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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-04

The American Legion Auxiliary will
have card party on Wednesday, Feb
ruary "a, it has been announced.
Mr.. C. H. Baker, of near the Park,
was a caller at The Republican Office
Tuesday.
Mrs. Emma Specht has closed her
house here in Oakland and has gone
to McHenry to remain indefinitely
with relatives.
Messrs. S. w. Biddinger and Ar
! thur Resi-, both of Casselman, were
in Oakland Monday afternoon on
business mission.
Miss Edith Smith will lead Luther
League of st. Marks Lutheran church
on Sunday evening. All members are
expected to be in attendance.
Rev. C. A. Shilke will preach on the
theme "The meaning and purpose of
Lent" on Sunday morning. In the
evening at 7:30 o'clock he will talk
on can uplifted life"
Mr.. John H. Sanders will leave Oak
land tomorrow for Cumberland and
points in Pennsylvania where he ex-
poets to remain for several weeks Wis
iting relatives and friends.
st. Marks Lutheran Brotherhood
will serve it's annual turkey dinner in
the church basement on Thursday ev-
ening, February II, beginning at $50
o'clock. Tickets will be Is cents.
Mr.. Walter Coddington and family,
who have resided on the Weber farm
east of Oakland for a number of
years, are moving to Friendsville this
week where Mr.. Coddington recently
purchased residence.
The Women's Missionary Society
u OIs dul CLuICIl Will lIlScC az IhS
home of Mrs. C. N. McIntire Thurs
day evening, February II, at 1880,
when a George Washington program
will be rendered.
Former County Treasurer Albert l..
Lee, who was taken i'll two or three
weeks ago, since which time he has
been confined to his home, is now in
a slightly improved condition, which
fact will be agreeable news to his
many friends.
Attention is directed to the fact
that the American Legion Auxiliary
of Oakland will be the host at card
party to be held in the Knights of
Pythias Hall, on Wednesday evening,
February "a, to which the public gen.
orally is invited.
Miss Flossie Skidmore, one of the
grade supervisors for Garrett county,
addressed the teachers and officers
of St. Marks Lutheran Sunday school
last Tuesday evening at their regular
monthly meeting. She spoke on the
subject, "The essentials of lesson
planning"
The Republican was visited on last
Thursday afternoon by Mr.. Solomon
Orendorf, of near Bittinger, who was
accompanied by his three daughters,
Misses Alma, Carrie and Freda Oren-
dorf, all of whom became greatly in
terested in the operation of the vari-
Gus mechanical contrivances used in
production of the paper.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday OF
this week the office of the Board of
County Commissioners was besieged
by large numbers of taxpayers from
every section of the county who ap-
peared before the board to have their
personal and real estate assessments
revised. In many instances the Com
missioners, in view of decreased valu-
alton, the requests of taxpayers fol
reduction was acceded to while on
the other hand the assessments were
increased when it became apparent
that differentiation was evident. AS
a general proposition the action of the
board in the matters under consider.
ltion resulted satisfactorily.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-04

Hartzville, o.; Noah Lichty, Daniel
Lichty, Mrs. ]. D. Swartzentruber,
Miss Mary Lichty, Mrs. D. J. Swart-
zentruber, Ross Lichty and Roy Lich-
ty, all of Gortner.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-24

bad precedent for Connecticut to set aside one
day in the year to be known as Pulaski day.
However. other states in the Union are not
Of this opinion. Last year there were four
teen or fifteen that had already enacted such
legislation. Probably today the number
has been materially increased. The bill was
simply designed. 1t merely proposed that
the governor annually call attention TO the
observance of the day by proper display of
flags. 1t was not to be a state holiday.
Representative Augustine Lonergan of
Hartford presented petition in congress
this week asking the President to proclaim
October | / Pulaski Day. The petition
further asks that the chief executive
direct public officials TO display the flag
on all federal buildings Appropriate OBJ
servance of the day by the general public
would also be solicited in the presidential
proclamation. Inasmuch as Count Pulaski
and other foreign noblemen, such as Mar
quis de Lafayette and Baron Rochambeau
served with great distinction in the Revolu-
tionary War it would be fitting in this. the
bicentennial year of George Washington. to
pay them signal honor together with our
great leader in the Revolution. If Connec-
tieut refuses to pay honor. let the country at
large do SO.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-24
Trade Protection

For more than half a century,, writes
William E. Dodd, professor of history in
the University of Chicago, Americans have
argued themselves into believing that high
tariffs produced high wages But in Eng
land for whole century men have proved
that free trade produced high wages. Both
cannot be right" Possibly in each case the
tariff policy was smaller factor than the
people believed. And surely the effects of
customs rates depend largely on times and
places. Professor Dodd may be wrong
about it. Both countries may have been
right-for themselves.
AT present the situation is curously re-
versed. England is now adopting high pro-
lection and Americans are clamoring for
lower rates. Here is one of the latest Amer
lean utterances on the subject, from the
usual conservative Wall Street Journal:
Unless we wish to depopulate the cities.
force large percentage of suburban workers
back to the land and be satisfied to live
within and to ourselves, we must be ready
to admit that there can be no prosperity
here without a prosperous outside world.
That can come only by freer exchange of
wealth created in the different countries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-24
COLONEL "BOB" EATON AT .
SEVENTY-FIVE
(Hartford Courant)

(Hartford COuranl)
Colonel Robert o. Eaton has oc-
casion for personal satisfaction in
having crowded SO many Of the
durable satisfactions of life into
his seventy-five years, and to have
had nearly two hundred Of his
friends from all parts of the state
gather at the Union League club
in New Haven to rejoice with him
and to hope that his succeeding
birthday anniversaries will be as
memorable as this one was. Can
dor compels the admission that
age imposes its exactions. but If
youthful spirit will carry one on
and on where others 'falter and
fail, the colonel Is destined to be
the guest of honor on many more
occasions. Notall collectors Of in
ternal revenue are 80 universally
loved and esteemed as this man is.
His Is not an office that ordinarily
endears the holder beyond the for
NAL recognition of its necessity.
But IL Colonel bob" collected
taxes twice as fast and twice az
hard he would still be rated a
prince of good fellows. The 10y
atty of his friendships is due to the
confidence that Is imposed in him,
to his integrity and to DISPOSE
ton that just naturally makes him
genial and kind. A direct descend
ant of Theophilus Eaton, for twen-
ty years governor of the New Ha-
ven colony, his pride in Connect
cut is as boundless as his patriot
ism. The Courant Is delighted to
add its word Of felicitation as he
goes steadily onward into a new
year and into further distinguished
days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-24

Senator Norris certainly holds the cham
pionship for long drawn-out congressional
fights. 1t was he VINO first instituted a
resolution seeking to abolish the lame-duck
sessions of Congress. That was ten or more
years ago and Congress has just passed the
measure preparatory to submitting it to the
Nebraskan is starting campaign to push
through his ant-injunction bill which he
introduced just fourteen years ago. The
measure would prevent federal courts from
intervening in labor disputes. Now the
courts can issue injunctions against strikers.
We are afraid there will be more opposition
to this measure than the lame duck amend
ment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-24
Blunt Facts

As Walter Winchel would put it, an
orchid to the New York Times for its
frank and engaging editorial Of Tuesday in
which it gave the lie direct to those south
ern democrats who stoutly maintain to this
very day that the reason they ditched ex-
Governor Alfred E. Smith in 1923 was
because of his stand on the prohibition
question Today these self-same leaders
are uniting behind the banner of Governor
Franklin D. Roosevelt Of New York,
although MIR Roosevelt. like his predecessor.
Mr. Smith, is wet in sentiment and unalter-
ably opposed to federal prohibition
AS the Times puts it, opposition to
Smith in 1923 from the Solid South was
ostensbly due to his prohibition stand
The actual cause was religious bigotry.
That was vehemently denied at the time,
though the evidence for it was ample and
convincing. But now the fact has been IL
refutably established Mr. Smith was re-
iected with the excuse that he was against
prohibition. though actually it was because
he was a Catholic. The same people are
now ready and glad to accept Governor
Roosevelt although he is as strongly against
is not Catholic -"
We agree in the main with the article
in the Times There was no doubt of the
presence of religious bigotry in the 1923
election. But we don't think that it can
be confined to the southern states, much as
we have condemned them for the failure OF
Mr. Smith to be elected. Mr. Smith carried
e;obt states to President Hoovers forty.
These eight states included Alabama, Ar
kansas Georgia. Louisiana, Massachusetts,.
Missouri, Rhode Island and South Caro-
lima. If anybody cares to refer to map
of the United States he or she might be
surprised to learn that of these eight states.
only two can be termed northern. Which
strengthens our belief that religious bigotry is
not merely confined to the South, but to
other regions of our nation.
This fact does not weaken the editorial
in Yesterdays Times. 1t only goes to show
that democrats in northern states evidently
must display more broad mindedness in their
national politics than they did four years ago
or else they will be ranked in that category
to which we naturally have consigned the
southern democrat Connecticut New
York. and New Jersey might be trio of
states (republiean in 1929 to disprove
the notion in CIR mind that prejudice is not
a result of environment but of ingrown
tendencies We expect to see it displayed
this fall. but we sincerely hope it will no;
sway our national election one way or the
other.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-24
Federal Aid Coming

The Connecticut Branch of the Polish
National Alliance having been rebuffed by the
Legislature last year is now attempting to
secure national aid in its fight to make
October known throughout this land as
Pulaski Day in honor of the great Polish
patriot of the same name who fought and
died so CALAMITY in the Revolutionary War
under the banner of the colonists. The re-
publican party was placed in an embarrass-
ing position by its refusal to sanction the
bill creating Pulaski Day in Connecticut.
There may be some after-effects, too. next
fall when various republicans seek renom-
nation or reelection to state offices.
Republican legislators voted down the
proposal on the ground that it would be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-24
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS


/ am four score and four years Old and
work every day. / have been reading your col
umn since the delugc. I'd like to tell the public
that one way to restore prosperity Is to eat
wheat, Just 1t comes from the thresher and
DR. Brady recommends and stop taking
physic. l enjoy my daily ration Of wheat :.
Miss NJ. b.
Answer-Pm afraid it's no use, friend. The
public has been educated to believe wheat as
nature provides 1t Is scarcely fit to eat. People
love mystery, and the wheat must have
some mysterious processing or something to
make 1t oke for table use.
How To Fall Asleep Like Baby
I joined the b. h. club several months ago,
and the result has been marvellous. 1 often go
to sleep before 1 have reached the tenth infa.
ton, whereas before I seldom found sleep
| within an hour .. MRS II. NJ G.)
Answer-BelIy breathing is good medicine
for insomnia, high blood pressure, the func-
tional difficulties OF girls and women, cold feet
poor circulation Want to join the b. B. club?
Ask for Belly Breathing instructions and in
close stamped envelope bearing your address.
What, No Baccer?
In a very instructive article pneumonia
you explained that the bOOZer has poor
chance, because alcohol prevents his white
corpuscles from recruiting sufficient fighting
or defense force. Why not tell the whole
truth and explain that the same thing Is true
OF the smoker 4? &C. NJ. r.
| Answer--Why not? Because it is not true.
Copyright John +. Ollie Coz
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-24
Here, There And Everywhere

I inhabitant In the land. These and
other measures are estimated to
produce $1,123. 900 in new in
come, needed to meet deficits in
the present and the next budgets.
Already the, ways and means
committee of the house has by
unanimous vote stricken out the re-
troactive features Of the Mills
measures. Congressman love to
vote appropriations, but hate to
levy taxes, especially in presi-
Dental year, but there is no virtue
Even after income tax rates have
in trying to keep the two separate.
been largely increased in the up
per brackets and corporations
have been enlarged. moves which
politicians believe are the lesser of
tax evils when the voters are to
march to the polls, there still Will
be necessity for raising. large fed
eral sums from sources which lie
within the daily needs Of the aver
age man. IN.
Not to raise taxes sufficient to
enable the federal government to
balance it's budget within the next
year or two would be dangerous for
it might have destructive repercus-
sions on Uncle Sans credit at
home and abroad. That credit Is a
great bulwark and must not be
mined" from within.
There is no escaping the. newt
able connection between income
and outgo In government finance.
There would be less happy-go-
lucky running to Washington for
federal appropriations II 1t were
better appreciated that every dol
lar spent must be replaced some-
how, plus considerable charge for
being handled through costly gov
ernmetnal agencies. ,..-. ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-24
Washington Relics

Anyone who fears that the memory of
George Washington will perish from the
earth may be treasured. There was placed
on exhibition the other day. in an Ohio city,
a collection of 1000 articles all reminiscent
or illustrative of the Father of his Country.
There was a veil worn by Washingtons
mother. signet ring worn by George him.
self. a sixteenstar flag and sextant used
by him in surveying in southern Ohio, with
stupendous array of other objects init
mately connected with his person or career.
There were medals. coins and stamps. There
were books in English, German. Latin and
numerous other languages. There were
portraits of him on bedspreads, on razor
handles, on fatiron stands, snuff boxes,
daguerreotype cases. chnaware, life insur-
anoe policies, total abstinence pledges,
whiskey bottles and countless other things.
All this evidence Of the spread and per-
petuation of the Washington cult was gath
cred out in the hero's native Virginia. over
a long period but in casual quest covering
only the last eight years in southern Ohio and
western Pennsylvania. Doubtless enough
Washington relics and memoirs could be
found in the country to fill a great museum.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-24

AS view The matter, the member of
either branch of the American Congress
who denies the power of amendment to the
States especially an amendment which vast
numbers of the people desire the States to
consider violates the basic principles both
of the Constitution and of popular govern
ment. repudates the fundamental rights OF
the States and overturns the two most sacred
privileges the people possess, the privileges
of referendum and petition. - Senator
Morris Sheppard of Texas delivered the
above in the course of an address in the
Senate in July. 1917. However, today
Senator Sheppard. one Of the authors of the
prohibition amendment. will not vote for
resubmisson resolution. All of which
simply proves that human nature is moving
about as it always did. We don't suppose
that if the 18th amendment is ever repealed
that anti prohlbitonists will care to recon-
slider any plan to put it back on the statute
books twenty years from now, However,
it is not consistent for Senator Sheppard to
take this stand He ought to have enough
faith in the worth of prohibition SO that
he would not fear any test. Unfortunately
most prohibtionists realize they have lost the
ground they gained back in 1918 and now
simply hold their ground by constitutional
means and not by the weight of public
opinion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-24
EXTRAVAGANZA IN HEALTH
EXAMINATIONS

Judging by the great numbers of victims who
| have written in for consolation sympathy
or perhaps Interpretation of mystifying reports
after they've been had by one of these "insti-
SO ca lied periodic health examination service
to The wiseacre public there must be thousands
of such customers wandering about with both
| hands full of disturbing reports and place
| to find out what it all means.
Far be it from to ridicule these poor
gullible customers. 1t would be ungracious to
| see anything funny about their plight espe-
caly in view of the fact that the regular med
ical profession has acquiesced If it has not ac-
tually shared in the racket. You see 1t is a
breach of the code principles of medical
ethics for physician to--er--advertise for pa
| irons. But If physician has no practice and
is unable to build one of his own in the GUS
tomary way, he may still get around the diff
Guilty neatly enough by going into huddle to
confuse the dumb doctors in the medical So
! cety. and emerging as a Corporation a
"clnc", an "insttute' and as such carrying
on his advertising campaign unhampered by
petty ethical restrictions, thus getting the bus
mess yet still retaining good professional stand
| standing, for somehow the small fry in the
profession never dare question such practice
| or never does utter a derosatory word about
| The courts decided recently that X-ray pic
lures for which patient had paid belonged
not to the patient but to the doctor or to the
There is more in that than may occur to the
casual reader In my opinion all laboratory
reports, records all findings Of the physician
likewise belong to the doctor, even If the pa
tent has paid specie fees for the examina-
tons. AS health question merely, think all
such records should be kept by the doctor and
never given to the patient And accordingly
1 believe these periodic health examinations
ia ckets have done great deal Of actual harm
by placing such reports or records In the hands
Of their customers.
If you are really concerned about your own
health by all means go to your own physician
for any examination he may deem advisable.
When the examination Is finished let the ply
sician give you what advice he thinks your
condition circumstance indicates. II he Is a
good doctor and worth consulting at all, he
will interpret his findings clearly enough for
you, and he will not give you any technical
data to worry about.
1t IS my conviction that man or woman is
foolish to spend any money or time undergoin-
a medical examination of any kind unless he
or she has some definite complaint or Is In
doubt about the healthfulness of his her
habits or environment and therefore needs
professional advice.
This does not imply that one should give no
thought to hygiene health. On the con-
trary, am sure it Is an excellent thing for ev-
cry man and woman to study and practice the
ways of health. 1 said health and hygiene.
not disease and It's treatment
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-24
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY "a, 1882
Founders Economy Day

Tomorrow the merchants of Waterbury
will play their parts in the great drama OF
Washington in which this nation of ours
participates this year. A pageant as truly
American and as picturesque as any at
tempted throughout the country. will be dis
played to Waterbury shoppers. Founders
Economy Day is not an attempt to work
off upon an unsuspecting buying public
shop-worn goods. 1t is genuine portrayal
of the American mercantile world. Water
bury is permitted to read what 1t can buy
tonight. Tomorrow it will reeiprocate with
an orgy of spendig, not foolishly, but
wisely.
There have been big events in the mer-
camille history of this city. Tomorrow IS
unique in this one respect. There is
guarantee going with every article pur-
chased. 1t is the guarantee upon which
Waterbury merchants have built up their
trade. 1t consists of reliability. When
Won buy tomorrow, and there will be many
excellent bargains called to your attention
tonight in our advertising columns, you
show that you have faith in this reliability.
You know that Waterbury merchants would
not advertise something that they cannot
back up with the actual product
We ascribe many qualities and talents to
George Washington. But we revere him for
his truthfulness and his dependability To-
morrow the buying public will find these
attributes stressed in the shopping district.
And we feel sure that the public will respond
as would any wise man. just as did the pa
triots of old when they learned that they had
a citizen of Washington's callbre. We
earnestly advise our readers to scan the ad-
vsrtisng columns this evening that they
may be better prepared to share in the divl-
dends to be distributed here tomorrow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-24

be committed through their candidates to
a wet plank. OF course. that seems like
fool-hardy remark to make in view of the
fact that President Hoover will be the re-
publican nominee and he seems to be just
as dry in sentiment as ever. However. it is
reliably reported that even the president may
amend his viewpoint at the national con-
vention and urge his party to temper its
past stand on the issue. As for the demo-
Gratis even if Mr. Garner should happen to
become the nominee it is doubtful if the
wet and dry issue can be successfully shelved.
1t will have to be given a hearing. And
the chances are that the opposing candidates
will not be able to taunt one another with
appropriate remarks on aridity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-24
At The National Capitol
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER
Digest of Who's Who and What's What
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER

One day Borah of Idaho got
mad" When word goes about that
Borah Is getting mad nearly
everyone on Capitol Hill comes
running to hear that famous voice
hurled forth in wrath. No one. else
commands equal attention or gets
SO many people excited.
This time he was mad" about
the hungry unemployed and the
pedantic Mr. Fess, who had been
implying that Borah wasn't intelli-
gent enough to understand why
federal relief was more degrading
than state relief. Poor Tess took
a terrible licking, but it was his
own fault.
Then it only required char
acteristic polemic from johnson OF
California, second only to Borall
as an orator and fighting mad al
the attitude Of an administration
he hates. to complete a presenta-
ton of progressive principle which
will long be remembered and is
likely to reverberate through the
political campaigns of 1882.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-24
* TO-DAY S.;
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ANNIVERSARY
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~. S. ARTILLERY IN ACTION

u. s. ARTILLERY IN ACTION
On February "a, 1918, American
artillery silenced a German battery
in the Toul sector of the western
front in one of the fiercest artillery
duels of the month.
The German auxiliary cruiser
Wolf returned to Kiel on that date
after sinking IL allied vessels dur
ing q 15-months' cruise as raider
in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian
oceans.
At the same time, the Spanish
ship Igotz-Mendi. with German
prize crew aboard, was driven
sahore in Denmark and interned by
the Danish government. Two
Americans were included in the az
prisoners aboard.
The Russian government an
nounced its complete acceptance OF
German peace terms, although
Leon Trotzky threatened to resign
his post as foreign minister be-
cause of the drastic terms.
Fighting on the italian and west
ern fronts was confined principally
to artillery fire and local trench
raids.