nanning. June 3—U. S. Third fleet, under Admiral Halsey, raids Japan from carriers 18—Daylight raid made on Osaka. This marks the 77th superfortress raid on Jap 90,401 Japs were killed, 4,000 c: tured. American losses were 11,260 killed, 33,769 wounded. 28—All of island of Luzon, largest of Philippines, is liberated. July §—ENTIRE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS LIBERATED, AND CAMPAIGN VIR- TUALLY OVER, GENERAL MAC- ARTHUR ANNOUNCES. 14—U. S. Third fleet battleships shell : Honshu island bases, only 275 miles h of Tokye. This is first direct attack on home islands of apan. pan party wins British election. 31—U. S. destroyer force of Third fleet shells Shimizu, aluminum production center on Honshu island, Japan. ~'S. Twentieth air force drops leaf. } lets on 12 Japanese cities, warning | them that they were marked for de- truction. August | 3—Berlin conference on Germany's fu- i ture ends. 6—ATOMIC BOMB USED FOR FIRST TIME IN WAR, LEVELS four square miles of Hiroshima, Japan, kills 50,- 600 Japs W ERA IN WARFARE REGINS YOUR HEALTH From the Cambria County Medical Society and the Medical Society of Pennsylvania How much carbon monoxide gas will a derby hat hold? Safety engineers have been ex- perimenting to find out how much carbon monoxide leaks into a clos- ed motor car. They claim the amount of ex- haust gas a derby hat will hold, if free in a closed car, will, after 8—RUSSIA DECLARES WAR ON JA. | PAN and begins offensive operations | in Manchuria. | 9—SECOND ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED | ON NAGASAKI, JAPAN, razing one- | third of city. Total killed 10,000. | This bomb was more powerful than one that blasted Hiroshima. | 10-JAPAN OFFERS TO SURRENDER, provided Emperor Hirohito is left in wer, ussians advance 105 miles into Man- ria. 11—President Truman replies to Japanese peace offer that Hirohito will be re- tained temporarily. 12—Russian armies continue advance, reaching 155 miles into Manchuria. 14-JAPAN SURRENDERS UNCONDI- TIONALLY. mperor Hirohito agrees to accept terms of Potsdam declaration. President Truman an- jounces capitulation of Japan at p. m. General MacArthur is appointed su- preme commander for the Allied pow- ers, to make all arrangements on surrender details, and to set up mili- tary government. 16—New Japanese cabinet formed, head- ed by Prince Naruhiko Higashi-Kuni. 27—Japanese commanders of Truk, Rota, Yap and Jaluit negotiate to lay down arms, In Philippines, General Yamashita prepares to quit. 28—First of U. S. occupation troops land in Japan. Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright and 35 other high-ranking officers of American, British and Dutch armies who had been prisoners of Japs at Mukden, China, are flown to Chung- ing. 31—General MacArthur establishes head- quarters at New Grand hotel in Yoko- hama. September 1—Main force of U. 8. Eighth army lands at Yokohama and spreads out | in surrounding area. British forces land at Hong Kong. | 2—JAPANESE SURRENDER TERMS | OFFICIALLY SIGNED on U. S. Ba tleship Missouri in Tokyo bay. 6—Army and navy casualty figures re- leased. otal army dead since Dec. 7, 1941, all theaters is 203,379; navy, 53,617. Wounded, army, 571,589; navy, | 79,672. 10—Japanese imperial staff ordered dis- solved by General MacArthur { | 11—Former Jap premier Hideki Tojo at- tempts suicide by shooting, but fails and is saved by American medical | aid. ‘Big Five' conference opens in Lon- | don, as foreign ministers of the | United States, Britain, Russia, France and China meet for pre- liminary arrangements of peace problems. October 2—Gen. George Patton removed military governor of Bavaria. 5—Japanese cabinet resigns. 9—Pierre Laval condemned to death as a traitor. 22—French Communists win number of seats in Assembl 24—Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian orationist, executed as traitor. 26—Chinese Central government Communist forces clash. November 1—British government plans to ‘na- tionalize'’ civil airlines, radio and cable systems. 2—Arabian Nationalists call general strike, and riot in Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and Palestine. 10—Chinese Central government troops clash with Chinese Communist forces near Shanhaikwan. British Indian troops open drive against rebel army in Java. 18—Revolt flares in northern Iran, zone occupied by Russian troops. 20—German war grimginais go on trial at Nuernberg. as largest y. collab- and in capital of Iran, but Iranian forces ta enter territory now occupied by Russians. December 3—General MacArthur orders arrest of 59 prominent Japanese as war crim- inals, including Prince Nashimoto and two former premiers. U. S. lends 550 million dollars to France through Export-Import Bank credit for rehabilitation purposes. 7—Jap general Tomoyuki Yamashita, “Tiger of Manila,” condemned to die by hanging for war crimes. 11—Kussia agrees to allow Chinese Na- tionalist troops to fly into Manchuria take over several strategic cities. 13—British and French Syria and the Levant. 16—Prince Fumimaro Konoye, of Japan's royal family, committed suicide rath- er than stand trial as war criminal. 17—Foreign ministers of Russia, Great Britain and the United States begin atomic parley at Moscow. DOMESTIC —— A eT Siew pact on January 3—Congress reconvenes. Sam Rayburn is re-elected speaker of the house. 8—President Roosevelt delivers message to congress, urging a National Serv- ice act; use of 4F in war service; a draft of nurses; universal military training after the war; a new tax program for peace. 9—President’s budget message sets ex- enditures for 1946 fiscal year at 83 illion dollars. 20—President Roosevelt inaugurated for fourth term. February 19—All places of entertainment are or- dered closed at midnight by War Mobilization Director Byrnes, to save light and fuel. March i—Henry A. Wallece is confirmed as secretary of commerce by senate, |; 56 to 32. ; : 7—William Davis is appointed director of economic stabilization by the Pres- ident, to succeed Fred Vinson 18—Nine army officers are raised to full generals by the President. They are: McNarney, Bradley, Krueger, Somer- vell, Spaatz, Kenney, Clark, Devers and Handy. April 12--PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT DIES at Warm Springs, Ga., of cerebral hem- age. Vide President Harry S. Truman takes oath of office as President. He asks cabinet members to continue to serve. Fresident Truman addresses a joint session of congress, saying that “we must carry on as Roosevelt would want us to do.” 24—Senate extends draft for one year. with amendments. 95—United Nations conference opens at San Francisco with 46 nations repre- 16-- sented. 27—War Production Board revokes 40 controls over industry, affecting a variety of consumer goods. May 2—The President asks for reductions in 1946 federal budget, totaling 80 mil- lion dollars. Various war agencies are affected. President Truman names Robert H. Jackson, associate justice of the U. S. Supreme court, to be chief counsel for the United States on the allied war crimes tribunal. Robert E. Han- negan, chairman of the Democratic national committee, is appointed ostmaster general, succeeding rank Walker. half an hour’s driving, produce symptoms sufficient to decrease a driver’s efficiency at the wheel. There are many unexplained ac- cidents on the highway. Automobiles are driven off the road into trees, or they are driven into other automobiles. Safety engineers are of the opin- ion that carbon monoxide gas is the cause of many highway acci- dents. We know what carbon monoxide gas from a running motor in a closed garage can do. It kills a great many persons | '91—Lend-lease ends, except } ments already made but not deliv- | refuse to allow |. each year. 8— President officially announces surren- r of many. Nation celebrates gule ly. 16—Controls on manufacture of farm ma- chinery lifted on most items by War Production Board, Only 19 of the Pjevious 98 articles now limited. 21—-Most of striking coal miners return to work. Only seven of the 333 mines seized by the government hold out. 23—Several changes in cabinet made by President Truman. Thomas Clar! replaces Francis Biddle as attorney general; Lewis Schwellenbach be- comes secretary of labor, replacing Frances Perkins; Clinton Anderson replaces Claude Wickard as secre- tary of agriculture. June 9—Gen. George Patton, Lt. Gen. James Doolittle return to U. S. and receive ovations. Gen. Omar Bradley, who came back June 7, is honored at birthplace in Randolph Co., Mo. 30—James F. Byrnes appointed secretary of state by President. July 2—President Truman presents United Nations charter to senate, urging “prompt ratification.” 4—Agriculture department estimates number of rsons living on farms, as of Jan. 1, to be 25,190,000, lowest in 35 years, and 17 per cent decline from 1940. 7—Millions of counterfeit red ration cou- pons are floating, reveals, particularly in large cities. Six men arrested in this connection in New- ark, N. J. 12—Penicillin made available to public, beginning Aug. 1. 20—House passes senate bill on Bretton Woods international money accord. 28—Senate ratifies United Nations char- ter. August 7—Addition of 158,000 barrels a day of high test gasoline to national quota practically doubles supply to civil- 1ans, petroleum nounces. 8—President Truman signs United Na- tions charter, making U. S. first na- tion to accept famous document in full. 14—Official presidential proclamation an- nounces end of war with Japan. War manpower controls are lifted en- tirely, WMC announces. 15—Gasoline, fuel oil, canned fruits and vegetables removed from ration list. 16—Army and navy procurement depart- ments cancel orders for munitions, ships and suppiies for 16 billion dol- lars. Riotous peace celebration in San Francisco ends with ten dead, any injured and property damage and losses from looting very heavy. Navy personnel barred from city. 19—Churches of nation offer prayers of thanks for victory. administration #n- | { | | for commit- | ered. | 29—Army announces demobilization plan. | September 2— President in radio address on offi- cial V-J day praises armed forces. 5—Congress reconvenes. Reconversion, demobilization, taxes and budget \ are among great problems faced. : —President’s message to congress contains 21 points, designed to speed return to peacetime living. 12—House votes to restore country to standard time, effective Sept. 30. 20—Senate passes compromise unem- ployment benefit bill, providing for ments up to 26 weeks at from 0 $28 weekly, as determined by state laws. 286—President Truman states that he will take full responsibility for de- velopment of the atomic bomb and atomic energy. The secret of the b will not soon be divulged, le assures. { —favdlving gins Adustry, auto manufacturing, coal mining, and numerous service in- : dustries. 28—Round-the-world air service initiat- ed. First flight begins from Washing- ton as 40-passenger Skymaster takes off on first leg of 23,147-mile journey, will stop at Bermuda. ‘October 3—President Truman asks for creation of commission to control atomic lace wires an- omb. 23—Radio system to re % nion Telegraph nounced by Western 0. 27—President Truman outlines 12-point program on foreign policy. 30—President Truman recommends *‘sub- stantially higher wages,” but warns factory workers and others that they cannot expect the same “take-home pay’ a uring 30—Rationing of shoes ended. November 1—Senate passes bill reducing income tax levies, and repealing excess rofits tax and automobile use tax. 5—ILabor-management conference opens in Washington. i} 10—British Premier Attlee arrives in Washington. '15—Pearl Harbor inquiry opens 19—President Truman asks congress fr national compulsory health insur- ance act. 21—United Auto Workers union goes on strike at all General Motors plants. 23—All rationing of meat and butter terminated. 27—Strikes begin at several Montgomery, d and Co. plants and stores. 28—Admiral Halsey raised to five-star rank of admiral of the fleet. December 2—President Truman's aid asked in housing shortage crisis. 3—Grand championship in fat cattle competition won for fourth consecu- tive time at Chicago by Karl Hoff- man and Robert Storz of Ida Grove, i 3—Government agencies announce that 400,000 tires will be released to civ- ilians from military stock piles with- “in a month, with more to follow. \ 7—Governor Green of Illinois delivers . speech at opening session Oo e- publican National committee that is considered first blast in 1946 con- gressional campaign. 12—Sugar rationing will have to extend y to 1947, declares Earl Wilson, chief of sugar branch, U. S. D. A. President Truman asks for price ceilings on old and new housing, and reinstatement of priority sys- tem on building materials. 16—President Truman laid down U. S. olicy in China as Gen. George C. Frarsnall departs for Far East. _SPORTS ‘January . 1—Southern California U. wins annual i Rose Bowl game, defeating Tennes- { e, Duke 29, l 12; Shrine game at San Francisco, West 13, East 7; Southwestern u. { 35, National U. of Mexico 0. wins Los Angeles ; 3—Sammy Snead : with score Open golf tournament 3 of 283. |26—New York Yankees Sod syndicate headed by Larry McPhail. February ,13—Byron Nelson wins New Orleans Open golf tournament after playoff of tie with Jug McSpaden, 124- New York Athletic club retains : team title in National AAU wack and fleld meet. The continued use of old cars adds to the danger of carbon mon- oxide gas seeping into the interior. Open seams in the muffler, muf- fler pipes broken in front of the rear wheels, and heaters drawing warm air from the front of a car contribute to the mysterious but tragic hazards of carbon monoxide. A large percentage of auto acci- dents have been unexplainable. Doubtless many accidents could be charged to lowered efficiency of drivers due to carbon monoxide gas in tightly closed cars. —Subscribe to the Press-Courier > ATOMIC BOMB March 10—James Rafferty wins Columbia mile in K. of C. meet in ew York, beats Gunder Haegg. 16—Melio Bettina and Jim.ny Bivins, i get a draw in 10- round fight in New York. 30—Joe Baksi gets decision over Lou Nova in 10-round heavyweight fight in New York. 31-Ohio State team wins title in NCAA swimming championship at Ann Ar- bor, Mich. April 2—Most valuable player award to Frank Sinkwich of Detroit professional football club of tional league. 15—National AAU women's swimming meet at Chicago gives title to San Francisco team, star of which is Ann Curti iven ions a Judge Kenesaw M. L June 9—Kentucky Derby is won by Hoop Jr. with Eddie Arcaro riding. 24—Sammy Byrd takes ‘‘Big Fore" golf tournament at Detroit, defeating Byron Nelson by nine strokes. July 1—National professional tennis title won by by Van Horn. 6—Tommy Holmes, Boston Braves right fielder, breaks modern mark for hits in consecutive games by hitting in 34th straight game. 8—Charles Beaudry of Marquette U., Milwaukee, wins NAAU decathlon in Bloomfield, N. J. 30—Byron Nelson takes All-American golf tournament at Chicago. August 8—Hambletonion Stake, nation’s trotting horse race, won by Hanover, driven by Harry Pownall, at Goshen, N. Y. 12—Michigan State college wins men’s I. onal AAU swimming champion- navy, rejoins Cleveland Indians and wins first game. 30—Green Bay football team, All-Stars in arnual cago, 19 t Packers, professional defeat coliegiate game at Chi- September 2—Mrs. Sarah Cooke, of Boston, de- feats Miss Pauline Betz, Los Angeles, | for women’s national tennis title, at Forest Hills, N. Y 3—-Sgt Frank Parker wins amateur national tennis Forest Park, men's title 31—Chicago Cubs clinch national league | uis. i pennant by defeating St. October 10—Detroit Tigers win world series from the Chicago Cubs. Total paid attendance for seven games, 333,457, a new record. Receipts, gross, $1, 592,454, also a record. '14—The Louisville Colonels of Ameri. can Association win ‘little world series’ from Newark Bears of In- ternational league, four games to two, at Louisville, Ky. 18—Joe Louis and Billy Conn sign for heavyweight champion fight for next June. 4 November 14—Phil Cavarretta, Chicago Cubs first , voted most valuable play- in National leagu er e. 1—Hal Newhouser, Detroit Tigers’ pitch- 2 er, § voted most valuable player in End of T iv PA § » Ria On th 1 December : 1—Army beats Navy 32-13. 10—Washington Redskins win eastern rofessional football title by defeat- bs New York Giants, 17-0. 13—Big league baseball meeting in Chi- cago ends. Pacific coast league re- fused major league status. DISASTERS —_ January 31—Day nursery in Auburn, Me. burns down. Sixteen children, one woman lose lives. February 12—Forty-three persons die and hun. dreds are injured a tornado sweeping through Meridian, Miss., eastward to Montgomery, Ala. March 8—Ohio river, since 1937, in highest flood stage spreads destruction in ive states, paralyzing transporta- tion and halting war factories. Damage estimated at half billion dollars. Ten deaths and many - juries result. April 13—A tornado smashing through parts of klahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Illinois, kills 100 persons, in- jures hundreds more Hardest hit is Antlers, Okla., where 58 die. June 15—Collision of passenger and freight train near Milton, Pa., kills 19, in- jures 20. A broken journal is cause. July 28--A B-25 bomber crashes into Empire State building in New York City. The three occupants of the plan and ten persons in building Killed, 25 injured. Fire sweeps entire floor. amage amounts to $500,000. August 9—Thirty-four killed, 40 injured, when second section of crack train hits fgap of first section near Michigan, 28—Hurricane roars on coast of Texas at 110 miles per hour for three days, causing floods and wind damage to many cities of coastal region. September 15—Hurricane inl vith per damage strikes Miami and travels peak velocity of 143 injuring 50 miles an of 60 million causing dollars. November 26—Fourteen school children and a bus driver drown when a school bus lunges off an embankment into 50 eet of water in Lake Chelan, near Chelan, Wash. December 2—Snowstorm, accompanied by violent wind, leaves 33 dead in path across the northeastern states. 13—Passenger train rams troop train in Chicago. More than a hundred sail- ors injured. : January 16—Seven billion dollars’ worth of liquor was swallowed in the United States during 1944, not counting bootleg, the department of com- merce reports, an 18 per ceat in crease over 1943. ORGANIZE CORPORATION A new corporation has been or- ganized in Huntingdon County to operate a food processing and a quick-freezing plant near Mt. Union. The concern will be known as the Shirley-Ayr Canning and Freezing, Inc., and will provide an outlet for Huntingdon County live- stock and farm products. A $55,000 contract has been let for remodeling a building on the property acquired by the firm. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE In the Estate of John Gresko, Late of Clearfield Township, Cam-~ lead- | | June | 13—Deanna Durbin, ships. | 26—Merle 22—Pitcher Robert Feller, released from | | th 29—Virginia (Ginny) at | 18—''Somewhere down the line someone made a mistake," regrets Secretary of War Stimson, referring to the bumping of three servicemen from an army cargo plane to make room for a dog. The mastiff was con- signed by Col. Elliott Roosevelt to his wife, Faye, in Hollywood, Calif. It had been purchased in England. February 7—Most popular songs, according to survey by Variety, theatrical maga- zine, are ‘Don’t Fence In," “Accentuate the Positive,” ‘Rum and Cocoa-Cola,” *‘I Dream of You,” and ‘‘There Goes That Song Again.” 24—-Greer Garson, screen actress, re- ceives gold medal as ‘‘most popu- lar star in the United States,” as choosen by Gallup poll. March 7—Booth Tarkington, novelist, awarded the Howells medal by the Ameri. can Academy of Arts and Letters. This honor granted only every fifth year. 15—Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman receive Academy of otion Pic- ture Arts and Science awards (“‘Oscars'’) for outstanding per- formances. April 21—Gloria Vanderbilt, an heiress of the famous Vanderbilt fortune, is married to Leopold Stokowski, noted orchestra conductor, in Mexico. May 16—Most popular songs, ‘‘Bell-B according to ottom Trous- ms rea me.” ain,” “Candy,” ‘My Are Getting Better All the Ti Leland S. (Larry) MacPhail, owner of the N. ankees, ries Jean B. Wanamaker, tn Balti- more. She had been his secretary. 21—Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bo- art, film stars, are married in Mansfield, O singing film star, and Felix Jackson, movie producer, are married in Las Vegas, Nev. Oberon, movie star, is mar- ried to Lucien Ballard, film camera- man, by proxy in Juarez, Mexico. [ July beginning is le in path extending from Idaho bough Montana and into Canada. Simms, radio and married to Hyatt executive, in 9—Total eclipse of the sun, at 7:58 a.m., eastern war time, screen singer, is R. Dehn, housing Beverly Hills, Calif. August 15—Most popular songs, according to Billboard theatrical magazine, are “On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe,” “Sentimental Journey,” ‘Bell- Bottom Trousers,” “If I Loved You,” | “Gotta Be This or That.” | September [ 2—Screen and Hutton weds Chicago business radio actress Betty ! Theodore Briskin, | man, in Chicago. 19—Shirley Temple, former child film | star, weds Sgt. John Agar, scion of a Lake Forest, Ill., meat-packing fortune, in Los Angeles. October 4—Round the world flight of the Globe- sters ends in ashington, Flight covered 23,279 miles in 149 hours, 44 minutes, including 33 hours 21 ' minutes ground ti 17—Most popular songs, according to illboard magazine are: “Till the ime’; “I u £4 e Atchison, Topeka al Fe'l; “Aldng the Navajo Trail’; “If I Loved You.” ‘November 13—A thousand U. S. navy men reply to attacks by Hawaiian bullies by smashing property in Honolulu. Fifty sailors are arrested. 26—A propeller-driven plane attains speed of 500 miles per hour in level flight, highest rate ever reached, ex- cepting by jet planes. Flight made at Wright field, near Dayton, Ohio, in army experimental model called XP-47J. December 2—Sale of great hoard of precious stones held by alien property custo- dian begins. More than 300,000 jewels seized from German interests are being released. 3—New treatment for allergy ailments announced by University of Illinois college of medicine. Drug is called benadryl. g—Delicate operation performed in Bal- timore on two-year-old Judy Hack- man of Seattle in effort to save life. Baby's heart is too small. 10—Carole Landis, movie star, married for fourth time. New husband is W. Horace Schmidlapp, movie producer. Gen. George S. atton Jr., war hero, suffers broken neck in auto ac- cident in Germany. 13—Mysterious illness strikes 74 U. S. seamen returning from Philippines. They are in Navy hospital at Val. lejo, Calif. January 16—U. S. Senator Francis T. Maloney, (Dem.) Conn., serving second con- secutive term. Dies in Meriden, Conn. February 2—William E. ‘Pussyfoot” 82, leader in prohibition dies in Binghamton, N. Y March 4—Charles W Bryan, brother of Wil- liam Jennings Bryan, and three- times governor of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb. April 8 Alfred V. De engineer, rofessor, Johnson, | crusade, Forest, 55, noted and radio in- 18—Ernie Pyle, famous war corre spondent, killed by machine-gun bul: le on Ie island, near Okinawa. May 14—Heber J. Grant, 88, president of | Latter Day Saints (Mormon church). in Salt Lake City. August 6—Sen. Hiram W. Washington, D. C. senate in 1917. Johnson, 79, in He entered the September 16—John McCormack, famed lyric tenor, 1 61, in Dublin, Eire. ‘November 10—John Thomas, U. S. senator from !"" Idaho, in Washington, D. C., at TL 21—Gen. Alexander Patch Jr. former commander of the Seventh army, and later of the Fourth, at 8an An- tonio, Tex. He was 55. 28. -Dwight Davis, 66, secretary of -ea in cabinet of Calvin Coolidge, Washington, D. C. Released by Wester. Newspaper Union. bria County, de- ceased: Notice is hereby given that Let- ters of Administration, c.t.a., in the Estate of the above named dece- dent have been granted to the un- dersigned. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make payment, and those having claims or demands against the same will make them known without delay to GEORGE GRESKO, Adminis- trator, R. D. 1, Box 44, Patton, Pennsylvania. C. 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It is a | left over from Indian practice ir | New England, where, because of | planed in hills, and, consequently | “hoed.” New Englanders followed | the same practice and even today | corn in many sections of the north Atlantic seaboard is still planted in hills in combination with climb- ing types of beans. #* % % | That, incidentally, is said by some to be the origin of the word, | succotash. With beans and corn | in planted combination, it was only | one step further to the cooking pot . and the still popular dish is | known as succotash. | | 1 | As for corn, there is an old cus- tom still in practice that a man finding a red ear of corn at a husking party has a right to kiss all of the girls present. % ¥% The French name for the Nia- gara River Le Riviere aux Chevaux . . . is sometimes mistak- hard bargain | | | enly interpreted as an indication that horses were known to the In- dians of the north. This is wrong. | The French referred to buffalo, from which the key city of the Ni- | agaga region takes its name. * 3 | Hoosiers believe in phonetic reg- | ularity. Consequently, they make | dish and fish sound like ‘‘deesh” and ‘“feesh’” not only because they go together in phonetics, but be- cause they have a logical associa- tion on the table. * ok * In New Hampshire there is a place in the river between Kittery and Portsmouth which is virtually impossible to maneuver in a skiff, dinghy or rowboat. A tide-rip, which, because it has defied so many rowers in the past, gives this colloquial name to the place: “Row and Be Damned Bend.” * ok % New England barometer: If bright sparks of glowing soot stream across the bottom of your stove lid when you lif} it, the ‘“sol- diers are marching. It means a storm. It's TRUE what they say about A beverage containing the finest ingredients. A distinc- tively different and delicious Cola drink, Hastings Bottling Works Hastings, Pa. 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There are plenty of other reasons why many thousands of men have enlisted, and more thousands are enlisting every day. You'll certainly want to know all of the opportunities open to you. If you'll read them carefully, you'll know why a job in the new peace- time Regular Army is being regarded today as “The Best Job in the World.” 4 January 31 2 THE LAST DAY FOR MEN NOW IN THE ARMY TO PRESENT GRADES BY REENLISTING... HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEW ENLISTMENT PROGRAM 1. Enlistments for 1%2, 2 or 3 years. (1-year enlistments permitted for men now in Army with 6 months’ service.) 2. Enlistment age from 17 to 34 years inclusive, except for men now in Army, who may reenlist at any age. 3. Menreenlisting retain present grades, if they reenlist within 20 days after discharge and before February 1, 1946. 4, The best pay scale, medical care, food, quarters and clothing in Army history. 5.-An increase in the reenlistment bonus to $50 for each year of active service since such bonus was last paid, or since last entry into service. 6. Up to 90 days’ paid furlough, de- pending on length of service, with fur- lough travel paid to home and return, for men now in Army who enlist. 7. A 30-day furlough every year at full pay. 8. Mustering-out pay (based upon length of service) to all men who are discharged to reenlist. 9, Option to retire at half pay for life after 20 years’ service —increasing to three-quarters pay after 30 years’ ser- vice. All previous active federal mili- tary service counts toward retirement, 10. Benefits under the GI Bill of Rights. 11. Family allowances for the term of enlistment for dependents of men who enlist before July 1, 1946. 12. Opportunity to learn one or more of 200 skills and trades. 13. Choice of branch of service and overseas theater in the Air, Ground or Service Forces on 3-year enlistments. PAY PER MONTH— ENLISTED MEN In Addition to Food, Lodging, Clothes and Medical Care * (a)—Plus 20% Increase for Service Overseas. (b)—Plus 50% if Member of Flying Crews, Parachutist, etc. (c) —Plus 5% Increase in Pay for Each 3 Years of Service. Private Master Sergeant or First Sergeant Technical Sergeant 114.00 Staff Sergeant . . Sergeant . . . Corporal . . . Private First Class . MONTHLY RETIREMENT INCOME AFTER: 20 Years’ 30 Years’ Service Service $89.70 $155.25 74.10 128.25 62.40 108.00 50.70 87.75 42.90 74.25 35.10 60.75 32.50 56.25 Starting Base Pay er Month $138.00 96.00 78.00 66.00 54.00 50.00 o eee i BE A “GUARDIAN OF VICTORY" AIR, GROUND, SERVICE Forces SEE THE JOB THROUGH U & AR MY U. S. ARMY RECRUITING STATIOw ® ® REENLIST NOW AT YOUR NEAREST 1207 TWELFTH AVE. ALTOONA PENNA,
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