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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-11-15
DEATH RATE FROM T. B. is
DECREASING IN MARYLAND
Annual Christmas Seal Sale In
State To Begin Soon

With the annual Christmas Seal
sale beginning in a few weeks under
the auspices of the Maryland Tubercu-
1osis Association, it is especially
worth while to take look at the rec
ords of the State Department of
Health concerning that disease. Very
encouraging contrasts are revealed.
For some years, the rates for deaths
from tuberculosis have been steadily
going down. And by crates" are
meant the proportion of deaths in each
hundred thousand of the population.
Going back to the records of thirty
years ago, we find that in 1904 when
there We're 475,O0O fewer people liv-
ing in the State than are in it today,
there were 2,915 deaths from tubercu-
losis in Maryland, or 236 in each hun
bred thousand of the total population.
Twenty years later-in 1924-there
were 1,847 deaths from tuberculosis
in Maryland, or 121 in each hundred
thousand.
Last year, 1888, when the popula-
ton of the Sta-e had reached a total
of 1,689,190, there were 1876 deaths
from tuberculosis in Maryland, or 81
in each hundred thousand persons liv-
ing in the State. OF these deaths,
729 occurred in the counties, and CAT
in Baltimore City, giving a rate Of
IS per hundred thousand in the coun-
ties and 70 in Baltimore City. These
rates are the most favorable that have
ever been reached in this State.
Speaking of the gradual decrease in
the deaths from tuberculosis, DR.. R.
H. Riley, Director of the State De-
partment of Health, said: eve have
come long way in the fight against
tuberculosis in Maryland, as the fig
ures quoted above will show, but we
have long way to go before we can
relax any of our efforts in the warfare
against this disease, which still con-
stitutes one of the greatest problems
in relation to community health and
well-being which confront every
health officer.
"What we are trying to do now is
to get at the disease when it is in its
earliest stages, and when the chances
for arresting it are most favorable.
"Clinics for the care and treatment
of tuberculosis have been held in Bal
timore City, in connection with hospi-
tails and dispensaries, for over quar-
ter of century. Since 1924 similar
clinics have been held throughout the
counties, under the joint auspices of
the State Department of Health and
the Maryland tuberculosis Associa-
ton, with the cooperation of the coun-
ty medical societies. The money de-
rived from the sale of the tuberculosis
Christmas Seals makes these clinics
possible.
"In the clinics and in everything
else that is done now for the care or
prevention of tuberculosis, the aim is
not only to give all possible care to
those in whom the disease has devel-
oped, but to find those who have been
exposed to the disease or in whom the
disease is just starting. Last year,
1856 of these chest clinics-as they are
called-were held throughout the
counties. They were attended by
1862 persons, the majority of whom
were referred to the clinics by the at
tending physicians"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-11-15
Fractures Arm and Thigh

Paul Custer, IL, Of near Red House,
was injured Sunday when he fell from
the hayloft of the barn near his home.
He suffered a fractured left arm and
right thigh.
The boy is under the care of DR..
Frank NJ. Wilson, at Memorial hos
pital, Cumberland, where he was TAX
en- following the accident.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-11-15
EVANSVILLE
Community Club Notes

Liz w OllIduS community cluU met
last Wednesday afternoon at Grassy
Cabin farm, the home of Mrs. w. C.
Loechel in their regular monthly meet
ing. Following the business session,
plans were made for the clubs Christ
mas party which will be held in the
home of Mrs. Fred Livengood on De-
cember 9Th. Committees to make the
necessary preparations We're named.
Miss Margaret Burtis collected the
canning and clothing records kept by
the club members during the past year
and discussed many problems of Mrs.
Consumer and her Buying knowledge
Of Clothing, which the club has tax
en- up during the past two years.
A rising vote of thanks was rendered
Mrs. Kermit Glotfelty, the president,
who is moving out of the community
this week. Mrs. Loechel served re-
freshments before the meeting adj
journed. The annual election of the
clubs officers will be held at its next
meeting.
Missionary Society Meets
The Lutheran Women's Missionary
society met last Tuesday evening in
the church. Mrs. w. c. Loechel was
the hostess and Mrs. Nevin Broad
water led the meeting, who, with Mrs.
Carrie Beachy submitted a report Of
the Society Convention held in Johns
town, Pa, and attended by Mrs. Bea-
chy and Mrs. Broadwater.
Welfare Sewing Class
A Welfare Sewing class sponsored
by the Garrett County Welfare board
and superintendent by Miss Margaret
Burtis, met today in the home of Mrs.
Ida Hershberger with Mrs. C. A.
Bender in charge to assist those wo-
men who are making garments for
use in their respective families.
Soccer Team Loses
The Grantsville H. S. soccer team
played the Kitzmiller team at Friends
vile last Wednesday to decide the
County championship and suffered de-
feat, the score being o..
Potato Prize Winner
Ray, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Melchoir
Georg won first prize in his exhibit
of Russet Rural potatoes at the Gar
rett county potato exhibit held in
Oakland last week. Ray is graduate
of the local high school and F. F. A.
member
Visitors Day at School
Friday of last week was Visitors
Day in the Grantsville school, when
the public was invited to see the class
room work of the pupils. This was
in observance of National Education
Week.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Glotfelty
moved to Bittinger from the Gilead
BroadWater farm on Monday.
Mrs. H. j. Bender and daughter
Jane visited friends in Pittsburgh last
week.
H. A. Schaefer is confined to his
home this week with bladder all
ment.
Miss Betty Joe, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Sylan burst developed a
case of meningitis last week and is
now a patient in Memorial Hospital,
Cumberland.
Mr.. H. P. Miller is reported as i'm
proving. He is a patient in Memorial
hospital, Cumberland.
Mrs. Milton Younkin, who has been
i'll, is out again.
The principals of the Garrett Coun-
ty high schools met at a supper gath
ering at the National Hotel last week.
Mrs. Harley Spoerlein, Miss Martha
Engle and Miss Helen Folk were
judges in reading contest of the
Salisbury high school, held last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Stanton and son
have returned home after spending a
week with his brother Ray at Hyatts-
vile.
Mrs. M. B. Boucher closed her
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-11-15

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-14
"And Upon This Rock :"

The death of the Most Rev John J. Milan, Bishop of Hartford for the past 24 years, is pronounced loss for the Roman Catholic Church, not merely this diocese. Although we had been prepared for his departure from this earthly mould for some days, nevertheless we are sad dened at the news and grieve with the faithful of the state of all denominations. If ever there was an exemplary life, his was. Taken from small Massachusetts parish to be bishop of the rapidly growing Diocese of Hartford, he never for one instant dropped those characteristics of humility and kindliness.
 He administered to his flock well, as can be seen in it's activities during the last quarter of century. We have seen new churches, convents, and schools rise. We have heard the diocese praised for it's faithfulness to it's bishop and its ready response to his every desire. Is it any wonder that today the Church, as repre- sented by it's members of the cloth, rises in all it's pomp and splendor to pay tribute to one who needed we'll the admonition "Upon this rock ."?
 Distinguished figures have come and gone in Hartford, but Bishop Milan re- mained to the last the same quiet, digni- lieu T TlLCG Ol LIC SIluISA CO WlhSA iO AiesA consecrated himself so many years ago. When his duties became manifold, assist ance was provided in the person of our own native son, Archbishop John G. Murray, and later and now in the new Bishop, the Most Reverend Maurice F. McAuliffe. Of recent years the dearly beloved Bishop turned more and more to his assistants.
 Time spared him to observe the golden anniversary of his ordination, but not the silver anniversary of his consecration. In that he was submissive as in every thing. We spoke of his qualities of humil- ity and kindliness. He mixed those with firm purpose, good business ability, and broadmindedness that elicited from his parishes the necessary support. Ills episcopate will compare favorably with those of the distinguished group who pro- ceeded him = Tyler, O'Reilly, Mcfarland, Galberry, McMahon, Tierney. May he rest in peace. Amen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-14
HISTORY

The Plume and Atwood Com pany was originally known as Holmes. Booth and Atwood Com pany. The company was organized in 1869. Once more Israel Holmes was an incorporator with John c. Booth, Lewis J. Atwood, David s. Plume, Aaron Thomas, George w. Welton, Burr Tucker, and others. This firm bought out the Hayden and Griggs Manufacturing Company, and later the Thomas Manufacturing Company of Thom- aston. They erected a. factory on Bank street where sheet brass, wire, kerosene burners, lamp trim- mings, copper rivets, pins and such woods were manufactured.
 sThere were other factories Of importance here, in addition to the brass mills, that made small goods. Some of them were the American Pin Company formed in 1S46; The Waterbury Button Company, or ganized in 1S49; Tho Lane Manu- featuring Company in 1850; The Waterbury Hook and Eye Com pany about 1S50;, The Oakviile Company in 1852; The Waterbury Buckle Company in 1853; The Waterbury Clock Company as 9 separate concern in 1857 Git had been part of the Benedict and Burnham Company); The Steele and Johnson Manufacturing Com- pany in 1852; Rogers and Brother
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-14
We Continue The Battle

When we chose to defend the city some days ago in it's controversy with the bor- ough of Naugatuck over construction of the latter's sewage disposal plant we little realized what interest would be aroused in the same. A few nights after our first declaration the Bridgeport Post stated that such arguments as this paper offered, with respect to the progress we have made of recent years in modernizing our sewage system, would be ruled out by any court as "not germane to the issue under discussion.
 We doubt that in view of the fact that 1t is Naugatuck's claim that it can't proceed with the construction of it's disposal plant until it is assured that Waterbury will take the same steps. AS we contended then and still do, what difference does it make in the Naugatuck valley if only two offenders of the sanitary code step into line? Won't it be necessary for every community that now uses the Naugatuck into which to empty raw sewage to do the same as Naugatuck and Waterbury contemplate?
 And won't it be necessary also for every luQuSLTldl pldIJ III CilC NdiCy ChoC AiicJ dump acids, chemicals or other harmful substances into the stream to aid the fight by installing devices that neutralize their wastes. Our sole argument is that one lone town or city cannot point finger at another and say you're guilty of polluting a water source and until you stop doing that there's no need of our ending the pollution we now contribute. If that policy is followed, we'll never make any pro- gress in Connecticut.
 The Waterbury Democrat is first, last, and always for cleaning up our badly pol luted streams and ponds. To that end We know the city of Waterbury is also dedi- cated. If it wasn't, it wouldn't have spent the vast sums it already has in moderniZ- ing it's system and preparing for the day when no more sewage will go into the Naugatuck or tributary streams, but into disposal plant. However, it's financially impossible to do today what others expect us to do in the twinkling of an eye.
 The Post declares that "As matter of fact Waterbury has disposal plant, though not an adequate one. It was one of the first sewage treatment plants in the state. :" Unfortunately that's only half the story. The city never completed the sewage plant it started over 20 years ago for the simple fact that it feared costly litigation due to infringement on certain patent rights or royalties of the particu- lar system being installed. It is par ticularly unfortunate for us today that the plant was never put into operation, but nothing can be done about that now. The fact still remains that Waterbury is keeping faith with all promises it made 10 end pollution of the Naugatuck. It may
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-14
A Book a Day by BRUCE CATION
The Cost Of Giving Genius It's Chance

It's slightly fuzzy, tangled, and labored tale that Fannie Hurst gives us in her latest navel "Ani- tra's Dance."
 The story has to do with a musi- cian-a shaggy, thwarted. Beet- hoven- like genius, who immurcs himself in a tumbledown house in New York and torments himself with unavailing efforts to complete a symphony which will depict the loneliness, the tragedy, and the triumph of the span of human life. His task isn't made easier by his family, prize collection of misfits if there ever was one. They arc selfish and intellectual squabblers utterly incapable of appreciating | what he is trying to do.
 But there's one exception-the youngest daughter, Anitra, a wisp of a girl who does have the sense to see that what her father is try ing to do is infinitely more impor- tant than the inconveniences and hardships the rest of the family | may have to put up with. Anitra keeps things going, set ties the family arguments, handles the finances. Twice she sells her self, as they say, to avert finan- cial disaster-although. in some
 way that isn't quite made clear
 she contrives to collect withou, actually delivering the goods. | And in the end she succeeds
 The symphony gets finished-at the cost of Anitra's happiness. Now all this would make pret-
 ty good story. If it weren't mud dled in the telling. But, unfortun-
 ately, it is. It's hard to read; anl
 the mannerisms of Miss Hurst's
 style seem to grow more irritat. | ing.
 Harpers Is publishing it at $2.50
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-14
Selected Poem
THE ROAD TO TOWN

(Kile Crook In the New York
 fTimes) We went by Gaylord's pasture
 every day. A b The southern side of the knoll was
 dead-grasS gray; The northern slope was blotched
 with wasting drift Of January snow; the linear lift Of maple branches bore no sign of
 leaf;
 The cedars still were pale with
 Winters grief And alder tassels wore the old
 years brown, As we went by the pasture to the
 town. s We walked to. Gaylord's pasture
 yesterday.
 The northern side of the knoll was
 dead-grass- gray; The southern slope was picked with tentative green: The swelling maple buds wore 2
 softened sheen. And then, through naked shrubs,
 there flashed white. Translucent white a petaied
 mist .,. q bright Shad blow in bIoomi-And yester-
 day we got No nearer town than GayioFd'i pasture IQf. Y
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-14

Washington, April 14.--More and more dynamite is scheduled to explode when the Senate ship ping Committee starts investigat- ing the International Mercantile Marine. In addition to radios to Kermit Roosevelt while on the yacht Nourmahal with President Roosevelt, there is to be some interesting testimony regarding. the conflict between American and British flag vessels in war time. P. A. s. Franklin,
 head of I. M M, was called be- fore the Council of National De- ' fense during the Hoover admin istratoin and was told that mer- chant vessels owned by Ameri- can companies would be taken over by the government in case of war Franklin agreed However, l. M. M. controls the White Star Line vessels, fly- ing the British flag After the hearing Franklin wrote a letetr to Arthur J. Mccarthy, manager of White Star Line, ex- plaining that he had to agree to this, and insinuating that it meant nothing F. The Senate committee has this letter.
 SMOKETEERS A
 Trim, diminutive Senator White of Maine, hates smoking; therefore is on the spot In the Black airmail probe hearings Senators McCarran and Black puff long black cigars; Senator Austin of Vermont uses an odoriferous pipe <. With a droll grin, White stood 1t as long as he could, one day scratched out a note and passed it along It said: "The three smokctcers, McCarran, Black, and Austin" Ohio's Sena- tor Fcss and Nevada's Senator McCarran are the two early birds of the Senate They are waiting at the door of the Sem ate barber shop every morning at 7:30 a. m. when the tonsorial parlor Is opened Some peo- pie think there is a lot more behind pr Wirt's pretty we'll punctured Brain Trust expose than just the good doctors hal- lucinations about Bolshevism The man who backs Wirt, James H. Rand. was the one who sponsored a radio broadcast in which was used an imitation of the presidents voice. Roosevelt turned thumbs down on letting his voice be initiated Larry Todd, Soviet news man, named by Dr Wirt as on the famous Brain Trust party in Virginia, enjoys one of the best reputa- tions of any correspondent in Washington. He is one of the most idealistic, painstaking and reputable members of the pro- fession Dr Wirt is fre- quently alluded to by senators as "Dr Squirt" popularized in a quatrain. by Donald A. Rich berg. general counsel of MIRA.
 WAR CLOUDS
 War between Peru and Co., lombia is almost certain on June 20 unless the State Department and various Latin American gov- ernments move heaven and earth. On that date the League of Na- tions period for conciliation ex- pires. Colon bia refuses to re- new 1t Vincent Astor, host to the president on his white and orange yacht, owns 2.000 acres near Roosevelt's 500 acre place at Hyde Park Every year he provides excursions up the Hudson for New York's poor He also provided about
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-14
Paris Letter
By RALPH HEINZEN

hV Ik4LAXN A<AI4N
 United Press Stan Correspondent
 Paris (UP)-The wave of pop ular disgust with parliamentary inaction and culpability in the Stavisky financial scandal, which pittedI Parisians against armed police in. the historic battle of the Concorde Bridge, has made no impression on French provinces.
 nices.
 10 the average peasant the Paris street riots were merely at tempts of extremists to defeat Re-
 publican institutions. Far more i'm
 portant to them is their inability
 to sell their wheat, their cattle, their wood and their wine. Agricul-
 ture is stagnant; high barriers to
 keep out foreign produce have moi helped the French farmer. The fault Is deeply rooted in the severe economic crisis which has followed the abandonment of gold by other nations, leaving the French gold franc high and dry.
 Provinces Unchanged
 A general legislative election to- day would find the provinces as soiidly to the left as before. Dis gust with the quarreling Tn par iiament, such ns preceded the ma. 1 tionaI union government of M Gaston Doumergue, Is so great tha' a Socialist victory in elections now would be a foregone conclusion. AZ survey of the French prov. inces shows that the tpeasantrS wants: an electoral reform to pre- vent parliamentary bypIay; an i'm. mediate. ending of the era Of higf prices. ss
 An early election would swinf the wine growing regions of tho southwest behind the Socialists, 1T the opinion of experts at Bordeaux | In that region, the population wal not impressed by the Paris riots considering reports exaggerated. The economic crisis causes se' were. suffering here. they reported Tn the wine country there art some hopes of selling cheap winei
 to the United States, but there arr millions of, gallons uusold for pas seasons. In the turpentine countr, of the Landes everything is at stafidsti1i, French commerce hay linz been killed by fcreIEn imports me saYoEe xepreszlQu ok m
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-14

be some years before complete pollution ends, but the state should know that the city, which somehow or other earned the odius reputation of being the worst of- fender in polluting Connecticut rivers" is doing as much if not more than other communities that do the same thing but escape criticism. We come in for more than our fair share, judging by recent events, it seems to this writer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-14

 O. How many of the American soldiers who went to France dur ing the World war saw active ser- vice at the front?
 A. Of 2,0S4,00O American troops who landed in France, l. 39O.000 saw active service, at the
 front.
 Q. Where is Reelfoot lake? A. In Obion and Lake counties, Tennessee, near the northwest angle of the state, and extending into Fulton county. Kentucky. It is a large and shallow expanse of wa ter, Is miles long, formed during the earthquake of 1911. O. What was the famous case where a misplaced comma cost the U. 8. government millions of dollars?
 A. The blunder occurred 8s
 years ago in a section of q tariff act enumerating the articles ad- mitted free of duty. The law as nacted provided for free entry of
 "all foreign fruit plants, etc. that Is plants for transplanting, propagation or experiment. The enrolling clerk in copying the bill accidentally changed the hyphen to a comma, making 1t read "ail for eign fruit, plants, etc." In conse- quence for a year, until Congress could remedy the mistake, all or anges, lemons, bananas, grapes, and other foreign fruits were ad-
 mitted free of duty. The mis- placement of the. comma cost the government about $2.000.o00.
 0. What was the year and month of the Boston police strike! l! A. August and September 1919. | o. What Is the vineyard acre. age in the United States and which
 state has the largest?
 A. There are about Y0O,0OO acres. California has 675,000 and New York, Michigan, Ohio, Penn
 sylvania and Missouri follow in the
 order named.
 Q. How many cubic feet of cork
 are in a ball feet in diameter? !?
 A. 113.0976. v. HOW many BdiiunS VI W.AAs
 were produced in the United
 States in 1918 and in 1882?
 A. In 1913, 5I,029sS2A gallons;
 in 1892, 5.210. .454. <.
 .SsQ. What is the regulation size for a boxing ring and how high I should it be from the fioor7 "A. It should be not less than f6 feet nor more than 20 feet square
 within the ropes, and elevated S1s
 feet above the floor.
 q. Who wrote the words and lmusic to the new song Wagon f VVyieciS ?'s f< 2 [
 A. words by Billy HlIi; music
 a. when if is 12 o,clcc1< noon
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-14

Although Governor Cross was careful to avoid any references to his plans for next fall in addressing the Jeffersonlar dinner held in Hartford this week he did take the opportunity to stress the need ot democratic harmony this year. He was joined in his harmony plea by State Chair man David Wilson. MT Wilson called up- on the democrats to work with the "regu- lar democratic organization of the state :" By that we presume he means the state central committee, All of which is apt to make one wonder if there is any possibility of democrats not working with the organization this year. If there is, then let's concede the victory to the re- publicans right now. Without union in the ranks this year it would take whole sale assertions to bolster democratic votes enough to bring home the bacon. Even the avowed intention of Professor Levitt to put an independent ticket into the field won't play into democratic hands as it did two years ago. We've got to show something this fall. We can do that in two ways: nominate first-class ticket from top to bottom; get behind this ticket regardless of likes and dislikes. That'll win.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-14
DAILY WASHINGTON MERRY AROUND
By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN

Inquiry to Ar War Conflict on U S-BrtshOUned Mer chant Ships; Senate Committee to Bring Out FGcts in Coming Hearings on T. M. M.; War BetsOeen Peru aud Colombia Due June 90 When Agreement Expires; Bet ting Is That Roosevelt WM Stand Back of His "Brain Trusters". ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-14

An organization known as the Board of Trade was formed here at the suggestion of c. M. Upson and H. F. Baker in 1889.