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•- >- '• '* O,--, *" ; " . ****** ; - ij^pr v"w -""v •SP^ff Mm HBBSI MoHXNEtYY PLA1ND1AI.KH -; ^ \ ^ * "•; .* '-'>W .« ^ *• -*>iV, limrwlay, Angnst 17, 1944t >?:• Mr. Kills the Enemy Drafted to Kill Enemy DENVER.--Officers at the army induction station told a new draftee to skip the fighting talk tor a time and just give them his name. "But this is my name," said the man. "It's Charles Jonas Kills the Enemy." Mr. Kills the Enemy is a full* blooded Sioux Indian. 'rK-X^'-:' v.; ; W ' o ^ V • mam. Cashier Planned Fake Bailk Holdup Confesses He Made Up Storjjr Of'Armed Robbers.' CLEVELAND. -- Robbery of the Kirlbuck (0.) Savings Bank com- "pany by "two armed men," in June, of 1942, was a fake, federal bureau investigation agents report. .Bernard Click, 37, cashier and secretary of the bank, has confessed" that he, fabricated the report cf the "two armed robbers" and in order to give credence to his story he knocked himself out by striking his head 011 a marble counter, FBI agents say. V • Click was found, after the supposed robbery, by a customer. He was alone and unconscious. The two fictitious robbers, whom he described in detail, never were found, of course, nor had anyone else seen them. The Federal agehts say they suspected from the beginning that the cashier had taken the money himself and faked the robbery to cover up. The amount missing after the alleged hoax was $8,235. • A complete examination of the bank affairs was made to solve the case, and late in 1943 accountants uncovered a shortage of $5,500. On December 18 Click was arrested by the FBI on charges of violating the Federal Reserve Act, and held for "the grand jury. 'It was not until weeks after his arrest, however, that he abandoned his original invention of armed robbery and confessed that it was all a grand hoax. The $8,235 never left the bank, agents say. Clipk confessed, they said, that he placed the money in a safe deposit box and used it to cover fictitious notes he had drawn up to conceal his alleged embezzlements. Japs Can't Kill Yanks, So They Kill Selves LOS NEGROS.--They were the Mikado's front-line troops on Los Hegros, big marines, well-trained, Well-nourished, well-armed, proud wearers of their dragon belts. They were Japan's proud warriors. So that when they failed to crack the line held by American First Cavalry division troops, the Japanese took their own lives rather than admit failure. * "One Jap officer jumped up on a, bunker directly in front of us," •:itj»id Pfc. Wilbur Rosier, "waving a Jap battle flag in one hand and a sword in the other. " 'Kill all the American dogs,' the officer shouted. Then he plunged his SWord into his own stomach." ' '.They had waited until night, then charged American lines singly, in twos, threes, even in waves, always with a desperate reckless daring. And when they failed-- "I saw one group of a dozen or to Nips gather in a circle in a clearing after we had thrown them back," said Pvt. Dan Burnett, Franklin, N. C. "Then each pulled the pin on a grenade and held it against his chest. All were blasted .. to death." Kathleen Norris Says: They Come Back Changed McCULLOM LAKE Bell Syndicate.--WNU Feature®. & w her parents and baby brother .Were visitors there, also. Visitors at McKim's•=• on Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. demon of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Murphy of McHenry, and the A. J. Thompsons. JOHNSBURG ® (By Marie McKim) George Reid, PO 2-c, of the naval air corps, surprised his parents^ Margaret and Dave Reid, by walking in on them l.ast Tuesday evening, j Georjre knew there was a plane leaving Norfolk for Glenview, so he took advantage of it. However, he had to leave early the next morning as he, . _ , , only hr>d a short leave. His parents! Je?n Freur.^ left Sunday for were overjoyed with such a pleasant! w "friends. From surprise even if it was so short. Who! ther,e they ief* to n ppe^ a c™Ple 0 of wouldn't be? George received his! we®k« m ®dlf7,,ie' "I" w]th S<?" (By Mr#. Arthur Klein) Mrs. Donald Freund and Miss wings some time ago, has made, several trips to Cuba, looks fine and is very happy. His position on the pfene is a gunner and aviation machinist. On his return trip south he is going to visit our son, Allan, at and Mrs. Harold Freund and daugh ter, Donna Lee. Pfc. Donald Hettermann spent the weekend in the Jos. E. Frfeund hotne with his father, hfenry Hettermann. Mrs. Winu May and infant son re Norfolk. What's this I hear about j turned home from the Woodstock A THE ROAD BACK When our soldiers come home --tired, disillusioned, somewhat embittered n ith life, they will be at loose ends for a while, trying to get readjusted to a world they had almost forgotten. After the rigid order of military living, with everything provided, and every move planned, the problems and decisions of civilian life will be difficult for many veter~ ans to face. It is during these trying days that mothers, sisters, sweethearts and wives must somehow give that spiritually exhausted man the thing he wants most. It may be a trip to the mountains, or a chance to complete his college course, or a voyage to South America. Whatever it is, his relatives and friends should try to provide it. A tidy sum in the bank, saved from war plant wages, makes it a lot easier to gratify his wishes. But in any case, his struggle back to normal living should get everyone's assistance. Drifting Fliers Rescued In Sight of Foe on Truk AN ADVANCED PACIFIC BASE. --Three navy airmen in a rubber boat drifted for three hours within Sight of Truk, and were drawing I closer and closer to that big Japanese fortress when a rescue ship boldly picked them up just in time. Their torpedo plane was from a navy carrier force that hit Truk. Anti-aircraft fire severed the oil lines and they splashed into the sea eight : miles offshore. Ensign John J. O'Sullivan, the pilot, of St. Louis, said he tried to convince his fellow-fliers. Mechanic Raymond E. Lord of South Berwick, Maine, and Radioman Gene S. Berg of 89-20 161st street, Jamaica, Queens, that they were not drifting ashore, "but pretty soon those palm trees got so big I couldn't make it sound sensible any more." They were less than three miles from Truk when the rescue vessel picked them up. It's Time for Fish Tales 'And Here Is a Good One CLEWISTON, FLA.--From now until June 15 is the best fishing time at this Florida Everglades resort, and it is now so good that the fish go after the fishermen! During a vacation at the Clewiston Inn, P. H. Nichols of Atlanta was fishing in Lake Okeechobee and a large black bass struck so hard that the jolt upset Nichols who was casting. When he came to the surf& ce, the bass was making off witl the rod and feel. Nichols recovered his tackle, caught three bass just to keep them in their place, and came baefc to the inn wet but victorious. E&h of us eouU see that he comet home I* « r<Mt welcome, e /ten, em understanding analysis of his problem. By KATHLEEN NORRIS I write these words on a hot, still June morning, the biggest city is fuming and roaring away below my windows, and complete strangers are greeting each other in the streets with the three incredible wordyS: "Cherbourg is ours." Yes, those sweating, powdergrimed, homesick, exhausted bovs of ours pushed, unit by unit, through bitter long days up the Normandy peninsula until they opened that vital gateway through which other men and supplies could pour to their aid and that of their fellow fighters all over France. ' Let's hope they know--these soldiers of America -- how truly we appreciate what they have done. Let's hope they know that our prayers and thoughts and love have followed them through every agonizing step of the way* and that we are glorying now in their courage and persistence. This is a long step toward Berlin, and toward the end. And this brings us to thoughts of the days to come, when the war is over. It brings one to serious thoughts of the army at home--the women's army of mothers, daughters, sisters, wives. The army that will welcome home that other army of tired, bewildered, disillusioned and often disabled fighters. Tired? Yes, deadly tired of the disturbed and disorganized state of things at home, after the months of sharply-organized war. 1 Bewildered? Certainly. Not knowing quite what to do, where to take hold, what work to look for, at what point to begin. Disillusioned? Disillusioned not perhaps with the war, or even with the peace, but suffering from a deep puzzled disillusionment with life; life that can so generously feed and clothe a man in war time, give him railway tickets and theater tickets, hospitalization, education, blankets, cigarettes, chocolate --and in peace time leave him to struggle with job-finding, unemployment, high rents, high cost of living. And perhaps disabled. Perhaps obliged to face all these things lacking a hand, lacking eyes, needing a crutch, or suffering from those far worse disorders of nerves and mind that cannot be reached by the cheerful kindness and sympathy of Mom and the girls. ' A Place For Him to Fit. Are you ready to face these conditions for your soldier? If two million women would face them for just one soldier each, how greatly would the postwar problem be solved at home, how immeasurably lessened the burden we must all help to carry after the war! No one of us can do it for them all, but each one could do it for one, could see that he comes home to a real welcome, a plan, an understanding analysis of his problem, a small bank-account that will save his selfrespect for a few months at least, a place ready, into which he can fit. For--make up your minds, you mothers and sisters and wives everywhere -- the boys are coming home cross, vague, restless, critical, dissatisfied. The bedroom all in order, the friends gathered to cry and kiss him, the admiration of medals, the royal feast--the glamour of these things will last about 24 hours. Then the change will come; get ready for it. Then the boy will begin^ to show the effects of the long strain.* Body, mind and soul will let go all at once. He'll not be interested in Mom's hospital work or the surprising success of Sis in the chemical lab. He'll want to loaf ability the house reading comics, loaf downtown to a movie.- He'll ftgrfSup, to answer your questions, from »ome dark dream. "What? WhqJ'd you say, Mom? Yep, we had pretty good chow at Guadalcanal. Nope, it was kind of rotten -- oh, I guess it was pretty good." His voice will be uninterested; he will turn back to his little pocket murder story again. You'll feel, for bitter months, as if you had lost him. Give him those months generously and tenderly. Let him get away into the mountains with a dog and an old horse, if you can. Get him off to a cattle ranch; or find out exactly whr# it has been his dream to do--ship to China on a freighter, live alone in the old cabin up by the lake and write a book, finish his medical course--and help him to do The months of a great war--and ours is years old now--are hard for the older men and for all the women at home. But the months that follow the war are harder still. Your splendid ambitious Jim, always so full of courage and spirit and fun, may come back to you silent and bitter, perfectly willing to take a five from Dad and a dollar from Betty Lou, perfectly willing to idle through his days drinking coffee, smoking cigarettes, talking movies and ball games. ~~~ He's got long memories to live down. Give him plenty of time. He'll come back. It isn't his fault the world was plunged into the war that scarred him so deeply. It was ours. Pay for it by helping him back to sanity and peace. „ those two Cuban beauties, George? Oh, I see, always looking out for your young brother, Corp. Bill, one for you and one-for -him! v • ' i Mr. and Mrs. Harry Becker, formerly of McCullom Lake, parents of Bill, Jerry and Dorothy Becker, who j at present live in Glen fillyn, celebrated their silver wedding anniversary Wednesday, Aug. 9. Both Bijl j and Jerry are well known here, havi ihg attended McHenry high school. Bill was quite a football player. He Is in the army afhd Jerry also is in the service, stationed in Washington. . "Toots" Schmitt, daughter of Clara and Mike, Celebrated her twentieth birthday last Thursday, Aug. 10, by going to Chicago to enlist in the Waves. However, she had to have her parents consent. "Toots" passed all tests with flying colors and was sworn in the same day. She will not leave until the l#st of September. Clara and Mike have their only two children in the navy now. Mike, Jr., has been in some 'time past. Good luck, . Wave "Toots" Schmitt! * Robert Sales, S SHE, and Dick Nimtz, F 3-c, left" Great I^akes Thursday, Aug. 10. They are both stationed at Gulfport, Miss% Bob will have four weeks schooling and Dick five weeks. From what Dick writes, it is pretty hot down there. Mary Grace Murphy, formerly of here, wjas visiting a relative in New York last week. At the same time Allan was spending a leave with a buddy of his, whose home is in New York. Last Sunday Mary Grace was going to the drug store on Broadway when she saw Allan about the same time he saw her. After this meeting she CjalTed her folks from New York to give them the good o ;ws. Murphys, in turn, came here to pass it on to us. They were just as surprised and thrilled as we were. No doubt the two youngsters were, too. Corp. Billie Reid, son of Marg £nd Dave Reid, was 22 years of age Friday, Aug. 11. Joyce Huska was 16 years old on Wednesday, Aug. 9 Mrs. Bracken spent the past week in Chicago. Robert Witle, S y-c, arrived in McHenry Sunday morning and left Wednesday morning. He graduated from Signal Corps School Friday at Newport News, Rhode Island. Bob had a seven-day leave. The two nephews of Mr. Foley, the Donnelly brothers, are enjoying an extended leave -with the Foleys and the WSlhelms. Mrs. Marie Krich of Chicago spent an enjoyable week at the home of R. Bruedheide. Jack Templeton and wife, also of Chicago, were visitors there, too, recently. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Art Miller Sunday morning at the Woodstock hospital. The young man weighed 6% lbs. at birth. The Millers bought the Tom Hardy home about a year ago. Congratulations! Mrs. Sales had her young niece, Miss McNamee, of Chicago, with her for a week. Irene spent the past weekend at East St. Louis with her husband, Leo. Miss Carol Rosch of Chicago spent a week at the home of her grandparents, the ' Benm -ts. On Sunday hospital Wednesday, Miss Mary Ann Kalus spent a few days vacation with her cousins, Jan# and P.atty Mae Klein. Mr. and . Mrs. Fred Pepping and sons, Mrs. Helen Amann, Mrs. Lorraine Watkins, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Freund 'and family, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Nelson and Mrs. Raymond Pepping honored Corp. Raymond Pepping, home on furlough, in the' home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pepping. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Buchner and Mr. and Mrs. Florian LeFountain are spending a few days in the Wm, May and Jos. J. Freund homes. A large number of friends and relatives attended the funeral of Mrs.. Anna Meyers in McHenry Saturday. Betty Christensen, of Elmwood Park is visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Jepson. ' Mrs. Alfred (Sonny) Smith, Miss Lorraine Schultze and Wm. Smith visited with Pvt. "Sonny" Smith at the Mayo hospital, Galesburg, IU. Friends of "Sonny" will be happy to hear that he is recovering nicely since his injury on D-Day when a bullet lodged in his jaw. He spent some time in a hospital in England, was then flown to New York and been transferred to Galesburg. Mdss Phyllis Smith is spending a week's vacation with her cousin, Miss Nancy Freund, in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Freurfd and daughter, Nancy, spent the weekend with Mrs. Catherine Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Klapperich visited with Mr. and Mrs, Henry J. Weber Thursday evening.. Pvt. Walter M. Smith left Sunday night to return to his station in Fort Lewis, Wash., afer spending a furlough visiting with friends and relatives. Lt. Leo Gerlach of the marine air corps and Wm. John Gerlach, S 1-c, left for their respective stations after spending a 15-day furlough with their parents, Dr. and Mrs. Leo Gerlach. . . Mrs. Frank Hrejsa and children, Ellen and Paul, are living with her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Tonyan, while her husband, Lt. Frank Hrejsa, is serving in England. Lt. Angela Tonyan left Thursday morning to return to her station in_ Staunton, Va„ after spending a 12- day leave with her mother and family. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Tonyan, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Tonyan and family, Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Tonyan and daughter, Audrey, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard N. Schmitt, Mrs. Fcank Hrejsa and children visited witK Lt. Angelf Tonyan in the Mrs. ^izabeth Tonyan home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Britz, Norman Britz, Ronald IProsser, Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Klaus and family, Miss Georgia May, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lewis and son, Tommy, Seaman and Mrs. Hank B*ritz and Christy Lee, and Mrs. Stephen Schaefer were Sunday evening guests in the Arthur Klein home? Mr. and Mrs. Jos. J. Freund and Wm. May visited with Mrs. Wm. May and infant son in the Woodstock hospital last week. Pfc. Donald Hettermann and Henry Hettermann visited with Wm. Krift in Burlington, Monday.' Mr. Krift had the misfortune to fall down the hay chute, injuring his head. Jltrs. Martha Freund and daugh-> ters, Virginia and Gladys, of Woodstock visited with Mrs. Martin H. Fjp«odJunday. Viifiii Rock Ribbed Ireland is rock ribbed, rests upon limestone, basalt, sandstone, and marble; has pockets of gold and silver, copper in its western hills, coal in the southeastern ^ counties, and iron ore throughout. Soil is fertile, draws on eroded limestone and vegetable mold for its richness. About four-fifths of the island is tillable. The rest is bog, highland, and moorland. Bogs supply peat for Irish hearths, nourish in their dark depths romantic tales of Irish folklore. Shirt Cardboards Shirt cardboards are a big help in painting or washing woodwork. Hold one against the edge as you paint; or wash and keep wallpaper spotless. - ji • WHEN com DONT CLEAN Ad it Ones! New Discovery Expels Afterbirth, Eliminates Uterine Discharge Whan retained afterbirth or uteri charfta occora la your dairy herd, act at oocm . . . lajact the effective new drug. BEEBB 8IBOL (atilbeatrol, synthetic hormone). BMtBE SIBOL stimulates the I and contracts the uterus . cows expel afterbirth In 36 to 4S hours, sAd > aHmlnate chronic uterine dla- Eaajr to Inject. ... WATTLES DRUG STOi|B West McHenry, IlL , ^ Disabling Injuries Disabling injuries from work accidents numbered about 1,850,000 in 1943, a 6 per cent increase over 1942. Included in this total are approxi- 1 mately 70,000 cases involving somepermanent disability. Improves Clay If clays are modified with humus or well-rotted manure, they're among our best soils. But if the soil is stiff, hard clay, don't use it for the root crops like beets, carrots. & -fl", ; Sueuting, i>ou;der-grimed soldiers. Cost of Living Advances The cost of living in the United States rose in May to a new iiigh level for the var peri6d, according to the Alexander Hamilton institute. Nevertheless, the cost of living was only slightly higher than a year ago, with the national industrial conference board's index, which is based on 1923 as 100, standing at 104.4 in May this year as against 104.2 in the same month last year. The rise during the past" year Was due entirely to increases in clothing,- fuel, light and miscellaneous. Tsl if/m W I S C O N S I N STATE f AI MILWAUKEE ft PAYS A Sedate > f u - w fa VICTORY, •SSwttiggB Outdoor show GRAND CIRCUIT HARNESS RACES if STARS OF STA RADIO--A aRCATHTAMMG Vegetable Production The trend in vegetable production has been upward since World War I, having doubled in southern New England during this period. TrouDiea conscience A little boy's conscience is in the seat of his trousers. Anything he can do that causes no resulting dis- .comfort there or thereabouts is normally okay with him.. >• Australian Flga The Australian fig tree already has many uses. Aborigines make their fishing nets from the stiong root fibers. Young, tender leaves are used for cattle fodder. The *af of one variety is used as a subjBtitute lor sand oaoer. Dry Cake Cake that has gone dry can be made to taste like it has just been baked. Wrap it in a damp cloth and put it in a slightly warm oven until the cloth is dry. Just like new-- OPENS SAT- AUG. Military and Am erican Legion Day Sunday -- Victory Workers Day Fair Continues Through SUN., AUG. 27 soars or macimq MW. W-M-H-M-U ) m A REM P-M WAR ACTIVITIES EXHIBIT A VUUNtOAD Of OIA7M-OiAllN« WAR MftING BERU FIRf WORKS FREE ON GROUNDS AUG. 23-27 YOUTH SERVESS104.928 IN PREMIUMS $ 6 5 , O O C I N E N T E R T A I N M E N T is Hie time to order DEKALB CLINTON MARTIN " WEST McHENRY M .V-R WHILE FIVE SONS AND A GRANDSON ARE IN SERVICE $4jjis¥ji Ht*6.Wlufe # Over in Coifccmi, Nfcbfadh*; Wtmtra't" Cecil G.Wite is busy with his daily tasks. His is a service record of many years. But since war came the Whites have won distinction in another way«-^** sms mmd * grmndten u**r Uucie Sam's tug uniforms. "• . You might say this Is enough glory for one family. But patriotic Mrs. White thought differently. She turned to victory gardening and last year canned over 600 quarts of fruits and vegetables^ That's deserving of comment. This year she expects to do ft well or better! But to get back to the White boys. Russell, a 1st Lieutenant of Marines, has sr-n actiorf at Guadalcanal and Tarawa, and is now on Saipan. Sergeant Vilas is over in New Guinea. Vernon, in the Southwest Pacific, is a Navy Aerographer's Mate. Norman, still in the States, is an Air Cadet, while Private Merton is at Camp Phillips, Kansas. Then there's Jerry, Lieut. Russell's son, in Officers' Training Camp at San Diego. Marvin, we might add, enlisted in the army in 1939, but received a medical discharge last September. He's still carrying o% though.in a Minneapolis defense plant. ----v., V:; A most unusual family, you'll agree. Every member is doing what he can to hasten victory. "North Western" is proud of the Whites --they and their kind are th# backbone of America. SERVING AMERICA IN WAR ANQt MACE FOf ALMOST A JCENTURY D