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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-06-17
FRIENDSVILLE
Student Activities

Members of the senior class of the
local high school and their friends
held party at the fire tower on Negro
Mountain last Friday evening.
Commencement exercises We're held
on Thursday evening. The address to
the graduates was made by Rev. Harry
Blackburn, of West Virginia. Diplo-
mas were presented by Walter w. Saw
age, recently appointed member of the
Board of Education. The valedictorian
was Miss Inez Schroyer and the saluta-
torian was Miss Clara Mae Frazee.
Personals
Members of the local fire depart
ment and a number of others from this
community attended the firemen's con-
vention at Grantsville the past week.
Mrs. Ernest Friend and daughter
Shirley were in Cumberland Saturday.
Misses Mae Friend and Louise Nick
low spent the weekend in Confluence.
w. H. Haenftling and son Donald,
of Accident, visited here Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank HENDERSON, of
Blooming Rose, and Mr.. and Mrs. Hi
ram Guard, Markleysburg, Pa, Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Guard on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Haenftling and
son Leonard and Miss Mabel Deal, of
Accident, were here Thursday evening.
Mrs. Joe Beeghley and son, Salem,
W. Va, spent the weekend here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Statler and son
and Miss Hope WEIGH were in Cum
berland on Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. Paul Clemmenson and
son, of Laughlintown, Pa, visited Mr..
and Mrs. C. o. Ross the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Trimpey re-
turned to their home at Markleton, Pa,
after visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd
VanSickle.
Miss Cleora Glover is visiting rela-
tives at Akron, o.
Mr.. Wilson, of Allison, Pa, is here
for several weeks with Mr.. and Mrs.
Jobie Friend.
Clarence Wicklow and family were
in Accident on Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Haenftling.
Karol and Aleta Rush, Cumberland,
were here over the weekend with their
mother, Mrs. Iva Rush.
Clark Wicklow and family, Terra
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-06-17

There is no need for stopping cod
liver oil, tomato or orange juice, dur
ing the summer. At one time it was
thought that the oil caused diarrhea
but we know now that germs in the
milk are generally responsible.
"Sun baths should be given to every
baby, but they must be done judici-
ously. Start with 10 or Is minutes a
day and increase the time gradually
as the skin becomes tanned. Be very
careful to protect the baby's eyes from
the sun.
THE precautions outlined above are
not hard to carry out. Following them
will make the baby more comfortable
and may save his life"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-06-17
Surprise Party Given

A surprise birthday party was given
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry o.
Martin, near German, on Saturday ev-
ening in honor of Miss Eileen Martin.
Games were played and refreshments
were served. The guests included Miss
Fayetta Griffith, Carl Kyle; Miss Iva
Wildesen, Clarence Kyle; Miss Helen
Shreve, Joe Shuhart; Miss Kathleen
Shillingburg, Junior Moreland; Miss
Maxine Butts, James Wildesen; Miss
Maxine Martin, Donald Moreland;
Miss Ruth Grub, Junior Evans; Miss
Edith Evans, William Sharpless; Miss
Vera Wildesen, Frank Kyle; Miss
Mary Moreland, Kenneth Kyle; Ger
aldine, Martin, Alonzo Lee; Harley
Wildesen and the honoree.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-06-17
WAYS OF KEEPING BABIES
WELL AMID HOT WEATHER
Bulletin From Child Hygiene Bu-
reau Has Important Information

Ways by which babies may be kept
well and comfortable during the hot
weather are pointed out in the accom-
nanying bulletin from the Bureau of
Child Hygiene of the Maryland State
Department of Health:
"With the coming of hot weather,
mothers with little children begin to
think of the dread summer complaint
which used to take dreadful toll of
infant lives among bottle-fed babies
each year. 1t is now well known that a
large part of this sickness is caused
nv germs getting into the baby's food.
On that account every mother must be
extremely careful about cleanliness in
handling the food. Bottles and nip
niles should be boiled before using. All
milk given to babies under year and
a half old should be boiled for three
minutes if an open pan is used or for
twenty minutes in a double boiler.
"But even the most careful prepara-
lions are useless if flies are not kept
away from the milk and from the baby
also. Flies are disease carriers. Keep
the baby in a screened crib if possible.
If, in spite of all this care, the baby
develops diarrhea or loose bowels, a
doctor should be called Immediately.
The mother who nurses her baby is
spared much of this worry.
"There are other things to remem-
Der about the care of the baby during
the hot weather. Every effort should
be made to keep the baby comfortable.
Dress the baby according to the wealth
err. If it is worry hot put on only diaper.
Many mothers fear that exposure is
dangerous, but getting the baby over
heated from too many clothes is even
worse Sponging the baby with tepid
water on hot days makes him more
comfortable.
"There are two rashes which afflict
babies in the summer: One from heat
and the other from bites of insects.
The heat rash is caused by too much
perspiration, particularly in the folds
of the skin. Insect bites can be pre-
vented if the child is kept in a room
or porch that is screened, or in a crib
that is screened.
when it is very warm, adults like
to drink more water. So do babies. Give
them cooled boiled water several times
day. In very hot weather babies and
young children, like grown-ups, have
less appetite for food. Don't force the
baby, against his will, to take more
food than he wants.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-06-17
GORTNER

Mr.. and Mrs. W. F. Sanders Wis
tied Charles Arnold and family at
Eglon on Sunday.
Miss Matte Davis, B. H. Yoder, Mr..
and Mrs. Joel Slabach and Noah Yoder
and family spent Sunday afternoon
with Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Fulk in
Pleasant Valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Swartzentru-
Der and children and Elwood Schloss-
nagle and family enjoyed a picnic
lunch on Deep Greek Lake Saturday
evening.
Artie Dodge and family and Mr.. and
Mrs. D. w. Dodge were in Morgantown
on Sunday.
Mrs. Will Welch, Mrs. Anna Bit
finger, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Shaffer
and Mrs. Paul Welch visited ]. w.
Baker and Mrs. Foley on Sunday, both
of whom are shut-ins.
Miss Eleanor Friend spent several
days last week with Misses Sarah and
Bert White in Oakland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Fike and daugh-
ter Joyce returned home from a ten
days stay in Kentucky last Thursday.
Misses Merle and Nina Flint We're
Aurora visitors recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Solomon Wengerd and
children, of Belleville, Pa; Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Gnegy, of Allensville, Pa,
and Miss Matilda Wengerd and Eli
Yode, rof Grantsville, are guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Simon Swartzentruber
on Wednesday.
Samuel Friend and George Grove
accompanied Prof. eraser and a num-
Der of high school students on trip
to points in Wisconsin on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Hughes and
sons, Aurora, and Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan
Yoder and children, of Grantsville,
visited D. L. Swartzentruber and fam
lily on Sunday.
Mary and Jean Schlossnagle are
spending several days with their
grandmother in Loeb Lynn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Gnegy and son
Troy and Alexander Sewers, of Pleas
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-06-17

Alta, were here with their parents on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Williams and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Q. A. Muir
ply spent Tuesday in Cumberland and
Frostburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rumbaugh and
daughter Annette, of Brownfield, Pa,
were visiting relatives here on Thurs
day evening.
Mrs. Effie Chisholm returned from
Deer Park where she had visited her
sister, Mrs. Charles A. Ashby, who
was seriously i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. John McCune and
Wade Schlossnagle and family, OF Al
lison, Pa, visited relatives here on Sat
urday and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Forsythe have
returned from College Park, where
they had visited for a week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Brougher, Johns
town, Pa, spent the weekend here
with relatives.
Mrs. Vista Welch is in Detroit,
Mich, for the summer with her sister,
Mrs. Bess Pasche.
Mrs. A. ]. Mason is very much i'm
proved at this time and is now able to
be out of doors again. Members of her
family visited her the past week.
Donald limbaugh and family, of
Frazee Ridge, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
T. B. limbaugh on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Holman and
son, of Uniontown, Pa, spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. John Holman.
Mrr MO &c in
burg, w. Va, for a week with her sis
ter, Mrs. Matte Crane.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Skidmore and
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Kesner were in
Uniontown Friday afternoon.
R. E. Guard and Paul Friend were
business visitors in Baltimore on Mon
day.
R. NJ. Holman, of California, Pa,
was business caller here on Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Gross return
ed to their home at Westminster after
a few days visit here with Mrs. Gar
rison Buckingham at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Percy Friend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Speicher and
son, of Accident, spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Rodgers.
Rev. and Mrs. Harry Blackburn and
children, of West Virginia, visited on
Thursday evening and Friday with Mr..
and Mrs. Harvey Friend.
Miss Ethel Mccullough, Miss Helen
Custer and Bruce jenkins, who taught
in Oakland schools during the school
term just closed, and Miss Helen Stat
Ter, of the Kempton school faculty,
have returned to their respective
homes here and will likely remain dur
ing the summer.
Miss Ethel Grove, instructor in the
local school during the past winter,
has gone to her home in Hagerstown
for the summer vacation.
Ida Faye Beeghley returned to her
home in Salem, W. Va, after a two
weeks visit here with her aunt, Mrs.
W. F. Frazee.
Ira Frazee, of the Cove community,
was business caller here on Saturday
morning.
Miss Susan Jane Hedrig returned to
Thornton, w. Va, after weeks visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. L. ]. Warthen.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-06-17

ant Valley, were dinner guests at S.
w. Slabach's on Sunday.
Asa Kitzmiller, Allen Petersheim
and Mrs. Albert Sisk were guests at
the Lynndale school picnic held in
Skaters sugar camp at Mason on
Wednesday.
Paul Welch and Ernest Gortner are
spending the week in Baltimore.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-06-17

Miss Beryl Gnegy, Pleasant Valley,
spent Sunday with Miss Laura Alice
Friend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Spoerlein are
visiting Mrs. Spoerlein's relatives in
Dinwiddie, Va.
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Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01
Bob Moore
Says:

Running a power company these
days is no snap! But during all
my thirty years in Imperial VAL
ley I've never felt happier than
right now, when I see nearly every
housewife enjoying modern elec-
trical devices that give her
cleaner home with less work.
Husband and the kidieS are hap
pier, too, thanks to better meals
and more spare time of mother TO
be enjoyed with them.
II is related that when Faraday
explained his invention of the use
of electricity to the great Glad
stone, the latter made the query,
What is 1t good for?" Faraday
replied We'll, maybe some day
you can tax it,
Faraday. the first man TO make
electricity more than a plaything,
was surely right. This year COM
panies under my jurisdiction in
the valley are paying enough taxes
in Imperial county to equal SIG for
every residence connected with our
lines.
Most every dealer III the valley
and the electrical manufacturers
too. are mighty glad that We sell
appliances. For example, take the
case of Kansas. A law was passed
there a few years ago making it
illegal for utilities to engage in the
merchandising business. Immedi-
ately the sale of electric ranges,
refrigerators, ETC., dropped Off.
Amid great rejoicing by the deal
erS this law was declared unconsti-
tutional, and the power companies
there are cooperating with the
dealers just as we are.
I have a mechanical air condi-
tioning system in my home out on
Brighton Avenue in Ell Centro, but
I fell so much in love with these
new POLAR Coolers that I've just
installed one in my kitchen I'll
use this new desert cooler on mod
erately warm days or on extremely
hot summer scorchers to supple
ment our regular air conditioning
apparatus. You'll like these new
POLAR Coolers, too, once you've laid
eyes on them.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01
StratO Pictures
To Be Exhibited

PHILADELPHIA. up - Photo
graphs taken from a height of
about Ia miles above the esrths
surface and showing objects $3.50
miles away will be exhibited in
Philadelphia.
The photographs were taken by
Capt. Alfred w. Stephens, COM
mander of the stratosphere balloon
flights over South Dakota spon-
sored by the National Geographic
Society and the United States Army
Air Corps. They clearly demon
strate earth's curvature.
Photographs taken cover an area
straight down of 105 square miles.
The views were obtained with the
aid of infra red rays.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01
Pay a Nickel to
Ring Door Bell

Los ANGELES, April l. U.P
The nickel in slot" door
bell, cure for those pesky ped
dlers. appeared recently.
Conant Wait, tired of run
ming TO the door to inspect in
stallment encyclopedias, patent
potato pealers, etc, rugged up
the contraption of wires and
springs. Slip in a nickel and
the bell rings. If you're friend,
the coin is returned. If you're
a peddler-
"Just a toll charge for open
ing the door," explains Wait.
"You pay to telephone and park
your car, why not for door-beli
ringing?"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01


More electric appliances have
been sold during the first two
weeks of the present campaign,
which began March Is, than dur
ing any other period in the history
of Imperial Valley.
So great have been sales that
now only a small percentage of
valley homes have not purchased
at least one electric appliance on
the modernized payment plan.
Il explain this tremendous sue
cess of our drive to tighten the
load of every Imperial Valley
housewife to the fact that not
only can first-grade appliances be
bought on the lowest terms avail
able anywhere in the world, but
in addition these appliances are
delivered installed, wired, and SER
weed for the life of the purchase
contract without any cost to t.
customer. There is also a liberal
trade-in allowance on old appli-
ances replaced during this cam
paign," said w. l.. Bennington,
Imperial Valley commercial mana
ger for the local power company.
Terms are now so low that {
genuine Westinghouse ele tri C
range can be purchased for as lit
tie as SLAP per month, and a Their
mador water heater for only Sill
per month. Other electric appli-
ances are being sold on CORE
spondingly low terms.
prominent Ell Centro business
man, whose store has been swamp
ed with orders for electric appli-
ances, remarked today, with
these liberal terms made possible
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01
GERA1ANYS NEW FARM PROGRAM MAKING RAPID PROGRESS

duction has clearly helped 10 re-
duce food and feed import require
ments," Steere said. THE down
ward trend in imports in the past
10 years, in fact, became especial
ly marked during the four years
of National Socialist regime"
Germany now produces between
81 and 81 per cent of its food and
feed requirements, Steere said. He
estimated that the maximum at
| tainable because of limited land
resources is 85 per cent of domes-
tic consumption. .#.==.
In a supreme effort to expand
agricultural production, Germany
has added 618, 100000 acres to cul-
tivation since 1893, Steere. said A
population increase of 100000 to
100000 persons year has con-
sumed most of the food from this
added acreage. II,
To force consumption into line
Will uolllCoOiC lpi ioiuOIioii, obCCiC Z
said, the government has formed
a consumption steering" commits
sion aimed at shaping consumer
demand to conform as readily as
possible to available food supplies.
Large Storage Planned
The four-year plan resembles in
some ways Secretary of Agricul-
ture Henry A. Wallace's program
for American agriculture, it was
said German officials plan a COM
prehensive storage or reserve pro-
gram for agricultural products
similar to Wallace's ever-normal
granary.
German farmers are compelled
to adopt soil conservation and
utilization practices similar to
voluntary practices under the Soil
Conservation program here, Steere
explained.
Steere quoted from official Ger
man records showing the Nazis
now produce all of the bread
grains, potatoes, sugar, edible tai
low, and milk required. for home
consumption.
Germany produces 85 per cent
Of it's fruit requirements, 81 per
cent of vegetables, 95 per cent of
bacon, "a per cent of lard, 90 per
cent of cheese, 81 per cent of all
meats, and 83 per cent of eggs.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01
Electric Cooking Now Cheapest
And Best For Imperial Valley

bought two and one-half times as
many kilowatt hours in 1886 as in
1926, this increased consumption
has meant an increase of only 1919
in their bills truly remarkable
record for power company progress
and cheap electric cooking. During
this same decade the average rate
for electricity was reduced 57%o
AS a result of extensive laboratory
researchSb manufacturers, electric
ranges now give perfect cooking
results, are entirely automatic, and
use but little electricity
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01
NEW FOUR YEAR
PLAN IS HELD
| M p R ( S SIV E


WASHINGTON. UP)-The prog
reSs of Germany's four-year plan
Tor agricultural self-sufficiency is
impressive" Lloyd V. Steere, U. s.
agricultural attache at Berlin, has
reported to the Department OF
Agriculture.
Since 1898, Steere said, German
agricultural policy particularly has
emphasized the goal of national
self-sufficiency. Since then, he
said, exports of American agri-
cultural products to Germany have
declined Ito an exceedingly low
level"
THE National Socialistic regime
early set out to make Germany in
dependent of foreign food sup
plies; and although great prog
ress has been made in that direc-
ton, it is realized now that alb
solute self-sufficiency cannot be
obtained" Steere said.
SuDSt1tutcS Are ENOlVed
Germany has made notable
progress in the production of syn
thetic and substitute products par
ticularly in the raw-material field,
and this endeavor seems to offer
the greatest scope for the future,
he said.
Government control of agricul-
ture has gone much farther in
Germany than in the United States,
Steere reports. Imports of agri-
cultural products have been strict
ly limited, compulsory utilization
of certain domestic products ex-
tended and production subsidies
set up, he said.
All farm and agricultural trade
organizations have been incorpor-
ated into a central-control organi-
cation. This organization controls
each stage of the movement of
nearly all German farm products
from producer to consumer, as to
price and volume.
The aim has been to insure a
profitable agriculture while guard
ing the consumers interests,
Steere explained The government
has contributed directly by land
reclamation and other activities
to extension of physical resources
of the country
Four Year Term Marked
".The increased volume of pro-
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01
By WEBB MILLER
Copyright by United Press

Copyright by United Press
PARIS, April l, (via London)
U.P)-France, in her feverish eff
forts to make herself impregnable
in the next war which all Europe
seems to expect, is building across
her frontier the greatest defensive
works since the Chinese wall.
The famous Maginot line of un-
derground steel and concrete for
tresses, already built along the
northern border fronting Germany,
is to be extended to the English
Channel and to Switzerland, at
a cost of 2,000,0O0,OOO francs ($91, :
100000.
The existing Maginot line al
ready is permanently manned by
at least $4,000 professional troops
mot conscripts), serving an un-
limited term of service.
They are stationed in the under
ground forts and pill boxes all
along the frontier, linked by un-
derground passages and under
ground railways to facilitate the
rapid concentration of troops and
munitions to any point.
The larger units have their own
electricity, water, powerhouSeS and
communications. They are stocked
with munitions and food to enable
the troops to remain underground
for months if necessary.
Work is now in progress to ex-
tend the system northward to the
Channel over the low-lying coun-
try, where canals will be linked
and water locks installed to per-
NIT the flooding of the entire
area within a few hours for de-
fenSe.
The whole system from the
Channel to Switzerland will be
backed by strong secondary line
of defense.
In addition TO the Maginot line,
the French program includes the
following measures:
/. Raising a defense loan eventu-
ally totaling 10,500,OO0,000 francs
($482, ATS O0O, of which 100000
600 ($367 100000 has just been is
sued.
3. Expenditure this year of 49,
34O,0O0,OOO tS842, ,723 ,OOO) on mill
tary preparations, of which o.
5OO,0OO,OO0 Francs t$436,525 ,0OO
will be raised by loans.
3. Expansion of the air force by
half in numbers this year, dou-
bling it's efficiency with new ma
chimes, and quadrupling its air
bombing capacity by the end of
the year. -
4. Enlargement OF the navy fol-
lowing expiration OF the Wash
ington treaties to the third strong
est in the world by bringing it to
total of 100000 tons through
construction of 80 new warships.
5. Intensification of the mech
anization of the army and an i'll
crease in tanks.
6. Naturalization of war indus
tries.
7. Decentralization of war in
dustries, including the removal OF
25 aircraft factories from the vici-
nifty of Paris to other centers as
protection against bombing.
s. Retention of conScripts in the
army for two years.
8. improvement in the physical
condition of the troops and the
training of youth by the formation
of corps of $4,000 gymnastic
and drill instructors.
10. Formation OF huge reserves
of war stocks, including six months
supply for fuel oil for the navy
and research to discover domestic
substitutes for gasoline.
Up to 1888, or the advent of
Hitler, France was conceded to
have the most powerful military
machine in the world, but because
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01

of the financial stringency, its Ell
ficiency and strength was allowed
to decline, especially in the air
force. Planes were allowed to be-
come obsolete, while other powers,
notably Germany, Italy and Rus
sia were building.
France now is engaged in an
effort to regain her former pre-
eminence in western Europe. Her
military situation is conditioned
by the fact that Germany has
half again as large a population,
with militarization unhindered by
parliamentary checks and almost
unfettered control of industries.
Moreover, France. with birth
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01

Lower electric rates and manu-
facturers' research have combined
to make an electric range the
most economical way of cooking
in Imperial Valley.
When the Nevada California
Electric entered the valley in 1915
there was no electric cooking. for
electric ranges cooked poorly and
wasted power.
Today electric rates have been
drastically reduced, so that even
though Imperial Valley customers
of The Nevala- California Electric
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01
Children's Whiskey
Breath Leads to
Probe by Officer

BURBANK, Calf, April 1.
WPl-Mother, Mortified at chill
dren coming home with whisky
breaths, called Health Officer
Jonathan Kirkpatrick. He track
ed down a salesman Of whisky
favored tOothpaste, and warn
ed him to quit giving samples
to children.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01

easier to cut and serve after being
we'll chilled in sn electrir refriger-
ator. Use day old bread, and
spread with highly seasoned and
well softened butter. Wrap in wax
ed paper and chill. If very fast
chilling is needed place in the
froster or chill tray right beneath
it, said the home economist.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01

rate lower than Germany's and
constantly falling, now faces the
so-called lean years" due to sub
normal births during the war. The
"lean years result in the dimuni-
ton of the annual contingent OF
conscripts, which hitherto has av-
eraged 100000 and henceforth un-
til 1910 will average cnly 100000.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-01

very little, and
can be expected
to burn at { h e
rate of one and
one-h a If inches
per hour.
Mrs. Benning-
ton also revealed
t h a t C h e C kerr
board and rolled
sandwiches are