Altoona Mirror (Newspaper) - July 20, 1944, Altoona, Pennsylvania THE ALTOONA MIRRO JULY 20 34 Wounds Are Suffered by Sgt W Kern Sgt William Kern R D No 2 Huntingdon wears the Purple Heart not for one but for Distress of Getting Up Nights Don't let your system fill up with poison your kidneys should nate It often makes you get jup nights and may bring serious ness Thompson's Tablets aid in flushing out your kidneys help strengthen your bladder They are good for stomach liver and bowels Insist upon Thompson's Tablets at your drug Store thirty-four of them received when a German anti- personnel mine exploded fifteen feet from him near Cassino Italy Sgt Kern is back in this country after fighting with the 1st armored division in Tunisia and Italy His story was released today by the war department Most of the wounds were he explained But it was bad enough to keep me in a pital for fifty days before I could go back to my outfit It happened like I was second in command of a night patrol and we went out about 300 yards in front of our main lines We were moving along carefully when another fellow stepped on this mine It killed him and ed me unconscious When I came to I started yelling for my buddy but he was dead too Boy I felt pretty bad I hurt all over I know I was hurt badly The aid men came up and got me out shortly and they found thirty-four PROUDLY ANNOUNCE A New Line of Beautiful Bareleg Stockings Hanes Hosiery They mould your legs to glamorous contours They fit like a silken skin They cleverly camouflage nature's blemishes Their seamless construction eliminate crooked seams Here are new-world rayons without a seam to mar your natural leg beauty Our sheer Hanes are designed to give perfect fit and maximum wear For best service buy three to wash one lo dry one to wear bits of that mine in various parts of my body Infantryman Kern had high praise for the medical corps He said they were the heroes of the war so far as he was concerned Everybody from the aid men to the doctors and nurses deserve plenty of he said The son of Mr and Mrs Edward Kern he planned to spend his lough with them Before the war Sgt Kern was a steel worker and road builder No 900 STREET SNEER cotton top 3 pairs I 44 No 3400 DRESS SHEER w top DIG Spain 1.71 No 440 FINEST SHEER 3 2.25 Write or Phone for 3 Pairs While Allotment Lasts Brett's Main Floor Wins Commendation Of Lieutenant Pfc Jacob W Snyder son of Mr and Mrs A A Snyder of 807 Sixth avenue took part in the invasion of Europe and in writing to his parents reported We made the initial assault O K I landed with the infantry on D-day as a radio operator for a forward ob- servation party t have seen plenty of action and have been in some tight spots but to date I'm J W Snyder o K Pvt Snyder had been in England for almost two years prior to the invasion Two brothers are also in the service Arthur jr in Texas and George in South Carolina Prior to induction Jacob was em- ployed by the P R R The following letter from his commanding officer is a great comfort to his parents Dear Mr and Mrs Do not become alarmed on getting this letter It's no bad news about your son I just wanted to take this opportunity to inform you about how son is ting along Jake is in my section and is my radio operator and he Is really a good one Even when our going was toughest he was right in there doing his duty and it well I am very proud of fact that he is in my section for as he has probably told you we were in the first group to hit the beach and that is where the operation of Jake's radio meant an awful lot In one of our particular scrapes he distinguished himself by carrying out wounded while under enemy fire He didn't have to do that at all but without thought for himself got the wounded men to safety I have recommended him for citation We are all giving thanks to God that none of us have been injured and more we'll continue The purpose of my letter however 1s to let you know that Jake is safe and is doing his job like a soldier and a man I'll do my best to keep him from harm Yours sincerely LT WM L BARNETT WELCOMES ADVICE OF MOTOR CLUBS This CURIOUS Ferguson THIS MUSHROOM A FAVORITE DISH OF ANCIENT ROME CONSTITUTED THE OF THC ROMAN EMPEROR CLAUDIUS HAD SEASONED IT WITH COPR 1944 BY NEA SERVICE INC T M REd U S PAT OFF IS THE BEAVER CLASSED AS AM Jr Red Cross TIMOTHY HAY WAS NAMED FOR WHO INTRODUCED THIS EUROPEAN GRASS INTO MARYLAND IN 1720 No The beaver is amphibious but does not belong to the zoological group of cold blooded creatures Hold Everything Beef Likely To Come Later July tary of Highways John U Shroyer today called upon his district en- and county superintendents and all other interested highway department employes to ate in a constructive manner with the motor clubs and service throughout the state We have received many lent suggestions from these sources and in your contacts with the re- sponsible officers and members of these clubs you may inform them that we shall be pleased to receive their suggestions for highway im- provement and maintenance in the areas they Secretary Shroyer told highway employes In the Bean ground to order CUP'S Eight mild and low or Red rich aid or of Tour You get finer fresher Who said you rookies could hold a tent warming Home Gangers Receive Tips Special to Altoona Mirror WASHINGTON D C July In an effort to make home canning more effective and safer the war food administration is ready to ad- vise home canners of Altoona who may number as many as this year how to avoid spoilage and it was learned today Here are some pointers says Don't use defective lids old lids old rubber rings poor quality new rings Don't can food of poor ity Keep contamination low by general sanitation Seal food only at a high temperature Store food at a moderate temperature For more advice write the extension service agriculture department Washington D C About one-third to one-half of Altoona's families are expected to can an average of 115 cans or jars of food this year It is largely up to them whether or not all this food can be eaten By United Press WASHINGTON D C July All beefsteaks and beef roasts will remain the list of rationed meats through the first two weeks of August it was indicated today despite a war food tration order to the contrary WFA Administrator Marvin Jones this week ordered the office of price administration to make most beef grades point free next month The OPA it was understood objected to Jones action and an OPA spokesman said it was understood by OPA that the tive date of the directive would be postponed Jones in an unprecedented tion issued a directive to OPA Monday after discussions between the two agencies had reached an impasse last week Under normal conditions Jones would merely no- OPA of the amount of meats available for civilian distribution with OPA making the rationing decisions In this case however Jones sued a formal directive ordering ALEXANDRIA and girls of the American Junior Red Cross are already spotting fields where milkweed grows in of picking the autumn pods for Uncle Sam's armed forces The floss from these pods will go into life jackets for fighting men The new and fascinating gram designed for the school dren of America and in which Junior Red Cross members from Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana land Virginia and West Virginia will participate originates with the United States department of agriculture and is approved by the war production board and the United States office of education Its purpose is to substitute weed floss for kapok a silky fibre used for many years by the United States as a filler for thousands of items and no longer available since the capture of the East Indies by Japan Although the tree which duces kapok grows in in the tropics only in Java were there any plantations where large quantities could be obtained Since the supply has been cut off the kapok on hand has been gradually used up Milkweed floss is the only other material found to be sufficiently waterproof and buoyant to use in life vests Large quantities are needed and the government is urging all children to collect the precious pods when they ripen in September Two bushel bags of milkweed pods fill a life jacket Participating members of Junior Red Cross will pick and handle the milkweed according to approved government requirements They will collect the ripened pods in standard onion bags tie the tops securely and hang the bags in a well-exposed spot for sun and wind to dry Later the bags will be collected and shipped by authorized for processing agencies WILDLIFE ARTIST DESIGNS StAMP Stamp collectors who are for- enough to own a complete set of federal migratory bird ing stamps more familiarly known to hunters and philatelists as duck can now add the eleventh of this series to their collection according to the United States flsh and wildlife service Issued annually the new 194445 stamp was placed on sale at all first and second-class post offices on July 1 The design of the new stamp shows three white-fronted geese part of a flock coming in It is taken from a drawing by Walter Weber noted wildlife Washington D C PROTECT YOUR SIZE WING IESS IRRITATING EXTRA LENGTH PROTECTS THROAT ORDINARY CIGARETTE THE EXTRA OF TOBACCO ACTS AS AN EFFECTIVE NATURAL FILTER IN REDUCING THROAT IRRITATION FOUND IN CIGARETTE it Reported by laboratory Wings give you full cigarette enjoyment and throat protection at the same They're blended from choice Turkish and Domestic tobaccos You'd never guess they cost you less OP A to remove commercial utility grades of beefsteaks and and comprise 80 per cent of the beef also the return of porks hams and pork loin to rationing Under Jones order OPA would be left with about pounds of beefsteaks and roasts for ing next month compared with this month An OPA GERMAN ACE KILLED LONDON July DNB man news agency dispatch heard in London today said that Capt Joseph who was credited with shooting down 102 allied planes had been killed on the Western front APPLY AT NAVY RECRUITING STATION ALTOONA POST OFFICE ALTOONA PENNA tic to attempt to distribute pounds under rationing Jones authorized OPA to rationing on pork hams and loins which were taken off last month but the problem on these products was confined solely to equitable distribution it was said In the case of beef it was said Jones wanted to move stocks out df cold storage to make space available for an anticipated influx from the ranges OPA maintained there were still no indications that the new supplies were coming in and that the animals were still on the ranges GRANTS Brand New Arrivals 5 for fall A new shipment of infants wear healthfully designed cunning as can be for the newest family additions Crib Spreads in lovely chenille Perfect gifts Knit Booties to keep baby's feet comfy and warm Training Pants with double crotch Soft Sole Shoes especially designed for Infants Dresses lace trimmed soft batiste Infants Crib Blankets pastel colors pink or blue Nursery Seats blond natural ish folding type complete Feeding Sets colorful dish spoon and cup in plastic 290 200 940 matching 590 Knitted Infants Shirts long sleeve in soft cotton color ecrue 904 W T GRANT CO Eleventh Ave j i FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS Rush Is On BY MERRILL BLOSSI R SUGLE MADE A MISTAKE WHEN WE TOLD YOU IT ALL WHEN SHE Gers OFF THE BUS DON'T ACCUSE HER OF HAD CAN i HELP IT IF w GIRLS iw THF BEAUTY PARLOR KEEP MY COPR NEA INC T M U S Off BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES BY EDGAR MARTIN A Debt to Repay BY LESLIE TURNER T J SCORE TO SETTLE WITH THOSE JAW WR WHAT THEY PIP TO MY I'VE CAMERAS T ON THREE THE PLANES USE A MORE OPEN AMD VOLUNTEERS TO FORMATION THAN OKI THE OTHER TRIPS TO WHAT CAPTAIN WHITCOMB THE HAS EM DP VOLUNTEER I SUK 006 WOW OF THE NEW
