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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-12-19
WAR VETERAN Is AGAIN
IN JAIL FOR "RUCKUS''
Became Enraged Following Sleep
In Barber Shop; Smashes Door
After Proprietor Flees
j JUST RELEASED SATURDAY

a, Ellie Layman, 45-year-old disabled
World War veteran, of Avilton, Gar
rett county, after two days freedom
3rom the Garrett county jail in Oak
land, where he had been held on a
charge of assault with a deadly weap-
on, was lodged in Jail at Frostburg for
causing a one-man riot in barber
shop there Monday afternoon.
Perhaps it was the hot towel-may-
be the razor was too dull-or it might
have been the result of inhaling some
odorous hair tonic.
Anyway, Gus ZeIler, the tonsorial
artist, said Layman fell asleep in a
chair while others received the minis
trations of the barber. Zeller reported
that he aroused Layman after permit
ting the latter to have good snooze,
and that Layman apparently became
enraged for reasons unknown.
Zeller fled from the shop and locked
the door behind him, leaving the en-
ragged customer among the mugs, the
lather, scissors and other parapherna-
LA. Layman, finding the door locked,
crashed his bare fist through the plate
glass in the door, police were told.
Zeller summoned Benjamin Thomas,
chief of police of Frostburg, and Off
Ger Ronald Kreider, who took Layman
to Jail pending hearing.
fLayman, who is deaf, was arraigned
on, November 20 at Grantsville and
was held under $1,000 bond for ac-
ton Of the Garrett County Grand
Jury on a, charge of alleged assault
with deadly weapon, when Kirkwood
Jones, of Frostburg reported that
Layman, armed with rifle, halted his
car on the highway, eight miles east of
Grantsville, in an attempted hold-up.
The motorist said he sped away, in
stead of complying with the mans
command.
Saturday Layman's father came to
Oakland and furnished the necessary
bond for his sons appearance at the
court here and he was released.
At a hearing Tuesday in Frostburg
he was sent to Jail in default of $500
bond, to await action of the January
term of court.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-12-19
CHARLES H. SHAFFER IS
ADVANCED IN U. S. OFFICE
Named Chief Examiner of Pat.
ents By President Roosevelt

President Roosevelt last Wednesday
afternoon appointed Charles. II. Shat
fer, formerly of Garrett county, to be
chief examiner of the United States
Patent Office at Washington, D. c.
Mr.. Shaffer is son ofthe late Ben
jamin F. and Maria 5sShaffer, of the
Mason community. Hestaught the Bar
nard school for two years before going
to college. He holds degrees from St.
Johns College and George Washington
University andsis member of the
Washington Bar.
Mr.. Shaffer became patent exam
liner in 1902 and since 1919 has been
examiner in the refrigeration depart
ment of the office. He is also a member.
of the board of appeals which decides
all appeals taken in the patent office.
The position of chief examiner is an
appointment for life or until one
reaches the age for retirement.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-12-19
DISPLAY OF CHRISTMAS
SPIRIT AIM OF CONTEST
Rotary Club Again Sponsoring
Lighting Contest This Year
Suggestions Are Offered
ARE NO SPECIAL RULES

Lighted trees twinkling across
snowy lawns, stars reckoning from
doorways, red candles beaming from
countless windows, a ribbon of light
extending from one end of the city to
the other-these are the aims of the
Rotary Club in sponsoring the home
decoration and lighting competition in
Oakland this year.
Newcomers to the community, the
stranger far from home and family,
even friends and neighbors, are i'm
pressed by the display of Christmas
spirit surrounding the century old
custom of Christmas lighting. 1t is
this spirit which scores of Christmas
residents hope to emulate this year in
their outdoor decorations, some of
which have already been erected.
1t is upon display of this spirit Of
hospitality and good cheer that the
judges of the competition will base
their selections when they make their
inspection tour December 26, 1885.
Elaborateness of design and expensive
equipment will not assure a citizen
of one Of the prizes which are being
offered. Rather, it may be the SIM
pie, perhaps homemade display, that
may best express the true Yuletide
spirit in the opinion of the judges. A
dollar or two wisely spent may pros
duce more beautiful display than
the tidy sums often expended for
this purpose. Er~
Most Of the materials for Christmas
lighting will be found near at hand.
Greens cost very little and strings of
lights are inexpensive. Make sure that
your light cords are weatherproof if
you intend using them outdoors Have
extra bulbs on hand in case any Of
them burn out and spoil the effects of
your lighting displays. If you're
handy with tools, you'll enjoy making
cut-outs for siIhouettes and tableau
displays, or wiring laurels; or ground
pine for wrcaths and festoons.
Dress up the shrubbery and small
trees in your yard with lights Of many
colors. There's no end to the many
clever effects which may be achieved
with minimum of effort.
There are no special rules for the
Rotary Club competition. Persons de-
string to enter should communicate
with the Rotary Club not later than
December 23rd, so that the judges Mil
not miss them when the of I'm
spection is made. Prizes totaHing
$500 will be awarded. ~
In order to aid housewives or others
in solving the problems of Christmas
decorations the Monongahela's home
service department is sponsoring a
series of demonstrations. Any Oak
land organization, such as Civic Club,
may obtain demonstration this year.
providing Miss Edith Humphrey,
representative, has not entirely filled
her schedule.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-12-19

Z The Rotary club is again sponsoring
a treat to boys and girls of the county
- YEARS of age and under. A pack
age of candy and an orange will be
given out on Tuesday afternoon, De-
cember "a, at o'clock. Last year
more than thousand packages were
given out.
>The Oakland Boys Band will take
part in the program Friday evening
and also on the afternoon of the oath.
The Rotary Club is sponsoring
community lighting contest and prizes
of $500 each will be given for the
most attractively decorated business
window and home. Second and third
prizes are also offered.
Nothing is being left unturned to
make Oakland a beautiful place for
the holiday season and the cooperation
of all the citizens is being urgently
requested.
In former years people have come
many miles to see Oakland's decorated
streets, business establishments and
homes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-12-19
Black Bass Placed In Deep Creek
Lake BY Commission

Three hundred pounds of black bass
were placed in Deep Greek Lake last
Thursday, it was announced by DR.. H.
w. McComas, resident member of the
Conservation Commission. Some of the
fish weighed as much as three and one
half pounds, DR.. McComas said.
1t is the expressed hope of number
Of fishermen that the bass will elimi-
nate a large quantity of the small
"tinch" that now infest the water of
the lake, and this is possible, as the
bass are of the large mouth variety
and held to be more cannibalistic in
their traits than bass of other vari-
cites.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-12-19
First National of Grantsyille
Paying Third Dividend

R. Z. Sliger, receiver for the First
National Bank Of GrantEvilfe, also an
nounced that checks for d third diyi-
dend Of five percent were ready for
mailing to those depositors who had
proved their claims.
The amount of the dividend is APP
proximately $4,000, and the third
dividend makes a total of 55 percent
that has been paid to depositors.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-12-19
Payment of Old Age Pensions
Began Last Friday

The payment of old-age pensions be-
gan in this county last Friday, accord
ing to Miss Ethel Miller, executive
secretary of the Garrett county We'll
fare Board. At present lat are receiv-
ing aid. The checks amounted to ap-
proximately $4,000. The maximum
amount for one person is $23.47, except
in a few exceptional cases, and the
maximum for two persons is $500, it
was stated.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-12-19
Gift Shoppers Edition

This weeks Republican is the gift
shoppers edition. In it one will find
suggestions for many gifts and count
less1bargains for the Christmas shop
A number of Oakland merchants
have aoutdone themselves this year in
providingesuitable gifts and in obtain
ing aaapge stock of merchandise for
the PROSPECTIVE purchaser.
1t wilEapay every person to inspect
this paper closely, visit the stores and
BUSINESS establishments in Oakland,
and to look over the large assortment
these stores have to offer.
Next weeks issue will also contain
large number of advertisements of
local people which should be read
closely.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-12-19

The annual Christmas bazaar of the
Pastors Aid society of st. Marks
Lutheran church will be held Saturday,
December IA, in the A. G. Gortner
store They will have on sale fancy
work suitable for Christmas gifts, and
they will be priced reasonably.
Evening star., 1935-09-15

aviation engine and designed to oper-
ate either on tractor belts or wheels.
1t is a highly mobile weapon with
sufficient armament and ammunition
supply to provide sustained fire power
of q high order. Its armament con-
sists of six machine guns.
The 1st Cavalry shares with all the
horse regiments the latest scout car.
the TT, of which the service now has
rs, each horse outfit having six. The
TT is q four-wheel-drive vehicle, Ca
pable of sustained speed of As miles
per hour. 1t is used largely for liai-
son purposes and its radio assists
cooperation between aircraft and
ground troops. Its crew consists of
a driver, radioman and two gunners.
Armament of q .50-caliber anti-tank
gun and two machine guns make 1t
formidable weapon against various
elements Of the foe.
The armored cars of the 1st Cavalry
the T-11-are the latest vehicles
developed primarily for reconnais-
sance purposes. 1t Is sufficiently ar
mored for protection against rife ball
ammunition, the armor plate hull
serving as protective plating and
chassis. It carries two .30-caliber
Evening star., 1935-09-15

machine guns, one .50-caliber ma
chine gun and one .46-submachine
gun and can hurtle itself over the
ground at as high as SIS miles per
hour, q horror inspiring metallic ap-
partition.
This mechanical regiment is being
trained and equipped to operate either
independently or as q part Of q larger
force, as Is the case with horse cav
airy. 1t has about $50 men divided
into q headquarters troop, q machine
gun troop. and two squadrons Of two
troops each. One Of these is called
a covering squadron and the other a
combat car squadron. When its equip
ment is complete the regiment will
have about rs fighting vehicles. equal
ly divided between the two squad
rons. The machine gun troop is es-
sentially a holding" element and
boasts IS machine guns which, with
their crews. are transported on half
track vehicles. resembling a cross be-
tween an automobile and q tractor
and known as personnel carriers.
The covering squadron Is made up
Of the armored car troop and scout
troop. The formers armored cars are
designed primarily for use on roads,
Evening star., 1935-09-15

defined as the creation Of "units
whose principal item Of equipment
consists Of self-propelled motor We
hicles designed for combat pur-
poses and upon which weapons are
mounted"
During the fiscal year 1885 the
War Department appropriation pro-
vided $2,540,000 for mechanization
and motorization. The new appro-
priation sets aside $4,510 900 for those
purposes, which illustrates the grow
ing belief of Congress in necessity
for this modernization Of the Army
Motorization also has been speeded
up by s1o,ooo.o00 grant from the
Public Works Administration.
Motorization Of the Army Is being
accomplished by manufacture by mo-
tor vehicle makers of types needed
and according to specifications drawn
up by military experts. In mechanical
tion parts are made by various COM
panies and the land warcraft are
assembled by the Army at its Rock
Island, Ill, arsenal. In each case
1t is not the purpose to load up the
Army with complete equipment, both
for reasons of expense and because
of rapid chronological and inventive
Evening star., 1935-09-15

advances which make many Of the
efficient vehicles and weapons Of today
obsolete, or, at least, obsolescent to-
morrow. In the meantime. however,
qualified manufacturing plants are
in possession Of blueprints Of the
latest developed materiel and are
always learning the "know-how," so
that in emergency quantity produc-
ton could start virtually overnight
and the military power Of the United
States would not be handicapped, as
at the outset of its World War par
ticipation, with q lot Of antiquated,
practically useless equipment.
The present mechanization pro-
gram Of the War Department con-
templates the mechanization Of /
brigade Of regiments out Of IS
active Cavalry regiments, mechanical
ton Of separate armored car troops
for use with Regular and National
Guard divisions, and a mechanical
platoon (scout carr for each Of the
IS Regular horse regiments. In addi-
ton, the Infantry is being equipped
with tanks and now has about 200,
many Of them Of the latest light,
speedy model, capable Of travelling
cross country at IS miles an hour.
Evening star., 1935-09-15

euvered o month and returned under
its own power. None Of the l89
vehicles had any serious mechanical
difficulties and we're SO carefully man
aged also that they were involved in no
trafic mishaps on either journey.
incidentally it is in the center Of
Fort Knox that the Federal Coy
ernment is just beginning construction
Of great subterranean vaults into
which q large part Of the Treasury's
billions in gold coin and bullion will
be moved. The step is taken to put
this treasure out of reach of possible
enemy invader Of the coast cities where
1t is now held and Fort Knox was
selected not only because 1t Is well
inland but also because a powerful
military defense Of the treasure is on
the spot In the form of mechanized
cavalry.
The commander Of this outfit is
Brig. Gen. Guy ". Henry, former chief
Of Cavalry, who has made Q particu-
lar study Of mechanization. The regi-
ment is the famous 1st Cavalry, whose
colorful history dates back to the
Revolutionary War. The regiments
commander is Col. Bruce Palmer and
it is noteworthy that nearly all Of the
rank and file Of the regiment are
former horse soldiers who have been
schooled in the transitiorsfrom animal
to mechanical power.
The motor equipment Of the 1st
Cavalry now consists Of combat cars
(tanks). machine gun carriers, ar
mored cars, personnel carriers and
trains. The newest tank Is q first
line combat weapon powered by an
Evening star., 1935-09-15

So 1t is upon the Cavalry that de-
wolves responsibility for keeping this
country upon at least parity with
the other powers in mechanization,
and tremendous strides already have
been made. The very latest Uncle
Sam has up his sleeve in this respect
Is hidden, Of course, as q military
secret, and Washington buzzes at times
with tales Of marvellous new inven-
tions increasing the power Of its
mechanical forces.
These are matters which may not
be pried into but SUFFICIENT is open and
visible to show what has been accom-
plished recently. One thing Is q new
light tank reputed to have made as
high as a mile-a-minute over the
Mount Vernon Memorial Boulevard,
Just beyond the National Capital. Out
side of the Army inner circles. how
ever, little is known OF this lightning
like weapon. Photographers and news
men were shooed away when 1t was
making its road test and 1t Is still
undergoing experimentation at the
famed Aberdeen, Md, proving ground.
But Army men will tell you, conf
dentially, "it's Q honey"
THE mechanization program Of the
Cavalry has progressed to the
point where one brigade headquarters,
the 7th, and one regiment, sta
toned at Fort Knox, KY, now Is
almost completely mechanical. And
already 1t has made some notable DEM
onstrations Of its efficiency. including
o march of 800 miles from Fort Knox
to Fort Riley, Kans., where It man
Evening star., 1935-09-15

At tops United States Army trucks passing in review.
Upper left: A fleet of light tanks in field
Upper, right: Hishspeed tanks in special formation.
Center: One of the newer units in Uncle Sans
mechanized Army is this Cavalry armored car largely
used for reconnaissance work. Lower, left: Machine
gunners and rReman repelline air attack from
armored truck (photos by Signal Corps, United States
Army. Lower, right: West Point cadets inspecting
of the Armys great mobile forces at Fort Bennins,
Ga. a. P. photo)
Evening star., 1935-09-15

Cassidy Wright, 16, Enid, Okla.
High School student, hitch-hiked
5000 miles through eight States on
$3.50 capital A
Evening star., 1935-09-15

the principal function being to obtain
information. The scout troop is
combat element consisting Of machine
gun crews in combat cars and per-
sonnel carriers. The combat car squad
ron carries the real punch Of the
mechanical regiment and consists of
two troops Of IS combat cars each.
Evening star., 1935-09-15

ECENTLY it was discovered in
1 Berlin that one of the --latest
N developments in Adolph Hit
Il Y ler's surprise military power is
Evening star., 1935-04-16

conditions, and beyond the skies were
reported clearing. She will have tall
winds during the last leg, even at
moderate attitudes. A favorable strong
northwest wind was blowing eastward
from Indiana and Ohio at about 10000
feet.
Light SHOWS at Cleveland and Co.
lumbus. Ohio, the Weather Bureau
reported, possibly will have blown
over before Miss ingalls, black mono
plane reaches the Middle West.
Somewhat nervous and unusually
taciturn, Miss ingalls, arrived at the
field As minutes before her departure
and looked carefully over the plane
The record she seeks to break, set by
Miss Earhart in August, 1882, Is u
hours minutes 80 seconds.
Makes Easy Take-on.
Clad in q leather windbreaker, she
made an easy take-oIf, circled her
streamlined ship over the field and
disappeared rapidly into the east.
The tiny brunette flyers mother
lives in Newark, N. j.
Miss ingalls, monoplane, loaded
with a near-capacity load Of SIS gal
Ions Of gasoline. is capable Of TOP
speed of 225 miles an hour, cruising
speed Of 205 miles and sustained
fight with It's present gasoline supply
of 500 miles
Evening star., 1935-04-16
Posts Nose Sore
Wiping Moisture
As Flight Ended
VaIue Admitted Oxygen
So Fast 1t FOgged
Headpiece Class.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 16.-A new
reason for the ending of Wiley Posts
third transcontinental stratosphere
flight attempt at Lafayette, Ind, Sun
day was related by friends here today.
The famous Oklahoman's nose was
sore.
Post was quoted as saying an auto
matte valve started pouring oxygen
into his rubber suit faster than the
release valve could carry 1t away. As
q result the windshield In his alumni
mum headpiece became fogged. In
order to see, the pilot had to stretch
out his neck and wipe the moisture
OF with his nose.
Finally aches crept into his nose
and neck, and when a clutch on the
supercharser was stripped he set his
globe -girdling monoplane Winnie Mae
down on the Purdue University Air
port field.
Post came to Indianapolis last night
to meet officers Of an Indiana National
Guard observation squadron. Pre-
sented after a 1audatory f1ve-minute
introduction, the flyer responded with
II don't think I have anything to
say" rs
He went back. to Lafayette to super
intend installation of new landing gear
on the plane. He expects to fly to his
BartlesNlle, Okla, home tomorrow.
Evening star., 1935-04-16
new DEAL UTILITY
PROGRAM ATTACKED
Head Of Jersey Public Service Cor.
poration Says Attitude
Is Unfair.
By the Associated Press.

by Lno heSOClAkSQ FIcSbs
NEWARK, N. j., April l6.-The
Roosevelt administrations attack on
the public utility industry was de-
scribed yesterday by Thomas N. Nc
Carter, president of the Public Service
Corp, as "unprovoked, vicious and un-
fair"
McCarter voiced his criticism at the
annual stockholders meeting. when a
stockholder asked if he could explain
the Presidents attitude toward the
industry.
THE President has a feeling on this
subject" McCarter said. What his
motives are do not know I think
he is opposed to big business. Perhaps
the reason he attacked the electric
industry is because, in the words Of
the bridge player, we were vulnerable.
We were prosperous and there had
been some scandal in connection with
some companies, to which the indus
try in no way subScribes. have had
several talks with the President. Each
time I left him I thought the whole
matter was over, but learned differ
emily later"
Another stockholder asked McCarter
about the Wheeler-Rayburn bill to-
abolish holding companies.
IT don't set myself up as prophet"
McCarter said, but I believe the
avalanche of opposition to the bill
has made a decided impression. II
anything passed. believe it will be in
. very modified and softened form"
Evening star., 1935-04-16
BY ROBERT GEIGER,
Asxociated Press Staff Writer,

SPRINGFIELD. Colo, April ia
man unfamiliar With the high plains
dry-farming region, birthplace Of the
black blizzard, might see only despair
and desolation In wind-scoured fields
and dust -drifted roads and farmyards.
1t does look pretty desperate, and
some families have given up hope
and moved away. Not many. Dry
land farmers have been through dust
storms before, and most Of them echo
the anonymous old timer, veteran
of the Panhandle, who said:
1T takes grit to live out here-let
'er blowl"
As q matter Of record, they had
storms a century ago much like those
of 1888.
Pastor Recalls Storm Of 1880.
Rev. Isaac Mccoy, pioneer surveyor
and missionary, reported one in West
ern Kansas In November, 1880. which
cut visibility to 80 yards, made hooi
prints invisible and masks imperative
Again. in 1918, sand and dust
drifted to the caves of isolated farm
buildings in one section, and In spots
the region looked as it does today.
With this background Of experience
and endurance, and the knowledge
that, given water. they can get re-
markable crops, the dry-landers are
hard to discourage.
Travelling through the dust sector
through Southeastern Colorado
Southwestern Kansas, the west end oi
the Oklahoma Panhandle and the
north tip of the Texas Panhandle
you see q region which now has the
appearance Of a vast desert, with
miniature shifting dunes of sand. A
rain might turn it green overnight
but that is how 1t looks now. There
are spots where wheat fields still were
green last week.
Great Colony Of Ant Hills.
Many of the fields that wer,
planted to wheat last Fall give tht
illusion Of great colony Of ants, with
hills marking spots where tumble
weeds have caught and dust driftet
around them, These little dunes ar,
about a foot high.
In other places the drifts are a
high as fences, especially in corners
Evening star., 1935-04-16
BEALE R. HOWARD -.
FUNERAL IS HELD
Rites at st. Thomas P. {.
Church for Stars Vice
President.

Funeral services are being held this
afternoon at st. Thomas Protestant
Episcopal Church for Beale Richard
son Howard, vice president Of The
Evening Star Co., who died Saturday
at Emergency Hospital.
Rev. DR.. C. Ernest Smith, rector Of
the church, is the oficiating clergy
man. Interment will be in the ceme-
terry of st. James Protestant Episcopal
Church, My Lady's Manor, Baltimore
County, Md.
Honorary pallbearers are Frank 3.
Noyes, Theodore w. Noyes, Newbold
Noyes, Crosby N. Boyd. Victor Kauff-
mann, r. M. Kaufman, s. H,
Kaufman and Henry @. Hanford.
all Of The Star, and Gen. Harry War
field, Frank r. Kent and James A.
Burgess, all Of Baltimore County.
Mr.. Howard was a member OF st.
Thomas Church and formerly YES
tryman of st. James Church. He was
a native Of Maryland but had resided
in Washington for more than half
century. He made mis- bone at 1929
Woodland drive.
A stockholder of The Star COM
pany since 1899, Mr.. Howard served
as its secretary until 1927, when he
became vice president.
He Is survived by his widow. the
former Miss Grace Barclay Adams, of
this city; two daughters. Mrs. Harry
K. Hickey and Mrs. John T. Remey;
a son, George Adams Howard; three
grandchildren and niece. Miss
Kathryn Gwynn.