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The Republican., 1936-12-03
Variety of Weather During The
Week

Garrett county was treated to a
variety of weather during the past
week with snow, rain, sleet and lower
ing of temperature contributing their
share.
The ground was covered with snow
on Thanksgiving day and on Friday,
with moderation on Sunday. Then
snow followed again on Monday and
on Tuesday morning people awoke to
a surprise. It had fallen to above
zero and was the coolest place in
Maryland on that day. A raw east
wind kept the temperature down on
Tuesday and this was followed early
Wednesday by a sleet storm. A rise
in temperature changed the sleet into
rain yesterday and since that time
the temperature has been lowering
around the freezing mark.
The Republican., 1936-12-03
HEALTHDOCTOR PREPARES
FOR WINTER time TRAVEL
Snow Shoes Are In Condition but
He Also Carries Sack of Ashes
And Shovel In His Car
GIVES OUTLINE OF WORK

DR.. E. C. Peck, Garrett County
Public Health Officer, preparing for his
winter-time troubles of battling to
reach his patients and continue his
preventive medical work among the
school children, has already gotten
his snowshoes in shape, but he has
added a few extras this year.
In his preparedness" kit this year
he also carries set of chains, a tow
rope, sack of ashes and a shovel.
"The only thing lacking is horse" "
DR.. Peck said as he was reminded of
the necessity of patients having to ride
horseback last year to break through
the snowdrifts to reach his office in
order to receive the Pasteur treat
ments 13r rabies.
Last year DR.. Peck, six feet tall and
a 2O0-pounder, jokingly applied to the
State Department of Health for
"snowshoe mileage" and his request
received wide publicity. The snow
shoes he wore at his boyhood home in
Connecticut served him in helping to
reach diphtheria patients snowbound
by snow-choked roads.
With all the preparation, however,
DR.. Peck didn't expect the amount of
snow this year that last winter severed
these hills from the middle of Decem-
ber until the middle of March.
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The Republican., 1936-12-03
Burned BY Flame From Torch

Niles Falkenstine, lieutenant in the
State Police force, was burned about
his face with a flaming torch during
the strike disturbance at the Celanese
plant near Cumberland last Saturday
morning.
Lieut.. Falkenstine was with num-
ber of other officers and all were at
tempting to restore order following the
arrival of a train at the plant with
passengers who were employed at the
plant. In. the struggle the strikers
threw rocks and flaming torches, one
of them striking Lieut.. Falkenstine in
the face. The burns are NOT thought to
be serious. Lieut.. Falkenstine is son
of Mrs. Alice Falkenstine of Mountain
Lake Park.
The Republican., 1936-12-03
Nearly Loses Eyesight

Mrs. Bessie M. Jewell, of near Sand
Flat, nearly lost the sight of her right
eye last Friday evening when she at
tempted to crank her automobile.
The motor backfired, throwing her
against the radiator of the car, one
of the wings of the figured radiator
cap piercing her eyeball. DR.. H. w.
McComas, who dressed the wound,
stated that had the point gone a frac-
tion of an inch deeper it would have
pierced the pupil causing the loss of
sight.
Mrs. Jewell suffers intensely as a
result of the accident.
The Republican., 1936-12-03
Celanese Strike Settled

The Celanese strike has been set
tied and beginning today the Amcelle
plant at Cumberland gradually will
get back to work, with full production
set for next Monday.
The agreement restores jobs to ap-
proximately 5000 employees with a
wage increase of 1871 percent, or ap-
proximately $1,oOO,OOO increase an
nually in the pay roll.
Several hundred of the workmen
Nare from Garrett county families.
The Republican., 1936-12-03
OFFICERS SEEK HIGHWAY
ROBBERS FOR HOLD-UP
NEAR OAKLAND TUESDAY
Friendsville High School Teacher
Loses Money and Car; Set
AfOOt on Backbone Mountain
MAY BE BANK BANDITS

State and county police con-
tinue today to seek three young
men who held up Foster Speich-
er, Friendsville high school in
structor, near Sand Flat, six
miles north of Oakland on Route
PIG, about six o'clock Tuesday
evening and robbed him of a
small amount of cash, stole his
automobile, forced him at the
point of a pistol to get into his
own car and then set him adrift
on the top of lonely Backbone
Mountain above Kitzmiller, some
fifteen miles or more from the
scene of the hold-up.
After being set adrift on the high
way Speicher caught ride to Deer
Park and from that point notified
officers here of the hold-up. At the
time of the hold-up Mr.. Speicher was
enroute to Oakland and had reached
Sand Flat, six miles north, when the
three men tagged him, claiming to
have trouble with their car, and at
the point of a gun compelled him
to give them what valuables he had.
Mr.. Speicher said that after they
had relieved him of his money they
transferred some luggage from their
car to his, made him accompany them
to the top of the mountain above
Kitzmiller and there left him.
States Attorney Neil C. Fraley got
into touch with Virginia authorities
who informed him that the car being
driven by the robbers was one stolen
at Harrisonburg, Va. The radiator had
frozen as the men were mounting
Hooppole Ridge, at the point where
Mr.. Speicher overlook them in his
car. The Virginia authorities also in
formed the Maryland officer that they
believed they knew the identity Of the
men who stole the car.
Prior to the episode involving Mr..
Speicher the three highwaymen
stopped at the Harvey Filling Station
at Sand Flat and from the proprietor
of the station a detailed description
of them was obtained, which may con-
tribute to their arrest.
1t is thought they may be three bank
bandits for whom Virginia authorities
are searching, for shooting and wound
ing Cashier J. W. Bowman, Jr., in an
attempted robbery at Boone Mill Mer-
chants and Farmers Bank near Har-
risonburg. The automobile in which
the bandits escaped had been found
and Virginia officers thought they
had the trio "cornered"
It is possible that the three are
the same ones who robbed Speicher.
All three carried guns, Speicher said.
The luggage they transferred to the
Speicher car is thought to have been
some loot from a previous hold-up.
Another Car Stolen
The automobile of Allen S. "Dick"
Paugh was also stolen. on Backbone
Mountain on Tuesday afternoon, while
Paugh was hunting for deer, and has
not been recovered.
The car was locked and it would
have been necessary to break the
glass to gain entrance.
The Republican., 1936-12-03
People Asked to Conserve Supply
of Holly, Laurel, Ground Pine

The Maryland Garden Clubs, thru
their executive, are asking the coop
Grafton of all Marylanders in con-
serving the supply of holly, laurel and
ground pine in the State and to buy
only tagged holly.
Holly that has been properly cut
and offered for sale has attached the
tag of the Garden Clubs, thereby certi-
flying that it has been harvested in
accordance with the Maryland State
law.
Maryland can provide holly every
Christmas if the trees are cut accord
ing to the Maryland law, which makes
it a misdemeanor, punishable by fine,
to take holly or other material from
the property of another without writ
ten permission or personal supervis-
ion of the owner, and if it is cut ac-
cording to recognized conservation
methods.
The Republican., 1936-12-03
To Conduct Mental Hygiene
Clinic In Oakland

There will be mental hygiene clinic
held in the Office of DR.. E. C. Peck,
public health officer, on Friday morn
ing, December a, beginning at nine
o'clock. DR.. Lord, assistant to DR.. j.
N. Darling, of the Springfield State
Hospital at Sykesville, will conduct
the clinic.
Mental and nervous cases will be
examined and people may attend who
desire to discuss members of their
families who have behavior problems,
peculiar habits, etc.
The Republican., 1936-12-03
Christmas Savings Checks Sent
To DepOsitOrs

Christmas Savings checks were
mailed to about 200 depositors of the
First National Bank and the Garrett
National Bank in Oakland on Monday
evening. More than $4,000 was dis
tributed to those who had saved thru
the past year a certain amount each
week by depositing it in either Of the
two banks.
Much of the money thus saved will
be used for the purchase of Christ
mas gifts, while some of the savings
will be applied to insurance and other
necessary expenses.
New clubs for 1887 are being started
at the local banks.
The Republican., 1936-12-03
Examination To Be Held For
Bloomington POstmastership

The Civil Service Commission has
announced the receipt of notice of ap-
plications for appointment to the post
mastership at Bloomington, will be
closed ON December 18.
Examinations for the Bloomington
post will be held at Keyser, West Va.
The date will be announced later.
The Republican., 1936-12-03
Pythian Celebration Attended by
More Than Two Hundred

More than two hundred persons
attended the celebration in connec-
ton with the burning of the mort
gage on the Knights of Pythias build
ing, at Castle Hall, last Friday even
ing. The occasion was also known as
Ladies' Night.
The program included a number of
musical selections, vocal and instru-
mental, by the following: Garrettoni-
ans orchestra; Miss Geraldine Kahl,
Mrs. N. Krause, Wayne Hamilton and
the Garrett County Mountain Ramb-
lers from Swallow Falls, composed of
John Kershner, Delmar Martin, Jas.
Miller and Raynold Grenn. w. Cecil
Smith led the community singing with
William Gibson at the piano. Miss
Jane Fraley and julius B. Littman
were accompanies to the vocal selec-
tions. A reading was also given by
Mrs. Paul Naylor.
DR.. Henry w. McComas delivered
the address of welcome and A. T. Mat
thews the principal address. Mr.. Mat
thews cited the consistent growth of
the organization. The refreshment
committee included Ross Y. Stup,
Earl Shartzer, Gladstone Morris, Will
liam McRobie and Judson H. Loar, as
sisted by members of the local order of
Pythian Sisters. Wade H. Mason was
in charge Of seating arrangements and
the entertainment committee consisted
of Harry L. Stemple, Alva G. Gortner
and Milburn W. Mann. Walter w. Daw-
son was the postmaster.
The Republican., 1936-12-03
To Observe Bible Sunday

Bible Sunday will be observed by
Sunday schools and churches in Gar.
rett county on December 13. This day
is observed around the world by the
American Bible Society.
Julius C. Renninger, Jr., president of
the Garrett County Bible Society, is
asking for an offering from each of
the church organizations to further
the distribution of Bibles in homes of
the county where there are none.
The Republican., 1936-12-03
Session Advanced Week

Governor Nice announced Mon
day the special session would con-
vene on December s, Sin order that
the State may be given sufficient
time to set up the requisite ma
chinery for the collection of the
tax early enough to entitle the en-
plOyer to his deduction"
He also advised members of the
Legislature he would submit cop
les of the proposed unemployment
insurance bill to them within a few
days.
The Republican., 1936-12-03
Dies of Infantile Paralysis

1t was reported yesterday in Oak
land that Donald Schroyer, 17-months
old child of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Schroyer, of Friendsville, had sue
cumber to an illness that had been
diagnosed as infantile paralysis. This
is the first case of the malady to be
reported in Garrett county within two
years. s.s,-rsss.--ss
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-05

rigader General War, Landon
Gov Republican presidential no
Riley
guard comprised of u s. cavalry troops Here
the cavalry with Brig
Gen. George left. and Col. Guy c. Refroad.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-05

Edgar MacKnght, top; Gladys MacEnight, below
While police held Gladys Mcknight 8year-od
heart, Donald Wghtman Bayonne
Ratchet Staying OF Gladys mother Edgar w. girls
father MADE plans TO defend his daughter
company Official Is shown at the leaving police
station 5eloW GLADYS is after quzzng detectives
Wighhnans father Joseph Wightman yacht
Joined MaclNnight In laying children
Evening star., 1936-02-27

saw Hauptmann prowling in the woods
near the Lindbergh estate shortly be-
fore March /, 1882. the date Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh's son was kid
naped.
Promised s35 a Day.
The Governor said last night Whited
told him he was promised S35 a day
and told by a State trooper, named
Wolf. that he would be entitled to
one-third of the reward From the
time he identified Hauptmann until
the trial opened, the Governor said
Whited told him, he was watched by
the State police and State trooper
stayed at his home, even riding his
wagon when he went for logs.
"This would make it appear" said
the Governor, that the prosecution
was not very certain of its witness"
The defense attack on the ladder.
it was asserted, will come as result
of a study made by DR.. Erasmus M.
Hudson. New York physician and fin
gerprint witness for the defense, and
Robert w. Hicks, Washington crimi-
nologist.
At the trial DR.. Hudson testified he
recalled only one nail hole in rail
l6." In rebuttal the State called a
Federal employe from Washington who
had examined the ladder shortly after
the kidnapping and had made photo
graphs showing four holes.
Arthur Koehler, Federal wood ex-
pert, who also swore there were four
holes, has been apprised OF the new
examination of the ladder evidence
and may be asked to add what he can
to his Flemington testimony, is was
learned.
Desires to Recall Jafsie.
Coincidental with these new dis
closures, Fisher reiterated he will seek
the return of DR.. John F. (Jafsie)
Condor for questioning, citing the
Bronx educators own written word
that he knew the man who made the
ladder.
Fisher cited letter Condor sent a
New York newspaper last December
in which he said:
IT worked assiduously to restore the
baby, or run down the cowardly knave
who climbed ladder which the car
penter had planned and submitted to
the cabinetmaker. both of whom I
know 49,"
Evening star., 1936-02-27

Congress Member
Fails to ThrO,U
Dollar Over iRiver
Dunn, Is Stumped-Cen.
Fries Drives Golf
Ball Across.
BY the Associated Press,


FREDERICKSBURG, Va, February
27.-Representative Aubert c. Dunn of
Mississippi who thought he could
equal or better the dollar-t throwing
achievements of George Washington
and Walter johnson, failed to span the
Rappahannock River here today and
after three mighty attempts, on all of
which the silver dollar splashed into
the water, he abandoned further ef-
forts and left the laurels to his dis
tinguished predecessors.
Representative Dunn's dollars, pre-
sented by the local Chamber Of Com
merce, made good start, but each
one dropped into the water, the best
throw being about 20 feet from shore.
Dunn was a former Alabama base
ball star.
After Representative Dunn defin-
itely quit the undertaking, his secre.
tary, Lawrence Bouligny, tossed four
more dollars, three of which fell in
the water, while the fourth reached
the opposite bank but was beneath the
water line. 1t was recovered by a
man who dug it out Of the muddy
shore.
Gen. Amos A. Fries, u. s. A., re-
til ed, who accompanied Representative
Dunn, introduced a new fad by driv-
ing golf ball across the river after
his first two attempts had failed.
Evening star., 1936-02-27
BODY OF G. M. WRIGHT
ARRIVES TOMORROW
Remains of Chief of Bureau of
Wild Life Will Be
Cremated.

The body of George M Wright. chief
OF the Bureau of Wild Life of the Ma
tional Park Service, who was killed in
an automobile accident Tuesday near
Deming, N. Mex. will reach here to-
morrow for cremation. The ashes will
later be sent to California, where Mr..
Wright was born in 1905. He lived
at 1924 o street.
Mr.. Wright was riding with Roger
w. Toll, superintendent of Yellow
stone National Park and frequent
visitor to Washington, who also was
killed. He will be buried tomorrow in
Denver, Colo.
The automobile carrying the officials
was in collision on gravel highway
with car driven by Thomas Henry
Ohmar, New Milford, Conn, which
careened across the road after blow
out.
Evening star., 1936-02-27
Your Income Tax
Deduction for Depreciation.

DCuUGtAVu AVE D6pkCCA@esVus
The revenue act provides for "a rea-
sonable allowance for the exhaustion.
wear. and tear of property used in the
trade or, business, including 4. reason
able allowance for obsolescence. For
convenience. such allowance usually Is
referred to as depreciation.
In claiming deduction for depre-
citation several fundamental principles
must be observed. The deduction must
be confined to property actually used
in trade, business, profession, and to
improvements on real property, other
than property used by the taxpayer as
his personal residence. In general. it
applies to the taxpayers capital as
sets-buildings, machinery, etc.-the
cost of which cannot be deducted as a
business expense.
A lawyer, doctor, or other profess
sional man may not charge of as
current expense the cost of library
used wholly in his profession, this be-
ing a capital expenditure and the
library capital asset, but he may
deduct an allowance for depreciation
based upon the useful life of the
library.
In part of professional mans
residence is used by him for ofice
purposes, a proportionate amount of
the depreciation sustained may be de-
Quoted, based generally on the ratio
of the number of rooms used for such
purposes to the total number Of rooms
in the building.
The same principle applies II a
taxpayer rents to others q portion Of
his residence. Under such conditions,
however, the taxpayer must include
in his gross income the rentals re-
ceived. ~ ~ - - r
Evening star., 1936-02-27

The simplest definition of Govern
ment credit was given off the record
the other day by an official in posi-
ton to know. He said: 1.-THE matter Is
as delicate and devastating as the
reputation Of a man. If q citizen is
known to be gambler or has the
reputation of a spendthrift, he is apt
to find his banker increasingly metic-
ulous about lending him money. But
man with reputation for care and
caution can borrow far more on less
collateral"
TtDo young NeU Deal lawyers
nere arguing, tDtere they thought
they tDould not be overheard, that
there is no future in the New Deal
any more. They argued that the
plodding ,pas probably not north
the salary involped.
Less obvious symptoms have been
noticed among far more prominent
liberals near the seats of power. An
other mourned: "If Roosevelt is re-
elected, it will be so close that the
Government will not be able to do
much anyway"
Note-Capable s. e. c. chief, James
Lands, whose organization is designed
to limit gambling, took wild flyer in
fish q few days back. While angling
with .Ex-S. E. G. Chairman Kennedy
In Florida, they bet one dollar on the
largest fish to be caught, one on the
smallest, and one on the first and
last. Lands won s.. He caught the
only fish.
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Evening star., 1936-02-27
Congress min Brief |
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TODAY.

Senate:
Meets on routine business. Agri-
culture Committee studies cotton trade
practices. Interstate Commerce Com
mittee analyses movie block booking.
House:
Continuous debate on amendments
to Agriculture Department supply
bill. Patents Committee continues
hearing on copyright bill.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Not expected to be in session.
Interstate Commerce Committee
continues hearings on block-booking Of
moving pictures.
Military Affairs Committee regular
weekly meeting.
House:
Continues debate on agriculture ap-
preparation bill.
Ways and Means Committee begins
hearings on a bill to consolidate in
vestigating agencies In the Treasury
Department at 10 am.
Appropriations subcommittee con-
tinue hearings ON supply bills for State.
Justice, Commerce, Labor and Navy
Departments at 10 am.
Special Traffic Subcommittee OF
House District Committee resumes
trafic investigation ct 10 am.
Evening star., 1936-02-27
CARL APPROVES
PAY ON HOLIDAYS
Per Diem Groups on 5.Day
Week Get Benefit With.
out Working.

An obliging calendar and a series
OF statutes running back so years will
cause the Government to pay out sew
eral hundred thousand dollars to per
diem employees this year for "work'
that they don't doi
This was brought out yesterday in
decisions by Controller General Nc
Carl, covering Navy Yard employees
and certain Lighthouse Service groups,
who are on a five-day week-from
Monday to Friday-but who, this year,
will get paid, in addition, for three
holidays falling on Saturday-Febru-
ary %, May 80 and July 4. 1t was
said the principle would hold good also
for other five-day establishments, in
Guiding the Bureau of Engraving.
Under so-called gratuity pay stat
utes passed as early as 1885. per diem
workers are entitled to wages for New
Year, Washington's birthday, Memo
rial day, July 4, Thanksgiving and
Christmas, which are statutory holi-
days.
If they actually work on those oc-
casions. they get double pay. The
40-hour week law passed in March,
1884, allowed Inauguration of the
five-day week. customarily ending on
Friday. and when holidays began to
show up on Saturdays officials i'm
mediately turned to McCarl to see
if the gratuity pay still held, despite
the fact that the non-work day
would come after the work week had
been completed. His answer was in
the affirmative, the rate of gratuity
pay being fixed at the minimum daily
rate.
The Government Printing Office
and Panama Canal are not so lucky,
however. BY administrative action,
their work week has been spread over
six days, so they get no extra pay
for not working on Saturday, which
is a part of the 40-hour schedule.
The Printing Office was advised to
this effect in another decision today.
The six-day schedule at the Printing
Office is an emergency measure
adopted for the duration of Congress.
Evening star., 1936-02-27
GARDEN SHOW PLANS
WILL BE OUTLINED
Officials Meet Tonight in Star
Building to Consider National
Event in Baltimore.

Plans for Washington's participa-
ton in the National Flower and Gar
den Show in Baltimore, March 1922.
will be outlined at o'clock tonight
at joint meeting of Washington
and Baltimore officials in room 2O4,
Star Building.
Local representatives will include
Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Curtis
Hodges, chairman of the National
Committee sponsoring the show; Gran
vile Guide and j. J. Chisolm, Wash
ington members of the Executive CON-
mittee. and several officials of tie
Agriculture Department and tn.
Washington Gardens Club.
Arrangements to be made inclutc
the coordination Of Washington ex-
hibits at the national show and plan
for disbursing portion Of the bloct:
of $4,000 advance tickets. More than
10000 Washingtonians are expected
to attend the show, which is being
held in Baltimore this year for the
first time
The total value of flowers to be
displayed has been estimated at ST.
250,000 and prizes totaling $4,000
will be awarded.