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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-24
FUND RAISING PROBED
IN PHILADELPHIA OFFICE
Morgenthau Directs Inquiry Into
Party Workers Efforts.
By United Press

81 UNlted Press
WASHINGTON, May 24.-Federal
agents are investigating charges of
party fund solicitation by employees
of the Philadelphia internal reve-
nue. Office, Treasury Secretary Henry
Morgenthau Jr. said today.
Investigation of the charges
started month ago, Mr.. Morgen-
THAI said, when the civil service
commission heard of them. Later,
the commission asked cooperation
of the treasury department and the
intelligence unit of the internal
revenue bureau, headed by Elmer
Trey, was assigned to the case re-
Gently.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-24
Restaurant Owner Robbed

Two bandits entered the William
kreutzcerger restaurant at Flack-
vile, Lafayette road and West
Thirtieth street, last night and
robbed Mr.. Kreutzcerger of $40.
according to police reports.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-24
U. S. Apples Rot in French Port

PARIS, May 24-Ten thousand
bushels of apples from Oregon and
Washington were thrown into the
sea at LIE Havre today because they
had rotted while importers vainly
sought import licenses for 'hem.
Eight thousand more are rotting in
warehouses.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-24
Better Banking Tomorrow

In the following dispatch, Chella
Johnson, telephone operator at the
beleaguered electric auto-light plant,
relates her experiences during a night
of terror while rioters besieged the
plant.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-24
CHURCH SYNOD ASKS
MERGER OF IUTHERANS
Indiana Groups Resolution Urges
Two Branches Join Forces.

Indiana synod of United Lutheran
Church of America in session at St.
Marks Lutheran church today
adopted resolution favoring the
merger of the United Lutherans of
America with the American Luth-
eran church. The combined mem
bership of the church in event of
the merger will be 3000,00 persons.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-24
CITY DEBT BILL SIGNED
Measure Will Enable Municipalities
to Revise Finances.

BIZ UNtJRu FTCSS
WASHINGTON, May 24.-The
municipal bankruptcy bill which en-
ables municipalities to revise their
debt structure with consent of a
certain percentage or creditors, was
signed by President Roosevelt to-
day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-24
Circus Facts

Circus Day - Hagenbeck-
Wallace Circus shows here on
the circus grounds on West
Washington street at 2 and s
p. m. today with the doors
opening at i and 7 p. m.
Features-Clyde Beatty and
his wild animals; the CriStiani
troupe of bareback riders from
Europe; the Flying Codonas
and the Flying Hills, Bonn
bayo" and Persia, new open
ing spectacle.
Seat Sale-Clark and Son,
Claypool Hotel drug store.
Departure-Tonight ofer Bal
tinore & Ohio for Dayton, o.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-24
Guilty in Poll Fraud

PITTSBURGH, May 24.-Dr.
Joseph G. Steedle, McKees Rocks
legislator and four other Republi-
can politicians we're convicted to-
day on charges of fraud in congress
sional elections.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-24
TROOPS GUARD HUGE TOLEDO
PLANT AGAINST JEERING, ANGRY
H0RDES OF STRIKING W0RkMEN
Gas Barrages Drive Back
Attacking MODS After
Night of Terror.
SCORES ARE INJURED
All Auto Traffic Banned in
Area by Mayor
of City.
BULLETIN

by UNtL6U ETCSS
TOLEDO, o., May A.-Orville
Kane, locomotive fireman, was
hit in the head with gas bullet
fired by soldier while he was
watching troops and strikers bat
tie at the Electric Auto Lite plant
today.
He was taken into a nearby
house. 1t was feared his eyes were
blasted way by the charge. 1t was
the first major casualty since the
troops arrived.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-11-15
The MARYLAND BIBLE SOCIETY'S CORNER


the sand. On the second day he found
two Hebrews contending over some
matter And he said to him that did
the wrong: Wherefore smitest thou
thy fellow" This Hebreb knew more
than Moses credited him with know
ing and his retort was disconcert-
ing: "Who made thee a prince or a
judge over us?. Intendest thou to
kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian
yesterday?" And Moses feared and
said; Surely this thing is known"
This episode drove Moses from
Egypt into Midean, where he found
sanctuary with Jethro a priest of Mid
can, whose son-in-law and chief shep-
herd he became. 1t was while keep
ing the flocks of Jethro on the rim of
the Midean desert that Moses saw the
vision Of the burning bush, and heard
the voice of the Lord calling him to
lead another flock from the wilderness
to safe fold in Canaan.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-11-15
Eleventh Annual Patterson
Banquet of Accident F. F. A.

Accident High School Chapter F. F.
A., held its eleventh annual father
and son banquet last Friday evening.
There were eighty-three persons in
attendance.
The dinner was served by the class
in home economies under Miss Nut
ter's direction. Rev. Arthur Scrogum
offered the invocation and Paul Hetz,
POSTMASTER, extended a welcome to
those present. Harry w. Beggs, ag-
riculture teacher, introduced the fol-
lowing speakers: Ralph Bucket, grade
teacher; Carl Everly, Oakland High
faculty; Marvin Calls, educational di-
rector in a CCC camp, and Charley
Miller, agriculture instructor at the
Friendsville school, all graduates of
Accident High. Other speakers were
o. T. eraser, agriculture teacher at
Oakland; John H. Carter, county ag-
riculture agent; Henry NJ. Speicher,
local school trustee member; H. A..
Loraditch, county school board men,
Der; F. E. Rathbun, county superin-
tendent.
B. 0. Aiken, Accident principal, pre-
scented the various awards. Roy
Fratz, Glenn Keller, members of the
F. F. A., and Carl Fratz and Harvey
Harmon, former members, rendered
music for the occasion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-11-15
MRS. MARY L. CHAMBERS

Funeral services were conducted in
st. Marks Lutheran church, Oakland,
on Saturday afternoon for Mrs. Mary
Louise Chambers, widow of the late
Lloyd Chambers, of Oakland, who died
Thursday at the home of her son,
Charles Chambers, at Poplar Grove,
near Connellsville, Pa, where she had
made her home for three years.
Services were conducted by Rev. C..
A. Shilke and interment was made in
Oakland cemetery beside the remains
of her husband, whose death occurred
in 1900.
Mrs. Chambers was born in this
county on July 10, 1854.
The following children survive:
William Chambers, Oakland; Thomas
Chambers, Norristown, Pa; Harry
Chambers, Washington, D. c.; Robert
Chambers, Starlight, Pa; Lloyd Cham
bers, Buffalo, N. y; Mrs. Grace
Brown, Kingston, N. NJ; Charles
Chambers and Mrs. Ben Shippy, Con-
nellsville, Pa.
Henry Bobbitt, of Deer Park, is a
half brother of the deceased.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-11-15
DEER PARK

Mr.. and Mrs. o. J. Harvey visited
their daughter, Mrs. Dyche Grayson,
in Cumberland, last week.
Mrs. Thomas Flaherty, of Washing
ton, D. c., visited her mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth Thrasher, over the week
end
"Friendship Night" an Eastern
Star function at Cumberland recently,
was attended by Mrs. o. J. Harvey,
Mrs. Robert Thrasher and Miss Anna
Thrasher.
The scarf school conducted by the
Homemakers Club here on last Sat
urday afternoon, was a great success.
Many beautiful scarfs were made by
the ladies present.
A 500 surprise birthday party was
given in honor of Mrs. Grace Thrasher
on Tuesday evening. Prizes were won
by Mrs. E. c. Clatterbuck, Mrs. Nora
Mosser and Mrs. o. J. Harvey. Others
present were Mrs. C. L. Brown, Mrs.
Pearl Thrasher, Miss Anna Thrasher,
Mrs. Lulu limbaugh, Miss Betty
Simmons and Mrs. Grace Thrasher
The ladies auxiliary of the Episco-
pal church held its business meeting
on Tuesday afternoon, later going to
the home of Mrs. Henry Bobet, Jr.,
for the social part of the afternoon.
Those present were Mrs. o. J. Har-
vey, Mrs. Henry Bobet, Mrs. P. j.
Lohr, Mrs. Grace Thrasher, Mrs. Geo.
Dawson, Miss Anna Thrasher, Mrs.
Lulu limbaugh, Rev. D. C. Trimble,
This was a most successful and en-
joyable meeting. The next meeting
will be held at the home of Mrs. Fred
Gates in December.
A committee of the Homemakers to
arrange for a Christmas party met at
the home Of Mrs. o. J. Harvey on
Monday. Those present were Mrs. J.
A. Frantz, Mrs. George Dawson, Mrs.
w. E. George, Miss Anna Thrasher,
Mrs. Robert Thrasher and Mrs. O. J.
Harvey.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-11-15

A program of the Oakland High
School Ciceronian literary society in
Guided the following numbers: In
strumental solo, Elizabeth Willison;
debate, Edward Lewis and Joe Rath-
bun, affirmative; Robert Garrett and
Arden May, negative; vocal duet,
Felix Robinson, Playford Naylor; de-
bate, Edwana Peddicord, affirmative;
Grace Laffey, negative; piano solo,
Dottie DOMAIN; recitation, Joseph Fo-
ley.
A total of 19,4OO automobile licen-
ses had been issued in Maryland dur
ing 1914.
The State road to Accident was to
be completed in ten days and work
was being pushed on the road from
Accident to the Cove. A slogan was,
"a State road to Grantsville by
Thanksgiving"
The first snow of the season fell and
the mercury stood at 80 degrees.
The Col. j. E. Wood farm, on the
Swallow Falls road, 1925 acres, was
sold to George D. Browning, John W.
Mccullough and w. W. Savage, for
$4,000.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-11-15
PREMATURE BURIAL.

One would suppose that Democrats,
in their hour of triumph, would avoid
dragging in, as a specter at the feast,
memories of the election of 1928. Yet
that is just what that most loyal of
Democrats, Jim Farley, has done. The
Republican party is finished, Jim an
nounced to all concerned. And that
takes US right back to election night
in 1928 when, as the Republican pa
raiders thronged the streets and Al
Smith was reported to have left Dem
ocratic headquarters in disappoint-
ment and defeat, wise prophets said
to each other: "This ends the Demo-
cratic party for at least fifty years!"
In view of the thin ice upon which
favorites of popular feeling are COM
PEELED to skate at any time, Mr.. Far
ley's statement is pretty silly. Senator
Borah did a little better when he ex-
planned the situation by declaring that
the Republican party would have to
become "iberal" or go out of bust
ness. This, at least, gives the G. 0.
P. few months of grace out of the
coroner's hands, but even Senator
Borah's prediction is based on the sup
position that the mood of the nation
at this moment of time will be the ma
tons mood in 1886, 1888, or 1910.
Undoubtedly, the Republican party
could proftably be reformed in many
ways, but it is a fair guess that, if
it seeks to become liberal" in the
sense of ratifying the New Deal policy
of public spending the result will be
not only cheap imitation of the real
thing, but disastrous failure to make
the grade.
Political experts realize that the
smart thing to do is not to plan for
the next election as if the sentiments
behind this election were final for all
time, but to make an intelligent guess
of where the cat may be expected to
jump WIFI Glle SITUATION becomes nOC-
ter. In two or four years the Ameri-
can people may think it about time to
call for the bill and, when they see it,
they may decide it is time to look
about for new leaders. If they should
find that, in the meantime, the opposi-
ton had gone chasing after the very
program that everybody was getting
tired of, it would be too bad for the
Republican party. To those, like Mr..
Farley, who find this hard to believe,
we suggest that they take a census
of Mr.. Hoover's 1928 supporters who
even remotely imagined then that
within four years they would be lis
tening to Democratic "fireside talks"
and liking it.
Strange as it may seem, the best
plan for the Republican party is to
shape it's program in accord with the
real needs of the nation and the time,
and forget slogans. A lot of people
in the next few years are certain to
be in a receptive mood for program
which is related to something more
fundamental than window dressing
Baltimore Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-11-15
IN DAYS OF OLD
FORTY YEARS AGO

Fire in a hay field on the Weber
farm east of Oakland, consumed sew
eral stacks of hay before it was ex-
tinguished.
The new Commercial Hotel on Sec
ond street, being built by 7. w. Cas-
teel, was under way with all floors
land and the roof completed. The
building contains twenty-seven rooms
and was heated by steam plant To-
Gated in the basement.
At Davis Mills a Wellington Re-
publican club had 81 members enrolled
and all over the county there was
much interest being shown in the cleo
ton campaign, with George L. Well
ington, Republican, pitted against
Ferdinand Williams, Democrat, Cum
berland, for Congress. All the argu-
ment seemed to be over the price Of
wool, which was then selling at about
nine cents a pound.
A test at Mountain Lake Park
showed 100000 gallons of water flow
ing into the lake every day, which
settled the practicability of water
works for the Park. The reservoir
was located on 0 street between Pitts
burgh and Washington avenues. An
ice house at the lake was being built
and the lake was being enlarged. A
new dam at this point was being
erected and the contract was let for
an iron bridge spanning the Little
Yough River.
Misses Bess and Nell Browning
were hostesses at a Halloween party
given in honor of their guest, Miss
Wilson, of Missouri.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-11-15
MRS. CATHERINE c. MENKE

Mrs. Catherine C. Menke, wife of
Reinhold E. Menke, of the Bethlehem
community, died Saturday, November
10, 1884, at Mt. Lake Park, where she
had been staying for about two
months.
She was born May II, 1878, in Ger
many, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Wackner, and was aged 81
years, months, and 20 days.
Funeral services were conducted
Monday afternoon from the Bethlehem
church, Rev. Poffenbarger, Blaine, W.
Va, officiating. Interment was made
in the Menke cemetery on the home
place.
Surviving are her husband, two
daughters, Mrs. Lita Woods, Cassville,
w. Va; Miss Marie Menke, Mt. Lake
Park; and one son, Henry Menke.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-11-15
Honor Roll of Accident High and
Grammar School for October

The following is the honor roll for
October of the Accident High and
Grammar school,:
High School-Mary Joe Dewitt,
Irene Rodeheaver, Arthur Dewitt,
Mary Mae Miller, Grace Schlossnagle,
Lena Georg, Wilma Platter, Ruth
Ault, Nora Kahl, Grace Margroff,
Gladys Schlossnagle, Marie Stark,
Anna Williams.
Grammar School-Marjorie Oester,
Martha Fratz, Lois Kaese, Helen De-
Witt, Billy Oester, Ruth Marie Scro-
gum, Doris Alexander, Mary House,
Anna Harmon, Vernon Seibert, Betty
Scrogum, Kathleen Miller, Leah Ra-
venscroft, Marjorie Railey, Billy Flick
ensCher.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-11-15
DIED
WALTER COMPTON RELY

Walter Compton Rely, aged IA
years, a retired stock dealer, died
suddenly at his home at Charles Town,
West Va, last Thursday afternoon.
Death was due to heart attack.
Surviving are one son, David Rely,
of New York City, and his wife, who
was formerly Mrs. John A. Grant, of
Oakland.
Funeral services were conducted on
Saturday afternoon from the Episco-
pal church in Charles Town, Rev.
Montgomery officiating, with inter
ment in the church cemetery. At
tending the funeral from Oakland
were Mrs. Walter Hardesty, Mrs. E.
I. West, DR.. and Mrs. W. w. Grant
and son Linn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-11-15
County FieIdball Champs Lose
to Homecoming Team

The Friendsville High school field
ball team won the county champion
ship at Oakland last Friday afternoon
against Kempton. The score was
to 6. Kempton had won the southern
division of the county from Oakland
and Kitzmiller, and Friendsville had
defeated Accident and Grantsville to
win the northern division.
The Friendsville team was elimin-
ated in the statewide contest by Lon
aconing last Saturday, afternoon at
Homecoming. Homecoming had previous
ly won the Allegany county champion
ship.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-11-15
Wins Trophy in Contest

Mrs. James Fazzalari received word
from Chicago that her four-year-old
daughter had won a special engraved
trophy in a baby contest sponsored
by a mail order house. The silver cup
was engraved Baby Contest Prize
Winner, 1884"
The letter stated the photograph
was selected as one of those worthy
of special award among 100000 con-
testants.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-11-15
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
BY FRANK P. LITSCHERT

There has been a great deal of dis
cussion of motion pictures during the
past few months and a general move
ment has been set on foot by church
and civic organizations for better and
cleaner motion picture entertainment.
The movement seems already to have
had considerable effect, and most of
those who have been attending the
motion pictures of late are of the
opinion that the general run of mo-
ton pictures is of higher quality NOR
ally and artistically than was the case
before the drive for cleaner movies
was put under way. The industry it.
self is at work under the Motion Pic
ture Producers and Distributors or
Plantation.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-11-15
Wins in Contest

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Coffey have
received an engraved silver loving cup
in honor of their son James 3. Coffey,
who was adjudged one of the winners
out of over 100000 entries, in a
national baby contest, conducted by a
mail order house in Chicago recently.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-11-15
MIR. BISHOFF APPRECIATES
SUPPORT OF VOTERS

1 wish to thank the large number
of voters who supported me in the re-
cent election and who were thus in
strumental in re-electing me as a
Judge of the Orphans Court. l am
deeply appreciative of the confidence
the people repose in me.
THOMAS E. BISHOFF.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-11-15

l wish to sincerely thank the voters
of the county for the splendid vote
given me in electing me to the House
of Delegates, and assure them that I
deeply appreciate the honor.
1 shall do all in my power to dis
charge my obligations to the good of
the county.
HARRY C. EDWARDS.
A I1yoy.+ico,o,oo+
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-11-15
THANKS VOTERS

I wish to thank all voters of the
county, both Republicans and Demo-
Gratis, who supported me in my candi-
dacy for County Commissioner at the
recent election.
Although I was not elected, want
to assure you all that l am sincerely
grateful for the large number of votes
l received.
M. w. PENDERGAST.
"A Advertisement If
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-11-15
APPRECIATES VOTE

I wish to thank all the people who
supported me at the general election
thereby electing me a member of the
Board of County Commissioners. 1
shall endeavor to serve the public to
the best of my ability.
JOHN W. HERMAN.
A n Xya1.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-11-15
MR.. GROVES APPRECIATIVE

wish to express my sincere thanks
to the voters for their cooperation and
support in electing me to the House
of Delegates. l am deeply appreciative
of the large vote which l received.
l also want to thank the members
of the Republican State Central Com
mittee for their work in my behalf
and other Republican candidates.
MARTIN L. GROVES.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-11-15
MR.. CASTEEL THANKS THE
VOTERS

l wish to express my sincere thanks
to the voters who supported me. AL
though l was not elected as Sheriff,
l appreciate the large number of votes
which l received and wish to extend
my congratulations to the successful
aspirant.
WILLIAM D. CASTEEL.
Advertisement Its
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-11-15

Up to this time the agencies of re-
form have had strong backing of the
public in their efforts for better mo-
ton pictures, and they should have
such backing. The way to assure
good picture entertainment is for the
public to patronize the good pictures
and stay away from those which are
questionable. This is bound to have
the proper effect. The producers them
selves will be inclined to produce that
which pays the best, and the really
effective way to get reform is to make
the production and exhibition of clean
motion pictures paying business, and
to prove to the producers and exhib-
TORS that poor pictures will not pay.
But there has arisen a demand from
certain reform elements that we have
federal censorship of motion pictures.
This is a phase of the reform pro-
gram which will not have the solid
support of the reformers themselves.
In fact, great many of those most
sincere in the effort for motion pic
ture reform believe that censorship of
motion pictures through a federal
board or commission would produce
conditions worse than those which the
advocates were seeking to remedy.
The matter of proposed censorship
was brought before the public again
recently when the House of Deputie
and House of Bishops of the Protes
tant Episcopal church in the United
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-11-15
Mr.. Giessman Thanks Voters

l sincerely wish to thank the voters
for the splendid support they gave in
alecting me to the Board of County
Commissioners. l will faithfully en-
deavor to fulfill the trust reposed in
me. Sincerely,
BLAINE GIESSMAN.
Il Il
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-11-15

States voted in their Atlantic City
convention not only for boycott of
immoral motion pictures but for fed
eral control of the motion pictures in
dustry.
The trouble with this proposal is
that the judgment on what constituted
a motion picture fit and proper to be
shown would be in the keeping of a
little group of federal appointees who
might have entirely different ideas on
the subject than those of the general
public. And the public, once a CEN
sorship was adopted would come to
the conclusion that everything was
now right with the movies and would
settle back to complacency, forgetting
all about the drive for better motion
pictures. After all, what is proper
and what is improper in the motion
pictures is, to an exent, a matter of
opinion, and it is an opinion which
best can be expressed by the public
itself, through it's own action, estab-
lished by its own organizations ere
ated for the purpose.
And although the motion picture is
primarily a vehicle of entertainment,
it has considerable news and propa-
ganda value. Giving it into the ten
der control of a federal board or COM
mission would put one Of our greatest
agencies of propaganda and publicity
into the hands of whatever admins
tration might happen to be in power.
In these days when everybody is so
particular about freedom of the press
this might be worth thinking about.
One leader who has been very ac-
tive in the move for motion picture re-
form stated the case very well the
other day, after endorsing the aims
and methods of the new League of
Decency when he said: "The Ameri-
can people are very wary of censor
ship and their instincts are sound(
Censorship can be and has been used
for very degrading and stupid pur-
poses. But it is a far cry from what
we are now asking of movie
producers and a censorship of movies.
We are asking a voluntary cleanup
and we expect and will continue to de-
mand it."
Everybody wants cleaner and bet
ter movies. There is, however, SER
ious reason for doubling whether the
movies would be helped a great deal
by federal control of the industry or
federal censorship of motion pictures.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-11-15

States voted in their Atlantic City
convention not only for boycott of
immoral motion pictures but for fed
eral control of the motion pictures in
dustry.
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