The Ambler Gazette 19440824

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VOL. LXVI — 26
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AMBLER, PA., AUGUST 24, 1944
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JOHN HAICH MISSING T
Local Fighter Pilot Was Decor¬ ated for Meritorious Service
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First Lieutenant John J. Hatch, ' Thunderbolt fighter pilot, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis E. Hatch, of Whitemarsh, has been reported missing by the War Department since August 5. The official tele¬ gram did not state where the young man  went  down.
Hatch, who holds the Air Medal with one oak leaf cluster for "meritorious service in aerial flight over enemy occupied Europe," is credited with the destruction of four enemy aircraft.
He has been flying with a veter¬ an flghter unit operating out of England. It was this flghter unit which originated divebombing tactics with P-47's and later pione¬ ered with the Thunderbolt as a low-level strafing machine.
Hatch, who is twenty-six, is the husband of Mildred K. Hatch who resides at 116 Lincoln Terrace, Norristown. His brother, Lewis Hatch, Jr., is now receiving basic flying training at Keesler Field, Miss.
FILE MITCHELL ESTATE
According to the will of John H. Mitchell, flled for probate at Norristown on Friday afternoon, his $4,100 estate was placed in trust for his wife, Eva B. Mitchell.
Mrs. Mitchell will receive the income from the trust, which is to be held by the Ambler Trust Company. Part of the principal may be drawn upon.if necessary to that Mrs. Mitchell will receive a minimum of $100 monthly. Mrs. Mitchell and the bank are named txecutors.
For many years a coal dealer Ut Gwynedd Valley, Mr. Mitchell died on July 29.
LT. COL. JAY COOKE
INJURED IN FRANCE
Lieutenant Colonel Jay Cooke, 47, of Wyndmoor, former chair¬ man of the Philadelphia Republi¬ can Committee, was wounded in action in France and is now hos¬ pitalized in England, according to information disclosed by his wife. Mrs. Cooke said a letter from her husband did not, however, disclose the nature of his wound.
Cooke resigned as Republican City Chairman in IMl after a four- year-tenure, and entered the Army with the rank of captain. He saw Bervice in World War I, was cited for gallantry while in action with the 79th Division.
Chairmen Report;   Dr.   Lorenz
Writes  AI^BUt  Work in
Aleutians
Reports from the Board of Di¬ rectors and committee chairmen were given at the monthly busi¬ ness meeting of the Ambler Rotary Club, last Wednesday.
Abram W. Yetter, who has serv¬ ed in various positions in the club eince it was originally chartered In 1925, was appointed an honor¬ ary member.
President George Scherflf called upon the various committees for reports expressing special pleasure in the work of the publicity com¬ mittee under William R. Webster, chairman.
The committee on international service reported having held one meeting at which it was decided to hold one or two forum meet¬ ings this year with members of the committee presenting various phases of a controversial subject in the panel discussion, to be fol¬ lowed by general discussion in which the entire membership might participate. At the flrst forum meeting the recent publica¬ tion of Sumner Welles dealing with international organization after  the  war   will  be  discussed.
Richard Thomas presented a program of work for the fellowship committee of which he is chair¬ man. The committee asks that all members wear their badges at fu¬ ture meetings and that they sit at different tables each meeting so as to become more acquainted with one another. The committee also proposes that members share in ^ iitside fellowship activities and "./jild a stronger bond of fellow¬ ship   in   other   respects.
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WPB To Lift Ban on
Sale  ef  Ammunition
The temporary ban on sale of ammunition to hunters during the fall season will be removed, ac¬ cording to an announcement made by the War Production Board.
Action was taken because ani¬ mals and birds "are causing wide¬ spread destruction to crops and livestock in all sections of the country," WPB said. ' Actual date on lifting the sales ban will be announced later this week. The ban was originally im¬ posed in May, 1943, relaxed for the 1943 fall hunting season, and re¬ stored on January 1, 1944.
mn COMPLETES FIFIY-ONE MISSIONS
Oreland   Man   Goes   fo   Miami For Rest and Re¬ assignment
First Lieutenant Herbert F. Everitt, of 121 Bala avenue. Ore- land, who has completed fifty-one
LT. HERBERT F. EVERITT
missions over Japanese—held ter¬ ritory, has been home on twenty- one day leave. He left Tuesday for Miami, Florida, for a medical check-up at a rest camp before being reassigned to duty.
Lieutenant Everitt, who flew over Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands on his missions, was a bombardier on the Liberator, "Chester Morris." He has been decorated with the air medal with ten oak leaf clusters and the presidential citation.
The twenty-four-year-old officer is the son of Mrs. Robert Everitt. His brother, Sergeant Robert Ever¬ itt, is serving with the Signal Corps in New Guinea.
Lieutenant Everitt was commis¬ sioned at San Arigelo, Texas, in May, 1943, and was sent overseas in   October,   1943.
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Montgomery     County     Police
Chiefs' Association Holds
Outdoor Meeting
The third annual outing staged by the Montgomery County Police Chiefs' Association at the Manu¬ facturers' Country Club, Oreland, last Thursday, was attended by about 250 police officials and their guests.
Chief Lester J. Carpenter, of Ambler, president of the associa¬ tion, presided when the men gath¬ ered for the picnic supper follow¬ ing an afternoon of sports.
The fat men's race was cne of the highlights of the program, of baseball, golf, swimming, quoits and other competitive activties. Sports winners included: Golf, S. Bogg and Assemblyman Charles H. Brunner; quoits, Earl Shipman and Kenneth Kelly; fat man's race, Nicholas Seiscio; swimming race, George Flack; first home run in baseball, Charles Hollinger.
Among the guests present were: Raymond K. Mensch, county com¬ missioner; David Groshens, assis¬ tant district attorney; Charles H. Brunner, second district assembly¬ man; Harold C. Pike, manager of Cheltenham township; Judge Wil¬ liam F. Dannehower, of the Mont¬ gomery County Court; Coroner Winslow J. Rushong; Samuel Glass, sheriff; Dr. Frank P. K. Bar¬ ker, controller; and John Marshall, recorder of deeds.
Theodore Hallowell, new presi- den of the Pennsylvania Associa¬ tion of Police Chiefs' was intro¬ duced, and also David Ennis, form¬ er Whitemarsh chief, who is now a Washington detective.
Those on the outing committee included: James Ottinger, Upper Dublin, chairman; Kenneth Lear, Lansdale; Harry Steinmetz, Whitemarsh; Russell Pfletcher, Lower Moreland, and Andrew White, Springfield.
Fort Washington Youths
"Hitch" Ride To Lancaster
John Walker and Joan Bernette, both fourteen, of Fort Washington, lett their respective homes on Sunday morning to go fishing and when they failed to return home that evening, their parents appeal¬ ed to Upper Dublin police to search for them.
Monday morning the youngsters telephoned their parents and in¬ formed them they had "hitched" a ride on a freight train and were unable to get off until it arrived in Lancaster.
In the meantime, frantic rela¬ tives and Chief James Ottinger of Upter Dublin had instituted a search tor the missing pair. Chief O'tinger went to Lancaster to bring the children back.  0	
—"Some time and in some way the expanding power of bureau¬ cracy must be broken. B'ocking its growth is an essential service to the people."—Kansas City Star.
COUNTY REGISTRARS
ENROLL 2993 VOTERS
A total of 3770 new voters have been added to the rolls of regis¬ tered electors in Montgomery County through August 18, it was announced today by the County Registration Commission, compos¬ ed of Couny Commissioners Foster C. Hillegass, Fred C. Peters and Raymond K. Mensch.
The figure includes all persons registered since the beginning of the current registration period which began May 1 and runs to October 9. Traveling registrars, who have visited seventeen com¬ munities to date, have registered 2993 persons while the remainder, 777, have been registered at the office in the Court House.
Of the total number registered, 2186 are Republicans, 1512 are Democrats, 71 enrolled non-partis¬ an and one Socialist.
The future schedule for the Traveling registrars is as follows: August 24, Upper Moreland and Horsham; 25, Hatboro and North Wales; 28, Willow Grove; 29, Rock- ledge; 30, Bridgeport; 31, Jarret¬ town.
September 1, Pottstown; 6, Flourtown; 7, Barren Hill; 8, Wyndmoor; 11, Erdenheim; 12, Up¬ per Moreland and Oreland; 13, Jeffersonville; 14, Glenside, 15, Ab¬ ington; 18, Narberth; 19, Jenkin¬ town; 20, North Hills; 21, Nar¬ berth; 22 Cheltenham; 25, 26 and 27, Lower Merion; 28, Chelten¬ ham;  29,  Abington.
Scouts Win Awards At Delmont; Nineteen Boys Enjoy Activities
AMBLER MEN RECEIVE
PREFLIGHT TRAINING
At the San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center, potential pilots, bombardiers and ¦ navigators are receiving pre-flight training to prepare them for aerial instruction and duties as aircrew members in the Army Air Forces.
The future fliers are subjected to a rigorous ten-week program of instruction covering physical, academic and military training. At the Cadet Center, a unit of the AAF Training Command, they study maps and charts, aircraft identification, small arms and other subjects while being conditioned physically for the long training period ahead. Bombardiers, navi¬ gators and pilots receive the first five weeks of preflight instruction as a group, then are separated for specialized training.
The present class includes 172 from Pennsylvania, two of them from Ambler. The Ambler men are John William Merritt, 1 South Main street, and James B. Seelye, Morris road.
ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT OF ENSIGN BEN TOWNE
The engagement ot Miss Ruthe M. Herrmann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene E. Herrmann, of 429 South Clark street, Ferguson, Mo., and Ensign Benjfamin B. Towne, Naval Aviation, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Towne, of Three Tuns, was announced Mon¬ day night.
Ensign Towne, who has been home on leave for eleven days, left on Tuesday to report for duty at Jacksonville, Fla. Miss Herr¬ mann, who visited at the Towne residence during her fiance's leave, also left on Tuesday to re¬ turn home.
Ensign Towne, a bomber pilot, graduated from Penn Charter School in 1941. He entered the Navy March 11, 1943 and was stationed at New Castle, Pa., until June when he was transferred to Ath¬ ens, Ga. In September he was sent to St. Louis for three months, b^ng transferred to Pensacola, Florida, in November 1943 and then to Jacksonville. After a few weeks' further training in Chicago he came home on leave. He was com¬ missioned on May 16, 1944.
Ensign Towne will now serve as an instructor in dive bombing at Jacksonville.
Miss Herrmann graduated from Ferguson High School and from Southeast Missouri State Teachers' College. She is employed at the naval air station at St. Louis, Mo.
REPORTS AT KEESLER
Pvt. Lewis Emery Hatch, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis E. Hatch, Bethlehem pike. While- marsh, Pa., has reported to Keesler Field to take the Army Air Forces Training Command examinations to determine his qualifications as a pre-aviation cadet.
As an applicant tor training that will make him a flying officer, he will be given a series of medical and psychological tests at Keesler Field which will indicate the type of air crew training for which he is best suited by aptitude and per¬ sonal characteristics. He will also take other classification tests to measure his technical skills and aptitudes, and he will receive a number of phases of military train¬ ing here. Upon successful comple¬ tion of this processing, he will be sent to the proper Army Air Forces Training Command station to be¬ gin his training as pilot, bombar¬ dier or navigator, depending upon the position for which he has been found best qualified.
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Celebrate Golden Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Lee, ot Penllyn, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on Tuesday, August 15, and were recipients oi many lovely gifts and cards from th^ir, family and friends. The couple was married at Springhouse on August 15, 1894, by the Rev. Harry Lee, at the home of Mrs. Lee's foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Filman. They have six children, nineteen grandchildi'en and four great-grandchildren.
Nineteen members of Ambler Boy Scout Troop, No. 3, which meets at the First Presbyterian Church, Ambler, passed twenty- nine tests besides receiving many awards while spending last week at Camp Delmont, near Sumney¬ town.
The boys with their leader, Rus¬ sell K. Tompkins, returned home on Sunday after a successful week at the camp. This year's program abounded with interesting features and activities which kept the scouts interested at all times. Per¬ haps the most enjoyable feature was that of Pte McLaren ex-axe- champion of the U. S. and Canada, who gave each group an exhibition of log cutting and instructed the scouts in the proper method of handling an axe and cutting wood. Each troop conducted an axe throwing contest for troop cham¬ pionship, which was won by Jack Betts of Troop No. 3. In the finals on Saturday for Camp Champion¬ ship, Norristown Troop 4 won the honors.
In advancement the scouts pass¬ ed twenty-nine tests besides re¬ ceiving the following awards:
Harry Ott, senior, patrol leader, received the N. R. A. Pro. Marks¬ man award. Troop Rifle Director Course Certificate and 4th year Camper C. D.
Edward  Wood  received the N.
R. A. Marksman and N. R. A. Marksman 1st Class award, Troop Rifle Director Course Certificate and 3rd year Camper C. D.
Kenneth Becker received the Troop Waterfront Director Course Certificate, 3rd, year Camper C. D. and  1st Aid Merit Badge.
Martin Troster received the Troop Activities Director Course Certificate and 3rd year Camper C. D.
John Rile received the Troop Nature Director Course Certificate 1st Aid Merit Badge and 2nd year Camper C. D.
Charles Smith receiv d the Troop Handicraft Director Course Certificate, 1st Aid Merit Badge and 2nd year Camper C. D.
Joseph Shoemaker and Perry Selheimer received 2nd year Camper C. D's.
Richard Jervis and Jack Betts were advanced to 2nd class Scouts and received 1st year Camper C. D's.
John Burns, Jack Ledeboer and Walter Wenhold received the Troop Quartermasters Course Cer¬ tificate and 1st year Camper C. D.
Robert Baker received the Troop Nature Director Course Cer¬ tificate and 1st year Camper C. D.
Lynwood Stong received the Troop Handicraft Director Course award and 1st year Camper C. D. (continued  on page 2)
POSI ESTABLISHES
Amhler Legion To Act In Ad¬ visory Capacity To Men and Women
Norton Downs, Jr., Post, Ameri¬ can Legion, of Ambler, is prepared to help any service man or woman who wishes to apply for a pension, hospitalization or any other claim.
The post sent two delegates to the twenty-sixth annual legion convention at Harrisburg, last Wednesday, wjiere instructions were given in making claims for veterans.
Bernard Lindenfeld, deputy commander of the ninth district, and Walter Dickinson, commander of the Ambler post, were the local convention delegates.
Prior to the opening of the con¬ vention, Lindenfeld attended the service officers' conference held in the new House of Representatives' building. The conference was in the form of a class for the ser¬ vice officers of the state to acquaint them with the principal features of the G. I. Bill of Rights and other legislation for service men and wo¬ men. Prominent speakers at t^e conference were Deputy Adjutant General Frank "Weber and his staff and Colonel Paul H. Griffith, officer of the selective service board at Washington, D. C.
Any war veterans or persons now in the armed forces who need help of any kind are invited to get in touch with District Deputy Com¬ mander Lindenfeld or Post Adjut¬ ant Alex Willox.
The meetings of the post are held on the second Thursday of each month at the headquarters at Lindenwold and Park avenues. Ambler. Alt'service men and wo¬ men and veterans are welcome.
Schools Urged to Collect
Tin Cans Next Month
Dr. Francis B. Haas, state super¬ intendent f Public Instruction, in a letter today to school superin- intendent of Public Instruction, in increased activity in the collec¬ tion of tin cans, prepared for war purposes, as soon as the schools open next month.
Frank R. Fish, of Jenkintown, a member of the department's staff, was renamed as schools salvage chairman, and placed in charge of arrangements for the collections in cooperation with Colley S. Baker, executive secretary of the Advisory Committee on Salvage of fhe  State Council of Defense.
"The Government tells us," said Dr. Haas, "that the need for tin for war purposes is greater even today than last year.
"We want the pupils of every Pennsylvania school to regularly engage in the col'ection of pre¬ pared tin cans throughout the coming school year."
Dr. Haas pointed out that dur¬ ing the last six months of the last- school term, more than 37,000,000 cans were collected through the schools in the war salvage pro¬ gram.
Chairman Fish said that, begin¬ ning with September, pennants will be awarded monthly to the school in each county collecting the greatest number of prepared cans per enrolled pupils. The coun¬ ty pennants are to be contested for each month, and will be perman¬ ently awarded to the school hav¬ ing the best collection record in each county at the end of the school year.
Baker said that he' had arranged for the presentation of $150 in War Bonds each month to the three school pupils who collect the great¬ est number during each month by their own efforts and without the aid of other pupils. The first prize will be $75 in bonds; sec¬ ond, a $50 bond, and, third, a $25 bond.
PRIVATE OERIX KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE
Wife Notified of Soldier's Deatli
On July 7; Was In
Tank Corps
Private First Class James Lin¬ wood Derix, of Ambler, formerly of Phoenixville, died on July 7 in France according to a telegram re¬ ceived by his wife, Mrs. Betty A. r Derix, of 32 East Church street. Ambler.
Mrs. Derix was notified of her husband's death in a telegram re¬ ceived from the War Department on Friday evening. Several weeks ago she had been informed that he was wounded. Friday's telegram said that the Ambler soldier died the same day that he was injured.
Private Derix, who was twenty- nine years old, was in the tank corps. He was married in Febru- aty, 1942, and entered the Army about a year ago. His wife, an ex¬ pectant mother, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David G. Davies, of 265 West Chestnut street, Ambler, and a sister of Mrs. John Hopwood, of Church street, with whom she resides.
Besides his wife. Private Derix is survived by his father who lives in Phoenixville.
EARL N. STEfNMETZ
WOUNDED IN FRANCE
Mrs. Earl N. Steinmetz, of Bar¬ ren Hill, has been informed that her husband, Pfc. Earl N. Stein¬ metz, 24, was wounded in France on August 2.
A nephew of Harry S. Steinmetz, chief of police of Whitemarsh township, the soldier and his wife are parents of a seven-month old son.
Serving in an army medical unit, Pfc. Steinmetz was inducted Oc¬ tober 1, 1943. Two brothers are also serving in the armeJ forces: I Christian Steinmetz, in the merch¬ ant marine, and Harrison Stein¬ metz, stationed at Camp Hood, Texas.
New Accounting System
In Montgomery OfiBces
The Montgomery County Com¬ missioners have been given the authority to spend $11,000 for in¬ stallation of a new accounting sys¬ tem in the offices of the Clerk of Courts, Sheriff and Controller at the Court House on an order sign¬ ed last Monday by Judge William F. Dannehower.
The court's approval authorizes the Commissioners to engage the accounting flrm of Main and Com¬ pany, Philadelphia, to install the system. It also gives them the right to hire as much help as may be needed to operate the ncw plan.
The action followed a survey made by Main and Company through their agent, Henry J. Pro- pert, of Bethayres, assemblyman- elect from the county's Third Leg¬ islative  District.
Wm. Boulton Dixon Post Receives Three Legion Awards
Benjamin Bacon, senior vice- commander and chairman of the Americanism Committee, William Boulton Dixcn Post No. 10, was the recipient of the Americanism Trophy Award at the twenty-sixth annual convention of the Ameri¬ can Legion Department of Penn¬ sylvania, held at Harrisburg last Wednesday.
The Post, due to increased mem¬ bership, was permitted four dele¬ gates to the convention, and the auxiliary three. Those elected were: Commander Norman Gould, Luther C. Klosterman, Charles Sullivan and Frank Hoagland. The auxihary was represented by Mrs. Luther Klosterman, Mrs. Robert Davidson and Mrs. Robert Thorn¬ ton.
Two cash awards were made to Mrs. Robert Davidison, of William Boulton Dixon Auxiliary and local bi-ccunty sub-chairman of poppies and also chairman of the mem¬ bership committee of Philadelphia, Bucks and Montgomery counties, for having placed more orders for poppies this year than arjy other district, and for an increase in cash sales of poppies. Another honor bestowed on the post was to have Mrs. G. Harris Britt serve on the credentials committee at the  convention.
Mrs. John Baxter, of the Willow Grcve posi) was appointed by Commander Murray to the Finance Committee of the department of Pennsylvania.
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Volunteers Collect 13,000 Pounds of Paper in Drive
The Ambler Salvage Com¬ mittee collected 13,000 pounds of scrap paper in Ambler on Saturday. This was 5,000 pounds more than was con¬ tributed in July. Of the total poundage collected, 1,000 were contributed by residents out¬ side of the borough limits.
The next drive will be held Saturday, September 16.  o ¦—
Rev. John J. Stoudt
Preaches Initial Sermon
Choosing as his theme "Wher¬ ever We Go, God Follows Us," the Rev. John J. Stoudt, newly elect¬ ed pastor of Boehm's Evangelical and Reformed Church, Blue Bell, preached his first sermon in that church on Sunday. Charles De- Buist, of Jeffersonville, was soloist at the well-attended service.
A silent prayer was offered in memory of Lt. Albert M. Sling¬ luff, a member of the church, who was killed in a plane crash in South Carolina last November. Memorial flowers were presented by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle K. Slingluff,  of  Blue Bell.
The Rev. Mr. Stoudt and his mother plan to move this week to the Boehm's parsonage which is being renovated.
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RECEIVES   AWARDS
Corfioral John E. Ganjamie, son ot Mrs. John Ganjamie, of North Main street, has been awarded the following medals: Good Conduct, Expert Medal for Machine Gun Work and a sharp shooter medal for carbine. Corporal Ganjamine is recovering from a broken neck in a camp hospital in Louisiana.  o	
Auto  Cluh  Presents  Certificate For Protection  of Pedestrian Traffic
For its protection of pedestrian traffic. Ambler has been awarded a certificate of merit by tlie Am-
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erican Automobile Association. It is one of five communities in Montgomery County receiving the award.
The certificate was presented to Chief of Ambler Police Lester J. Carpenter as Ambler's repre¬ sentative. Under the police pro¬ gram. Ambler has not had a pedestrian fatality in .seven years in spite of the fact that there are two public grammar schools, one liigh school and two parochial (continued on page 5)
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CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe L. Smith, of Forrest avenue, Ambler, cele¬ brated their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, Friday. Members of the family and friends sent cards and gifts and dropped in during the evening to extend congratula¬ tions.
CHILD CARE CENTER
Springfield Will Estahlish Fac¬ ilities If Sufficient Need Is Shown
SHIPS WHOLE BLOOD
Fills Army and Navy Requests
of 1000 Pints Per
Day
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CONGRESS READY TO
CUT TAXES AFTER WAR
Congressional tax leaders will be ready, when the war ends, to stimulate economic expansion by making broad adjustments in tax burdens of individuals and cor¬ porations, according to Chairman Doughton of the House Ways and Means Committee.
He said that he expects repeal or modification at once after the war of the 95 per cent excess profits tax on corporations and repeal of the $5 use tax on automobiles, along with summary reductions on excise tax. Then, he added. Con¬ gress could write a law speedily to adjust individual and corporation levies to encourage private en¬ deavor and expand employment. o	
—"I'm a grave digger, Herr Commandant."— Frenchman who told the Nazis he'd rather work 12 hours daily for them than two hours for the French.
On the eightieth birthday of the founding of the Red Cross, and in response to an urgent request from the Army and Navy, the American Red Cross now is providing whole blood for shipment by air to Europe to supplement the use of I plasma, it was announced today by Basil O'Connor, Red Cross na¬ tional chairman.
The flrst shipment was made Monday, one week after receipt of a letter from Major General Nor¬ man T. Kirk, surgeon general of the Army, and Vice Admiral Ross T. Mclntire, surgeon general of the Navy, requesting that 1,000 pints of whole blood a day be pro¬ cured in addition to the 100,000 pints a week already required for plasma.
The surgeons general pointed out that recent developments in the preservation and transportation of whole blood now make it possible to ship blood to Europe, while in the past it could be obtained only from base troops and civilian don¬ ors in the hospital areas.
Emphasizing that whole blood would be used in base hospitals to supplement plasma administer¬ ed in the front lines, the surgeons general said that plasma is "the foremost lifesaver of the war" and pointed out that its prompt admin¬ istration has been largely respon¬ sible for saving the lives of 97 out of every 100 wounded Americans.
Mr. O'Connor said that the sur¬ geons general emphasized that their request for whole blood, "while urgent, is fully matched in importance by the continuing need for plassma. As our armed forces advance, more donors are needed. Regardless of whether it is flown overseas as whole blood for hos¬ pitals or processed into plasma for use in the front lines, a pint of blood to save the life of a wounded 1 soldier or sailor is the most im-
The Springfleld Township school district has received notice from the Federal Works Agency that an offer is being made by the federal government ot the sum ot $14,997 to maintain and operate child care facilities from August 15, 1944 to June 30, 1945.
The school board had earlier in the year considered the matter ot establishing a center to take care of the children of mothers work¬ ing in war plants or any essential civilian occupation. The plan would call for placing the children in the center from 7 a. m. to 7 p. m. daily where they would be in the care of teachers and super¬ visors.
A regular schedule of play and rest would be followed with a hot, nourishing lunch given the child¬ ren at noon. If the board finally approves the establishment of the center, it is likely that Thistle Cottage at Carson College will be used.
The board will accept the money and proceed with the plans if the members see that there is suffi¬ cient demand for the service. The school directors will hold a special meeting within the week to make a final decision in the matter and to send its acceptance or rejec¬ tion of the money to the federal government.
The costs of the center will be Pjiid by the government excepting for a small charge made for each child to cover the cost of food.
The plan calls tor the care of thirty-five pre-school children and thirty-five children ol school age.
The school board made applica¬ tion tor federal aid for the center with the help of Mrs. Edward L. Towne, of the child care bureau of the Montgomery County Coun¬ cil of Civilian Defense.
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Dufur Receives Medal
The Air Medal has been award¬ ed to Major J. Ivan Dufur, Jr., son of Mrs. Stephen J. Deichelmann, of Ambler, "in recognition of meri¬ torious achievement while partici¬ pating in aerial flights in the European Theatre of Operations, having completed the required number ol aerial combat missions against the enemy." Major Dufur is attached to a bomber wing in England.
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CommunityAmbttlance Activities
During the past week the Amb¬ ler Community Ambulance made the following calls:
Patrick Keane, Penllyn, to Ab¬ ington   Memorial  Hospital.
Mrs. Elizabeth Davies, Woman's Medical H-spital to 265 West Chestnut street,  Ambler.
David Johnson,  11 Race street, to Chestnut Hill Hospital.  ^o	
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NEW PARALYSIS CASE
Whitpain   Township   Boy   Re« moved to Hospital; Hors¬ ham Child 111
Another new case of infantile.^ paralysis in the Ambler section was reported an Sunday when James Harris, of 314 Railroad ave¬ nue. West Ambler, Whitpain town¬ ship, was stricken with the dread disease and removed to Abington Memorial Hospital. The boy is eight years old.
Edward Daly, seven years aid, of Avenue E, Horsham, became ill with the disease on Saturday and was also removed to the Abington Memorial   Hospital.
Since the seasonal outbreak of the disease  there  have been  two'     \ cases reported in Ambler    proper and two just outside the borough limits.
In view of the recent increase in infantile paralysis cases, the Montgomery County Chapter of . the National Foundation for In¬ fantile Paralysis of whiqji Miss Mary B. Marr is chairman, has di¬ rected letters to all county phy¬ sicians and charitable organiza¬ tions calling attention ta the facili¬ ties provided for care of such cases.
The letters is as follows: "The Montgomery County Chapter of the National Foundation for In¬ fantile Paralysis is anxious to do its part in assisting victims of in¬ fantile  paralysis.
"Our fund in Montgomery Coun¬ ty is in the hands of this chapter    . j, and   is  growing;   its   monies   are      »' available at all times to care for and treat such victims.     ' -
"We would appreciate your no¬ tifying us of any cases—new or old—not receiving assistance from this chapter. Our chapter's office is located at 506 Swede Street, (second floor), Norristown, Pa., telephone number Norristown 0128. You may get in touch with this office, or anv one of the members of the executive commit¬ tee. ¦ , '
"The Executive Committee members are: Judge Harold G. Knight, Dr. H. C. Podall, Raymond K. Mensch, Mary B. Marr, J. Cleve Cassel."
AMBLER REGISTERS 294
The traveling registrars of the Montgomery County Registration Commission recorded the names of 294 persons at Ambler, Friday. Of that total there were 229 Re¬ publicans, sixty-three Democrats, and   two   Non-Partisans.
DRAFTlisiviEW
4-F
State   Orders   Selective   Service
Officials  to   Reclassify
Rejected Men
Men now cla.ssifled 4-F may be subject to reclassification after their cases have been reviewed by local draft boards. In order to re¬ duce the 4-F pool and get more registrants into military service or in other classifications wherever possible, Pennsylvania draft boards have been ordered to re¬ view all 4-F classifications.
Lower physical standards now apply, mainly to eyes and ears, and it is trom this group of regis¬ trants that authorities hope to ob¬ tain additional servicemen.
Registrants disqualified for ser¬ vice because of failure to meet minimum intelligence standards also face a review of their 4-F status.
Lieutenant Colonel John Mcl. Smith, deputy director of selective service, explains this by saying, "We have not lowered our intelli¬ gence standards, but more accur¬ ate tests are now being used. These cases should be carefully distin¬ guished from those of registrants rejected for neurological and psychiatric disorders."
KIWANIS CLUB MEETS
Howard Yoder, of Jenkintown; Howard Hendricks, of Lansdale and Charles Novak, a guest of August Post attended the regular meeting of the Ambler Kiwanis Club held at School Inn, Tuesday night.
Eight members of the club head¬ ed by George Davis went fishing yesterday at Lewes, Delaware.
Next Tuesday evening the mem¬ bers ol the club will be guests of V. A. Butler at his home on Sumneytown pike. Ambler.
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BOARD NO. 2 INDUCTEES
The following men are among those inducted during the month of August by Local Board No. 2: Frank Joseph Bradley, 1010 East Willow Grove avenue, Wyndmoor; Robert Vernon Speck, Valley Forge road, Lansdale; James Vincent Boyle, 911 Southampton avenue, Wyndmoor; Charles T. Wakefield, Jr., Linden road, Wyndmoor; John Frederick Bettig, 3rd, 56 Shelfteld road. North Hills; John William House, 4 Jones avenue, Flour¬ town; Charles John Stephan, 7842 Flourtown avenue, Wyndmoor; William John Dougherty, 9100 Ridge ave., Roxborough. Spring¬ tield   Township.