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The Most Unusual Surrender in Military tlistory

Here is the story of the most unusual surrender in military history. It happened during the Civil War. Stanley Horn tells about it in his interesting book, "The Army of Tennessee." Col. Wilder of the Union forces, had a force of about four thousand men in a fort at Munfordville, near Bowling Green. Bragg's army entirely surrounded him, with 100 cannon trained on the fort. The little Federal army was doomed. Bragg demanded Wilder's unconditional surrender. Let Mr. Horn tell the amazing story of how gentlemen fought in the old days:

"Wilder was an Indiana industrialist with no military experience whatever. He did not like the idea of surrendering-but could see nothing else to do. Finally he adopted the unorthodox expedient of going under a fag of truce to General Buckner's headquarters and asking his advice. (Buckner was a Southern General, you understand.) IIe explained his ignorance, said he had been told Buckner was not only a trained soldier, but a gentleman who would not deceive him. If his position was hopeless, he explained, he did not want to sacrifice the lives of any of his men in a useless defense. On the other hand, he did not want to be stampeded into a surrender which a more experienced commander might not cohsider necessary. lfe was willing to leave it to Buckner, as one gentleman to another. Buckner, taken aback by this naivete, declined to advise his trusting enemy.

" 'That's not the \ ray wars are fought,' he told Wilder. He did go so far as to tell him that he ought to try to defend the fort as long as possible if he thought that thereby he might help Buell. But he assured him that his little command was encircled by Bragg's whole arrn5r, with a hundred pieces of artillery in a commanding position where they could batter his defenses into dust. Wilder asked politely if he might be permitted to inspect the enemy forces and count the cannon. Buckner in his most gentlemanly manner consented to this, and Wilder convinced by ocular demonstration, said sadly: 'I believe I'll surrender.' So Buckner took him to Bragg, and Wilder gave up the fort and its entire garrison together with aU its artillery and stores and 5,000 stand of small arms."

Feminine Inlluence in the Fcrctory

There's lipstick on the drinking fount, There's talcum on the bench, There's cold cream on the surface plate, Hand lotion on the wrench; Evening in Paris scents the air That once held lube oil's smell, I just picked up a bobby pinBelieve me, war is hell !

when r reave .r," ::,11 shore, To mosey round this earth no moreDon't weep; don't sigh; don't pine; don't sob; I may have found a better job. Don't stand around me feeling blue, I may'be better off than you. Don't tell the folks I was a saint, Or any old thing that I ain't. If you have bunk like that to spread, Please pass it out before I'm dead. If you have roses, bless your soul, Just pin one in my buttonholeToday-while I'm alive and well; Don't wait until I'm safe in heaven.

Lnrrrune

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candle stick. If old Jack always acts that barmy, They'll never take him in the army.

Got the Wrong Pcrrtner

Two American soldiers on short leave were tramping over the hills in a lovely English countryside, when they came to an old inn with a sign that read: "George and the Dragon." They knocked, and a vinegar faced women 'answered. One of them said:

"Could we get a room for the night?"

Old vinegar face snapped "No !" and slammed the door.

After a minute they knocked again. Again old sourpuss came to the door. The soldier asked:

"Could we speak to George this time?"

The Noble Dog

Little Johnnie wrote in his essay book in school on the subject of dogs: "The noblest kind of a dog is the hot dog, for it not only don't bite the hand that feeds it, but it feeds the hand that bites it."

Experience

Dr. Randolph Ray wrote: "Every experience is valuable because it relates us to the Infinite. The wells of adversity filled with tears, become great living springs, powerful and recuperative, if as we go through the valley we know how to use those glimpses of the Infinite. We are not lifting ourselves by our bootstraps. We have the power of the Infinite as our own."

Insect Screen Cloth

Wendling-Ncthan Co. Moving To Chcncery Bldg,, Sqn Francisco

Wendling-Nathan Company, San Francisco wholesale lumber dealers, lvill move early in May to the fourth floor in the Chancery Building, 564 Market Street, San Francisco. The telephone number, SUtter 5363, u'ill probably remain unchanged.

This concern completed 30 years on May 1 as tenants in the Lumbermen's Building, 110 Market Street. The move was made necessary when the Navy took over the building.

W. K. Hcley Hcrs Three Sons In Country's Service

W. K. Haley of Haley Bros., wholesale sash and door dealers, Santa Monica, has three sons in the Army and Navy.

Lieutenant Edgar R. Haley, who was a doctor practicing in Santa Monica, and is a graduate of McGill University, N{ontreal, is at Camp Dix, N. J., in the Army Nfedical Corps.

"DURO"

I-ieutenant (j.g.) Rupert Haley is in the Navy, stationed in the Aleutians, and Lieutenant David Haley, Field Artillery, is also in the Aleutians.

Home On Furlough

Corporal Ruth Hanson of the WACS, stationed at Camp Blanding, Florida, was recently home on furlough. She is a daughter of F. G. llanson of the West Coast Screen Co., Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Dinner and Concatenation May 4

Major Knox Manning, for many years nationally known radio nervs commentator with Station KNX of the Columbia Broadcasting System, and founder of the coast-to-coast ra d i o p rogram, "I Was There," u'ilt be the guest speaker at the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo meeting to be held at the University Club, 614 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, Thursday evening,' May 4, 1944.

Major Manning has just returned from active duty ir-r the Italian theater of war t'here he participated in the American 5th Arml' landing near Salerno. In the face of withering enemy fire from surroudir.rg hills, and exposed t<-, constant bombing-day and night-by the Luftrvaffe, he directed an Air Force photography unit in shooting pictures of the landing operation and battle that followed in establishing a beachhead.

After completing his photographic assignment, with pictures of the American landing, construction of air fields, pictttres of German bomlting and strafing attacks, Major Manning proceeded to Africa by way of Sicily, lvhere he joined his compar.ry rvith tl-re Northrvest African Air Force under Lieutenant General Carl Spaatz. He is norv back in Southern California in the interest of recruiting Air Wacs for duty u'ith the Anny Air Force.

I)inner n'ill be served at 6:30 p. m., tickets are $3.00 per person. Send in )'our reservations as soon as possible. The Committee n ill have to have this information so that they can arrange to take care of everybody. This is important. If you clid not receive the announcement rvith the "return card," reservations can l>e made by calling I\f rs. Abbott, E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles-the telephone ntrmlrer is CEntury n211. There will be an entertainment program during the dinner hour. A11 members of tl.re

Iumber and allied building industries are invited to attend. The concatenation will be held following the dinner. A large class of Kittens will have their eyes opened in the catnip patch, Dee Essley, Vicegerent Snark of the Los Angeles district, has announced. The San Diego Hoo-Hoo District Nine, with Vicegerent Snark Frank Park in charge, rvill put on the initiation.

The committee arranging for the meeting includes : Roy Stanton, E. J. Stanton & Son, chairman ; Bob Osgood; W. B. Wickersham, Pope & Talbot, Inc., Lumlter Division; A. \\'-. Donovan, Hobbs Wall Lumber Co.; Ed Bauer, Bohnhoff Lumber Co., Inc.; Hervey Bowles, Long-Bell Lumber Co.; Gene DeArmond, Pacific Cabinet Co.; Harvey Koll, H. W. Koll Mill & Lumber Co.; Ed Martin, The California Lumber Merchant, and Vicegerent Snark Dee Esslev, D. C. Iilssley & Son.

Softwood Distribution Yard Industry Advisory Committee Appointed

Appointment of twelve representatives of the softwood lirml;er yard industry from all over the country as members of a Softwood Distribution Yard Industrv Advisorv Committee has been announced by the Office of pri.. Aiministration. The committee will advise and consult rvith OPA on pricing problems arising under Maximum Price Regulation No. 215 (Distribution Yard Sales of Softwood).

The committee will hold its first meeting Wednesday, NTav 10, 1944, at the national office of OPA in Washington. Officers rvill be elected and an agenda drawn up.

The members of the committee are: J. Hammond Geis, Jno. H. Geis & Co., Baltimore, Md.; Charles Schildknecht, Jos. Schildknecht & Sons, Ridgewood, N. Y.; Joseph Fitzgerald, Edward Hines Lumber Co., Chicago, Ill.; Dominic Brace, Brace Lumber Co., Seattle, Wash.; Fred R. Stair, Farragut Lumber Co., Knoxville, Tenn.; Norman P. Mason, \\'illiam P. Proctor Company, North Chelmsford, Mass.; E. Bruce Hill, E. M. Hill Lumber Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.; Leonard Lampert, Jr., Lampert Lumber Co., St. Paul, flinn.; Paul Hallingby, Hammond Lumber Company, Los Angeles, Calif.; S. Lamar Forrest, Forrest Lumber Companv. Lamesa, Texas; Ben. L. Johnston, Madison Lumber Cbmpany, New Orleans, La.; W. W. Anderson, Anderson Lumber Company, Ogden, Utah.

Jt Jdot Bnnn Oo, Priuilege

to supply hcrdwoods and soltwoods lor ships, bocrts, plcrnes, trucks cnd lor mcny other uses directly connected with the wcrr. Our expcnded lcrcilities will enable us to take our proper pcrrt also in the reconstruction period when peqce comes.