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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-01-02
New Metropolitan Star Is From
West Virginia

The debut last week at the Metro
politan Opera House in New York of
Suzanne Fisher in the title role of
Madam Butterfly" is of some local
interest. A daughter of Mrs. Luther
Fisher, now patient at Hopemont
Sanitarium, between Oakland and
Terra Alta, W. Va, the new opera
star was born at Sutton, w. Va. A
sister, Mrs. Frank E. Arnett, formerly
resided in Elkins, w. Va. Another
sister, Mrs. Vernon Ball, resides at
Webster Springs.
Miss Fisher is a niece of Judge
Jake Fisher, of Sutton, who has cot
tage on Deep Creek Lake, near Deep
Creek bridge, and who spends good
part of his time there with his family
during the summer months.
Miss Fisher wore costume given
her by Lucrezia Bori, who wore it
when she made her own debut at the
Metropolitan.
Her debut was a success-the ap-
plause and the praises of the critics
showed that, but her greatest tribute
came from the famous Bori.
1t was large bouquet of flowers,
handed over the footlights after the
second act aria, zone Fine Day."
Miss Fisher plans to visit her mother
at Hopemont soon.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-01-02
DIED
ABEL D'WITT

Abel Dewitt, "a, died at his home
near Deer Park, Sunday evening, De-
cember 20, 1885. He had been i'll for
the past seven weeks and his death had
been expected by relatives and friends
for the past two weeks. .
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Marie A. Dewitt; two sons, Gilmor
Dewitt, Deer Park; and Porter De-
Witt, of Oakland; three daughters,
Mrs. Florence Lantz mad Mrs. Berna-
dine Little, of Morgantown, W. Va,
and Mrs. Lorena Helbig, of Oakland;
also by two brothers, ]. A. Dewitt, OF
Detroit, Mich; Frank Dewitt, OF near
Deer Park, and one sister, Mrs. Nellie
Maffett, Oakland. He is also survived
by 81 grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted at
1920 a. M, on Wednesday, January l.
from the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Helbig, Is High street, Oakland, the
Rev. C. A. Shilke, pastor of St. Marks
Lutheran church, officiating.
Pallbearers were Haven Dewitt
Wayne Dewitt, Elwood Dewitt, Rob
ert Dewitt, Porter Dewitt and Abel
Dewitt, Jr. The fowerbearers were
Carrie Katherine Dewitt, Mary Ann
Dewitt, Virginia Dewitt, Irene De-
Witt, Bobbie Helbig, Gene Helbig and
Thomasine Little.
Interment was made in the Oakland
cemetery.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-01-02
Carl Degen Becomes Manager of
Creamery Office in FairmOnt

Carl Degen, for the past year
manager of the Oakland Creamery
company, a part of the Imperial Ice
Cream company, has been made
manager of the Imperial plant Offices
in Fairmont, w. Va, and assumed his
duties there on January 1.
He and Mrs. Degen and their two
children expect to move to Fairmont
about the fifteenth of the month.
L. E. Ormiston, field representative
of the Imperial company, of Cumber-
land, has been named manager of the
Oakland plant. Mr.. Ormiston is mar
ried and has one child, a daughter
four years old. They expect to move
to Oakland in the near future.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-01-02
Winners In Lighting Contest
Have Been Announced

Winners in the lighting contest
sponsored by the Oakland Rotary club
have been announced as follows:
Business window: Gonder's Phar-
macy, 1st; Glotfelty's restaurant, End;
Farmers Store, honorable mention.
Home lighting: W. E. Shirer, LIST;
Edward C. Lawrence, End; Miss Lottie
Loar, Bird; Frank A. Smouse and John
Murphy, honorable mention.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-01-02
Reports $94.74 From Sale OF
tuberculosis Seals

Mrs. C. Milton Sincell, tubercu-
losis seal sale chairman for this coun-
ty, has reported receipts of $94.74
from the sale of seals this year. Start
ing the campaign against tuberculosis
early the Maryland tuberculosis asso-
citation has arranged for sixteen clinics
in January.
A clinic will be held in the court
house, Oakland, on Wednesday morn
ing. January 8, at o'clock. DR.. E. c.
Peck, health officer, will conduct the
clinic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-01-02
Number

DEFENDERS total was curtailed con-
siderably by inclement weather. Dur
ing the last week of December there
were only 10 licenses granted, whereas
last year there were twenty on record
on the day before Christmas.
Counting an average of SIS for each
marriage, Garrett county ministers
should have received $6,525, but ac-
cording to some information obtaina-
BILE the figures did not reach this sum.
The following licenses have been is
sued during the past few weeks:
Glenn Dawson johnson, %, truck
driver, and Margaret Julia Tano, 81,
please turn to Page, Eight
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-01-02
OId-Age Pension Act of State Is
Certified

A certifcation that the Maryland
cld-age pension act is valid, through
which the State expects to receive Fed
eral aid in making payments, has been
forwarded to the National Social Sc
curity Board at Washington by Her
bert R. O'Conor, Acknowledgement of
Maryland.
He also certified the pension cases
excluded by Maryland law would be
provided for out of general relief
funds. ....;.-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-01-02
Parsons High Trims Oakland
Quint 81 to 10

Parsons High schools rangy bas-
keteers proved too powerful for Oak
land High school last night and the
Tucker countians romped off with a
"a to 10 victory. The West Virginians
piled up "a points against four for
Oakland in the opening half.
Oakland plays Bruce High school of
Westernport on the local court on
Friday evening.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-01-02
Whitehill- Scofeld

Whitehill- ScOfield - Miss Frances
Ann Scofield, Sebring, Ohio, and Glenn
Edward Whitehill, Salem, Ohio, and a
former resident of Oakland, were
quietly married at the Lutheran par
sonage here on Wednesday morning,
Christmas Day. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Charles A. Shilke.
Mr.. Whitehill is son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. D. Whitehill, who were pres
ent at the ceremony. The couple will
reside in Salem where the groom is
employed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-01-02
Relief CurtaiIed

Curtailment of State relief funds
began yesterday. There will be g.
1926 needy cases throughout the state
cut off, according to Harry Greenstein,
State relief administrator. All but
,8,706 unemployed cases are dropped
from the MERA rolls because of fund
limitations.
Mr.. Greenstein. said the state would
have 1882 900 available for relief needs
during January.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-01-02
Services In St. Marks Lutheran

Bible school $3.50, election of officers.
Morning Worship, 10:45. Installation
of church and Bible school officers.
Luther League, $3.50. Max Nordeck
leader, topic, "Our Resolutions" Yes
pers, 7;30.a"My spiritual task, will
be the theme of the sermon.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-01-02
MARRIED.

r-Stewart-Miss Thelma Flor
ence Stewart, of Fairmont, w. Va, be-
came the bride of Mr.. julius w. Wal
ter, of Oakland, on Thursday, Decem-
Der 26. The ceremony was performed
by DIR. Archibald Moore.
The couple will reside in Oakland
where Mr.. Walter is employed by the
State Roads commission. He is also
a relief clerk at the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad station.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-01-02
Oakland Firemen Called

Members of the Oakland Fire de-
partment were called last Thursday
afternoon to the tailoring establish
ment of S. Otis Swan to extinguish a
fire which had caught from a blow
torch with which the owner had been
attempting to thaw out some pipes.
The pipes had frozen due to the in
tense cold. There was no damage.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-01-02
Schools Resume Today

Public schools in Garrett county re-
sumed this morning after the Christ
mas vacation period.
Students attending higher institu
tions of learning will leave the latter
part. of the week. for their respective
schools.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-01-02
! Dos MARRIAGE LICENSES WERE ISSUED LAST YEAR
BY CLERK OF The COURT; IS DECREASE OVER YEAR 1894

Virginia couples having the greatest
number with 80. West Virginia was
connected with 829 of the licenses is
sued, either both parties being from
that state or one of them.
The following shows the number of
licenses issued each month during
the year:
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-24

..,
Ire. LOOsed
At ak Bill
Ohio Congressman
Says 1t WillDestroy
Thousands of Bus
mess Concerns

Washington. April 24.-(AP)- The
administration 5000, 100000 tax bill
struck it's first blast of Democratic
opposition in the House today when
Representative Lamneck, Democrat,
Ohio, commended it would destroy the
nations business.
Members of the ways and means
committee. which. wrote the measure
took the. floor after Representative
Reed, Republican, New York, renew
ed the Republican opposition to the
intricate tax plan with such terms as
drastic" and "coercive."
This bill," Lamneck said, twill de-
stroy absolutely thousands of bust
ness concerns of this country"
/, He added that it attempts by taxa
ton ito compel business institutions
to follow our bidding" and coatended
mo such power is vested in the Con-
stitution."
The principal aim Of the bill, Lam
neck said. is to compel the distribu-
ton of earnings Of the closely held
Continued on Page Three.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-24
NO. z POST REALLY
HAS MORE POWER
Lieutenant Governor Can
Do Things to Legisla-
ton Governor Can't
SAYS HORTON LEADING
Conservative Element Believed Con-
centrating on Chatham Man,
Though Mcdonald Forces
Want Grady To Win
SAYS HORTON LEADING
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In The Sir Walter Hotel,
~ RAGK Err WILL.

Raleigh, April 24-The lieutenant
governor in North Carolina really has
more power and more opportunity
to shape legislation than has the
governor, due to the fact that the
lieutenant governor is the presiding
officer in the Senate and selects all
committees, while the governor has
no direct contact with members of the
General Assembly and is the only
govSSror that does not have any veto
power. Yet every four years, the
campaign for the Democratic nomi-
nation for governor attracts about 95
per cent of the interest of the voters,
with little or no attention given to
the campaign for the nomination for
lieutenant governor.
Mcdonald Wants His Man
This is true again this year to a
certain extent, although in some
quarters more serious thought is be-
ing given to the selection of the NOM
Tree for lieutenant governor than in
previous years. The forces seeking
the nomination of DR.. Ralph w. Nc
Donald as governor are anxious for
the nomination of a candidate for
lieutenant governor who will be in
sympathy with the Mcdonald pro-
gram, should he be elected It is con-
coded that a lieutenant governor in
the Senate who was unfriendly to the
governor could virtually block every
Continued on Page Three.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-24
Soldier At
Fort Bragg
Kills Girl
Also Tries To Kill
Wife And 7 h e n
Him s e f; AK Is
Used In the Staying

Fayetteville, April "a. - (AP) -
Grover Pritchett A, an army private
hacked Miss Ruth Fuquay, Of Fuquay
Springs, to death with an ak, critical
ly wounded his wife and attempted
suicide today at his home near the
Fort Bragg reservation.
Sheriff N. H. McGeachy said Prit-
chett, native of Alamance county,
made signed confession that he at
tackled his wife and Miss Fuquay with
an ak and then slashed his own throat
with a razor blade because my wife
had not been treating me right"
The sheriff said the confession set
forth that Pritchett ran out of their
home at Spring Hope, a settlement
near Fort Bragg, early today, pro-
cured an ak, smashed it's blade into
the head of his wife, then turned on
Miss Fuquay and finally cut his own
throat, because my wife had not
been treating me right"
Pritchett's condition, the sheriff
said, was not serious, and he was ex-
pected to be removed from a hospital
to a jail this afternoon.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-24
Detectives
Son Chief In
Wendell Case

Brooklyn, N. Y, April "a (AP)-
Ellis H. Parker, Jr., son of the Bur
lington, N. j., chief of detectives, was
characterized by District Attorney
William F. X. Geoghegan today as the
"real conspirator" in the kidnapping
and torture of Paul H. Wendell.
Parker, indicted with four others
Yesterday, remained at large today,
although there were rumors he was
on his way here from New Jersey to
surrender.
The State police were given a war
rant for his arrest last night after he
had been indicted on charges of kid
Eaping and second degree assault.
1--WE know that Parker. Jr., was the
real conspirator in this case" Geog-
hogan said. "He concocted the whole
plot and it was he who pointed out
Wendell the night he was kidnapped"
Harry Bleefeld 81, and Martin
Schloffman, two of those indicted, are
now being held. The other two.
Harry Weiss and Murray Bleefeld,
have not been located.
The district attorney had previous
ly indicated that additional indict-
ments might be forthcoming.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-24

Washington, April "a (AP)-Pass-
age of the Tydings bill to extend an
opportunity for independence to
Puerto Rico was advocated today by
DR.. Ernest Gruening, head of the In
terror Departments bureau of terri
torial affairs.
He joined Chairman Tydings, Demo
crat, Maryland, of the Senate Terri
tories Committee, in saying the meas
ure had administration support.
Coincidentally, however. Gruening
said the administration did not in
tend to offer other outlying posses
sions the option of independence.
1.-THE situation with the Others" he
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-24
Lt.-Gov. Graham, Candidate
for Governor, Makes
Strong Impression on
Local Folk
PRIZES ARE GIVEN
IN AMATEUR HOUR
Style Show Tonight To Be
Popular Event; Best Tai
ent of Amateurs Promised
for Tonight; Circus Acts
and Dancing Included; Elk
hibits Are of High Order

Gathering interest and at
tendance as the week goes on,
the Henderson Automobile
Show, Merchants Exposition
and Indoor Circus had the best
crowd of the week Thursday
night. D. C. Loughlin. manag-
ing the exposition TO rthe Anne
rican Legion, which is sponsor,
estimated last night crowd of
between 5000 and 1000. ~
Lieutenant Governor A. H. Graham,
candidate for governor in the APP
preaching primary, was visitor and
one of the chief attractions for the
evening He spoke appropriately
and with but little reference to poli-
tics then later mingled for several
hours with the vast crowd in the Big
Henderson Warehouse, where the
show is being held. His friends, who
appeared to be growing said he made
most favorable impression, and helped
his cause here.
The lieutenant governors visit was
the third of the week by candidate
for governor, and probably the last, as
Clyde R. Hoey has advised that his
schedule already was SO arranged
he could not get here. Dr. Ralph w.
Mcdonald spoke Tuesday and John
A. McRae on Wednesday night.
Style Show Tonight
The annual exposition style show
(Co ninued IN Page Sfxl
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-24
NEW BERN WOMAN
HELD AS KIDNAPER
Federal Warrant Charges Mrs. Bell
Bennett Sutton With Violating
Lindbergh Law

New Bern, April "a (AP)-A Fede-
raj Warrant charging violation of
the Lindbergh kidnapping. law has
been drawn against Mrs. Bell Bennett
Sutton being held in Jail here on a
State warrant growing out of the al
legged kidnapping of Miss Mabel Mar
garet Hutchins of Norfolk.
The warrant was issued by local
United States commissioner at the
request of Orville T. Smith, Federal
investigator, following an investiga-
ton of the kidnapping.
Mrs. Sutton was arrested here late
tuesday night by county officers aft
er she was alleged to have kidnapped
MISS Hutchins in Norfolk and left her
tled up in swamp near New Bern.
ohe is in Jail in default of $500 bond
on an assault charge.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-24
.HOEY SUPPORTERS
CLAIM NEW GAINS
Reaction to His Speeches in
Mcdonald Territory
Is Pleasing
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In The Sir Walter Hotel,
- r. ia CT[ FIR VIII.

Raleigh, April 24-The campaign
managers for Clyde r. Hoey are not
advertising the fact right now or
Growing about it, but are secretly de-
lighted at the impression Hoey has
been making and the response he has
been getting in his recent speeches in
eastern counties, many of them re-
garded as being strongholds of DR..
Ralph w. Mcdonald Hoey spoke last
night in Lumberton, in Robson coun-
ty, had a large audience which be-
came more and more enthusiastic as
he assailed the program being advo-
Gated by DR.. Ralph w. Mcdonald, one
of the other candidates for the Demo
cratic nomination for governor, ac-
cording to reports received here this
morning. Mr. Hoey will speak tonight
in Smithfield, Johnston county, where
DR.. Mcdonald is reported as being
very strong.
Mr.. Hoey spoke in Wilson Wednes-
day night, another county claimed by
the Mcdonald forces. In spite OF this
fact and in spite of a pouring rain,
the court house was filled and the au-
dience enthusiastic, according to sew
eral from here who heard him speak
in Wilson.
There is no doubt of the fact that
there is a steady and definite trend
to Mr.. Hoey in almost every section
of the State and that he is steadily
forging ahead" Hubert Olive, cam
paign manager for Hoey said today.
'"This is not only borne out by the re-
ports which we are getting from every
section of the State, especially follow
ing Mr.. Hoey's speeches, but is borne
out by the newspaper poll being con-
Quoted by the afternoon newspapers
eN.a4;~.as~r paoa Tun1
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-24
MCDONALD RALLY
WILL co ON RADIO
Meeting Tonight in Wilson
Will Be One, of Biggest
Yet i'm East
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In The Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, April 24.-The speech to be
delivered tonight in Wilson by DR..
Ralph w. Mcdonald which will be
broadcast over radio station WPTF of
Raleigh for one hour, from. 8 to 9
o'clock is expected to be the biggest
and most enthusiastic McDonald-fcr-
Governor demonstration yet held in
any eastern county, his campaign
manager, w. L. Lumpkin, said this
afternoon. The entire staff from Nc
Donald headquarters here will attend
in a body, and DR.. Mcdonald, Mana
ger Lumpkin, ssociate Campaign
Manager Itimous T. Valentine and all
those connected with his campaign
will be entertained by the Wilson com
mittee after the meeting.
A motorcade of at least so auto
mobiles is expected to meet DR.. Nc
Donald several miles outside of Will
CONTINUED on Page Tw0.I
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-24
R|JTER'S:REMOVAL
MIGHT HELP BENCH
MANY Rumors About Judi
ciary Have Accompani-
ed Bankruptcies
BY CHARLES p. STEWART
Central Press Staff Writer)

Washington, April "a = Senator
Sherman Minton's. expression of. his
opinion that United States Judge Hal
stead Ritter's recent removal from Of
flee upon impeachment charges will
have "a wholesome effect on the Fed
eral bench" was anything but COM
plimentary to Uncle Sans judiciary.
Nevertheless the Indiana senator
limited at no more than has been said
in still palmer terms by numerous
critics since the depression set in,
with it's hundreds of bankruptcy cas-
es to be dealt with in the US. courts
at fat fees to receivers and their
staffs of assistants. Creditors of in
solvent concerns naturally have want
ed to get as large dividends as pos
(ContinI1nd m Page TwO]
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-24
Advance Contingents Of
Italians Now Only About
70 Miles From Ethio-
plan Capital
ETHIOPIANS WILL
PUT UP DEFENSES
Even If Adds Ababa Falls
to Invaders, Guerilla War
fare Will Be Resorted To
in Harassing Movement;
Germany's Colonial De-
sires Causing Worry
(By The Associated Press)

\
The drive of the Italian army
from Dessye to the Ethiopian
capital was in full swing today,
according to a communlque
from Marshal Pedro Badoglio,
commander-in-chief Of the Fas-
cist armies in East Africa.
Marshal Badogelio reported that a
body of native Eritrean Askari, part
of the large force of 10000 Italian
troops which arrived in Dessye for
the campaign, had taken Uorra llu.
g. town about 38 miles south of Des-
sye.
Capital 10 Miles Away
Ahead of these troops of the main
Italian army in the north were the
advance contingents. who the Ital-
ians reports placed some 70 miles
from Adds Ababa.
The Italian commander said the
advance was progressing in good
form on the southern front.
To Defend Adds Ababa
A government spokesman in Adds
Ababa denied Italian reports that no
defense would be made of the CAPT
tai Even if the capital were taken
by the Fascists, the spokesman said,
the war would go on, with the Ethio-
plans starting large scale guerilla
warfare against the Italians.
Crown Prince Asia Wosan was dis
Continued on Page TwoO
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-24
Congress Hears OF Plan
TO Accord independence
To Puerto Rican People
Senator Tydngs Proposes Plebscite of Natives Next
Year; Points to Millions United States Has Spent
To no Avail and Contin uing Disorders There

said, lis entirely different. There has
never been the slightest suggestion
from any one of any desire to be 9TH
err than participants in the benefits
conferred by American citizenship.
Concerning Puerto Rico however,
where Colonel Francis Riggs, chief Of
the island police, recently was killed
by two members of the Nationalist
party, Gruening said:
Nothing could be further from the
spirit and purpose of this admins
tration than to keep a people not con-
suited originally about it's annexa-
Continued on Page Two.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-24

Straw fell on Carolina this after
noon as the second deluge of straw
ballots was placed in the mails, rep
resenting 20 per cent of the total num-
per of ballots to be placed in the
hands of actual voters in the State
wide Democratic governorship poll.
Political hay is in the making and
The Henderson Daily Dispatch and 10
other publishing houses, representing
An aggregate of 25 of the states lead
ing newspapers, are inviting voters
10 participate in harvesting the crop.
Last Thursday The Henderson Daily
Dispatch and cooperating newspapers
mailed thousands of ballots to DEM
ocrats throughout the State. The
number mailed was exactly 20 per
cent of the total number to be placed
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-24
BY ROGER w. BABSON,
Copyright 1896, Publishers
Financial Bureau. Inc.

Philadelphia, Penn, April 24-Read-
ers will recall that last week 1 gave
my first-hand reports of conditions in
the Middle West. From Illinois, my
observer went directly to the South
west where he now resumes his sur
vey leaving the Central States for a
later story. The following comments
concern the Far Western States:
Future of Southwest.
"Resort business in New Mexico and
Arizona this season has been the best
on record. General business here is
substantially better than year ago.
Beside the great increase in the popu-
larity Of Southern Arizona as a eli
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-24
Another Batch of
Ballots Mailed In
Newspaper Voting
Second 20 Percent of Total Sent to Persons Whose
Names Were Taken Fro m the Registration Books;
First Tabuation to B Announced Shortly

in the hands of voters. Next Thurs
day another 20 per cent will be mail
ed. The mailing will continue until all
ballots have gone out.
Already thousands of ballots have
been returned by voters, marked with
a simple x, for the candidates OF
their choices and whims. On May Z
The Henderson Daily Dispatch will
publish the first Statewide returns
from this straw vote, the largest, most
scientific poll ever attempted. Sys-
tematically, clocklike, with no more
personal feeling than that of an au-
tomaton, the name of every 18th reg
istered Democrat on every registra-
ton book in North Carolina was
Continued on Page Eight.