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Daniel Murphy, 18, seaman 1/c, "is serving aboard a destroyer in the Pacific. . Since entering the service in March, 1944, â€"he has takâ€" en part in six major engagements. He is the son of Mr. Lyman Murâ€" phy, of Highland Park, who has for the past year been serving with an engineers‘ utility company . in the Aleutians. A â€" Sgt. Kroncke‘s only comment reâ€" garding service with the corps enâ€" Among the latést arrivals to have been speedéd this far by the ocean â€" spanning ATC planes is a local man Master Sergeant Harâ€" old A. Kroncke, 41, who served 18 months in Burma. He wears the American Defense ribbon, the Asâ€" intic campaign with two stars and the Good Conduct ribbon, Arriving by air transport comâ€" mand planes, in ever increasing numbers under the army‘s redeâ€" ployment plan, scores of overseas veterafhs were clearing air transâ€" port command‘s Miami army air field. ~ Joseph Carani, SK 3/c, USN, home from the Pacific theater, is spending a leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carani, 585 Glenview: A member of the 1944 graduating class, he * joined the navy 15 months ago, and has since participated in two major engageâ€" ments aboard a destroyer: He is 20 years of age. Sgt. Alfred Fiore, 23, serving with an amphibious truek compaâ€" ny on Luzon, has been promoted to the rank of staff sergeant. _ Inâ€" ducted in February, 1943, he left for overseas the following August. His brother, Sgt. John, formerâ€" lyâ€"stationed in the Aleutians, is now at Will Rogers field, Oklahoâ€" ma City, Okla. He is with a ground crew of theâ€"air forces. . They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fiore, 49 Prairie, Highwood. Not long after we left camp, the mess sergeant. came through the cars saying: "Let‘s go men. Chow time!" Again in an orderly manner, we walked to the troop kitchen car where we were handed plates, paâ€" per ~cups, forks, and wooden It was a pleasant tripâ€"the first I had. made abdardâ€"a troop train. Before â€"when traveling for the Army, I was either in my. own automobile or on special orders to travel alone on a regular passenger train. CHOW TIME ... IN THE NATION‘S SERVICE When we reached the tracks we were marched aboard the Pullmans in a most orderly fashion, _ Minâ€" utes later the whistle blew twice and the train chugged away. The Army‘s Special Service diâ€" vfni?n supplied us with the Intest pertodicals which ‘were placed on our chairs., It was not long beâ€" fore we were all reading. A PLEASANT TRIP Unconsciously â€" smiles â€" spread across our faces and our chests expanded another inch. We knew we were the best â€"fed, clothed, housed, equipped, and trained solâ€" diers on earth, We knew we were off to fight a rugged fanatical foe. And we knew we would beat him decisively. _‘ & ¢ 4 We passed through the gates of this great overseas replacement deâ€" pot whereâ€"we‘d spent long, arduâ€" ous hours in training. Over that gate was a sign. It read: "THROUGH THESE GATES PASS THE BEST DAMN SOLâ€" DIERS IN THE WORLD!® ginning of a great, new adventure in strange lands. We were finally leaving for a port of embarkation. We were ready for overseas duty. WE WERE PROUD .. . Page 2 EN ROUTE OVERSEASâ€" : Off in the distance, just outside the camp‘s fence, I could see the long, black cars of the troop train. Before the sun peaked its head over the tall, snowâ€"capped mountains that morning, we were up, dressed in olive drab with leggings, fed, and waiting for orders to board the train with white flags flying from the engine. “?A‘I.I.INP'... | spoons. Plel it > Out in â€"front of the barracks band members. were warming up their instruments, preparing to march us to the train. "Fall in!" the drill sergeant belâ€" lowed. + Minutes later .. . . % "Attention! Forward march!" ‘The band blared forth. We felt proud as we marched from the barâ€" racks area up the road dnd to the I‘M IN THE ARMY NOW Cpl Whitt N. Schults Special to the Highland Park Press On entering the service in 1942, Lt. Mann‘s first assignment was with a ski troop training unit. Latâ€" er graduating from Officers‘ Trainâ€" ing school, he served as instructor untilâ€" selected for special training. His wife and baby live in Chicago. Sgt. Claude Vander Bloomen, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Vander Bloomen, 213 North, Highwood, has been transferred from the Stimson field, Texas, to the army air base at Columbus, Ind. He is one of three brothers, aged 23, 25 and 27, who left all within the same year, 1942, to enter service. Pfo. Howard is now serving on Okinawas, a member of a pigeon signal corps _ He has not been home ‘since he . reported to Ft. Sheridan 29 months ago, as he left soon after for Hawaii. One of the four sons of Mrs. Diâ€" &na Volpendesta, 219 Liewellyn, Highwood, Rocco, aviation medalâ€" smith 1/c, is now home on leave, with his wife, who has been stayâ€" ing with him in San Diego, Calif. His work is servicing Bâ€"29‘s. _ Soon we were at our port of embarkation, awaiting further orâ€" ders from Washington . . . $/Sgt. Jack, stationed in India, wrote his parents last month that he is sure of a furlough soon. His parents are expecting him within two weeks‘ time: A brother, Adolph, S 1/c, USN, is stationed in the Pacific theater, having taken part in the.Philippine invasion. _ Pvt. John is in Germany and Pfe. Domonic, M.P., now staâ€" tioned in California, is expecting an carly leave. C During the day fellow soldiers read, played. cards, told stories, bragged about their girls, wives, and hometowns. â€"Or, they slept. Others just looked out of the winâ€" dow and dreamt of the folks back home. . I dreamt a bit, too, and thought much about my . loved ones, and about Highland Park. ‘ We were on that train for many hours; but somehow time raced by. I guess the beautiful scenery kept our eyes from our watches. gineers was that the battle of Myâ€" itkina "was very exciting." Znd Lt Allan T. Mann, son of Mr.~and Mrs. Charles A. Mann, 360 Park, was one of the 20 student ofâ€" ficers to graduate on June 9 from the â€" Quartermaster â€" Subsistence school, Chicago, after specialized study in all phases of army food supply, storage and distribution. DREAMS OF HIGHLAND PARK ... Truc, it was a little inconvenient trying to sleep this way especially when these big lads decided they‘d like to change their posiâ€" tion in the middle of the night. When they did I landed in the aisle. But it was fun. And we did get a lot of laughs. "Sorry, General. This here‘s my first trip on this line. _ I don‘t now where we‘s headed." I landed in a Tower â€" with a 200â€"pound corporal the first night and a 250 technical sergeant the second night. The sun was down now and the cheerful, _ whiteâ€"coated _ porters came through the cars and began making our berths. SLEEPS (?) IN A LOWER .:. Of course we were all curious as to our destination. But that remained a secret. .. Some of the lads tried to pry the informatiom from blackâ€"faced porâ€" ters who went along with us. But they always answered: â€" When we filed back through the kitchen this is what mess attenâ€" dants placed on our plates: hot, boiled potatoes carrots, fresh toâ€" matoes, bread, butter, jam, and the best roast beef I‘ve ever eaten. It was a larger piece and a far tastier one than that slice ofâ€" beef really necessary?" _ The remark seemed to amuséâ€"the troops. . Back to our cars we went, jokâ€" ing, singing, laughing. A private with me kept saying, "Is this trip I ate at the. Drake‘s Camellia House not too long ago. We drank hot cocoa. > cago. His sisters, Mrs. Naomi Clampitt and Mrs. Ruth Connolâ€" ly, live in Deerfield and Highland Park, respectively. Z2nd Lt. Homer Smith A Slippery Prisoner Znd Lt. Homer "Pee Wee" Smith, liberated Nazi prisoner, arâ€" rived in town last week, and from all accounts the Nazis must have had & hard time keeping track of him, forthe twice eluded them, onâ€" ly to be discovered and brought Shot down over Metz, on Nov. 8, it was four days before he was found and captured by the Nazis. Eighteen days of solitary confineâ€" ment with constant questioning.folâ€" lowed. During a march from Saâ€" gan, near Berlin, to Nuremberg, he escaped, in company with Lt. George Greene, of Highland Park, but was recaptured when within five fuiles of his Own lines. Durâ€" ing a second transfer of prisoners he again gave his captors the slip. It was during this interval of freeâ€" dom that the prison base was takâ€" en over by the Yanks, and the lieuâ€" terant, being AWOL, was not inâ€" eluded in the list of liberated prisâ€" oners. The Nazis supplied a fine reâ€" ducing diet for their Yankee prisâ€" oners, about 10 gallons of thin soup to 150 men, plus one very thin The Red Cross packages finally arâ€" rived to save the day and the wanâ€" ing strength of the starving Yanks. » With recapture by the Ameriâ€" cans, good care and plenty of food, Lt. Smith regained his lost weight, and, tharks to the resilience of youth, is now as good as new. . Former residents _ of Highland Park, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Smith, Sr., now live in Chiâ€" CHICAGO and NORTH WESTERN SYSTEM db HE year 1855 . was significant in the annals of western railroading. In a history of early transportation, the report was brief of an event of tremendous imporâ€" tance. "This year," it read, "a telegraph line was built alongside the road between Chicago and Freeport and the trains were ~ »â€"operated by it." Thus was the telegraph first used in the west as an aid in train operations. Its use T HE PRESS $ERVING@ AMERICA IN WAKC AND PEACE For AlMOST A CBNTuRY Ronans Represented 100% In the Pacific Theater Lt. Perry Ronan, ground force officer of the 8th air force, now in England, hopes for a.trip via the States with stopover furlough on his way to the Pacific theater, Lt. George Greene to Lt. Greene feels that the end of the European â€"warâ€"came.â€"just .. in time to prevent the men of his unit being used as hostages. He feels that American prisoners received better treatment than those of othâ€" er nationalities, although they seem to have used their Yankee ingenuity, at times, to foil their more phlegmatic captors. ‘Orderâ€" ¢d to spread out, they woyld spread too far, thus allowingâ€"some to esâ€" cape. But sealed in box cars, with no food or water for 30 hours at a time, and no facilities of any kind, the situation got pretty grim at times. Twice, while on march, Lt. Greene escaped, in company with Lt. Homer Smith, but was reâ€" captured. At one time even Red Cross rations ~ were ~withheld in punishment for the escape of one prisoner. The cars containing prisoners were invariably placed Mrs. Greene will have a 30â€"day furlough and the lieutenant 60 days. . Lt. George I. Greene, former Nazi prisoner, who arrived in town last week, plans to leave for Texas next week, with his wife, Celeste, Y 2/c, of the Waves, who is staâ€" tionedâ€"atâ€"Great Lakes, They will enjoyed a longâ€"delayed honeymoon there. Mr. and Mrs. George Greene, Sr., live at 504 Gray avenue. ful thinking on the part of the Nazis. ~0 0 * Tâ€"Sgt. Philip Scully Home from So. Pacific T/Sgt. Philip R. Scully, radar observer with the 13th air force, is spending a 30â€"day leave with his parents, the Philip Scullys, Sr., 944 : Chestnut, Deerfield, having served for one year in the southâ€" west Pacific. During this time Sgt. Scully completed 30 missions, and is the possessor of the Air Medal, gwo oak leaf clusters, a Philippine libâ€" eration ribbon and three battle stars. On June 22 last, he celebratâ€" ed his 21st ‘birthday ‘"on the equator." (Sounds like a hot time.) + A graduate of the 1941 graduatâ€" ing class of Highland Park high, he feels like all veterans that it is "wonderful" to be back. At the end of his leave he will report to Santa Ana, Calif., for further orâ€" ders. * . The former mayor, himself, is a veteran of the Spanishâ€"Ameriâ€" can war and World War I, retiring from military life with the rank of major: UNITED STATES WAR BONDS BUY THEM .. . KEEP THEM! for which he is slated, With his transfer, the Frank J. Ronans, Sr., 324 Park, will be represented there 100% . 8/Sgt. Jack, USMC, a veteran of Saipan, is taking part in the campaign of Okinawa, and Capt. Frank, with a headquarters corps, is stationed in Hawaii. of the "old girl," and says she must have completed 108 missions by now, and is due for a long rest. Stationed on Morotai, of the Dutch East Indies, he has little to tell of the natives, who were not encouraged to come too.close. © Sgt. Scully‘s plane was a Bâ€"24 Liberator,.. called. ‘"Gremlin‘s Deâ€" The union of telegraph and rail operation is taken for granted today. But there were skeptics, back in the 50s, who thought messages in the form of electrical impulses would figver run a railroad! } brought new safety and efficiency to train movements . . . was vital in the rapid expansion of railroads and the developâ€" ment of communities in the west. Thursday, June 21st, 1945 From David learn to give thanks for everything. â€" Every furrow in the Book of Psalms is sown with the seeds of thanksgiving.â€"Jereâ€" Veteran of 101 dive bombing missions over Europe, at one time the captain shot down three enemy craft within five minutes. He posâ€" sesses the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with 17 oak leaf clusters â€" and 156 disâ€" charge points. He expects to reâ€" ceive an honorable discharge from service very soon. He is 29 years of agé. Capt. Carl Johnson, dive bombâ€" er pilot, arrived last week.from Miami, Fla., with his bride, the former Inez Warfield of* Evansâ€" ton, to visit his mother, Mrs. Anna Johnson, 641 Glenview. * my Taylor, Honorable Discharge Due Bomber Pilot Veteran GLENCOE THEATRE â€" 630 Vernon Ave. Highland Park 605 SUN., MON., TUES.; WED. June 24â€"25â€"26â€"27 Laird Cregar, George Sanders, Linda Darnell F THU., FRI., SAT., June 21â€"23 THU., FRL, SAT., June 28â€"30 Faye Emerson, Helmut b.-ti-e Coming â€" "Tonight and Every Night," "Lost in a Harem," "National Velvet," "Music for Millions," "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo." / 4 ‘"Hangover Square"