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-tains a large diesel power motorwith a gas starting engine and asmaller gasoline engine forsup-plying electric lights to all thecars. In a compartment are twowelding units, and all equipmentneeded by the company's elec-tricians.In the machine shop there are10 pieces of equipment. Theyinclude two machine lathes, twodrill presses, a shaper, a machinesaw, emory wheels, a largepower press, a threader, and atool point sharpener. Staff Ser-geant Cecil A. Stoner, Sacra-mento, Cal., is the foreman ofthis section. His assistants areCorporals James M. Costello,Broad Channel,- Long Island, N.Y., and Frank Hegybelli, Cleve-land, Ohio.Sergeants Clarence W. Snyder,Perrysburg, Ohio, and JohnDziedzlch, WirJleld, Kan., andCorporal- Lee F. Olsen, Warren,Pa., operate a complete black-smith shop in one car that in-cludes a forge, heater, and alltools. Sergeant Carroll W. Gar-rison, Warwick, N. Y., is incharge of the locomotive shoptool car, and has completelycatalogued and Indexed morethan 1,000 tools in thecar.The company carpenters built

t ree ours onelements of thethat the area ofor the stripoccupied by theproceeded onspite of the obsan d worked onunder continuoone point, thement w as wory a r d s ol activemplacements .

The strip wsundown on Dfollowing dayw as pushing foadvancing invabeginning workinland. The fierational sevenby U. S. Ninthbombers who strafed enemyfront of the aSince that thas worked witNin th Engineer structing morefor the a l r > camThe battalion iLieutensni Coloof Steubenviile

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1945. THE D A I L Y C O U R I E R , CONNELLSVILUS, PA. PAGE SEVEN.

NEWS OP OURMENwWOMENIN UNIFORMWITH THE U. 'S. SUPPLYFORCES IN FRANCEA mobileworkshop, constructed c-ntirelyby the equipment maintenancecompany of the 712th Railw ayOperating Battalio n, regularlymoves over lines which t r anspor t 'trainloads of supplies to ourcombat troops.This Transportation Corps unitis charged With the runningmaintenance of all railwayequipment. Seven box carswhich had been captured fromthe G- jrmans were reconstructedto house the repair shops of the

unit. Withiu three weeks afterthe start of 'the work, the en-tire train was completed with allshops capable of work at capa-city.The seven-car- train includesan electrical power car with asmall compartment for weldingequipment, a machine shop car, ablacksmith shop, two tool cars,a carpentry shop and a car fortwo giant air compressors.Second Lieutenant Robert C.Westlej, Laureldale, Pa.,com-pany mechanical e n g i n e e r ,planned' the layout ot the trainwith the company commander,Capt ain John S. Fenwell, Phila-delphia, Pa., and the various non-commissioned officers in chargeof the sections. Corporal Sheri-dan D. Smith, 535 High street,Buffalo, N. Y. , company d raf tsman, drew the layouts lor theinstallations.Equipment includes all organ-izat ional tools, lathes, pressesissued by the Army, and morethan 2,000 pounds of recoveredenemy material.The electrical power car con-tains a large diesel power motorwith a gas starting engine and asmaller gasoline e ngine forsup-plying electric lights to all thecars. In a compartment are twowelding units, and all equipmentneeded by the company's elec-tricians.In the machine shop there are10 pieces of equipment. Theyinclude two machine lathes, twodrill presses, a shaper, a machinesaw, emory wheels, a largepower press, a threader, and atool point sharpener. Staff Ser-geant Cecil A. Stoner, Sacra-mento, Cal., is the fore man ofthis section. His assistants areCorporals James M. Costello,Broad Channel,- Long Island, N.Y., and Frank Hegybelli, Cleve-land, Ohio.Sergeants Clarence W. Snyder,Perrysburg, Ohio, and JohnDziedzlch, WirJleld, Kan., andCorporal- Lee F. Olsen, Warren,Pa., operate a complete black-smith shop in one car that in-cludes a forge, heater, and alltools. Sergeant Carroll W. Gar-rison, Warwick, N. Y., is incharge of the locomotive shoptool car, and has completelycatalogued and Indexed morethan 1,000 tools in thecar.The company carpenters builttheir own car In addition tomaking all the platforms, sup-ports and racks for the others.In their car .they made a workbench which hns'two steel visesand a table for a pneumatic sawthat can be adjusted to bevel atany angle. The four carpenterswho work in the car are S/Sgt.Anthony Albrecht, H i b b i n g ,Minn., Sgt. Barney Brasker,Cameron, Texas; Sergeant AlbertD. Keeder, Hoilldays Cove, W.Va., and Corpora! Nikola Obra-cewlc. New York, N. Y.Other members of the battal-ion, some of whom work in thecars of the train and others whouse the tools stored in the toolcars are listed below:Bentleyville Corporal AlbinGrybosky.Connellsville Sergeant PaulE. Swlnk, H. D. 1. Latrobe T/Sgt. Robert W.Singer. ' 'Second Lieutenant Tony T.Bozich, Republic, B-26 Marauderbombardier, recently toured the'fron-t lines for three days, and onhis "way back to his bomber basewas informed that German forceshad started their offensive 12hours after his departure, in thesame sector he had been visiting.Bozlch's tour took him throughBelgium, into Luxembourg, along

the German border, down to Metz,France. His visit along the fight-in g f ro n t provided him with anunderstanding " the doughboy'sproblems an d hardships, an d whatsuppor t bombardment me ans toground forces.He visited an artillery observa-tion post near the Our River,overlooking some of the SiegfriedLine defenses which have beentargets for medium bombers.While going through anarm-ored division sector, Bozich, in-v i ted to drive a tank, took overthe controlof an M5 vehicle.He w as impressed by th e highdegree of military discipline andmorale, "right where the shoot-ing was going on." 'Bozich has completed 27 mis-sions, flying with the "SilverStreaks" Maraude r groupcom-mande d by Lie ute nant ColonelBob Witty, Cleveland. He hasbeen awarded th e Ai r Medal withlour Oak Leal Clusters.His mother, Mrs. JohannaBozich, lives in Republic.Master Sergea nt Glenn R. Wil-liams, son of Mrs. Russell Cain,Hopw ood; and Private First ClassJames W. Dean, Jr., son ot Mr.and Mrs. James De an, Lemon*.Furnace , along with other mem-bers of the Ninth Air Force Avi-ation Engineer Batta l ion, havebeen awarded t he Pres iden t ialDistinguished Unit Citation lorco n st ru ct i n g an emergency land-ing strip while unde r flre onD - d a y ancl an advanced l and ingground in the Normandy beach-h e ad .Landing on th e beach at H plusth re e hours on D-day, advanceelements of the bat ta l ion fo u n dthat the area ol the proposed sitefor the strip was still partiallyoccupied by the. enemy. Bu t theyproceeded on their mission inspite of the obstacles an d dangers

an d worked on'the s t r ip whileunder continuous enemy fire. Atone point, the e ngine e r ing equip-ment wa s working wit hin 200y a r d s ol active e ne my artilleryemplacements.The strip was completed bysundown on D-day and on thefollowing day the detachmentwa s pushing forw ard behind theadvancing invading .troops andbeginning work on a field f artherinland. The field was m a d e op-erational seven days later for useby U. S. Ninth Air Force fighter-bombers who dive-bombed andstrafed enemy strongpoints infront of the advancing armies.Since that time, the battalionhas worked with other units of theNin t h Engineer Command in con-structing more than 100 airdromesfor the a l r > campaign in France.The battalion is commanded byLieutensni Colonel Max McCroryof Steubenviile, Ohio.Corporal James H. Showkeir,son of Mr. an d Mrs. George Show-kier of Cleveland, Ohio, formerlyof Connelteville, is serving withthe 727th Hal lw ay Battalion ol theSixth Army which is operating inFrance. His mother is the formerMiss Effle Livingston of Connells-ville.A group of Fayette county boys

recently held a gat her ing to getetter acquainte d at Sampson,

YANKS PINNED DOWN BYJAPFIRE IN OLCNGAPO AREA

A D V A N C E D T R O O P S take covet In a ditch ori the aide of a road to escape Jap ire as they move up onthe Bataan peninsula of Luzon island. Tile Yanks were pinned down by flre fi om hidden Jap positionsin the dense forest along the winding mountainous pans in the Olongapo area. 'Phis is an official UnitedStates Army Signal Corps photo. . ' (laisrnational Soundplioto)N. Y., where they are. receivingtheir boot training. Those meet-ing were: Mike W allace , Le mont;Charles Kovach , New Salem;Mar tin Griglak, ' Connellsville;Farris Rafail, Sol Cohen, Bill Ku-s h o n ' a n d Gernld Fee of Union-tow n; Ernie Bolish, M o u n t Brad-dock; J oe P ore mba, Oliver, R. D.1 -and Edward Sikina of Le montFurnace.

Norman R. Pickstone, 20, B-17Flying- Fortress engineer an d aer-ial gunner, was recently ' pro-mote d f ro m corporal to sergeant,according to an announcement atan Eighth Air Force bomber basesome w h e re in England. SergeantPickstone ha s participated^ inbombing attacks against militaryan d industrial targets de e p with-in Germany as well as attacks onairfields, bridges and rai l roadyards behind the German linesin support of our Allied groundforces. He is the son of Mr. andMrs. J. S. Pickstone, W h itse t t ,an d graduated from Perry HighSchool, Class of 1943. Enteringthe AAF in April, 3943, he trainedin aerial gunnery at Tyndall Field,Fla., where he received his wingsin June, 1944.

der of four-engine battle-craft,and his training has been as com-plete and thorough as the AA1TTraining Command can make it.

HEADQUARTERS PANAMACANAL DEPARTMENT. Thepromotion of Corporal GeorgeEdward Hodge, son of Walter E.Hodge, 314 Jennings ave nue ,Scottdale, Pa., to the grade ofsergeant is announced by theSixth Air Force Howard FieldAir Base.Hodge entered the service inSeptember, 1942, and has been inthe Panama area since Novem-ber, 1942, He is currently serv-ing as a service record clerk athis base.M A X W E L L FIELD, Ala., *eb.14.Among those recently com-pleting the 10 w e e k s pilottransition training course on four-engine Liberator bombers here isSecond Lieutenant Jimmy Daggerof Scottdale, Star Route, Pa., whowas hand-picked by Army Air

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Private First Class Joseph A.Polliok, h usband of Mrs. M a r y A .FolUck, Rit rman , Ohio, and sono Mrs. Virge Follicle, New Sal-em, is now serving with the U. S.Army Rest Center in Rome. Overseas 17 months, Pfc. Pollick wearst he M edit er ranean Theater Rib-boa with two Battle Participa-tion Stars, iind has been award-ed the Good Conduct Medal.R e t a i l e r s M a y H i k eS o f t G o a l P r ic e

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 14.Anincrease of 23 cents per ton oncoal is permitted retailers untilApril 1, G. J. Trageser, OPA coalprice specialist, said today.He said the increase was dueto the heavy wear on e quipme ntfrom ice-rutted streets and. alsofrom the limitation on coal deliv-eries during the shortage.RAILROAD CA RSUPPLY GOODIN DISTRICT

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 14.Sufll-cicni railroad cars to insure pro-duc t ion o 300,000 tons of coalin district mines were available,District Solid Fuels Administra-tor Harry A. Sutter announce d .Su t ler said that as long ns thewarm weather holds dow n theconsumption of domestic coal,there was no danger ol 'a newcoal crisis.

B e g in E q u i t y A c t i o nT o F c r c e A g r e e m e n tO n P r o p e r t y S a l eUNIO >ITOWN, Feb. 14. Equity iction to force Paul E.Kmetz :md his wife, Gladys, ofSouth < tonnellsville to keep awritten igreement for the sale ofa lot or the west side of Pitts-burg sti eet, South Connellsville,was filed in the office of Pro-th onotar / John J. Brady by JacobLeroy chetrompf and his wifeGrace.Th rough Thomas C. Phalln, ofSouth G nincllsville, it is contend-ed that he Schetrompls gave $50

to the K netz couple to bi-ad a ?!,-000 ban ain for a lot,with thebalance 3f $050 to be paid upondelivery of deed. The Depart-ment oC Public Assistance held alien on the property for $571.90due th e department.The Kiietzs declined to pay oftthe oblit ation or deliver the deedand the legal action resulted. No-t ice to ^ acate the property havebeen ign ired. The action asks forrentals J r o m November 16, last,and a I iliilment of the originalcontractsMr. ai d Mrs. Kmetz offered toreturn t le $50' and 530 for 'anyexpenses attached to the initialagreement but it was refused.

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UNIONTOWN, 'Feb . 14. Evi-dence by liquor enforcementagents wh o branded [Mary'sTavern in South Gallatiiil ave-nue as one of the worst saloonsin Western Pennsylvania, I wa s"too vague, too indefinite and toouncertain" tt > .support a revoca-tion ordered to become effectiveDecember 12, according to a de-cree late Monday by PresidentJudge H. S. Dumbauld. It hadbeen charged that liquor hadbeen sold to persons visibly in-toxicated, employes were intoxi-cated, unsanitary conditions ex-isted, disorder was evident, saleswere made to minors and prsti-tutes and persons of ill reputewere permitted to frequent thetavern.Judge Dumbauld ruled thatthe Liquor Board abused its dis-cretion in undertaking to revokea license issued by it for causesexisting at the time of such agrant and such causes known tothe licensing body.Judge Dumbauld perused thetestimony as transcribed and ex-plained why the points in thecitation were refused."Personal equations," he wrote,"such as friendship an d fear orfavor, alike with thoughts ofprejudice, persecution and pub-licity, must be completely ig-nored in such a situation."News of the decree traveled:fast , with the action being one ofthe main topics i:hi and out o ofticiState l i q u o r enforcement

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M i s s i o n a r i e s WillS p e a k T h u r s d a yA t S c o H r ia le C h u r c hSCOTTDAI.E, Feb.14. lBev.and 1 Mrs. M aynard Ketcham, re-turned missionaries from th ep rovince of Bengal, India, will beat the Assembly of God Church at217 Pittsburgh street at 7:30o'clock. Thursday evening.Both will speak and show pic-tures in natural colors of mis-sionary activity in India. Rev.L. 1. Stewart, the pastor, invitesthe public.

Purchase Maine.UNIONTOW N, Feb. 14.TheSecond Presbyterian Church haspurchased the residence of Mrs.Anna E. Wright at 23,Bryer ave-nue for use as a manse for thefamily of Rev. Dr. James C. Clark,pastor.

S E N T E N C E D to death by a civil courtset up by the U. S. Army, after be-ing found guilty of reporting Amer-ican troop movements, Karl Fun-zeler, 17, of Monschau, Germany, isshown as ho was given hii Erst les-son in American mercy, Lt. Gen.Courtney Hodges ordered the deathsentence commuted to life impris-onment (International)Somerset Woman Dies.SOMERSET, Feb. 14. Mrs.:n the city both s-Henrietta Miller Spangler, fl2, one'icial quarters. oi tbeolde,lt residents of Jenner

agents expressedastonishment. surprise andGeorge D. Johnson is the he adof Mary's Tavern, Incorporated.He admitted on the witnessstand that an effort had beenmade to dispose of the tavern, butthat the deal had been blocked.Hockey Game Tonight.The Cleveland Barons will op-pose the Pittsburgh Hornets at theGardens In Pittsburgh at 8:30o'clock tonight in a hockey game.

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township, died Sunda y at tbehome of a son, Frank, at Boswell,R. D. 2, after an extended illness.The widow of Michael Spangler,w.ho died 64 years ago, she wasbornnearLaurelvllle, the daughter o thelate Jonathan and Ijavina AshMiller. She leaves three chil-dren and four brothers. Th efune ra l service was held this af-ternoon at the Edle ReformedChurch. Burial was made in thechurch cemetery.

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