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Kenneth Olson, 20, veteran of 2% years‘ service in the Marine nlrnrnu‘vh::fll‘l-u& of that time in the theator, where he was awarded unit and presidential citations, was released from service last week at Cherry Point, N. C. ‘ Former Marine Kenneth Olson Receives Release Once communications officer on the USS Princeton, he later served aboard the USS Lexington. Former Lt. Comdr. John O‘Conâ€" nor, son of Mr. and Mrs â€"John O‘Connor, 590 Glenview, who enâ€" tered the navy 5 years ago, bas been released from service and is now associated with the Wagner Metal Stamping corporation ‘of Milwaukee, where he will later be joined by his wife and small son, John Thomas, now Jiving with his parents, Former Lt. Commander, John O‘Connor Is Employed in Milwaukee I think I do â€" without reading PMYFâ€"â€".. s = Let it be written here and now that this column believes strongly in good will among all nations; in a sincere and tolerant understandâ€" ing of other peoples‘ ways, manâ€" ners, customs; in progress; in getâ€" ting along with all races so that there will be no more wars, no more hatreds, no more poverty, no more imperialism, no more worldâ€" wide unhappiness. â€" "SIMPLE" THINKING? . . . . Perhaps this way of thinking is "simple," "naive," "elementary," as thése "newâ€"thinkers" terms us who don‘t go along with their beâ€" liefs to put America -eondfi. But I always thought it "loyal" and "important" for Americans to believe in America! to build and to improve America. In short, to clean up our own yard before we start cleaning up the yards of our newâ€"found Korean friends, let‘s I always thought charity began at home. _ The "newâ€"thinkers," from what I learn, seem to think These "newâ€"thinkers," or "proâ€" gressives," or "internationalists," or "whathaveyou ists," want to polve the problems in far off Tran first; then, perhaps, if they get around to it, they‘d like to "imâ€" prove" America. _ . IN THE NATION‘S SERVICE too much. You are against progâ€" ress. You are a tory. â€"Wake up, Man! Stop this simple naive thinking. © Read the newspaper PM for a month and you‘ll know what I mean." ‘‘I agreed that with the coming of the air and atomic age it is comâ€" pulsory for us to take a big interâ€" est in the rest of the world. _ But, I added, must we be so int@rested in the troubles of other countries that we ignore the troubles in our own nation? \ HIS REPLY ... ‘ _ ""Why, you old capitalist," he fired back, "we can‘t be interested in America first. We must be inâ€" terested in all nations, all peoples." "You, he said scornfully, "have !uon reading the Chicago Tribune At a luncheon the other day I asked one of these "progressives" : "Mâ€"â€"â€", what‘s wrong with us Americans being concerned first about America and THEN conâ€" cerned over the internal troubles ofâ€" other nations?" I keep putting quotation marks around the word Americans beâ€" cause I‘ve begun to doubt the "loyâ€" alty" of the "progressives." This column is frankly baffled over this "new," revolutionary thinking that has seeped into the minds of some of these young, inâ€" telligent "Americans." % Page 2 LOYAL? . Jt seems we‘ve now "progressâ€" ed" (as these "newâ€"thinkers" like to call it) from the "national" frame of mind, the spirit which supposedly built America and evâ€" ery other great country, to the "international" outlook. No longer are these "Americans" interested in America first and the rest of the world second. Their cry is Java, Korea, China, and so on, first; America, her slums, her crime, her poverty, her countless internal troubles, second. America‘s interests in the No. 2 spot. HONOLULU,T. H.â€" s Lately, it seems to this writer, there has been â€"â€" and continues M STILL IN THE i‘ficial U. S. Army Correspondent) (Avecial to ‘The â€"Highland ParkPress> Peddle spent 19 months in servâ€" ice in the South Pacific. Lives in Lake Forest Roger ‘Peddie, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Peddie, 619 Homewood, former> buglemaster 3/c, USNR, has been released from service, and with his wife, the former Jean Swarthout, is now living in Lake Roger Peddle, Now Theâ€"Nationâ€"Inâ€"Trouble policy; the overwhelming desire to improve America until it is so fine that then, perhaps, if we are asked, we can suggest ways of betterment for other nations; the deep belief that our No. 1 duty is to America and her troubles and that our .No. 2 job concerns itself with the trouâ€" bles of the nations who ask us to be concerned about them. FIRST OUR OWN â€" HOMES . .. If Americans concentrate on making their homelife complete and happy, they will have a fullâ€" time job; a job that allows no time forâ€" ‘"meddling"; a job that calls for an allâ€"out Christian spirit and ah unshakable sincerity behind the words, "Love Thy Neighbor As Lt. Maleoim D. Vail, son of Mrs. Malcolm .Vail, 190 Lakewood, forâ€" mer officer in the naval reserve, is again a civilian. Four years in service, and aboard fi.. h‘ah;: in the Pacific for 18 months o t time he is married, and has a daughter, Leslic, aged 2. 4 Former Chief Bos‘n Henry, his brother, three years in service, saw action in Africa and Sicily. He is married to the former Mary Louâ€" ise Harrison of this city. So we went to war. We whipped the ‘"isms." Now that we‘re the "bosses" it appears that we‘re just as anxious to propagate our way of thinking; and, ‘inâ€" some . inâ€" stances, just as eager to force our way of life on people who are neiâ€" ther educated for it nor interested in it. This policy, I believe, will result in continued unrest. WE ADVOCATE . ... What, then, does this column, terribly concerned about the "Amâ€" erica Seconders," advocate in this challenging, peaceâ€"time (?) world? Thyself." Mrs, Malcolm Vail Released From Navy _Briefly, The â€" Hands â€" Off â€" Unâ€" tilâ€"Our â€" Aid â€" Is . Requested Byâ€" Before World War II America was â€"very much opposed to any "ism" coming into the U.. S., or inte the lands of the nations we favored. v *I‘m not so sure that theâ€" "liberâ€" ated" and the "conquered" counâ€" tries want the kind of "democracy" we seem to be forcing on them. There seems to be an everâ€"soâ€" fine line between "helping," and "meddling." _ It appears ‘we‘re doâ€" ing more "meddling‘" than we are "helping." HELPING? OR MEDDLING? . .â€". Is this incorrect? Are we who believe in America wrong because we want to see our great country grow, improve, advance, f&nd lead? I think not. z â€" Most certainly I believe in sharâ€" ing â€" but sharing amongst the neediest, hardestâ€"working Ameriâ€" cans first; other nations second. But, suddenly, if we who live in America are interested in Ameriâ€" caforemost, we‘re called, in .deâ€" preciating tones by the "newâ€" thinkers," "nationalists," *‘capital ists," "dieâ€"hard conservatives." charity begins, in far off lands about which the average American knows little. Always it has seemed that the Russians are primarily interested in Russia. _ And the English prinâ€" cipally interested in England. And the Australians interested in Ausâ€" tralia. + RUSSIA FOR THE RUSSIANS ... * The last 18 of his 30 months of service were spent by Hayward on a LCT, based at Ina Shima and carâ€" rying supplies and equipment to Okinawa. Marine Lt. Leroy "Bud" Haas Home On Terminal Leave 1st Lt. Leroy Haas, USMC, son of Mr. arfd Mrs. L. R. Haas, 2116 Nothwithstanding . his experiâ€" ences, the lieutenant is in tipâ€"top condition, mentally and physically, and expects to resume his law stuâ€" dies which were interrupted at the end of his junior year. William Hayward, MM 2/c, was released from the navy at Great Lakes last week. He is the son of Mrs. Wm. Hayward, 315 N. Green Bay, and the husband of the forâ€" mer Frances Liske, 225 Sheridan, Highwood. â€"They have a small son, Pat. Grove, arrived home from the Paâ€" cific area just in time for Christ. mas, and is now on a 55â€"day termâ€" inal leave. The lieutenant‘s engagement to Miskâ€" Phyllis Wagner, So. Ridge road, was announced at the time he left for overseas. 5 Discharge from Navy â€"â€"Overseas 22â€"months, he served at Guam, Guadalcanal, and was at Iwo Jima for 33 days, taking part in some of the hottest fighting of that very hot spot, twentyâ€"one days without shaving or removing his shoes. It required half a day and five razor blades to remove the beard he acquired in that time. It was for his services on Iwo Jima that he received his citation for bravery. * Entering~service Feb. 3, 1943, Lt. Haas received hic basic trainâ€" ing at San Diego, Calif., and later trained as an officer at Quantico. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINO!IS Bulbsnatci:»r Story without Words:.. T HE @RESS Leaving Europe from Marseilâ€" les, Kenneth arrived in Boston, and received his discharge at Camp Grant, Jan. 1. He plans to resume his studies at Northwestern school of music. . Among the young GI‘s treasutes are two personal letters â€" one a letter of appreciation lrgn Lt. Gen. Simpson, 9th Army commandâ€" er, of whose personal guard Kenâ€" neth was a member, and a letter of commendation from the chapâ€" lain of the 7th Army, praising Kenneth‘s services as an organist. S. Green Bay, received a real New Year‘s present this year in the form of their son, Cpl Kenneth, 21, who is now a civilian. Kenneth, who took part in 4 out of 5 major campaigns in Euâ€" rope, served with the 1st Army in Normandy; with the "Ghost Paâ€" trol" of the 3rd and 9th, and also. with the 7th Army of Occupation. Inâ€"service â€"33 â€" months,â€" and â€" 22. months overseas with the mechanâ€" ized cavalry, probably his most memorable experiences were with the "Ghost Patrol." These "tough guys of the war" also called the "loneliest men in the Army," opâ€" erated behind enemy lines, surâ€" rounded by enemy guns, someâ€" times on foot and sometimes in vehicles. _ The Germans termed them "crack armored divisions, sent behind enemy lines on suiâ€" cide missions." With less than‘ half a chance to survive, they somehow got the vital information they were after, and sent it back via courier or radio. Cpl. Kenneth, himself, was twice a German prisoner. ~But the amazâ€" ing GI "ghosts" were wizards at wrigging out of traps and back to their own lines. , L Cpl. Kenneth Tether Home From ETO Mr. and Mrs. John Tether, 145 He is now living at the above address with his wife, the former Lulu Kuja, a Michigan girl, and his small daughter, Sharon. He is employed by the A. W. Zengeler Co., cleaners. * 89 months in service, he spent ‘u year in the Pacific area, aboard a destroyer, during which time he took part in the Okinawa camâ€" paign, and served also in China and Japan. t Lt. Thomas Sheldon Bird, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bird, and husband of the former Jean Jordon, is spending his terminal leave with his wife and two small children, Thomas Jr. and Genie Wynn, at 140 Sunset road. He has been in the service for 3% years. Lt. Thomas S. Bird Is Now Home on Terminal Leave Norman Freberg, Home From Pacific Area, Employed at Zengeler‘s St., received his release from the navy November 29. & One year with the 6th reconnaisâ€" ance cavairy of the late Gen. Patâ€" ton‘s 3rd army, in Germany and Czechoslovakia, he was awarded the Bronzeâ€"star with oak leaf clusâ€" ter, and the Purple Heart for knee injuries. ~% _ * = Former AAF Captain â€" = Engages in Business The former Capt. Dean Tjaden, who did such outstanding work in the Chinaâ€"Burmaâ€"India theater, piâ€" loting transports "over the hump," and winning for himself the Air medal with clusters, the Presidenâ€" ~His terminal leave expires Febâ€" ruary 1. \> . MORAL: Don‘t be a bulbsnatcher. Brighten up your home, make it more pleasant. Have plenty of good light. Avoid eyestrain risks. It‘s easy! Just fill empty light sockets, and replace burnedâ€" out light bulbs with adequare, bright, new bulbs. Keep "spares" on hand. Remember Our Liberal Renewal Policy Standard burnedâ€"out light bulbs (marked "P. S. of N. L"aww;!h'” to 200 watt sizes, may be exchanged for new bulbs without charge; others at a slight reâ€" newal charge .Bring your buinedâ€"out buibs to your Public Service store for exchange. Practically all sizes of new light bulbs are now available at your Public Service store or Thursday, Jan. 10th, 1946 tin} citation and Distinguished Flyâ€" jng Cross, is now deep in the heart of Texas, where he has gone into business with a friend. He received his discharge from service in Noâ€" Mrs. Tjaden, the former Doroâ€" thy Mailfald, and two daughters, Sharon and Bobby, plan to be with Former Pvt. John Duffy, son of Mrs. George Duffy, 126 S. Green Bay, who was injured by a fall in France, in December, 1944, has been given a medical discharge afâ€" ter 3% years in service, 10 months of which was spent overseas in England, France and Germany. He possesses the European and American theater ribbons, 2 batâ€" tle stars, the combat infantryman‘s badge and good conduct medal. Former Ens. Leslie Brand to Enter Former Ens. Leslie Brand, 21, who joined the NAC in July, 1943, and later served as instFuctor at Penâ€" sacola, Fla., was released from service last week. ' With one year of college to his eredit, he plans to resume his stuâ€" dies nextâ€"semester at Purdue. He is the â€"son of Mr. and Mrs. Leslic G. Brand, 1236 Pleasant. SHIPS THAT STRETCH A 500â€"foot American tanker grows a foot in length while taking on her cargo of oil. ‘This expansâ€" ion is caused by the heat of the peâ€" troleum, which is sometimes warmâ€" ed to temperatures of 125 degrees to facilitate pumping.â€"Ships. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs