Charleroi Mail Sept 22, 1942
Part 5
A Ways and Means committee of the class was appointed, including Mona FRANKS, Elayne KREPPS, and Margaret FRANKS.
A social time was held later in the evening, and was concluded by the serving of lunch by the hostess.
Members of the C.M.O. class of the First Presbyterian church were entertained Friday evening at the home of Mrs. Mildred LeCOMTE on Main Street. A brief
business session, followed by a social time, featured the meeting.
He failed to turn off the microphone at his station and suddenly out of every connecting loudspeaker aboard the ship came the personal remarks, liberally sprinkled with profanity, that he directed to another seaman.
"My chief at the training station wasn't lying to me when he said I'd only get five hours sleep a night at sea," was the principal text of his little talk.
From more than one source came a bedlam of officers' comments rattling back across the communications system and all aimed at the sailor. The only retort was the click of the switch that turned off the microphone.
The ceremony was performed in the presence of members of the two immediate families before an altar of ferns. As the bride entered the living room of the GEMMILL home, her cousin, Dr. Arthur S. CLAY played the wedding march. Rev. S. Kenneth JOHNSON, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Monessen performed the ceremony.
The bride given in marriage by her father was attired in an ivory satin gown, fashioned with a fitted bodice and a yoke of seed pearls. She wore a fingertip veil of tulle which fell from a Juliet cap, also of pearls. Her flowers were a bridal shower of whiTe orchids.
Miss Jean GEMMILL, sister of the bride, was maid of honor, and wore a gown of turqoise blue satin and tulle. Her flowers were talisman roses, in the form of an old fashioned bouquet. Jack Crawford VAN NETTE of Bradford, a friend of the groom, was best man.
After the ceremony a reception of friends was held at the GEMMILL home.
Both the bride and groom are graduates of Bucknell University and the latter is employed in Pittsburgh by the Gulf Oil corporation. They will make their home in Pittsburgh.
The bird stopped at the Clyde No. 1 tipple about 1:30 p.m. Noticed by Dan CRAFT, tipple foreman, the bird, appearing very tame, was taken to the mine office and fed. It refused to leave after that.
On one leg it carried a metal tab with the number 267E and on the other leg a tab with the number and notation, 772, Aug. 42, Pgh.
Reports from Central America showed that hope had been revived among liberals of the five nations--Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras and Costa Rica, that the dream of Francisco MORAZAN, martyr-hero of Central American independence, the centenary of whose death has just been observed, may yet be realized.
Some influential circles in Costa Rica, one of the most sturdily democratic of the American republics, were of the opinion that discussions of a union were not appropriate at this time, and that a conference of representatives of the five countries to discuss such a union might best be put off until the end of the war.
All five countries are allied with the United States in the war against the Axis and their position as democratic belligerents implies a certain important co-operation on their part which might provide a propitious prelude to later efforts to unite them as a single political entity.
Aid To Pan-Americanism
A Central American union undoubtedly would be regarded favorably by the United States government, which, in the past, has sponsored various meetings designed to end discord among the five neighboring countries. A union would strengthen the small republics, enabling them to carry out a more efficient program of agricultural, trade, industrial, mining, sanitation, highway, financial and social security development.
It would tend to avert future disagreements in a part of the world so near the Panama Canal where order and prosperity come close to being an essential to the safety and welfare of the United States.
Finally, it would provide a powerful argument for Pan-Americanism which the United States has fostered for many decades.
The newspaper Prensa Grafica of San Salvador recently presented a plan for a Central American Union to be formed first on a 10-year trial basis, and to be definitely proclaimed in 1952.
First Union In 1823
The plan would provide for establishment of a Central American legislative body, consisting of three members from each country, to meet once annually and select a president of the union from among the five Central American presidents. Each president would serve a one-year term, and the formula would be repeated at the end of the first five years. The super-legislative would meet at the capital of the union's president, and pass legislation affecting all the republics, but the executives and the legislatures of each republic would continue to function during the trail period.
The records will show, says Solicitor MARTIN, that a judgement in the amount of $104,000 had already been filed in the prothonotary's office and that the state was preparing to take an execution. This execution would have wiped out any balance in the general fund and would have caused an increase of at least from one to two mills in the county's annual tax levy. In addition Solicitor MARTIN pointed out that local counsel for the state had also filed as his fee for proceeding with the judgment(sic) an item of $5,000 which would have brought the entire bill of the country(sic) to around the $110,000 mark.
Hurrying to Harrisburg to effect a settlement the county solicitor points out that the commissioners and controller acted upon the suggestion of state officials that they retain the senator.
As a result of these conferences the sum of $67,000 was lopped off the
$104,000 judgement bringing amount of the bill down to approximately $37,000.
It was the former attorney general and other state officials themselves who suggested that a proper fee for the settlement of this bill should not be less than $10,000 declared County Commissioner John W. RANKIN, when interrogated.
For the present it is not revealed when Solicitor MARTIN or other counsel will present the figures to Special Prosecutor James I. MARSH but it is
known that the deputy attorney general is proceeding with extreme caution and is anxious to ascertain all of the facts in the present civil and criminal turmoil before making any recommendation to the court.
Examination of war materials captured in the Battle of the Solomons reveals that the Japanese soldier is equipped with the best arms obtainable for his campaign of conquest.
The latest implements of death have been given the Japanese fighting man by a nation that has sacrificed every possible luxury in order to create an armory equal to or better than that of the United Nations. The result of these sacrifices was much in evidence in the Solomons.
The Japanese technical equipment in nearly every case was equal in quality to that used by the United Nations and in many cases superior. In no instance was any of the captured material found to be of flimsy design or operation. It was all high grade in both ingredients and workmanship.
Newest Flame Throwers
Nor has the Rising Sun empire overlooked the slightest innovation which might aid its armies in its design to conquer the world. Machine guns captured in the battle of Tenaru during which 750 Japanese were annihilated were of the latest air-cooled design and either of European construction or a most exact duplicate.
The Japanese troops who fought in the battle of Tenaru were armed with the latest model flame throwers which throw a 40-foot flame. One-man light machine guns were examined by gunners who praised their construction and performance and said they were equal to the best now in use by our forces.
An example of the high-grade equipment employed by the Japanese was a mahogany box used to package extra radio tubes. The box itself was a masterpiece of cabinet making and each tube was cradled in sponge rubber moulded(sic) to fit the contours of the glass.
Copy From All Countries
The equipment shows that Nipponese military observers attached to the various embassies throughout the world did their jobs well. Incorporated in each weapon are the best devices obtainable from the different models now being used by the various countries of the world, some of them allies of Japan, some of them her enemies.
An examination of wrecked Zero fighters destroyed on Gayutu revealed that the planes were of expert construction from propellor(sic) hub to tail skid, were durable, built of the best materials obtainable.
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